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Inside the room, Ye Jingcheng spread out the spirit array, forming a larger barrier.

Refining pills indoors still had a major impact on the courtyard. Half a year ago, Ye Jingcheng had been forced to replace the barrier array disk.

Otherwise, under the scorching flames of the Crimson Flame Fox, even with array patterns carved into the room, it would have long since caught fire.

The Crimson Flame Fox was now more slender, its crimson fur livelier and suffused with a beautiful spiritual sheen.

Its tail had also grown larger, a thick, fluffy mass like a blazing inferno.

Its body was now nearly as large as a lion's.

Most remarkable of all was the crimson mark on the Crimson Flame Fox's forehead.

At Ye Jingcheng's command, it began to breathe fire.

The temperature in the room abruptly soared.

With a casual motion, Ye Jingcheng guided the pill furnace into the flames, his movements incomparably practiced!

Moreover, the flames Ye Jingcheng had the Crimson Flame Fox breathe this time were exceptionally fierce.

He was trying to imitate Elder Ye Haiyun's method of warming the furnace—the technique of preparing a pill furnace in an instant could greatly save time and improve pill-refining efficiency.

This might not matter much to ordinary alchemists, but for the Ye Family's beast-taming alchemists, it was absolutely indispensable.

Still, no matter how skilled Ye Jingcheng was, he remained far behind Elder Ye Haiyun.

Only after several breaths did the spiritual patterns on the pill furnace begin to come alive, outlining a crimson spiritual diagram.

Ye Jingcheng's expression remained calm as he took out the spiritual herbs and began refining them.

The spirit pill he was refining this time was from a pill formula he had exchanged for when leaving the Ye Family's Soaring Cloud Peak.

The Ice Clarity Pill was also an entry-level first-rank upper-grade spirit pill.

Yet even if it was among the simplest first-rank upper-grade spirit pills, it was still a first-rank upper-grade spirit pill.

This was Ye Jingcheng's fifth attempt. His previous four attempts had all ended in failure, costing him quite a few spiritual herbs.

This time, having absorbed the lessons of those four failures, Ye Jingcheng was exceptionally careful at every step.

As the spiritual herbs gradually took shape, the flames swelled and shrank with Ye Jingcheng's thoughts.

Unlike before, the Crimson Flame Fox was also extraordinarily focused as it assisted in refining the spirit pill.

The temperature of its fire control was precise to the slightest degree.

After an unknown amount of time, the pill furnace began to shake, and Ye Jingcheng's brows furrowed into a line.

After spinning dozens of times, the furnace lid finally flew open smoothly.

The flames instantly dwindled to a small fire, slowly burning beneath the furnace. Inside, two exceptionally round Ice Clarity Pills could vaguely be seen slowly rotating.

"It's done!" Ye Jingcheng said with considerable delight as he placed the two Ice Clarity Pills into a pill bottle.

He also let out a long breath. From this day onward, he could be considered a first-rank upper-grade alchemist!

Even within the Ye Family, he could now be counted among the notable ones.

Most importantly, he was one step closer to refining the spirit pill needed for the Crimson Flame Fox's advancement.

Moreover, by now, he had also gathered half the ingredients for the Golden-Scaled Beast's advancement pill.

Once the time came, both of his spirit beasts would be able to advance successfully, their bloodlines rising another step.

Now, it was his cultivation art that he needed to consider.

Because he possessed four spiritual roots, his cultivation speed was relatively slow, and he cultivated the single-attribute Parting Fire Art.

But now that he had the Golden-Scaled Beast and the Crimson Flame Fox, he could choose to switch cultivation arts and practice a dual-attribute art. Only then could he maximize the use of the Beast-Link Mark.

At that time, his cultivation speed would also become faster.

After all, his two spirit beasts continuously supplied him with higher-grade spiritual energy. Naturally, his cultivation speed could no longer be mentioned in the same breath as before.

Of course, the Ye Family's Treasure Pavilion also had such cultivation arts. What puzzled Ye Jingcheng was that the family's former alchemists had yet to return.

It had now been nearly three years since Taiyi Sect conscripted alchemists and artifact refiners.

As Ye Jingcheng pondered, a burst of urgent commotion suddenly came from the inner courtyard!

A spirit talisman also flew out from the outer courtyard.

"Come out at once!" At those words, Ye Jingcheng could not help frowning.

It was the first time he had ever seen such an urgent tone.

When Ye Jingcheng stepped out of the inner courtyard, he saw Ye Jingli, Ye Jingyun, and Ye Xingyu all wearing blank expressions.

Only Ye Xinghe strode anxiously in the middle.

"The family is urgently holding a family competition. We leave today, and the market shop will be closed for half a month!" Ye Xinghe's words left Ye Jingcheng and the others utterly bewildered.

But Ye Xinghe gave them no chance to ask questions.

Nearby, even Ye Xinghong and Ye Jinghao had finished packing. Several spirit beast bags and storage bags hung from their waists, and they had taken everything valuable from the shop with them.

Ye Jingcheng knew that something had likely happened to the Ye Family. Ye Xinghe was merely concealing it.

Ye Xinghe also took out a sign and hung it on the Ye Family shop. Marked on it was none other than the Ye Family clan tournament!

"Set off!" Once everything was arranged, Ye Xinghe directly led the others toward the secret passage.

This secret passage was different from the one they had used the second time. In other words, there should have been two secret passages beneath the Ye Family shop.

After leaving the secret passage, Ye Xinghe took out a spirit boat and flew toward Soaring Cloud Peak!

They were in an extreme hurry.

At this moment, both Ye Xinghe and Ye Jinghao were somewhat excited. To them, it had been far too long since they had left Soaring Cloud Peak.

Ye Jingli, Ye Jingcheng, and the others, on the other hand, wore deeply puzzled expressions.

Within a hidden hall in Taihang Marketplace, Li Mutian sat in a grand armchair, gently steeping a cup of spirit tea in his hand.

At that moment, a cultivator ran in.

"Uncle Tian, important intelligence!" Li Mutian set down his spirit tea and hurriedly took out an array plate.

He tossed it forward, and in the blink of an eye, it enveloped the room.

"Well?" Only then did he ask urgently.

"The Ye Family left the marketplace overnight. They hung up a sign saying it was for a clan tournament!"

"It's done!" Li Mutian burst into laughter.

"Good. You observed them well. Don't mention this matter to anyone else!" Li Mutian instructed again.

"Also, invite the chief stewards of the other two families to a banquet for me. We need to discuss the specific auction items for the third marketplace!"

"Yes!" The man hurriedly withdrew as well.

At this moment, it was not just the Li Family. The Chu Family and Chen Family were all equally anxious.

To them, the opportunity they had plotted for years had finally arrived.

They swiftly headed for the restaurant Li Mutian had arranged.

As the chief stewards of the Chu Family and Chen Family arrived, Li Mutian spoke as well:

"It isn't just the Ye Family shop personnel who have withdrawn. Within the sect, Ye Family disciples have begun asking for leave too!"

"Still, the Ye Family really is cautious enough. Although we sprinkled gu on the Bloodheart Pills, it was a colorless, odorless demonic gu that would not flare up in a short time!"

"If the Ye Family weren't so cautious, how could the three of our families feel such immense pressure? If we don't restrain them, the Ye Family will probably become a Purple Mansion family!" The Chu Family steward beside him snorted coldly.

Although the Ye Family was famously poor, its foundations were actually the deepest among the four families—and it was the oldest as well!