Beast Taming Clan: I Have a Jade Book

At the border of Xiaoshan Prefecture, on Yuanming Mountain.

Atop a small hill, a black silhouette sprinted ahead, accompanied by the howling wind. Behind it, several figures gave chase. The leader wore a Crimson Palace Robe and continuously plucked a Harp in her hands. In an instant, streams of cyan-red Zither Qi chased after the black silhouette ahead like Wind Blades.

CLANG CLANG CLANG!

As the crisp sound rang out, it became apparent that the black silhouette’s robes were a Defense Type Magical Treasure. It completely ignored the attack. However, hidden behind these streams of crimson Zither Qi was a Red Jade Rhombus Belt.

This Rhombus Belt Magical Treasure was extremely well-concealed. In the blink of an eye, it entangled the black silhouette, revealing a pale, gaunt face. This face had a pair of gloomy, sinister eyes. Upon seeing himself bound, immense anger immediately covered his face.

He took out a scrawny straw doll, bit his finger, and dripped Essence Blood onto it. Instantly, the straw doll expanded, transforming into a massive black Celestial Wood Corpse that flew out and lunged straight at the crimson figure. Meanwhile, his own body shrank several times in size in a flash, strangely breaking free from the Red Jade Rhombus Belt Magical Treasure.

”I was already on guard against this move of yours! You Gui Xuan Sect Cultivators are nothing more than this!” the beautiful figure in the Crimson Palace Robe could not help but say, having unknowingly produced a Spirit Talisman in her hand at some point.

The Spirit Talisman landed right around the black-clad Cultivator. Instantly, Spiritual Radiance overflowed as countless pieces of Spirit Wood sprouted and turned into several tentacles that bound him tightly. This instantly filled the Gui Xuan Sect Cultivator with absolute terror.

At the same time, the Celestial Wood Corpse he had taken out was also bound by another Red Jade Rhombus Belt without him even noticing.

In the next moment, a Flying Sword flew past, unleashing waves of Sword Qi. Under the horrified gaze of the Gui Xuan Sect Cultivator, it slashed across his neck.

Soon, the Celestial Wood Corpse went limp, reverting to its straw doll form. As for the Gui Xuan Sect Cultivator, he had been beheaded, leaving behind only his wide, furious eyes.

”Senior Sister Zhu’s strength has grown again. It truly leaves those of us who joined earlier both amazed and ashamed,” the few people behind her said as they walked up.

These individuals were native Celestial Sand Sect Cultivators, and the figure in the Crimson Palace Robe was indeed Zhu Wenjing.

Now that Southern Wilderness Province and Nanman Province were in an all-out war, both sides had dispatched numerous Cultivators to infiltrate each other’s territories, fight over Spirit Medicines, and gather intelligence. Naturally, the Southern Wilderness Province side also arranged for Cultivators to carry out sweeps. Thus, a massive amount of small-scale Magical Combat broke out along the borders of the two prefectures.

A new Demon-Vanquishing City had appeared in Xiaoshan Prefecture, and a Miezheng Pass had also been established in Jiayuan Prefecture. Both of these Guan Cities housed a large number of Cultivators. Nascent Souls were not a minority, and all of them were gearing up for battle, looking as if they were ready to fight a major war. People even suspected that the territorial war from thousands of years ago was about to begin again. Back then, the Profound Celestial Demon Sect did not possess the three Nanman provinces, and the Central Domain possessed far more strength than it did now.

”It is merely the Purple Mansion. There are still Golden Cores and Nascent Souls. Until one attains the Dao, they remain nothing but ants.” Zhu Wenjing did not show much joy. She was no mediocre talent herself, and having entered the Celestial Sand Sect—which, despite being controlled by the Ye Family, had consequently gained immense development opportunities—she had seized the chance and broken through to the Purple Mansion. Of course, she no longer considered the Purple Mansion to be anything extraordinary now.

”Let us head to the Demon-Vanquishing City first and see if this Gui Xuan Sect Cultivator had any haul on him.” Zhu Wenjing did not dare to delay. She took out a Spiritual Ship, and after the group boarded it, they headed toward the Demon-Vanquishing City.

The Demon-Vanquishing City was a newly established Spirit Mountain, currently personally overseen by Liu Zhou State Governor. Of course, the one primarily issuing orders now was Mansion Master Lu, the Mansion Master of Xiaoshan Prefecture. A large number of Dragon Envoy Flying Ships arrived, bringing with them a considerable amount of Cultivation Resources from other Mansions and provinces.

”This is the Evil Wood Ascendant of the Gui Xuan Sect. He primarily specializes in the Celestial Wood Corpse and is said to have seized a Low-grade Spirit Stone Ore from the Zifu Sect,” a Celestial Sand Sect Cultivator beside her spoke up again.

However, Zhu Wenjing did not go to check. To her, obtaining more Spirit Stones was useless; only Combat Power and merits were what she truly desired.

Half an hour later.

The group could already see a massive city standing tall in the distance. Countless Cultivators were stationed atop it, and simultaneously, countless streams of Divine Sense swept toward them for inspection.

Zhu Wenjing took this in stride; over the past six years, she had faced this exact situation more times than she could count. Just as she always did, she hung the Evil Cultivator’s corpse on the city wall and handed over a portion of her harvested Treasures to the Sect. Then, the Celestial Sand Sect would hand over a portion to the Righteous Sects.

”Ye Daoist, has my master come out of seclusion?” Zhu Wenjing asked.

Zhu Wenjing’s master was naturally Ye Jingcheng. She had long considered herself Ye Jingcheng’s Maid. Although Ye Jingcheng had never acknowledged it, her Cultivation Technique was indeed casually bestowed upon her by him back then. Therefore, Zhu Wenjing also styled herself as the disciple of True Monarch Qianchen.

Ye Jingcheng had not refuted it, and the others certainly would not do so either. After all, Zhu Wenjing was now a Purple Mansion Cultivator and could be considered a top-tier Cultivator among the Celestial Sand Sect’s native faction.

”He has come out. He is currently discussing some matters with Senior Xuan Kui True Monarch.” The one addressed as Ye Daoist was Ye Qinghe. Back then, he had been responsible for purchasing some Spirit Seedlings and was considered among the first batch of clansmen to come to the Central Domain. Half a year ago, he had also broken through to the Purple Mansion, becoming one of the few Ye Family Purple Mansion Stewards here in the Celestial Sand Sect.

”Is it an important matter?”

”Yes. I have noticed that these Cultivators from the Gui Xuan Sect and the Demon Sects are targeting Spirit Stone Veins in massive numbers. They are in dire need of Spirit Stones. I estimate that they will make a move on Yuanfeng Mountain, which is controlled by the Feng Family. There lies a rather large Medium-sized Middle-Grade Spirit Stone Vein.” As a member of the Zhu Family, Zhu Wenjing had an extremely clear understanding of the situation around Xiaoshan Prefecture.

Through the Cultivators she had killed multiple times, she discovered that the enemy was always plundering Spirit Stones or searching for Ore Veins. This indicated that Nanman Province might be exceptionally short on Spirit Stones.

In the Cultivation Realm, Spirit Stones were the most useful resource, but they were also the most common. Most of the time, when people searched for Treasures, they primarily focused on Spirit Medicines, as Spirit Stones were simply too ubiquitous. However, there were two exceptions. The first was when the opposing side needed to gather Spirit Stones to lay down a massive Array. The second was to prevent the Righteous Sects from setting up large-scale Arrays. After all, even a Tier Five Spiritual Vein was nurtured using Spirit Stones.

Therefore, in Zhu Wenjing’s eyes, the enemy’s target was absolutely Spirit Stones.

”Understood, I will report it. Or you can wait a moment!” Ye Qinghe said.

It was true that Ye Jingcheng was currently conversing with Xuan Kui True Monarch. Thus, even though Zhu Wenjing’s news was by no means trivial, he would not go and interrupt them unless it concerned the survival of the Celestial Sand Sect, which was clearly not the case right now. The Righteous Sects might even hold some initiative at the moment.

After all, over the past century, the six Nascent Soul Powers of Nanman Province had been reduced to five due to the fall of the Celestial Demon Sect. Meanwhile, in Southern Wilderness Province, the number of Nascent Soul Powers had increased from four to five thanks to the rise of the Celestial Sand Sect.

”There is no need to wait. I will just trouble Ye Daoist to report it for me.” Zhu Wenjing shook her head. Shortly after, she exited the Demon-Vanquishing City and continued her patrols with the Celestial Sand Sect disciples.