After leaving Ye Xingliu's room, the sky was already nearing dusk.
At the far end of the bamboo grove, a vast expanse of crimson sunset clouds floated across the sky.
The last rays of sunlight spilled over the courtyard and across Ye Jingcheng's face, making him narrow his eyes as a long-lost sense of ease and relaxation radiated through his entire body.
Ye Jingcheng let out a long breath. At this moment, the misgivings in his heart had nearly vanished.
He had already laid bare to the family his ability to heal Spirit Beasts, yet Ye Xingliu, just as before, had not interfered in the slightest.
On the contrary, the family's intention to nurture him had only grown stronger.
Nor was this family simple. He even suspected that the family had already become a Purple Mansion Family, or was at least close to becoming one.
No matter what, though, it was good news for him.
Ye Jingcheng rubbed his Family Token, greeted quite a few cultivators in the courtyard, and headed toward the front courtyard.
Before heading to Jade Dragon Valley in the Mount Taihang Mountain Range, Ye Jingcheng intended to exchange for another dharma artifact to protect himself.
There were quite a few cultivators at the Ye Family Shop now, so Ye Xinghong had much more free time as well.
Seeing Ye Jingcheng approach with his token, she roughly understood what he wanted.
Such exchanges before a major battle were hardly uncommon in the Ye Family.
"Thirteenth Aunt, your nephew wishes to find a handy dharma artifact!" This time, Ye Jingcheng had set his sights on a Grade-High dharma artifact.
If it had been before, when he practiced the Li Fire Art, he would not have entertained such thoughts. After all, a Qi Training Stage 6 cultivator simply could