Beast Taming Clan: I Have a Jade Book

In another dim cave, numerous pillars hung from the ceiling. These pillars varied in length, creating an uneven, jagged landscape.

The largest pillar was covered in a layer of pale green Spiritual Light, draping over it like a broad shawl.

At this moment, fresh blood continuously dripped from the Spiritual Light, falling into the dark sea below with a steady DRIP DRIP DRIP.

Of course, upon closer inspection, one would realize that this pale green mass was no shawl at all—it was clearly a massive cyan-light bat.

In its mouth, it held a massive cyan turtle. However, the old turtle was undeniably dead, its entire body already beginning to shrivel and dry out.

Suddenly, the bat’s ears twitched and stood upright. In an instant, it dropped the cyan turtle into the lake and spread its pair of cyan-light wings, which spanned a massive forty to fifty feet.

At the same time, Jade Cloud Bats began to appear on the surrounding stone pillars one after another. These Jade Cloud Bats were much smaller; the largest had a wingspan of only about ten feet, while the smallest were barely a foot across.

They took to the air in swarms.

In the very next moment, the Cyan Light Jade Cloud Bat Demon King had already arrived in front of two streaks of cyan light.

It let out a piercing screech, but the two streaks of cyan light remained completely unmoved.

It tore at them with its claws, but it only produced a series of harsh CLANG CLANG CLANG sounds, utterly failing to draw any blood.

These two streaks of cyan light were naturally two Tier Four Spirit Puppets. Both of these Spirit Puppets were refined by Ye Haicheng. Compared to the Spirit Puppets obtained from the Jia family, these two possessed much sturdier physical bodies.

After all, the Jia family had always been timid and cowardly back then, preventing them from acquiring any high-quality Spirit Materials.

Even so, observing from a distance, Ye Xueliang still frowned.

While the two Spirit Puppets had ample strength and Defense, their speed simply could not match that of the Cyan Light Jade Cloud Bat.

This old bat was also incredibly cunning. It commanded the ordinary Jade Cloud Bats to swarm and cover the Tier Four Spirit Puppets, incessantly screeching at them, while it flew straight toward Ye Xueliang.

Not even the Treasure Robe refined by the Ye Family using Cold Shadow Silkworms could conceal his presence from it.

This made Ye Xueliang pale in fright, and he retreated repeatedly. He was currently at the Peak of Purple Mansion Middle Stage, still a slight distance away from the Late Stage of Purple Mansion.

Even if he used his Spirit Cultivation on his Mid-stage Third Tier Cyan-Scaled Python, its strength would only be equivalent to a Late-Stage Purple Mansion Body Cultivator.

However, just as the Cyan Light Jade Cloud Bat was about to grab Ye Xueliang, a blood shadow flashed by. Immediately after, the Jade Cloud Bat let out a bizarre shriek and began to writhe its body violently.

But against a Tier Five Corpse Emperor, how could a mere Tier Four Mid-Stage Demon King possibly break free?

”Submit, or die!” Ye Xuefu had also rushed to Ye Xueliang’s side, his gaze incomparably ferocious.

Even though he was only a Purple Mansion Cultivator, his fierce and ruthless glare was enough to make even a Tier Four Demon King like the Jade Cloud Bat feel a chill of fear.

The elders of the Ye Family had all crawled their way out of mountains of corpses and seas of blood. Having spent many years establishing the Hidden Peak, they had slaughtered countless Demon Beasts. Naturally, their killing intent was no joke.

”Despicable humans, this is the territory of the Primordial Shark Demon Emperor!” Knowing that struggling was futile, the Jade Cloud Bat resorted to threats.

However, instead of intimidating Ye Xuefu and Ye Xueliang, its threat actually made them heave a sigh of relief.

As long as it was a Shark Demon Emperor, and not a Flood Dragon Type Demon Emperor or a Chenjing-type Demon Emperor, it was manageable.

For the Ye Family, they could not afford to offend any faction backed by a Demon Saint right now. If possible, they wanted to develop in this East Wuyu Archipelago for as long as they could.

Moreover, they had not noticed it earlier when using the Ten Thousand Miles Mirror.

The pillars these Jade Cloud Bats were clinging to were actually Stone Milk Pillars.

The largest pillar among them was even a Thousand-Year Stone Milk Pillar.

It was capable of producing Thousand-Year Spiritual Milk. Unfortunately, let alone this Thousand-Year Stone Milk Pillar, even the surrounding century-old or sub-century pillars had no Spiritual Milk left. Obviously, it had all been consumed by these Jade Cloud Bats.

”You think that just because we have a Tier Five Corpse Emperor, we don’t have a Tier Five Demon Emperor?” Ye Xuefu spoke again.

With a wave of his large hand, dense swarms of Soul-Extinguishing Insects appeared in droves. Among them were a full twenty Soul-Devouring Insect Great Demons. They released Soul-annihilating Sounds, completely surrounding all the Jade Cloud Bats.

In the ancient records of the Ye Family, Jade Cloud Bats actually possessed quite a reputation.

This type of Jade Cloud Bat could condense Essence Blood, which served as a massive tonic for Cultivators. Of course, its greatest effect was achieved by mixing it with medicinal ingredients for a blood bath, which was immensely beneficial to Body Cultivators.

The Ye Family had many Body Cultivators, and they possessed a considerable amount of Spirit Liquids, Spirit Materials, and Spirit Fruits to aid in their breakthroughs.

However, Spiritual Medicine and Elixirs easily led to drug resistance. This was the exact case for Ye Xueliang. If he had access to a Bat Blood Bath, the time needed to break through to the Late Stage of Purple Mansion would definitely be drastically shortened.

Furthermore, when it came to resources, no one would ever complain about having too much.

”WOOHOO!” The Jade Cloud Bat was still hesitating, but before it could make a decision, the Corpse Emperor restraining it began to display a bloodthirsty gaze, accompanied by loud GULP sounds of swallowing.

To these Spirit Corpses, blood bats like this one were also supreme treasures.

The Corpse Emperor was primarily controlled by the Corpse Emperor Bell, and since Ye Xuefu was only at the Late Stage of Purple Mansion, he could hardly control it with perfect precision.

In the very next moment, an aura quietly surfaced.

This caused the Cyan Light Jade Cloud Bat to immediately roar in alarm.

”I submit! I submit! I also know of a Golden Light Crane! Its Spirit Blood is the most delicious!”

It shrieked wildly. Naturally, its fear wasn’t solely due to the Corpse Emperor. Instead, it sensed an even more powerful aura emerging from the shadows—and that aura had already locked onto it.

This figure was none other than Ye Jingcheng.

”Jingcheng, there’s a Thousand-Year Spirit Milk Pillar in here,” Ye Xuefu added from the side.

The reason he had called Ye Jingcheng over was that he felt the Ye Family’s Body Cultivators needed these Jade Cloud Bats. Before coming here, he had worried that these Jade Cloud Bats might lack sufficient Spiritual Wisdom and fight fearlessly to the death.

If that were the case, they would have no choice but to slaughter all the bats at once to harvest their blood.

That would be no different from killing the goose that lays the golden eggs.

Of course, discovering the Thousand-Year Spirit Milk Pillar was also a massive harvest.

Just a single drop of such Thousand-Year Spiritual Milk could completely restore the True Essence of a Golden Core cultivator. Even for a Nascent Soul Cultivator, it could restore more than half of their True Essence. It was countless times more effective than recovery-type Spirit Pills.

Previously, when Mansion Master Xiao and Prince Wang sent them to the Earth Immortal Realm, they had also provided Thousand-Year Spiritual Milk. If the Ye Family could secure this Thousand-Year Spirit Milk Pillar, it meant that their future Golden Core and Nascent Soul cultivators would have vastly superior combat endurance compared to others. This could easily be considered a brand-new pillar of the family’s foundational strength.

Ye Jingcheng squeezed out a drop of Essence Blood and immediately initiated a Blood Contract.

This Jade Cloud Bat was somewhat cunning. The ordinary Jade Cloud Bats could be given to the family members to contract, but for this specific Jade Cloud Bat, Ye Jingcheng didn’t feel at ease. He decided to contract it himself for a while to discipline and break its spirit.

Afterward, he could transfer it to Ye Haicheng or Ye Haige.

These two were currently the Ye Family’s Golden Core Body Cultivators.

Their need for this Tier Four Jade Cloud Bat Demon King was quite significant.

”Master, what kind of contract is this?” The Cyan Light Jade Cloud Bat looked slightly grim.

Instead of answering, Ye Jingcheng stored the Corpse Emperor into the Blood Coffin and then handed it back to Ye Xuefu.

”Uncle Xuefu, whenever this Corpse Emperor is brought out, it’s best to let it taste blood. Otherwise, it will easily break free from your control,” Ye Jingcheng advised.

Ye Xuefu nodded in agreement. Only then did Ye Jingcheng turn around to look at the Jade Cloud Bat Demon King. ”What did you just say?”

”Master, I didn’t say anything,” the Jade Cloud Bat immediately shook its head vigorously.

If it allowed that Corpse Emperor to take a bite, its meager amount of Essence Blood probably wouldn’t even be enough.

”Summon your Jade Cloud Bat subordinates over here,” Ye Jingcheng ordered next.

The Jade Cloud Bat Demon King complied. It let out a low-pitched screech, and all the terrified Jade Cloud Bats immediately swarmed over.

There were a total of thirteen Tier Three Jade Cloud Bat Great Demons. The Tier Two Jade Cloud Bats were the most numerous, totaling one hundred and ninety-three. The Tier One Peak Jade Cloud Bat pups came next, with over fifty of them.

”Uncle Xue Liang, you pick one first,” Ye Jingcheng said, turning to Ye Xueliang. Since Ye Xueliang and Ye Xuefu were the ones who took the risk this time, it was only right that they reaped more of the rewards.

Just as Ye Xueliang was about to select one of the only two Tier Three Peak Jade Cloud Bats, Ye Jingcheng pointed toward a Late Stage of Third Tier Jade Cloud Bat.

This particular Jade Cloud Bat wasn’t very large. In Ye Xueliang’s eyes, it naturally seemed inferior to the two he had set his mind on.

However, out of trust for Ye Jingcheng, he still chose the one Ye Jingcheng pointed out.

Seeing Ye Xueliang establish the Blood Contract, Ye Jingcheng breathed a sigh of relief. He brought out the Coiling Heaven and stored all the remaining Jade Cloud Bats inside.

The first hurdle for these bloodthirsty Cloud Bats would obviously be the Primordial Magnetic Spiritual Field of the Primordial Magnetic Ridge.

It would serve as a good way to put these bats, who only knew how to screech, in their place.

Among these Cloud Bats, the ones with the potential for bloodline Advancement included the Tier Four Jade Cloud Bat. It could advance one more time, though this time it would require a Tier Four Advancement Pill.

This meant the Cloud Bat still possessed Tier Five potential.

Of the rest, the one with the highest talent was the one chosen by Ye Xueliang. It possessed three streaks of Advancement Spiritual Light, but since its base bloodline was a bit lower, it would have to start with Tier Three Advancement Pills.

As for the remaining Cloud Bats, they were somewhat lacking. They were more suited to act as transitional Spirit Beasts for the family’s heritage.

”Uncle Xue Liang, I’ll have to trouble you to set up an Array here. Uncle Xuefu and I need to make a trip to Wuxin Island, at the very center of the East Wuyu Archipelago!” Ye Jingcheng said.

If an Array wasn’t set up around this Thousand-Year Spirit Milk Pillar, it would definitely attract new Demon Beasts.

In the future, the Ye Family could use it as bait to lure in Demon Beasts, but since they weren’t properly set up right now, that was out of the question.

After finishing his instructions, Ye Jingcheng led Ye Xuefu toward the Golden Light Crane Demon King.

This was a Tier Four Late Stage Demon King. If possible, Ye Jingcheng still wanted to subdue it.

Soon, Ye Jingcheng landed on Wuxin Island.

The island was littered with massive amounts of broken walls and ruins. He could even clearly see the remains of a ruined Teleportation Array.

This had clearly been a Market in the past, but it had been overrun by a Beast Tide.

This caused Ye Jingcheng to frown. If this place had previously been a Tier Four Market, it wouldn’t be too bad. But if it was a Tier Five Market, the Ye Family would need to make far more preparations in advance.

After all, for a Tier Five Market to be destroyed so thoroughly—even without the intervention of a Demon Saint—it must have been the work of at least a Peak Demon Emperor.

While Ye Jingcheng stood amid the ruins deep in thought, a massive Golden Light Crane appeared in the distance.

Its beak resembled a golden longsword, and its sharp gaze was completely filled with bloodlust.

Because Ye Jingcheng had concealed his aura, in the eyes of the Golden Light Crane, the two humans before it only possessed Purple Mansion Cultivation at best.

However, in the very next moment, Ye Jingcheng’s eyes flashed as he instantly cast the Cyan Wood Spiritual Light Secret Technique.

A massive cluster of thick vines materialized from the void, tightly entangling the Golden Light Crane!