Beast Taming Clan: I Have a Jade Book

Chapter 408: Chapter 372: Town Beauty, Stone Spirit Advancement

“Aunt.” Outside the house, a voice echoed as a man with sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes walked in.

“Just now, there was a powerful spirit beast’s roar. The Cyan Jade Cicada I raised got so scared it burrowed into the soil.”

“Zhongxing, it’s fine. It must have been from the Taihang Mountain Range. These days there are too many evil cultivators, and even those demon beasts are having a hard time!” Xu Xiuqing shook her head, telling Xu Zhongxing not to worry.

“Aunt, could it be the Golden Scale Beast?” Xu Zhongxing tentatively asked.

He was the grandson of Old Xu’s brother.

His parents and grandparents didn’t have spirit roots, but he did, and he followed his Aunt Xu Xiuqing.

Moreover, he was well aware that Xu Xiuqing and Ye Jingcheng from the Ye Family seemed to have a close relationship.

However, the blow from failing to break through the Foundation Establishment was too great for Xu Xiuqing.

She even deliberately stayed in this valley, allowing him to cultivate here as well.

He wasn’t a naive child of ten or so; he naturally understood Xu Xiuqing’s intentions.

He had never heard the Ye Family be particularly against loose cultivator women.

So in his view, Xu Xiuqing should seize the last year or two to ask the Ye Family for a Foundation Establishment Pill.

And thus break through to Foundation Establishment.

She could also rightfully become a member of the Ye Family.

“The Golden Scale Beast is in Earth Dragon Valley!” Xu Xiuqing shook her head, then apologized to Xu Zhongxing and went into the room.

She was well aware of Xu Zhongxing’s hints.

But the Ye Family now belonged to the Purple Mansion Clan, and Ye Jingcheng was still the patriarch of the Purple Mansion Clan.

She was merely at the Qi Cultivation Ninth Layer, possibly for life at the Qi Cultivation Ninth Layer.

Should she waste another Foundation Establishment Pill?

She knew Ye Jingcheng would give it, but could she accept it?

So even if she’d rather break a promise, she wouldn’t want it to really be that way with Ye Jingcheng.

She didn’t like Ye Jingcheng’s giving; she hoped that, at that time, the Ye Family would need help…

She crouched in a corner of the room where a Jade Ring Rat was nestled.

Unlike Ye Jingcheng’s well-nourished Jade Ring Rat, this one was extremely skinny.

Its spiritual light was dim, and its fur lacked luster.

Even its two round ears drooped slightly.

Only its eyes remained unwaveringly determined.

“Xiao Yu, even if your owner is just a loose cultivator, you are still a Jade Ring Rat of the Ye Family. How can you be outshone by another Jade Ring Rat?”

“What does it matter if there’s no good spirit pill, no good resources?”

“In ancient times, people broke through without any spirit pills!” Xu Xiuqing seemed to be speaking to the Jade Ring Rat, or perhaps to herself.

She seemed to have made up her mind about something.

Perhaps she should have made this decision three years ago at that auction.

She touched her hair, which had started to yellow, no longer as ink-black, only regaining its dark luster when a spiritual light flashed across it.

She stood up, her eyes filled with serenity.

…

No drastic changes occurred in the market’s turbulence.

With concessions between the Xu Family and Chu Family, they only lost some financial paths.

Overall, it remained stable.

On the contrary, the Ye Family’s restaurant business improved over this period.

At the same time, the Star-Feeding Fish gained fame.

Half a month passed in the blink of an eye.

One day, inside Ye Jingcheng’s room, the absorption of spiritual energy intensified suddenly.

It was as if the array had suddenly upgraded; Ye Jingcheng immediately went to the restaurant.

He entered the room and found Stone Spirit with its grotto heaven wide open, continuously absorbing external spiritual energy and life matter.

Ye Jingcheng felt both surprised and delighted.

Surprised at the sheer magnitude of the event, delighted because the grotto heaven was expanding.

Moreover, Ye Jingcheng hadn’t expected that there seemed to be some spirit shadows inside, similar to the dragon vein.

This was clearly a symbol of birthing a spirit vein.

He knew that the spiritual energy in the grotto heaven was currently absorbed by Stone Spirit, complemented by the Spiritual Eye Spring.

But truly, if the grotto heaven expanded without birthing its own spirit vein, maintaining spiritual fish would be problematic.

After all, these spiritual fish needed spiritual energy, as did the Meat Ganoderma.

Now with the birth of a spirit vein, he could cultivate it using spirit stones and a spirit gathering array, just like a family spirit vein, to enhance it.

This was definitely a profitable venture.

Besides, as the grotto heaven changed, the changes on Stone Spirit’s surface also became increasingly pronounced.

The Swallowing Python Pattern instantly expanded by nearly fifty percent.

At the same time, its aura was evidently that of a mid-stage second-tier Stone Spirit.

This indicated that Stone Square could have a successful advancement.

The commotion didn’t last long, ending abruptly as the spirit gathering dispersed.

The Stone Python formed by Stone Spirit soon transformed into a half-snake man.

A human face atop a snake body.

“Master!” Stone Spirit respectfully spoke.

After learning alongside the Peach Wood Demon for a while, increasing its spiritual wisdom several times, and now advancing.

Its thoughts were exceedingly clear now.

“Keep striving, aim to transform completely into a human form, which would surpass even Jade Qilin and the others,” Ye Jingcheng said with a smile.

Stone Spirit was stunned but very pleased, as it was a compliment from Ye Jingcheng.

“Open the grotto heaven and let me see!” Ye Jingcheng instructed, and Stone Spirit opened the grotto heaven.

Upon entering the grotto heaven, Ye Jingcheng discovered that its size had expanded twofold, making it three times its previous size.

There was ample space to set up a Spirit Lake.

By taking out a doubled arid area, he could provide a dedicated space for his spirit beasts to practice combat, honing their fighting skills.

The place where spirit vein shadows were born was right in a hollow valley.

The water attribute aura above was very prominent.

It was extremely suitable to open a Spirit Lake on this spirit vein.

However, before opening the lake, the spirit vein must be solidified to at least a Tier One Middle Grade Spirit Vein.

Otherwise, the spirit vein would hold little significance.

Generally, enhancing a Tier One Middle Grade Spirit Vein would require about thirty to forty thousand spirit stones.

Ye Jingcheng could afford this amount of spirit stones.

Along with the Spiritual Eye Spring, forming a defensive position, they could maintain a stable level of Tier One High-Grade or above spiritual energy inside the grotto heaven.

Of course, this was assuming the grotto heaven wasn’t absorbing spiritual energy.

If the grotto heaven did absorb spiritual energy, it would far exceed this rank.

After all, although this grotto heaven expanded, it was still just a small hill compared to the outside world.

Overall, Ye Jingcheng was extremely satisfied, even if Stone Spirit had no other surprises.

He considered it enough.

“Stone Spirit.” Ye Jingcheng called out to Stone Spirit again.

The latter immediately descended into the courtyard.

What Ye Jingcheng didn’t expect was that this time, Stone Spirit’s human form had slightly increased.

Stone Spirit obediently listened to Ye Jingcheng’s words.

It was like an innocent child.

“Do you currently have any other abilities?” Ye Jingcheng asked.

Stone Spirit hesitated at Ye Jingcheng’s inquiry, evidently not having pondered this point.

Then it waved its snake tail, and in an instant, countless spiritual energies in the air began to converge, forming spiritual rain in the air.

The rain began to fall.

These raindrops were just as effective as ordinary spirit water, though not as powerful as the Tier Two Spirit Water of the Spiritual Eye Spring, it was undoubtedly an impressive secret technique.

When the time comes, spirit medicines planted by Ye Jingcheng would grow particularly fast.

Additionally, this spiritual rain could also fall on Ye Jingcheng’s various spirit beasts and spirit fish.

Although not combat-type, Ye Jingcheng found it far more useful than a combat-type.

Stone Spirit’s performance wasn’t finished; it suddenly darted around in the air.

It seemed like teleportation, leaving Ye Jingcheng somewhat dumbfounded.

However, after a few teleports, Stone Spirit became weak.

Clearly, it consumed spiritual energy heavily.

But Stone Spirit quickly recovered by inhaling a big gulp in the air.

When Ye Jingcheng continued to inquire about Stone Spirit’s offensive capabilities, it could only conjure small spells.

Understanding that Stone Spirit had no attack methods, Ye Jingcheng recognized that it had an advantage: it was extremely compatible with various attribute spiritual energies.

It could learn various attribute secret techniques performed by cultivators and might even pursue a Dharma Cultivator path.

Seeing this, Ye Jingcheng took out four Jade Talismans.

“Stone Spirit, study these four spells!” Ye Jingcheng gave Stone Spirit his Four Elements Secret Technique.

As to whether it would work, it was worth testing first.

After dealing with Stone Spirit, Ye Jingcheng joyfully released all his spirit beasts.

They had grown accustomed to the grotto heaven and weren’t used to staying in the Spirit Beast Bag, often sending out vibes to be freed.

Upon seeing the grotto heaven expanded greatly, their eyes brightened, and each began preparing to stake claims.

The instinct to claim territory among demon beasts was at its peak.