Beast Taming Clan: I Have a Jade Book

Chapter 230: Chapter 229: Cloud Horn Deer and Cold Jade Toad

As the sunlight shone, a verdant little hill gleamed with a crystalline azure glow.

The warm sun of the early spring equinox was still quite gentle, and even the spring breeze felt tender.

At this moment, in a spirit field on the hill, fresh green sprouts emerged joyfully from the stems.

Yet, in the next moment, they were swallowed whole by a towering deer.

Beside it, another head popped up, but a step too slow, and managed only to watch with wide eyes, letting out a bleating call, even nudging the former with the horn on its forehead.

The entire hill was populated by many of these wood-patterned cloud deer.

Clearly all attracted by this patch of spirit field.

At that moment, the tallest cloud horn deer at the center raised its head.

It seemed to sense something.

Its intricately branched cloud horn suddenly sparkled with spiritual light, and a multitude of vines appeared, rolling towards the surroundings.

This sight puzzled the other cloud deer.

But quickly a large spirit shield manifested; it seemed to have just risen recently, with several gaps between the array banners.

The vines crashed against the spirit shield and could go no further, eventually piling into a heap.

“Jingcheng, this old deer is quite vigilant!” Nearby, Ye Jing Li’s voice sounded. Now that the array disc was set, they no longer worried about the cloud horn deer escaping.

“Let’s make it quick, there are a lot of demon beasts in the distance, and this beast tide has turned into a dramatic opportunity for the cultivators of Taihang Commandery!” Ye Jingcheng, clad in a dark Daoist robe, sighed lightly.

This beast tide initially demonstrated a terrifying destructive power, but due to the vast territory, the demon beasts became scattered.

Moreover, the Demon King and countless great demons had retreated to the Taihang Mountain Range in advance.

Only some tier one and tier two demon beasts remained within the bounds of Taihang Commandery.

Thus, after a considerable pause, the Ye Family and other cultivation clans emerged from their clan mountain, beginning a sweep of Taihang Commandery.

The harvest was naturally bountiful.

Ye Jingcheng, leading a few Ye family members, was now conducting their sixth sweep.

However, previous sweeps only encountered beasts like the Cyan Cloud Wolf or tier two black-striped tigers, with few high-value demon beasts.

Yet, his focus now was on that cloud horn deer king.

He sensed a considerable chance that this deer king possessed an inner core, given its proficiency in the wood vine technique, whose power surpassed even Ye Jingcheng’s skill.

This might just be the opportunity for his three-colored cloud deer!

He first slapped his Spirit Beast Bag, releasing a swarm of Five Poison Bees.

Each of these bees was as thick as a thumb, and the leading Six-Colored Poison Bee queen was exceptionally fierce, only a hair’s breadth from tier two demon beast status.

The cloud horn deer before them might be deer, but their attack power was not negligible in the Taihang Mountain Range.

Their pair of antlers enabled them to charge rapidly.

Such a charge was even faster than a body cultivator’s explosive speed.

General cultivators, if caught unprepared and unaware of their habits, could suffer greatly.

Ye Jingcheng’s swarm of Five Poison Bees happened to be their counter.

However, the Ye Family naturally would not eradicate the cloud horn deer entirely.

These cloud horn deer were considered nourishing demon beasts, significantly enhancing both the blood qi and primordial qi recovery of cultivators.

Moreover, even consuming their blood in its raw form could aid in healing injuries, classifying them as wood attribute nourishing demon beasts with attack capabilities.

Therefore, even Ye Jingcheng, Ye Jing Li, and a few young members of the Ye Family were all stationed on the periphery, without using various Spirit Talismans.

Ye Jingcheng controlled the Five Poison Bees, shooting their stingers toward the cloud horn deer.

His bees’ toxins primarily derived from the Purple Illusion Flower, thus the stinger’s effect was also hallucinogenic.

This volley of stingers left the cloud horn deer with no escape.

All of them turned their eyes crimson-purple, descending into madness, and began to collide and battle each other.

The collisions were exceedingly brutal; the cloud horn deer’s antlers radiated spiritual aura, and their charging speed rivaled higher-tiered body cultivators.

Only the cloud horn deer king seemed unaffected, even against Ye Jingcheng’s Six-Colored Bee stinger.

It merely shook its head slightly and continued charging towards Ye Jingcheng.

The temperament of these cloud horn deer was fiercely aggressive, and they held no fear of death!

Hence, in the Taihang Mountain Range, they were quite rare, as deer without a strong deer king would easily fall prey and be devoured completely!

If not for this beast tide, even the Ye Family would not have found them.

Faced with the cloud horn deer king’s charge, Ye Jingcheng formed a spirit technique in his hand, and instantly, a massive Profound Cold Ice Shield appeared before him.

The ice shield shattered upon being struck by the cloud horn deer, its speed was truly too fast, and the cloud horns were exceptionally hard.

In that moment, Ye Jingcheng retrieved the Cyan Cloud Ring, directing it at the tier two cloud horn deer.

However, as the Cyan Cloud Ring released its brilliant spiritual light above the cloud horn deer, countless vines flew out, ensnaring the Cyan Cloud Ring.

Simultaneously, Ye Jingcheng drew the Black Wood Coffin, forcibly tugging it.

This caused the Cloud Horn Deer King to widen its eyes, yowling in fear.

It lifted its hooves high, wanting to retreat, but was held down by the Black Wood Coffin. Ye Jingcheng simply summoned the Tier Two Middle Grade Infinite Ruler and beheaded the Cloud Horn Deer King on the spot.

As the Deer King’s head fell, Ye Jingcheng quickly took out a Jade Bottle and collected all the deer blood.

This Tier Two deer blood was worth quite a few Spirit Stones.

As for the remaining deer corpse, Ye Jingcheng used a Profound Cold Talisman to freeze it.

He opened the deer’s head and indeed found a Tier Two Demon Beast Inner Core inside.

The Inner Core was the size of an ordinary pill. Although it wasn’t of poor quality, it wasn’t particularly outstanding either.

However, if sold, it would definitely fetch several thousand Spirit Stones.

After all, Wood Attribute Demon Beasts are a bit rarer than beasts of other attributes.

While Ye Jingcheng was dealing with these Cloud Horn Deer, Ye Jingli and the others also finished dealing with the other Cloud Horn Deer.

Most of the adult male deer among these Cloud Horn Deer were slaughtered. These types of Cloud Horn Deer had almost lost their potential; only female and young deer were kept.

Of course, even if they were kept, they would be tagged with special Spirit Talismans.

Otherwise, even if a Cloud Horn Deer isn’t strong enough, it would still charge recklessly a few times.

This time, the Ye Family collected a total of seven male deer carcasses, along with five female and ten juvenile Cloud Horn Deer.

There was one Cloud Horn Deer among them with quite some talent, capable of advancing twice, which caught Ye Jingcheng’s attention.

If it were before, without his Three-Colored Cloud Deer, he might have made this Cloud Horn Deer his primary Wood Spirit Beast.

“This young deer is not bad!” Ye Jingcheng reminded Ye Jingli.

Finally, Ye Jingcheng pointed to a slightly weaker Cloud Horn fawn among them.

This fawn was skinnier compared to the other fawns and was not well-liked within the group. It seemed that the female deer here didn’t give birth to it.

“Alright!” Ye Jingli nodded.

Upon hearing this, Ye Jingcheng didn’t say much more; he could only insinuate so much.

These young fawns were also available for the Ye Family’s younger members to choose as their Spirit Beasts.

If Ye Jingli chose one, perhaps in the future, Ye Jingcheng could simplify the Advancement Pill of the Three-Colored Cloud Deer for the Cloud Horn Deer.

After gathering all the Cloud Horn Deer, Ye Jingcheng also took down the Array. He looked at the Spirit Field in front of him, where all the rice stalks had been completely consumed.

Even though the Spirit Field was now in complete disarray.

“This piece of Spirit Field is as good as ruined!” Ye Jingcheng remarked with slight lament.

Only those who’ve planted Spirit Fields know the difficulty of maintaining them.

Ye Jingli and the others didn’t feel much about it. In their view, as long as the Spirit Vein is there, the family can plant it again in a few days.

“Let’s move on to the next place, my Five Poison Bees have discovered another batch of Demon Beasts!” As they stood dazed, a Five Poison Bee flew back from afar.

It landed on Ye Jingcheng’s shoulder.

“Jingcheng, your Five Poison Bees seem stronger than Seventh Uncle’s Five Poison Peak. Could you sell me some?” Ye Jingli spoke enviously.

Currently, the Ye Family has two people with Five Poison Bees: Ye Jingcheng and Ye Xingqun.

But this time, after the Beast Tide, Ye Jingcheng’s Five Poison Bees could travel unusually far, and their Spiritual Wisdom was much stronger.

Not to mention the Six-colored Queen Bee.

“It’s the effect of the Spirit Transformation Pill. If your Cyan Qilin Python is strong enough, I’ll give you one!” Ye Jingcheng had a good impression of his Brother Liu.

“Alright, thank you! If you need any Magical Artifacts refined in the future, just count on me, free of charge!” Ye Jingli exclaimed with excitement, a bit flamboyantly.

“I’ve recently mastered your Alchemy techniques!” He added with a chuckle.

Ye Jingcheng smiled slightly, saying nothing more.

He knew what Ye Jingli meant, nothing more than refining using Demon Beasts. However, Ye Jingli’s Fire Attribute Demon Beast inherited from their family didn’t have enough potential.

But Ye Jingcheng did not comment further, instead leading the others, starting to clean up the Demon Beasts.

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In front of a clear pond, as the water rippled, a Five Poison Bee floated on the pond’s surface.

The next moment, the water started to ripple slightly, and then a Cold Jade Toad revealed its head, sticking out its tongue towards the Five Poison Bee to swallow it.

At that moment, an Ice Freeze Talisman suddenly froze the pool water, simultaneously a Cyan Corpse Needle piercing through the toad.

The Cold Jade Toad’s eyes bulged, floating on the ice surface.

“Another Late Stage of First Tier Cold Jade Toad, Jingcheng, this harvest is quite good!” Ye Jingli approached, took out the basin-sized Cold Jade Toad, and said with a smile.

Ye Jingcheng also nodded; now half a month had passed since they began hunting.

Most Demon Beasts in other areas had retreated; only this old pond near the Taihang Mountain Range still harbored quite a few Cold Jade Toads.

Each of these Cold Jade Toads could be worth more than a hundred Spirit Stones, with the most valuable part being the toad hide, an excellent material for refining Cold Jade Robes and various Daoist Robes, quite popular among cultivators in the Market.

“Eleventh Brother, there’s a transmission from the family asking us to return, saying a True Master has arrived at our Clan Mountain!” Just as Ye Jingcheng felt pleased, a cultivator beside him ran over.