The Jade-Scaled Snake's Opportunity

The moon is bright and the stars are few; a cool breeze is refreshing.

After taking a few sips of the spiritual tea, Ye Jingyu left, giving Ye Jingcheng a jade box as he departed.

Inside the jade box was the spirit tea recently picked from Ye Jingcheng's Spring Welcoming Tea.

Besides the large tea tree, the smaller tea trees have also sprouted, and the harvested leaves are exceptionally fresh. However, Ye Jingyu harvests very little from the smaller tea trees.

It's still the first year, so it's more important to let the tea trees grow bigger and more lush.

Besides the spiritual tea, Ye Jingyu also gave Ye Jingcheng a lot of Poison Thorn Fruits.

As for the honey from the Five Poison Bees, it remains inside the hive.

After Ye Jingyu left, Ye Jingcheng also arrived at the spirit field.

Using the moonlight, Ye Jingcheng activated the Array.

Inside the spirit field, the purple poisonous mist still lingered, and some of the Purple Illusion Flowers inside had already withered, while others were in full bloom.

Five Poison Bees kept darting in and out of the Purple Illusion Flower.

Besides the Purple Illusion Flower, the Poison Thorn Flower next to it was almost in full bloom, and some of the flowers had even begun to show small, unripe segments.

This summary also contains thorns.

In a few weeks, these small knots will turn into Poison Thorn Fruits the size of a thumb.

However, it's clear that this time, the Poison Thorn Fruit wasn't as effective as when he infused it into the Treasure Radiance last year.

Ye Jingcheng wasn't annoyed. He was already quite satisfied with this result. According to the records in the Cong Yu slip, under normal circumstances, he might only achieve 60% of what he had achieved, since the seeds he bought in the market weren't very good.

This bountiful harvest is also related to the advancement of the Spirit Veins of Soaring Cloud Peak.

It should be noted that most of this Spirit Vein is confined to the Beast Valleys on the mountain peaks.

Even a small portion flowing out has significantly increased the production of the spirit fields.

Ye Jingcheng patted the Spirit Beast pouch and first released the Jade Ring Rat, which was still full of spiritual energy.

Even after taking two Spirit Nurturing Pills, he still hasn't broken through to the late stage of the first rank.

The difference in bloodline was laid bare at this moment.

"Squeak!" The Jade Ring Rat became even more excited as soon as it arrived in front of the spirit field.

It was terrified inside the Taihang Mountains, where powerful Demon Beast roamed everywhere. Only here did it feel truly at ease.

With this Array in place, even the Gold Scale cannot attack it.

"You have to keep going!" Ye Jingcheng said, regardless of whether the Jade Ring Rat understood him or not.

He still had feelings for the Jade Ring Rat.

But sometimes, the most ruthless are those who raise beasts, like the Ye Family.

Once it's no longer useful, it will be returned to the Lineage and become the Lineage's inherited Spirit Beast.

For example, Ye Jingyu and Ye Jingyong's late-stage first-tier Golden Feather Eagles are like this.

Jade Ring Rat can work in the Spirit Field, he has reason to continue nurturing it.

But no matter what, it still depends on the Jade Ring Rat itself.

Ye Jingcheng released the Jade Ring Rat and then the Five Poison Bees.

In just one year, Ye Jingcheng has taken away only about thirty of the Five Poison Bees that were used specifically for combat.

The remaining seventy-odd birds were all lost in the Taihang Mountain Range.

Among them was a Five Poison Bee, which was the size of a child's fist and more than half the size of the other ordinary Five Poison Bees.

Compared to bees that specialize in collecting honey, it is almost twice the size.

This spirit peak is none other than the queen bee. At this moment, the queen bee has already taken Advancement Pill and attempted to advance once, but unsurprisingly, she failed.

The advancement was unsuccessful, and the spirit image on the Treasure Book remained unchanged.

However, after consuming the Five Poison Pill, the Five Poison Bee, like the Golden-Scaled Beast during its first advancement, gained considerable benefits.

Ye Jingcheng also planned to give the Five Poison Bees two more Advancement Pills in six months.

Perhaps there's a chance to get these Five Poison Bees to the second tier.

Once the queen bee merged into the previous bee larvae, it began to hiss loudly, appearing exceptionally fierce.

It also burrowed into the hive and drove the other two queen bees out.

Ye Jingcheng did not stop it at this moment. The integration of Spirit Insects is more cruel than the coexistence of cultivators. The queen bee and the king bee will fight each other.

This is to ensure the queen bee's authority and also to make it easier for Ye Jingcheng to control the master Blood Pact and the offspring Blood Pact.

Ye Jingcheng only needed to ensure that the two queen bees didn't die.

The most terrifying swarm of Five Poison Bee wasps is when it can maintain thousands of Five Poison Bee.

These thousands must be the strongest, reaching the peak of the late first tier, at which point they develop their Poison Needles and fearless nature.

Even Foundation Establishment cultivators would give him a wide berth.

The difference between the queen and queen bees is enormous, so the Five Poison Bee colony quickly began to integrate and also enjoy the honey in its hive.

Of course, they hadn't eaten much when Ye Jingcheng came over.

A year later, the honeycomb contained only a dozen or so kilograms of honey, less than twenty kilograms.

This is related to the fact that some of the Five Poison Bees consumed the food, and also because Ye Jingcheng was not around, causing these spirit bees to consume it uncontrollably.

Regardless of whether they Demon Beasts or demonic insects, their instinct is to maintain an abundance of energy within their bodies.

Since Ye Jingcheng didn't provide ordinary honey mixed in, the fact that so much was left is a testament to the fact that the orders left in Ye Jingcheng's Blood Pact are still in effect.

Otherwise, there would be even less.

Ye Jingcheng took out twelve catties of spirit honey and left about three or four catties for the Five Poison Bee swarm.

Then he infused all the spirit bees with some scattered Treasure Radiance.

This can also increase the overall growth rate of the bee colony.

After more than a year, the Five Poison Bees have not yet reached their peak; both their combat strength and honey-gathering ability have room for improvement.

Then they walked up to the spirit tea tree.

The two tea trees, one large and one small, resemble an old man holding the arm of a mischievous child.

The leaves of large tea trees are mostly dark green, with only a few tender green ones, while small tea trees are the opposite, sprouting many tender buds that make you want to pluck them.

Ye Jingcheng also input Treasure Radiance; although these Spring Welcoming Teas were not of high grade, their taste was excellent.

There's no one in the Ye Family who doesn't love tea.

Finally, Ye Jingcheng looked at the spirit bamboo.

The Greenstone Bamboo appeared quite large, but after a year without being infused with Treasure Radiance, its Spiritual Qi had diminished considerably.

Although it is still stronger than ordinary Greenstone Bamboo, the benefits for Ye Jingcheng are minimal.

This also disappointed Ye Jingcheng somewhat.

Even the newly sprouted bamboo shoots are no different; they lack the spiritual essence of the Spring Welcoming Tea.

Ye Jingcheng continued to input some spiritual energy and then returned to his own courtyard.

The courtyard was exceptionally clean, and the stone table and benches looked as if they had been wiped down every day, clearly indicating that Ye Jingyu also helped him clean the courtyard.

The door opened after a long time, and the interior was quite different from the courtyard, covered in dust. Fortunately, for cultivators, it was just a matter of using a dust-removing spell.

After Ye Jingcheng cast his Law Technique, he released the Crimson Flame Fox Golden-Scaled Beast and the Jade-Scale Snake.

Having spent a long time in the Spirit Beast pouch, the three Spirit Beasts were quite excited upon emerging. The Jade-Scale Snake, in particular, stared at the Golden-Scaled Beast with longing in its triangular eyes.

Then, she couldn't help but exchange Divine Soul fluctuations with Ye Jingcheng.

It was hungry...

The Golden-Scaled Beast let out a low growl, as if rebuking the Jade-Scale Snake, telling it to stop looking.

But ironically, it dared not roar loudly.

When it reached the ninth level of Qi Refining, it challenged the Jade-Scale Snake, and the final result was that it consumed a lot of Ye Jingcheng's Treasure Radiance.

In the end, he simply rushed out of the room, ran around the courtyard, and finally headed towards the spirit field.

The Crimson Flame Fox raised its head, looking at the other Spirit Beasts with disdain, and finally sat quietly on the edge of Ye Jingcheng's bed, acting like a big sister.

Ye Jingcheng looked at the Spirit Beasts before him, feeling a mixture of joy and helplessness; each of the three beasts had its own unique characteristics.

"Hungry..."

"Hungry..."

However, just as Ye Jingcheng was pondering, the Jade-Scale Snake acted differently this time than before.

In the past, when it felt hungry, it was because it was hungry every day.

Also because Ye Jingcheng always fed it.

However, it was also very measured; once the rumor spread, it stopped.

Moreover, it is extremely good at reading people's expressions. For example, it actually finds the Crimson Flame Fox very appealing, but it won't look at the Crimson Flame Fox.

Even though it loathed the Crimson Flame Fox more.

It was just lazy, but in terms of intelligence, Ye Jingcheng felt it was by no means inferior to the Crimson Flame Fox.

The Golden-Scaled Beast is different; it doesn't learn its lesson easily and gets a lesson every time it breaks through...

"Is it about to advance?" Ye Jingcheng finally noticed something was wrong with the Jade-Scale Snake.

Its entire body was covered in scales that emitted a white, jade-like light, and its Jade-Scale Tail Blade never dimmed, remaining extremely dazzling.

In the past, this only happened when the Jade-Scale Snake was about to attack a demon.

Ye Jingcheng quickly retrieved the corpse of the Blackwater Python, and the Jade-Scale Snake was overjoyed upon seeing it.

Although the Blackwater Python had already been skinned.

But it's still a huge one.

The Jade-Scale Snake opened its mouth to swallow it.

"You cut it off and then swallow it..." Ye Jingcheng smiled wryly. This Jade-Scale Snake swallowing the beast didn't even consider its size. Its body wasn't small for a snake, but it also depended on who it was compared to.

This Blackwater Python is much larger than the Jade-Scale Snake.

Moreover, the opponent was a second-tier Demon Beast.

Even though much of the Spiritual Qi has dissipated, it's still the meat of a second-tier Spirit Beast.

Only after Ye Jingcheng spoke did the Jade-Scale Snake raise its tail blade and cleave the Blackwater Python's corpse in two.

Its small eyes glanced at Ye Jingcheng again, and then it swung its blade twice more.

The Blackwater Python was divided into four sections.

Ye Jingcheng's brows relaxed, and the latter quickly began to eat.

His eyes lit up, and he ate with great satisfaction.

Ye Jingcheng then stepped forward and infused the Jade-Scale Snake with a great deal of Treasure Radiance.

The latter's entire body instantly resembled a Jade Spirit lantern.

That white light, even in the darkness, was like a bright lamp.

Ye Jingcheng took out Array to cover the white light.

Only then did I continue watching the Jade-Scale Snake.

This time, it only swallowed two pieces.

They began to curl up together, and Ye Jingcheng knew that the Jade-Scale Snake could no longer eat.

The Spiritual Qi content of second-tier spirit snake meat is extraordinary.

This large part was already a result of the Jade-Scale Snake overestimating its own abilities.

Ye Jingcheng collected the remaining Blackwater Python spirit flesh and then opened another room next to the main room for the Jade-Scale Snake to cultivate in seclusion.

Otherwise, if the Jade-Scale Snake grows even larger, the space in its own room will become insufficient.

After the Jade-Scale Snake had digested some of its food, Ye Jingcheng took out the Blackwater Python's demon core and gave it to the latter.

After consuming the demon pill, the Jade-Scale Snake's spiritual fluctuations became extremely calm. Its tail swayed slowly, and its forked tongue flicked in and out rhythmically, as if in sync with its breathing.

Through the Soul Pact, Ye Jingcheng felt the Jade-Scale Snake's Divine Soul power continuously growing stronger...