Beast Taming Clan: I Have a Jade Book

Celestial Arrival Commandery, Purple Jade Mountain.

The purple spiritual mist lingered around the peak, adding a touch of mystery to the Spirit Peak.

Purple Jade Mountain was well-known throughout the Yan Kingdom because of a large Purple Jade Ore Vein underground, classified as a Tier Three Spiritual Ore, which contributed greatly to the Gu Family’s rise as a Golden Core Clan.

The vegetation of the entire Spirit Mountain thus leaned more toward a purple hue, even the mist that emerged in the morning appeared a faint purple.

When the Qinghe Sect took control and fortified it even more, a Tier Five Array was placed upon the peak, gathering spiritual energy from nearby Spirit Veins.

This made the purple mist denser, akin to a poisonous miasma, along with a purple poisonous dragon ready to strike at any time.

This not only enhanced the defensive capability of the Mountain Protection Array but also prevented cultivators from infiltrating.

On the Spirit Mountain, the buildings and pavilions remained luxurious and grand, showing their extravagance, though the architectural style still retained the Gu Family’s design.

Clearly, although the Spirit Mountain had changed hands, the structures remained mostly unaltered. Upon learning Celestial Arrival Market was breached, the Gu Family moved, incurring minimal losses.

The Qinghe Sect did not make significant alterations to the Spirit Mountain.

At this moment, atop the most prominent peak, a Ten Thousand Miles Mirror was placed in the temple, scanning towards the Taihang Mountain Range continuously.

Within the hall, Master Qingzhi was present, but at this moment, he did not occupy the main seat but stood closer to the side entrance.

In the front of the hall stood a slightly lean figure, none other than True Monarch Qingxi, who recently broke through to the Nascent Soul stage.

”Junior Brother Qingxi, we’ve surrounded the Celestial City Nine Peaks for so long, yet there’s no movement at the Celestial Cyan Grassland. Why don’t we eliminate them in one fell swoop? That would leave only the Taiyi Sect in the Yan Kingdom!” Master Qingzhi clenched his fist.

He had long aimed to eradicate the Tian Dao Sect.

Although the Ye Family housed an Earth Dragon Demon Emperor, a mid-stage Tier Five Flood Dragon.

There were also faint connections with the Celestial Cyan Demon Emperor and the Nether Fire Demon Emperor, but over the years, they had investigated and tested, confirming the Celestial Cyan Demon Emperor hadn’t taken action.

As long as True Monarch Qinghe stymied the Earth Dragon Demon Emperor, True Monarch Qingxi and the Profound Corpse True Monarch of the Celestial Corpse Sect together could break the Tian Dao Nine Peaks’ array.

They wouldn’t even need the Celestial Corpse True Monarch to take action.

”Senior Brother Qingzhi, you are not aware!” True Monarch Qingxi shook his head. Although he was now a Nascent Soul, having shared the same master as Qingzhi, he still addressed him as Senior Brother.

”The current situation is beyond our Qinghe Sect’s control. Why do you think Senior Brother Qinghe is still waiting? It’s because he recognizes the current state of affairs. If we annihilate the Tian Dao Sect, what then? At that time, we would face the Taiyi Sect head on. Can we truly kill Fairy Linghong, the daughter of True Monarch Bai Yao?”

”If we don’t kill her, what would Penglai and the Celestial Corpse Sect think of us? What about the Four Sects of Qi and Lu?”

”The Spirit Talisman Sect and Blood King Valley can’t hold on for much longer!” spoke True Monarch Qingxi.

Upon hearing this, Master Qingzhi felt a cold shiver down his spine, finally understanding the Nascent Soul cultivators’ careful strategies within the sect.

He realized he almost fell for the East Sea’s trap again.

Recall the last time they were falsely accused by the Beast Desolate Wasteland; he and Master Xuanming were detained by the Four Sects for a good ten years.

”About True Monarch Chi Xue...” Master Qingzhi hesitated again.

”His Divine Soul should be greatly damaged. These days he’s been collecting Divine Souls, so more mortals and cultivators can be sacrificed to him. After all, the Celestial Corpse Sect is doing the same thing, who would fault our Qinghe Sect? Moreover, given the situation in the Taihang Mountain Range, even True Monarch Chi Xue won’t say much!” True Monarch Qingxi remarked.

Master Qingzhi nodded in agreement.

Although they couldn’t immediately seize the Yan Kingdom, as long as the Qinghe Sect maintained two Nascent Souls and considering True Monarch Bai Yao of Medicine King Valley had failed to break through, the Yan Kingdom would eventually belong to the Qinghe Sect.

”Senior Brother, you must keep a close watch on the Celestial Cyan Wolf Valley in the Taihang Mountain Range, make sure nothing goes wrong. As long as this is intact, the next opportunity for the Qinghe Sect to have a Nascent Soul breakthrough might very well be yours.” True Monarch Qingxi added.

Master Qingzhi, being a seasoned late-stage Golden Core, and his senior brother, with True Monarch Qinghe already aged, didn’t have the same controlling zeal over the sect as True Monarch Beihai, and would more likely heed True Monarch Qingxi’s counsel.

”Rest assured, Junior Brother. If I have the opportunity, I will wholeheartedly support you.” Master Qingzhi was overjoyed and repeatedly affirmed his loyalty.

At that moment, he was almost eager to swear a Heavenly Dao Oath.

Know that the previous most promising candidate in the Qinghe Sect was Master Xi Wang, but Master Xi Wang had fallen decades ago, leaving him with only two competitors.

These competitors were ascetics within the Qinghe Sect, unaware of worldly affairs, only focused on cultivation.

And he held high prestige among the Golden Cores.

”Junior Brother, I haven’t checked the movements in the Taihang Mountain Range for three hours. Let me use the mirror to observe carefully!” Master Qingzhi declared.

Then he flew out of the palace, landing at the head of the grand hall.

The Ten Thousand Miles Mirror materialized in his hand. Following the sunlight, it shot towards the Taihang Mountain Range.

Instantly, scenes of the Taihang Mountain Range unfolded vividly.

Having observed Chixia Ridge, Master Qingzhi then turned his gaze to Celestial Cyan Wolf Valley. Detecting a killing intent there, but seeing no signs of an impending Beast Tide, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Retracting his True Essence and gazing into the morning sun, he found it somewhat glaring, as if today’s sunlight was unusually searing.

But Purple Jade Mountain, shrouded in Purple Jade Miasma, how could it be glaring?

His Heart Spirit suddenly grew uneasy, feeling an unusual quiet over Purple Jade Mountain.

”Something’s off!” Master Qingzhi furrowed his brows.

Then, using the Ten Thousand Miles Mirror, he scanned the surroundings.

However, the surroundings remained as usual, without any changes, and even eerily quiet, barely a bird or beast in sight.

He glanced again at the Qinghe Sect disciples near the Purple Jade Mountain, and even observed the Qinghe Sect phalanx attacking the Celestial Blade Nine Peaks.

There, the True Monarch Qinghe was stationed, and the cultivators were as usual.

But when he looked at the Purple Jade Mountain again, his expression instantly changed dramatically.

”No, one person is missing, and it’s a Foundation Establishment disciple that’s missing!” Master Qingzhi was fairly clear about the number of disciples at Purple Jade Mountain.

Yet, he didn’t understand why the Soul Talisman hadn’t shattered, and why the Mountain Protection Array hadn’t shown any signs of disturbance.

Suddenly, he thought of something, and his expression became even more grim as he directed the Ten Thousand Miles Mirror toward the location of the Teleportation Array.

The location of the Teleportation Array was at the center of the ore vein at Purple Jade Mountain, guarded by two Golden Core guardians, with the True Monarch Qingxi not far off.

This was to ensure Nascent Soul support at any time.

Qinghe Sect was on the offensive, so their scope was naturally more expansive.

The Teleportation Array typically allowed only two close proximity: one was him, and the other was the True Monarch Qingxi.

Before the mirror, he indeed saw an extra cultivator, and what enraged him was that this cultivator’s appearance looked exactly like his own.

The other party, appearing as him, had entered the location of the Teleportation Array!

”No way, how does he know the location of the Teleportation Array?” Master Qingzhi was extremely puzzled.

Of course, while puzzled, he quietly transmitted a message to the True Monarch Qingxi.

”Junior Brother Qingxi, flee, the Teleportation Array has been controlled!” Master Qingzhi spared no sentiment.

He knew that since the other party could infiltrate Purple Jade Mountain and even destroy the Teleportation Array, their target was undoubtedly himself and the True Monarch Qingxi.

It certainly involved a Nascent Soul cultivator, and he suddenly realized he had forgotten something, focusing only on the Celestial Cyan Demon Emperor and neglecting to consider the demon emperor deeper within the Taihang Mountain Range.

Keep in mind, during a previous beast tide, there were three Nascent Soul demon emperors.

The two did not show any change of expression and turned into two spirit shadows, ignoring the Tier Five Array, and flew straight out of Purple Jade Mountain like two ordinary Qinghe Sect disciples.

But before they could fly out of Purple Jade Mountain, an ancient treasure, the Celestial Secret Cloth, soared into the sky.

Enveloping this world, it was indeed the ancient treasure, Celestial Secret Cloth.

Upon seeing this treasure, the True Monarch Qingxi understood that this was the handiwork of the Nether Fire Demon Emperor of the Taihang Mountain Range.

The Ye Family indeed had close ties to the demon race of the Taihang Mountain Range.

”Quickly activate the Purple Smoke Luo Dragon Array!” Although the True Monarch Qingxi was escaping, enveloped by the ancient treasure, he knew that without relying on the array, his chance of survival was slim.

However, at this moment, a giant peach wood darted out of the void, rooted itself onto the Spirit Mountain, transforming into countless tentacles that reached each array foundation.

Although the Qinghe Sect had made arrangements, before the array could be fully activated, numerous Tier Four demon king Spirit Beasts emerged, following the peach wood and heading towards each array foundation.

Among them were Golden Scale Beasts, Golden Falcons, Six-Colored Cloud Deer, and Golden-eyed Vermilion Birds. The array’s smoke dragon hadn’t even descended when the breaking of array foundations led to its dissipating trend.

As for other Qinghe Sect disciples, since most were besieging the Celestial Blade Nine Peaks, only two Golden Core cultivators remained, unable to withstand so many demon kings, leading to a near one-sided massacre.

At the same time, array banners flew into the void from all directions, clearly the Celestial Secret Cloth wasn’t enough; the opponent aimed to activate the array.

The True Monarch Qingxi’s gaze turned to the center of the ore vein, hoping the Teleportation Array would instantly transport cultivators over, but it was evidently too late.

Even though he had crushed the Spirit Talisman at the earliest moment, informing the Celestial Corpse True Monarch and the True Monarch Qinghe.

Bang!

With a loud explosion, the Teleportation Array instantly shattered into pieces, thoroughly crushed, with the two guarding Golden Core cultivators slain in an instant.

Clearly, the infiltrating cultivator was at least a Nascent Soul!

The True Monarch Qingxi dared not delay and attempted to break through the Celestial Secret Cloth ancient treasure; yet, he saw a yellow spiritual light emerging in the void.

The next moment, the yellow spiritual light expanded, and the Earth Dragon Demon Emperor appeared in the void.

”Roar!” With the Flood Dragon’s roar, golden yellow sands began to engulf the world, revealing the Earth Dragon Demon Emperor’s massive body, spanning two hundred zhang.

Without any pause, the enormous Flood Dragon Claw reached for the True Monarch Qingxi, and countless mountain rocks in the void began transforming into the Mountain Prison.

”Aren’t you afraid of losing the Celestial Dao Nine Peaks, trapped without the Teleportation Array, surrounded by Nascent Souls!” The True Monarch Qingxi was astounded, activating a secret technique, his form transforming into several spiritual lights and disappearing from the spot, only to reveal himself at a distance later, narrowly evading the Mountain Prison Divine Techniques, while shouting in rage.

Two Nascent Souls infiltrating here, should the True Monarch Qinghe destroy the Celestial Blade Nine Peaks, obliterate the Teleportation Array, the Nascent Souls here would be trapped without escape.

He naturally couldn’t comprehend!

Yet, as his form appeared beside him, a black and white spiritual light enveloped him.

The True Monarch Qingxi could indeed react, activate a secret technique, and at this moment, he could employ his most powerful Water and Wood Divine Techniques, Water and Wood Three Thousand, Shifting Form and Shadow, to escape.

However, at this moment, a Soul-Destroying Needle Secret Technique, coupled with the Soul Light of the Blood Soul Bead, fiercely penetrated his mind.

Even though he possessed a Tier Four Top-Grade Divine Soul Defense Treasure, that blood light still plunged him into confusion, rendering him unable to react, his form falling into the Yin Yang Chessboard Bead.