Beast-Linking the Stone Spirit, Swarms of Advanced Spirit Locusts

The main hall of the auction house remained as somber and cold as it had been a few years ago, appearing empty and indifferent.

There are even traces of the meetings held by the six major Lineage back then.

However, now it has become a situation where three Foundation Establishment Lineage and one Golden Core Lineage coexist.

The people who appear here are also quite different.

Of course, while it's said to be a Golden Core Lineage, the Jin Family has now taken back most of its members, leaving only a few Foundation Establishment cultivators, and not even Purple Mansion cultivator.

It seems that the Jin Family patriarch's injuries have not yet fully healed.

The Jin Family needs more members to return to the main Jin Family home.

"Ye Family, you've come at the right time. Today, in addition to eliminating the insects, we must also eradicate the Evil Cultivators within our territory!" Master Tianzhen continued, seeing Ye Jingcheng enter and standing behind the two Ye Family members.

Upon hearing this, Ye Jingcheng understood that the Taiyi Sect was furious because of the trouble caused by the outside Rogue Cultivators.

It's said to be referring to Evil Cultivator, but that's not what it means.

However, Ye Jingcheng was not optimistic about this matter.

After all, among the outside Rogue Cultivators, there are still Purple Mansion cultivators hiding. None of the Lineage here, even the Jin Family, have Purple Mansion cultivators. It would be too difficult to drive them away and rectify the situation.

Unless the Taiyi Sect out Purple Mansion cultivator.

Or perhaps a Golden True Person is present, just like the last Beast Tide.

"There's no need to worry too much about the spirit locusts. Since they were discovered early, the Spirit-Extinguishing Locust haven't reached a scale of tens of thousands yet. The sect should have new Purple Mansion cultivators and cultivators from the Wan Family coming tomorrow."

"However, the division will now be staggered. The Ye Family will go to the Yuan Family's area, including Chang County, South Peace County, and Stability County, while the Yuan Family will go to the Wei Family's area, the Wei Family to the Jin Family's area, Jin Family to the areas of those Qi Refining Lineage, to assist in eliminating the Spirit-Extinguishing Locusts and Evil Cultivators with ulterior motives!"

"Does anyone have any objections?" Master Tianzhen asked one last time to confirm.

After hesitating for a moment, Yuan Haoyun, the head of the Yuan Family, was the first to nod in agreement.

Clearly, the sect has some suspicions about the Yuan Family.

Therefore, the Ye Family was sent to inspect the Yuan Family's territory.

However, Yuan Haoyun was equally clear-headed. No matter what was happening in his jurisdiction, he had to deal with it proactively, otherwise, if he gave them ammunition, the entire Yuan Family would be in danger.

As soon as Yuan Haoyun agreed, Wei Yunchang nodded in agreement as well.

Ye Jingcheng and the head of the Jin Family's branch naturally nodded in agreement.

After the discussion was completed, Master Tianzhen began to distribute a square, double-layered spirit plate.

"This is a demon-finding compass that can quickly locate the eggs of the Spirit-Extinguishing Locust, making it easier for everyone to completely Spirit-Extinguishing Locust!"

After the demon-hunting disks were distributed, the cultivators from each Lineage returned to their respective homes.

On the way back, Ye Jingyong deliberately walked a little further away.

It seemed they wanted Ye Jingcheng and Xu Xiuqing to have some space to talk.

The two exchanged a glance, but neither spoke.

Xu Xiuqing's attire was the same as it had been in the market years ago: a green dress, her hair piled up behind her head, and her jade ornaments just as they had been. Ye Jingcheng was quite impressed, but he still remembered the scene in the valley years ago.

Xu Xiuqing sensed the unfathomable aura emanating from Ye Jingcheng, and neither of them spoke.

It was as if they had a tacit understanding.

They quickly returned to Ye Family Restaurant.

"Would you like to have a cup of spiritual tea and a dinner party?" Ye Jingcheng finally spoke, extending a generous invitation to the two of them.

Despite any resentment, he was still an elder of the Ye Family.

"No, I have to go exterminate insects tomorrow." Xu Xiuqing shook her head. She had been waiting for two years. She came to the Ye Family to keep her appointment and to help the Ye Family.

But the Ye Family doesn't seem to need that much help.

On the contrary, her cultivation speed slowed down again, and the most important thing was to figure out how to increase her cultivation speed.

Two and a half years passed, Ye Jingcheng did not appear. She began to understand some things.

The banquet still took place, but Xu Xiuqing did not attend, and Ye Jingcheng drank a glass before returning to his room.

Perhaps, the excitement should belong to the younger generation of the Ye Family.

Ye Jingcheng returned to his room and set up the Array. He had originally thought that today would be an unforgettable experience.

But when the moment actually arrived, there was an unprecedented calm.

He practiced for a while, and it was the same as usual, with nothing special happening.

He only circulated the energy for half a cycle before stopping and drinking a small cup of Blue Wave Wine by himself.

The Blue Wave Wine was still spicy, surging like the ocean, dancing in my throat, as if stirring up all the pent-up emotions in my heart.

His longing for the Azure Cloud Sea Region grew even stronger.

This wine is said to be a spirit wine refined in the Azure Cloud Sea Region, and it was sold to the Yan Kingdom.

Otherwise, how could a first-grade, mid-level spirit wine be compared to Green Bamboo Wine infused with spirit snakes?

After finishing the pot of wine, Ye Jingcheng let out a long sigh of relief, then suddenly remembered that Stone Spirit had not yet Beast Communion.

They then began to Beast Communion.

He used to worry about the Beast Communion, but now that he has reached the Purple Mansion stage, he can detect any spying on him immediately if he sets up Array.

And the time it takes to Beast Communion won't be long.

Ye Jingcheng released the Stone Spirit Grotto-Heaven's true form and saw that the Swallowing Python Spirit Pattern on the large rock had grown larger, and the entire rock had become more profound, like a star stone, exuding mystery.

Ye Jingcheng began to manifest the Beast-Link Mark, making hand seals. When the Beast-Link Mark transformed into a spiritual shadow and landed on the Stone Spirit Grotto-Heaven, a faint sensation appeared within his body.

Within the Beast-Link Mark, a unique Earth Attribute spiritual power surged forth.

This spiritual energy gave Ye Jingcheng a very special feeling, as if it were both far and near, like a feeling of A Step Across the Horizon.

Ye Jingcheng was also extremely interested in the amplification Law Technique that the Stone Spirit could provide him.

However, his use of Earth Spike Technique and Falling Cloud Star Rock was nothing special.

Even when the Stone Spirit unleashed its Spiritual Qi, it only created a faint layer of starlight on the surface of the Falling Cloud Star Rock and the Earth Spike Technique.

It seems to have only added a slight hallucinogenic effect, and that's it.

Ye Jingcheng studied it again and finally realized that it was not a hallucination, but a spatial displacement, albeit a very small one.

So it appears to be just a hallucinogenic effect.

This made Ye Jingcheng extremely happy.

Although the Stone Spirit is not significantly misaligned now and cannot play a significant role, if the Stone Spirit were to grow stronger...

When spiritual energy transforms into demonic essence, the power of Law Technique at that time can be imagined.

It should be noted that for a normal cultivator to access spatial-related Divine Abilities, they must reach the Nascent Soul True Lord realm.

After studying the Stone Spirit's spiritual power, Ye Jingcheng was surprised to find that it was already the next day.

A bright ray of dawn appeared on the horizon, and crimson morning clouds rose at the edge of the mountains.

The sounds of birds could be heard from the bamboo grove.

Ye Jingcheng pushed open the door and went out, and saw in the distance, several Spirit Boats marked with the three characters of the Taiyi Sect flying from the horizon.

They were very fast, and all of them were third-tier Spirit Boats.

Clearly, many more cultivators from the Taiyi Sect have arrived.

Ye Jingcheng arrived at the restaurant lobby and sent a message to the other clansmen.

He didn't continue using his Divine Sense to observe, as that would easily reveal his cultivation level.

After all the members of the Ye Family had gathered, Ye Jingcheng led Ye Jingyong, Ye Jinghu, and the others towards the main hall. As for Xu Xiuqing, Ye Jingcheng asked her to stay in the market and help protect the Ye Family's shops and business.

Upon arriving at the market square, Taiyi Sect saw three more Purple Mansion Venerables from the Taiyi Sect. All three of them were people Ye Jingcheng knew well.

They are respectively Master Luofa of Sword Peak, Qian He of Dharma Peak, and Mingyuan of Purple Peak.

Qian He had some past grievances with Ye Jingcheng, after all, the Li Family and the Chen Family were both once part of Dharma Peak's covert forces.

To Ye Jingcheng's surprise, even after the incident involving Chu Xiyu of the Chu Family, Mingyuan seemed to be no different from before. In fact, his cultivation even seemed to have improved, and his complexion was rosier.

"Alright, proceed according to the pre-arranged plan!" Master Tianzhen transmitted his voice.

As agreed beforehand, everyone flew to the area affected by the pests.

Because the Ye Family implemented effective prevention and control measures, they did not experience any problems.

"Tianzhen." Ye Jingcheng looked at Master Tianzhen leading some cultivators from Illusion Peak over, and a look of joy appeared in his eyes.

Compared to other Purple Mansion cultivators, the Ye Family clearly trusted the Master Tianzhen more.

"The insect infestation is most severe in Chang County. Let's go Chang County first, as the Evil Cultivators there are probably the most numerous!" Master Tianzhen instructed, then took out a third-tier Treasure Ark.

The Treasure Ark flew away into the distance.

When Ye Jingcheng saw the Treasure Ark, a hint of sadness appeared in his eyes.

Upon seeing this, Master Tianzhen couldn't help but speak:

"Ye Family, you will reach this level sooner or later. Being saddened is not the way of a cultivator. We cultivators should rise to the challenge. I believe Fellow Daoist Ye also hopes that you will inherit his third-tier Spirit Boat as soon as possible."

On the day Ye Haicheng had his accident, Ye Jingcheng used the True Essence left behind by Ye Haicheng to escape in a third-tier Spirit Boat.

"Thank you for your guidance, Tianzhen, but I am still feeling sad." Ye Jingcheng nodded.

The Spirit Boat soared into the sky; a third-tier Spirit Boat was much faster than a second-tier one, and it arrived in Flourishing County in less than half a day.

In the distance, one could already see vast swarms of the Spirit-Extinguishing Locusts, lingering in the air like flying sand.

Where the flying sand swept across, it instantly turned into black soil, and all vegetation vanished completely.

Even though the Ye Family members were somewhat prepared, their expressions still changed drastically upon seeing this.

The Master Tianzhen also lit up at this moment.

He swiftly steered the Treasure Ark to its front, releasing a five-colored Dao disc that emitted five-colored spiritual flames in the air.

These five-colored flames were too vast and their power too terrifying.

In an instant, it enveloped all the Spirit-Extinguishing Locusts.

The power of the Purple Mansion was even more terrifying than anyone had imagined.

The five-colored flames instantly scorched the Spirit-Extinguishing Locusts, and countless black charcoal pieces fell to the ground, making a crackling sound.

To everyone's surprise, hundreds more Spirit-Extinguishing Locusts flew out from the Five-Colored Spirit Flames.

Their eyes gleamed with madness, their fangs clenched, and they roared with ferocity.

At this moment, Ye Jingcheng also quickly activated his earth-elemental spiritual power, using the Falling Cloud Star Rock and Earth Spike Technique to his advantage.

It crushed a large number of Spirit-Extinguishing Locusts, splattering out countless black sap.

This black sap is the deadly Deadly Poison of the Spirit-Extinguishing Locust; when it falls to the ground, it instantly corrodes a large area.

As Ye Jingcheng made his move, other members of the Taiyi Sect and the Ye Family also joined in.

At the same time, a large number of earth lizards and toads were released to Fire-Swallowing Sparrow Spirit Beast.

These can all devour the Spirit-Extinguishing Locusts.

Of course, the main function of these Spirit Beasts is to find the insect eggs and devour them completely.

These Spirit Beasts quickly dispersed and headed towards the places where the locusts had passed.

Large swaths of spirit eggs were shoveled down there.

"This Spirit-Extinguishing Locust can advance to a higher level!" Just then, Ye Jingcheng's Treasure Radiance shone brightly.

He suddenly discovered that one of the insect eggs could actually evolve.

He had seen many Spirit Beasts and Spirit Insects that could advance, but this was the first time he had ever seen a large group of hundreds of them that could advance.

This shocked him, but at the same time, he wanted to get his hands on these Spirit-Extinguishing Locusts.

After all, even Purple Mansion cultivator would be unable to withstand tens of thousands of second-tier Spirit-Extinguishing Locusts.

However, Ye Jingcheng gave up after taking one last look.

Going to collect the insect eggs now would be tantamount to telling the Master Tianzhen that he released the Spirit-Extinguishing Locusts.

After all, the Spirit-Extinguishing Locusts haven't appeared within the Ye Family's territory.

Although it's called preventative care, it's ultimately just what the Ye Family says.

The facts are impossible to verify.

Although Ye Jingcheng wanted it, he still had to Gu Quan.

Finally, let the Ye Family's talented Spirit Beasts devour these Spirit-Extinguishing Locusts; perhaps that will even enhance their Spirit Beast.

"Ye Family, let's split up. Right now, the Spirit-Extinguishing Locust only numbers in the thousands, which ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators can handle!" The Master Tianzhen's Divine Sense covered the area, but he did not see Rogue Cultivators or other cultivators.

He estimated that there were already more than a dozen groups of Spirit-Extinguishing Locust.

Prevention and treatment must be carried out as soon as possible.

"Alright, Second Brother, you take a few clansmen and follow Tianzhen!" Ye Jingcheng nodded, then looked at Ye Jingyong.

Although the Taiyi Sect has strong methods for Spirit-Extinguishing Locusts, they have some trouble dealing with the locust eggs, as the eggs are very difficult to hide.

However, the Spirit Beasts belonging to the Ye Family can be found.

The Ye Family members were overjoyed, as their Spirit Beasts had received significant positive feedback after consuming the spirit eggs.

As for Ye Jingcheng himself, he could also go and find new Spirit-Extinguishing Locusts.

Perhaps we can find one that offers two chances to advance, Spirit-Extinguishing Locust.

If that's the case, even if Ye Jingcheng doesn't train them himself, he can train them for other members of the Lineage.

Such a Spirit-Extinguishing Locust can only be controlled by members of the Ye Family.

In the Ethereal Mountain Range, inside a cave, Ye Xingqun and Ye Xing shui were together.

The two looked at a spirit plate, which had several sensing Arrays on it, and some images appeared on it.

However, these images are rather blurry and spaced far apart.

"Fifteenth Brother, could the Yuan Family and Wei Families really be spies of the Green River Sect this time?" Ye Xing shui couldn't help but ask.

After all, in his view, the Yuan Jade Cloud Yuan Family and the Calm Lake Wei Family were both long-established Lineage in Taichang Commandery.

"It's very likely, but it's unlikely that they'll come from the Ethereal Mountain Range to enter the Taihang Mountain Range." Ye Xingqun nodded, but in his opinion, the chances of them coming were slim.

After all, the last Beast Tide passed through the Ethereal Mountain Range, and the Silver Moon Demon King was already seriously injured. Even if he was provoked, he would not be able to launch Beast Tide.

After all, the Demon King's intelligence is no less than that of the Human Race.

"Brother Qun, there's movement! Someone's coming!" Just then, Ye Xing shui exclaimed.

Sure enough, five or six figures wearing Spirit-Isolating Robes appeared in the scene.

"Turn off the smart screen!" Ye Xingqun said repeatedly.

The screen also shut down instantly.

It should be noted that while this kind of sensory Array projection is convenient, it can actually alert many Foundation Establishment cultivators, and even Purple Mansion cultivators.

This Array is more suitable for observing the Demon Race.

Ye Xingqun deactivated the Array, and then many Blackwood Ants scurried out of the cave.

These Blackwood Ants swarmed together in dense groups.

Compared to Qi Refining, Ye Xingqun, who Foundation Establishment, can control more Blackwood Ants.

"Their target this time is very likely the Earth Dragon Valley," Ye Xingqun said after taking a breath.

If they go to Earth Dragon Valley, the other side is likely to have Purple Mansion cultivators, which is why Ye Xingqun shut down the Array.