Lake's Hidden Contingency, One Claw Each

Inside the main hall, a small child stood behind Ye Jingyong, appearing somewhat naive and timid.

When Ye Jingcheng looked over, Ye Wen would appear somewhat nervous.

"Second Brother, as expected, like father, like son! Qingwen is another genius of our Ye Family!" Ye Jingcheng then stopped looking at Ye Wen and looked at Ye Jingyong instead.

Seeing Ye Jingcheng's envious smile, Ye Jingyong couldn't help but smile sheepishly.

He was naturally extremely satisfied with Ye Wen's dual Spirit Root.

Although the Ye Family possesses the Beast-Link Mark, which can alter one's fate and the Five Spirit Root.

However, sometimes, having two Spirit Root is indeed much stronger than having five Spirit Root.

After all, having dual Spirit Root also allows Beast-Link Mark.

Furthermore, the strength of the Beast-Link Mark varies. If the Beast-Link Mark are weak, one may not achieve great success in beast taming, but at least one can go far in the cultivation journey.

Qinghe the passing of Ye Jingyong's son, Ye Wen, Ye Jingcheng couldn't wait to begin the Lineage rites.

He walked through the group of monks and children and arrived at the altar.

A Crimson Fire appeared in his hand and was lit in the sandalwood incense that had been prepared beforehand.

He muttered incantations, reciting the Ye Family's eulogy.

Then, watching the sandalwood smoke rise into the sky and transform into a smoke dragon, its condensed strands containing illusions, it was as if an invisible force of fortune was being injected into the mountain range.

The weather was exceptionally fine today, and all the Clan Elder looked at the sandalwood incense, tears welling up in their eyes.

It seems that because of Tan Yan this time, even amidst the war, there are still sixteen teenagers in the Lineage with Spirit Root.

Ye Jingcheng continued to preside over the proceedings, taking out a spirit-testing plate to test the Spirit Root once again.

After the Spirit Root test is completed, the bloodline test will be conducted.

Only those with exceptional Spirit Root and bloodlines belonging to the Ye Family will receive special training from the Lineage.

Those without Lineage blood will marry members of the Ye Family in the future, or they will, like Ye Jinghao, help the Ye Family with some clan affairs.

This time, including Ye Qingwen, there are only seven members of the Ye family bloodline, while the remaining nine do not have Ye Family blood.

Among them were three girls, and apart from Ye Qingwen, the highest level of the other clansmen was only two with three Spirit Root, while the rest had four or five Spirit Root.

But the Ye Family wasn't surprised, since these were all immortal seedlings selected from the mortals near Cloud-Spreading Mountain.

Those with truly good aptitude and strong bloodlines should be among the mortals in the small world.

However, it was clear that those mortals could no longer be sent to the Yan Kingdom, and instead settled in the Azure Cloud Sea Region to develop.

After the mortals were chosen and the Lineage rituals were completed, the sky had reached its scorching midday, and the blinding sunlight made those who were used to rainy days feel somewhat uncomfortable.

However, this auspicious celestial phenomenon undoubtedly reassured the people of the tribe.

In such scorching heat, if the Silver Moon Clan were to launch another Beast Tide, the strength of the Silver Moon Python and Red Moon Python would be greatly reduced.

Ye Jingcheng also headed alone towards the Ye family's Lingyun Lake.

Spirit Beast Valley, many Spirit Beasts have already been placed, and their roars can be heard in a familiar and comforting way.

Looking with their Divine Sense, they could see that the Ye Family's specially raised members had begun placing Spirit Cuisine inside, and some members were also inside refining the newly captured Spirit Beast.

It seemed as if everything was the same as before.

Passing through the Spirit Beast Valley, you'll find Ye Haicheng's former courtyard.

However, it is now abandoned; it is one of the few buildings in the Ye Family that was not demolished and rebuilt.

Ye Jingcheng lingered at the entrance of the courtyard for a long time, his eyes filled with reminiscence.

Of course, he was also certain that this courtyard had been visited before. He had been to Ye Haicheng's courtyard before, and it was in such a well-preserved state.

He didn't go in, but continued to the top of Soaring Cloud Peak and arrived at Soaring Cloud Lake.

The lake water remained azure, seemingly merging with the sky, reflecting the blue sky and white clouds, crystal clear. Looking along the lake's surface...

You can also see the Red-Node Fish raised by the Ye Family, swimming in groups.

Meanwhile, in a separate, isolated area further away, there are also many Star-Eating Fish.

The lake was unusually still.

The Red-Node Fish seemed startled, swimming wildly in the lake and creating ripples that spread across the surface.

The reflected white clouds also seemed to be rippled by the waves.

Ye Jingcheng smiled slightly, took out some spirit rice, and kept teasing the spirit fish.

He then took out a lot of Spirit Beast meat and fed it to the Star-Eating Fish. However, while feeding it, he also reached into the lake water and a mirror appeared in his hand—his Retrospective Mirror.

Although the Retrospective Mirror could only show footage from the previous few hours, it could at least give Ye Jingcheng some insight.

After scanning the area and confirming there were no abnormalities, Ye Jingcheng rearranged a water-changing Array, starting to replace the water from Soaring Cloud Lake with water from various outlets.

The lake water quickly flowed down the mountain, irrigating the Ye Family's various spiritual fields.

Meanwhile, Ye Jingcheng also caused the ice and snow on the mountaintop to melt, thus adding water to the lake.

With the two tasks completed—the iceberg and the lake water both safe— Ye Jingcheng felt much more at ease.

Although there might be methods he couldn't detect, at least he checked it once, so there shouldn't be any major problems.

Moreover, he has already sent a telepathic message to Turtle Ancestor, who will come to inspect tonight. If there are any problems, they will be able to find them. Ye Jingcheng's purpose in coming here is to scout the location.

As day turned to night, Ye Jingcheng landed in the courtyard, the four-dimensional light flowing endlessly across his surface.

In the sky, a crescent moon shone quietly.

A gust of wind blew by, and under the apricot tree, there appeared an old tortoise with weathered markings.

Ye Jingcheng quickly stopped his practice, got up, and walked out of the courtyard.

"Turtle Ancestor!" Ye Jingcheng held the Turtle Ancestor in high esteem. The Turtle Ancestor was a third-tier great demon who had protected Ye Jingcheng on numerous occasions and had also helped the Ye Family accomplish irreplaceable tasks on many occasions.

Most importantly, they also taught him how to expand the Grotto-Heaven.

The Vast Azure Turtle nodded in response to Ye Jingcheng, then its claws twitched slightly, producing a Spirit Talisman.

As soon as the Spirit Talisman landed on the ground of Soaring Cloud Peak, it shone with remarkable spiritual light.

Ye Jingcheng also looked at the Spirit Talisman with some curiosity.

He could sense that this was a Spirit Talisman of the third rank or higher, but because it was clearly a special Spirit Talisman, he couldn't judge its level by its spiritual power.

"Keep changing the water in the icebergs of Soaring Cloud Lake. Everything else is fine, but don't change the water too frequently!" Turtle Ancestor suddenly transmitted his voice to Ye Jingcheng.

Ye Jingcheng was also startled; sure enough, something had been left behind.

Ye Jingcheng didn't know whether it was a method left behind by Tianfu True Person or by someone else.

Fortunately, these days he has made all members of the Ye Family walk on thin ice and has also banned the use of Beast-Link Mark.

During this period, the Ye Family mainly focused on recuperation and rarely went out to contact other cultivators, nor were they worried about being infiltrated.

"From now on, communication between the family and the East Sea will no longer be based on Lingyun Peak, but on Shayun Yinyin Peak!" The Turtle Ancestor's words echoed once more, and at the same time, he left Ye Jingcheng with another array plate.

"If you cover Soaring Cloud Lake and the glaciers around it with this array, you can isolate it from detection!" Turtle Ancestor placed another array.

Ye Jingcheng nodded in agreement.

I couldn't help but sigh; someone had still left behind some tricks.

However, if you put yourself in his shoes, you would do the same.

However, as long as the Ye Family doesn't remove these remaining methods, it means the Ye Family hasn't discovered them.

It's not surprising that the Ye Family set up an Array on Soaring Cloud Lake.

Moreover, the Ye Family was previously Purple Mansion Lineage.

Its cultural heritage is also extremely profound.

The only problem for the Ye Family is that Ye Family Beast Communion ceremony cannot be held until the glacier is completely replaced.

The Turtle Ancestor did not stay long before departing.

For Ye Jingcheng, this was a relief, at least he knew where to pay attention.

After the Turtle Ancestor left, Ye Jingcheng did not immediately go to Soaring Cloud Lake to make arrangements, but instead continued his secluded cultivation.

Watering once is sufficient; it should not be done too frequently.

Furthermore, continued celestial support is required.

Five days later, the sweltering summer heat continued to engulf Soaring Cloud Peak.

Ye Jingcheng went to Soaring Cloud Lake again and changed the water to irrigate the plants.

At the same time, he also planted a lot of Jade Lotus in the lake this time.

Although these Jade Lotus were obtained within the Desolation-Suppressing Secret Realm, they are not particularly rare. Moreover, the Jade Lotus cultivated here contain a thousand-year-old medicinal ingredient: the Jade Lotus King.

Speaking of the Jade Lotus King, he still wanted to stay in his own Grotto-Heaven spirit lake.

However, for the sake of the Array's success, Ye Jingcheng had no choice but to move in the Spirit Plant.

Setting up Array to simply protect the spirit fish would be too conspicuous, but a thousand-year-old Jade Lotus would suffice.

After the spirit lotus was transplanted, Ye Jingcheng finally took out the array plate and began to set it up one by one.

As the dazzling spiritual light spread, the Array's spiritual shield also covered the spiritual lake and the glacier.

Ye Jingcheng glanced at it and, satisfied that nothing had been missed, used his Divine Sense to probe outside the formation, only to find that his Divine Sense couldn't penetrate it at all.

The same logic applies to him peering in from the outside.

Moreover, the images are completely isolated from each other.

Seeing this, Ye Jingcheng was completely relieved.

Now he can continue to open up Grotto-Heaven, refine second-tier Golden Falcon Pill for the Golden Falcon, transplant Dragon Whisker Fruit trees, and organize the harvest from Moonwatch Lake and this Beast Tide.

Ye Jingcheng returned to his own courtyard. He sat under the apricot tree for a while as usual and drank a sip of spiritual tea.

He released the Jade Ring Rat, allowing it to continue tending to his spiritual field.

He then entered the house, activated the Array, and once the spiritual shield covered the area, he took out the Stone Spirit Grotto-Heaven and let it absorb the energy.

Once a small vortex of Spiritual Qi, Ye Jingcheng entered the Grotto-Heaven.

Inside the Grotto-Heaven, the Spiritual Qi was still abundant. The first-grade mid-level Spirit Vein had been fully formed, and with the addition of the second-grade Spirit Eye Spring, even with many Spirit Beast placed inside, the energy was still quite plentiful.

The Spirit Beast that had been left unattended for a long time were now all coming towards Ye Jingcheng.

Judging by the time, more than a month has passed since Ye Jingcheng last came to feed them.

The Jade-Scale Flood Dragon also emerged from the Spirit Lake, its large half-dragon head protruding out. It roared softly, recounting how many spirit fish and Flesh Ganoderma it had consumed during this time.

This indicates that it did not exceed the limit, and also that it was very hungry, too hungry to climb out of the spirit lake.

The Four-Colored Cloud Deer beside it also flew out, its head held high, still extremely proud, but its eyes betrayed it.

Clearly, it coveted the Treasure Radiance immensely, and could only whine and call out to its master.

The Golden Falcon mingled with the Thunder Rhinoceros Beetle and the Five Poison Bee.

After circling in the air a few times, it arrived in front of Ye Jingcheng.

Ye Jingcheng took out the Spirit Beast meat and spirit pills, and fed them to the spirit beasts one by one.

His Treasure Radiance, having been largely unused for over ten days, was also extremely abundant.

After feeding them all, Ye Jingcheng finally had time to look at the Wood Demon.

On the Peachwood itself, six spirit peaches, each the size of an adult's fist, were already hanging on the branches, which were even slightly bent into an arc by the weight.

It seems somewhat unable to bear the weight of the spirit peach.

The Peachwood's own spiritual leaves became sparse, clearly indicating that it was fully supplying nutrients to the spiritual peach.

This is also good news for Ye Jingcheng.

One spirit peach can add ten years to one's lifespan, and two spirit peaches can basically add fifteen years. In that case, all cultivators in the Ye Family who are over sixty years old, as long as they are not over seventy-five, will have a chance to break through to the Foundation Establishment.

Ye Jingcheng was extremely satisfied with the result, and he planned to refine a second-tier Woodheart Spirit Liquid for the Wood Demon after this wave ended, so as to further enhance its cultivation.

"Master, this is the blood of the dragon that has been collected!" A wooden face appeared on the Peachwood, then stepped out of the Peachwood and transformed into a spiritual shadow.

In its hand was a jade bottle.

Inside the jade bottle was none other than the blood of the Silver Moon Demon King.

There wasn't much dragon blood, only five drops, but for Ye Jingcheng, five drops were just right.

Too much will True Person suspicion, too little will have little effect.

Five drops are just enough for him to refine a third-tier Jade-Scale Pill. Combined with the Essence Blood of the Silver Moon Python, perhaps the Jade-Scale Flood Dragon can break through to the third-tier Demon Beast level and then begin preparing to take the third-tier Jade-Scale Pill.

Through the spirit shadow, Ye Jingcheng knew that if the Jade-Scale Flood Dragon came again, it would completely transform from a half-flood dragon into a full-fledged flood dragon, and its strength would be absolutely not weak among third-tier great demons.

Ye Jingcheng carefully put away the Jade-Scale Flood Dragon and then made a direct promise.

"Peachwood, once you've finished bearing this batch of spiritual fruits, you can start preparing!"

Upon hearing this, Peachwood's eyes immediately lit up with inspiration. He had been looking forward to this for so long, and now it was finally about to come true.

"Thank you, Master Peachwood will surely bear you spirit peaches for a lifetime!"

As a noble Wood Demon, it actually deeply resisted this kind of flattery.

However, given the opportunity to enhance its Treasure Radiance and advance its bloodline, it believed that no demon in the world could refuse it.

"Alright!" Ye Jingcheng felt that these words were a bit strange, so he waved his hand and infused the Peachwood with some Treasure Radiance, allowing it to return to its original form.

In addition, he also had the Stone Spirit send down spiritual rain again.

Previously, because the Grotto-Heaven was sealed off, it was unable to absorb Spiritual Qi, resulting in an insufficient supply of Spiritual Qi within the Grotto-Heaven.

But now that Stone Spirit has allied himself with Soaring Cloud Peak, he has no such scruples.

Soaring Cloud Peak is now a third-tier Spirit Vein, but there are no longer any cultivators absorbing third-tier Spiritual Qi.

It's just in time to come over and let the spiritual rain fall a few more times within the Grotto-Heaven.

After finishing these tasks, Ye Jingcheng remembered that the Crimson Flame Fox and the Golden-Scaled Beast were still in his Spirit Beast pouch, so he took them out as well.

As soon as the Golden-Scaled Beast appeared, it roared towards the Spirit Lake where the Jade-Scale Flood Dragon was located.

Its expression was excited.

It was as if to say that it was now adept at dealing with the serpent.

One claw can kill one, one rock can kill one.

It was still looking at Ye Jingcheng, but this time it didn't want Spirit Cuisine and spiritual light; it wanted the corpses of the Silver Moon Python it had killed.