Beast Taming Clan: I Have a Jade Book

The golden lion shadow soared into the sky, as if it had come to life, layers upon layers of crimson scales reinforcing it.

Beneath the lion shadow, the Five-Phase Pill Furnace spun continuously, instantly filled with countless spiritual auras.

At this moment, Ye Jingcheng also held his breath and focused his mind.

Even the Red Flame Fox beside him, as well as the Golden Scale Beast guarding the perimeter, were doing the same.

Finally, with a gentle roar from the spirit shadow of the lion beast, the spirit pill inside the furnace finally took shape.

Ye Jingcheng let out a long breath and cast a spiritual technique, causing the lid of the furnace to fly up, revealing a golden spirit pill.

It was precisely the Tier Four Golden Scale Pill!

The spirit pill had no spirit patterns and no spirit fragrance.

This was not due to Ye Jingcheng’s lack of alchemy skill, but rather, because the Tier Four Advancement Pill, which used the essence blood of a Tier Four spirit beast, unleashed an overwhelming spiritual might and beastly might.

The essence blood used for this Golden Scale Pill was that of the Post-Hyperion Qilin Lion, whose rampage almost caused the entire alchemy process to fail.

It was only with the amplification from the Five-Phase Furnace and the Red Flame Fox’s refining that this batch barely succeeded.

”Next is the Crimson Flame Pill!” Ye Jingcheng comforted the Red Flame Fox.

This nearly two-year alchemy process was most burdensome for the Red Flame Fox, and naturally, he felt the most sympathy for it.

The Red Flame Fox let out a soft sound, intelligently nodding its fox head, then lay there quietly, starting to absorb spiritual energy and recover.

Ye Jingcheng also retrieved the spirit pill, allowing the Red Flame Fox to consume it for recovery, then began to wipe down the Five-Phase Furnace.

Meanwhile, the Golden Scale Beast on the periphery had long grown impatient.

After all, this Golden Scale Pill was its advancement pill, its eyes shone with light.

Seeing Ye Jingcheng still busy.

It called out one ”Master” after another.

”Master...”

”Master, roar, I am ready!”

...

The Golden Scale Beast was anxious nearby, while Ye Jingcheng continued with his cultivation and recovery.

Refining the Golden Scale Pill, considering the prior preparations, had taken nearly half a year.

At this moment, he was also completely exhausted.

He naturally needed to meditate and recover, and as for the Golden Scale Beast, which had waited in vain on the periphery for so long, without cultivating, in Ye Jingcheng’s view, this was purely a waste of time.

He intended to temper the temperament of the Golden Scale Beast.

Hence, he did not let it consume the pill immediately.

In this manner, another day passed before Ye Jingcheng awoke.

”Master...” The Golden Scale Beast called out once more.

Yet, Ye Jingcheng still did not respond.

At this moment, he merely took out a new jade talisman, beginning to record this alchemy experience.

After all, this was the first Tier Four Advancement Pill, and ahead, there were quite a few Tier Four Advancement Pills.

Ye Jingcheng naturally couldn’t relax; this time, he nearly failed, so he must remind himself to be more vigilant.

Once he finished these tasks, yet another day went by, the Golden Scale Beast waiting beside him until its eyes turned dull.

Seeing Ye Jingcheng stand and walk toward it, it finally stood up.

”Do you realize, these days, you’ve wasted almost two months?” Ye Jingcheng reprimanded.

Upon hearing this, the Golden Scale Beast repeatedly nodded in shame.

Its cultivation was not especially far from the mid-stage of Tier Four.

The reason Ye Jingcheng was angry was because he worried the Golden Scale Beast, even after advancing, might not break through the mid-stage of Tier Four.

After all, its foundation was considerably weaker compared to the Red Flame Fox and the Jade Qilin Flood Dragon.

Should that happen, the determination it had accumulated over these years might greatly diminish.

After all, its current effort was all to catch up with the Jade Qilin Flood Dragon and the Red Flame Fox.

”Roar.” The Golden Scale Beast nodded, lowering its head, not daring to look Ye Jingcheng in the eye.

But Ye Jingcheng still noticed in its eyes a mixture of shame and expectation.

This clearly told him, it knew its mistake, but it still wished to consume the Golden Scale Pill.

”Eat it!” Finally, Ye Jingcheng handed over the Golden Scale Pill to the Golden Scale Beast.

Then retrieved a Tier Four Earth Attribute Spirit Pill, also bestowing it with considerable treasure light.

If, even with this, it couldn’t advance beyond the mid-stage of Tier Four, Ye Jingcheng would have no solution.

”Roar, thank you, Master!” The Golden Scale Beast was full of excitement, and after consuming the Golden Scale Pill, it was soon enveloped in golden light.

However, even immersed in golden light, the Golden Scale Beast moved toward the Celestial Spirit Body Refining Array.

This scene greatly surprised Ye Jingcheng.

Even upon advancing, the Golden Scale Beast still sought to temper itself.

Ye Jingcheng was somewhat hesitant now, worried that the Golden Scale Beast was rushing too quickly, but he did not expect the Divine Soul fluctuation sent by the Golden Scale Beast to be so firm.

Seeing this, Ye Jingcheng stayed beside the Celestial Spirit Body Refining Array, observing for several days, before returning to the pavilion once he confirmed there were no issues.

Ye Jingcheng began to research the Crimson Flame Pill.

The days of cultivation passed quickly, as did the days of alchemy.

Another year went by.

On this day, the flames were once again as intense as ever, with a Simurgh spirit shadow filling the sky.

The pill furnace was a vivid crimson.

Inside the pill furnace, the spirit medicine was already more than half refined, and in Ye Jingcheng’s hand appeared a jade bottle.

Inside the jade bottle was none other than the essence blood of the Bone Flame Demon Fox.

Ye Jingcheng took a deep breath; previously, the issue with the Golden Scale Pill was due to the overly intense integration of essence blood, causing the alchemy process to become exceedingly difficult.

This time, Ye Jingcheng preemptively used the Six-Part Alchemy Method.

Only, five parts consisted of elixirs, and the remaining part was this essence blood.

Sure enough, as the essence blood entered the furnace, the white bone fire soared with the wind, causing the Pill Furnace to begin shaking violently, and the fire’s might increased significantly.

Despite being prepared, there was still some chaos.

Fortunately, by refining the spirit medicine and essence blood separately, the impact was minimized.

Once accustomed to the fire’s might, the potion began to gather, slowly transforming into the Crimson Flame Pill.

After a long while, with the activation of the Spiritual Enhancement Secret Technique, a rich Pill Fragrance suddenly began to emerge around him; seeing this, Ye Jingcheng let out a celebratory sigh of relief.

This indicated that his years of research were correct.

When the lid flew off the furnace, Ye Jingcheng also collected the Spirit Pill.

Ye Jingcheng continued to wipe the furnace, summarize, and recover.

Only the next day did he let the Red Flame Fox devour it.

At this point, the Red Flame Fox was also enveloped in crimson light, falling into advancement.

Ye Jingcheng observed for a while and sensed the Red Flame Fox advancing smoothly; only then did he completely relax.

He couldn’t help but glance at the Celestial Spirit Body Refining Array in the distance, feeling an illusion that due to the Golden Scale Beast’s advancement, the array’s pressure seemed to have increased significantly.

Seeing this, Ye Jingcheng also entered the Body Refining Array, and after a brief test, he found that it had indeed heightened considerably.

Witnessing this, Ye Jingcheng naturally anticipated the Golden Scale Beast’s abilities post-advancement with greater eagerness.

”Speaking of which, I am already a hundred and sixteen years old!” Ye Jingcheng suddenly felt a bit sentimental.

He also missed Ye Qingnian, Ye Qingfeng, and Chu Yanqing somewhat.

After refining these Spirit Pills, he estimated that he wouldn’t engage in alchemy for the next decade or so.

Next, he could settle into stable cultivation; of course, before doing so, he would leave the Grotto Heaven once, both to deliver the commissioned Spirit Pills and to check on the family’s situation.

Just as Ye Jingcheng was preparing to leave, he noticed the Spirit Lake in the distance starting to envelop in Water Attribute Spiritual Light, clearly indicating the Jade Qilin Flood Dragon was about to break through successfully.

Ye Jingcheng hurriedly went forward to set up an array.

But before he could set up the array, he noticed the Five-Colored Cloud Deer and Golden Falcon in the distance starting to radiate Spiritual Light, also indicating they were about to break through.

It was known that both were breaking through from Tier Three to Tier Four, and thus faced Thunder Tribulation.

This Thunder Tribulation certainly couldn’t be crossed within the Grotto Heaven.

Otherwise, if the Grotto Heaven couldn’t withstand it, the losses for Ye Jingcheng would be significant.

After all, all his possessions were within this Grotto Heaven.

Ye Jingcheng hurriedly left the Grotto Heaven, appearing at the Celestial Sand Treasure Pavilion.

The Celestial Sand Treasure Pavilion was doing extremely well in business; despite it being near dusk, there were still many buying Spirit Pills.

Xiao Congrong was even on the third floor of the Celestial Sand Treasure Pavilion, hosting two Purple Mansion Cultivators.

The two Purple Mansion Cultivators were stuffing a Storage Bag onto Xiao Congrong’s waist.

Under normal circumstances, Ye Jingcheng might intervene, but he was extremely urgent at this moment.

He directly left the Treasure Tower, heading to the nearby Celestial Sand Array Pavilion.

The Celestial Sand Array Pavilion’s business was still decent, but it lacked the prestige of having a Tier Four Alchemy Master like him, so business was slightly worse.

Yet on this street, it was absolutely considered good.

Ye Jingcheng went straight to the third floor, where Ye Xingliu was researching an Array Disc.

”Uncle Xingliu, where near Xiaoshan Market is suitable for crossing the tribulation?” Ye Jingcheng asked directly.

Returning to Yellow Sand Mountain or teleporting to Desert Sea was naturally too late.

The best way was to find a nearby place.

”Black Cloud Mountain; it was compensated to us by the Celestial Essence Sect, now managed by Qingfeng!” Ye Xingliu replied promptly.

Upon hearing this, Ye Jingcheng’s eyes lit up.

This Black Cloud Mountain is a Tier Three Spirit Mountain with Tier Three Spirit Veins.

Such a Spirit Mountain is naturally suitable for a Thunder Tribulation breakthrough.

The most critical thing is that Black Cloud Mountain isn’t very far from Xiaoshan.

Upon hearing this, Ye Jingcheng immediately set off from Xiaoshan Market, flying towards Black Cloud Mountain.

...

Duan Family Tavern, Lakeside Human World.

Countless lotus leaves stood tall, lotus blossoms in full bloom, incredibly beautiful.

Yet the six or seven cultivators within the pavilion were exceptionally frustrated at this moment.

Especially Duan Chuanyun and Duan Qingtan.

These three Gold Condensing Fruits were meant for Master Qianchen.

The counterpart promised success in three years, but now the deadline was approaching.

They’d been closely watching Celestial Sand Treasure Pavilion, knowing Master Qianchen hadn’t left seclusion, still harboring hope.

After all, refining Gold Condensing Pills wasn’t like ordinary elixirs and could take a longer time, which was normal.

But now, Ye Jingcheng had clearly come out of seclusion, and afterward did not meet anyone or take on spirit pill commissions, instead visiting the Array Pavilion, then left Xiaoshan Market.

No matter how one viewed it, it seemed like refining had failed, and embarrassed, he left early.

Even if they felt justified, they couldn’t pursue a Golden Core cultivator for a spirit pill.

”Patriarch, miss, these spirit pills concern our Duan Family’s destiny. As far as I know, Elder Quan An from the Profound Puppet Sect left seclusion and succeeded months ago. Handing over the spirit medicine to the Celestial Sand Sect’s Master Qianchen was indeed impulsive!” An elder beside them spoke up.

Upon hearing this, Duan Qingtan’s expression changed:

”Elder He Feng, what do you mean?”

”Miss, I mean no other offense. It’s just that as a patriarch, when a mistake is made, one must pay the price. I suggest it’s time for the patriarch to make a new choice!” Duan He Feng stated.

These words brought an extremely grim look to Duan Qingtan and Duan Chuanyun’s faces.

They glanced at the other elders.

Only to find that the remaining elders were all silent.

But by remaining silent, they had already expressed their stance.

”Moreover, miss, since the family’s chance at Golden Core breakthrough is gone, I think it’s time for you to make some sacrifices for the family. After all, the foundation of our Duan Family lies in the tavern...”

”Let us not discuss this; after all, the deadline hasn’t arrived yet. Maybe Master Qianchen was delayed by some urgent matters; the direction he headed in was also toward the Spirit Mountain of the Celestial Sand Tavern!”