Breaking Through One After Another

The seeds of the Purple Illusion Flower range in size from as small as a mung bean to as large as a broad bean. They are entirely purple and separated in the middle by a red line.

Clearly, this red color represents the seed's bud.

All four seeds were extremely round, and when held in the palm of your hand, you could sometimes feel a purple mist, which was quite mysterious.

Ye Jingcheng simply set aside the two better seeds.

Shine it with Moonlight Stone.

He slowly infused the two slightly inferior seeds with Treasure Radiance.

This time, he was even more careful in controlling the amount of Treasure Radiance.

After all, it was just an experiment.

To his delight, the Treasure Radiance was quickly absorbed by the seed as soon as it was released, without any spillage.

This is the same as Spirit Beast.

After inputting ten breaths, Ye Jingcheng stopped and placed the two seeds and the comparison seed into two jade bowls respectively.

He then activated his Divine Sense and began to observe.

To his astonishment, the lower-quality Purple Illusion Flower seeds absorbed the spiritual liquid much faster than the higher-quality ones.

And as time goes on, it seems the gap between the four seeds is getting smaller!

This change is very subtle and extremely difficult to observe with the naked eye, but it can be clearly distinguished by a cultivator's Divine Sense.

This scene made Ye Jingcheng's eyes gleam.

In this way, he will not only be able to tame Spirit Beasts, but also cultivate Spirit Plants spirit medicine.

Of course, that's still a long way off for him. Right now, the most important thing is to cultivate the Purple Illusion Flower well and grow spiritual honey, which can be sold for Spirit Stones or consumed by himself. At the same time, the Five Poison Bees can also reproduce and be cultivated normally.

Everything is ready now, except for the spirit field.

It will take two more months before the spirit field can be used.

After all, spirit fields are different from ordinary mountains and fields, where dense planting is possible. If the spirit fields are not fertile, spirit medicine simply cannot grow normally.

That would contradict the original intention of establishing the spiritual fields.

Ye Jingcheng put away the Jade Slip and the seed, and went into the room, only to find that the Jade-Scale Snake was sending out an extremely eager thought.

He was immediately overjoyed, just as the Golden-Scaled Beast and the Crimson Flame Fox had done when they were about to break through.

He arrived beside the Spirit Gathering Array. The Jade-Scale Snake raised its head, flicked its tongue, and revealed a hint of longing in its cold, triangular, vertical eyes.

"Hungry!"

Thoughts also continuously emanated from the Divine Soul's fluctuations.

Therefore, Ye Jingcheng directly took out three Azure Spirit Pills and the corpse of an Azure Cloud Wolf.

Finally, a considerable amount of Treasure Radiance was added.

The Jade-Scale Snake swallowed the food one by one, and each time Ye Jingcheng thought the Jade-Scale Snake couldn't eat any more.

The Jade-Scale Snake proved with its actions that this amount of Spirit Beast meat was just a drop in the ocean!

After swallowing it, the snake's body visibly began to grow larger.

Stripes of white jade-like patterns appeared on its body, flowing like waves, which was quite magical.

The Jade-Scale Snake seemed to have swallowed its fill as well, and it curled up again.

Only the Jade-Scale Tail Blade stood upright.

Soon, as the Jade-Scale Snake lay prone, its entire body was enveloped in jade light.

Ye Jingcheng reactivated the Spirit Gathering Array and simultaneously maximized the Array in the courtyard. He also summoned the Golden-Scaled Beast to keep watch nearby.

The Golden-Scaled Beast roared repeatedly in response.

It's as if it's saying, "It was seen before, now it wants to see back."

It merely revealed its greedy gaze, but it couldn't maintain it for long. Back in Jade Dragon Valley, it had already devoured many snakes, and now, even if the Jade-Scale Snake revealed its jade-like light, it showed no interest.

Moreover, it discovered that the Jade-Scale Snake had its eyes open and was completely unfazed by its threats.

They even looked at it through the jade's light.

The snake flicked its tongue, spitting out a lot of venomous saliva, as if it were swallowing saliva.

Moreover, the amount of poisonous saliva visibly increased.

Seeing this, the Golden-Scaled Beast turned around and stopped paying attention to the Jade-Scale Snake. Instead, it looked longingly at the spirit field outside the house.

A month passed quietly, and Ye Jingcheng awoke from his cultivation.

Seeing that the Four Phases of Spiritual Power had grown stronger, Ye Jingcheng was quite pleased.

At this moment, he has taken another step closer to the eighth level of Qi Refining.

However, at this moment, he noticed that the water-elemental spiritual power within his body had suddenly increased slightly. As if it were a premonition, he looked out the window.

The sky outside the window had become overcast and gloomy.

Even more strikingly, a blinding flash of light was followed by a series of thunderclaps outside.

Amidst the rumble of thunder, a sudden downpour brought life to all things.

The rain lashed down on the wooden house, the grass, and the jungle.

Clearly, early spring has arrived again.

At this moment, quite a few moths also emerged from the yard.

Fluttering in the rain.

Ye Jingcheng stepped out of the courtyard, casting a simple spiritual shield spell on himself to keep the rain out.

Upon arriving at the spirit field, the Jade Ring Rat was still there.

Because of the Three Talents Spirit-Trapping Formation, rainwater cannot get in, so the Jade Ring Rat is also watching the moths outside.

After seeing it so many times, it even squeaked.

It's as if it's recounting how bravely it used to catch moths!

The Jade Ring Rat had become much more refined, no longer as plump as before. Its claws were long and sharp, and it looked much more imposing.

He has the air of a rat king!

The Jade Ring ears became even more striking, and their radiance was even greater.

The only pity is that even a minor breakthrough is still some distance away, considering that the Jade Ring Rat has now consumed more than twice the number of spirit pills it had before.

It's clear that there are reasons why it wasn't included in the Treasure Book.

The spirit field in front of the Jade Ring Rat has been completely transformed. It is nourished by daily soil turning and Spirit-Nurturing Liquid, with Spirit Stones buried in it, and a unique Spirit Gathering Formation is used to input Spiritual Qi into the ground.

For a moment, it appeared somewhat crystal clear, like Spirit Soil, and the amount of Spiritual Qi energy was far greater than before.

Ye Jingcheng summoned the Jade Ring Rat to his side, rubbed its large ring ears, infused it with some Treasure Radiance, and his eyes were filled with approval.

But at this very moment...

The thought of hunger echoed in Ye Jingcheng's mind again.

Ye Jingcheng's eyes lit up. He took out two Spirit Feeding Pills, put them down, and walked anxiously toward the house.

This was the first time in a month that the Jade-Scale Snake had transmitted Divine Soul fluctuation to him.

Suddenly, the Spirit Gathering Formation became extremely dim, clearly indicating that the Spirit Stones had been exhausted.

The jade-like light emanating from the Jade-Scale Snake was no longer as intense.

Its long, white, jade-like body was revealed.

It grew another three feet or so, and the Jade-Scale Tail Blade could still condense a little bit of spiritual light, transforming into a blade-like existence with an extremely terrifying sharpness!

Even a slight step on the stone table leaves huge scratches.

More and finer patterns began to appear on the white, jade-like snakeskin.

"Not bad!" Ye Jingcheng touched the snake head that the Jade-Scale Snake had extended, channeled its Treasure Radiance into it, and then took out a few Azure Spirit Pills.

And an Azure Cloud Wolf.

The Jade-Scale Snake swallowed it whole, its forked tongue flicking in and out, its face showing a look of unsatisfied enjoyment.

Moreover, Ye Jingcheng discovered that the Jade-Scale Snake could also begin to exhale a thin layer of white jade poisonous mist.

This poisonous fog is highly corrosive and not very useful, but Ye Jingcheng thought of pairing it with the Purple Illusion Flower.

The latter is magical, the former is corrosive.

If the poisonous fog also conceals Shadow Needles, Silver Snow Needles, and Five Poison Bees.

The effect will likely be even better.

The breakthrough of the Jade-Scale Snake seemed to spur Ye Jingcheng on, and he increased his cultivation time again over the next month.

Alchemy was performed almost every three days.

In addition, he also began taking Red Ganoderma Pills.

One day, as the Spiritual Qi within his body rapidly increased, fire-elemental spiritual power still held a dominant position.

Then come the Earth element, followed by the Water and Wood elements.

This time, Ye Jingcheng felt an even stronger sense of the barrier between realms!

He was completely captivated by the feeling that he could break through at any moment.

He gritted his teeth, took out the Red Ganoderma Pill and the Lotus Yellow Pill and swallowed them together. He also used the Beast-Link Mark to draw in a lot of Fire Attribute spiritual power and Earth Attribute spiritual power.

In an instant, a roar of spiritual energy began to emanate from his body.

The Four-Aspect Heavenly Origin Scripture was pushed to its limit, and a small vortex of energy rapidly unfolded within his body.

After an unknown amount of time, Ye Jingcheng felt as if something in the Unseen had been shattered.

The next moment, countless Spiritual Qi surged out, and his aura broke through to the eighth level of Qi Refining!

The Spiritual Qi increased several times in an instant, but at this moment, Ye Jingcheng began to feel a sense of disparity. This was because the fire element was too strong, while the wood and water elements were too weak.

That warm feeling resurfaced.

This is clearly the flaw described in the Four-Aspect Heavenly Origin Scripture.

Fortunately, this flaw does not affect breaking through to the Foundation Establishment; it only affects the bottleneck after Foundation Establishment.

Ye Jingcheng roughly estimated the time, only to find that three months had passed since the Jade-Scale Snake broke through.

He cultivated diligently for the past three months, even forgetting to plant the seeds of the Purple Illusion Flower.

Fortunately, the cultivation of the spirit field can be extended by two more months without any problems.

Furthermore, due to the higher investment, the spiritual field will be more fertile.

The Purple Illusion Flower will grow even better then.

After breaking through, Ye Jingcheng circulated his energy for two more cycles.

Because he had taken the elixir, he also needed to spend some time refining his Spiritual Qi; otherwise, Spiritual Qi would be too weak and unfavorable for his future cultivation.

Moreover, Ye Jingcheng could not take any more pills for the next few months, and had to wait for the poisoning to dissipate.

Otherwise, if the poison from the pills erupts, the cultivator will suffer a tragic fate.

By the time he finished his cultivation, the blazing sun in the sky was already shining directly on Soaring Cloud Peak.

Before we knew it, the cicadas' chirping in the height of summer had replaced springtime.

He went out of the house, took down the sign indicating seclusion, and began feeding the Spirit Beasts one by one.

The Jade-Scale Snake still consumes the most Spirit Beast meat, Crimson Flame Fox consumes the most spirit pills. As for the ten Five Poison Bees, their Poison Needle have faded again, and even the color and Spirit Patterns have become somewhat fainter.

However, under the stimulation of the Treasure Book's spiritual light, it became highly active.

Ye Jingcheng stepped out of the courtyard and headed towards the spirit field.

The spirit field was now fully formed, and the soil within it emitted a faint spiritual light, and was harder than before.

This is a symbol of even more fertile spiritual land!

Ye Jingcheng only needs to dig a few seed pits, bury the seeds, apply the Spring Breeze and Rain Technique daily, and infuse these seeds with Treasure Radiance, and they will grow extremely lushly.

The Jade Ring Rat was also nearby; its claws were stronger, and its aura had changed slightly, as if it had achieved a small breakthrough.

Although it is still in the mid-stage of the first tier, it is equivalent to the strength of Human Race cultivator at the sixth level of Qi Refining.