Chapter 99: Chapter 99: Spoils of War
"All right, gather!" Ye Haiyi looked around, then carrying Ye Jingcheng’s Jade Ring Rat, circled around a large area to ensure that Li Mugu had no other cultivators hidden.
He then released the Sound Transmission Talisman.
One after another, cultivators appeared at the mine entrance.
Everyone’s faces were beaming with smiles, including the cultivators who were gathering within the valley. Besides the ore vein, there was also a Tier One Spiritual Vein, and the Li Family had planted some Spirit Medicines. Although not much, and not highly valuable individually, they added up to quite a significant harvest.
Moreover, this action by the Ye Family was also revenge for a great rancor!
As for the specific gains, they haven’t been calculated yet. Unlike the Li Family cultivators’ storage bags, where whoever killed got the spoils, this belonged to the family, just like the distribution plan with the Forest Pig.
Sixty percent needs to be handed over, and of that sixty percent, thirty percent will be used by the Ye Family to reward cultivators with extra contributions.
This also held some anticipation for Ye Jingcheng.
"Everyone’s here!" Once all the Ye Family members were gathered, a few people retreated towards the valley ore vein.
"Let’s begin!" Ye Haiyi took out an array banner and threw it into the ore vein.
In the next instant, a terrifying explosion occurred.
There might still be cultivators hiding in the mine. Whether to destroy evidence or leave no survivors, this had to be done.
After finishing, they continued to take out a common spiritual ship and headed deeper into the Taihang Mountain Range.
The best way to avoid tracking is to retreat gradually through the familiar Taihang Mountain Range and pass through the territories of some powerful Tier Two Demon Beasts.
With the Black Wood Ants and the Red Crowned Snow Eagle scouting the way ahead, the journey was extremely smooth.
Only when passing a huge mountain did a mid-Tier Two Tri-Colored Roc appear in the sky, truly intimidating.
But fortunately, there was a river nearby, and everyone fell into the water, escaping a calamity.
As the spiritual ship slowly glided through the mountains, the sun rose and the moon set in cycles.
On the night of the second day, the spiritual ship crossed countless peaks and rushed into the plains of the Taihang Mountain Range.
Although rather urgent, Ye Haiyi still announced to rest for a night in a prepared cave mansion.
After two days of continuous travel, both the spiritual ship and the cultivators needed a safe array to rest, restore spiritual energy, and recover their heart spirit.
Especially Ye Xingqun’s Black Wood Ants, as several dozen were lost during this journey.
After all, it’s impossible for the Ye Family’s spiritual ship to be delayed in the Taihang Mountain Range due to some Black Wood Ant accidents.
Fortunately, there was enough spirit beast meat, and once Ye Xingqun refines Demon Luring Pills, they could cultivate another batch of Black Wood Ants.
Always checking the situation in the cave mansion, setting up arrays, releasing Black Wood Ants and Red Thousand Rats, and observing in the dark.
This caution was almost ingrained in their bones.
This time, Ye Jingcheng’s Jade Ring Rat was also assigned to the watch team.
With the Moonlight Stone slowly illuminating the cave mansion, one could clearly see everyone’s brows relaxing considerably.
Having exited the Taihang Mountain Range, the probability of danger ahead was much lower.
Now, Lingyun Peak was not far away, and even if there was an emergency, Lingyun Peak could provide support.
"Everyone sort out the Longquan Stone raw ore and some spiritual medicine materials obtained from Li Mugu of the Li Family, keep what needs to be kept, and later hand over the portion that belongs to the family," Ye Haiyi said, as almost every Ye Family member had two or three storage bags hanging around them.
Ye Jingcheng even had as many as five hanging.
One belonged to Li Xiangcai, another to Li Xiangjin, and two others whose owners Ye Jingcheng could not name, but the remaining two belonged to Qi Cultivation Fifth Layer cultivators, so he did not hold high expectations.
He first took out the storage bags of the two Qi Cultivation Fifth Layer cultivators, which didn’t contain many spirit stones, one had more than thirty spirit stones and the other more than fifty.
There were quite a few spirit talismans though, at least three Tier One Middle Grade Spirit Talismans and one Tier One High-grade Spirit Talisman.
The Upper-grade Spirit Talisman was a rare Sand Escape Talisman.
No wonder even in death the opponent didn’t use it.
The Sand Escape Talisman, when not in a sandy area, was akin to a Tier One Lower Earth Escape Talisman.
Besides the spirit talismans, there were also some spirit beast meat and spirit medicines, but their value did not exceed thirty spirit stones.
As for magical artifacts, there were four Tier One Middle-grade Spiritual Artifacts, two of which were ordinary flying sword spiritual artifacts, somewhat similar to Ye Jingcheng’s Flowing Shadow Sword, not very powerful, somewhat lagging behind for his current Qi Cultivation Seventh Layer level.
The other two artifacts were a Cloth Bag Spiritual Artifact and a Stone Seal Spiritual Artifact, neither considered special.
Not entirely disappointed, but somewhat dissatisfied with how the Li Family cultivators were throwing around their spirit talismans, yet there was so little in their storage bags.
Ye Jingcheng then took out Li Xiangcai’s storage bag, and with just one look, the space inside the bag surprised him beyond expectation!
It was about thirty cubic feet, almost the size of a small hall.
Inside, there were bookshelves neatly arranged, quite refined.
One wooden shelf held some jade talismans, another a box of spirit stones, one held spirit talisman magical artifacts, and yet another held various raw materials, including spirit demon and spirit beast materials as well as spiritual ore.
However, there were not many jade talismans, and few useful items, mostly some Miscellaneous Records of Cultivation bought from an independent cultivator’s stall. As for the spirit talismans, there was no need to mention; the space was already quite barren.
Only the spirit stones truly pleased him.
Ye Jingcheng estimated roughly, there should be about three hundred spirit stones.
In the corner, there was also a small pile of Longquan Stone raw ore, befitting the grandson of the Li Family’s Fifth Elder Li Mutian.
Ye Jingcheng felt a tinge of excitement; he needed to hand over a part of the Longquan Stone raw ore, but the spirit stone gains and spirit medicine materials didn’t need to be handed over.
Just these added up to over four hundred spirit stones.
Counting his harvest with the Forest Pig, he had 1300 spirit stones in total.
At this rate, 2000 contribution points were not far off.
Suppressing his excitement, Ye Jingcheng finally took out two magical artifacts.
These two magical artifacts were precisely Li Xiangcai’s two Tier One High-Grade Spiritual Artifacts, one of which was the Golden Shadow Sword.
The sword blade was about ten inches and five parts long, considered a short sword. But Ye Jingcheng knew that once refined and activated with spiritual energy, it could transform into a giant golden sword over ten feet long, extremely powerful.
Even in the market, it would fetch three to four hundred spirit stones.
Ye Jingcheng had no hesitation about keeping it as his own magical artifact.
Of course, he wouldn’t display it publicly unless Ye Clan known, which would only invite trouble.
Once Ye Jingli’s artifact refining skills improved, he could even have him modify and decorate it.
The second artifact was a Tier One High-Grade Blood Void Claw, a rare stealth artifact, valued no less than the Golden Shadow Sword. In fact, if a cultivator fancied it, it could even have a twenty percent premium.
Ye Jingcheng also put it away, planning to test it later.
He then picked up Li Xiangjin’s storage bag.
He had high expectations for this storage bag, whether for its concealing magical artifact, or its concealing cultivation technique, it would definitely be extraordinary!
Additionally, the latter was a rare body cultivator.