Beast Taming Clan: I Have a Jade Book

Chapter 517: Chapter 430: Spirit-Slaying Locusts and News of Two Ancestors (Double Release)

Outside Buqing Mountain, the breeze was gently blowing, revealing large patches of Spirit Eggs.

Ye Jingcheng reached out his hand, pinching an insect egg, observing the deep green dot inside as it seemed to flicker.

For a moment, his brow furrowed deeply.

The Spiritual Energy in this insect egg was minimal, but its vitality was immense, very vigorous.

And it was slowly absorbing Spiritual Energy.

From what he knew about Spirit Insects, these Spirit Eggs seemed to have been soaked in special Spirit Liquid, hatching within days.

“Is this a Spirit-Slaying Locust?” Ye Jingcheng suddenly recalled a name, giving him a fright.

To verify, Ye Jingcheng directly crushed one of the insect eggs about to hatch.

Seeing the shadow of some Spirit Locusts inside, he was completely certain.

Then, seemingly thinking of something, he took the Spirit Beast Bags hanging from the waists of the four people.

Inside these Spirit Beast Bags, each contained over a hundred Spirit-Slaying Locusts.

These Spirit-Slaying Locusts had double wings, jagged forearms, and fangs that devoured everything.

The reason they were called Spirit-Slaying was due to their terrifying reproductive ability and all-devouring nature.

They could easily incite a horrifying insect plague.

Ancient texts recorded that the large groups of Spirit-Slaying Locusts numbered in the hundreds of thousands, even for a common Purple Mansion Cultivator, slaughtering them would take a long time.

What’s more, the bodies of Spirit-Slaying Locusts contained toxins, which would accumulate.

Killing many, the accumulated toxins could overwhelm even a Purple Mansion Cultivator.

Thus, killing Spirit Locusts required utmost caution.

They must not form into a certain scale.

“These parent insects haven’t discharged their eggs yet!”

However, at this moment, what really worried Ye Jingcheng wasn’t this, for he guessed that the Ye Family’s Spirit-Slaying Locusts were just nearby.

He could easily take care of them.

What he feared was other families also releasing Spirit-Slaying Locusts.

A single Spirit-Slaying Locust could give birth to hundreds of eggs, even if only ninety percent hatched, the scale of numbers would not be something a few Foundation Establishment Clans could handle.

The Taihang Commandery now had three major Foundation Establishment Clans, co-governed with the Golden Core Family Jin Family.

Followed by many small emerging families in recent years.

A lot of these small families were actually spies.

But the strength of these spies was not anywhere near Purple Mansion levels.

If not handled properly, an enormous insect plague could sweep across Taihang Commandery, potentially triggering another Beast Tide from the Taihang Mountain Range.

Once Taihang Commandery is in chaos, the Cultivators of the Affiliated Forces of Qinghe Sect in Yanhui Commandery would launch a major attack on Taiqing Commandery, and it’s only a matter of time before the Nascent Soul True Monarchs of the Taiyi Sect would be tested.

If tested, that would be the beginning of a nightmare.

Defeat by two Great Sects’ annexations was destined to be brutal.

The losing side would become spoils, from top to bottom.

Only the Affiliated Forces of the victorious side would share in the spoils.

As for the Ye Family, by then, they would be no exception.

Ye Jingcheng sighed deeply, everything was now interconnected.

In hindsight, it wasn’t that the Qinghe Sect hadn’t acted in three years, but instead had been laying their plans.

Reflecting on what the Yuan Family mentioned before about developing the Spirit Beast industry in the Taihang Mountain Range, it was likely a second preparation move to trigger a Beast Tide.

The Ye Family could create a Beast Tide to let the Mo Family fall and disappear.

As for the Jade Cloud Yuan Family, if they had specific Spiritual Objects or secretly took the offspring of a Demon King, it would be highly possible to trigger a Beast Tide.

Ye Jingcheng carefully pondered, and everything was now blatantly on display. He had to quickly find a suitable path for the Ye Family.

Ye Jingcheng cast the Fireball Skill, consuming the surrounding insect eggs completely clean, and headed straight for Buqing Mountain.

Soon, he landed atop the grand hall of Buqing Mountain, where other cultivators had already dealt with matters involving Ye Jinghe and arrived.

Ye Xinghan was somewhat surprised at this moment since no sound of battle had been heard from start to end.

But thinking Ye Jingcheng had broken through to the Purple Mansion, it all seemed justifiable.

“Uncle Xinghan, the Spirit-Slaying Locusts have appeared. Now, immediately deploy the family’s Spirit Beasts outside Buqing Mountain to search for insect eggs, and also bring Lizard Lord and the family’s Earth Lizard Toad Spirit Beasts over!” Ye Jingcheng threw a Spirit Beast Bag to Ye Xinghan.

Seeing this, Ye Xinghan’s expression turned grim.

As the Ye Family’s highest Spirit Plant Master, what he feared and hated most were these Spirit Insects.

“Weren’t these Spirit Insects supposedly extinct?” Ye Xinghan glanced at the Spirit Beast Bag and handed it to others.

The Cultivation Realm had seen Spirit-Slaying Locust plagues before, but they were eradicated through joint efforts.

These locusts, not only were they despised by cultivators, even the Demon Race of the Taihang Mountain Range highly detested these Spirit-Slaying Locusts.

So logically, these Spirit-Slaying Locusts should have long been extinct.

“Some have kept them, I suspect when the time comes, someone will frame the Ye Family and the Wan Family!” Ye Jingcheng shook his head helplessly.

The most unpredictable in the Cultivation Realm is the human heart, and with it, interests.

“Uncle Xinghan, please contact Uncle Xingqun as well. As for Jing He, handle it according to family rules. The family must be strict in such matters, no leniency!” Seeing the concern in Ye Xinghan’s eyes, Ye Jingcheng added.

Calling out all the family members, even Ye Jingcheng released his hundreds of Five Poison Bees.

Soon thereafter, he took out a Sound Transmission Order, secretly sending a message to Supreme Taihao.

The Ye Family was not yet fit to be exposed, and until Supreme Taihao arrived, they could secretly let it be known that Supreme Taihao had been to Buqing Mountain.

The Spirit Stone Ore news deliberately leaked by the Ye Family would no longer evoke envy.

Nor would it expose their strength.

After all, if Supreme Taihao had been there, it meant the sect was in agreement, and without absolute evidence, they wouldn’t dare report anything internally.