The Promise of Gold Scale, Yuan and Wei Arrive

Within the Grotto-Heaven, beside the Spirit Eye Spring, the peach trees were now completely enveloped in a five-colored spiritual glow.

The Spiritual Qi of the entire Grotto-Heaven was all converging towards the peach tree.

Even above the peach trees, there was a layer of misty, ethereal light.

The peach tree was completely bare of leaves. Most spirit medicine in nature would ensure the fruit was fully ripe before shedding all the leaves.

This moment has clearly reached the most crucial and mature stage.

Ye Jingcheng stepped forward, his face beaming with joy.

The six spirit peaches are now about half the size of a palm, white with a hint of red, and quite beautiful.

The Peachwood Demon was right beside them, and the Stone Spirit, who had transformed into a half-python, was also full of curiosity.

It seemed to find the peaches extremely auspicious, and from time to time urged the spirit rain to fall.

"Master, it'll be ready soon!" The Peachwood Demon smiled excitedly and obsequiously at Ye Jingcheng.

For it, the ripening of the spiritual fruit was actually all too familiar.

Previously, it would bear fruit once every year, but after taking the Woodheart Spirit Liquid once, it became once every three years, and now it's almost once every five years.

But this time, after the deal was done, Ye Jingcheng promised to give him a second advancement, which was what excited it the most.

"Not bad!" Ye Jingcheng nodded, extremely satisfied with the Wood Demon's performance.

As Alchemist, he was well aware that the spiritual fruit produced by the Wood Demon had not been kept secret.

After most Wood Demon become sentient, they will pay more attention to their cultivation, and many will form fewer or no knots.

He was quite satisfied with the Peachwood's condition.

He took out the prepared jade box and a pair of jade scissors. Most of the spiritual fruits required jade magical Law Artifact to ensure that their spiritual Spiritual Qi was not lost.

As Alchemist, Ye Jingcheng would naturally not make such a basic mistake.

As the spiritual mist in the sky grew thicker, a rich fruity fragrance filled the air, and all the Spirit Beast within the Grotto-Heaven gathered there.

Animals such as the Jade-Scale Flood Dragon, Golden Falcon Thunder Rhinoceros Beetle, and Golden-Scaled Beast all looked over.

The beasts were also eager for the spirit peach, especially the Jade-Scale Flood Dragon, who was already using his Divine Soul fluctuations to ask what kind of spirit fruit it was.

Ye Jingcheng was at a loss for words when faced with Ye's simple question.

Even the Soil-Turning Earthworm in the spirit field emerged from the soil.

When the spiritual mist surrounding the spiritual fruits reached its peak, Ye Jingcheng stepped forward and gently cut off all six fruits with his jade scissors.

Longevity fruits are extremely precious to most cultivators, especially those who extend their lifespan.

Don't underestimate these ten years; sometimes, ten years is enough for a cultivator to break through a realm.

Crossing a certain realm signifies doubling one's lifespan.

"Your Woodheart Spirit Liquid will be ready soon!" As the spirit fruit was picked, the Wood Demon Spirit Shadow appeared somewhat weak.

For it, it's equivalent to stripping away its spirituality.

However, this spirituality is recoverable.

For it, it can be considered a kind of repeated practice.

It will make its Demon Power more concentrated.

"Thank you, Master!" The Peachwood Demon also quickly kowtowed to Ye Jingcheng.

The curious Stone Spirit half-python spirit shadow beside them also kowtowed to Ye Jingcheng upon seeing this.

Ye Jingcheng waved his hand, letting the two play on their own. Seeing the Soil-Turning Earthworm next to him, Ye Jingcheng hadn't yet found the time to refine an advancement pill for it.

Soil-Turning Earthworm are also Earth Attribute Spirit Beast. If they are Beast Communion, they can also be given some pure Earth Attribute spiritual energy.

However, now that he is in the Foundation Establishment Late Stage, the Soil-Turning Earthworm is not even a second-tier Foundation Establishment Demon Beast, so that is not very necessary.

On the contrary, Ye Jingcheng was extremely interested in the Stone Spirit Beast. Previously, the Stone Spirit had not fully advanced, but now its strength had stabilized at the early stage of the second tier. For Ye Jingcheng, its possible special talents could allow it to cast more spells.

However, the most important thing right now is still the Golden Falcon.

Ye Jingcheng summoned all the Spirit Beast one by one and began feeding them Spirit Beast meat and spirit pills.

The Jade-Scale Flood Dragon and the Crimson Flame Fox were still the first to arrive, followed by the Golden-Scaled Beast and the Four-Colored Cloud Deer.

The Golden Falcon, its face full of anticipation, was confident that its turn should be coming soon.

After all, it is already at the peak of the second tier, and it may break through to the third tier at any time.

However, after summoning the Four-Colored Cloud Deer, Ye Jingcheng still summoned Thunder Rhinoceros Beetle. What Ye Jingcheng didn't expect was that one of the peak first-tier Thunder Rhinoceros Beetle actually broke through on its own.

In other words, he now has four Hidden-Wing Thunder Rhinoceros Beetle, four ordinary second-tier Thunder Rhinoceros Beetle, plus twelve ordinary Thunder Rhinoceros Beetle.

Ye Jingcheng was also very pleased with this unexpected breakthrough.

The Thunder Rhinoceros Beetle is extremely effective against some Water Attribute Demon Beast or Devil Cultivator.

This technique allows several Thunder Rhinoceros Beetle to release their power simultaneously, and the combined force can be stacked.

That is to say, the quantity is a little less.

However, the Ye Family still has many Secret Method that can increase the breeding speed of Thunder Rhinoceros Beetle.

However, his Thunder Rhinoceros Beetle had not yet reached maturity, so Ye Jingcheng had not started to cultivate it.

After the Thunder Rhinoceros Beetle was fed, the Golden Falcon's eyes showed some disappointment. It let out a low, drawn-out cry, but it still held onto hope.

However, after seeing Ye Jingcheng feed the Soil-Turning Earthworm elixirs, and even after seeing Ye Jingcheng feed the Flesh Ganoderma with elixirs...

A final, utter lament.

At that moment, Ye Jingcheng finally looked at it.

"Don't give me that look. Do you still want to keep going?" Ye Jingcheng's face showed displeasure.

Upon hearing this, the Golden Falcon shook its head repeatedly. After advancing to the next level, its Divine Soul fluctuations were so strong that even its master's name could be called out clearly.

It was perfectly clear to it that the eagle-taming tactic was a period of its life that it didn't want to recall.

Ye Jingcheng took out three jade boxes.

The first jade box contained a refined second-grade superior Golden King Pill, the second jade box contained a second-grade Golden Falcon Pill, and the third jade box contained the inner core of a third-grade Metal Attribute great demon.

Upon seeing the three inner cores, the Golden Falcon was so excited that it didn't know how to flap its wings.

"Master..." it cried out.

His eyes were full of brilliance.

"If you don't break through to the third rank, you'll be waiting to be trained to be a hawk again!" Ye Jingcheng didn't say much. He stretched out his hand, and the Golden Falcon, which was half a person tall, landed on his hand. However, the Golden Falcon's wings were in excellent condition, so Ye Jingcheng couldn't feel any power at all. In fact, there was even a lift.

Ye Jingcheng first infused the Golden Falcon with Treasure Radiance, and only after Treasure Radiance did he consume the Golden King Pill, followed by the Golden Falcon Pill and a third-tier Demon Beast Core.

This time, Ye Jingcheng was not stingy with the Treasure Radiance, providing Golden Falcon with two full pages of Treasure Radiance.

Over the years, he also discovered that the Treasure Radiance could protect the digestion of spirit medicine and elixirs.

Therefore, as long as enough Treasure Radiance is input, there is no need to worry; your Spirit Beast will be able to survive.

But under normal circumstances, Ye Jingcheng wouldn't do that; it would be wasteful.

But at this moment, Golden Falcon is just looking for excitement.

Only then can it unleash its full potential and break through to the third-tier great demon realm as soon as possible.

Once Golden Falcon breaks through, his Purple Sun Demon Corpse, together with Golden Falcon, will basically be able to protect himself in the early stage of the Purple Mansion. In fact, he can even seriously injure or kill some weaker Purple Mansion cultivators.

After taking the medicine, Golden Falcon immediately took off and landed on the top of the pavilion on the mountain peak.

Upon witnessing this scene, the three Spirit Beasts, apart from the Jade-Scale Flood Dragon, all let out low whimpers of envy.

Compared to cultivators, Demon Beast have much more direct emotions; they either like something or crave it.

Among these, the Golden-Scaled Beast is the most outstanding.

"If you can master the special breathing technique, you'll be the first to advance!" Ye Jingcheng watched as the Golden-Scaled Beast stepped forward, dangling its two thick front legs, its forehead rubbing against Ye Jingcheng's trouser leg.

His shameless attitude, focused solely on obtaining the pills for a breakthrough, left Ye Jingcheng somewhat helpless.

He then spoke directly.

Ye Jingcheng had only seen the Golden-Scaled Beast's special breathing technique on the Golden Golden-Scaled Beast, so he paid close attention to it.

Upon hearing Ye Jingcheng's words, the Golden-Scaled Beast's lively eyes flickered, and it quickly nodded.

It ran towards the desolate area and began its daily cultivation once again.

Ye Jingcheng then looked at the Flesh Ganoderma, which was still the size of a basin.

It's not that the Flesh Ganoderma isn't growing, but rather that the Jade-Scale Flood Dragon eats too much, and now the Flesh Ganoderma's growth is completely controlled by several Spirit Beasts.

Ye Jingcheng also needs to put the breakthrough of the Flesh Ganoderma on the agenda, otherwise he will waste a lot of Spirit Stone if he wants his Spirit Beast to continue to grow at a high speed.

Ye Jingcheng shook his head. He suddenly realized that he seemed to have become a crazy alchemy machine.

He smiled, poured himself a sip of spiritual tea, and then set up an Array near the Golden Falcon.

Although Xiao Ke that the Golden Falcon would have any problems under so much Treasure Radiance, even if it did, it would be able to be sensed by the Divine Soul.

But Ye Jingcheng was still a little worried, so he decided to observe the situation for at least the first half of the day.

This is, after all, a breakthrough to the third rank, and Ye Jingcheng is also about to break through to the Purple Mansion. Observing it now is at least not a bad thing.

Gazing at the golden light emanating from the pavilion, sipping Spring Welcoming Tea, savoring its aftertaste, every breath filled with the fragrance of spring tea—a truly unforgettable experience.

Beside the tea, he also took out quite a few apricots, all of which were from Ye Haiyun's spirit apricot tree. He hadn't sold a single one, nor had he given any to anyone else.

Instead, he ate it by himself, enjoying the astringent taste of the apricot.

Just like the process of cultivation, it's never pleasant, but growing stronger through hardship is the most important thing.

Ye Jingcheng observed for half a day and felt that Golden Falcon's Divine Soul was beginning to transform, and the Soul Pact seemed to be trembling.

Ye Jingcheng suddenly understood why his Lineage had repeatedly warned the Ye Family members to be careful when their Spirit Beast broke through to the next level.

He's currently bound by Soul Pact, and even that can cause tremors; if it were Blood Pact, it really could be possible.

Ye Jingcheng found this quite strange, but he quickly led the Crimson Flame Fox out of the Grotto-Heaven.

Upon emerging from the Grotto-Heaven, several Spirit Talisman had already been placed in his courtyard.

The communication Spirit Talisman was a normal yellow Spirit Talisman, not something urgent. Ye Jingcheng pushed open the courtyard door, took down the Spirit Talisman, and looked at it, feeling somewhat pleased.

Several of the messages Yu Family's earnings over the past year.

Another thing is that Ye Xingyi returned, bringing back the spirit medicine that Ye Jingcheng obtained from the Taiyi Sect.

The Spring-Returning Flower and the Soul-Nourishing Grass are invaluable treasures for Ye Jingcheng.

With these two spiritual herbs, he could begin refining the Purple-Condensing Spirit Liquid and be ready to unleash the Five-Element Heavenly Palace Secret Art at any time.

Ye Jingcheng changed his clothes. This time, Ye Xingyi did not return alone; the Wei Family and Yuan Family families from Taichang Commandery also sent cultivators to visit.

This made Ye Jingcheng hesitate.

After all, both the Wei Family and Yuan Family are Foundation Establishment Lineage, and it's said that there are five or six Foundation Establishment cultivators within their families. It's even possible that they have secretly become Purple Mansion Lineage.

It struck him as odd that they would come to pay their respects at the Ye Family's gate.

In fact, the Yuan and Wei families should have gone to the Jin family in Qingliu Mountain to separate their households.

Ye Jingcheng didn't understand, but he still headed towards the Council Hall.

Upon arriving at the entrance of the main hall, Ye Jingcheng first looked towards Ye Jingyun.

In the past, Ye Xingliu helped with clan affairs, but now it's Ye Jingyun's turn.

Ye Jingcheng also trusted Jingyun very much. Although the latter was sometimes inflexible, the Ye Family had now reduced its public attention by going from the Purple Mansion Lineage to Foundation Establishment Lineage.

Moreover, that invisible suppression vanished without a trace after the actions of Tianfu True Person, Master Taihao Master Tianzhen towards the Ye Family.

It went incredibly smoothly. As long as they followed the plan step by step, it was only a matter of time before the Ye Family returned to its former glory. Therefore, Ye Jingyun didn't need to do anything special.

If the Ye Family had even more second-tier Alchemist, the business of the Ye Family's Taihang Marketplace would rise even further.

Because the Jin Family now controls the weapon-refining business in Taihang Marketplace, the remaining business has once again fallen to the Ye Family.

Even the profits from the underground fire chamber in Taihang Marketplace have now fallen into the hands of the Ye Family.

However, Ye Jingcheng was also aware that once the Yuan Family and Wei Family appeared, they would definitely distribute these profits.

The fact that the Yuan Family and Wei Family took so long to arrive is indeed a very good indication to the Ye Family.

"Patriarch, Yuan Family and Patriarch Wei Family are waiting in the side hall, and Uncle Xingyi is also entertaining them?" Ye Jingyun said.

He was still somewhat unsure of himself when he said this, after all, he was only at the ninth level of Qi Refining and had not yet reached the Foundation Establishment.

He would have to wait six years for the auction to reach the Foundation Establishment, but his age wouldn't allow him to wait that long.

"Alright, I'll go to the side hall too!" Ye Jingcheng walked directly to the side hall.

Ye Jingcheng did not invite the two to the main hall to discuss matters. After all, summoning them to the main hall would imply that the Ye Family was superior.

Even if the Yuan Family and Wei Family agree, the Ye Family cannot do so at this moment.

Then it has absolutely nothing to do with the word "decline".

Ye Jingcheng arrived at the side hall, where he saw Ye Xingyi serving them Floating Cloud Tea and Dense Forest Pig Spirit Delicacy, a staple of the Ye Family.

The three of them sometimes talked about things related to Taichang Market, and sometimes about cultivation.

"Uncle Xingyi, Patriarch Yuan Family, Patriarch Wei Family, I apologize for keeping you waiting, as I have been in seclusion for some time." Ye Jingcheng cupped his hands in greeting.

The head of the Yuan Family was named Yuan Haoyun, a Foundation Establishment Middle Stage cultivator, and was a slightly thin middle-aged man. Wei Yunchang, on the other hand, was quite the opposite, somewhat resembling Ye Xinghe of the Ye Family. The two of them stood up together and returned the greeting to Ye Jingcheng.

"No rush, no rush, just right. Right now, the two of us are receiving guidance from Fellow Daoist Ye and are benefiting greatly!" Wei Yunchang was extremely smooth and spoke with a respectful tone.

However, Ye Jingcheng is not Ye Jingteng; he will not underestimate or completely trust them because of flattery.