Beast Taming Clan: I Have a Jade Book

The Taiyi Sect comprises five peaks, each hosting several mini worlds.

The Chenyuan Mini World is one such mini world within the Taiyi Illusion Peak.

This entire mini world is rich in Chen Yuan Stones, making it the best spirit material for refining illusion arrays and certain mirror-like magical treasures.

Compared to the resources of the outside world, the Taiyi Sect is hard to exploit, but the resources of these mini worlds are still being mined, without any danger. However, due to the diminishing influence of the market, many Chen Yuan Stones cannot be sold, and most cultivators have become idle.

At this moment, on the Chenyuan Mountain within the Chenyuan Mini World, a graceful figure opened her eyes, shooting out a chilling light, and the surrounding temperature sharply dropped.

She introspected herself, seeing a Golden Core the size of an egg floating in her dantian, emitting a brilliant golden light.

Of course, at this moment, there was no smile on her face.

This figure was Ye Qingshuang. When she realized her cultivation technique was somewhat problematic, she intentionally slowed down her cultivation speed, but the magic of this technique, combined with her abnormal spirit root talent, made her unable to slow down at all.

Even upon changing her cultivation technique, she discovered that she occasionally found herself entering moments of enlightenment, as if her entire body had become more attuned to nature.

Had it not been for the family’s estrangement, she might not have reacted so much, for cultivators encountering opportunities would always think their good fortune had arrived, and she was certainly no exception.

She wouldn’t have considered whether there was a problem with her cultivation technique.

Most cultivation techniques that have problems would just make cultivation less smooth, as if something was blocked.

But it was different for her; everything was incredibly smooth, making her feel as if her Dao Heart was becoming more rounded, and her thoughts were much clearer.

Considering she already had an abnormal spirit root and decent talent, it was natural for her cultivation speed to be faster.

Her Water Attribute True Essence and Cold Attribute True Essence had improved by several levels, and her cultivation steadily advanced.

But unable to change her cultivation technique or stop meant that everything about her had fallen into someone else’s trap.

Dragging it out until now to break through to the Golden Core was already an effort while constantly splitting her mind to study Ice Attribute spirit talismans.

She felt the thunder tribulation in the sky, and her worry deepened.

Her elder uncle died thirty years ago, right in the safest place in Taichang Market, on his post at the Taiyi Sect.

She reckoned that she was in the Medicine King Valley then, barely escaping disaster; otherwise, she would hardly have escaped a soul search.

The Ye Family has secrets, which she had speculated about.

It was now said that the Ye Family had Golden Core and Nascent Soul cultivators, and according to rumors, her Eleventh Uncle was at least Golden Core.

Many of the beast tides back then were also controlled by the Ye Family.

Her face filled with bitterness. Over the years, she naturally pondered unceasingly, wondering if she hadn’t had an abnormal spirit root back then, or if she hadn’t been exposed.

She wondered if she wouldn’t have needed to join the Taiyi Sect, and at this moment, might have been in some cave dwelling on Lingyun Peak.

Absorbing spiritual energy, cultivating peacefully and steadily.

During leisure, she might teach Dao in the clan studies, and when busy, take on tasks, handling immortal seedlings in mortal towns.

Even if her lifespan only spanned one or two hundred years, in her eyes it seemed like a fleeting dream, a luxury beyond reach.

The Purple Mansion and Golden Core, in her current view, were merely mortals who lived a bit longer.

She was tired. If there was a next life, she wished to be a mortal.

These years, she had been constantly on edge, even cautiously activating secret techniques during breakthroughs.

Should anyone attempt possession or employ a secret technique on her, she would immediately self-destruct her Divine Soul.

She didn’t regard the sect jade book and soul ban of the Taiyi Sect as safe, for the sect had left her and Master Ziyue in this Chenyuan Realm, and the Ye Family would consciously or unconsciously avoid her.

This already signified many things.

Thus, she could never be soul-searched.

This was the baseline she had set for herself.

”Eleventh Uncle, alas, I ultimately can’t return with the Tier Four Frost Centipede!” Ye Qingshuang mumbled to herself, ignoring the thunder tribulation, as she stroked her Spirit Beast Bag.

Inside the Spirit Beast Bag were the two Frost Centipedes given to her by Ye Jingcheng.

Moreover, the two Frost Centipedes were a male and a female.

At this moment, both had reached the Early Stage of Third Rank. The female Frost Centipede had even laid eggs before, making them quite well-cultivated.

Upon seeing this, a smile finally appeared on her lips.

”I wonder where raising spirit beasts ranks me among the Qing Generation in the Ye Family?” Ye Qingshuang muttered to herself again.

Of course, thinking of that reminded her of her arrangements, making her expression extremely cautious again.

”I hope it can be of some help to Eleventh Uncle.” Ye Qingshuang exhaled a final breath of impure air.

Subsequently, she sensed some divine sense on her body, indicating someone was paying attention to her.

Her gaze became all the more resolute.

She didn’t stand but instead activated her cultivation technique and cultivated madly.

At this moment, her physical body had strengthened somewhat due to breaking through to the Golden Core, and her entire meridians were exceptionally large.

Normally, she would cautiously operate her circulation.

But now, her eyes were resolute, and she operated it without restraint.

Countless variegated spiritual energy appeared on her body, causing her to alternately flush red and be enveloped in frost, extraordinarily strange.

Yet because of this, that indescribable enlightenment realm descended upon her again, and even bizarre phenomena surrounded her.

She felt as if a blue moon was about to rise within her body.

At that moment, she couldn’t distinguish whether it was her own Golden Core or an actual blue moon.

She only knew it was indeed rising.

Soon, the spiritual energy broke through her meridians, causing a sharp pain, an overwhelming exhaustion washed over her, and only then did Qingyue finally stop.

She couldn’t help but be dazed until the thunderclouds in the sky started rumbling, as if ready to descend at any moment to strike her physical body.

”Qingshuang, a Golden Core has a thunder tribulation, come out to cross it!” Master Ziyue’s voice echoed in Ye Qingshuang’s ears.

Ye Qingshuang sneered inwardly, while outwardly she nodded with gratitude.

Finally, she stepped out of the cave dwelling, and outside, Master Ziyue had already set up the array for her to cross the tribulation.

The entire array exuded an exceptionally powerful aura, strong enough to help her survive the Golden Core Thunder Tribulation even if she were heavily injured.

Ye Qingshuang even suspected that Master Ziyue’s own breakthrough might not have been so well-prepared.

Besides Master Ziyue, many other disciples of the Taiyi Sect were present, all of them looking at her with envy, as she was about to become a Golden Core True Master, admired by everyone.

Barring any surprises, her title would be Master Eternal Frost.

It was just a pity that she had once fantasized about this scene, with the Ye Family members celebrating for her.

But that scene would never happen!

She stepped into the void, first nodding towards Master Ziyue, then looking at her own disciple.

It was a Foundation Establishment female cultivator from the Li Family, whom she had taken as a disciple not long ago, but the girl was smart, and she was quite fond of her.

She took out the Spirit Beast Bag and tossed it to her disciple.

”Chunxue, if I fail to cross the tribulation, please deliver this to the Ye Family in Taihang!” Ye Qingshuang instructed.

When Li Chunxue caught the Spirit Beast Bag, Ye Qingshuang clearly noticed Master Ziyue glancing at Li Chunxue.

Her suspicions were once again confirmed.

Ye Qingshuang also began crossing the tribulation, no longer showing any other expressions.

The first three bolts of thunder were especially smooth; even though she was injured, the array protected her well.

It wasn’t until the fourth bolt of thunder that, seeing the giant lightning about to fall on her, Ye Qingshuang bypassed all the protections of the array.

Like a Body Cultivator, she met the thunder tribulation head-on.

At that moment, everyone’s expressions changed drastically.

They didn’t understand why Ye Qingshuang would do such a thing.

After all, as long as she stayed within the array, she could safely pass the tribulation.

Master Ziyue’s expression also turned especially grim.

The result was unsurprising; under the thunder tribulation, Ye Qingshuang turned into a scorched corpse.

Master Ziyue used spiritual light to protect her, her eyes filled with spiritual light, trying to preserve Ye Qingshuang’s last bit of vitality, only to find that Ye Qingshuang’s vitality had already scattered completely like a rootless drift.

Only the thunder light continued to surge.

”Chunxue, come with me to visit the Ye Family in the Chenyuan Realm, to express that it was our Taiyi Sect’s fault for failing to protect Qingshuang!” Master Ziyue’s face was full of sorrow.

As if genuinely grieving for her beloved disciple.

Li Chunxue immediately followed, as this was her master’s mentor, she dared not disobey.

The two quickly exited the Chenyuan Realm.

However, Master Ziyue had no intention of bringing Li Chunxue along; instead, a cold gleam flashed.

Almost at the moment they exited the Secret Realm, she had already taken out a magical treasure, capturing Li Chunxue into a bag.

Ultimately, she broke through the void and disappeared into the Taihang Mountain Range.

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Inside a cave, Master Ziyue’s figure appeared.

At this moment, Master Ziyue’s aura was no longer just at the early stage of the Golden Core, but had clearly reached the late stage, with signs of rising further.

Finally, she even exhibited the unique aura of a Nascent Soul cultivator.

She first conducted a soul search; although she didn’t have a specific technique to fully explore, she still had secret techniques to know some things.

Once she saw that Ye Qingshuang hadn’t instructed Li Chunxue on anything, she breathed a long sigh of relief.

Her gaze still recalled the light of the Dao that Ye Qingshuang had shown.

Her eyes also turned cold.

Penglai Sect’s path-seizing isn’t limited to devouring the Dao for the Nascent Soul to seize the foundation; there is also the cultivation of Dao evolvement.

Seizing the foundation indeed has many restrictions like possession, but cultivating Dao evolvement allows one to use others, like the flowering and fruiting of the great Dao like blossoms.

Creating a scene of the great Dao flourishing.

Observers can easily grasp secret techniques and even divine techniques, and can also see the life’s evolvement of the Dao cultivator.

This is also the reason why Penglai Sect’s Nascent Souls are generally stronger than other sect cultivators, as they burn with the great Dao insights of one genius cultivator after another.

However, this Dao evolvement requires at least a Golden Core as a limitation.

Moreover, she always felt that Ye Qingshuang seemed to have discovered something, so she took out the two Frost Centipedes once again, carefully searching them.

And directly slaughtered them on the spot.

Medicine King Valley protected the Ye Family, distancing themselves from Ye Qingshuang, clearly aware that the Ye Family had discovered something.

Penglai Sect hasn’t kept their secrets particularly well over the years; back then, when Eight Desolates Sect introduced a new group of people, there was once a risk of leaking.

”What a pity, Ice Spirit Roots are hard to find!”