Beast Taming Clan: I Have a Jade Book

Chapter 880: Chapter 617: Victory and Defeat Decided, Jing Hu’s Power (Double Chapter)

Upon hearing these words, Jiang Jinghe couldn’t help but smile bitterly inside. Could he truly ignore it?

However, since Master Tianzhen had spoken, he first greeted the numerous masters, then distanced himself from the Jin Family slightly, and began to speak aloud:

“Fellow cultivators of Taihang, Taiyi Sect has always used grand competitions for ownership of the County Domain Market. Treasures and resources in this world should belong to those capable!”

“Participating in this grand competition are six major families: Lingyun Ye Family, Qing Liu Jin Family, Xianyun Wei Family, Taichu Cyan Cloud Nunnery, Hengshui Xiao Clan, and Xinhe Fu Clan. Apart from sect profits, the first place winner gains 50% earnings and ownership of Taihang Market, the second place gains 30%, and third and fourth place receive 10% ownership each!” Jiang Jinghe continually announced.

He placed special emphasis on the Qing Liu Jin Family when mentioning the Jin Family.

This signified that the Jin Family was not allowed to bring in people from the He Tian Jin Family.

If Master Tianzhen, Master Ziyue, and Master Tian Jian hadn’t come, he might have turned a blind eye, but now it was impossible.

The Qing Liu Jin Family was strictly recorded for who they were, counting from a year ago, to prevent any family cultivators from calling in outside Loose Cultivator support at the last moment.

“The competition consists of three matches: one is the highest combat power competition, and two are young combat power competitions, where the young cultivators cannot be over seventy years old! The ultimate result will be determined by best of three.” After Jiang Jinghe finished speaking, he began to assign groups.

Everyone tacitly placed the Jin Family and Ye Family into the first group.

The others formed the remaining group.

But in reality, everyone knew that the later placements didn’t matter; the Fu Family and Xiao Clan didn’t have any Foundation Establishment cultivators and were just making up the numbers.

Jiang Jinghe casually organized these people for the grand competition, and the results came out quickly.

Cyan Cloud Nunnery placed third, Wei Family placed fourth.

At this point, the group of Loose Cultivators became intensely focused.

After all, the real focus was between the Jin Family and Ye Family.

Although Xiao Quan’an of Purple Peak dared not speak much, if the Jin Family won, Taihang Market would continue as before.

Even with the True Masters of Illusion Peak and Sword Peak present, he could still support the Jin Family with righteous words.

“Let’s start with the young cultivators’ competition first!” Jiang Jinghe glanced and spoke again.

Ye Jingcheng looked toward Ye Qingwen and Ye Jing Hu as well.

This time, the participants were Ye Qingwen and Ye Jing Hu.

Although Ye Qingyan had a higher cultivation, compared to Ye Qingwen, who was a Body Cultivator, his combat power was still lacking.

Besides, this was a best of three.

As long as Ye Jing Hu and Ye Jingcheng emerged victorious, there would be no problem.

“Patriarch, let me go first!” Ye Jing Hu stepped forward with confidence, being a Thunder Cultivator, assured that he would win regardless of the opponent’s cultivation.

The conviction of being a Thunder Cultivator was to subdue all enemies under heaven!

“Alright!” Ye Jingcheng nodded as well. Ye Jing Hu had broken through to the Late Stage of Foundation Establishment, and Ye Jingcheng hadn’t truly seen how Ye Jing Hu would display his prowess.

This was indeed the time to test Ye Jing Hu.

As Ye Jing Hu stepped out, a person from the Jin Family also stepped out, another from the younger generation, Jin Xinhua, with Fire and Wood Dual Spirit Roots, in the Late Stage of Foundation Establishment.

It was considered the same cultivation as Ye Jing Hu.

“Ye Family’s Ye Jing Hu!” Ye Jing Hu’s face was stern and righteous. Combined with his Thunder Skill, his words resounded like thunder, full of fighting spirit.

“Jin Family’s Jin Xinhua!” Seeing that Ye Jing Hu was a Thunder Cultivator, Jin Xinhua immediately ascended the platform prepared by Gu Zhongya without delay.

“The purpose of the grand competition is to spar, stopping at an appropriate point!” Jiang Jinghe added on the side.

The grand competition concerned market profits and was far from a matter of life and death. After all, the Jin Family had their main branch, and the Ye Family had Illusion Peak and Sword Peak backing them. Even if they didn’t speak, Jiang Jinghe had to address it.

As Jiang Jinghe’s words faded, Jin Xinhua first took out four Fire Banners.

These four banners unfurled together, instantaneously forming a Fire Prison that enveloped all around!

However, this moment did not make Ye Jing Hu flinch in the slightest. He threw out four Purple Sky Talismans, transforming into four streaks of purple thunder light, heading towards those four Array Banners.

Seeing these four Purple Sky Talismans, even the distant Supreme Taihao Ascendant couldn’t help but smile, for this Talismanic Magic was his gift to the Ye Family.

Now that Ye Jing Hu could carry it forward, he was naturally happy to see it.

Thunder Talismans stirred countless Divine Thunder, intertwining with the flames.

Like Heavenly Thunder and Earth Fire, they were momentarily intertwined and inseparable.

Nearly half of the encircling force of the Fire Prison was neutralized!

Ye Jing Hu reached into the void and grasped, condensing a Palm Thunder in the sky, which transformed into a thunder light and shot towards Jin Xinhua.

The speed of this thunder was incredibly fast, even faster than typical Flying Swords, but Jin Xinhua was clearly prepared, showing no change in expression.

He simply drew out a Fire Spear and pointed it at the void.

The Fire Spear shot out and collided with the Palm Thunder, instantly echoing with resounding thunder fire.

Yet as the thunder and fire dispersed, Ye Jing Hu moved again.

This time, six Magic Needles were released, exactly six Thunder Needles, each one a Tier Two High-grade Spiritual Artifact, and together, their power reached that of a Top-Grade Spiritual Artifact.

This time, Jin Xinhua’s expression finally changed, for the Thunder Needles were incredibly fast, approaching from multiple directions at once.

There was almost no time to react.

He had no choice but to raise his hand, releasing a golden armored shield.

Simultaneously, he launched two more Fire Spears.

In such a flurry, he barely blocked the six Thunder Needles, but Ye Jing Hu had not actually launched just six Thunder Needles; it was seven. He shot the last needle while Jin Xinhua used all his skills.

This needle was even faster, indeed a Tier Two Top-Grade Thunder Needle, which made all the Jin Family members’ faces change.

Jin Xinhua’s eyes showed a hint of despair, yet at that moment, he suddenly gritted his teeth, as if biting something apart.

His entire body’s cultivation surged again, and his aura rose instantly to the Foundation Establishment Peak.

Simultaneously, two Fire Spears automatically condensed in his hand.

The Tier Two Top-Grade Thunder Needle pierced through the Fire Spear but, due to the delay, landed on the Golden Armor Spirit Shield.

Meanwhile, a mirror in Jin Xinhua’s hand reflected towards Ye Jing Hu.

This was a pitch-black Black Mirror, entwined with Soul Qi, which instantly captured Ye Jing Hu’s spirit.

Since Jin Xinhua’s cultivation was at the Foundation Establishment Peak, the suppression elevated Soul Capture to an extreme.

“You lose!” Jin Xinhua rejoiced greatly.

About to shoot three more Fire Spears.

Just when he thought he would completely finish off Ye Jing Hu, Ye Jing Hu’s body became covered in lightning, and several Thunder Rhinoceros insects appeared on his shoulder.

The rampaging thunder light awakened Ye Jing Hu from the Soul Capture.

Ye Jing Hu cast more Magic Needles, shooting again at Jin Xinhua.

This time, alongside the thunder light were the Thunder Rhinoceros insects.

It wasn’t a secret that the Ye Family had Thunder Rhinoceros insects; they had utilized them in the previous Beast Tide, and it was only natural they had evolved to Tier Two by now.

Boom!

With another Palm Thunder descending, Jin Xinhua was blasted away.

Completely defeated.

Jin Yurong wanted to speak up, but was quickly silenced by a glare from Xiao Quan’an.

Jin Xinhua’s use of the Overdraft Spiritual Pill was against the rules, while Ye Jing Hu’s employment of Spirit Beasts was perfectly reasonable; after all, the Ye Family was a Spirit Beast Family!

“Ye Jing Hu wins!” Jiang Jinghe promptly announced.

At that moment, the light in his eyes changed.

He felt all of the Jin Family’s efforts were within the Ye Family’s grasp, and Ye Jingcheng’s combat power this time would likely exceed everyone’s expectations.

The Jin Family had utterly lost.

Not only did they lose in branch combat power, but also in background competition; both Sword Peak and Illusion Peak produced True Masters, while Purple Peak only had Purple Mansion Ascendants.

But he also understood that Purple Peak’s focus was clearly within many Mini Worlds now.

Furthermore, Purple Peak likely didn’t hold much hope for the Jin Family either!

After all, when the Jin Family had defended the Taichang Mountain Range back then, they exerted little effort!

“Let’s begin the second round, Xinyu, I don’t expect you to lose. If you lose, you know what a family woman should do!” Jin Yurong looked at one of the female members of the Jin Family.

The woman nodded repeatedly.

She stepped out of the valley, looking at the Ye Family.

With the same confidence as Ye Jing Hu:

“Jin Family Body Cultivator Jin Xinyu, please instruct me!”

“Annoying!” Ye Qingwen murmured, thinking women were troublesome.

Yet despite his eyes filled with frustration, he dared not underestimate the Jin Family.

He stepped forward as well:

“Ye Family’s Ye Qingwen, I am also a Body Cultivator!”

Ye Qingwen believed that, having undergone the Celestial Spirit Body Tempering Array’s cultivation, he had nothing to fear from a typical late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, and this time, he wouldn’t hold back with the Spirit Beast.

He immediately summoned a Red Moon Python!

In his view, if he won, Ye Jingcheng wouldn’t need to step in, which would be the safest plan, so Ye Qingwen dared not be careless at all.