Beast Taming Clan: I Have a Jade Book

Chapter 1500: Chapter 1078: Transformation Spirit Medicine

On the island, since Li Shangwu had made his decision, Ye Jingcheng didn’t say anything further and approached the God-Blocking Stone instead, preparing to store it in his Storage Bag.

This God-Blocking Stone was undoubtedly the largest Spirit Stone Ye Jingcheng had ever seen, measuring a full ten feet in diameter. It should be known that although this type of Spirit Stone had a singular function—Concealment—it could still achieve excellent results in crucial situations. In the future, if Ye Jingcheng were to encounter danger himself, he could even use the God-Blocking Stone and the Ancient Gemstone Coffin together for Heavy Concealment.

What puzzled him, however, was something else. Despite the sheer strength of his Golden Core Physical Body Cultivation, he unexpectedly failed to lift the God-Blocking Stone, and attempting to collect it with his Grotto Heaven failed outright.

“There’s an Array underneath.” Beside him, Ye Xuefan immediately stepped forward. He stroked the patterns on the God-Blocking Stone, greatly amazed. “No, this God-Blocking Stone is the Array Disc. I’m afraid something is sealed inside this Secret Realm. It’s not a simple Secret Realm,” he said after observing it for a long time.

This time, Li Shangwu hesitated. After all, if the previous Cultivators inside were at most at the Golden Core realm, trapped in a Tier Four Secret Realm without external resources, they couldn’t be that formidable. Coupled with the Ye Family’s methods, he hadn’t felt much fear initially. But now, with Ye Xuefan’s words, he had lost his confidence.

“There should be some Spirit Medicine sealed inside. Of course, there might also be defensive measures,” Ye Xuefan explained proactively, seeing what Li Shangwu was wary of. If it were suppressing some demonic entity, then the anomaly wouldn’t have been a Beast Tide, but a demonic tide. In Ye Xuefan’s eyes, this combination of a God-Blocking Stone and an Array was definitely meant to prevent the Spirit Medicine inside from escaping. It might even be intended to prevent the Cultivators inside from leaving with the Spirit Medicine.

After giving this brief explanation, Ye Xuefan said no more and began to earnestly break the Array. Because he cultivated the Celestial Chess Soul Spirit Manual, his Divine Sense and understanding of Arrays had vastly improved. He could now barely be considered a Tier Four Top-Grade Array Master. Dealing with this Array wouldn’t exactly be effortless, but it certainly wasn’t difficult. Even if there were difficulties, Ye Jingcheng’s Peach Wood could break this Array anyway.

Ye Xuefan took out several Chess Puppets and arranged them around the God-Blocking Stone in a specific formation. Upon activation, they transformed into a Chessboard Array. However, this wasn’t a Trapping Array, nor was it an Attack Array, but a Spirit Drawing Array.

Copious amounts of Spiritual Energy were siphoned into the Chessboard Array and further into the Chess Puppets. Before long, the original Array started to show signs of collapsing due to the lack of Spiritual Energy. Then, leveraging the momentum, Ye Xuefan lifted the ten-foot-wide God-Blocking Stone into the air, revealing a stone chamber of similar width underneath.

Inside the stone chamber were several Array Discs and a pile of Spirit Stones. Although they seemed heavily depleted, there were still over fifty Upper-grade Spirit Stones and more than a thousand Middle Grade Spirit Stones left. Beside the Spirit Stones sat a portal-like Secret Realm Entrance. Hovering above the Secret Realm Entrance was a Spirit Talisman.

“This is a Space Stabilizing Talisman. It seems the East Wuyu Sect truly didn’t want the Spiritual Objects inside to escape. Now, this counts as two layers of lockdown,” Ye Xuefan noted.

Ye Jingcheng nodded and removed the Spirit Talisman. “Li Daoist, it should be safe from here on,” he said, looking at Li Shangwu.

Li Shangwu nodded and cupped his fists toward Ye Jingcheng and the others. Although he didn’t say a word, his expression clearly conveyed his hope that the Ye Family wouldn’t drop the ball and would rush in to back him up promptly. But since he was acting as a subordinate at this moment, it wasn’t appropriate to speak so bluntly, so he simply offered an extra salute. Once fully prepared, Li Shangwu walked straight inside.

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Sparse white clouds drifted across the pale blue sky, making it look exceptionally clear. In the forest, the Spirit Shadow of a small rabbit dashed about wildly. It was incredibly fast, radiating a golden Spiritual Light. But in the very next moment, the rabbit darted to the side and vanished without a trace.

At the edge of the forest, Li Shangwu emerged fully armed. “Transformation Spirit Medicine!” he cried in ecstasy, but the rabbit’s Spirit Shadow was simply too fast and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Seeing this, Li Shangwu immediately went on high alert. He hadn’t forgotten that this was an unknown Secret Realm and could have something sealed within. He didn’t dare chase after it recklessly; instead, he spread out his Divine Sense. The Secret Realm wasn’t large, and he quickly got a general sense of it. The Secret Realm was brimming with Spiritual Energy, reaching the intensity of a Tier Four High-Grade Spiritual Vein. In the distance stood quite a few pavilions and towers.

Strangely, however, Li Shangwu didn’t see a single Cultivator. Only a Giant Tree, towering a full thousand feet high in the distance, caught his eye. Countless red ribbons hung from the tree’s branches. The ribbons seemed to bear words akin to Mortals praying for blessings.

This left Li Shangwu feeling exceptionally perplexed, but he still didn’t venture further. Instead, he took out a Jade Talisman and crushed it. He knew clearly in his heart that although it was said his Li Family would take a twenty percent share of this Secret Realm, the Ye Family naturally had the first pick of the treasures. He couldn’t claim them privately and naturally didn’t need to take massive risks. Entering first had already demonstrated his attitude.

Following the crushing of the Jade Talisman, Ye Xuefan and Ye Xuecang stepped into the Secret Realm, holding the Spirit Beast Bags given by Ye Jingcheng.

“Ye Daoists, there is Transformation Spirit Medicine inside, though I haven’t seen any trace of Cultivators.” Li Shangwu pointed in the direction the rabbit’s Spirit Shadow had disappeared, then pointed at the Giant Tree.

“That’s a millennia-old Old Yin Locust Tree. It’s rare to see one grow so large.” Ye Xuefan first glanced curiously toward the location of the Transformation Spirit Medicine, then shifted his gaze to the old locust tree in the distance.

“Indeed rare. Let’s head to the pavilions ahead and take a look!” Ye Xuecang nodded in agreement from the side.

The three of them left the Secret Realm Entrance and walked toward the old locust tree. The distance from the entrance to the tree was actually quite far, so as they approached, the tree’s sheer scale felt even more overwhelming. That imposing grandeur made even Li Shangwu feel somewhat uneasy.

“Ye Daoists, I feel there’s something off about this tree,” Li Shangwu said with a frown, sending a covert Transmission to the other two.

“Li Daoist, it is best to see through it without pointing it out,” Ye Xuecang’s calm voice echoed in Li Shangwu’s mind.

He looked at the two again, only to find them still wearing expressions of curiosity, as if entirely oblivious to any impending danger. He would have believed their honest and naive appearances had it not been for the Transmission. But combining it with the Transmission, he knew full well that these two from the Ye Family were clearly playing along, undoubtedly brewing some wicked scheme in their minds.

“Sure enough, the Ye Family Members are all very ‘clever’,” Li Shangwu thought.

Ye Xuecang and Ye Xuefan soon arrived in front of the locust tree. Just as a sudden gust of sinister wind swept through, countless branches lashed out toward the three of them.

It was evidently a Wood Demon. And a flesh-eating Wood Demon at that.

These tentacles were incredibly fast. If the three hadn’t been on guard, they truly might have been ambushed by this old locust tree. Li Shangwu finally realized where all the Cultivators here had gone—they had likely all been devoured by this old locust tree.