Beast Taming Clan: I Have a Jade Book

He had even already envisioned in his heart the grand future scene of Ye Jingcheng breaking through to Nascent Soul, the Celestial Sand Sect returning to its Peak, and controlling the lands of several prefectures.

This was the greatest stroke of fortune the Celestial Sand Sect had seen in thousands of years!

“Senior, since you now hold the Elder Order of our Celestial Sand Sect, then whether or not you join us, you will be our Celestial Sand Sect’s lifetime Supreme Elder. The Spirit Lands of the Celestial Sand Sect are at Senior’s disposal, and Senior may freely exchange from the Celestial Sand Sect’s Treasure Vault. All disciples of the Celestial Sand Sect must address Senior as Elder…” Huang Tiyun spoke out benefit after benefit.

He listed so many advantages in one breath that if Ye Jingcheng were some youngster just out of the mountains, he really might be coaxed over by the Celestial Sand Sect.

After all, all these benefits Huang Tiyun mentioned didn’t even require Ye Jingcheng to stay in the Celestial Sand Sect.

But in truth, the Celestial Sand Sect had already declined to the point where there were only a few Spirit Mountains left, and the Sect Cultivators numbered only just over three hundred. That many cultivators might not be few in absolute terms.

But this was a Sect, not a clan; an ordinary Foundation Establishment Clan having a few hundred people was very normal.

Of course, Ye Jingcheng still quite liked having this Celestial Sand Sect identity.

Rather than weaving countless lies to fabricate a plausible identity for himself, it was better to join the Celestial Sand Sect.

A sect in this state could be casually controlled by the Ye Family, and the key point was that once the Ye Family gradually sent clansmen to infiltrate, the Celestial Sand Sect could completely become the Ye Family’s second controlled Sect.

Moreover, the Celestial Sand Sect’s ideology, its revival, and its once grand background could all perfectly serve as groundwork for the Ye Family’s rise.

After all, a once-declined Nascent Soul Sect rising again would naturally take a bit less time; that was perfectly reasonable.

Of course, in the eyes of these Celestial Sand Sect cultivators, the Ye Family were still fellow disciples from the Sacred Land, which made everything all the more legitimate and aboveboard.

“This seat indeed has nowhere to go, and the Celestial Sand Sect has shown me favor, and Elder Huang is so enthusiastic—if this seat still refused, then it would be this seat being somewhat unreasonable!” Ye Jingcheng cupped his hands repeatedly.

Hearing this, Huang Tiyun instantly grew incomparably excited.

“May I dare ask Senior’s honored Dao-name?”

“Dao-name Qianchen.” This time Ye Jingcheng did not deliberately conceal his identity.

After all, this was a region under the control of the Righteous Sect; there were no cultivators of the Penglai Demon Sect here, so there was naturally no risk of exposing anything.

On the contrary, if he kept using wrong names, he actually worried that he might draw an investigation from Righteous Sect cultivators.

As for his face, he had slightly altered it as well.

Even cultivators from the Eastern Domain, as long as they weren’t particularly familiar with him, would probably fail to recognize him even if he stood right in front of them.

“From this day forth, Elder Qianchen is our Supreme Elder!”

“Supreme Elder, let us set your inauguration ceremony for ten years from now. That way our Celestial Sand Sect will have time to widely invite fellow Daoists. By then, perhaps even people from the Immortal Sect will come to offer their comments and congratulations!”

As soon as he said this, Huang Tiyun also felt somewhat apprehensive.

Ten years was definitely not long, but it was not short either.

There was in fact some selfish intent hidden within this arrangement.

Hence his uneasiness.

He was somewhat afraid that Ye Jingcheng would go wandering. After all, many cultivators, once they became Supreme Elders, were fond of traveling the world.

And the Central Domain was so vast—if he went traveling and never returned, the Celestial Sand Sect would have nowhere to cry even if they wanted to, and they would have no way to control Ye Jingcheng anyway.

By contrast, if Ye Jingcheng could stay in the Celestial Sand Sect for ten years, then all the other powers would learn that the Celestial Sand Sect had such a Golden Core True Master. At that point, even if Ye Jingcheng later left, those hostile forces would still have to think twice if they wanted to act against the Celestial Sand Sect.

Of course, it wasn’t that he was overthinking, but that he truly could not imagine how much genuine intention a Golden Core True Master would have to actually invest in the Celestial Sand Sect after learning of its current state.

“Very well!” Ye Jingcheng nodded, agreeing.

It only made him feel a bit strange that he hadn’t held a Golden Core ceremony in the Eastern Domain or the Desert Sea, yet it seemed he was instead holding one here at the Celestial Sand Sect…

“Junior Brother Xiao, shouldn’t you be taking our Supreme Elder to choose a cave abode? Also, let the Supreme Elder take a look at our Sect rules and see if there’s anything that needs improvement. Our rules are truly too ancient; there must be many decayed parts!” Huang Tiyun spoke again and again.

Having said that, he also cupped his hands toward Ye Jingcheng.

The meaning was clearly that Ye Jingcheng could freely amend the Sect rules.

But Ye Jingcheng knew in his heart that these were courteous words.

Letting him amend them was also to let him be fully informed.

Of course, he did quite like this way of expressing it.

“And this Elder is…?” After giving his instructions, Huang Tiyun looked toward Ye Haiyan.

This time Ye Jingcheng had left Ye Haisheng here, since Ye Haiyan was an Array Master; if the Arrays here had any issues, he could also rest and repair them.

And while they hadn’t noticed earlier, they now saw clearly that Ye Haiyan was actually at the Purple Mansion level of Cultivation.

“This is my grandfather!” Ye Jingcheng said directly.

“His name is Ye Yan!” Ye Jingcheng omitted the generation character as he introduced him.

“Then from this day forth, Ye Yan shall be our Celestial Sand Sect’s Second Supreme Elder!” Huang Tiyun said without hesitation.

In this moment, he was truly delighted.

Because the Celestial Sand Sect no longer had any Treasure left; he wasn’t afraid of anyone coveting them.

Now, the higher their Combat Power, the better—only then could they obtain more resources and better retain people.

“Junior Brother Xiao, see that you also make proper arrangements for the Second Supreme Elder, and under no circumstances neglect him!” Huang Tiyun urged repeatedly.

At this moment, Xiao Congrong was still somewhat dazed; to be honest, the situation had shifted far too quickly.

But once he calmed down, he realized that this brought immeasurable benefits to the Celestial Sand Sect.

So he promptly led Ye Jingcheng and the other two toward the summit of Sha Huang Mountain.

That was where the Spirit Vein was the most concentrated.