Foundation Establishment Late Stage, Taihang's Current Situation (Two-in-One; Thanks to Chubby Baby Bottle for the 30,000-Coin Reward)

Inside the Grotto-Heaven, dense spiritual mist gathered in the air, as if it were about to form a colorful spiritual rain.

The Four-Colored Cloud Deer suddenly took flight from the side and soared alongside the Golden Falcon. In terms of speed, the Four-Colored Cloud Deer was no match for the Golden Falcon.

But its raised chest and constantly contracting nostrils indicate that it is not subservient to the Golden Falcon in the slightest.

Faced with the two beasts crisscrossing in the sky, the Peachwood Demon's transformed shadow was somewhat displeased, but it still looked at the Stone Spirit beside it with an urging expression.

Stone Spirit nodded, but did not stop. The fog in the sky thickened, and in an instant, spiritual rain began to fall.

The center of the spiritual rain covered the Peachwood itself, watering the peach leaves and each small peach node.

A unique, ethereal fragrance wafted out.

"One, two, three... six!" The Peachwood Demon seemed to count countless times, but in the end, it couldn't help but sigh.

More than two years later, its peaches have fully formed and will be ripe in just six months.

It had intended to show off to Ye Jingcheng, after all, it had now produced six spiritual fruits that could extend its lifespan by ten years.

Little did they know that Ye Jingcheng had been in seclusion all along.

Not to mention asking for the advanced spiritual liquid.

More than half a year has passed since the Crimson Flame Fox and the Jade-Scale Flood Dragon broke through.

However, at that very moment, a chilling spiritual power began to emerge.

At the same time, in the center of the Grotto-Heaven, beside the Spirit Eye Spring, four kinds of dazzling spiritual light also emerged from Ye Jingcheng's body.

These four kinds of spiritual light began to intertwine continuously, and the Spiritual Qi within the Grotto-Heaven also surged towards Ye Jingcheng.

A vortex descended upon Ye Jingcheng, and even the Spirit Eye Spring seemed to form a whirlpool.

Finally, it seemed to end with a barely audible clicking sound.

The cultivation realm that had confined Ye Jingcheng for more than half a year suddenly opened up.

His Divine Sense suddenly expanded outwards.

Lingwei has also advanced to the Foundation Establishment Late Stage.

However, the narrow space of the Grotto-Heaven limited his ability to fully unleash his Divine Sense.

But he could sense that the Grotto-Heaven had grown a little larger.

This expansion may not be easy to notice, but as long as we extend the timeframe, it's only a matter of time before the Grotto-Heaven becomes an even larger world.

At that time, Ye Jingcheng's only concern would be the shortage of Spirit Vein.

Ye Jingcheng withdrew his Divine Sense and returned to his physical body. He stood up, feeling the changes in his physical body, and then couldn't help but sigh.

He anticipated a breakthrough, believing it would only take a month or two.

But this is like the saying "looking at a mountain makes a horse run itself to death"—the gap may not seem big, but in reality, there is still a considerable distance to bridge.

Even with Ye Jingcheng's rapid cultivation speed, his foundation was still somewhat weak.

This superficiality made Ye Jingcheng feel very uncomfortable, but there was nothing he could do about it.

He is only fifty-one years old at the moment.

At this age, being in the Foundation Establishment Late Stage is considered quite a talent, even within a sect.

If the Ye Family hadn't given him a spiritual identity, Ye Jingcheng would probably have been robbed by others long ago.

After all, for a normal Lineage cultivator, even a genius, it usually takes until their early fifties to break through to the Foundation Establishment, and they might not be able to break through again for another twenty years.

However, Ye Jingcheng has now reached the Foundation Establishment Late Stage.

After a period of settling and refining the Spiritual Qi, it will be ready for use in the Purple Mansion.

"Congratulations, Master!" The first to speak was the Peachwood Demon from afar.

At this moment, it even bowed to Ye Jingcheng like a refined and elegant monk.

As she glanced at the other Spirit Beast out of the corner of her eye, the Peachwood Demon became even more confident.

After all, no matter how powerful other Spirit Beast are, they cannot produce longevity peaches, nor can they call out to their master.

At this moment, the other Spirit Beast were also extremely excited, but not one of them actually called out "Master".

Moreover, not all of these Spirit Beasts are completely blessings.

For example, the Golden-Scaled Beast had a strong sense of crisis and wanted to beg for elixirs.

Golden Falcon was disappointed; even after Ye Jingcheng had been in seclusion for so long, he hadn't given it spirit medicine to advance its cultivation level.

Needless to say, the Jade-Scale Flood Dragon was simply hungry.

Although Ye Jingcheng left them Spirit Beast meat before he went into seclusion, it had all been consumed in the past six months.

Naturally, he wanted to approach Ye Jingcheng.

Even now, the Jade-Scale Flood Dragon was still dramatically opening its mouth wide, as if wanting Ye Jingcheng to see through its abdominal cavity and let Ye Jingcheng know that it was already empty.

Instead of being annoyed by this scene, Ye Jingcheng's eyes showed a hint of joy.

Although sometimes, all you hear are chirping, whistling, and roaring sounds, which can be quite annoying.

But after Ye Jingcheng had been in seclusion for more than half a year, hearing this voice actually felt familiar.

Ye Jingcheng didn't consider himself a hermit; he was simply better at dealing with the monotony of cultivating immortality.

"All beasts, proceed according to your cultivation level!" Ye Jingcheng waved his hand, first taking out Spirit Cuisine and pills, and then channeling his Treasure Radiance into the Crimson Flame Fox and Jade-Scale Flood Dragon.

Because he had been in seclusion, he hadn't had a chance to use his Treasure Radiance, and now it filled ten full Treasure Radiance.

After the Jade-Scale Flood Dragon and the Crimson Flame Fox finished eating, it was time for the Four-Colored Cloud Deer and the Golden-Scaled Beast.

This made Golden Falcon extremely anxious.

It naturally understood Ye Jingcheng's division based on strength.

It wanted to argue, after all, it was at the peak of the second tier, but the thought that if it argued, Ye Jingcheng might not give it any chance at all made it lose its temper and just soar in the air.

This scene, however, appeared exceptionally leisurely and smug to the Four-Colored Cloud Deer. It breathed heavily through its nose and spread its cloud wings, seemingly with a hint of disdain.

It naturally disliked the Golden Falcon, one of only two creatures with wings.

Moreover, when the Golden Falcon is 'spitting out clouds and mist,' it can outrun it in every way.

After feeding his own natal Spirit Beast, Ye Jingcheng gave the Wood Demon some Woodheart Spirit Liquid and the Stone Spirit some Spirit Ore.

The Ye Family's research on wood and Shi Fang is still somewhat weak, which has resulted in the Wood Demon and Stone Spirit, despite having equally high talents, only exhibiting cultivation auras at the early stage of the second tier.

For both of them, spiritual liquid and spiritual ore are just appetizers; they prefer the Treasure Radiance.

The former, in particular, is even more meaningful because it is rooted in the entire Grotto-Heaven with the presence of the Treasure Radiance.

It could even be said that the spirit medicine here all depend on the Peachwood Demon.

Its ability to absorb spirits is no joke.

After the Wood Demon and Stone Spirit finished absorbing the energy, Ye Jingcheng looked at the group of Thunder Rhinoceros Beetle and Golden Falcon, as well as some Five Poison Bee.

In Ye Jingcheng's eyes, these Five Poison Bee were no longer considered ordinary spiritual peaks.

Even the poisonous flower Ye Jingcheng didn't plant it, causing the stingers of these Five Poison Bee to start shining.

It is no longer as extremely Deadly Poison as before.

As for Ye Jingcheng now, he still has about five hundred of his Five Poison Bee, all of which he left in his Lineage before. Some of them have been transformed into spirit bees that collect spirit honey, while the remaining intelligent and stronger ones are being cultivated with poisonous flowers for future testing and exploration.

After feeding all the Spirit Insect Spirit Beast, Ye Jingcheng finally had time to look at the spirit medicine within the Grotto-Heaven.

The most important thing is naturally the Purple Jade Vine. At this moment, the Purple Jade Vine has grown several inches longer, but when Ye Jingcheng thought about the hundreds of years it takes to bear fruit, he still lost the idea of observing it.

Then I looked at the Adamantine Vine.

The Adamantine Vine was planted from seeds, and after nearly three years of cultivation, it has now grown into a vine that is half a zhang long.

The golden leaves on the vines bloomed exceptionally brightly, like countless golden spirit coins.

Moreover, small knots have grown beside the vine stem.

This delighted Ye Jingcheng.

These small knots are precisely the root knots from which the Adamantine Vine flowers and bears seeds.

He currently only has three Green Wood Spirit Seed left in his spiritual platform. If the Adamantine Vine bears seeds, he will no longer need to worry about running out of Adamantine Vine in the future.

Ye Jingcheng also infused the Adamantine Vine with some Treasure Radiance, making Adamantine Vine leaves and vines appear even more radiant.

Only then did he breathe a sigh of relief.

They also flew out of the Grotto-Heaven space in an instant.

This time, he has been in seclusion for more than two years.

Although each branch of the Lineage performs its own duties, no major problems have arisen.

However, he still needs to make an appearance as soon as possible to report on the current profitability of the Lineage's restaurant, the direction of the Lineage's Fire Sincerity Pill, and the situation of the Lineage's Golden Scale Pill and Jade-Scale Pill.

He needs to follow up on all of this.

Even before he went into seclusion, he had given some of the spirit medicine from the Golden Scale Pill and Jade-Scale Pill, along with his own reasoning and understanding, to his Lineage for research.

Because of the specific nature of the Pill Formula in the Treasure Book, Ye Jingcheng naturally wouldn't copy them verbatim.

Because he had tried it before, and even Demon Beast of the same element couldn't withstand the medicinal power.

With the Lineage doing some research and him doing some more, they can safely promote his Earth-Tier Pill and Water-Rank Pills to the entire Lineage as much as possible.

Ye Jingcheng's own courtyard, because it hadn't been cleaned for a long time, inevitably had accumulated a layer of dust.

Only on the surface of the Stone Spirit was there a vortex, constantly rotating.

Clearly, this is because the Stone Spirit is constantly absorbing Spiritual Qi and life matter from the outside world.

To his surprise, after the Stone Spirit's intelligence increased, the Swallowing Python Spirit Pattern on its surface disappeared.

This is a good thing, Swallowing Python Spirit Pattern is easily detected by some sensitive cultivators.

Without that Spirit Patterns, it might be safer to be in the wild in the future.

Ye Jingcheng looked at it for a while, then stopped looking and used a Cleansing Spell to sweep the room clean.

He opened the door, and there were already quite a few audio talismans left at the entrance.

However, the absence of the red-colored sound-recording jade talisman inside greatly eased Ye Jingcheng's initial worries.

Most cultivators cannot be disturbed during their seclusion, so the sound-retaining jade talisman is extremely necessary.

In the Ye Family, jade talismans are divided into three types: red ones are for extremely urgent situations, gold ones are for general emergencies, and ordinary ones are pale yellow.

The recordings in front of him were almost all pale yellow.

Ye Jingcheng's Divine Sense passed through these Spirit Talisman, examining the information within each one.

As expected, both the Crimson Flame Scale Python and the Violet Flame Longhorn Beetle successfully advanced, their spirituality greatly increased, their talents were enhanced significantly, and they even broke through once.

The Crimson Flame Scale Python directly reached the late stage of the first tier, and the Violet Flame Longhorn Beetle also advanced once. Although it was not as good as going from the mid-stage to the late stage of the first tier, it was still equivalent to going from the seventh level of Qi Refining to the eighth level of Qi Refining.

This progress was beyond the expectations of all members of the Ye Family.

Of course, what Ye Jingli and Ye Jingyun were more concerned about was the purer Spiritual Qi emanating from the Beast-Link Mark, which greatly increased their cultivation speed.

Therefore, research on Earth-Tier Pill and Water-grade pills became even more active within the Ye Family's Alchemy Hall.

Now that we're nearing the end, two similar Pill Formula have emerged, and Ye Jingcheng will have to make the final decision.

Of course, there has also been some good news in the past two years. Ye Xingyi and Ye Jingyong have both broken through to the Foundation Establishment and become the new Foundation Establishment cultivators of the Ye Family.

Ye Jingyong was Body Cultivator, and the Ye Family even held a banquet to celebrate.

However, no outsiders were invited; only members of the Ye Family were present.

In addition, Ye Jingli has also gone into seclusion. If nothing unexpected happens, Ye Jingli's breakthrough to the Foundation Establishment is a certainty.

With the combined power of the Beast-Link Mark- inherited Spirit Beast from the Ye Family and the Foundation Establishment, only the Illusion Technique stage among the three stages of Foundation Establishment is considered difficult.

Of course, there were also things that made the Ye Family uncomfortable.

With the arrival of the Jin Family and Kong Family, Taihang Commandery saw a surge in Rogue Cultivator. Under normal circumstances, the Ye Family would have been delighted, as it would have increased the market's revenue.

However, during this sensitive period, not only has the security of Taihang Commandery been severely compromised, but ordinary members of the Ye Family are also prone to mysteriously disappearing. After all, it is quite normal for Rogue Cultivator to mix with Devil Cultivator Bandit Cultivator.

Later on, three or four of the lower-level cultivators of the Ye Family also went missing.

Even in the Taihang Mountain Range, the Ye Family's Demon Hunting Hall members dared not devote themselves wholeheartedly to capturing Spirit Beast.

After all, revealing the Beast-Link Mark or the effects of the Spirit Beast hidden by the Ye Family would be a serious matter.

On the other hand, the Kong Family is currently suppressing the Xu Family, opening a pill shop in Taihang Marketplace, and seemingly secretly taking out items belonging to Kong Ling. The Jin Family has opened a weapon-refining shop, and their actions are similar to those of the Kong Family.

Of course, what Ye Jingcheng found most interesting was that the Xu Family also took the initiative to auction off several shops to the Purple Mansion Lineage of Taichang Commandery, allowing them to establish themselves in Taihang Marketplace.

Clearly, Xu Family couldn't unite the Ye Family and Chu Family, they planned to form their own alliance to resist them.

Behind these shops, the shadow of the Taiyi Sect can be seen everywhere.

There haven't been any problems for the past two years.

The Chu Family's actions were largely the same.

Just as Ye Jingcheng was stunned, another figure appeared in the distance, holding a Spirit Talisman in his hand.

The figure was Ye Xingyu, the youngest member of the Ye Family with the Ye Xingyu. She was extremely pretty and a little younger than Ye Jingteng.

Actually, according to age, Ye Jingteng should be considered a member of the "Xing" generation, but Ye Jingteng's father was also a member of the "Xing" generation.

Therefore, he was classified as belonging to the Jing generation.

Ye Xingyu is now at the ninth level of Qi Refining and is one of the few Spirit Talisman masters in the Ye Family.

"Patriarch, you've emerged from seclusion!" Ye Xingyu was clearly somewhat surprised.

He was holding a sound-recording Spirit Talisman in his hand, clearly there to deliver Spirit Talisman.

"Patriarch, you've broken through?" Ye Xingyu asked again, his eyes wide open.

This made her already delicate face appear slightly exaggerated, and it's easy to imagine how shocked she was.

After all, Ye Jingcheng was only fifty-one years old and had already Foundation Establishment Late Stage, which was very rare in the history of the Ye Family.

"Just lucky. Has anything happened at the market?" Ye Jingcheng had just broken through, and his cultivation was not yet stable, so his aura was easily leaked, which is why Ye Xingyu recognized him at a glance.

Ye Jingcheng didn't hide anything and asked, "Ye Xingyu is in charge of the Spirit Talisman Hall, but because there are few cultivators in the Ye Family who can refine Spirit Talisman, he also cooperates with the Merchant Hall."

"The Jin Family and Kong Family in Taihang Marketplace are going to hold another meeting to divide up the market's interests!"