Five-Element Spirit Flames; Profound Body, Fourth Layer

In the courtyard, white apricot blossoms lay scattered on the ground, filling the air with a faint, sweet fragrance.

It resembles a scene from late spring when fallen petals are in bloom.

But in fact, there were even more apricot blossoms on the tree, piled up and blooming in layers, clearly because there were so many apricot blossoms on the tree that they couldn't all hang on it anymore, and they even spread another layer on the ground.

On the stone table, some fallen petals are arranged in the shape of a moon.

The moon symbolizes longing, and its meaning is self-evident.

As Ye Jingcheng stepped into the courtyard, besides the flowers and moon, there were also some beautiful patterns carved on the table. Even the blue bricks and black tiles seemed to radiate a different kind of brilliance.

Ye Jingcheng smiled slightly. Although he hadn't been here for more than three years, the arrangement of the courtyard made him feel very warm and cozy.

Chu Yanqing was not there; Ye Jingcheng guessed that she had gone to the Lineage's Earthfire Hall.

After all, Chu Yanqing is now the chief Artifact Refiner of the Ye Family. In addition to refining weapons for the Lineage, she also occasionally refines weapons for Ye Jingcheng.

Ye Jingcheng took out a sound transmission Spirit Talisman and transmitted a message.

He then took out the Lineage's spirit medicine and prepared to begin refining the Dream-Devouring Insect's elixir.

The advanced elixir for the Dream-Devouring Insect is not difficult to refine; its most important Spirit Material is a type of Purple Mist Grass.

This medicinal herb is not normally purple, but blue; it only turns purple on foggy days.

Therefore, even though this spiritual herb is only a first-tier Spirit Material, it is extremely precious, because many cultivators might see it in the wild and think it is just an ordinary blue water grass.

Ye Jingcheng had also searched for a long time without success.

Now the Lineage has entered into trade with the Jia Family and obtained the Purple Mist Grass.

Ye Jingcheng didn't intend to delay any longer.

However, after a moment's thought, Ye Jingcheng did not start refining directly, but instead took out some other spiritual spirit medicine.

Black ant flower, seven-star cotton leaf...

These are all the Spirit Materials for the Black Sand Ant Elixir.

Through the Lineage Token, he already knew that his Lineage had opened Hidden Valley in the Heavenly Poison Marsh of the Pill Wasteland Secret Realm and was hiding in a small Qi Refining Lineage called the Xiao Family.

The cultivator in charge was none other than Ye Haisheng.

He grew up in Hidden Peak and had never stayed in Soaring Cloud Peak, so it was a perfect fit.

The Black Ant Pills that Ye Jingcheng refined will be directly handed over to Ye Haisheng. As for whether Ye Haisheng will control the Black Sand Ants himself or let other members of the clan control them, that is not something Ye Jingcheng needs to consider.

All he knew was that once the Black Sand Ants advanced to the second tier and formed a certain scale, ordinary Foundation Establishment Rogue Cultivators would have no chance of getting close to the stone tablet in the Pill Wasteland Secret Realm.

He has already advanced once due to the Black Sand Ants, and has broken through to the second rank. He already has the Pill Formula for both the first-rank and second-rank Black Ant Pills.

As for the third-tier Black Ant Pill, Ye Jingcheng had no intention of refining it.

All third-tier Advancement Pills require finding a bloodline.

For spirit ants that only advance three times, going to great lengths to find special spirit ant bloodlines would actually be counterproductive.

After breaking through to the late stage of the Purple Mansion, his Spirit Flame became even more proficient. Even though he hadn't refined pills for three years, he didn't feel any rustiness at all.

They quickly refined a batch of Black Ant Pills, producing eight pills in total. Five of them had pill patterns, and the remaining three had Pill Fragrance.

It went remarkably smoothly.

Upon seeing this, Ye Jingcheng couldn't help but feel a surge of joy.

He didn't stop, and produced another batch of second-tier Black Ant Pills.

This time it went smoothly as well, but the number of pills produced was much smaller, only five. One of them had pill patterns, and the remaining four had Pill Fragrance.

Ye Jingcheng was fairly satisfied with this, and seeing that Chu Yanqing hadn't returned, he began refining the Dream-Swallowing Pill.

As dusk approached, a purplish-black mist gradually rose from the Pill Furnace.

At the same time, the Heavenly Beetle, Qinghongniu, once again manifested its spirit form.

Ye Jingcheng also raised his hand to collect the pills, which contained three Dream-Swallowing Pills.

One of them has a red pattern, while the other two are ordinary.

"This elixir is truly miraculous!" Ye Jingcheng pinched the elixir's pattern, looking at it, and was somewhat surprised to see that the pattern was actually a mist pattern.

Surprised, he took out the Dream-Devouring Insect.

As soon as the Dream-Devouring Insect saw the elixir, it began to buzz and tremble violently, then frantically Dream-Swallowing Pill towards it.

Ye Jingcheng didn't stop it, but after the Dream-Devouring Insect it, he infused it with a lot of Treasure Radiance.

When he saw the Dream-Devouring Insect enveloped in a black mist, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Once the Dream-Devouring Insect's bloodline advances and its cultivation breaks through to the second tier, it will create more Soul Power Dreams every day.

Once his Divine Soul surpasses his current cultivation level again, there will be no problem.

After carefully putting away the Spirit Insect, Ye Jingcheng took out the sunflower seeds.

He only gave half to the Lineage; Ye Jingcheng collected the remaining half.

After all, before breaking through to the late stage of the third tier, the Crimson Flame Fox was also interested in the Sunflower Spirit Fire of the Sunflower Seeds.

So he summoned the Crimson Flame Fox directly.

The other person seemed both curious and eager to try.

Clearly, in the Crimson Flame Fox's view, Ye Jingcheng was about to refine a spirit pill.

However, when Ye Jingcheng opened his hand, five sunflower seeds landed in his palm, emitting a faint reddish-warm glow.

The Crimson Flame Fox's eyes also brightened.

"Li li!"

"Eat up, it's for you!" Ye Jingcheng waved for the Crimson Flame Fox to eat.

He was also curious whether the Crimson Flame Fox could generate the Sunflower Spirit Fire after eating it.

Although the Sunflower Spirit Fire is not as powerful as the Azure Sun Flame and the Purple Fire Heart Flame, it is still one of the stronger flames that Ye Jingcheng could collect.

After swallowing the five sunflower seeds, as expected, golden light appeared in the Crimson Flame Fox's eyes.

Then the golden light burst forth as a ball of flame.

A net of fire appeared on its forehead.

The three flames were now devouring and merging with each other within the fire net.

This scene surprised Ye Jingcheng.

He sensed that each of the three types of Spirit Flame possessed its own attributes.

The Azure Sun Flame is undoubtedly Wood Attribute Spirit Flame that scorches away life force.

The Purple Fire Heart Flame is Water Attribute Spirit Flame. It is said that the fire originates from the heart, but in reality, it burns from the eyes.

It is Water Attribute Spirit Flame.

And this Sunflower Spirit Fire is undoubtedly Fire Attribute Spirit Flame.

However, the Sunflower Spirit Fire is too low-end.

The reason why the Crimson Flame Fox couldn't fuse fire before might simply be that water and wood don't mix.

If all five Spirit Flames could be gathered, the Crimson Flame Fox could ignite the Azure Sun Flame in a cultivator even from a great distance.

"Chirp chirp!" The Crimson Flame Fox swallowed the sunflower seeds but did not stop; instead, it continued to call out longingly.

Five is clearly not enough.

After all, the Crimson Flame Fox is a late-stage third-tier Demon Beast, while the sunflower seed is only a mid-stage second-tier spiritual fruit.

Ye Jingcheng finally took out all eighteen of the pills he had kept and gave them to the Crimson Flame Fox to swallow.

As Ye Jingcheng channeled the Treasure Radiance into the Crimson Flame Fox, its eyelids began to droop.

Although there is no sign of a breakthrough, it is clear that some digestion is still needed.

Just then, a series of hurried footsteps sounded, and Chu Yanqing appeared outside the door.

"You've broken through?" Chu Yanqing was wearing a light blue apricot-colored dress today, and her face was slightly flushed.

He had obviously just finished refining the weapon and rushed back without stopping.

"You've broken through!" Ye Jingcheng nodded, a smile appearing on his face.

However, this smile made Chu Yanqing's face turn even redder.

Clearly, they were thinking about some previous agreements.

"Don't work too hard at refining weapons. Sometimes, a little slackness won't do you justice." Ye Jingcheng embraced Chu Yanqing, feeling her exhaustion, and felt a pang of heartache for her.

"Having stayed at the Ye Family for so long, how about we go to the Zhao Kingdom this time to attend an auction?" Ye Jingcheng suddenly suggested.

Chu Yanqing was taken aback by these words.

Because of her identity, Chu Yanqing never considered leaving Soaring Cloud Peak.

But when Ye Jingcheng said that, she did realize that she had actually been living in the Ye Family for almost thirty years.

He nodded slightly.

"By the way, how's your Star Illusion Eye?" Ye Jingcheng asked again.

He had previously given Chu Yanqing two Star Pear Fruits.

Upon hearing this, Chu Yanqing's eyes flickered, sparkling like twinkling stars.

But just as it was about to coalesce into a beam of light, it quickly dissipated.

Chu Yanqing shook her head and said:

"It only improves eyesight a bit, but it's still difficult to see through illusions!"

Seeing this, Ye Jingcheng took out three more.

As the three- Star Pear Fruit was taken out, Chu Yanqing couldn't help but look at Ye Jingcheng.

"This..."

"I obtained it from the Pill Wasteland Secret Realm, and I also obtained the tree!" Ye Jingcheng did not hide anything.

"Eat without worry. Cultivating the Star Illusion Eye should also help your weapon refining!"

After Ye Jingcheng finished speaking, Chu Yanqing nodded, showing no hesitation.

Now she considers herself a member of the Ye Family, and naturally she can enjoy the Ye Family's spirit medicine resources.

Chu Yanqing carefully stored the spiritual fruits and also refined two second-tier top-grade defensive magic Law Artifacts and one third-tier defensive Law Treasure.

The Law Artifacts were two pieces of spiritual armor, while the Law Treasure was a round wooden shield.

"Your weapon crafting skills have broken through?" Ye Jingcheng was also somewhat surprised.

Chu Yanqing had only recently broken through to the Purple Mansion, so theoretically she should only be a third-tier low-grade Artifact Refiner.

But now it seems that Chu Yanqing's ability to refine a low-grade third-tier defensive Law Treasure already makes her a mid-grade third-tier Artifact Refiner.

It should be noted that Chu Yanqing is younger than him.

"I've broken through!" Chu Yanqing mimicked Ye Jingcheng's deliberately indifferent tone of reply.

But in the end, I couldn't help but laugh out loud again.

The two spent another night admiring the apricot blossoms in the courtyard, and the next day, they set sail in their Spirit Boat towards the Zhao Kingdom.

This time, the two also passed by Idle Cloud Mountain.

Although Idle Cloud Mountain was nominally rented by the Wei Family to the Ye Family, it has long been managed by the Ye Family into an impenetrable stronghold. Unless the Wei Family can become a Golden Core Lineage in a short period of time, they will not be able to get it back.

Even though this was Chu Yanqing's second time visiting Idle Cloud Mountain, she still stopped and started every step as she walked up the mountain.

She watched the tea trees bloom at the foot of the mountain, and witnessed the sunrise and sunset on the mountain peak.

Ye Jingcheng quietly stayed by his side.

Just as Chu Yanqing had been quietly leading the Ye Family, in the end, as a gentle breeze blew by, the two exchanged a knowing smile.

He nodded and flew towards the Zhao Kingdom again.

The Zhao Kingdom was very large, with more than twenty counties, and its territory consisted mostly of mountains and hills, and it had more Spirit Vein lands than the Yan Kingdom.

Correspondingly, the resources for cultivating immortality have also increased significantly.

In such a vast country, there is only one Fifth Stage cultivation sect: Medicine King Valley.

This alone is enough to show the vast sphere of influence of Medicine King Valley, even though it only has two Nascent Soul True Lords on the surface.

However, Ye Jingcheng estimated that Medicine King Valley might have three or four Nascent Soul True Lords.

Ye Jingcheng and Chu Yanqing's destination this time was New Peace Commandery, which was only one county away from Mountain Ling Commandery, where the Zhang Family lived.

This made Ye Jingcheng consider taking a detour as well.

The Zhang Family is naturally a branch of the Yongan Zhang Family, and its subordinate Profound Measure Mountain is also the location of the Teleportation Array in the Far Western Sand Sea.

The Ye Family had refrained from taking any rash action because they suspected the Zhang Family Lineage.

Now it's possible to visit Profound Measure Mountain separately.

This time, the Spirit Boat Ye Jingcheng took out was not a third-tier Spirit Boat, but a second-tier Spirit Boat.

The Spirit Boat is piloted by a puppet, and both Ye Jingcheng and Chu Yanqing can cultivate on Spirit Boat.

Chu Yanqing was refining the Star Pear Fruit.

The Profound Measure Mountain was covered with a large amount of white mist, which blocked both Divine Sense and sight.

However, if one possesses the Star Illusion Eye, one can observe it more closely.

Moreover, unlike Divine Sense, it is not easily detected.

Therefore, Ye Jingcheng also had Chu Yanqing refine the Star Pear.

After all, Chu Yanqing already had some basic knowledge of the Star Illusion Eye.

Ye Jingcheng, on the other hand, quietly began to observe the Profound Wasteland Tyrant Body Secret Canon.

He is now in the late stage of the Purple Mansion, and breaking through to the Golden Core realm involves Lightning Tribulation. He also has a large number of Star-Eating Fish and Golden-Light Malachite. It would be a waste not to train his physical body.

According to his observation, the Profound Wasteland Tyrant Body Secret Canon is divided into four levels.

The first layer is the Profound Body, which involves cultivating the entire body into something like Profound Iron, and then using Blood Qi to create blood patterns on the body's surface, somewhat resembling the barrier of the Three-Origin Blood Escape.

Once one cultivates the Profound Body, one can directly withstand second-tier Law Artifacts.

The second is the Wasteland Body. Once you cultivate the Wasteland Body, you can master the Great Wasteland Steps, traversing the heavens and earth, like a shadow following you. At the same time, your physical body can withstand a third-tier Law Treasure!

The third level is the Overlord Body, which, as its name suggests, is unparalleled in its domineering power. Not only is its physical body comparable to Fourth Stage Law Treasure, but it can also cultivate the Peerless Forbidden Light.

It can Myriad-Law Breaker!

If an ordinary Golden Core cultivator were to get close, there would be no chance of survival.

The fourth level is the Dao Body. Cultivating this body is even more wondrous, granting the ability to wear an unparalleled Daoist robe and Immunity to All Arts.

After reading it, Ye Jingcheng also felt incredibly excited.

This Mystic Wild Tyrant Body truly lives up to its reputation as an Earth-rank Cultivation Method.

No wonder most of the Body Cultivators in the Ye Family have switched to this method.

Twenty-odd days passed in the blink of an eye.

Chu Yanqing woke up in her room on the Spirit Boat and went out onto the deck.

"Brother Cheng, the Star Illusion Eye has been partially completed!" Chu Yanqing seemed quite excited.

Her eyes gazed into the distance, as if starlight were shooting down through an endless sea of clouds.

"However, it should only be considered a minor success now, and I've already consumed a full five Star Pear Fruits." After her initial excitement, Chu Yanqing also felt a little regretful.

Five third-tier spirit fruits are only enough for a minor achievement; to achieve a major achievement, who knows how many star pears would be needed.

In her view, this kind of spiritual fruit tree would only bear fruit once every twenty or thirty years.

"No need to regret it, the Ye Family has quite a few of these spirit fruit trees!" Ye Jingcheng smiled slightly, indicating to Chu Yanqing not to worry about it.

"The sun shines on the Golden Mountain!" At that moment, Chu Yanqing also spoke up.

It was sunrise, and the sun was shining on a distant mountain peak, making it appear incredibly golden and magnificent.

"This is Golden Illumination Peak!" Ye Jingcheng nodded as well.

At the same time, his expression became more serious.

"Yan Qing, further north is Profound Measure Mountain!"