Beast Taming Clan: I Have a Jade Book

The Xiaoshan Prefecture’s treasury is not located elsewhere, but right behind the Wankun Palace where Xiao Wankun is.

Here lies a heavily guarded hall, housing some treasures of the Xiaoshan Prefecture.

Some of these treasures are collected from the Righteous Treasure Pavilion, while others are tributes from various affiliated forces.

According to the rules of the Righteous Sect, they either offer a high price in Spirit Stones or pay a discounted price in high-tier Spiritual Medicine.

To lessen the amount of Spirit Stones, various forces would choose to pay a lower price by offering some rare high-tier Spiritual Medicine.

This is because, for those affiliated forces, they seldom use these rare Spiritual Medicines, whereas for the Righteous Sect, with its abundant Spirit Pill heritage, it is never a loss.

In Ye Jingcheng’s view, if the Ye Family were to grow bigger in the future, they should also follow this tribute strategy.

In the Cultivation Realm, after all, Cultivation is the most important.

The reason Xiao He reminded Ye Jingcheng was that, in a few months, the Righteous Sect would start collecting tributes in advance.

If Ye Jingcheng did not come to exchange this time, he might not find as many treasures if he wanted to exchange later on.

Ye Jingcheng naturally decided to come this time.

”I’ve heard that the Sect plans to hold a Pill Conference in advance this time, probably because some talented Cultivator within the Sect intends to prove Dao with pills and break through the Great Realm!”

In front of the Tiankun Palace, Xiao He was also leading Ye Jingcheng along.

At this moment, Xiao He also began to explain to Ye Jingcheng.

Upon hearing about the Pill Conference, Ye Jingcheng immediately showed interest.

However, after asking, he learned that participation required a recommendation and was only open to Loose Cultivators or those willing to join the Righteous Sect.

Upon hearing this, Ye Jingcheng’s interest naturally waned significantly.

After all, no matter how great the rewards of the Pill Conference, Ye Jingcheng could not join the Righteous Sect, as he possessed too many secrets, and the Ye Family had many as well.

However, he saw the model of the Pill Conference as something worth emulating.

”Elder Qianchen, I’ll first report to the Mansion Master!” After explaining, Xiao He spoke again.

Seeing Ye Jingcheng nod, he then headed towards Wankun Palace, returning shortly after.

Ye Jingcheng thought Xiao Wankun might appear, but obviously, he was too severely injured by Gui Xuanzi from Gui Xuan Sect before, and now his recovery is only average.

Soon, the two arrived in front of the Xiaoshan Treasure Hall.

Guarding the entrance were two Foundation Establishment Cultivators. Certainly, one should not think the place is poorly guarded, as Ye Jingcheng sensed a Tier Four Array and a strong Tier Three Late Stage Divine Sense faintly present here.

Presumably, if anyone harbored evil intentions, the Purple Mansion Cultivator would activate the Array upon sensing it, and Tiankun Palace was next to it.

With the Mansion Master present, even an ordinary Golden Core Cultivator coming would be futile.

As for a Nascent Soul Cultivator coming, not even the Golden Core Cultivators guarding here would be enough.

”Steward Xiao.” As the two approached, the two guarding Foundation Establishment Cultivators began salutations.

”This is True Master Qianchen from Celestial Sand Sect, here to exchange for merits!” Xiao He explained.

”Junior pays respect to True Master Qianchen!”

Both immediately began speaking up.

Ye Jingcheng naturally waved his hand and even took out two Tier Two Spirit Pills for them.

Greatly delighting the two at once.

”True Master Qianchen is a Tier Four Alchemist, you two are truly fortunate!” Xiao He couldn’t help but say.

Then, smiling with Ye Jingcheng, he led the way into the great hall!

”True Master Qianchen, this Xiaoshan Treasure Hall is divided into two halls, the first is the false hall, and the second is the true hall!”

Upon entering the hall, gazing upon the lavishly furnished pavilion, the long corridors, and the inner chambers filled with Arrays, Ye Jingcheng did find the great hall indeed very well secured.

Yet he did not expect to see a facade, merely a false hall.

Arriving in front of a large pillar with an immense token pattern.

Xiao He took out a token and embedded it into the pattern.

Instantly, the Array shifted, and Star Shift occurred, revealing a massive entrance to a Secret Realm in the distance.

This Grotto Heaven Secret Realm, similar to the scroll obtained by the Ye Family before, was a fixed Spatial Spiritual Artifact.

However, placing such an Artifact at a fixed location as the Treasure Tower was just perfect.

Entering the Secret Realm, they found only a Spirit Mountain-sized area inside, with a large hall at the center of the Secret Realm.

The hall was guarded by four Spirit Puppets, and when Xiao He took out a token, the four Spirit Puppets intelligently retreated aside, allowing the two to enter.

Upon entering the hall, Ye Jingcheng saw numerous wooden shelves, with various treasures placed upon them.

Moreover, each wooden shelf had a special Array that emitted Spiritual Light, covering the treasures and forming a Spirit Shield to protect the treasures from losing their Spiritual Energy.

”Elder Qianchen, these treasures are free for exchange.” Xiao He slightly obstructed the staircase leading to the second floor of the hall, implying there were more treasures above.

It’s just that Ye Jingcheng was not allowed to exchange for them.

Upon seeing this, Ye Jingcheng naturally withdrew his gaze, knowing his strength was beyond Xiao He’s restraint, but if he acted, it would be impossible for him to remain in the Southern Wilderness Province.

That’s not a situation he wanted to see.

In the hall, the wooden shelves were divided into four categories.

Spirit Pills and Spirit Medicines, Spirit Talisman Arrays, Mineral Materials and Magical Treasures, and Jade Talismans.

This indicated that Ye Jingcheng’s merits could be exchanged not just for treasures, but even for Cultivation Techniques.

But he also knew that the Cultivation Techniques here likely wouldn’t exceed Earth Tier, and even Secret Techniques wouldn’t be overly rare and precious.

So Ye Jingcheng’s first glance was at the Spirit Medicine category.

But unfortunately, Ye Jingcheng still couldn’t find the main ingredients needed for the Jade Qilin Pill and Earth Dragon Pill.

However, there were many auxiliary materials, but really exchanging for auxiliary materials would be somewhat of a loss.

While Ye Jingcheng hesitated, Xiao He pointed to the treasure shelves.

”Elder Qianchen, there are a few Pill Furnaces over there that are quite decent, all acquired from a Secret Realm, also exchanged by Mansion Master Xiao from sect cultivators!”

Upon hearing Xiao He’s explanation, Ye Jingcheng also remembered that he indeed needed a good Pill Furnace at this time.

Thus, he looked toward the wooden rack for artifact refining.

The magical artifacts and treasures here were of various kinds, from whips, threads, towers, to mirrors.

However, what caught Ye Jingcheng’s eye were still the Tier Four Spiritual Treasures, which were all placed at the top of the wooden rack and covered by five-colored spiritual light.

There weren’t many Tier Four Spiritual Treasures, only six pieces.

And what Ye Jingcheng didn’t expect was that among these six Tier Four Spiritual Treasures, there were actually two Pill Furnace Treasures.

It was no wonder Xiao He would recommend him the Tier Four Pill Furnace Treasure.

Ye Jingcheng scrutinized them, noticing the two Pill Furnaces each had their unique features.

One of them had three legs and two ears, resembling a large mouse’s head, with an introductory line next to the treasure.

This Pill Furnace Treasure was also named the Celestial Rat Furnace, a Tier Four Lower Grade Treasure Furnace, with an excellent appearance, and when the furnace becomes unstable, the two huge furnace ears emit an aura to remind the Alchemy Master.

Ye Jingcheng was extremely fond of this Pill Furnace, similar to the Celestial Bell Furnace he obtained earlier, which could remind the Alchemy Master.

But the Celestial Bell Furnace was merely a Tier Two Top Grade, while the Celestial Rat Furnace was a Tier Four Lower Grade, a significant difference.

Ye Jingcheng also saw this Celestial Rat Furnace’s contribution points for exchange, a total of nine hundred points.

”Elder Qianchen, if contribution points are insufficient, the first treasure can be owed, and when the Xiaoshan Mansion has any actions later, Elder just needs to participate without seclusion to repay!” Xiao He explained from the side.

Upon hearing this, Ye Jingcheng nodded.

He had no reason to refuse when there were matters at Xiaoshan Market and the Righteous Sect.

If that’s the case, owing a few contribution points wouldn’t be a problem.

At worst, later on, he would kill some evil cultivators with Golden Cores.

After such thoughts, Ye Jingcheng also looked at the second Pill Furnace Treasure.

Upon seeing this Pill Furnace Treasure, Ye Jingcheng’s eyes couldn’t quite move away.

The furnace’s body was extremely simple, with very few spirit patterns, appearing quite plain.

Yet it had as many as five furnace ears, and each furnace ear was engraved with Exotic Beast Spirit Shadows, each different.

These were Tiger, Flood Dragon, Tortoise, Luan Bird, and Lion respectively.

As Ye Jingcheng looked, he found it somewhat strange, but understood after reading the introduction.

This furnace is named the Five Phase Furnace, as its name suggests, there are five beasts, and the furnace has five phases.

Each furnace ear corresponds to a phase, and inputting the corresponding True Essence to refine the attribute-matching Spirit Pill would be much simpler.

Conversely, inputting opposed True Essence would increase the difficulty of alchemy.

To Ye Jingcheng, however, this Pill Furnace was just perfect.

After all, the Red Flame Fox’s spiritual fire has now gathered all five phases, boosting Ye Jingcheng’s confidence in refining Golden Scale Pill and Red Flame Pill.

”Eight hundred and fifty contribution points!” Ye Jingcheng glanced at the exchange contribution points, finding it even less than the Celestial Rat Furnace.

This naturally made Ye Jingcheng even happier.

”Elder Qianchen, if the True Essence and spiritual fire input to the Five Phase Furnace are incorrect, it could lead to deteriorating quality of refined Spirit Pills...” Xiao He reminded upon seeing this.

Most Alchemy Masters’ flames are pure Pill Fire, or spiritual fire of Wood and Earth attributes.

The cultivation technique True Essence they practice is also very singular.

This actually makes it inconvenient for Alchemy Masters.

This is why the contribution points for the Five Phase Furnace are lower than the Celestial Rat Furnace.

”I’ll choose this furnace, it’s better to owe less!” Ye Jingcheng said self-deprecatingly.

Upon hearing this, Xiao He naturally couldn’t say much.

After all, acquiring contribution points from the Righteous Sect was truly challenging.

Simply killing an Evil Cultivator at the Purple Mansion stage only yields a few contribution points.

Moreover, entering the Southern Wilderness Province where Evil Cultivators reside is truly a gamble with one’s life.

Ye Jingcheng being frugal with contribution points was certainly understandable.

Seeing this, Ye Jingcheng also took out his token to exchange for the Five Phase Furnace, naturally owing one hundred and thirty contribution points as a result.

Ye Jingcheng did not continue looking at other treasures.

Currently, his contribution points were still in the negative, making further exchanges impossible.

For Ye Jingcheng, his heart was already eager to try the Five Phase Furnace.

In his opinion, the creator of the Five Phase Furnace must have been a genius.

Because if this Pill Furnace had all Five Elements Spirit Fire, it would certainly be an Alchemy Sacred Artifact.

Soon, Ye Jingcheng bid farewell to Xiao He and returned directly to the Celestial Sand Array Pavilion.

Atop the Array Pavilion, Ye Xingliu and several Ye Clan members were already waiting.

”Third Uncle, I’m going to be in seclusion for a while now!” Ye Jingcheng declared.

He also entrusted some family matters, planning to refine the Golden Scale Pill and Red Flame Pill before coming out.

”Alright, focus on your seclusion, I’ll manage the Artifact Pavilion, and I’ll also stay in touch with Yun Xi and Qingfeng frequently!” Ye Xingliu nodded, handing Ye Jingcheng the storage bag from the family.

This storage bag contained mostly Spirit Medicine, as Ye Jingcheng was currently the only Tier Four Alchemist in the Ye family, naturally, most Spirit Medicine was given to Ye Jingcheng.

Ye Jingcheng was surprised to find a Gold Condensing Fruit inside.

Clearly, the Ye Family’s Gold Condensing Fruit Tree had matured.

Though the Spirit Tree’s nutrients seemed somewhat insufficient, yielding only one fruit.

”Good!” After giving instructions, Ye Jingcheng returned to the Treasure Tower and began his seclusion.