Foundation Establishment Auction

In the blink of an eye, another Spring Festival has arrived, and Ye Jingcheng has turned thirty-four.

A light breeze and drizzle enveloped the entire Soaring Cloud Peak once again.

Such clear, sunny days have not appeared on Soaring Cloud Peak for a long time.

Ye Jingcheng looked out the window at the still gloomy sky. The Four-Aspect Heavenly Origin Scripture also stopped operating, ending his night of cultivation.

Just then, a creaking sound came from outside.

Ye Jingcheng looked over at the sound and saw the Jade Ring Rat swaying its large jade ears as it approached the courtyard.

It squeaked!

Since the Purple Illusion Flower sprouted, Ye Jingcheng has not allowed the Jade Ring Rat to stay in the Array. After all, even if the Purple Illusion Flower does not bloom, it will release some poisonous mist. The Jade Ring Rat can withstand it for a short time, but it certainly cannot withstand it for a long time.

However, the Jade Ring Rat had gotten used to it and would guard the Three Talents Spirit-Trapping Formation every day.

Even as the Golden-Scaled Beast gazed longingly at it, wanting it to return, it remained unmoved.

Upon seeing this, Ye Jingcheng's expression changed instantly, as if he had realized something.

Heading towards the spirit field!

Within the spirit field, numerous Purple Illusion Flower plants, each about two feet tall, were growing.

The leaves of these plants resemble sickles and are covered with numerous gears.

At this moment, flower buds are blooming on these gear-shaped leaves, some of which are about to open, while others are just beginning to form!

Looking around, Ye Jingcheng noticed that more than forty flower buds had already bloomed in the spirit field.

A thick, purple poisonous fog filled the air.

Ye Jingcheng was overjoyed.

After eight or nine months, the Purple Illusion Flower finally bloomed.

Although it took longer than he had expected, he was extremely gratified to see that each plant had opened three or four flower buds.

The Treasure Radiance can still be effective. In Ye Xinghan's Jade Slip, it is recorded that the Purple Illusion Flower can only bloom two flowers at most, and most of the time it only blooms one flower.

But here, there are usually three or four.

Of course, this could also be related to the fertility of the spirit field.

But regardless, the ten Five Poison Bees are finally able to put their purpose to use.

Otherwise, if he waited another year, he worried that the Five Poison Bees would reach the end of their lifespan and die.

After all, Spirit Insects generally have a much shorter lifespan than Spirit Beasts.

Species like the Five Poison Bee and the Blackwood Ant usually live for four to five years.

Having been forced to ripen before, Ye Jingcheng was truly unsure of how to proceed.

In recent years, he has added more Treasure Radiance to the queen bee, resulting in a shortage of Treasure Radiance.

After all, the Treasure Book within him has only opened three pages so far, and it will take two to three days to recover after each page is used up.

Fortunately, the spirit flower is now in bloom.

Ye Jingcheng then went to the three Spring Welcoming Tea trees next to the Three Talents Spirit-Trapping Formation.

This tea tree is isolated within another spiritual barrier, so it is unaffected by the poisonous fog.

At this moment, it is also growing extremely lushly, producing a large cluster of tea tree stems.

The tea stems were covered with a dense layer of tender new tea leaves.

They are perfectly ready to be picked.

Ye Jingcheng quickly took out a pair of jade scissors and a jade box.

This Spring Welcoming Tea doesn't have much spiritual energy to begin with; if it all dissipates, it will be a huge loss.

Therefore, it must be carefully packed in a jade box.

Each tea leaf is delicate and tender, almost bursting with moisture.

Furthermore, Ye Jingcheng could also smell that unique fragrance.

These days, he hasn't gone to Ye Xinghan, so this year he's been drinking the Azure Spirit Tea he bought himself.

Not only is it expensive, but it doesn't taste or smell as good as this Spring Welcoming Tea!

It's almost here now.

Moreover, he discovered that the spiritual energy contained in these spiritual teas was far superior to that of Ye Xinghan's.

If Ye Xinghan's Spring Welcoming Tea only touched the threshold of a first-grade low-level spiritual tea, then Ye Jingcheng's Spring Welcoming Tea is definitely a genuine first-grade low-level spiritual tea.

Furthermore, the aroma of the tea was stronger than Ye Xinghan had described.

Ye Jingcheng was extremely satisfied and gained a better understanding of the Treasure Book's functions.

The spiritual power of this Treasure Book clearly enhances the plants and increases their conversion rate.

If ordinary Spirit Plants absorb nutrients and Spiritual Qi from the soil, they can absorb about 60%.

Ye Jingcheng used the amplification effect of the Treasure Radiance to reach 100%.

This is why, although the Purple Illusion Flower's maturation cycle isn't much faster, it produces more flowers, has more Spiritual Qi, and generates a higher quality poisonous mist.

The same applies to the spirit tea; this spirit tea is more Spiritual Qi potent and more fragrant, but it still doesn't produce spirit tea ahead of schedule.

Ye Jingcheng harvested about two ounces of tea from the three tea trees.

But don't think it's too much, after all, once dried with Law Technique, less than three-tenths of it will remain.

At most, we can expect to lose 40%.

Spirit tea is known for its slow growth, and in order for the spirit tea tree to continue to grow, Ye Jingcheng cannot pick all the tender leaves.

He only picks the very top leaves, as this is more conducive to the growth and development of the spiritual tea tree.

However, Ye Jingcheng estimated that he could only pick once every half month, and should be able to pick four or five times throughout the spring.

All things considered, it can produce three or four ounces of spiritual tea.

Although it wasn't much, it was enough for Ye Jingcheng.

He was also a practitioner of asceticism, and only when he felt his body was too tense would he take a break from work, drink some spiritual tea, and appreciate the beauty of nature.

Therefore, he didn't consume much spirit tea.

After picking the spirit leaf, Ye Jingcheng casually cast a Cloud and Rain spell on both the spirit tea and the Purple Illusion Flower.

Next, he took out a few Moonlight Stone and placed them next to the Array to provide some light for the Spirit Plants.

After finishing these tasks, Ye Jingcheng returned to his own courtyard and began drying the Spring Welcoming Tea.

Before leaving the Array, Ye Jingcheng rewarded the Jade Ring Rat with another Azure Spirit Pill.

Now he can consistently refine nine Azure Spirit Pills per batch, and refining ten is not uncommon.

So he wasn't short of this one Azure Spirit Pill; he was more interested in seeing if the Jade Ring Rat could reach the late stage of the first rank.

Aside from the Jade Ring Rat, Ye Jingcheng then focused his attention on the Five Poison Bees.

The Five Poison Bee absorbs the nectar from poisonous flowers and produces a special honey, specifically the honey of the five poisonous creatures. As for the toxins in the flowers, they all gather on the Five Poison Bee's Poison Needle.

Therefore, the poisonous bees that grow on Five Poisons Peak are more poisonous than those raised by cultivators.

However, if you go to some major sects, it's quite the opposite; the five Poison Needle Five Poison Bees they raise have terrifyingly venomous stings and are also frighteningly ugly.

These ten Five Poison Bees received the most comfortable treatment they had ever received.

They landed on the beehive, absorbing a large amount of Treasure Radiance, and also ate the first-grade low-level spiritual honey that Ye Jingcheng had bought for them.

In the Cultivation World, spiritual honey can neutralize the poison of pills, so even low-grade spiritual honey costs about thirty Spirit Stones per pound!

A mid-grade first-level spirit honey weighs around eighty-one catties.

Of course, the honey from the spirit bee is also much heavier than the honey produced by ordinary bees.

The six worker bees, in particular, received special care from Ye Jingcheng.

Five more days passed, and the Purple Illusion Flower finally bloomed.

Ye Jingcheng released all six worker bees.

With only one queen bee and three male bees left, Ye Jingcheng wanted to release them, since six Five Poison Bees would take forever to collect their essence.

But the four spirit bees seemed somewhat bewildered, not knowing how to collect spirit honey.

Clearly, just like ordinary bees, some scorpion bees are only responsible for important tasks!

Seeing this, Ye Jingcheng did not insist. He went to the Three Talents Spirit-Trapping Formation and observed the spirit bees collecting honey.

These six Five Poison Bees were all about the size of a thumb, and they were all very excited, lingering on this flower and then on that flower.

The pervasive poisonous fog had no effect whatsoever.

Ye Jingcheng had also entered this poisonous fog. As soon as he entered, he found himself seemingly becoming an immortal, even giving a sermon.

Fortunately, at the crucial moment, he crushed the Ice Clarity Pill in his mouth.

Only after recovering did he look around and feel relieved to see that there were no other cultivators present. Otherwise, the scene of him giving a sermon would have been quite embarrassing!

The poison of this Purple Illusion Flower is stronger than the original poison, and Ye Jingcheng also had the idea of refining a cloth bag Law Artifact to fill with some of the Purple Illusion Flower poison mist.

Perhaps some places can produce unexpected and unique effects.

The Five Poisons Peak could only collect honey for a short time before having to go out into battle, which made it quite troublesome. In the end, Ye Jingcheng simply moved the Five Poison Bees' hive to the side of the Spirit Platform and erected a stone pillar specifically for the Five Poison Bees to build their nest.

In this way, there is no need to open and close the formation for him every day.

If we also have the Jade Ring Rat guarding the area, then we can be absolutely certain of success!

With the spirit honey in hand, Ye Jingcheng took out a teapot, intending to visit Ye Xingqun.

After all, his Five Poison Bees are not yet ready to be of great use. He plans to wait until Five Poison Bee recover a bit before starting Five Poison Bee breeding program.

Ye Jingcheng still didn't quite understand this Secret Method and needed Ye Xingqun's explanation.

Before answering the question, Ye Jingcheng also wanted to visit Ye Haiyun, as well as Ye Haiping, Ye Haitian, and other Clan Elders who had been kind to him.

We even need to go to Ye Xinghan's place!

After taking care of all the Spirit Beasts in his house, Ye Jingcheng took the dried Spring Welcoming Tea and headed towards Ye Haiyun's cave abode.

However, on the way, Ye Jingcheng saw the Array of the Lineage's Soaring Cloud Peak open, and the next moment, a Spirit Boat returned to the Lineage's mountain.

Ye Jingcheng could see the cultivators who had been stationed at Jade Dragon Valley last time on the Spirit Boat from afar.

And now that the five-year term is up, it's time to switch sides!

However, Ye Jingcheng is now a top-tier first-level Alchemist, so he naturally doesn't need to participate in the tasks of guarding and mining the mine.

So he didn't even get a whisper of it!

But seeing Ye Jingyu and Ye Jingyong disembark from the Spirit Boat, Ye Jingcheng was genuinely happy for them.

The two seemed to have spotted Ye Jingcheng as well, and rushed over from a distance.

"Jingcheng!"

"Second Brother, Fourth Brother!" Ye Jingcheng looked at the two of them, and then looked at Ye Xingyu Ye Jingcheng.

"Congratulations on breaking through to the ninth level of Qi Refining, Fourth Brother!" Ye Jingcheng congratulated him.

"Jingcheng, stop making fun of your fourth brother. Don't you know how he reached the ninth level of Qi Refining?" Ye Jingyu shook his head!

All three of them have Beast-Link Mark, so there's no need for cryptic explanations.

Ye Jingyu and Ye Jingyong looked at Ye Jingcheng with some surprise, because according to their senses, Ye Jingcheng had also broken through to the eighth level of Qi Refining.

"I was quite lucky!" Ye Jingcheng scratched his head, feeling a little embarrassed by the look he was getting.

"Jingcheng, you should start preparing too. Taiyi Sect has already refined a batch of Foundation Establishment. There will be an auction at Taihang Marketplace next year to auction Foundation Establishment, and this time there will be a total of eight! Even if the Xu Family and the Mo Family take five, there will still be three left!"

"Our Ye Family also has a good chance!"