Mutated Thunder Rhinoceros Beetles, Two Beasts Break Through

As late spring passes and early summer arrives, the blazing sun hangs high in the sky.

The newly planted Spring Welcoming Tea in the fields are lush and green, as if their fragrance is about to overflow.

And the gate to the courtyard was opened after a long absence.

Ye Jingcheng walked out, holding two pill bottles in his hands, a broad smile on his face.

These two elixirs are actually two Ren Water Pills.

After returning from Ye Haicheng's place, Ye Jingcheng went back to his room and began refining the Ren Water Pill.

Unexpectedly, this Ren Water Pill was much more difficult to refine than the Fire Beast Pill.

After all, it's Water Attribute elixir, and it's a demon core refining elixir, so the requirements for the heat control are extremely high.

After two failed attempts, the third attempt was successful, taking about a month in total.

However, since the success only yielded two Ren Water Pills, the loss wasn't particularly significant.

Ye Jingcheng went to the door, checked the Lineage's audio recording Jade Slip, and found that nothing serious had happened, so he went back into the room.

The responsibilities of each branch of the Ye Family are now clearly defined.

On the contrary, after settling matters at the restaurant and with Fire Sincerity Pill, he, as the head of the family, had almost no miscellaneous duties.

Ye Jingcheng understood that this was the Lineage's way of easing his burden so that he could focus more on his cultivation.

And he really does need to cultivate.

His current four-phase balance is the best it has ever been.

All four Spirit Beasts had advanced their bloodlines twice, and the Spiritual Qi he derived from the Beast-Link Mark was almost the same, which could be quickly converted into spiritual power to improve his cultivation.

Upon entering the room, he used the Stone Spirit to directly enter the Grotto-Heaven.

The Grotto-Heaven was still the same size as before, but the Spiritual Qi was much more abundant. In fact, the Spirit Eye Spring seemed to be increasing in flow, which made Ye Jingcheng look forward to it.

The growth of other Spirit Plant goes without saying; if a member of the Ye Family specifically responsible for cultivating spiritual intelligence were present, they would likely be astonished.

In the distance, three Floating Cloud Tea bushes had grown lush and verdant, spreading out over a large area.

If you didn't see it with your own eyes, you probably wouldn't believe that this Floating Cloud Tea was only transplanted a little over two months ago.

After all, Floating Cloud Tea is First-Tier Superior-Grade spiritual tea, not a newly entered first-grade inferior Spring Welcoming Tea.

The Purple Jade Vine next to it has also grown another inch. For Spirit Plant like the Purple Jade Vine, it may take several years to grow a little, but now it can grow a little in just a few months. Even if Ye Xingliu saw it again, he would probably be shocked.

The Adamantine Vine in the distance is now over three feet long. Once it grows to three zhang (approximately 10 meters) long, it will begin to bear Vajra seeds, at which point he will no longer lack Adamantine Vine seeds.

Of course, the growth of these Spirit Plant is not only due to the Spiritual Qi Grotto-Heaven, but also to Ye Jingcheng's occasional input of Treasure Radiance into it.

Unlike the spiritual fields outside, where Ye Jingcheng needed to be more reserved, he had no such reservations inside this Grotto-Heaven.

However, based on his observations, the Treasure Radiance could not accelerate the growth of spirit medicine, but it could enable Spirit Plant to grow well even in harsh environments.

Both aim to enhance absorption and heal injuries.

In the low-lying area in the distance, the Jade-Scale Flood Dragon raised its head, seemingly having waited for a long time.

Upon seeing Ye Jingcheng arrive, it couldn't help but growl.

It was as if they were asking why Ye Jingcheng hadn't come in for so long.

It felt like it hadn't eaten for sixty years.

"It's here!" Ye Jingcheng couldn't help but roll his eyes at the Jade-Scale Flood Dragon. He had clearly come in to feed it more than half a month ago.

Jade-Scale Flood Dragon is extremely obsessed with food, and its appetite remains enormous.

Unlike the Golden-Scaled Beast and the Four-Colored Cloud Deer, which can be kept alive for a long time by feeding them some elixirs and blood food.

There will never be enough Jade-Scale Flood Dragon!

To his satisfaction, the Jade-Scale Flood Dragon's cultivation speed was not much slower than that of the Crimson Flame Fox, which had consumed the Fire Beast Pill.

Ye Jingcheng placed the Ren Water Pill into the mouth of the Jade-Scale Flood Dragon, and then prepared a large water buffalo Beast Corpse at the late stage of the first rank.

This caused the Jade-Scale Flood Dragon to light up instantly, and it roared excitedly in a low voice, emanating a grateful Divine Soul wave.

Ye Jingcheng stroked the even harder scales on the Jade-Scale Flood Dragon's forehead, and then unleashed the Treasure Radiance once more.

The Jade-Scale Flood Dragon's head immediately shrank slightly. While enjoying the Treasure Radiance, it swung its tail, and its sharp tail fin split the water buffalo Spirit Beast into three pieces.

Then it gestured to what it considered to be the largest part and began to devour it piece by piece.

At this moment, the Ren Water Pill also took effect, and a rich Water Attribute Spiritual Qi appeared on the Jade-Scale Flood Dragon's horn, and then the spiritual light spread to its physical body.

In an instant, the white spiritual light resembled a dazzling star, greatly increasing its spiritual power!

Its aura seemed to flicker, as if it could break through to the late stage of the second tier at any moment.

This thrilled Ye Jingcheng; judging by this trend, he estimated that taking one more Ren Water Pill would be enough!

After seeing the Jade-Scale Flood Dragon, Ye Jingcheng's Divine Soul was once again stirred.

In the distance, in the insect chamber where the Thunder Rhinoceros Beetle were kept, there were originally only ten Thunder Rhinoceros Beetle wandering around.

Now there are twenty of them.

However, these twenty are still far from being comparable.

Seven of them reached the early stage of the second tier.

The remaining three are just one step away from breaking through. It is estimated that as long as they consume some more second-tier spirit medicine or second-tier Spirit Beast meat, they can successfully break through.

Only the ten Thunder Rhinoceros Pill Thunder Rhinoceros Beetle Pill showed no reaction; they remained at the peak of the first tier, their cultivation and aura showing little increase.

Ye Jingcheng was not surprised that the Thunder Rhinoceros Beetle broke through without consuming a second-tier demon core, after all, they were originally larvae and their talents were not low.

The secret realm is not lacking in Spiritual Qi.

In other words, the lack of Spirit Cuisine slowed their growth.

But here at Ye Jingcheng, there was not only abundant Spirit Cuisine, but also Treasure Radiance and bloodline Advancement Pill.

You'll progress faster naturally.

Ye Jingcheng stepped forward, and twenty Thunder Rhinoceros Beetle eagerly rushed towards Ye Jingcheng.

Over the past six months, Thunder Rhinoceros Beetle had long since gotten used to Ye Jingcheng.

However, the twenty Thunder Rhinoceros Beetle that were once inseparable have now split into four groups due to differences in strength.

The first batch consisted of four shimmering Thunder Rhinoceros Beetle, each with a faint veil over its carapace, making them stand out from the crowd.

Even when lightning isn't being generated, Ye Jingcheng has some difficulty detecting it.

Clearly, the mutation triggered by the Amber Crystal caused the Thunder Rhinoceros Beetle to grow a pair of cloaked wings.

According to ancient texts, most amber crystals are formed from the crystallization of fallen ancient spirit insects. Now it seems that those ancient spirit insects were cloaked insects.

The speed of these four Hidden-Wing Thunder Rhinoceros Beetle far surpassed that of the other Thunder Rhinoceros Beetle, seemingly comparable to the speed of a mid-stage second-tier Spirit Beast.

The thunder horn on its forehead is also thicker and covered with mysterious thunder patterns. With the slightest movement, it can unleash terrifying thunder.

Even his body movements seemed somewhat uncoordinated.

Strangely, however, flexibility and speed remained completely unaffected.

Ye Jingcheng placed the four Hidden-Wing Thunder Rhinoceros Beetle in his hand and also controlled the Soul Pact, allowing it to unleash the Thunder Net Divine Ability.

He was now curious about what level of success the combination of Amber Crystal Thunder Rhinoceros Beetle could achieve.

Once the lightning net is activated, it also appears intermittently, seemingly inheriting the stealth capabilities of the Hidden Wing.

Following Ye Jingcheng's instructions, the lightning net struck half a zhang in front of him, instantly blasting a huge crater, and the soil turned into scorched earth with dancing arcs of lightning.

Its power was not much less than the one-time lightning orb he had used before.

Ye Jingcheng's eyes burned with fervor, knowing that the Thunder Rhinoceros Beetle's lightning net could be stacked.

He immediately took out the Spirit Nurturing Pill and rewarded the four Hidden-Wing Thunder Rhinoceros Beetle handsomely.

After examining these four, Ye Jingcheng then examined the remaining three unmutated second-tier Thunder Rhinoceros Beetle.

These three second-order Thunder Rhinoceros Beetle have also changed quite a bit. The most obvious change is that their wings are longer, their thunder horns are larger, and they are covered with a network of thunder webs.

A closer look reveals that their wings can actually absorb Spiritual Qi from the air and convert it into Thunder Attribute spiritual power.

Longer wing feathers allow the Thunder Rhinoceros Beetle to maintain its aggressive stance for longer.

The power of the lightning net is also far greater than before.

Finally, there were three Thunder Rhinoceros Beetle that successfully advanced but failed to break through to the second tier, as well as ten ordinary Thunder Rhinoceros Beetle. This time, he didn't continue testing them, since the fact that they didn't break through already indicated something.

He simply fed and infused the Treasure Radiance into the baby with extreme patience.

Now, with seven second-tier Thunder Rhinoceros Beetle and thirteen first-tier Thunder Rhinoceros Beetle simultaneously unleashing their Thunder Net, it's estimated that few Foundation Establishment cultivators could withstand it head-on.

He has one more card in his hand now.

Especially the thought of the Corpse Daoist who might be hiding in the shadows.

Ye Jingcheng became even more confident.

"Chirp!" This time, seeing that Ye Jingcheng hadn't looked at him yet, the Golden Falcon took the initiative to fly out again.

In its view, all the Spirit Beast in this Grotto-Heaven had advanced once, and it was its turn to do so.

So it kept circling around Ye Jingcheng in the air.

After being tested and tempered by Ye Jingcheng several times, Golden Falcon has completely lost its edge, and its eyes are full of submission when it looks at Ye Jingcheng.

And unlike the previous lack of communication.

Now, waves of longing are occasionally detected.

This fluctuation of Divine Soul reached its peak after the Thunder Rhinoceros Beetle completed its metamorphosis.

Unfortunately, Ye Jingcheng doesn't have the Golden Falcon Pill right now, otherwise he could not only advance the Golden Falcon bloodline but also completely subdue the Golden Falcon.

But Ye Jingcheng wasn't in a hurry. He took out a Spirit Nurturing Pill and threw it toward the Golden Falcon.

The Golden Falcon instantly snatched it in its mouth and began to swallow it, but it was somewhat disappointed when it realized that the Spirit Nurturing Pill wasn't working as well as it seemed.

It should be noted that Ye Jingcheng had started mixing spirit Spirit Beast Spirit Nurturing Pill a month ago, but now he has switched back to using only one Spirit Nurturing Pill.

The Golden Falcon chirped, but instead of showing its fierce glint as before, it flew towards the pavilion with a look of confusion in its eyes.

It seems they have already accepted the reduction in Spirit Cuisine this time.

Because in its mind, Ye Jingcheng would only feed it once.

Ye Jingcheng's actions were merely to temper Golden Falcon's temperament by deliberately and abruptly lowering the standards for Spirit Cuisine. If Golden Falcon still harbored any rebellious streak, he would certainly not be able to conceal it at this moment.

But clearly, his training of the hawks has been nearly successful.

He then summoned the Golden Falcon again and had it land in front of him.

Ye Jingcheng took out a lot of Spirit Beast meat and two Spirit Nurturing Pill this time, and then infused the Golden Falcon with some Treasure Radiance.

Moreover, unlike before, he added some extra Treasure Radiance this time.

If the Treasure Radiance light previously lasted only three breaths, it has now been extended to six breaths for the Golden Falcon.

With this improvement, the Golden Falcon wished it could carry Ye Jingcheng on its back, but unfortunately, the Golden Falcon was not a large bird of prey and could not carry Ye Jingcheng.

Ye Jingcheng was extremely satisfied upon seeing this.

Now on the battlefield, he can easily give orders to Golden Falcon. Even if Golden Falcon breaks through to the Purple Mansion Great Demon realm, it will not be able to disobey his orders in the slightest.

Ye Jingcheng looked around the Grotto-Heaven again; the Spirit Plant were growing vigorously.

The Spirit Beast either digested their Spirit Beast flesh or practiced using earth spikes to absorb souls, while the Wood Demon guided a python shadow beneath the Peachwood Spirit Flower.

If you look closely now, you can see that the python's head is gradually taking on a human face.

At this point, Stone Spirit was able to understand most of Ye Jingcheng's instructions and could even control the operation of the Grotto-Heaven on its own.

Spring has passed and autumn has come; another year and a half has gone by.

Ye Jingcheng anxiously entered the Grotto-Heaven from the small courtyard outside.

The changes within the Grotto-Heaven were even greater at this moment. A blazing sun had gathered in the sky. Although it was only a projection from the outside world, Ye Jingcheng knew that only now could the Stone Spirit be considered a truly complete Grotto-Heaven.

Moreover, the area of Grotto-Heaven is also larger. Although it may only appear to be a few inches longer and wider, when converted into space, it is extremely large.

Of course, Ye Jingcheng wasn't paying much attention to the space at the moment, nor was he paying attention to Stone Spirit, who had already begun to comprehend the star map.

What drew him into the Grotto-Heaven this time was not the increasing intelligence of the Stone Spirit, but the fluctuations in the Divine Soul of the two beasts that were telling him this.

They're about to break through.

He first looked towards the low-lying area, where the aura of the Jade-Scale Flood Dragon was extremely dense.

With a flash of white jade light, the Jade-Scale Flood Dragon roared, and instantly all the Spirit Beast in the Grotto-Heaven looked over.

Along with the long roar, spiritual power also spread.

At this moment, the Jade-Scale Flood Dragon had already taken its first step to reach the late stage of the second tier.

Ye Jingcheng felt that the Water Attribute spiritual power surging from within the Beast-Link Mark had become extremely pure.

Correspondingly, his own cultivation level began to weaken.

Before Ye Jingcheng could take out Spirit Beast meat and spirit pills to reward the Jade-Scale Flood Dragon, a stream of Fire Attribute spiritual energy began to gather above the pavilion on the nearby mountain peak.

The temperature in the air also began to rise.

The low-lying area, which was in stark contrast to the Jade-Scale Flood Dragon's, instantly created a striking contrast.

Then, the Crimson Flame Fox's body instantly grew much larger, and its three tails rose high in the wind, igniting with raging flames.

The Golden Falcon was also frightened by the power of the flames and flew into the sky.

With a whooshing sound, a red aura spread out.

The Crimson Flame Fox has also broken through to the late stage of the second tier!

Ye Jingcheng was overjoyed instantly.

Although the Jade-Scale Flood Dragon had better talent, the Fire Beast Pill was easier to refine than the Ren Water Pill, and the Crimson Flame Fox consumed more Fire Beast Pill, so both beasts broke through at the same time.

They both reached the late stage of the second tier.

Crimson Flame Fox and the Jade-Scale Flood Dragon transmitted their Divine Soul fluctuations to Ye Jingcheng at this moment, one of them proudly indicating that it had broken through again.

One person said their appetite had increased again!

However, Ye Jingcheng did not have time to carefully study their thoughts at the moment.

He now only felt a large amount of pure spiritual energy surging into his body.

This was also the opportunity for him to break through.

Ye Jingcheng took out the prepared Ren Water Pill and Fire Beast Pill, and then gave them some Spirit Beast meat.

He then sat down next to the Spirit Eye Spring and began cultivating on his own.