Chapter 148: Chapter 149: Jade Qilin Snake Breakthrough
The commotion at Lingyun Peak, though significant, began to gradually diminish and disappear after an hour.
As dusk arrived, a sudden rain poured down heavily.
It seemed like there was a hint of early spring in the air again.
In the rain, Ye Jingcheng distinctly felt that the concentration of Spiritual Energy had increased significantly, even more so than the mountain spring water Spiritual Energy brought by Ye Jingcheng and others from the Taihang Mountain Range. And this was rainwater, not spring water absorbed from the Earth Vein.
Ye Jingcheng glanced at the mountain peak again. The unusual phenomenon on the mountain had completely vanished, but the depth and mystery seemed even more pronounced under the heavy rain.
In fact, he felt that the rain on the mountain was heavier than the rain below.
He knew that there was a Spirit Lake at the top of the mountain, where a lot of Red Section Fish were raised.
Ye Jingcheng watched the rain for a while and then felt it was a bit boring.
He returned to his room and began to cultivate the Four Phase Celestial Essence Scripture.
He didn’t take any more Elixirs; he had consumed quite a few in the past six months, and he had drunk most of the Spiritual Honey.
Although Spiritual Honey can alleviate the Erysipelas, taking too much still leads to its accumulation.
Fortunately, he could continue taking Spiritual Honey to speed up the cleansing of Erysipelas.
Among the Four Phases Spiritual Energy, at this moment, the Fire Phase and Earth Phase almost filled his body, the Water Phase was also quite abundant, but the Wood Phase was nearly nonexistent.
The Water Phase Spiritual Power was due to the numerous Green Water Pills he had taken recently.
Because he focused on cultivating the Jade Qilin Snake, he often refined Green Water Pills.
Though his success rate in pill formation of Water Attribute Spirit Pills was still not good, he could now stabilize at three pills.
Ye Jingcheng took a deep breath and continued to control the Circulation. The next moment, he discovered that the Spiritual Energy absorbed in one Circulation had increased significantly.
This indicated that the effect of the Tier Three Spiritual Vein had risen considerably.
Naturally, Ye Jingcheng was overjoyed; being accustomed to hardship in cultivation, he seemed to find a new goal to pursue.
In the following days, Ye Jingcheng became even more diligent.
Although he no longer took Elixirs, his progress in cultivation was not much slower than when he did!
The Erysipelas in his body gradually dissipated due to the consumption of Spiritual Honey.
Even the weather at Lingyun Peak improved daily.
Every evening, a cloud of crimson sunset appeared at the horizon.
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On this day, Ye Jingcheng awakened from cultivation to the sound of chirping.
He saw the Jade Ring Rat at the door, looking quite anxious.
Sensing for a moment, Ye Jingcheng found that the Jade Qilin Snake seemed to be on the verge of a breakthrough.
He pushed open the door he hadn’t opened for a long time, and the Jade Ring Rat approached, chirping.
Its large ears remained huge, but its body had grown much longer.
Its claws and front teeth had also become sharper.
Ye Jingcheng took out two Spirit Nourishing Pills to feed the Jade Ring Rat and walked towards the Spirit Field.
He saw the place where the Jade Qilin Snake was previously placed now bathed in white jade light, with a brooding atmosphere brewing continuously.
Simultaneously, the Spiritual Energy gathered by the Spirit Gathering Array was instead gathering towards the Jade Qilin Snake.
The Jade Qilin Snake curled up even tighter.
The next moment, it directly formed a White Jade Spiritual Shield.
Isolating everything outside.
After a long while, cracks began to appear on the White Jade Spiritual Shield.
These cracks gradually shattered into a mesh pattern, ultimately transforming into fragments of Spirit Light and dissipating.
Emerging before Ye Jingcheng was an even more jade-like Spirit Snake.
It might not even be proper to simply call it a Spirit Snake at this point.
Because the Jade Qilin Snake now had scales, and two long white jade whiskers appeared at its mouth.
Its eyes were larger and brighter.
The smallest change, contrary to what it seemed, was in the Jade Qilin Tail Saber of the Jade Qilin Snake.
Just a moment later, Ye Jingcheng realized he was mistaken; the Jade Qilin Tail Saber hadn’t changed the least. Instead, it became even more refined, akin to a Magical Artifact upgrading from Tier One Lower to Tier One High-Grade.
A qualitative transformation occurred.
With the current power of the Jade Qilin Tail Saber, it could probably break through most Tier One High-Grade Spirit Armors in just a few strikes.
Most importantly, the Jade Qilin Snake no longer needed to spray mist to perform Void Escape flight.
Apparently, its Fog Escape Skill had ascended to another level, no longer requiring it to exhale clouds or mist.
Relying solely on the moisture in the air was sufficient.
Interestingly, the smallest change was in the Jade Qilin Snake’s poisonous mist and toxins.
This change was so minimal it was almost negligible.
The aura likewise startled Ye Jingcheng; the Jade Qilin Snake’s aura was equivalent to a human cultivator at the Qi Cultivation Ninth Layer!
The medicinal properties of the Top-grade Jade Qilin Pill, coupled with the Jade Qilin Snake’s natural abilities and the recent consumption of many Green Water Pills, pushed it far ahead of the Golden Scale Beast, not far from surpassing the Red Flame Fox.
"Roar, roar!" The sound emitted by the Jade Qilin Snake was no longer just hissing.
It became increasingly similar to that of a Flood Dragon.
Moreover, it opened its mouth wide, exerting a massive suction that almost toppled Ye Jingcheng.
"Hungry!" The Jade Qilin Snake showcased its newfound devouring ability, excitedly sending Divine Soul Fluctuation towards Ye Jingcheng!
Ye Jingcheng took out two Green Water Pills, which the Jade Qilin Snake devoured but seemed not completely satisfied with.
The waves of hunger showed no signs of weakening.
When Ye Jingcheng took out two slightly smaller Cyan Cloud Wolf carcasses, the latter’s eyes shot out a spiritual aura, clearly very satisfied.
It wants to eat the big ones!
After swallowing two Cyan Cloud Wolf carcasses, the Jade Qilin Snake became much quieter.
On its swollen large neck, the extremely complex spirit pattern could be seen more clearly.
Moreover, as time passed and with every sway of its Jade Qilin Tail, the bulge became smaller and smaller, showcasing its terrifying digestive capabilities.
Its pair of eyes still gazed into the house, as if it could see through it to the Golden Scale Beast.
Its tongue flicked out unconsciously.
Ye Jingcheng didn’t even need to feel through their soul contract to know that the Jade Qilin Snake was craving something more delightful again.
Ye Jingcheng infused some treasure light into the Jade Qilin Snake and let it stay aside. Although he could now begin the breakthrough to the Qi Cultivation Ninth Layer, Ye Jingcheng knew there was no rush.
It would be better to wait until the Jade Qilin Snake stabilizes for some time.
Now, he noticed that his spirit field was even more crystal-clear, full of spiritual light, clearly indicating that after the Lingyun Peak spirit vein upgrade, his spirit field had also risen in grade.
In Ye Jingcheng’s hand appeared many seeds.
Among these seeds were Purple Illusion Flower seeds, Black Cloud Flower seeds, and Poison Thorn Flower seeds.
Ye Jingcheng planned to plant fewer Purple Illusion Flower seeds and more Poison Thorn Flower seeds, so he could produce more Poison Thorn Fruit.
As for the Black Cloud Flower, it didn’t bloom every year, so Ye Jingcheng was casual about it.
The forty Poison Thorn Flower seeds had been infused with treasure light by Ye Jingcheng in the past year, so now, all forty were extremely plump.
If the seed seller were to see them, they might not even dare to believe these seeds were the ones they sold.
Apart from the Poison Thorn Flower seeds, the Black Cloud Flower seeds had also been treated by Ye Jingcheng.
He then summoned the Jade Ring Rat to start planting; the Jade Ring Rat was clearly more adept at planting, its claws skillfully digging and covering.
Once Ye Jingcheng laid down the seeds, it covered them again.
Ye Jingcheng only needed to plan the density of the spirit plants and perform the Cloud-Forming and Rain-Spreading Technique a few times.
Thus, all the seeds were planted, and currently, his spirit field was almost fully utilized. Trying to expand it was not feasible.
However, the Five Poison Bees could still expand their scale once more.
Ye Jingcheng planned to stimulate the remaining two queen bees’ reproduction by summer.
In contrast, his communicative Five Poison Bee needed more spiritual honey, and by year’s end, could start consuming the Bloodline Advancement Pill for advancement.
After handling the spirit flowers, Ye Jingcheng went to check the Spring Tea. The spirit vein’s advancement had benefited this tea tree greatly.
Now it was denser, though the tea leaves were smaller.
However, the spiritual energy contained within had increased significantly, now enough to qualify it as Tier One Lower Grade Spirit Tea.
Just for this alone, if sold, it could fetch five spirit stones per tael, which would be excellent.
For this reason, Ye Jingcheng also practiced the Interweaving Transplantation Technique taught by Ye Xinghan, taking many tea stems to start expanding the scale.
As for the Bitter Bamboo, Ye Jingcheng glanced at it and then ignored it.
After a year and a half of growth, the Bitter Bamboo grew very well, but being just ordinary bamboo, its affinity for spiritual energy was still worse than the tea tree.
Ye Jingcheng naturally couldn’t be bothered with it right now.
Having managed his acre of spirit field, Ye Jingcheng returned to the house to continue cultivation.
And after cultivation, it was time for alchemy, the long process of alchemy!
After a month of refining, numerous spirit pills were arranged on the table in front of him.
As usual, Ye Jingcheng infused ample treasure light into the poisonous flowers in the spirit field and fed several spirit beasts.
Then, he placed the sign indicating he was in seclusion at the door, simultaneously maximizing all the arrays.
Ye Jingcheng also let the Jade Qilin Snake take two Green Water Pills, and he himself began cultivating the Four Phase Celestial Essence Scripture.
Time passed swiftly, and in the blink of an eye, moonlight faded and dawn arrived.
A wisp of purple qi came from the east.
Ye Jingcheng’s eyes seemed even more determined because of this purple qi.
He sat on the jade bed, the Jade Qilin Snake also moved beside the bed.
The five-inch Beast Communication Pattern in Ye Jingcheng’s hand unfolded, once again starting to condense communication with the beast, soon landing on the Jade Qilin Snake’s forehead.
The Beast Communication had been performed countless times, and Ye Jingcheng was more than familiar with it.
Before half a stick of incense had burned, the Jade Qilin Snake’s back had also been imprinted with an identical beast pattern.
The beast pattern quickly dissipated, transforming into a spirit shadow, returning to Ye Jingcheng’s hand.
This time, a vast water-attributed spiritual power surged towards Ye Jingcheng like a tide.
This spiritual power was much purer than the spiritual energy from the Red Flame Fox’s first communication.
Moreover, this water-attributed spiritual energy spread throughout his whole body like mist and eventually fused into his flesh.
At this moment, Ye Jingcheng felt his whole body strengthen significantly.
This scene brought Ye Jingcheng immense joy.
Though even with this, his physical body was inferior to that of a body cultivator.
But being able to enhance his body without cultivation was a dream for many cultivators.
Besides the change brought by this water attribute, Ye Jingcheng also felt his cultivation speed had increased by nearly half again.
A tri-colored vortex appeared around him.
Continuously absorbing spiritual energy crazily.
Worried about insufficient spiritual energy, Ye Jingcheng took a Red Ganoderma Pill and a Green Water Pill!