Beast Taming Clan: I Have a Jade Book

In the auction hall, Ye Jingli was bidding from time to time.

Ye Jingcheng, on the other hand, was carefully observing the jade bottle, which contained the essence blood of the Long-armed Golden Ape.

This essence blood was golden-red in color, harboring intensely violent energy, and occasionally manifested the spirit shadow of a giant ape, making Ye Jingcheng particularly satisfied.

A powerful demon beast relies on its bloodline, and the fact that the essence blood, having been extracted for so long, could still manifest such a spirit shadow was enough to prove the Long-armed Golden Ape’s bloodline was strong.

It would naturally be of great help for the advancement of the Golden-eyed Vermilion Bird.

Moreover, since there were five drops, he could attempt to refine the Vermilion Disdain Pill without the need for the Flame Fox.

After Ye Jingcheng put away the essence blood, Ye Jingli next to him also won several treasures in the auction.

These were all tier three valuable spirit materials, and he even won a rare tier four spirit material.

”It seems Brother Liu’s skills have improved again, and he’s already starting to research tier four magical treasures.” Ye Jingcheng was in a good mood and couldn’t help but say.

After Ye Jingli’s breakthrough to the Purple Mansion, besides the previous spirit beast, he also inherited a Three-Eyed Demon Roc from the Ye Family, so his cultivation progress increased significantly, reaching the middle stage of the Purple Mansion.

Of course, compared to his cultivation, his artifact refining skills were even more valued by the family.

He was now a tier three top-grade artifact refiner and had begun researching tier four magical treasures.

This not only improved his artifact refining skill but also would be beneficial when he breaks through the Golden Core stage.

”Indeed, there’s been some improvement, but I can never keep up with your cultivation level; I can only forge treasures for your son.” Ye Jingli replied with a smile, humorously mocking himself.

Even though Ye Jingcheng was already at the Nascent Soul stage, even if he spent a hundred years playing around without cultivating, Ye Jingli might not be able to forge a tier five treasure.

He was self-aware.

His fast progress in artifact refining was partly due to his talent and also because the Ye Family had acquired numerous artifact refining legacies over the years.

Whether it was the Chu Family’s Water Forging Technique or the Zhang Family’s artifact refining legacy, he benefited greatly from them.

After expressing these thoughts, he spoke again:

”Jingcheng, remember when we first attended an auction, we were worried about those higher-up opening bids, and now we have become the ones others worry about.” Ye Jingli, despite not being young, couldn’t help feeling emotional seeing the auction scene.

Nowadays, each time he bids, he only needs to bid three or four times, and no one would compete with him.

Sometimes, because the auction’s base price would be lower than the normal market price, the treasures he bought did not even face price hikes.

In auctions, items without a price hike are often considered failures.

Obviously, others feared the Ye Family’s retaliation, so they refrained from continuing to compete.

In the past, he wouldn’t have dared to think so.

Ye Jingcheng smiled slightly and nodded in agreement.

This change, he naturally felt it even deeper. In those days, even a descendant from a small Foundation Establishment Clan, like the Li Family, dared to raise prices against him.

Now, nearly two hundred years later, he guessed that person has reincarnated several times.

When he was bidding for the essence blood, he had already prepared himself for someone to raise the price against him, expecting to pay more.

Unexpectedly, not many people bid against him.

He was now preparing to add some extra price when auctioning the pill furnace.

After all, the Ye Family has many resources to earn Spirit Stones now, and he didn’t want to tarnish Medicine King Valley’s impression of the Ye Family.

Furthermore, it would seem pretentious to find someone to raise his price subtly; it’s better to straightforwardly add an appropriate price at once.

While Ye Jingcheng and his group were discussing, the auction continued. Because it had been a long time since there was such a large-scale auction, the event was particularly lively.

Before long, the auction even presented a Gold Condensing Pill.

In recent years, due to wars and excursions in the Earth Immortal Realm, Golden Core True Masters had not been quite stable, with many casualties as well.

Therefore, this time, Medicine King Valley presented Gold Condensing Pills, with two of them appearing.

In the past, these would have been considered finale treasures.

The starting price for the Gold Condensing Pill was 700,000 Spirit Stones, but it quickly surpassed a million, and Ye Jingcheng spent 1.48 million Spirit Stones to obtain one.

Unlike other Spirit Pills, people might give some face, but once the Gold Condensing Pill appeared, numerous powers were desperate for it. Even the Ye Family, which had Gold Condensing Pills, was worried about shortages, let alone other family powers.

Thus, the price was driven extremely high.

Ye Jingcheng had taken wealth from numerous powers like the Celestial Water Sect, Hundred Beasts Sect, and Blood Spear Sect, possessing tens of millions in Spirit Stones not accounting for family assets. It was just that the Ye Family still needed some reputation in the Eastern Domain, and it wouldn’t be appropriate to acquire all Gold Condensing Pills, or else Ye Jingcheng could have easily won both without any issue.

After Bid for the Gold Condensing Pill, it was time for the finale treasures.

”Next up for auction is one of the six major finale magical treasures, the Tier Five Mountain Protection Array: Mountain and Marsh Giant Mountain Array set. This array harnesses the power of mountains; its spirit shield’s strength is comparable to mid-stage tier five, making it impossible for an ordinary middle stage Nascent Soul cultivator to break it quickly; the starting price for this array is 6 million Spirit Stones!” With the first finale magical treasure introduced.

Ye Jingcheng was immediately astonished.

This tier five array was incredibly tempting, even for him.

Although Lingyun Peak has the tier five array gifted by Fairy Linghong of Taiyi Sect, and the Tian Dao Sect has its tier five array,

Yet the Ye Family’s Desert Sea still lacked a tier five mountain protection array.

Whether it’s the Celestial Phoenix Array or the Thick Earth Yellow Dragon Array, they can only barely be considered Tier Four Top-Grade Arrays, naturally sufficient for the Ye Family in the past.

But now, it’s just right for bidding.

”Seven million Spirit Stones.”

”Eight million Spirit Stones.”

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At this moment, there were quite a few people bidding, including Jingcheng’s familiar True Monarch Simurgh and Xueyun Monarch.

Both sects actually have Tier Five Mountain Protection Arrays.

But more crises are surely to come, so having an extra set is naturally better.

Moreover, for powers at the level of Nascent Soul, they have to guard not just one Spirit Mountain; for example, Spirit Talisman Sect has at least two Tier Five Spirit Mountains that Ye Jingcheng knows of.

”Ten million Spirit Stones!” Ye Jingcheng also placed a bid.

At this time, there’s no room for hesitation. The Ye Family annihilated the Celestial Water Sect and stirred up a Beast Tide, so Spirit Stones are not lacking, and there’s no need for secrecy.

”Eleven million Spirit Stones.”

”Twelve million Spirit Stones.”

At this moment, neither True Monarch Simurgh nor Xueyun Monarch would concede easily.

The foundations of both sects are equally strong.

”Sixteen million Spirit Stones!” With Ye Jingcheng speaking again.

Finally, no one else competed.

The normal value of a Tier Five Array Disc is around ten million Spirit Stones; sixteen million is already quite high. It’s only because Ye Jingcheng acquired Spirit Stones without much burden, and the Ye Family can still earn Spirit Stones from the Central Domain, that there’s not much pressure.

Spirit Talisman Sect and Blood King Valley face greater pressure.

Once the treasure was finalized, it was time for the second climax artifact.

This artifact was instead a small bronze bell.

The bronze bell was a Tier Five Lower-Grade Treasure, covered in rust, but its spiritual might was particularly superb, and it possessed Soul Capturing Divine Techniques, making it quite rare among magical treasures.

Ultimately, it was purchased by True Monarch Simurgh for 9.93 million Spirit Stones.

The third artifact was the Profound Celestial Divine Mud, used for body forging, extremely beneficial to Tier Five Nascent Soul Body Cultivators, finally auctioned for 7.3 million Spirit Stones, bought by a Nascent Soul from the Western Domain.

In the Eastern Domain, these forces have body cultivators, but only as supplementary cultivators, not reaching Nascent Soul level.

Ye Jingcheng’s current body cultivation strength was only at the Late Stage of Golden Core, not reaching the Golden Core Peak, so naturally unusable.

This clearly shows that Medicine King Valley invested heavily in this auction.

The fourth climax artifact was precisely the Tier Five Pill Furnace Treasure, the Celestial Profound Light Furnace, that Ye Jingcheng needed.

This Pill Furnace had three legs, sky blue in color, resembling the profound light from beyond the heavens, cool and enchanting in its blue-green glow, according to Ye Jingcheng’s information, it was forged from Celestial Profound Iron, supplemented by thirty-six types of Fire-Control Spiritual Materials, and seventy-two types of fire arrays.

Among Tier Five Pill Furnaces, it’s definitely the superior presence.

”The Celestial Profound Light Furnace, Tier Five Lower-Grade Pill Furnace, starting bid at six million Spirit Stones.” The auctioneer did not provide much introduction.

The Tier Five Pill Furnace itself explains everything; being crafted by True Monarch Bailian, its quality is naturally reliable.

The reason for the brief introduction is that Medicine King Valley originally planned to give it to Ye Jingcheng.

Even if Ye Jingcheng only placed a six million base bid, no one would compete with the Ye Family.

”Seventeen million Spirit Stones!” Ye Jingcheng said directly.

Normally, Tier Five Lower-Grade Treasures are valued between six million Spirit Stones and thirteen million Spirit Stones, where attack type and ordinary treasures peak at eight to nine million.

While defense treasures and special treasures range between eight million and twelve million, only the top-grade or special Tier Five Lower-Grade treasures reach around thirteen million.

The value of this Pill Furnace naturally falls within this range.

Ye Jingcheng added a four million Spirit Stones margin, already considered quite high.

Finally, without any surprises, Ye Jingcheng successfully acquired the Tier Five Pill Furnace.

With this auction treasure in hand, Ye Jingcheng realized his pockets were starting to dry up, since this auction alone spent over thirty million Spirit Stones, counting trade expenses, even having captured all the wealth of the Celestial Water Sect, he was feeling a bit strained.

Of course, the Ye Family still has plenty of Spirit Stone reserves, especially having gained the Tian Dao Sect’s Upper-Grade Spirit Stone Vein; with full-scale mining, substantial Spirit Stones could be obtained.

Additionally, Ye Jingcheng could purchase treasures in the name of Tian Dao Sect, as he remains the Supreme Elder of Tian Dao Sect, and Master Mo Dao is now his registered disciple.

Using Spirit Stones to purchase Tier Five treasures is quite routine.

Once the treasures were auctioned, Ye Jingcheng watched the auction continue.

The final two climax artifacts were a Tier Five Cyan Yuan Treasure Clothing and a Tier Five Middle-Grade Dragon Yuan Pill.

Of course, this Dragon Yuan Pill isn’t a spirit pill to enhance the Flood Dragon Bloodline, but a spirit pill to assist Nascent Soul Cultivators in breaking through bottlenecks, thus equally fervent.

Ye Jingcheng bid once more, but truly couldn’t compete with Xueyun Monarch; the latter participated less in previous auctions, clearly laying groundwork for this Dragon Yuan Pill.