The Stone Spirit Awakens

Inside the room, bathed in the soft glow of the moonlight, Ye Jingcheng opened his eyes, and an astonishing surge of soul power erupted from them.

"This Jade Soul Pill truly lives up to its reputation as the most suitable elixir for the Heavenly Soul Art."

Ye Jingcheng felt that his Divine Soul had recovered somewhat, and nodded in satisfaction once again.

After seeing Xu Xiuqing off that day, he returned to his room. Now that the Lineage had enough spirit pills, he planned to start refining second-grade high-quality spirit pills as soon as possible to enhance the Jade-Scale Flood Dragon and the Crimson Flame Fox, and try to shorten the time it took for them to break through again.

Since refining pills naturally requires maintaining the integrity of the Divine Soul, he consumed another Jade Soul Pill.

Now he can reliably produce five or six Jade Soul Pill per batch, and he no longer needs to be overly frugal as before.

The Spirit Material a set of Jade Soul Pill cost about 1,200 Spirit Stone. If he had enough Spirit Stone and the sales were good, Ye Jingcheng could make a very considerable profit just from refining Jade Soul Pill.

However, this is just a thought; the Spirit Material for the Jade Soul Pill are very precious and not so easy to find.

In addition, the effect of naturally increasing Divine Soul is not particularly good, so the price will naturally decrease when there is a lot of it.

"It's time to give the Stone Spirit Grotto-Heaven a spiritual dimension!" Ye Jingcheng thought to himself, his anticipation growing. He flipped his hand, and a white jade box appeared in his palm.

Inside the jade box was a Wisdom-Transforming Fruit.

On the Wisdom-Transforming Fruit, faint rat teeth marks were still visible. They hadn't been seen at the auction, but now, upon opening the jade box, it was discovered that these teeth marks didn't seem to have been made by an ordinary spirit rat.

A trace of the Demon Beast's spiritual energy remained.

It's important to know that most rats are poisonous, including Ye Jingcheng's Jade Ring Rat.

Furthermore, they are exceptionally difficult to clean. These Wisdom-Transforming Fruit are not large to begin with, and cleaning them too much can easily cause the spiritual fruit to lose its effectiveness, while cleaning them too little may result in the toxins not being removed.

In this way, the actual value of the Wisdom-Transforming Fruit will be greatly reduced.

After only a couple of glances, Ye Jingcheng didn't care anymore.

The Stone Spirit Grotto-Heaven is just a stone. So what if it's poisonous? Can it kill a stone?

Immediately, he pulled the Array and also pulled out a large stone from under the bed. Because Ye Jingcheng ensured the unity of the Grotto-Heaven and the secret realm, he kept the Grotto-Heaven open.

Of course, when he wasn't cultivating, this Grotto-Heaven wouldn't absorb Spiritual Qi from the outside.

Only when he himself is cultivating can he absorb Spiritual Qi from the outside. This way, even if the Taiyi Sect pays attention to the spiritual Spiritual Qi in the market, they won't think anything of it. After all, it's perfectly normal for some cultivators to like to open large-scale Spirit Gathering Formation to increase their spirit-absorbing speed.

If I'm not mistaken, this market has at least one high-grade third-tier Spirit Vein, so the amount of spiritual energy he absorbed is nothing at all.

The rent collected in Spirit Stone by Taichang Market is quite substantial. The Ye Family's shop alone costs 10,000 Spirit Stone a year, and if you include the Chu Family's complete three-courtyard house, it costs nearly 20,000 Spirit Stone.

Ye Jingcheng felt he would be missing out if he didn't absorb it.

Moreover, he is definitely not the only Lineage that absorbs a large amount of Spiritual Qi.

The only downside is the absorption speed of the Stone Spirit Grotto-Heaven. Because it lacks intelligence, it requires the Stone Spirit to control, which takes a lot of his mental energy.

This is why he wanted the Stone Spirit to develop sentience as soon as possible.

After taking out the Grotto-Heaven, Ye Jingcheng also connected with the Soul Pact. Under his control, the Swallowing Python Spirit Pattern on the surface of the Stone Spirit also appeared strangely and emitted a faint spiritual light.

Ye Jingcheng placed the Wisdom-Transforming Fruit on the Stone Spirit Grotto-Heaven, and he also took out a considerable number of the Ye Family's Spirit-Transforming Pill.

In the past, it would be annihilated into powder, but this time, in order to increase the effect, he took out three complete Spirit-Transforming Pill.

Of course, such measures are strictly prohibited in the Ye Family. Improving the intelligence of Demon Beast must be done with utmost care and cannot be accomplished overnight. Otherwise, it is very easy for the Spirit Beast to break free of the Blood Pact. Even Spirit Beast raised from a young age must be treated with great care.

Moreover, what's more, when facing such an unknown Stone Spirit!

But for Ye Jingcheng, with the Treasure Book and the Soul Pact, he really didn't have such worries.

The Devouring Python on the surface of the Stone Spirit opened its mouth even wider, and a strange spiritual light covered the Wisdom-Transforming Fruit. The Wisdom-Transforming Fruit and the Spirit-Transforming Pill began to slowly dim.

It's as if its spirit has been stripped away; this kind of suction is somewhat similar to the soul-absorbing breath of the Three-Color Cloud Deer.

This scene lasted for almost half an hour.

What remained was only a thin layer of powder and a green poisonous powder.

Seeing this, Ye Jingcheng put the green poison powder into a pill bottle. If he was not mistaken, this green poison powder should be rat poison.

The type of rat venom was unknown, but that didn't stop Ye Jingcheng from applying it to the Mystic Silver Needle or other stealth-type Law Artifact.

For Ye Jingcheng, the means he uses are not important; what matters is how to win in every battle of wits and strategy.

After collecting the powder, Ye Jingcheng also looked at the Stone Spirit Grotto-Heaven.

On the surface, nothing seemed amiss, but Ye Jingcheng could sense a strange thought stirring within his Soul Pact.

It was as if something was emitting Divine Soul fluctuations that he couldn't understand.

Just like a baby learning to speak, it kept whimpering.

This feeling is incredibly magical.

Ye Jingcheng immediately began to respond.

Because it was Soul Pact, he could understand some things and feel joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness.

At this moment, the spirit shadow in the Stone Spirit Grotto-Heaven was clearly very excited and curious.

Ye Jingcheng and I talked for almost half an hour, but we didn't get to the bottom of it.

He then began to command the latter, but some of his complex instructions did not work; instead, they caused the other party to condense a spiritual image.

It was completed very quickly.

A python-shaped spiritual shadow materialized on the surface of the stone.

The python-like spirit roamed the surface of the stone, moving constantly, seemingly extremely excited, and finally broke free of the stone.

Ye Jingcheng tried to communicate again, but found that the other party still didn't understand.

Seeing this, Ye Jingcheng estimated that this Stone Spirit was still in its early stages and needed time to mature, and even more so, it needed someone to teach it.

He then went directly into the Grotto-Heaven, wanting to find out whether the spirit of the Stone Spirit could also enter.

As Ye Jingcheng entered the Grotto-Heaven, sure enough, a python-shaped spirit appeared behind him, following him timidly.

"Roar!"

"Li li!"

The Crimson Flame Fox was the first to land from the distant pavilion, and the Jade-Scale Flood Dragon's inquiry came from the low-lying area nearby.

Both were clearly curious about the python's shadow.

The latter, in particular, kept growling, as if telling Ye Jingcheng that having a dragon was enough, and there was no need for snakes.

However, Ye Jingcheng didn't care about the two Spirit Beasts at this moment, and instead walked straight to the Peachwood Demon's true form.

To his great surprise, the Peachwood was now covered with a large number of flower buds, with large pink buds covering the entire branch, making it look quite beautiful.

If you take a deep breath, you can smell a refreshing and invigorating fragrance.

Clearly, three years have passed, and the Peachwood will soon bear spirit fruit again.

Even though the peach blossoms have opened now, it will still take nearly two years for them to truly bear fruit and mature.

This is also the first time the Peachwood has bloomed since it advanced to the second tier.

For Ye Jingcheng, this is another point worth looking forward to.

"Master, is this a newly acquired demon spirit?" Unlike the Crimson Flame Fox and the Jade-Scale Flood Dragon, the Wood Demon recognized at a glance that this Stone Spirit was not a spirit python, but a demon spirit like himself.

"Why is this demon so stupid?"

"It has only just developed sentience. Take care of it for the next few days and make sure you teach it how to communicate. Once you've mastered that, it will be invaluable for your future advancement," Ye Jingcheng said.

He himself didn't have that much time to guide the Stone Spirit, but the Wood Demon was different; the Wood Demon was idle anyway.

Moreover, this Wood Demon must have had many experiences in the past and knows a great deal.

"Rest assured, Master, Peachwood guarantees to take good care of it and will not hinder your cultivation!" Peachwood was initially somewhat resistant, but upon hearing that it could advance its cultivation level again, its eyes widened in surprise.

It feels like just yesterday that it advanced to the next level; how could it forget!

After expressing its gratitude, it even kowtowed.

In its past observations, monks generally appreciated others kowtowing.

However, after giving the Stone Spirit- transformed Devouring Python guidance to the Wood Demon, Ye Jingcheng walked to the side.

He first fed the Crimson Flame Fox and the Jade-Scale Flood Dragon some elixirs and Spirit Beast meat, and then began feeding them twenty Thunder Rhinoceros Beetle.

After more than two months of domestication, the Thunder Rhinoceros Beetle is now almost indistinguishable from the Five Poison Bee, but Ye Jingcheng will still gradually deepen its training.

As for the Golden Falcon in the distance, it soared down when it saw Ye Jingcheng looking over.

Ye Jingcheng tossed out several top-grade first-tier Spirit Nurturing Pill.

Then it stretched out its palm again, but the Golden Falcon swept across the sky, only picking up the Spirit Nurturing Pill, and did not stop towards Ye Jingcheng's hand.

Golden Falcon no longer harbors intense hatred towards Ye Jingcheng, but he also doesn't show much affection for him.

After three unsuccessful attempts to summon the Golden Falcon, Ye Jingcheng used Soul Pact to forcibly bring it over and infused it with several Treasure Radiance.

Golden Falcon's gaze softened considerably.

While Golden Falcon was engrossed in his activity, Ye Jingcheng threw Golden Falcon away.

The latter immediately started yelling and screaming, showing strong dissatisfaction.

Ye Jingcheng ignored this, and at the same time beckoned the Thunder Rhinoceros Beetle to come, and once again channeled the Treasure Radiance into it.

In addition to the Treasure Radiance, Ye Jingcheng also took out a large number of Spirit Nurturing Pill and Spirit Beast meat.

In comparison, the treatment of the Golden Falcon was far worse, and the golden eyes were clearly moved.

It was still in the air, chirping.

Both aloof and eager!

Upon seeing this, Ye Jingcheng's face immediately lit up with a smile. He had a premonition that in another two or three months, the Golden Falcon would be completely tamed, and he could even prepare Golden Falcon Advancement Pill.

This Golden Falcon Advancement Pill is only at the first rank; spirit medicine are extremely easy for Ye Jingcheng to gather.

Ye Jingcheng wasn't sure if the Advancement Pill would give the Golden Falcon the opportunity to become a third-tier great demon.

However, he wouldn't get much attention, since the Golden Falcon wasn't his natal Spirit Beast and wouldn't benefit his cultivation breakthrough.

After dealing with the beasts, Ye Jingcheng took another look at the Purple Jade Vine and the Adamantine Vine.

The Purple Jade Vine has now turned completely purple, indicating a successful planting, while the Adamantine Vine, under the blessing of the Treasure Radiance, has sprouted two golden spiritual buds.

Ye Jingcheng left the Grotto-Heaven with a satisfied expression, along with the Crimson Flame Fox.

In the time that followed, he planned to refine a second-grade high-quality Fire Beast Pill and a second-grade mid-quality Profound Water Pill.

The Fire Beast Pill was Pill Formula given to him by his Lineage, while the Profound Water Pill was a spiritual pill that Chu Yanqing asked him to refine on her behalf.

Moreover, for Ye Jingcheng, the Profound Water Pill wasn't only usable by Chu Yanqing; his Jade-Scale Flood Dragon could also use it.