Beast Taming Clan: I Have a Jade Book

Chapter 820: Chapter 587: Bloody Battle at Luoyang, Chang Sheng’s Suspicion (Double-Length)

He held the blood-red heart close to his nose and sniffed, revealing a chilling scene.

At this moment, even the cultivators who were accustomed to life and death felt a bone-chilling coldness as if they had fallen into an ice coffin.

Ye Jingcheng carefully tossed the heart into his storage bag and then charged toward Xun Tai’an.

“Your taste is even more delicious!” Ye Jingcheng squinted his eyes, his chubby face looking all the more horrifying.

Xun Tai’an spat out a mouthful of fresh blood and forcibly activated a talisman treasure. However, Ye Jingcheng once again triggered the Three-Element Blood Escape Technique, dodging the flying sword from the talisman treasure and reappearing behind Xun Tai’an.

Another claw reached for the heart.

And Ye Jingcheng showed a delighted smile.

At this moment, his face was covered in blood from the heart, while the rest of the Xun Family’s Qi Cultivators decisively fled!

Everyone scattered like birds and beasts, while Ye Jingcheng brought out numerous blood corpses that surged around madly.

At this moment, truly bloodthirsty beyond compare!

…

In a far-off place unseen by the crowd, several Spirit-Blocking Robe Cultivators landed in the distance.

Among them were the Market’s Chief Steward Ji and Ji Tianhe.

They watched everything from afar.

The vigilance in their eyes completely subsided.

“Undoubtedly an evil cultivator!” Ji Tianhe spoke calmly.

But behind that calm voice was a continuously suppressed joy.

“Uncle Tianhe, should we kill him?” the Chief Steward Ji inquired.

“No, we should wait and see the Xun Family’s reaction. Have someone pose as an escaped miner and deliver the spirit shadow from this jade talisman to the Xun Family. Also, hand over this Blood Light Tracking Talisman to them!” Ji Tianhe shook his head, his face full of anticipation.

In an instant, they transformed into spirit shadows and disappeared into the depths of the forest.

…

On Luoyang Mountain, Ye Jingcheng carefully collected most of the corpses, treating them like treasures, extremely excited.

Of course, only he knew how much he loathed these corpses.

In the past, although he had killed people, he rarely actually extracted hearts and sniffed lungs.

Today, having done it a dozen times, even he felt somewhat uncomfortable.

But because of the presence of performers, he had no choice but to keep acting.

Moreover, he didn’t know whether the performers had left or not, so he naturally had to dispose of the corpses properly.

Once all the bodies were dealt with, Ye Jingcheng started examining the spirit medicines on Luoyang Mountain.

Besides the ore vein, there was also a spirit medicine garden.

Although the spirit medicine garden was only a Tier Two Spirit Medicine Garden, most of the spirit medicines were two to three hundred years old.

But for Ye Jingcheng, even small resources mattered.

So he picked them all entirely, without much effort in transplantation.

At that time, the valuable ones could be researched using treasure light, while the worthless ones could be used for alchemy by the family. Now that he was an evil cultivator, he naturally wouldn’t carefully transplant the spirit medicines.

After collecting the spirit medicines, he entered the mine, where there were still many miners.

Most of these miners were loose cultivators, and when they saw Ye Jingcheng enter, they pleaded repeatedly, claiming they were all in-law cultivators of the Xun Family but were tricked into becoming miners.

Naturally, Ye Jingcheng wasn’t merciful. Instead, he gave them all release.

He also collected all the remaining raw ore from the mine.

Ten pounds of Flame Sun Crystal raw ore could produce roughly two ounces of pure crystal ore, and the price for one ounce of pure crystal ore was around five hundred spirit stones.

Ye Jingcheng checked all the storage bags, finding roughly three hundred pounds of raw ore, meaning he could harvest thirty thousand spirit stones from the Flame Sun Crystal of just this past half-year.

And this was without him personally mining in the cave.

…

On Purple Swan Mountain, as the soul talismans shattered one by one, the cultivator guarding them dashed out of the ancestral hall, heading towards the clan assembly hall.

In the hall, Xun Changsheng and Xun Changqing, among others, had already gathered there.

Their gazes were cold, filled with sharp menace.

He trembled, kneeling down, speaking with a tearful voice:

“Patriarch, Hall Master, it’s terrible, all the clan members on Luoyang Mountain are dead!”

“Understood, you may leave!” Xun Changqing fiercely crushed a jade talisman, which was the last message from Xun Tai’an.

“This is outrageous; an evil cultivator from Chu Kingdom is bullying our Xun Family. This matter must be addressed swiftly. We must drag this scoundrel out, grind his bones to dust, torment his soul, and deny him rebirth for eternity!”

“The Prefect and others haven’t returned, guessed to have met an unfortunate end as well!” Next to him, Xun Changsheng remained surprisingly calm.

Unlike his usual stance against everything, at this moment, he felt an unprecedented worry.

“Patriarch, we can’t wait any longer; we must consult the ancestors. The ancestors haven’t sent any messages or decrees for a long time!” Xun Changsheng spoke up.

“Moreover, the soul talismans of the ancestors were taken away!”

“Tell the truth, where did the ancestors go!” Xun Changsheng roared angrily.

At these words, Xun Changqing’s expression grew uncertain.

This scene caused the expressions of the other Foundation Establishment cultivators to change.

It seemed there were problems with the two Purple Mansion ancestors.

“The two ancestors went to investigate the Pill Desolate Secret Realm early!” Xun Changqing finally spoke.

And as he spoke, it boomed in everyone’s heart.

This also meant there were no Purple Mansion cultivators within the Xun Family’s ranks.

How could they remain at ease with this knowledge?

“Rest assured, the combat power of the two ancestors is such that ordinary middle-stage Purple Mansion cultivators would only suffer defeat. The reason they didn’t leave a jade talisman was to prevent internal chaos within the family, and knowledge cannot be leaked to others!” Xun Changqing said.

Upon hearing this, everyone fell silent.

As matters stood, the evil cultivator might just be the beginning.

At this moment, another jade talisman flew into the hall.

It was caught by Xun Changsheng, and after glancing at it, his expression darkened further:

“The one who attacked our Xun Family is a late-stage Foundation Establishment evil cultivator and also a body cultivator, extremely ruthless!” Xun Changsheng’s face became even more indifferent, and a wolfish gleam flickered in his eyes.

In the past, he was the one to slaughter others; never had anyone dared to slaughter the members of the Xun Family.

“This matter is not simple. Could it be the Ye Family? Should we report to the Qinghe Sect?” Xun Changsheng suddenly suggested.

His gaze held fast onto Xun Changqing, as if Xun Changqing were to speak even a wrong word, he would leap up.

“It is possible, but it must be a last resort. We all have a Heavenly Dao Oath and Soul Ban, and, besides, there is no actual news of the ancestors’ deaths. We must enter the swamp before the summer solstice to find the ancestors!” Xun Changqing stated.

In many secret realms, there are arrays, and trapping arrays are not uncommon. To them, the two ancestors might just be trapped.

After all, someone capable of killing their ancestors could easily annihilate the Xun Family.

Their Xun Family’s ancestors had been in seclusion for so long, and not going missing without incident suggested the ancestors were fine, or the one who acted wasn’t an influential force in the Yanhui Commandery’s Purple Mansion.

“Xun Changqing, you just wait and see, either the Yan Family or the Profound Cyan Gang will surely come knocking!” Xun Changsheng wasn’t so optimistic.

“Even in death, we must divulge the Pill Desolate Secret Realm to protect the Xun Family!” Xun Changsheng declared.

And he made a move to set out.

However, Xun Changqing did not move, did not stop him, nor did he offer to go himself!

This scene left Xun Changsheng somewhat hesitant.

The reason he spoke thus was because he suspected Xun Changqing.

But now, Xun Changqing still seemed to consider the family’s interests.

He made no effort to report to Xi Wang Valley.

“Changsheng, even if you go, be cautious. If you say there are people watching around Xi Wang Valley, if we transmit sound, heart demons could erupt instantly, possibly leading to our immediate death. So be sure to avoid the Profound Cyan Gang or the Yan Family, and also avoid the Sun Family of the Purple Mansion!” Xun Changqing cautioned.

Xun Changsheng nodded.

“Uncle Changsheng, let me go. Both of you are late-stage Foundation Establishment; our Xun Family cannot afford to lose any more late-stage Foundation Establishment!”

“I will disguise myself as a loose cultivator and head to Xi Wang Valley; my cultivation technique disguises me better!” At this moment, the frail Xun Tai Xuan spoke.

He was at the early stage of Foundation Establishment, and there was determination in his eyes at this moment.

And Xun Changsheng nodded in agreement:

“Very well, this time we must sacrifice you, Tai Xuan. Rest assured, your descendants will be nurtured with the highest support from the Xun Family!” Xun Changsheng finished, his face full of anguish, as if he hadn’t been the one who just transmitted a message to Xun Tai Xuan!