Beast Taming Clan: I Have a Jade Book

Eastern Domain, Yan Kingdom, Lingyun Peak.

Compared to the Lingyun Peak of the past, it was naturally much livelier now.

Not only had the number of Ye Family Members on Lingyun Peak increased significantly, but a new Market had also been opened beside Lingyun Peak.

This Market was no more than ten li away from the Ye Family’s Lingyun Peak.

Even a Foundation Establishment Cultivator of the Ye Family needed only a few breaths to get from Lingyun Peak to the Market.

This Market was moved here from Taihang Market; because of the standoff between Medicine King Valley and Penglai Sect, business in the Market was far from prosperous.

Few Loose Cultivators came; it was mainly used for exchanging Spiritual Herbs and Treasures among the major clans, and secondarily for providing a place to settle for the core members of the major powers.

After all, besides being close to Lingyun Peak and able to receive the protection of the Nascent Soul Power, the Ye Family, the Teleportation Array had now been relocated into the Market, so it could call for aid from Medicine King Valley and the Taiyi Sect, Blood King Valley, and Spirit Talisman Sect at any time.

Of course, the cultivators in this Market also had to be prepared to go support other regions and Sects at any moment.

At this moment, an ordinary Spiritual Ship silently flew in from afar and finally stopped in front of Lingyun Peak.

A figure descended and flew straight into the mountain.

This figure was naturally Ye Jingcheng.

Now that the situation in the Eastern Domain Yan Kingdom was already tense, Ye Jingcheng naturally could not casually show himself in public.

He had come, first, to check on the situation here, and second, to meet Master Mo Dao and obtain the final insights on Nascent Soul.

Once he entered the mountain, he saw that Ye Jingyun was still in the Clan Assembly Hall.

After going round and round, the acting Patriarch in the Eastern Domain ended up being Ye Jingyun again.

To put it another way, although this Ninth Brother of his had not become the formal Patriarch, the Vice Family Head and acting Patriarch in the Eastern Domain had always been him.

By now he had also broken through to Purple Mansion.

Because of the situation in the Eastern Domain, the Ye Family didn’t actually have that many matters to handle anymore; some remote Spiritual Ores and Spirit Fields had now all been abandoned by the Ye Family.

The commercial caravans now only operated among Markets that had Teleportation Arrays and Markets affiliated with Medicine King Valley.

At the same time, because of the situation, the various families really could buy some Spiritual Herbs and Spirit Pills from Medicine King Valley at relatively low prices.

Medicine King Valley was even selling Purple Mansion Jade Liquid Golden Pills.

Of course, the prices of these two items did not receive any discounts; at most, they weren’t bid up as they would be at auction.

”Brother Jiu!” Ye Jingcheng did not walk into the great hall but landed by Lingyun Lake and sent a Transmission to Ye Jingyun.

It wasn’t that he was putting on airs; it was just that the family hall on Lingyun Peak was not suitable for meeting.

Hearing Ye Jingcheng’s Transmission, Ye Jingyun was first stunned, then he reacted and flew toward Lingyun Peak.

”Jingcheng, did you come to see Second Grand-Uncle?” Ye Jingyun asked.

”Second Grand-Uncle and Jing Hu are both in Lingyun Market right now.”

”I came to take a look around, and I might need Brother Jiu to pass on an oral decree.” Ye Jingcheng nodded.

Besides the Heart Forging in the Desert Sea, he also wanted to take a look around the Eastern Domain, wander through Mortal Towns, and, if possible, meet Fairy Linghong.

Now he was about to break through, and the Earth Dragon Demon Emperor was also breaking through; if something really happened, the Ye Family wouldn’t be able to muster any Nascent Soul Combat Power, so they would have to rely on the Taiyi Sect to provide backup.

The other side should be very interested in his current Cultivation.

After all, the Ye Family’s Nascent Soul had never shown itself, but at this point Ye Jingcheng was no different from half a Nascent Soul.

With Ye Jingyun helping to transmit orders, half a day later Ye Xuecang brought Master Mo Dao to Lingyun Peak and met Ye Jingcheng in the latter’s courtyard.

As soon as the latter saw Ye Jingcheng, he sensed Ye Jingcheng’s Cultivation and was momentarily stunned in place.

”I would ask Daoist Mo Dao not to leak this.” Ye Jingcheng said.

Master Mo Dao knew that Ye Jingyu had always been pretending to be Ye Jingcheng and had long known that Ye Jingcheng was at the Middle Stage of Golden Core.

Showing Golden Core Peak now was also to prevent Master Mo Dao from having other ideas.

After all, he had Tian Dao Sect behind him.

”Elder Ye, rest assured, I naturally won’t leak this. I swear upon the Heavenly Dao!” Not only did Master Mo Dao swear, he even addressed him as Elder.

Clearly, he had already acknowledged that Ye Jingcheng could break through to Nascent Soul.

After all, from what he knew, Ye Jingcheng had yet to reach a hundred and seventy years of age.

With that in mind, he thought about all the Nascent Souls in the Yan Kingdom, and then he began considering the Nascent Souls of the Eastern Domain Countries.

Because Nascent Souls would hold Nascent Soul ceremonies, it was perfectly normal to know their ages.

Yet after thinking it through like this, he realized that Nascent Souls under three hundred years of age were extremely rare.

Ye Jingcheng might break through to Nascent Soul before the age of two hundred; how could that not astonish him?

In his astonishment, he repeatedly presented insights on breaking through to Nascent Soul.

The Experience Jade Talismans even numbered two in total; the other one contained the insights of Nascent Soul Ancestors of Tian Dao Sect throughout the ages.

After handing over the insights, Master Mo Dao did not raise any conditions and simply took his leave.

He understood that meeting Ye Jingcheng was the fulfillment of his previous condition; now that his wish had been granted, he naturally could not make further demands.

Once Master Mo Dao had gone far away, Ye Xuecang looked at Ye Jingcheng with relief.

”Have you prepared everything?” When it came to Purple Mansion breaking through to Golden Core, Ye Xuecang knew a bit; but for Golden Core breaking through to Nascent Soul, after thinking about it, he could only ask whether Ye Jingcheng was prepared.

”Thank you for your concern, Second Grand-Uncle. My preparations are almost complete. I came, first, to understand the situation in the Eastern Domain, and second, to meet Master Mo Dao.”

”The situation in the Eastern Domain is currently still fine. Because of the Teleportation Arrays, the main offensive direction is at the Taiyi Sect and the Celestial Arrival Market; Lingyun Market is instead relatively safe. Moreover, Master Qingxi of Qinghe Sect has already gone into Seclusion to break through to Nascent Soul. They don’t want extra trouble either; in recent years it’s all been small skirmishes between Purple Mansion and Golden Core.” Ye Xuecang said.

For now, the situation was relatively stable, but if Qinghe Sect gained another Nascent Soul, even if Qinghe Sect wanted stability, it would be impossible.

So it was indeed very necessary for Ye Jingcheng to meet Fairy Linghong once.

Previously, the Ye Family had flaunted a tiger’s skin, letting others mistakenly think Celestial Cyan Demon Emperor belonged to the Ye Family, but that wouldn’t stand up to scrutiny or testing.

With the slightest probe, the Ye Family’s cover would be blown.

It could even affect the safety of the Ye Family’s Teleportation Arrays.

Hearing Ye Xuecang’s words, Ye Jingcheng also nodded.

After talking for a while, Ye Xuecang took his leave.

Three days later, Ye Jingcheng met Fairy Linghong in a pavilion on a barren mountain outside Lingyun Peak.

This scene was just like when he had met Sikong Ziming, making Ye Jingcheng feel a bit of strangeness.

At this moment, Fairy Linghong’s Cultivation was particularly thick and solid; clearly she was already not far from breaking through to Middle Stage of Nascent Soul.

She looked Ye Jingcheng over once, then couldn’t help but sigh.

”I had thought you would be at Late Stage of Golden Core, but Daoist Ye still managed to give me a surprise!”

”Elder Linghong, you overpraise me. Achievements like this are far from rare in Medicine King Valley.” Ye Jingcheng replied.

”Have you picked a place for your breakthrough?” Fairy Linghong did not respond further to Ye Jingcheng’s modesty, but instead continued asking.

”I’ve found one. The Ye Family will be guarding me. As for the Yan Kingdom side, I might have to trouble Elder Linghong and Medicine King Valley.” Ye Jingcheng nodded.

”No problem. These are some insights on breaking through to Nascent Soul. I don’t know if Sikong Ziming has given you any; consider this our Medicine King Valley’s congratulatory gift!” Fairy Linghong directly took out a Jade Talisman.

Once the Jade Talisman was inspected, Ye Jingcheng saw the breakthrough insights of Sikong Ziming and Fairy Linghong.

Seeing this, Ye Jingcheng voiced his thanks, then took his leave.

Fairy Linghong didn’t say much more and hurried away as well.

In the time that followed, Ye Jingcheng disguised himself as a Mortal and appeared in the various counties of Taihang Commandery.

A month later, Ye Jingcheng reappeared at Lingyun Peak, but he did not linger; before long, he headed toward the Taihang Mountain Range.

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As soon as he returned to the Desert Sea, Ye Jingcheng went into Seclusion for Alchemy.

He was refining Advancement Pills for the Tier Four Blood Spring and Advancement Pills for the Tier Four Golden Quenching Essence Fruit.

Aside from those, there were Advancement Pills for the Spirit Beasts of other Ye Family Members, as well as Spirit Pills for daily Cultivation.

Because of the confrontation in the Eastern Domain, the Ye Family could in fact buy quite a few Spirit Pills from Medicine King Valley that were usually unavailable.

But Fairy Linghong and Medicine King Valley likely knew nothing of the existence of the Desert Sea.

The Ye Family naturally wouldn’t bring out too many resources, instead economizing Spirit Stones and often crying poverty.

Even the Spirit Stone stipends on Lingyun Peak had been temporarily adjusted.

So the High-tier Spirit Pills still had to be refined by Ye Jingcheng himself.

The Spirit Pills were refined continuously for half a year. After Ye Jingcheng had the Blood Spring swallow the Advancement Pill and had the Golden Quenching Fruit Wood Demon swallow the Advancement Pill, and after he delivered the rest of the Spirit Pills to the family,

he started traveling again with Chu Yanqing.

Over the course of two years, the two of them walked through most of the Oases in the Desert Sea, witnessing the different customs of the Desert Sea and seeing all the birth, aging, sickness, and death of Mortals.

By the time they returned to Celestial Phoenix Oasis, Ye Jingcheng’s features already looked much more weathered.

His whole person also seemed more steady.

”Brother Cheng, I’ll wait for you to pick Spiritual Almonds!” Chu Yanqing watched Ye Jingcheng walk into the Seclusion chamber and spoke.

Though it wasn’t some grand declaration, the short sentence made Ye Jingcheng feel unusually at ease. He smiled faintly, did not turn back, only raised his fist.

”Definitely!”