Chapter 118: Chapter 119: Surprise
As the fierce morning light emerged from the endless mountain peaks in the east.
A spiritual ship flew from west to east.
Finally landing on Lingyun Peak.
The faces of the five people were somewhat dazed, the spirit insect in the last moment left a deep impression on them.
It was a giant three-colored spider, incredibly fast, with an aura reaching Tier Two High-grade.
If it hadn’t been momentarily distracted by the Black Wood Ants and then blocked by the trapping and attack arrays.
They might not have been able to leave Five Poison Peak this time.
For this, they also lost two arrays.
Ye Jingcheng was luckier, it was a Mid-stage First Tier trapping array, while Ye Xingyu’s was a Tier One High-Grade attack array.
Valued at at least seven to eight hundred spirit stones.
Of course, if it were a Tier One High-Grade trapping array and defense array, it would be even more expensive.
"That three-colored spider might have already reached mid-stage of Second Tier, only the Five Poison Peak could have so many high-tier spirit insects!" Ye Xingqun, though glad to be alive, felt a little regret over this as he loved spirit insects.
As for the loss of the Black Wood Ants, he didn’t care much, but there were ultimately no Five Poison Bees.
"Let’s go to the Stone Bamboo Forest to allocate everything first, and Jingteng, you need to explain the context of the task you took, or else the family may not be able to help you!" Ye Xingyu spoke.
Then he looked at Ye Jingteng. By now, everyone understood that Ye Jingteng was definitely hiding something.
But the latter was a bit careless while completing the sect task to exchange for the Foundation Establishment Pill.
Ye Xingyu’s suggestion was recognized by all, and the five affixed their Divine Movement Talismans and headed to the Stone Bamboo Forest.
Landing again in the pavilion.
All four were now looking at Ye Jingteng.
"Uncle Xingqun, Uncle Xingyu, this matter I am also unclear on, but I only know that this time, the sect tasks given to clan disciples are extremely dangerous, and most involve capturing notorious evil cultivators!" Ye Jingteng shook his head, indicating he didn’t know why he was targeted.
In the Taiyi Sect, because clan cultivators receive more or less support from their families, the tasks differ from those given to ordinary sect disciples.
Though the tasks are challenging, the clan disciples would often respond to their families.
For instance, the Li Family and the Chu Family both have Foundation Establishment cultivators inside the sect, making them more authoritative compared to the Ye Family.
"Is it possible that the Li family’s Foundation Establishment cultivators bribed the steward responsible for allocating tasks to make you overlook some tasks or increase their difficulty?" Ye Jingli interjected.
In their view, although the Li Family suffered a loss at Li Mugu, they still would conclude it was the Ye Family’s doing.
This is unrelated to evidence; in the eyes of cultivator factions, many matters are judged by who benefits.
However, the Ye Family left no trace.
Even within the Taiyi Sect, proper arrangements were made.
"It is possible, anyway, Jingteng, be careful lately, and make sure the other clan cultivators in the sect are cautious as well." Ye Xingyu advised.
"But let’s not dwell on these matters, let’s tally the spoils and share them. This time everyone took great risks, your Seventh Uncle lost quite a few Black Wood Ants, and Jingcheng also lost a trapping array."
After speaking, Ye Xingyu took out two storage bags, the ones belonging to the Yongnan Double Tribulation.
Ye Jingcheng also brought out the storage bag of the one-armed elder.
Ye Jingteng then presented several Purple Poison Thorn stalks wrapped in spirit cloth.
This Purple Poison Thorn is a Tier One High-Grade spirit plant. If sold, a complete hundred-year-old Purple Poison Thorn can fetch seven to eight hundred spirit stones, while even an incomplete hundred-year-old one can sell for three to four hundred spirit stones.
Ye Jingteng harvested three remaining Purple Poison Thorn stalks and one complete one, totaling two thousand spirit stones here.
Furthermore, for Ye Jingteng, these Purple Poison Thorns were his task items, more precious than spirit stones.
"Uncle Xingqun, Uncle Xingyu, I opt for these Purple Poison Thorns and the heads of the Yongnan Double Tribulation, if that’s agreeable; if not, I have some magical artifacts here as well!" Ye Jingteng spoke somewhat hesitantly.
The Purple Poison Thorn is his task treasure, while he didn’t wish to share the Yongnan Double Tribulation’s treasure, the two heads were worth three thousand contribution points, aiding greatly in obtaining the Foundation Establishment Pill.
But this requires the approval of Ye Xingyu and Ye Xingqun.
"The family supports Jingteng, Jingcheng, Jingli, what do you think?" Ye Xingyu looked at Ye Xingqun, then they exchanged a glance and nodded, asking Jingcheng and Jingli.
The Taiyi Sect’s wanted list is for all cultivators within the sect’s territory, others can present the heads of evil cultivators for treasures as well.
It’s just that sect cultivators can exchange them for sect contributions.
"Of course, we support Big Brother, besides, I didn’t contribute much to killing these Tribulation cultivators!" Ye Jingcheng smiled and nodded.
Ye Jingli also nodded, "Seventh Uncle, Fifteenth Uncle, I agree too!"
"Then it’s decided!" Ye Xingyu nodded and handed the two Tribulation cultivators’ heads and attire to Ye Jingteng.
Ye Jingteng was instantly overjoyed.
"Thank you, Seventh Uncle, Fifteenth Uncle, and Jingcheng, Jingli, here’s a Celestial Water Sword and a Profound Harmony Shield, both are Upper-grade magical artifacts, worth over a thousand spirit stones!" Ye Jingteng took out two magical artifacts.
Then he felt it wasn’t enough, and took out three jugs of Jade Wave Wine and a Golden Flower Fish.
Ye Xingyu calmly gathered these treasures, placed them on the central bamboo table, then picked up three Storage Bags to pour out the treasures within.
Among the treasures of Yongnan Double Tribulation, the most valuable were the two Golden Wood Shields, which, despite significant damage, still gleamed with golden light.
Besides that, there was the Shocking God Drum of the one-armed elder.
These three magical treasures were all Tier One Top-Grade with special abilities; even at market auction, they could fetch nearly two thousand Spirit Stones.
Following were the next tier of magical artifacts: the Tier One High-Grade Shadow Needle of the one-armed elder, the Celestial Essence Ring artifact of Yongnan Double Tribulation, along with two Shadow-erasing Spears, and two Cyan Grain Swords.
These magical artifacts varied between four hundred and eight hundred Spirit Stones.
To everyone’s surprise, apart from these artifacts, they also discovered a Tier One High-Grade Attack Array Disc.
As well as two Tier One High-Grade Earth Escape Talismans, plus many other Spirit Talismans.
The Attack Array Disc was valued at eight to nine hundred Spirit Stones, while the High-Grade Earth Escape Talismans could be worth three to four hundred Spirit Stones; they were all significant treasures.
Of course, besides the treasures, there were nearly a thousand Lower Grade Spirit Stones, two Middle-Grade Fire Spirit Stones, and plenty of Spirit Beast and Spirit Medicine Materials.
Finally, under the gaze of the five of them, a beehive was taken from the Spirit Beast Bag, containing numerous insect eggs and about ten Five Poison Bees.
This was Ye Jingcheng’s first time seeing Five Poison Bees, though these ten or so bees seemed rather feeble.
Each was the size of an adult’s thumb, their abdomens multicolored.
Their stingers were roughly an inch long, glowing faintly.
This was the most terrifying aspect of Five Poison Bees.
"These Five Poison Bees are useless; they were manipulated to reproduce, but the bee pupae are still good, all active!" Ye Xingqun was the most excited, willing to lose more Black Wood Ants for these Five Poison Bees.
You should know the fiercest Black Wood Ants might only reach mid-stage first tier, but the strongest Five Poison Bees could be late-stage.
Moreover, the Black Wood Ant’s venom is weak, relying mostly on the strong bite force of its mouthparts and fearlessness.
Five Poison Bees are different; their stingers could be lethal to late-stage Qi Cultivation Cultivators.
However, nurturing Five Poison Bees is not simple; it requires cultivating some poison flowers and grasses, else their venom potency wanes.
Moreover, in terms of defense, Five Poison Bees are much inferior to Black Wood Ants.
They are not suited for swarming tactics but rather like the Red Flame Fox, suited to fire their stinger from afar or release poison fog.
Of course, Five Poison Bees have considerable shortcomings, but benefits also, like producing some Spiritual Honey.
This Spiritual Honey, processed from toxins by Five Poison Bees, is real Spiritual Honey, slightly inferior to that of other spirit bees, yet still economically viable as Spirit Beasts.
Overall, there are both pros and cons.
Among the remaining treasures, nothing else stood out; there were many bottles and jars, and some personal apparel from female cultivators.
Which made Ye Jingcheng and Ye Jingli blush slightly.
While Ye Xingyu and Ye Xingqun’s expressions remain unchanged.
Even inspecting if there were any clothing magical artifacts within.
Ye Xingyu finished inspecting, then spoke:
"According to the family’s distribution principles, we first account for the losses during this journey. Seventh Brother, Jingcheng, and myself all had losses; moreover, the credit goes mostly to Seventh Brother and Jingcheng. You both can choose a treasure each first!"
"The rest of the treasure division is: Jingli one and a half portions, Seventh Brother three portions, Jingcheng three portions, and I two and a half portions."
Ye Jingcheng heard this and was extremely surprised; he hadn’t expected to get three portions and wanted to suggest otherwise, but was glared at by Ye Xingyu.
Ye Xingyu then looked at Ye Xingqun and Ye Jingli.
"I have no objection!"
"I have no objection either!" Ye Xingqun and Ye Jingli expressed their opinions consecutively.
"Alright then, Seventh Brother, you choose first, followed by Jingcheng, and lastly me!" Ye Xingyu gestured invitingly.
Ye Xingqun decisively took over the beehive, inside of which were currently hundreds of bee pupae.
As for the ten or so Five Poison Bees, he didn’t want them.
The lifespan of spirit bees and spirit ants is short, mainly relying on generations of reproduction.
And without reproductive capacity, the overworked ten or so spirit bees naturally didn’t attract his interest.
Furthermore, these few Five Poison Bees didn’t look like they would live much longer.
Ye Jingcheng glanced at them for a while but did not rush, instead choosing that drum-like magical artifact; he had ideas for this Tier One Top-Grade Shocking God Drum since he slew that one-armed elder.
However, considering the one-armed elder contributed to four people’s credits, it needed to be part of the distribution.
Ye Xingyu, as expected, chose a Golden Wood Shield; its power, needless to say, made it a top-tier Defensive Artifact.