Beast Taming Clan: I Have a Jade Book

Chapter 172: Chapter 172: Mad Corpse Fiends

The golden sunlight shone directly down, making the abandoned temple appear even more withered and yellow.

Cracked branches, collapsed walls, and spider webs crawling over every corner.

On the fragmentary stone statue, a thumb-sized spider held a giant mosquito, the vibrating web quivering.

After a long while, two cultivators in black spirit-blocking robes walked in one after the other, glancing around before showing some disdain.

“The legendary Mad Corpse Fiends are only so-so.”

With these words spoken, the air turned exceptionally quiet. After a while, a wave-shaped transparent spirit shield in the corner wavered, and a green-armored corpse emerged.

This green-armored corpse was covered in green corpse hair, its tusks large and thick, exhaling a sinister green gas.

“Have you brought the item?” A harsh, muffled sound emerged from the peculiarly moving lower jaw of the green-armored corpse, as if squeezed out from a door panel.

“Of course, we’ve brought the item, but relying on a Tier Two Lower Grade corpse refinement alone is not enough to make us pay that price!”

“Then you may as well stay. Otherwise, we brothers might assume you’re here for intel and to tip someone off!” Outside the house, a black-armored corpse appeared.

This black-armored corpse was not humanoid but took the form of a giant spider, yet it spoke with widely opened jaws.

Truly peculiar.

“Arrogant!” spoke the leading black-robed man.

The two corpse refinements suddenly emanated a terrifying aura, giving a sense as if the sun and moon had dimmed.

“But only arrogance can accept our task: to annihilate the Ye Family of Lingyun Peak. Simply leave their beast-refining inheritance and beast-breeding secret treasures, and you may seize everything else!!”

After speaking, he flipped his hand to produce a jade box.

Inside the jade box was a bright red Blood Ganoderma, clearly visible.

He propped up the jade box, revealing a corner, and in an instant, a brilliant plume of blood qi burst forth, driving the two corpse refinements wild.

The black-robed man sealed the jade box again and then looked towards the black-robed cultivator beside him, watching as he too produced two jade talismans.

The patterns on these talismans were intricate and filled with violent energy.

“I wonder if these two Tier Two High-grade Array-Breaking Talismans and Tier Two High-grade Thousand-Year Blood Ganoderma suit your tastes.”

The two corpse refinements did not reply.

But no reply was the best answer.

“In ten days, Jade Dragon Valley will change its guard. The Foundation Establishment cultivators of Lingyun Peak must go to Jade Dragon Valley where there will be a beast tide outbreak, leaving only three or four Tier Two spirit beasts at Lingyun Peak, along with a secluded Ye Haicheng.”

After finishing, the black-robed man fell silent, watching calmly ahead.

The spider on the web had by now swallowed the giant mosquito and quietly moved across the web, crawling into a corner.

The dilapidated temple remained quiet for a long time.

“I want you to swear!” After a while, the black-armored corpse spoke.

It walked into the run-down temple, passed the two, and stood beside the green-armored corpse.

“Swear by the fate of the Li and Chen families, taking a Heart Demon Oath…”

“We are not…”

“Whether you are or not!” the black-armored corpse interrupted.

“Fine! We’ll swear by the clan fortune of the Chen and Li families a Heavenly Dao Oath that there will be no intervention by the Taiyi Sect, no targeting of the Mad Corpse Fiends, and no false words!”

With the Heavenly Dao Oath made, in the corner, the transparent array finally revealed two blood-robed cultivators.

Neither of their faces could be seen, but their figures indicated they were not corpse refinements.

Their voices were also much better, no longer as harsh and grating as the two corpse refinements.

Both cultivators also swore an oath simultaneously.

Their oath was much simpler.

To take payment and eliminate calamities as sworn, of course, if the Ye Family had a Purple Mansion, they would flee immediately and not return the treasures!

The two black-robed men nodded.

Then they walked out of the temple gate, leaving behind two jade boxes.

…

Lingyun Peak, after the heavy rain, greeted a long-lost blazing sun, where all the Poison Thorn Fruits in the spirit fields had turned slightly red.

In about another half month, the earliest Poison Thorn Fruits would mature.

Beside them, the Jade Ring Rat seemed very excited, its large ears like fans, as if still stirring spiritual energy towards the spirit fields, helping the Poison Thorn Fruits absorb it.

It remembered that Ye Jingcheng had promised a share if the Poison Thorn Fruits were successfully grown.

Ye Jingcheng was also overjoyed at this.

Though Poison Thorn Fruits weren’t worth many Spirit Stones, cultivation for a cultivator was an accumulation over time.

The same was true for Spirit Stones.

Therefore, Ye Jingcheng would perform a Cloud-Forming and Rain-Spreading Technique every day, followed by Treasure Light, helping these Poison Thorn Fruits grow sturdier by the day.

These spirit fruits were also very prosperous, heavy and burgeoning, making them seem joyful just to look at.

Moreover, according to his Seventh Uncle, the Poison Thorn Fruits could be brewed into Spirit Wine too.

He just didn’t have the recipe, otherwise, the price of spirit fruits could increase even further.

While cultivating spirit fruits, Ye Jingcheng was also studying pill formulas and practicing secret techniques.

The pill formulas he recited in Sha Yun Mountain were Tier Two Pill Formulas, three to be precise: Fire Heart Pill, Ling Mudan, and Blue Water Pill.

These three pill formulas were all Tier Two Lower Grade, just right for his research. The only pity was that the spirit medicines for the formulas were hard to gather.

Currently, he can only refine the Fire Heart Pill.

And even for the Fire Heart Pill, since returning from Sha Yun Mountain, he’s only refined one batch; the rest he spent refining Spirit Cultivation Pills.

Fortunately, he hasn’t gathered four spirit beasts yet, so there’s no urgent need for the cultivation progress of the Red Flame Fox.

The secret technique he practiced was the Falling Flame Fire Feather.

Knowing the future crisis, he practiced more earnestly, and the secret technique was becoming more effective.

However, even with all this, he still felt that time was not enough.

Nowadays, his daily schedule was completely packed.

From the Rabbit Hour to the Dragon Hour, he went to the cliffside to cultivate secret techniques.

From the Snake Hour to the Noon, he studied pill formulas. After noon to the Rat Hour, he cultivated spirit beasts and spirit plants, trained the Five Poison Bees, and performed alchemy.

After the Rat Hour was cultivation.

This was still with Ye Haiyun not assigning any guard duties to him.

Thus, another nine days passed.

The long-sealed Grand Array of Lingyun Peak finally surged with mist, opening the path to the heavens.

A spiritual ship flew out from the clouds.

Heading into the distance.

This spiritual ship was none other than the Tier Two Spiritual Ship piloted by Ye Xingliu.

On the spiritual ship were also several cultivators of the Ye Family.

And at this moment, the clouds began to surge even more.

Ye Jingcheng noticed a Tier Two Blood Eagle appeared in the sky, circling continuously.

In addition, he sensed many Big-headed Ants and Black Wood Ants crawling from Lingyun Peak to various places.

Lingyun Peak had fully entered a state of war readiness.

Because he was still perceived as Qi Cultivation Ninth Layer, Ye Jingcheng had not received any tasks yet.

And on the second day of the war readiness period.

Ye Xingliu’s spiritual ship returned to Lingyun Peak, making a round back to check for any issues before once again heading to Jade Dragon Valley.

Ye Jingcheng calmly observed all of this, turning his gaze toward the summit of Lingyun Peak.

That was the seclusion place of Ye Haicheng.