Chapter 80: Chapter 80: The Effect of Two Tails
On the third day after Jade Dragon Valley completely stabilized, the Ye family, led by Ye Xingliu, was set to return to Lingyun Peak.
This time, Elder Ye Haitian and Elder Ye Haiyun were staying behind!
Among the ordinary clansmen were Ye Jingyu and Ye Jingyong.
In contrast, Ye Jingcheng and Ye Jingli, one a Pill Master and the other an Artifact Refiner, were both arranged to leave.
Although compared to other families, the Ye Family cultivators didn’t need to mine themselves and only had to control spirit beasts to do so, staying here meant daily presence in the mine, which also posed significant risks.
After discussing the matter regarding the market’s loose cultivators with Ye Xingliu, he readily agreed.
At this moment, accompanied by the two-tiered Spiritual Ship of the Ye family, they gradually flew out of Jade Dragon Valley towards Lingyun Peak, with that black-clad cultivator following leisurely behind.
When they flew out of the Taihang Mountain Range, the black-clad cultivator indeed came forward, leaving ten Spirit Stones and departing contentedly.
For the Ye family, it was just a wave of the hand, and they didn’t place much value on the ten Spirit Stones, but they didn’t refuse them either.
In the world of cultivators, a trade is a trade; if you decline it, it may give the impression that you want more.
The Ye family cultivators were divided into two groups: Ye Xinghe led some clansmen back to the Ye Family Market, while Ye Xingliu took the remaining clansmen back to the Ye Family’s Lingyun Peak.
Now that the Pill Masters and Artifact Refiners of the Ye family had returned, Ye Jingcheng also went back to Lingyun Peak.
As the long-unvisited courtyard opened, Ye Jingcheng returned to the small house he hadn’t stayed in for a long time. He first opened all the doors and windows, casting the Clear Wind Skill and Dust-removal Skill, one after another.
This made the courtyard look completely new again.
Then he took out the Red Flame Fox, Golden Scale Beast, and Jade Ring Rat.
Not having emerged for a long time, the Red Flame Fox was protesting with a series of discontented calls.
Although the Spirit Beast Bag can carry spirit beasts, the space inside is very cramped, which makes the spirit beasts anxious. Even if replaced with a larger Spirit Beast Bag, it still can’t completely alleviate this.
Ye Jingcheng carefully pulled the Red Flame Fox over, gently stroking the back of its head. As for its forehead, a tiny flame was flickering above it.
He then infused some Spiritual Light and also took out a Spirit Nourishing Pill and a Cyan Spirit Pill, which finally got the Red Flame Fox to chirp happily.
Beside it, as soon as the Golden Scale Beast came out, it also wanted to excitedly run toward Ye Jingcheng, but upon seeing the Red Flame Fox, it suddenly stopped and instead ran toward the Jade Ring Rat.
The Jade Ring Rat flapped its ears and hid in the corner, extremely fearful.
The Golden Scale Beast mischievously took a step back, and only when Ye Jingcheng glared at it did the Golden Scale Beast relent.
However, the Golden Scale Beast appeared even more majestic at this moment.
Indeed, this time, the Golden Scale Beast benefited the most from the beast tide.
It didn’t hold back when it came to eating the spirit snakes and spiritual pythons it defeated, even inadvertently consuming two snake galls.
When Ye Jingcheng got angry, it let out a low, pitiful growl, as if retching.
Ye Jingcheng could only let it be.
Nonetheless, Ye Jingcheng noticed that the Golden Scale Beast’s aura was growing stronger, getting closer to the Late Stage of Qi Cultivation. This was good news because once the Golden Scale Beast reached the Late Stage of Qi Cultivation, he could once again apply the Beast Communication Pattern to bond with it, and potentially his own cultivation could break through to the Qi Cultivation Seventh Layer.
Seeing this, Ye Jingcheng took out the Three-tailed Red Section Fish and began to cook it.
He ended up giving one tail to each of the two beasts.
The taste was exceptionally delicious, making the two beasts jubilant, so much so that even Ye Jingcheng was enjoying it.
However, after eating, he felt a bit of heartbreak, as one tail of Red Section Fish was worth three Spirit Stones.
The remaining portions he planned not to eat himself but to sell to the family. Whether the family sold it to the Mo Family or the Xu Family, he didn’t care.
As for the eager eyes of the two spirit beasts and the Jade Ring Rat, Ye Jingcheng could only bring out the Spirit Nourishing Pill and the thick python meat from the spiritual python.
The python meat was plentiful, though a bit coarse, naturally not as tender as fish meat, but it sufficed in quantity!
Even the Jade Ring Rat got some portions, although after eating the Red Section Fish, both beasts were a bit disinterested in the spiritual python meat.
To boost their interest, Ye Jingcheng led the two beasts in a bit of training.
Magical combat isn’t about having many beasts or techniques; the key is teamwork.
He had always seen his role as centered on long-range control with the Iron Wood Token and Cold Sun Seal.
The Red Flame Fox unleashed the Fireball Skill in a triple burst, even attacking with the Fireball Technique!
Ye Jingcheng was delighted to discover that after the Red Flame Fox grew its second tail, it could now successively launch two Fireball Techniques!
However, instead of spewing fire from its mouth, it skillfully flicked its two crimson tails, shedding hair that transformed into a massive fireball that attacked far away!
This resulted in tremendous explosions, leaving giant pits behind.
Ye Jingcheng was highly satisfied with this.
He praised the Red Flame Fox several times, which made the Golden Scale Beast roar continuously. Unlike its usual dislike for training, it was particularly diligent today, using up its spiritual energy and then rushing to Ye Jingcheng to have him infuse it with Treasure Light!
In addition to training the two beasts for cooperation, Ye Jingcheng also had the Red Flame Fox don the Purple Gold Wings, which significantly boosted its speed.
That day, he trained until the evening sun set.
The dusk on Lingyun Peak was more golden than at Taihang Market, shining on the trees and grass, making everything shimmer, filling Ye Jingcheng with warmth.
In this mountain where he grew up, Ye Jingcheng could navigate the entire area with his eyes closed, except for the peak.
At night, Ye Jingcheng continued with alchemy, focusing on refining Cyan Spirit Pills and Body Tempering Pills, with additional Spirit Nourishing Pills.
The primary focus was the advancement of the Golden Scale Beast, as for cultivators, one’s own cultivation is fundamental.
The Red Flame Fox’s Beast Communication Pattern now provided him with daily improvements, but the first connection was the most beneficial.
Besides, there weren’t any particularly good pills for enhancing the Red Flame Fox at the moment.
The effects of continuing with Cyan Spirit Pills and Body Tempering Pills were minimal.
After refining two batches of pills, Ye Jingcheng began researching advancement elixirs for the Golden Scale Beast.
In the days of cultivation, every hour was filled with activity.
Instead, the Four Phase Celestial Essence Scripture was his means of recovery when his heart spirit was exhausted.
Unlike with the Li Fire Skill, the Four Phase Celestial Essence Scripture didn’t cause his body to heat up or make him inexplicably irritable.
The refined spiritual energy only made him feel more at peace.
He carefully felt the gathering and dispersal of the four types of spiritual energy, their mutual generation and restraint, a sensation that, when pondered deeply, was profoundly wonderful.
The next day at noon, Ye Jingcheng opened his eyes as a faint Four-Phase Spiritual Energy dissipated, with the red component still dominating.
He got up and arranged his clothes.
Today, he needed to go to the Treasure Pavilion to sell the Red Section Fish and Spirit Beast materials to the family while discreetly inquiring about the conditions for exchanging hidden spirit beasts within the family.
The Jade Qilin Snake egg was his primary target, even if unable to obtain it, he aimed to exchange for the Leech Spirit Eggs.
According to the hints given to him by Third Elder Ye Haiyi, he had a chance to exchange for them.
After all, he was cultivating the Four Phase Celestial Essence Scripture, and the sooner he could gather four spirit beasts, the more confident he would be in his future path.
In addition, he also needed to purchase more alchemy materials, as his stock of spirit pills was dwindling.