Beast Taming Clan: I Have a Jade Book

Chapter 831: Chapter 592: Subduing the Wood Demons and Star Illusion Eye (Two-in-One)

Ye Jingcheng’s stance was clear: whoever spews white mist gets slashed, whoever runs gets slashed!

With the absence of the most powerful late-stage Tier Three Wood Demon, the spiritual mist was not as dense as before, and Ye Jingcheng’s divine sense gradually recovered.

His gaze fell on Ye Jingyu and Ye Haicheng.

Ye Haicheng was fine, but Ye Jingyu and the Golden Scale Beast were both riddled with wounds and not in a good state.

Ye Jingcheng understood this was because the Wood Demons picked on the weak.

Fortunately, Ye Jingyu had put on the Spirit Armor earlier, and along with the Golden Scale Beast, the injuries weren’t too severe.

The one who was truly hurt was the Jade Qilin Snake.

At this moment, many of its white jade scales had fallen off, looking somewhat languid, with a Star Pear Spear piercing through its flesh, causing it to howl in pain.

“You all better obediently release your demon souls!”

“Accept the blood contract, and I shall spare your lives!” Seeing only six Wood Demons remaining, Ye Jingcheng realized the Cyan Yang Flame must have burned another one.

Of the remaining six Wood Demons, one was mid-stage Tier Three, and five were early-stage Tier Three.

“Please, Master, grant us the blood contract!” The six demons replied collectively, being very perceptive of the situation.

Of course, their expressions were naturally filled with lament.

These Wood Demons were quite old and experienced; they had thought they would never again be bound by a contract, yet they found themselves in this current predicament, naturally feeling somewhat dejected.

Ye Jingcheng did not delay, taking out his essence blood to first initiate the blood contract.

He didn’t let Ye Jingyu or Ye Haicheng try.

After all, these Wood Demons were truly dangerous. Once he completed the blood contract, he could release them later to benefit the family.

There was no need to risk it here.

Furthermore, both of them were injured, making it unsuitable to draw out essence blood, and even the family had only previously contracted a Tier Two Meat Mushroom Wood Demon.

Whether they could contract a Tier Three Wood Demon was still a question.

As six drops of essence blood entered their wooden bodies,

surprise was evident in their starry eyes, but soon they called out bitterly to their master.

Clearly, they realized Ye Jingcheng’s contract was a soul contract, allowing him to know their every thought.

It was more powerful than the blood contracts of the Eight Desolates Sect.

The mist had completely dissipated, and the Red Flame Fox also withdrew the Cyan Yang Flame, revealing only half of a burnt Star Pear Wood remaining.

As for the Spirit Shadow, it had naturally faded away.

This left the remaining six Wood Demons a bit fearful, grateful they hadn’t been the ones caught in the flames; otherwise, they would have been reduced to half their selves.

Even as Wood Demons, they feared annihilation.

Ye Jingcheng, however, did not bother with these Wood Demons. After a sweeping glance confirmed there was no threat, he turned towards Ye Jingyu with the Five-Colored Cloud Deer.

With both Ye Jingyu and the Jade Qilin Snake significantly injured, Ye Jingcheng retrieved two Spirit Pills for them.

Then he took a small knife and made a cut on the back of the Five-Colored Cloud Deer, drawing out some greenish spirit blood.

“Fourth Brother, the blood of this Cloud Deer can heal injuries, and in some aspects, it’s even more effective than Spirit Pills!” Seeing Ye Jingyu hesitate, Ye Jingcheng explained.

Ye Jingyu nodded seeing this.

After drinking the spirit blood, Ye Jingyu’s complexion improved significantly.

“I don’t need the spirit blood; I have Spirit Pills!” Ye Haicheng waved his hands repeatedly when Ye Jingcheng glanced at him.

Although he was amazed by the Five-Colored Cloud Deer’s abilities, he estimated that replenishing the essence blood consumed would be challenging.

With spirit medicine and not being severely injured, he didn’t need it.

Regarding the Jade Qilin Snake and the Golden Scale Beast, Ye Jingcheng provided them both with Treasure Light.

He also helped the Jade Qilin Snake extract the Star Pear Wood.

This made the Jade Qilin Snake howl in pain.

Clearly, the Jade Qilin Snake had undergone some changes towards becoming a Half-Flood Dragon through two advancements.

However, its progress towards being a Half-Flood Dragon was not as impressive as the Jade Qilin Flood Dragon’s advancements.

“Did you do this on purpose?” Ye Jingcheng suddenly directed his question to the Golden Scale Beast.

“Howl, howl, no!” the Golden Scale Beast hurriedly howled.

Howling somewhat anxiously, it understood Ye Jingcheng’s inquiry but found expressing itself challenging.

Nonetheless, Ye Jingcheng understood through the soul contract.

Initially, he suspected the Golden Scale Beast harbored animosity towards the Jade Qilin Snake, considering the Jade Qilin Snake might be the brother of the Jade Qilin Flood Dragon.

However, through the soul contract, he understood that four Wood Demons had assaulted Ye Jingyu and the Golden Scale Beast, resulting in their severe injuries.

“You still need to strive harder!” Ye Jingcheng evaluated.

This prompted the Golden Scale Beast to howl repeatedly, expressing indignation, remarking that these Wood Demons were persistently sneaky.

Even sneakier than the Red-skinned Monster!

Ye Jingcheng, having infused enough Treasure Light, stood up and looked towards the Spirit Medicine Mountain.

The place was now in a worse state, riddled with craters, with no traces of the Spirit Medicine Garden remaining.

Yet, the array surrounding the Spiritual Eye Spring appeared intact, with no issues befalling the spring.

Meanwhile, one of the small Star Pear Wood Spirit Woods had also been knocked over by lightning.

However, the one with potential to advance as a Wood Demon remained intact, satisfying Ye Jingcheng immensely.

For that Star Pear Wood Demon, capable of advancing four times compared to the Sunflower Wood Demon’s two advancements, was precious.

Moreover, there were three intact Wood Demon corpses, ensuring the crucial Wood Heart for the Tier Three Wood Block wasn’t lacking.

With Ye Haicheng and Ye Jingyu healing, Ye Jingcheng rose to collect the Wood Demon corpses, carefully extracting the Wood Heart.

He stored it in a jade bottle, then also took away the half-burned Star Pear Wood Demon body.

Ye Jingcheng also retrieved a Soul Bottle to collect the residual souls of the Wood Demons.

Observing Ye Jingcheng’s methodical actions, the remaining Star Pear Wood Demon grew fearful, pleading:

“Master, we bear Star Pears every ten years. These fruits can enhance cultivation, aid in cultivating the Star Illusion Eye, pierce through illusions, repel Soul Capturing Skills, and enhance eye power!”

The Star Pear Wood Demons, fearing Ye Jingcheng might kill them all and collect their residual souls, quickly expressed their value.

Hearing this, Ye Jingcheng was somewhat startled.

It was clear that the accompanying ability of the Star Pear Wood Demon was the Star Illusion Eye.

Consequently, Ye Jingcheng promptly harvested the seven matured Star Pear Fruits.

So there was no longer a need to let them remain on the Star Pear Wood.

Having secured the Star Pear Spirit Fruits, Ye Jingcheng then drew the six Wood Demons into his Grotto Heaven, despite its current limited size.

With the presence of a Stone Square, its expansion was anticipated soon.

Ye Jingcheng next gathered the remaining Tier Two Lower Grade Star Pear Wood, finally packing away all the Spiritual Soil from the Spirit Medicine Garden.

There were no more spirit medicines here, and developing another Spirit Medicine Garden was unnecessary; the Ye Family lacked the seeds, and putting them all into his Grotto Heaven was preferable.

His Grotto Heaven was due to expand.

By then, relying solely on earthworking earthworms for Spiritual Soil wouldn’t suffice.

Ye Jingcheng’s gaze finally landed on the Spiritual Eye Spring.

This Tier Two Top-Grade Spiritual Eye Spring had, after ten Star Pear Woods, become ordinary Spiritual Water.

It no longer had the properties of a Spiritual Spring.

Ye Jingcheng reused a previous secret technique to directly collect the Spiritual Eye Spring.

“Jingcheng, these spirit fish seem unusual, possibly Black Mushroom Fish!” At that moment, Ye Haicheng suddenly interjected.

He was looking towards the stream.

The small stream with spirit fish swimming inside appeared to be drawn by the last traces of spiritual energy from the Spiritual Eye Spring.

“This Black Mushroom Fish is long lost. It’s delectable; even among Tier One Spirit Fish Cuisine, it’s top-tier. Although its grade only reaches Tier One High-Grade, slightly better than the Red Section Fish, it promises great benefits for the restaurant business!”

Ye Jingcheng nodded repeatedly upon hearing this.

The exquisite taste was vividly demonstrated in the Ye Family’s Spring Tea.

Though Spring Tea was merely an entry-tier spirit tea, a lower grade among the Tier One Lower Grades.

This Black Mushroom Fish, unlike the Star-Feeding Fish, which the Taiyi Sect might investigate, was prized for its limited cost but irresistible flavor that few cultivators could resist.

Most importantly, the Black Mushroom Fish was easy to rear.

Their survival in this stream proved much.