A Different Kind of Gift, an Ice Spirit Root

Peacock Stone gets its name from the patterns that resemble peacock feathers that cover its surface.

This pattern also makes Peacock Stone extremely suitable for crafting Law Treasure that can be seen in mirrors.

The effects of Law Treasure crafted from different Peacock Stone vary; for example, blue Peacock Stone often produces a divine light that immobilizes the user.

Blue Peacock Stone, on the other hand, possesses a divine light that disperses spiritual energy and can suppress certain Divine Ability and Secret Method.

Some Peacock Stone even has the power to create spiritual milk that restores Spiritual Qi.

In short, there are all kinds.

But Ye Jingcheng really didn't know the effects of golden Peacock Stone.

Moreover, Peacock Stone is generally a third-tier material, and the Peacock Stone in front of him was no exception.

Ye Jingcheng picked up the Peacock Stone and rubbed it in his hands, feeling the texture that far surpassed that of ordinary stones.

Having learned about the Spirit Canon, Ye Jingcheng understood that the key to the birth of intelligence and the creation of Stone Spirit lay in the peacock pattern on its body.

However, he noticed that the Peacock Stone was somewhat dull, and its spiritual energy seemed to have dissipated considerably.

Ye Jingcheng then placed it next to the Spirit Vein.

Countless streams of spiritual energy began to flow towards the Peacock Stone.

"No wonder the Spiritual Qi in the Storage Bag is so depleted!" Ye Jingcheng suddenly realized.

The biggest consumer of Spiritual Qi in this Storage Bag is this Peacock Stone.

Ye Jingcheng also placed the Peacock Stone next to the spiritual spring. He wasn't worried about the Spiritual Qi being depleted, because the Spirit Vein could continuously produce Spiritual Qi, unlike the Spirit Stone, which would run out once they were used up.

Moreover, the absorption rate of Peacock Stone is not fast, at most equivalent to the absorption rate of a cultivator at full power in the Purple Mansion realm.

This speed is more than enough for Grotto-Heaven with a third-order Spirit Eye Spring and a third-order Spirit Vein.

After examining the Peacock Stone, Ye Jingcheng continued to look at the remaining treasures and materials, but unfortunately, they could only be used to make some first- and second-tier materials.

Then he looked at the elixirs, and without exception, there were no finished elixirs left.

Ye Jingcheng wasn't angry. He simply poured all the ash from the pills into the spiritual soil. Although the effect wasn't great, it would definitely help to some extent.

It's perfect for cultivating Golden Light Bamboo.

Ye Jingcheng breathed a sigh of relief after finishing all this; he had now sorted out all the treasures.

His haul this time could be worth tens of millions of Spirit Stone, given that he possessed over twenty Law Treasure, including a top-grade third-tier magical Law Treasure and a Fourth Stage Talisman Treasure.

He also needed the third-tier Mysterious Lakewood Heart, the Thunder Peachwood Heart, and the Crimson Phoenix Sparrow Essence Blood, among other treasures.

Finally, there are also treasures such as the Stone Spirit Secret Canon, the Heavenly Gang Body-Tempering Grand Formation, the Five Elements Divine Lightning, the Profound Wasteland Tyrant Body Secret Canon, and the Malachite Stone Spirit.

The value of these treasures is immeasurable.

Any one of these items would likely be enough to make a Golden Core Lineage fight to the death for it.

Thinking of this, Ye Jingcheng was filled with joy. He took out a lot of Spirit Beast meat and spirit pills and distributed them to the group of Spirit Beast.

"Roar!" The Jade-Scale Flood Dragon roared the loudest.

It was extremely excited, eating Spirit Cuisine twice a day and enjoying the Treasure Radiance twice.

This is the true birth of a dragon.

"Master, roar, is there any more later?" Jade-Scale Flood Dragon roared excitedly after finishing its meal.

Completely disregarding the fact that its dragon body was stretched out very wide.

"That's it. Keep practicing. If you don't break through to the late stage of the third rank within two years, you're finished!" Ye Jingcheng rolled his eyes at Jade-Scale Flood Dragon, annoyed.

This Jade-Scale Flood Dragon wasn't very proactive in its cultivation, but it was extremely enthusiastic about eating.

He was usually too lazy to move, and even when he did move, he would have Red-Node Fish in his mouth, waiting for the right time to swallow the spirit fish without delay.

They would never practice its Water Dragon Technique or Jade Lin Slashing Blade Technique.

"Roar!" The Jade-Scale Flood Dragon let out a mournful cry and retreated into the Spirit Lake. It seemed to be truly frightened. Its gills began to bulge as it began to practice its breathing technique.

Ye Jingcheng was surprised to see how effective such a simple sentence could be.

He then beamed with joy.

The other Spirit Beast, however, were very obedient and had already started cultivating on their own, especially the Golden-Scaled Beast, which was extremely diligent.

It possesses the most Law Technique, including Earth Spike Technique, Falling Cloud Star Rock, Earth-Scale Seal, Dungeon Technique, Gravity Mystic Light, and Stone Skin Technique.

Once the Golden-Scaled Beast and the Jade-Scale Flood Dragon started working hard, the other Spirit Beast naturally followed suit.

They even took the initiative to practice in pairs, which made Ye Jingcheng very pleased.

After the Spirit Beast finished looking at the tree, Ye Jingcheng turned his attention to the Sunflower Wood Demon planted to the side.

Because Ye Jingcheng had infused the Treasure Radiance several times, the Sunflower Wood Demon's original power, weakened by the result, vanished instantly.

The sunflower bloomed even more golden, and the faces on it became clearer.

When they see Ye Jingcheng arrive, they will bow and scrape before him.

Compared to their previous actions, things have changed drastically.

However, the Sunflower Wood Demon spirit was still somewhat lacking in intelligence, so Ye Jingcheng had to give it an Enlightenment Pill.

In addition, the use of the Treasure Radiance spirit medicine must continue.

Once things stabilize, he plans to directly refine an advanced wood formula for the Sunflower Wood Demon to enhance its bloodline, so that the sunflower seeds it produces next time will be even more effective.

Having done all that, Ye Jingcheng took out a Golden Ganoderma Fruit.

This spiritual fruit is for enhancing talent, and Ye Jingcheng doesn't intend to keep it for too long.

His strength is currently increasing across the five elements, with water being the fastest, followed by fire, earth and wood being roughly equal, and metal being the weakest.

Consuming this Golden Ganoderma Fruit will at least increase his Earth Element talent, allowing him to try cultivating the Earth Element Secret Method inherent in the Five Spirit True Canon, the Qilin Mysterious Earth - True Palace.

This is a defensive Secret Method that can increase one's ability to survive.

Although the event went incredibly smoothly, there were actually many risks involved.

For example, when leaving, if Ye Shengyi hadn't entered his Grotto-Heaven beforehand, even if he could defeat Qing Xuanyuan, it would have been a Pyrrhic victory.

If a cultivator escapes later, he might not necessarily believe that the person's original body is still there.

After all, the concealed Law Treasure and Secret Method made it extremely well hidden.

Without hesitation, Ye Jingcheng sat cross-legged in the pavilion.

The sky had completely darkened, but a large number of bright Moon Spirit Clam appeared in the Spirit Lake.

The light reflected from these Moon Spirit Clam made the Golden Light Bamboo even brighter. When Ye Jingcheng landed in the pavilion, he felt it was magnificent and luxurious.

Ye Jingcheng shook his head, smiled slightly, took out the Purple Jade Cold Bed, and began to swallow the Golden Ganoderma Fruit.

The Golden Ganoderma Fruit had no taste, much like an ordinary apricot. As soon as it entered his mouth, it transformed into a stream of spiritual energy that flowed into his body, and he could no longer feel it after a short while.

However, at this moment, Ye Jingcheng also discovered that his sensitivity to the Earth Attribute Spiritual Qi in the outside world had greatly increased, and his progress in the earth element began to accelerate visibly.

Ye Jingcheng's expression became even more joyful.

Ye Jingcheng couldn't help but immerse himself in cultivation.

Nothing happened that night. As dawn broke, Ye Jingcheng opened his eyes and felt incredibly relaxed all over.

Moreover, his internal cultivation level has visibly improved once again.

In particular, the progress of earth-elemental spiritual power is almost the same as that of fire-elemental spiritual power.

In an instant, Ye Jingcheng regained his direction.

He wanted to achieve a balance among the five elements, which meant not only acquiring more talented Spirit Beast through his Beast Communion, but also enhancing the talent of one of his own Spirit Root.

Of course, the Golden Ganoderma Fruit is a rare treasure in the Cultivation World, and almost no one with Dao Heart would sell it. If a sect or Lineage obtains it, even if their future is bleak, they will leave it to their Lineage.

Ye Jingcheng stood up and began to survey the entire Grotto-Heaven world.

The Grotto-Heaven has been constantly changing, and now it is no smaller than Soaring Cloud Peak.

It includes mountains, a sacred lake, a medicinal herb garden, and a bamboo forest.

There are ethereal clouds in the sky, ethereal springs on the ground, and all sorts of Spirit Beast planted there.

Thinking of this, Ye Jingcheng took out another Spirit Beast bag. Inside this bag were four Thousand-Foot Frost Centipede.

These four Frost Centipede also possessed exceptional talent, being classified as Spirit Insect.

However, Ye Jingcheng did not want to raise them. He planned to keep only two to generate Pill Formula, and give the other two to his Lineage.

In his opinion, Ye Xingqun's Spirit Insect were still somewhat insufficient, even though he had previously given the Frost Toad to the latter.

Upon realizing this, Ye Jingcheng also left the Grotto-Heaven.

He was, after all, the head of the family, and he still had some matters to attend to within the Lineage these past few days.

He stepped out of the Grotto-Heaven and into the room, where he found that Chu Yanqing had emerged from seclusion and was standing under the spirit tree, currently counting spirit apricots.

It seems they're still calculating how many more days it will take for the apricots to fully ripen.

"Yan Qing," Ye Jingcheng said with a smile, handing over several jade bottles as well.

This jade bottle contains elixirs useful for those in the early stages of the Purple Mansion, which were his spoils from this trip. He didn't need them, so he simply gave them all to Chu Yanqing.

Ye Jingcheng has no intention of being stingy with his wife.

"Brother Cheng, I haven't finished refining the elixir you gave me last time." Chu Yanqing was somewhat reluctant to accept it.

"I don't need these anymore!" Ye Jingcheng insisted.

Chu Yanqing then put away all the elixirs, and a rosy glow returned to her face.

Regardless of whether these elixirs were refined by Ye Jingcheng or not, they were at least given to her by Ye Jingcheng.

As far as she knew, many dao companion in the Cultivation World had fought each other over cultivation resources.

She was naturally moved by Ye Jingcheng's kindness towards her.

However, she then pulled out a chain.

Below the chain is a jade pendant shaped like a sage apricot.

Youthful and beautiful, yet incredibly full of life.

He recognized the jade pendant as a low-grade third-tier divine Divine Soul Law Artifact, and was momentarily surprised by Chu Yanqing's skill in crafting artifacts.

After all, Chu Yanqing had only just broken through to the Purple Mansion, and she could even refine a third-grade low-level Divine Soul Law Artifact, which meant that her artifact refining skills were at least at the mid-third-grade level.

"How about it? My talent for alchemy isn't any worse than yours, is it?" Chu Yanqing smiled knowingly, appearing both charming and adorable.

Seeing that Ye Jingcheng only nodded blankly, she stepped forward, pulled Ye Jingcheng's hand away, and placed the jade pendant in Ye Jingcheng's hand.

"I don't need it, you keep it. I have the Purple Mansion Jade Token!" Ye Jingcheng shook his head.

Unexpectedly, Chu Yanqing also shook her head repeatedly.

"No, you keep it. This treasure is special!"

"Brother Cheng, whether you have a third-tier or Fourth Stage Law Treasure Law Treasure, this is the Law Treasure I'm giving you. With it, I can feel at ease, and it also represents that I'll always be with you," Chu Yanqing said very seriously. Ye Jingcheng also looked down at the jade pendant, which was reflecting Chu Yanqing's face, which was so beautiful and captivating.

Ye Jingcheng nodded solemnly.

"I will always carry it with me!" He also embraced Chu Yanqing.

This was the first time he had received such a thoughtful gift.

This represents not only Lingxing, but also Chu Yanqing's love, and even her fourth grandfather.

"It's a description of the best and biggest spiritual apricot. Only the biggest spiritual apricot was personally delivered to you by your fourth grandfather!" Chu Yanqing explained with a smile, pointing to the biggest spiritual apricot on the apricot tree.

Ye Jingcheng stared blankly at him.

After a long while, Ye Jingcheng came to his senses and hung the jade pendant around his neck.

Chu Yanqing handed over the spiritual tea:

"Brother Cheng, is there any secret to this Spring Welcoming Tea? Why isn't my spiritual tea as fragrant as yours?"

Upon hearing this, Ye Jingcheng smiled knowingly.

There are no shortcuts, only talent!

As he spoke, Ye Jingcheng took out a Jade Slip, which contained Ye Xinghan's summary of experience.

"Brother Cheng, don't worry, I will definitely grow good spiritual tea!" Chu Yanqing put away the Jade Slip, her face beaming again.

Ye Jingcheng also took the opportunity to walk out of the courtyard. He had already spent so much time exchanging pleasantries with Chu Yanqing, which was already considered a delay.

And he also looked relieved at that moment.

What he feared most was Chu Yanqing pressing him for details, asking why his Spring Welcoming Tea was different from others' because it possessed Treasure Radiance.

Under the same conditions, the Spirit Beast he raised were smarter and grew faster, and the Spirit Plant he cultivated tasted better and produced more fruit.

Fortunately, Chu Yanqing didn't ask any further questions.

This is crucial for Ye Jingcheng; he doesn't intend to share his secret with anyone, not even Chu Yanqing.

This isn't about distrust; it's that sometimes, not knowing is the best protection.

As Ye Jingcheng walked along the path on Soaring Cloud Peak, he noticed that there were now more celestial children on the Spirit Mountain.

This clearly means that another three years have passed since the Ye family's Lingyun Peak held its Ascension Ceremony.

On Spirit Mountain, there were also some topics of conversation, such as who was more talented and what kind of Spirit Root they had.

Although Ye Jingcheng did not listen intentionally, as Purple Mansion cultivator, his senses were naturally exceptional, and the information naturally fell into his ears.

He arrived at the Council Hall quickly.

To his surprise, the entire Ye Family came this time.

Ye Jingyu, Ye Xinghan Ye Xing shui, Ye Jinghu, Ye Xingqun others were all present. When they saw Ye Jingcheng arrive, the Clan Elder and clansmen repeatedly called him "Patriarch."

"Patriarch, this is a joyous occasion! Another member of the family has been born with a unique spiritual root!" Even Elder Ye Xingqun was somewhat excited at this moment.

After all, this is the first time in thirty-three years since Ye Jinghu that the Ye Family has produced someone with a unique Spirit Root.

"What kind of Spirit Root is it this time?" Ye Jingcheng immediately became interested.

No wonder there was so much more discussion on the mountain peak; there must be quite a few unusual phenomena.

"Ice Spirit Root, and the quality and aptitude of the Spirit Root are extremely high!" Ye Xingqun nodded again.

"However, this time, the clansman in charge of the ascension couldn't contain his excitement and spread the news when he returned to the clan mountain!" Ye Xingqun continued.

Upon hearing this, Ye Jinghu cautiously observed Ye Jingcheng's expression.

After all, when Ye Jinghu was diagnosed with the Thunder Spirit Root, Ye Jingcheng kept it very secret, and no one knew about the Thunder Spirit Root.

This leak could easily provoke the Taiyi Sect. If the sect were to send a Golden Core True Person as a disciple, the Ye Family wouldn't be able to refuse.

Moreover, such a promising talent is easily persuaded, since it has not yet attended the Ye Family's clan school.

The blame naturally falls on Ye Jinghu. The younger clansmen are unaware of this, and even Ye Jinghu himself is unaware of it; it's clear that nothing was explained beforehand.

After all, some members of the Ye Family who were not of good aptitude were also among those who organized the Ascension Ceremony.

Their understanding of the Ye Family is insufficient, and they are prone to making mistakes.