The Visitor, the Yuan Family's Scheme

Inside the underground palace of Soaring Cloud Lake, wisps of smoke rose.

A rich aroma of tea filled the entire hall.

Along with it comes a torrent of Spiritual Qi.

Even though Ye Jingli doesn't like tea, he swallowed twice after experiencing the rich aroma and lingering Spiritual Qi of the tea, and his eyes began to burn with passion.

After taking a sip, Ye Xingqun couldn't help but exclaim in surprise:

"Patriarch, this is a top-grade second-tier spiritual tea! It's rare even in the sea!"

"It is indeed rare." Ye Jingcheng nodded. He only had a little over three catties of this spiritual tea, and he had initially planned to give some to each person.

But considering that Ye Haicheng and Ye Xuecang only gave a few taels each, it would be difficult to save face for his great-grandfather if each person really had to give a few taels.

It would be better to invite a few people over when you make tea normally.

As soon as Ye Xingcheng finished speaking, Ye Jingli drank several more mouthfuls. After drinking, his whole body seemed to be filled with spiritual light, which was clearly the result of the spiritual light being too strong.

It should be noted that Ye Jingli is Foundation Establishment Middle Stage cultivator, which shows that the Cloud-Hidden Tea is full of Spiritual Qi and has a significant effect on a cultivator's cultivation.

Ye Jingli grinned when he saw Ye Jingcheng, Ye Jingyun, and the others looking over.

"Master, this tea is offered to you!"

Ye Jingcheng smiled slightly. He didn't mind Ye Jingli's actions. Ye Jingli was just like that. This action made Ye Jingcheng feel more real and warmer.

He didn't want the other party to be reserved towards him just because he was the head of the family and a cultivator of the Purple Mansion.

After Ye Jingli finished toasting, Ye Jingcheng smiled and returned the toast to the three of them.

These past ten years have been largely thanks to the help of these three people.

However, after finishing the spirit tea, Ye Jingcheng solemnly took out a Spirit Diagram. This Spirit Diagram clearly depicted the appearance of Soaring Cloud Peak. Ye Jingcheng pointed to one of the marked areas and then asked:

"Uncle Xingqun, Ninth Brother, Sixth Brother, I want to ask, during my seclusion, has anyone been around my courtyard?" Ye Jingcheng asked.

"Our eldest brother Jing Teng went, but the others didn't, because we don't allow anyone else to get close!" Ye Jingyun said.

These words surprised Ye Jingcheng.

He didn't expect that it would be his eldest brother Ye Jingteng, who came.

"He came twice, about eight years ago and three years ago. My brother said he had collected a lot of treasures for you and came to give them to you!"

"In addition, my elder brother also took away several of the clansmen you mentioned earlier."

"Of course, Sixth Brother and I are always here every time we come!" Ye Jingyun said.

After saying that, he also took out a Storage Bag.

Clearly, the Storage Bag the treasures that Ye Jingteng had helped collect.

Ye Jingcheng took the Storage Bag and found that it contained materials for third-tier Jade-Scale Pill and third-tier Golden Scale Pill.

There are also several materials for the Blackwood Disk.

However, all he lacks now is a third-tier thousand-year-old Xuanmu wood core.

In fact, all these materials are useless.

However, it still contains quite a few main ingredients.

This even includes the Cold-Nurturing Grass Ye Jingcheng had been searching for.

Ye Jingcheng did not take anything out of the Storage Bag; both Ye Jingteng's appearance and the Storage Bag were suspicious.

Therefore, Ye Jingcheng gave the Storage Bag to Ye Jingyun again.

"Ninth Brother, could you please keep this Storage Bag for me for the time being?" Ye Jingyun nodded, though puzzled.

"Ninth Brother, is this the place we're staying?" Ye Jingcheng asked, pointing to the mark on the Spirit Diagram.

"It's here, but we've walked around the Array a few steps!" Ye Jingyun nodded affirmatively.

"At the time, he said he wanted to see you, and we couldn't stop him. He even offered to protect you!" Ye Jingyun said.

"However, the matter in Taiqing Commandery caused quite a stir later, so the sect sent him Taiqing Commandery!"

"Understood!" Ye Jingcheng nodded.

He didn't say anything more.

He thought for a while before speaking:

"Ninth Brother, Sixth Brother, just pretend I haven't succeeded in breaking through yet. As for the Wei Family, let Eldest Brother continue to put pressure on them according to plan, and let the Yuan Family continue to target them. You should also communicate about the Azure Cloud Nunnery. Ideally, after the Yuan Family is destroyed, the Azure Cloud Nunnery should take the initiative to apply to come to Taihang Commandery. In addition, we should also purchase some high-grade Spirit Stone from outside!"

"Just say the Spiritual Qi within the Array isn't enough. Furthermore, don't let any cultivators without Beast-Link Mark enter my courtyard!"

"Is the elder brother an imposter?" Ye Jingyun was immediately filled with doubt, and cold sweat broke out on his back.

"I don't know, let's just pretend it didn't happen for now. I still have a Secret Method to refine, so I can't leave seclusion!!"

"However, you can have this Spirit Beast pouch!" Ye Jingcheng took out another Spirit Beast pouch.

This Spirit Beast pouch contained none other than Ye Jingcheng's sixteen Thunder Rhinoceros Beetle, four of which were at the late stage of the second tier, and the rest were also at the second tier.

However, because Ye Jingcheng had a larger insect array, and these insects had been artificially bred, their potential had been exhausted.

This is perfect for the Lineage to use first.

"Okay, no problem!" Ye Jingli and Ye Jingyun both nodded.

Regarding Ye Jingteng's matter, it's clear that Ye Jingli is more suitable to handle the communication.

Ye Jingyun handled Lineage matters more smoothly.

As for Azure Cloud Nunnery, it was already somewhat connected to the Ye Family, and Ye Jingyun knew about it as well.

"Oh, right, Patriarch, Xu Xiuqing left six years ago!" Ye Jingyun suddenly remembered something and said.

As she said this, she was also subtly observing Ye Jingcheng.

Seeing Ye Jingcheng's stunned expression, he quickly added:

"However, Chu Yanqing is still alive, and under her guidance, many members of the Lineage have greatly improved their weapon-refining skills."

"Ninth Brother, what are you saying? You don't need to tell me about their fate!" Ye Jingcheng immediately said.

Ye Jingyun and Ye Jingli silent.

Only Ye Xingqun looked at Ye Jingcheng with considerable surprise, glancing at him a couple more times. He seemed about to speak, but ultimately remained silent.

Ye Jingcheng then gave Ye Jingli and Ye Xingqun each a Storage Bag.

Ye Jingli's items included some refining materials.

Ye Xingqun, on the other hand, possessed methods and materials for controlling insects.

The group thanked them and then left.

After the group left, the underground hall fell completely silent, with tea steam still rising, making the entire underwater hall appear even more eerie and quiet.

As Ye Jingcheng sipped the spiritual tea alone, savoring its lingering flavor in his heart, he couldn't help but recall two figures.

However, he shook his head fiercely again.

Even one's Lineage elder brother is an uncontrollable factor.

How could he possibly go see Chu Yanqing now?

It's a pity about Xu Xiuqing.

He took out the jade bed, and then began to take out the Treasure-Linking Art and study it.

Ye Xuecang said that to ensure the Divine Soul can be manifested externally, two factors must be met.

One is that his Divine Soul strength has broken through to the late stage of the Purple Mansion, and the other is that he has comprehended the first level of the Treasure-Linking Art.

Breaking through to the late stage of the Purple Mansion with his Divine Sense wasn't difficult, after all, he had the third-tier Soul-Rending Fruit given to him by Ye Xuecang, which could greatly enhance his Divine Soul even without refining it into a spiritual pill.

In addition, his Divine Soul was already superior to others of the same level, possessing the Divine Soul of the middle stage of the Purple Mansion.

After breaking through to the mid-stage of the Purple Mansion, his Divine Soul also strengthened considerably. However, the gap widened as he progressed through the Purple Mansion, which is why he was stuck at his limit.

Therefore, since he can openly appear in the public eye, all he needs to do is master the Treasure-Linking Art.

This is why Ye Jingcheng didn't directly swallow up the Yuan Family and Wei Family. Without an openly acknowledged Purple Mansion, even if Ye Jingcheng did it in secret, it would undoubtedly tell others that the Ye Family had the strength to back it up.

Ye Jingcheng took out the jade talisman containing the Treasure-Linking Art.

He placed it near his brow, and as his Divine Sense penetrated it, Ye Jingcheng once again saw that the jade talisman was filled with silver, tadpole-like, shimmering characters.

It was like reading gibberish, and if I looked at it for too long, my head would feel dizzy and I would have great difficulty reading it.

Ye Jingcheng didn't recognize this script, and when he asked Ye Xuecang, there was no specific explanation of the script in the Treasure-Linking Art, so he could only try to decipher it word by word.

At first, Ye Jingcheng gained nothing, just like when he first started cultivating and was trying to find the feeling of Qi.

But he was not discouraged; instead, he continued his research into the simplest word, "Spirit."

After studying it for a long time, he discovered that he could see what appeared to be a cultivation path or a Spirit Patterns inside the black silver tadpole; in short, it was ever-changing and incredibly mysterious.

Although it was like Mirror Flower, Water Moon, vague and indistinct, Ye Jingcheng did have a feeling that he could understand it.

Moreover, he felt as if he were refining the Treasure-Linking Art.

However, before he could even understand one of the words, he developed a splitting headache and had to stop.

He glanced at the burning sandalwood incense beside him and realized that two hours had already passed.

Moreover, most of his Divine Sense and soul power were also consumed.

He had to take out a Jade Soul Pill, and only after taking it did he feel slightly better.

But at the same time, he was pleasantly surprised to find that his Divine Soul seemed to have made a slight improvement.

He had only experienced this feeling of making progress in just two hours before, when he was cultivating the Heavenly Soul Art.

However, the Heavenly Soul Art is ultimately incomplete. Although the method of splitting the soul is still useful and can create clones, it is not perfect.

However, it is extremely difficult to increase soul power through the Heavenly Soul Art.

Seeing this benefit from Treasure-Linking Art, Ye Jingcheng was naturally overjoyed.

After regaining his Divine Sense, Ye Jingcheng wanted to continue comprehending, but found it impossible and had to stop.

He placed the Stone Spirit Grotto-Heaven aside to allow it to absorb Spiritual Qi, and then took out a large number of Five Poison Bee, spreading them around the entire Soaring Cloud Lake of the Ye Family.

He even took out a number of the Red-Node Fish that he controlled with his Beast Communion and let them mix into Soaring Cloud Lake.

In this way, he can be fully aware of any disturbances.

Taihang Commandery, Granary Mountain.

The Yuan Family has occupied this place for nearly twenty years, seemingly due to the previous Spirit-Extinguishing Locust.

The Yuan Family made the entire Granary Mountain area even more heavily fortified.

There was an Array almost every ten miles.

Moreover, the Yuan Family did indeed develop the Spirit Beast industry, and set up many Beast Valley in the surrounding area.

Aside from not having as many high-level Spirit Beast as the Ye Family, they managed to raise quite a few low-level Spirit Beast.

Meanwhile, atop the mountain peak, Yuan Haoyun, the head of the Yuan Family, had the hall doors tightly shut.

The Array was then isolated.

Then, several people emerged from the depths of the main hall.

They were all wearing Spirit-Isolating Robe!

Their eyes were fiercer than the last.

"Senior, I have already arranged for people from my Lineage to scout out an excellent route!"

The once spirited Yuan Haoyun now looked somewhat haggard.

He unfolded a Spirit Diagram in his hand and began pointing at it.

"Lion King Ridge is too densely populated, and there are too many Blazing Flame Lion. Even seniors have had a hard time getting through it. In addition, the Green Wind Wolf Plain is extremely flat, making it very difficult to escape the pursuit!"

"But it's different here at Lion King Ridge and Red Glow Ridge. On days when there's no Beast Tide, both Demon King subconsciously loosen their grip on these areas!"

Yuan Haoyun began to speak.

"Have you investigated all the great demons here?" The figure in the Spirit-Isolating Robe finally spoke.

His tone was full of dissatisfaction.

After all, the Yuan Family messed things up last time.

Not only did it fail to trigger Beast Tide, it also failed to restrain the Three Origins True Person, and nearly caused their deaths.

"It's all been thoroughly investigated, there's absolutely no chance of anything going wrong!" Yuan Haoyun patted his chest and assured him.

"Fine, I'll trust you one more time. If it doesn't work this time, you can forget about the Purple Palace Jade Liquid!"

"Furthermore, regarding the Taihang Marketplace, if the conflict with the Wei Family escalates, the Taiyi Sect seems to be getting suspicious!"

"Thank you for the reminder, senior. I'm already making arrangements. Once the time comes, neither the Yuan nor the Wei family will believe they're working together!"