Chapter 59: Chapter 59: Jade Dragon Valley
The Red Flame Fox kept chirping incessantly, its claws scratching involuntarily.
Under Ye Jingcheng’s command, it couldn’t approach on its own, but at this moment, it appeared pitiful, its sky-blue eyes filled with grievance.
This scene made Ye Jingcheng somewhat troubled.
But out of responsibility for the Red Flame Fox, Ye Jingcheng locked the fox in the room and entered the Inner Courtyard alone, where the number of spiritual beasts had recently decreased.
First, because more cultivators were buying them, and second, the clan cultivators had also been making fewer trips to the Taihang Mountain Range.
At this moment, Ye Jingli was also taking care of the Azure-scaled Python.
"Jingcheng, look quickly, what do you think of the Meteor Hammer artifact on its tail?" Ye Jingli introduced to Ye Jingcheng with much interest.
It was seen that at some unknown time, a small chain had appeared on the Azure-scaled Python’s tail, hanging a fist-sized Meteor Hammer, resembling a mundane weapon.
However, once spiritual energy is infused to activate it, the powerful tail of the Azure-scaled Python could strike down with force that an ordinary cultivator’s spirit shield might not withstand.
"As expected of you, Brother Liu, impressive!" Ye Jingcheng couldn’t help but to praise, as he rather appreciated Ye Jingli’s innovative ideas.
With the Azure-scaled Python now clad in Thorn Armor and its tail equipped with a Meteor Hammer, if it were to enter magical combat and partnered with Ye Jingli, its strength would be unimaginable.
"You’re the one who understands, Jingcheng. I asked Uncle, and he said I was wasting it!" Ye Jingli suddenly recalled something and pouted.
Evidently, Ye Jingcheng wasn’t the first person he showed it to.
However, speaking of it, this kind of artifact specifically for spiritual beasts indeed consumed a lot of Spirit Stones and wasted Spirit Materials!
After all, for a spiritual beast to utilize it smoothly, several simple and easy-to-control spiritual patterns in the array must be engraved on it.
And the number of spiritual patterns an artifact can host is limited, which undoubtedly lowers its power, and to enhance its power, the quality of the artifact’s materials must be improved.
Only then can its power be assured.
Otherwise, the meaning of the artifact is diminished.
"Jingcheng, I’ve also finished refining your Jade Shield Ring artifact!" Ye Jingli took out a Jade Ring artifact.
The Jade Ring was covered with spirit patterns but was as warm as jade inside.
Aside from not being of high rank, Ye Jingli’s artifacts rarely disappointed otherwise.
Ye Jingcheng released the Golden Scale Beast, which upon its release, approached Ye Jingcheng, thinking it was mealtime, and extended its head towards Ye Jingcheng, hoping to be touched.
The next moment, however, Ye Jingcheng placed a Jade Ring around its neck.
The size of the Jade Ring was adjustable, so it didn’t seem out of place around the neck.
The Golden Scale Beast initially shook its head and growled softly, its pale golden eyes full of questions.
But after Ye Jingcheng’s Divine Soul communicated thoughts through the Soul Contract, it hesitantly infused spiritual power, and a small shield instantly appeared above its head, which could float freely according to the beast’s thoughts.
This made the Golden Scale Beast somewhat excited, testing it continuously until it became quite gleeful.
"Jingcheng, this Golden Scale Beast of yours is about to break through, isn’t it!" Ye Jingli said enviously. Although he was proud of his Azure-scaled Python, it was still inferior to Ye Jingcheng’s spiritual beasts.
Even the Jade Ring Rat seemed extraordinary to Ye Jingli.
"It’s indeed close; the bloodline of this Golden Scale Beast isn’t weak, even stronger than the Flying Cloud Leopard. I’d say I’m just lucky!" Ye Jingcheng responded, petting the Golden Scale Beast’s head, getting it to open its mouth, into which he tossed several Spirit Nourishing Pills and Body Tempering Pills.
After some hesitation, he also tossed in a Cyan Spirit Pill.
With this series of operations, Ye Jingli said nothing more.
He suddenly realized why these spiritual beasts grew so fast—it had much to do with Ye Jingcheng’s generosity with elixirs.
Comparing the cultivation of spiritual beasts with an Alchemy Master showed a huge difference.
After feeding the Golden Scale Beast, Ye Jingcheng also took out a Body Tempering Pill and a Spirit Nourishing Pill, feeding them to the Azure-scaled Python.
"Jingcheng, do you perhaps have some hidden Spirit Body? I notice you get along quite well with many spiritual beasts!" Ye Jingli curiously asked.
He was well aware of how fierce his Azure-scaled Python was, but it would lower its head and obediently stretch out to Ye Jingcheng.
"I’m not very sure myself?" Ye Jingcheng shook his head, knowing that in this world, above a Celestial Spirit Root, was a spirit body. Spirit Body Cultivators cultivated extremely quickly and possessed some special spiritual powers.
These spirit bodies are categorized into two types: Innate Spirit Body and Postnatal Spirit Body.
The Postnatal Spirit Body manifests only after activation, generally endowed with certain traits.
The Innate Spirit Body, however, is born with it, and even a sect like Taiyi may not have such cultivators.
"By the way, Jingcheng, Taiyi Sect has confirmed the location for expansion. We’ll be heading to Jade Dragon Valley in the Taihang Mountain Range in half a year!" Ye Jingli mentioned.
It seemed that during Ye Jingcheng’s seclusion for Alchemy, Taiyi Sect had issued a call for arms.
The purpose being finally revealed as being Jade Dragon Valley in the Taihang Mountain Range.
This location being deep in the Taihang Mountain Range indicated that Taiyi Sect intended to push quite far inside.
The losses, naturally, wouldn’t be borne by Taiyi Sect alone, hence their affiliated forces became the main force for this clearing mission.
Still, Ye Jingcheng believed that a Spirit Stone Ore Vein was discovered in Jade Dragon Valley.
The Demon Race couldn’t develop ore veins or Spirit Stone mines, but they controlled most of the resources in the Taihang Mountain Range.
Such expansion wouldn’t involve Golden Core True Masters or Nascent Soul True Monarchs due to agreements between Taiyi Sect, Qinghe Sect’s Nascent Soul True Monarchs, and the Demon Race’s Demon Emperors.
Even so, the bloodshed wouldn’t be any less; much like a beast tide, the Demon Race wouldn’t easily let go.
Otherwise, Taiyi Sect wouldn’t have prepared for so many years!
"Do your best to increase your strength; recently, the prices of magical artifacts and spirit talismans have shot up!" Ye Jingli added.
Ye Jingcheng nodded, gazing into the room; his only hope was that the Red Flame Fox would complete its advancement before the day arrived.
Given the current strength of the Red Flame Fox, which was comparable to the Qi Cultivation Seventh Layer, its combat power was certainly above that!
If the advancement succeeded, it would have two tails, making its spiritual power and Fireballs incomparable to before.
"Jingcheng, I managed to find two types of spirit medicine!" Ye Jingli took out several jade boxes containing earth-attributed spirit medicines.
These were the spirit medicines Ye Jingcheng had asked Ye Jingli to find, and he hadn’t expected him to actually find two.
They were none other than the Earth Yellow Fruit of a century’s age and the Black Cloud Lotus.
Combined with the foundational spiritual medicine materials collected by the Ye Family, Ye Jingcheng surprisingly realized that the Golden Scale Beast’s Advancement Pill required only two more spirit medicines.
Specifically, a century-aged Pecans and Earth Cloud Ganoderma!
However, the hardest to find were precisely these last two spirit medicines, whose scarcity exceeded even that of the Red Dragon Fruit.