Beast Taming Clan: I Have a Jade Book

Chapter 215: Chapter 214: Xu Family’s Tactics, The Lake Opens Two Paths (Double Chapter, Thanks to Yuning Tian for 1,000 Coins)

After all, Ye Jingyong also has the Beast Communication Pattern.

The matter of the Beast Communication Pattern naturally cannot be discovered by the Chu family. If that Chu Yanliu isn’t here on a mission and is wholeheartedly loyal to the Ye family, it’s fine, but if there’s any slight barrier, Ye Jingyong would have to align more closely with the family.

Ye Jingcheng and Ye Jingyu then exchanged a glance, feeling somewhat relieved.

They drank spirit wine all the way into the afternoon. From family matters, the conversation shifted to personal developments, and finally, they exchanged some insights.

As a few wild geese flew back in the distance and the sun set in the west, Ye Jingyu and Ye Jingyong were the first to suggest taking their leave.

After chatting for a while, Ye Jingli also left in a drunken stupor.

Once the three had left, Ye Jingcheng exerted his spiritual energy, dispersing the effects of the alcohol.

To Ye Jingcheng, it’s fine to get drunk occasionally, but if one truly indulges in wine and lust, it would definitely hinder cultivation.

Firstly, he fed the four spirit beasts, for they had been sending divine soul fluctuations one after another while the four of them were eating and drinking.

Ye Jingcheng, however, suppressed it.

After feeding them, Ye Jingcheng finally had time to look at his Five Poison Bee hive.

When he initially stimulated the growth of the Queen Bee, he left the clan mountain and went to Taihang Market.

So he was not clear about the exact number of Five Poison Bees he had.

Upon arriving at the hive, he found that the hive was still arranged the same as before, and the array was the same as the small courtyard outside, having been moved here.

The hive had grown significantly larger since he last left.

The spiritual honey inside still weighed about a dozen pounds.

Seeing the countless bee pupae, Ye Jingcheng was filled with joy. He saw no less than two thousand bee pupae in the hive, forming a dense mass, more than three times the previous amount.

In addition, his Treasure Book displayed several shadows, indicating that the Five Poison Bees had some potential, albeit limited.

As for how many queen bees and drones were among the pupae, it was still insufficient to determine.

Ye Jingcheng even considered selling bees at this point.

After all, such a multitude of Five Poison Bees was quite valuable.

Moreover, the number of Five Poison Bees he needed was actually not that many.

Unless he could find a sufficiently talented drone and then cultivate and enhance the bloodline repeatedly.

Ye Jingcheng nodded in satisfaction; these Five Poison Bees still satisfied him, even though the three queen bees had died.

This time, without Ye Jingcheng’s presence, the three queen bees and those drones all perished.

Ye Jingcheng didn’t feel particularly regretful, as after all, they were just ordinary queen bees and drones.

Once this batch of Five Poison Bees is cultivated and if even one drone has a decent talent, Ye Jingcheng would consider it a gain.

After collecting the spiritual honey from the Five Poison Bees, Ye Jingcheng released the Jade Ring Rat again.

The Jade Ring Rat, seeing its territory expanded, flapped its lively ears more joyfully.

After advancing to the Late Stage of the First Tier, the Jade Ring Rat also became more intelligent.

Ye Jingcheng gave the Jade Ring Rat two spirit pills, letting it continue to turn over the spiritual soil here before returning to his small courtyard.

Ye Jingcheng walked to the Wood Demon, caressing the dark brown bark, on which there was some peach juice, affirming that it was indeed a Spiritual Peach Tree.

The fact that a Spiritual Peach Tree could become a Wood Demon somewhat amazed Ye Jingcheng.

After all, peach trees were too common.

Yet the Wood Demon’s talent wasn’t weak in the Treasure Book.

The Wood Demon didn’t look at Ye Jingcheng, seemingly still resentful that Ye Jingcheng had so easily made a soul contract with it.

“You nodded in agreement when the contract was established!” Ye Jingcheng couldn’t help but say.

But all he heard was the tree continuously shaking but still not looking at Ye Jingcheng, even appearing as though it wanted to run.

However, in the next moment, Ye Jingcheng placed his hand on the peach tree, and with a surge of treasure light, the Wood Demon trembled, the branches of the peach tree faintly exuding green light, though it soon faded again.

Ye Jingcheng also stopped his hand. Seeing this, he clearly understood that the Wood Demon was deceitful at heart, refusing to sprout, and all day plotting to escape.

Moreover, he could sense from the soul contract that the opponent’s roots continually reached the soul contract in an attempt to sever it.

Unfortunately, although it might find a way around an ordinary blood contract, Ye Jingcheng’s soul contract was reinforced by the Treasure Book as a medium and not so easily broken.

Ye Jingcheng directly entered the room, leaving the Wood Demon bewildered there.

It didn’t know what Ye Jingcheng had given it earlier, but at that moment, it saw hope for advancement.

Its eyes shifted from resentment to submission, then from submission back to resentment.

Before it could settle, the Golden Scale Beast, seeing no one outside, roared softly and ran out of the Earth Phase Beast House.

As it ran, it roared as if to say, it was time to cultivate!

This humiliated the Wood Demon endlessly, shaking incessantly!

The entire courtyard was bustling with activity!

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After another night of cultivation, Ye Jingcheng opened his eyes, feeling the circulation of the Four Phases within him.

The three-colored spiritual light not only constantly condensed but also nourished his inner view.

And his Spirit Platform was just like a three-colored blazing sun, yet it still lacked the Wood Phase. Ye Jingcheng dared not imagine how his power increase would be if he truly achieved the balance of the Four Phases.

Currently, the Three-Colored Cloud Deer was advancing rapidly, as was the Wood Demon, which Ye Jingcheng estimated would similarly be able to communicate with beasts soon.

Completing the Four Elements Balance wouldn’t be a big problem.

For him, the Ye family members’ concerns about insufficient Beast Communication Patterns did not manifest in him.

This was also the reason why the Ye family didn’t strongly support those with Five Spirit Roots.

Because even if you have many spirit roots, the cultivation techniques you can choose are still limited to single or dual attributes.

Reaching a five-inch Beast Communication Pattern was already considered a rare talent in the Ye family.

Including Ye Jingcheng, without the Seven-Inch Beast Pattern from the Treasure Book, his five-inch Beast Pattern wouldn’t suffice.

This was also why Ye Haitian had initially discouraged Ye Jingcheng from cultivating the Four Phase Celestial Essence Scripture.

And this moment made Ye Jingcheng contemplate what it would be like to cultivate the Five Phases together.

Unfortunately, he didn’t have the Golden Spirit Root.

Ye Jingcheng shook his head, recalling how at the beginning he had disdained having Four Spirit Roots for being too poor, yet now he found himself begrudging the lack of more roots.

Ye Jingcheng walked out of the room, looking at the morning light, then took some spiritual tea and fruits and headed to Ye Haiyun’s residence.

Tomorrow was Ye Jingyong’s big day of joy, and Ye Haiyun was also returning from the market today.

He still needed to pay a visit, not only to see Ye Haiyun but also to check on Ye Haiping and Ye Haitian, elders who had once taken care of him.

By the time he returned from visiting the three families, dusk had fallen once more. For mortals, a day’s time was exceedingly brief, and even more so for cultivators.

The good thing was that a cultivator’s lifespan could continuously increase.

And just as he was about to return home, the clan token sounded.

The legendary second ancestor had reached out to him.

Ye Jingcheng, compelled to suppress his excitement, proceeded to the Spirit Lake on the clan mountain as he usually did.

The distribution around Lingyun Peak meant that from the Assembly Hall to the Ancestral Hall was considered a forbidden area.

Ordinary clan members were not allowed here; beyond the Ancestral Hall lay the Spirit Beast Valley, which Ye Jingcheng had visited once.

Behind the Spirit Beast Valley lay a Spirit Lake.

In this mountaintop Spirit Lake were numerous Spirit Fish, including the Red Section Fish.

However, although the Ye family fed plenty of Spirit Fish, the majority were for the clan members, while a few ended up in the mouths of the Ye Family Spirit Beasts.

They did not sell them.

Previously, it was because they were a Foundation Establishment Clan and didn’t compete with the Mo family.

The Spirit Lake was vast, at least more extensive than Ye Jingcheng had imagined, with deep green lake water expanding all around.

“Jingcheng!” A dignified voice sounded, and Ye Jingcheng looked ahead to see the Spirit Lake part into two paths, and a white-haired figure emerged.

Behind the white-haired figure was the stern Ye Haicheng.

To all the Ye Family Members, Ye Haiyi was the most stringent person, while Ye Haicheng was the one most feared.

And the fearsome nascent Purple Mansion trailing behind, made the identity of the person in front unmistakable.

“Jingcheng greets Second Uncle Ancestor, Grandfather!” Ye Jingcheng respectfully spoke.

Having said this, he continued to take stock of the Second Uncle Ancestor, Ye Xuecang, whose name was only left in the Ancestral Hall.

Although the opponent had white hair, his appearance was that of someone in their sixties.

“Let’s speak inside the lake!” Ye Xuecang said, and Ye Jingcheng headed toward the parted paths of the Spirit Lake.

And as one entered this Spirit Lake, it was as if entering a new world, extremely mystical.

At this moment, Ye Jingcheng couldn’t tell if this was a grotto heaven within the lake or an array within an array.