A Change in Mindset; Clan Meeting Plans

"You can Blood Pact right here. I can keep an eye on things for you if there are any problems!" Ye Xuefan added after seeing that Ye Jingcheng didn't intend to take out the Purple Sun Demon Corpse and form Blood Pact on the spot.

This concern is the same as what Ye Xuefu and others had worried about before. After all, this is Purple Mansion Corpse Refining, and Ye Jingcheng is Foundation Establishment cultivator, so he is very likely to suffer a backlash.

It feels safer now that he's here keeping watch.

"Yes, Fourth Grand Uncle!" Ye Jingcheng nodded repeatedly.

Although his Blood Pact was almost 100% converted into Soul Pact, others didn't know that.

Ye Jingcheng opened the Storage Bag, and the Purple Sun Demon Corpse fell in front of them.

The Purple Sun Demon Corpse was not much different from ordinary refined corpses; its entire body was still covered with purple corpse hair.

Its skin was also purplish-red, and upon closer inspection, one could see the dark red veins on the skin's surface, outlining a unique Spirit Diagram.

Of course, the most different thing was the eyes. There were no pupils or eyes in the eyes, only two bright Ziyang demonic flames burning inside.

These two demonic flames were inexhaustible and incredibly strange.

Even Ye Haicheng felt a little envious at this moment.

After all, it's Purple Mansion Refined Corpse, and the infamous Purple Sun Demon Corpse at that. If it were intelligent enough, Ye Haicheng might not be able to defeat it.

This is no joke; otherwise, the Purple Sun Demon Corpse wouldn't have been suppressed in the Zhenhuang Secret Realm.

Only after much of its murderous aura has been worn away can this Purple Sun Demon Corpse be used by others.

Of course, the demonic corpse before us is not the original Purple Sun Demon Corpse.

He only possessed the corpse pearl of the original demon corpse; his physical body was still far inferior to that of the original Purple Sun Demon Corpse.

Staring at the demonic fire for too long made Ye Jingcheng feel as if he were seeing mountains of corpses and seas of blood, with demonic fire filling the sky, giving rise to a violent and fearful emotion.

It was clearly affected by the Purple Sun Demon Corpse.

I was filled with lingering fear.

Fortunately, the Corpse Daoist did not utilize the intact Purple Sun Demon Corpse.

Otherwise, no one in the secret realm could stop them.

Of course, if that were the case, everyone would be questioned upon exiting, unless they were Corpse Daoist who wanted to have their efforts wasted.

"The corpse bead of this Purple Sun Demon Corpse is extremely special; it can be upgraded. However, the physical body was refined later and is not perfect due to time constraints. If you want to further upgrade the Purple Sun Demon Corpse, you may need to refine and optimize the body again!" Ye Xuefan explained from the side.

In their view, it was only a matter of time before Ye Jingcheng broke through to the Purple Mansion, after all, the four Spirit Beast Heaven all had exceptionally high talents.

In addition, Ye Jingcheng also possessed the Purple Jade Fruit, which is why she agreed to protect Ye Jingcheng.

This can be considered a gift from the Lineage to Ye Jingcheng for breaking through to the Purple Mansion.

Moreover, once Ye Jingcheng advances, they can consider the advancement of the Purple Sun Demon Corpse. Ye Xuefan doesn't interfere with this, but only mentions it casually.

But after he finished speaking, he looked at Ye Jingcheng and Ye Haicheng:

"Hai Cheng, Jingcheng, you two start preparing immediately. Evacuate some mortals. If you encounter any danger, remember, cultivators shouldn't care too much about certain things; you are the most important Lineage!"

Ye Jingcheng was taken aback, which made Ye Xuefan frown slightly.

He seemed somewhat displeased that Ye Jingcheng had been distracted at such a crucial moment.

"Fourth Grand Uncle, Jingcheng will remember this!" Ye Jingcheng nodded, a hint of embarrassment on his face.

It wasn't that he actually wanted to be distracted; it was just that his Treasure Book had lit up.

He suddenly discovered that the Purple Sun Demon Corpse was also lighting up on his Treasure Book.

However, there was only one ray of light, indicating that this Purple Sun Demon Corpse could only advance once.

But for a spirit corpse to advance its bloodline is already extraordinary.

Moreover, it was a Purple Sun Demon Corpse that had reached the early stage of the third rank.

Ye Jingcheng implanted the Blood Pact and then refined the spirit plate of the demon corpse.

They also saw the corpse recipe of the Purple Sun Demon Corpse, but it required various kinds of spiritual blood, more than thirty kinds in total.

Moreover, they are extremely difficult to find.

Ye Jingcheng had long since become numb to this. Not only was the Purple Sun Demon Corpse hard to find, but the Advancement Pill and spirit medicine for his various Spirit Beast were also hard to come by.

Fortunately, he is currently only in the Foundation Establishment Late Stage, so he doesn't need to prepare third-tier Advancement Pill.

Having access to the Purple Mansion Corpse Refining technique already made him feel much safer.

At least now, if a Purple Mansion cultivator tries to use their Purple Mansion cultivation to pressure him, he won't be completely without any means of countermeasure.

However, the Purple Sun Demon Corpse cannot show its face in front of the Taiyi Sect.

Although the demonic corpse within the Desolation-Suppressing Secret Realm has perished, it's inevitable that some will suspect him of colluding with the Heavenly Corpse Sect.

Ye Xuefan gave a few instructions and then hurriedly entered the Teleportation Array in the distance. The situation in the Azure Cloud Sea Region needed Ye Xuefan to take control of it. After all, Ye Xuecang was currently in seclusion breaking through to the Golden Core stage. Whether it was to prevent problems before they occurred or to control the entire situation, Ye Xuefan was indispensable.

Besides giving Ye Jingcheng and Ye Haicheng a message, he also gave them a message about an inside contact from the Xu Family.

The informant was a cultivator who had married into the Xu Family and was not well-regarded, but he learned about the Xu Family's affairs by chance due to the favors of the Ye Family's higher-ups.

After Ye Xuefan disappeared from the Teleportation Array, Ye Haicheng also looked at Ye Jingcheng.

"Jingcheng, what do you think now?"

"Grandpa, I don't recommend taking action against the Xu Family now. The Xu Family is now in our eyes, and so is the Kong Family. Not only should we not take action against them, we should even cover for them!" Ye Jingcheng said.

Before the Xu Family's secret realm was exposed, the Ye Family was quite interested.

After all, the Xu Family and the Ye Family had already fallen out long ago.

Ye Jingcheng was not naive enough to think that the Xu Family would be grateful to the Ye Family if they survived this ordeal.

But right now, the Ye Family's main priority is to relocate some of the mortals.

Even if something goes wrong in the future, the Ye Family won't quickly decline and have no successors.

Furthermore, the Ye Family has also discovered a small mortal world in the Azure Cloud Sea Region, making this even more necessary.

"Yes, let's handle it that way!" Ye Haicheng nodded, quite satisfied with Ye Jingcheng's analysis.

Ye Jingcheng left Soaring Cloud Lake, and he also passed by the Spirit Beast Valley.

He felt a bit dizzy; as the head of the family, he was undoubtedly under a lot of pressure.

Even though the Lineage had made all the preparations.

However, just as the Xu Family's relocation of ordinary people could be discovered, the Ye Family's relocation of ordinary people also has a high probability of being discovered.

After all, given the current situation, the Ye Family, the Chu Family, and the Xu Family are the three families that are attracting attention.

However, when the Ye Family's restaurant opened, Tianfu True Person appeared.

But secretly, there are probably many other cultivators watching the Ye Family.

Fortunately, they still have the Turtle Ancestor, a giant, movable Grotto-Heaven, which makes it convenient to arrange for Devil Cultivator. After all, the Ye Family obtained part of the Heavenly Corpse Sect's inheritance, so impersonating that is still feasible.

The Ye Family's Spirit Beast Valley remains incredibly lush and verdant, where most of the Ye Family's Spirit Beast are kept.

Inside, there were Spirit Beast with high talent that could be inherited, as well as Spirit Beast that were waiting to be hatched and those that had just been born. At the same time, a large number of spirit beast herds were also being raised, and the roars of Spirit Beast could be heard from time to time. Ye Jingcheng also saw the Lizard Elder and the second-tier Blood Hawk.

Ye Jingcheng still had some affection for these two Spirit Beasts. They had previously Spirit Beast to Ye Haicheng, but after Ye Haicheng broke through to the Purple Mansion, these two Spirit Beast became less useful, so he broke the Blood Pact with them and left them in the Spirit Beast Valley, waiting for a cultivator from his Lineage to inherit them.

After all, Ye Haicheng Beast Communion Turtle Ancestor.

At that moment, some young members of the Ye Family, led by Ye Xingqun, were inheriting their Spirit Beast. When they saw Ye Jingcheng, they greeted him.

Ye Jingcheng couldn't help but recall many scenes from the past, when he was also one of the people choosing Spirit Beast, filled with anticipation and longing for the Ye Family's Spirit Beast Valley.

He couldn't help but smile, and at the same time, a surge of pride welled up in his heart.

He suddenly realized that he hadn't fully unleashed his Divine Sense since his breakthrough. After seeing the scene of the Spirit Beast Valley, Ye Jingcheng suddenly wanted to see the entire Soaring Cloud Peak.

The last time he had so thoroughly examined the Ye Family's Soaring Cloud Peak was when he broke through to the Foundation Establishment.

As his Divine Sense continued to expand outwards, one zhang, ten zhang, a hundred zhang, a thousand zhang...

With his Divine Sense just one step away from reaching the third level of the Purple Mansion, releasing it was exceptionally easy for him.

The scenery of Yejialingyun Peak and most of the surrounding area was instantly laid out before them.

Mountains and rivers, riverbanks, courtyards, palaces and pavilions, busy clansmen, and sacred fields.

It is now the height of summer, and many fruit trees are laden with fruit.

Beyond Soaring Cloud Peak lie the various sub-peaks of the Ye Family, upon which are distributed the Ye Family's Spirit Herb Garden and Beast Valley.

However, these Spirit Herb Garden only grow lower-grade first-tier spirit medicine, while the beast-raising Beast Valley raises more economically valuable Spirit Beast.

Animals such as the Dense Forest Pig Mountain-Devouring Rat are kept there.

Over a decade later, the Dense Forest Pig herd had grown to a considerable size, with each member becoming extremely robust from eating. The number of Mountain-Devouring Rat had multiplied several times over, and they had dug countless burrows in the bamboo forest.

Further away lay numerous acres of spiritual fields.

These spirit fields are filled with various kinds of spirit rice, including the Green Wheat Spirit Rice that Ye Jingcheng used to consume frequently, as well as Blood Jade Spirit Rice.

The Ye Family arranged for these spirit rice cultivators to be cared for, including Qi Refining cultivators who knew they had no hope of further cultivation, as well as some innate martial artists from ordinary people.

Of course, for a beast-taming Lineage like the Ye Family, insect pests are not a concern, so a single cultivator from the Ye Family can manage a large area.

As Ye Jingcheng observed the details of the Ye Family's life, his State of Mind suddenly felt much clearer.

He felt as if he had returned to more than a decade ago, to the days when he lived a secluded life in his own little courtyard in the south of the mountains.

For a moment, he felt a genuine joy.

And then it was as if I had found something.

Yes, he has never been one for bustling crowds; he prefers the tranquility of nature, which is his true path to immortality.

But recently he has found himself becoming impatient and anxious.

The reason for his heavy heart was that he was going against his own path to immortality.

The title of family head should give him more confidence on the path to immortality, rather than bind him to the title.

Thinking of this, Ye Jingcheng felt his State of Mind improve considerably, and the gloom in his mind dissipated.

Of course, he had also experienced too much during this period: the passing of Ye Haiyun Ye Haitian, the Lineage crisis, and the expectations of the Clan Elder. All of these weighed on his shoulders.

But as Ye Xuefan said, what supports the entire Ye Family is everyone in the Ye Family, not just his efforts alone.

Thinking of this, Ye Jingcheng strode into the Lineage Council Hall.

He's not a god; the Lineage has made a decision, so let's do it. The various branches of the Ye Family should also express their opinions.

Ye Jingcheng began to gather the clan members from various branches of the Soaring Cloud Manor, as well as members of the Inner Hall.

The meeting was not scheduled for the third floor of the Treasure Pavilion, but rather for the Ye Family's Council Hall.

This also indicates the seriousness of the matter.

As for keeping it a secret, he thought about it for a long time. Among the higher-ups in the Ye Family, those who had reached the late stage of Qi Refining or above would find it difficult to keep their secrets if they did not share Qi with the Ye family in time.

Being secretive and secretive with your own people is more likely to cause problems.

Just like the Xu Family.

On the contrary, the members of the Ye Family's Inner Hall are all at least in the late stage of Qi Refining and are also cultivators with Beast-Link Mark. They are trustworthy and have the forbidden array set up beforehand by the Beast-Link Mark, so they are not afraid of soul searching.

I'm afraid of Spirit-Inquiring Talisman, but as long as I'm careful, there won't be any problems.

Few cultivators would bother to simply ask about the whereabouts of the Ye Family's mortals using Spirit-Inquiring Talisman, which would inadvertently offend the Ye Family.

Furthermore, it's acceptable not to answer the Spirit-Inquiring Talisman.

But that would clearly show that there's something wrong with the Ye Family.

But at this point, who would think the Ye Family is without problems?

Of course, before that, he still sent a telepathic message to Ye Haicheng.

Ye Haicheng was also very supportive of this. The Ye Family kept the news hidden, mostly from those below the late stage of Qi Refining and those who hadn't yet Beast-Link Mark.

This way, you can almost control everything.

With the arrival of Clan Elder such as Ye Xingliu Ye Xinghan, Ye Xingqun, a grand Lineage assembly began.

To Ye Jingcheng's delight, after many days, Ye Jingli finally emerged from seclusion and is now Foundation Establishment cultivator.

For the Ye Family, which is currently in dire need of cultivators, Ye Jingli's breakthrough to the Foundation Establishment is a great joy.

The only slight drawback is that Ye Jingli's personality hasn't changed.

The smile on his face never faded.

He would occasionally chat with others, sharing his breakthrough experience and boasting about his Crimson Flame Scale Python, which had already broken through to the equivalent of the eighth level of Qi Refining.

More importantly, the Crimson Flame Scale Python can also breathe fire snakes, seemingly not much weaker than the late-stage first-tier Crimson Flame Fox of yesteryear.

"Fellow clansmen and Clan Elder, Jingcheng has received news today that the Beast Tide is approaching. To prevent widespread destruction among mortals, the Lineage has decided to relocate a group of mortals to the Small World."

"Therefore, in the days to come, the Lineage needs to create some disturbances Evil Cultivator and the strange phenomenon of slaughtering mortal towns, so as to provide an excuse for the Lineage to relocate mortals!" Ye Jingcheng said.

"If you have any good suggestions, you are welcome to offer them, but this matter is absolutely forbidden from being leaked!" Ye Jingcheng said firmly and sternly.

These words caused an uproar among the clansmen, as the renewed Beast Tide posed a crisis for the Ye Family.

After all, the Ye Family would be the first to be affected.

They still vividly remember the time the Mo Family was wiped out.

Moving ordinary people without permission is a major taboo in Taihang Commandery, since Taihang Commandery was originally established to defend against the Demon Beast of the Taihang Mountain Range.

"May I ask, how many mortals does the Lineage plan to relocate?" Ye Xingqun asked as well.

"The more the better!" Ye Jingcheng said.

Upon hearing this, everyone else immediately frowned.

If it were just a few ordinary people being relocated, it would be easy to conceal. But relocating so many people definitely raises a problem.

"Patriarch, why not use the pretext of the Evil Cultivator seeking revenge to spread the word that our Ye Family has killed a high-ranking member of the Evil Cultivator? This is not difficult; killing a Foundation Establishment Evil Cultivator will suffice. Afterward, the Evil Cultivator will retaliate, and our Ye Family will be powerless to defend against so many mortal towns, and will be sacrificed in blood!"

"We periodically sacrifice villages to blood, and at the same time, we periodically slaughter some Devil Cultivator!"

"There are quite a few Devil Cultivator in Taihang Commandery now, so we don't need to send any of our own people!" Ye Jingyun suggested.

This statement was met with approval from everyone.

Ye Jingcheng was extremely satisfied with this.

News about the Azure Cloud Sea Region was kept secret, as was the matter of the Turtle Ancestor. Going forward, even if someone in the Lineage were to encounter misfortune, people would simply assume that the Ye Family was worried about the Beast Tide.

In the future, facts will prove that there really is Beast Tide!