Chapter 111: Chapter 112: Golden Scale Beast Breakthrough
When leaving the Alchemy Pavilion, it was just afternoon.
His small courtyard faced west, so the setting sun was shining right into his yard.
At this moment, the golden sunlight filled his courtyard, making it look as magnificent as a palace.
Ye Jingcheng was indeed in a good mood.
At the entrance of the courtyard, the Jade Ring Rat was leisurely lying by the door, basking its round belly.
Its pair of Jade Ring Ears were like large fans, slowly fanning.
Without the Golden Scale Beast, every day was leisurely for the Jade Ring Rat.
Moreover, the Jade Ring Rat was not picky with food, and it would find some spirit insects in the mountains to consume and nibble on some roots infused with Spiritual Energy.
After all, Lingyun Peak of the Ye Family had a Tier Two High-grade Spirit Vein, those plants and trees had absorbed some Spiritual Energy, which wasn’t very useful to a cultivator.
But for the Jade Ring Rat, it was an invaluable Spirit Nourishing Pill as a dessert.
Seeing Ye Jingcheng return, the Jade Ring Rat flipped over and ran agilely towards Ye Jingcheng.
It squeaked a few times, indicating that the array was fine, and no one had been to the courtyard.
Ye Jingcheng gave a knowing smile, took out two Spirit Nourishing Pills, and gave them to the Jade Ring Rat, making it immensely happy.
Ye Jingcheng infused it with some Treasure Light, then walked towards the courtyard.
His main concern now was the Golden Scale Beast and the Jade Qilin Snake.
The former was in the process of breaking through, while the latter had just hatched not long ago, in its fastest growing phase.
Besides, the Jade Qilin Snake had a big appetite.
Ye Jingcheng hadn’t been back for three days, and he assumed the Jade Qilin Snake was starving.
Upon entering the room, Ye Jingcheng indeed saw a scene that made him cover his face.
He saw the Jade Qilin Snake standing high next to the Spirit Array, sticking its tongue out at the Golden Scale Beast.
The Red Flame Fox was extremely vigilant, glaring at the Jade Qilin Snake too.
The water and fire rivalry was clearly in form.
Then, the two beasts sent out Divine Soul fluctuations.
The Jade Qilin Snake’s fluctuation indicated hunger, and it mentioned to the Golden Scale Beast that it smelled delicious.
The Red Flame Fox’s fluctuation communicated that the Jade Qilin Snake wanted to eat them.
Requesting Ye Jingcheng to reprimand the Jade Qilin Snake.
Both beasts had high spiritual wisdom.
Seemingly noticing Ye Jingcheng’s different expression.
The Jade Qilin Snake flicked its tongue again, lowering its head slightly.
The Divine Soul fluctuation continued.
It seemed to say it didn’t mean to eat the Golden Scale Beast, but it insisted the Golden Scale Beast smelled really good!
Ye Jingcheng wasn’t suspicious, since he had a Soul Contract, he understood the spiritual beasts well and could sense their Divine Souls.
He knew the Jade Qilin Snake was probably starving.
This time, Ye Jingcheng took out fifty pounds of Forest Pig Spirit Beast Meat for the Jade Qilin Snake.
After little over a month, the Jade Qilin Snake had grown to eight feet long, and its thickest part was about half a foot wide.
As for the Jade Qilin Tail, a series of shallow snake marks appeared, resembling swords and knives.
Unlike the Red Flame Fox or the Golden Scale Beast, which had to practice to perform Fireball Skill and Earth Spike Skill,
the Jade Qilin Snake was highly skilled in using its Jade Qilin Tail.
If the prey was large, a swipe from its tail would cut it in half.
Unknown whether due to its species nature or for more comfort, the Jade Qilin Snake preferred swallowing whole rather than breaking its food apart.
After finishing eating, the Jade Qilin Snake extended its head, allowing Ye Jingcheng to infuse it with Treasure Light; after that, he also fed it a Cyan Spirit Pill.
It then crawled to the Spirit Array, coiled itself up and started to digest.
Nevertheless, it continued gazing at the Golden Scale Beast with joyful eyes.
It lay quietly, occasionally flicking its tail.
Ye Jingcheng couldn’t help but feel a bit helpless.
The Jade Qilin Snake couldn’t close its eyes; he couldn’t force it to look at the beam or outside the window. Even when not intense, it didn’t like the sunset.
Ye Jingcheng then looked towards the Golden Scale Beast, which was still covered in golden Spiritual Light, resembling a large golden bead.
Its aura had strengthened significantly, and the likelihood of successful advancement was high this time.
The Red Flame Fox also felt at ease, walking over to Ye Jingcheng and lying at his feet, its soft red ears rubbing against his foot.
Previously, it liked to rub with its forehead, but now a small flame had formed from the Spirit Pattern on its forehead.
Even if it wanted to, Ye Jingcheng wouldn’t allow it to rub like that.
Ye Jingcheng took out a Red Ganoderma Pill, fed it to the Red Flame Fox, and also took out some Spirit Beast Meat.
Having hunted the Forest Pig himself, he wasn’t distressed.
He also infused some Treasure Light into the Red Flame Fox.
Seeing that the Golden Scale Beast wouldn’t advance for a while, Ye Jingcheng started practicing alchemy.
This time, he was refining the Red Ganoderma Pill.
Even though he hadn’t been practicing Fire Control for long, the improvement in his alchemy skills could enhance his Alchemy Skill.
Moreover, he was running low on the Red Ganoderma Pill.
The stronger the Red Flame Fox became, the purer the Fire Attribute Spiritual Energy passed through the Beast Pattern, thus speeding up his cultivation.
He felt that in less than two or three years, he could break through to the Qi Cultivation Eighth Layer!
Initially, his talent required three to four years to go from Qi Cultivation Third Layer to Fourth Layer.
This progress left Ye Jingcheng extremely satisfied.
The Pill Furnace kept rotating, and this time, Ye Jingcheng tried the Four-Part Alchemy Method.
Due to the terrifying fire control ability of the Red Flame Fox, Ye Jingcheng discovered that he could skillfully apply this Four-Part Alchemy Method in a single attempt.
As the Cyan Elephant Furnace emitted a heavy elephant call,
The pill furnace suddenly shook, its lid flew open, and inside appeared a full five Red Flame Pills.
Moreover, each one was bright red, plump, and round, with an extremely fine quality!
Compared to before, when he could only refine about three pills, he had improved significantly.
And as his fire control becomes more skilled and his understanding of the pill formula grows, this improvement will increase further.
In the next half month, Ye Jingcheng became even busier.
Feeding spirit beasts, refining pills, studying pill formulas, cultivating.
He barely had any time to leave the courtyard; only during sunset and dawn would he spare some time to relax his mind through the window.
Sometimes he would encounter rainy weather, allowing him to see many moths dancing.
Time passed very quickly.
On this day, as the earthy yellow aura became more intense, the Golden Scale Beast finally completed its progression.
At this moment, a row of earthy yellow spines appeared on the Golden Scale Beast’s head, resembling a hedgehog.
Its entire body was covered with a layer of yellow spirit patterns.
And the patterns on its two forepaws were even more prominent. The next moment, these patterns naturally condensed, transforming into a layer of stone armor that covered the Golden Scale Beast.
Clearly, the Stone Skin Skill seemed to have turned into the Stone Armor Skill.
Furthermore, the Golden Scale Beast’s size expanded significantly, and even walking in the room reinforced with arrays made a muffled sound.
Its aura also reached from the Qi Cultivation Seventh Layer to the appearance of initially entering the Qi Cultivation Eighth Layer.
It constantly made joyous calls towards Ye Jingcheng, then glared at the Jade Qilin Snake!
While showing its teeth.
The Divine Soul fluctuation it transmitted to Ye Jingcheng was one of anger.
It felt the Jade Qilin Snake had glared at it for a long time and even drooled.
While the Jade Qilin Snake immediately responded, it thought the Golden Scale Beast smelled even better.
Even as the Golden Scale Beast glared and bared its teeth to roar at it, it was not annoyed; it merely looked quietly, exclaiming it truly smelled delightful.
Perhaps feeling tired and finding the Jade Qilin Snake uninteresting, it turned its gaze toward the Red Flame Fox.
Only the Red Flame Fox was not accommodating, showing sharp teeth as well.
Its blue eyes instantly turned crimson red.
A more potent aura crushed out, extinguishing the aura of the Golden Scale Beast instantly.
Then it rushed outside, while the Jade Ring Rat dashed in, wanting to stay in Ye Jingcheng’s sight as other places were unsafe.
Ye Jingcheng knew the Golden Scale Beast would not truly attack the Jade Ring Rat, so he paid it no mind, instead focusing on the Jade Qilin Snake.
In his view, the nature of the Jade Qilin Snake was not good!
This lack of contention and passivity was detrimental to combat prowess for spirit beasts.
The advantage of spirit beasts over cultivators lay in their ferocity, whereas cultivators had the advantage of various magic skills and artifacts, along with arrays for coordination.
Additionally, there was an intellect superiority.
Of course, despite the concern, Ye Jingcheng had no solution; the Jade Qilin Snake, as a family rule, must not be exposed, as Ye Haiping had told him during the exchange.
Otherwise, everyone would know the Jade Dragon Valley divided a portion of the Ye Family.
Moreover, it would not only involve the Jade Qilin Snake but also the over five-hundred-year-old Jade Dragon Grass, which posed more trouble, as it could aid body cultivators in breaking through the Purple Mansion.
Ye Jingcheng now finally understood why his family took great risks during the Jade Dragon Valley incident.
Because the Turtle Ancestor shed its shell successfully, restored its injuries, and even made breakthroughs.
And the Jade Dragon Grass was useful for breakthroughs to the Purple Mansion.
As long as Ye Haicheng performed the Beast Turtle Ancestor ritual and paired it with the Jade Dragon Grass, it might quietly propel the Ye Family to become a genuine Purple Mansion Clan.
Of course, Ye Jingcheng was happy at the moment.
Both the Golden Scale Beast and Red Flame Fox had advanced to the Qi Cultivation Eighth Layer, achieving bloodline progression, and they likely had the potential to become Tier Three Great Demons!
When he establishes his foundation in the future, he can refine the Tier Two Advancement Pill again by then!
Ye Jingcheng glanced at the Treasure Book, and sure enough, there were new pill formulas on it, albeit less complex than those for the Red Flame Fox, but still not easy.
The required Tier Two Spiritual Medicine was mostly extremely rare.
He could only pay closer attention in the coming days.
Meanwhile, his status in the family Alchemy Hall is much higher now; he could entrust the family to seek some readily available spirit medicines.
The Ye Family’s channels and paths were certainly broader than his, especially as Ye Jingcheng’s mind conjured up a broad figure.
Ye Jingcheng also considered visiting his eldest uncle in the market.
However, the spiritual energy from the Beast Communication Pattern transmitted now is even stronger, making it more suitable for dedicated cultivation.
The following days were calmer too.
Continuing with alchemy, studying pills, feeding beasts, and cultivating.
Days passed serenely yet enriching.
On this day, a beam of rosy light flew from the distance to Lingyun Peak.
Straight towards Stone Bamboo Forest of the Ye Family.
The rosy light dispersed, revealing the figure of Ye Jingteng.
His aura was fully released at this moment, seeming to be at the Qi Cultivation Ninth Layer.
A spirit talisman flew towards the depths of the Bamboo Forest.
The next moment, a response emerged as well.
Ye Xingqun also walked out from the Bamboo Forest.
"Uncle Xingqun, I have found another pot of good wine; I hope Uncle Xingqun and Uncle Xingyu can taste and enjoy!" Ye Jingteng opened his mouth.