Beast Taming Clan: I Have a Jade Book

Atop the Martial Arts Arena on Lingyuan Peak, the Ye Family activated the Spirit Gathering Array as the sermon began.

Massive amounts of Spiritual Energy converged, condensing into auspicious clouds that drifted across the sky. The ethereal atmosphere added a profound sense of transcendence to the sermon.

On the stage, Ye Jingcheng sat in a white Daoist Robe, his eyes bright and piercing. His voice was not loud, yet his words seemed to echo directly within everyone’s minds. He explained the intricacies of cultivation in exceptional detail, covering everything from the Qi Cultivation First Layer to the Qi Cultivation Ninth Layer, and from the Small Circulation to the Grand Circulation.

Jingcheng couldn’t be certain if delivering a sermon would positively influence his karmic luck. However, since he had already achieved the Nascent Soul realm and aimed for the Divinity Transformation Realm in the future, he would rather believe it did than risk otherwise. Besides, the vast majority of the audience were Ye Family Members. Even those who didn’t share the Ye surname belonged to their affiliated clans.

For this very reason, before commencing the sermon, he had refined the Spirit Treasure Profound Lotus Spirit Grass within his body.

Compared to other Spirit Treasures, this particular artifact was not only highly effective during breakthroughs but also enhanced one’s comprehension during regular Cultivation. Now, as Ye Jingcheng delivered his sermon, the Profound Lotus Spirit Grass seemed to amplify his presence. His body radiated a cyan Spiritual Light, reminiscent of a blooming lotus.

It was a remarkably profound sensation, even for Ye Jingcheng himself.

Before this, his primary impression of the Spirit Treasure was its utility in Magical Combat. It could manifest as a true lotus platform where every single lotus seed contained boundless power. Furthermore, it could aid a Cultivator in breaking through to the Nascent Soul realm, providing significant protection during the Heart Demon Tribulation.

But now, it became apparent that it also granted a powerful boost to Enlightenment.

The realization dawned on him—Sikong Ziming’s unparalleled Swordsmanship might very well be the result of using this Spirit Treasure to continuously meditate and gain insights on a daily basis. Otherwise, for Purple Peak’s Swordsmanship to completely eclipse Sword Peak’s Swordsmanship would have been an incredibly difficult feat, at least in Ye Jingcheng’s eyes.

Discovering this hidden capability of the lotus platform brought him a deep sense of delight.

Consequently, his sermon flowed with the natural rhythm of the heavens. The deep cyan Spiritual Light radiating from him grew richer and more profound, leaving the audience utterly mesmerized by his divine aura. They marveled inwardly at the miraculous power of a Nascent Soul expert.

Of course, in that moment, few were actually paying attention to the visual phenomena. They were completely spellbound by his words. Even those who had initially intended to record the sermon onto a Jade Talisman completely forgot to do so, entirely absorbed in the lecture.

Many Loose Cultivators had never received any formal guidance since stepping onto the Immortal Path, relying solely on stumbling around in the dark to figure things out for themselves. Listening to Ye Jingcheng’s detailed breakdown, countless bottlenecks and points of confusion in their Cultivation vanished like clouds parting for the sun. The sheer wealth of knowledge they gained in such a short time was staggering.

Even the members of the Affiliated Clans, who possessed fragments of established lineages, found themselves deeply enlightened. The vast majority of their heritages barely reached Tier Three, with scarcely any touching Tier Four. To them, this sermon was an inexhaustible well of wisdom.

Two days slipped by quietly.

By now, quite a few Cultivators had experienced sudden strokes of Enlightenment and had begun meditating and cultivating on the spot. Some had even slipped into Seclusion to attempt immediate breakthroughs. The massive reserves of Spiritual Energy the Ye Family had gathered beforehand proved perfectly suited for this exact purpose.

As Ye Jingcheng moved on to expound upon the advanced concepts beyond the Purple Mansion realm, the majority of the Qi Cultivation and Foundation Establishment Cultivators began to take their leave. The profound theories were completely beyond their current comprehension, leaving them lost in a fog of confusion. Some even felt dizzy just trying to follow along. This was true even for the Qi Cultivation and Foundation Establishment members of the Ye Family.

Among those who remained, aside from the Ye Family’s Purple Mansion experts, only Wan Chengjie and Ma Xiuyuan were left.

Wide smiles graced both their faces. Before this sermon, neither of them had held much hope of ever reaching the Golden Core realm. However, Ye Jingcheng’s insights into the Purple Mansion realm had provided them with an extraordinary wealth of knowledge. The long-dormant spark of ambition for the Golden Core realm had been violently reignited in their hearts.

This was true even though their chances of obtaining a Gold Condensing Pill were practically zero. After all, in the ancient history of the Cultivation Realm, the Gold Condensing Pill had not always existed. Early Cultivators had breached that bottleneck purely through sheer accumulation and profound Enlightenment. Even if the odds were astronomically slim, a single glimmer of hope was enough to make it worth the risk.

As he delved deeper into the mysteries of the Purple Mansion, the deep cyan Spiritual Light radiating from Ye Jingcheng intensified. The light slowly coalesced, taking the faint but undeniable shape of a cyan lotus that gently enveloped him.

The atmosphere became breathtakingly sublime. It wasn’t just the Purple Mansion and Golden Core experts who were reaping immense benefits; Ye Jingcheng himself seemed to have slipped into a profound state of Enlightenment. In an instant, his comprehension of Five Elements Magic and the Five Spirits Secret Technique deepened significantly.

Unbeknownst to him, the five Spirit Patterns etched upon the Nascent Soul within his body began to slowly expand and elongate, shimmering with an increasingly vibrant vitality.

Another day went by.

Ma Xiuyuan finally let out a long, heavy breath. He cast a quick glance at Wan Chengjie beside him, a flicker of dim resignation crossing his eyes, before he silently withdrew from the arena.

Naturally, the moment he stepped out of the square, the blazing excitement returned to his gaze. He might not have managed to outlast Wan Chengjie, but the sheer volume of insights he had harvested was staggering. At this moment, any lingering regret over the Thousand-Year Elixirs he had offered up completely vanished.

His only regret was that he hadn’t cultivated more diligently in the past. If only he were at the Middle Stage of Purple Mansion, or perhaps even the Late Stage of Purple Mansion, there was no way he would have lost out to Wan Chengjie!

Ma Xiuyuan swiftly departed for Chaofeng City, eager to rent a room in a Restaurant and immediately enter Seclusion.

Shortly after, Wan Chengjie finally stood up and began walking out as well. Much like Ma Xiuyuan, he had reached his absolute limit. The only reason he had stayed this long was to crush Ma Xiuyuan’s spirit, deliberately forcing himself to hold out just a bit longer. In truth, he had been desperately waiting for his rival to give up so he could finally excuse himself.

As he reached the exit, he couldn’t resist looking back at the stage one last time. To his absolute awe, the ethereal cyan lotus surrounding Ye Jingcheng now appeared almost entirely corporeal.

The solitary figure seated within the lotus looked every bit like a true Exiled Immortal descended from the heavens, inspiring such profound reverence that Wan Chengjie couldn’t dare harbor a single disrespectful thought.

”Perhaps he really is about to break through to that Realm,” Wan Chengjie murmured, unmasked envy shimmering in his eyes.