Beast Taming Clan: I Have a Jade Book

Chapter 469: Chapter 403: Haicheng’s Silence and the Illusion Skill Insect Trial (Double Release)

The Black Wood Ants formed a specific array, as if they were ready to attack any cultivator who entered.

The Five Poison Bees needed no explanation; they sometimes formed an arrow shape, and other times, a wave.

Seemingly ready to devour the invaders at any moment.

Ye Xingqun’s spirit insect control technique was indeed extremely exquisite. Although Ye Jingcheng could achieve the same, he relied on his Soul Contract, his Treasure Light, and the Spirit Transformation Pill.

But Ye Xingqun had none of these.

To Ye Jingcheng’s surprise, quite a number of bamboo rats in the Bamboo Forest also came out.

They were bustling and baring their teeth.

It seemed they were also guarding Ye Xingqun.

Ye Jingcheng felt quite amazed, but he did not advance further.

Instead, he took out the Array, beginning to cover the Bamboo Forest and even the small house deep within.

He had the Spirit Talisman given by Ye Xingqun, which allowed him to enter, but entering might still cause disturbance.

So Ye Jingcheng simply decided to deploy the Array here, encompassing the Bamboo Forest and the wooden house.

Seeing the Spiritual Energy’s Treasure Light growing increasingly intense in the distance, Ye Jingcheng could only pray.

At this moment, there was nothing else he could do.

…

Beneath the glow of the Spiritual Energy, Ye Xingqun was bare-chested. The power of the Earth Flame Fiend was just too great; ordinary clothing could not withstand it at all, and his brow was furrowed tightly.

His body even trembled slightly.

The Earth Flame Fiend was extremely terrifying in the tempering of Spiritual Energy, which was why it increased a cultivator’s chance of breaking through to Foundation Establishment. He kept feeling the continuous birth of liquid spiritual energy within him.

But how to condense liquid spiritual power into a Spirit Platform was the most important at this moment.

At this moment, he felt his physical body somewhat exhausted.

It seemed unable to bear this massive amount of spiritual power.

Even though his physical body was restored to before he was sixty, after all, it had been eroded by the years.

This caused Ye Xingqun to constantly grit his teeth.

And at this moment, Ye Xingqun felt illusions surging in his mind.

His vision grew hazy, then cleared again. He found himself in a small town built of blue stones.

He was the cricket king of the town; no childhood friend could beat him.

Today was the day he fought with another cricket with horns known as the Ox Horn King.

His cricket won, but also lost. His favorite cricket, Yan Demon, had its leg and whisker broken, with a huge wound on its forehead.

Everyone left, and he too staggered away.

He couldn’t find another Yan Demon and couldn’t complete that Immortal Master’s test. If he couldn’t become a qualified Insect Fighter, then he couldn’t become a qualified Insect Master.

The silent night engulfed him, and he felt suffocated.

He clearly couldn’t have failed; he didn’t know what went wrong in the end.

“It must have taken medicine; it obviously had no strength left to resist,” he muttered with certainty, clenching his fists, about to charge into the darkness.

Meanwhile, a wave of clarity flowed into his mind.

He immediately shook his head.

“How could a seventy-five-year-old still be affected by illusions? No wonder it’s the Illusion Technique Barrier of Foundation Establishment.”

“Disperse now. Back then, I never failed. As an Insect Master, my regret is watching the spirit insects grow old powerlessly, not ending gloriously in battle.”

And this has always been his philosophy.

Watching the illusions around him fade, he faced the choice of Foundation Establishment and spirit insects once again.

Only this time, no matter how enticing Foundation Establishment was, he firmly chose the spirit insects.

This was his lifelong path.

It hadn’t ended yet; how could it prove him wrong?

Ye Xingqun’s body was restored to clarity. The scorching of the Earth Flame Fiend continued, but upon viewing his body internally, he discovered the Spirit Platform was nearly formed.

Some spirit insect patterns floated on it, but these spirit insects spewed flames, dancing freely.

Spirit insects too have their own lives, even if only for a night, a day, an autumn!

Ye Xingqun smiled slightly, and then the Earth Flame Fiend fell into the Spirit Platform, and finally, the Spirit Platform was completed, with his spiritual power fused with a domineering Fire Fiend Qi.

A wave of spiritual energy belonging to a Foundation Establishment Cultivator spread out.