Great Wasteland Step, the Ye Family Strikes Back

The spring sunshine is extremely bright, and when it shines on people, it makes them feel warm and cozy.

Ye Jingcheng awoke from his cultivation. He squinted at the warm sun and then began to examine the Grotto-Heaven.

Half a month has passed since his breakthrough. During this half month, Ye Jingcheng has been consolidating his cultivation. After all, the reason he was able to break through this time was firstly because of his dual cultivation with Chu Yanqing, and secondly because he consumed a lot of spiritual pills.

Compared to his previous breakthroughs, his cultivation level was naturally somewhat unstable.

Fortunately, this time, he also cultivated the Profound Wasteland Tyrant Body Secret Canon to the second level, making his physical body stronger and also increasing his True Essence.

Otherwise, it might have taken him even longer to consolidate his cultivation.

Ye Jingcheng stood up, and as he exerted his strength, he felt a terrifying burst of power coursing through his body.

This surge of power even made him consider hand-to-hand combat with the Golden-Scaled Beast.

However, this idea was quickly dismissed by him.

He was only at the early stage of the Purple Mansion realm, Body Cultivator. Without using the skills of a Qi Refiner, he was practically asking for trouble.

Moreover, the Golden-Scaled Beast really got what it wanted, and it didn't care whether you were its master or not; it would even grin and sneer.

Ye Jingcheng casually practiced a few punches to loosen up his body, and then tried walking the Great Wasteland Step.

The Great Wasteland Step is not only a set of Movement Method Secret Method, but also a set of leg techniques.

When cultivated to its highest level, a single step can shatter mountains and flatten valleys; its power is terrifying!

Of course, what Ye Jingcheng more concerned about was actually the Movement Method of the Great Wasteland Step.

Even though he has now trained his body, he still doesn't really want to engage in close combat.

For a beast tamer, close combat is undoubtedly about using one's weaknesses to attack the opponent's strengths.

The Great Wasteland Step is only achievable by those with the second level of the Profound Wasteland Tyrant Body Secret Canon, the Wasteland Body. If one's physical body is insufficient, forcibly cultivating it may even cause one's physical body to explode.

Ye Jingcheng practiced for a while, but couldn't quite get the hang of it. He felt a sharp pain all over his body, especially in his legs, which felt like they were filled with lead. He had to stop.

He landed in the pavilion in the Golden Light Bamboo, sipping spiritual tea and eating spiritual fish dishes, his eyes half-closed.

As the sunlight shone on Ye Jingcheng, it also shone on Linghu Lake, where the water rippled and swayed gently in the breeze.

Compared to four years ago, Grotto-Heaven has changed a lot.

The three spirit lakes are now fully operational. One is dedicated to raising Black Ganoderma Fish and Moon Spirit Clam, while the Jade Lotus is growing lushly. Ye Jingcheng can already envision the scene of lotus flowers blooming everywhere.

One breeds Roc Fish and Star-Eating Fish, while the last breeds Jade-Scale Flood Dragon and Red-Node Fish.

Unlike before, the Roc Fish and the Jade-Scale Flood Dragon are now greatly restricted inside, and even the slightest movement will cause the lake water to ripple.

Now both can swim slowly in the lake.

The Roc Fish would sometimes leap from the Spirit Lake, transforming into Peng wings, and soaring through the air with great joy.

Besides the Spirit Lake, the spiritual spirit medicine in the spirit medicine field have also become more lush and verdant over the years, thanks to the growth of the Spirit Vein.

Of course, the most significant changes were seen in the Wood Demon such as the Star Pear Tree Spirit and the Peachwood Demon Spirit.

Its canopy is so dense that it blocks out the sun, so there's no need to worry about the space being too small.

Ye Jingcheng's gaze quickly continued to extend into the distance.

The Golden-Scaled Beast was practicing the Earth-Scale Palace Art further away, each Earth-Scale Palace becoming even more powerful.

The Golden Falcon soared through the sky, its speed even greater. Sometimes, it would charge into the Heavenly Gang Body-Tempering Grand Formation, even tearing apart large swathes of earth-yellow gravity aura. This was undoubtedly a new trial for the Golden Falcon.

The Crimson Flame Fox remained in the pavilion, quietly nurturing its flames. The Sunflower Spirit Fire on its body had now become more intense.

The Five-Colored Cloud Deer continued to roam throughout the Grotto-Heaven, collecting various kinds of rain and dew.

Further away, Thunder Rhinoceros Beetle released Lei Yun, Five Poison Bee gathered spiritual nectar.

These scenes are simply beautiful to look at.

Moreover, unlike at the beginning, Ye Jingcheng has now discovered signs of five Spirit Vein in five different locations within the Grotto-Heaven.

Moreover, these five Spirit Vein are each Pure Spirit Vein of their own elemental nature.

Such Spirit Vein are extremely rare even in the Cultivation World.

After all, most Spirit Vein contain Spiritual Qi of all five aspects. Even if there are deviations, they are only slightly biased and will not result in Spirit Vein with a single attribute.

However, within the Grotto-Heaven, perhaps due to the evolution of the Spirit Vein, five small, single-attribute Spirit Vein actually appeared.

Of course, these Spirit Vein are still in their infancy.

Ye Jingcheng is currently only setting up Spirit Gathering Formation and Spirit Stone, turning them into five first-tier low-grade Spirit Vein.

We will focus on cultivating them when we have more time in the future.

Beneath the Golden Light Bamboo, once his physical body and True Essence had almost recovered, Ye Jingcheng summoned the Dream-Devouring Insect again and began to train his Divine Soul by swallowing dreams once more.

Now that he has reached the peak of the Purple Mansion, his focus is on breaking through to the Golden Core realm.

Cultivators emphasize the unity of essence, energy, and spirit when breaking through, and condensing the golden core requires compressing the Purple Mansion to form the golden core, which places extremely high demands on the Divine Soul!

If one's Divine Sense could break through to the Fourth Stage ahead of time, it would greatly increase the success rate of breaking through to the Golden Core stage.

The only drawback is that the Dream-Devouring Insect is still young, and even if it advances once, it will only be at the early stage of the second tier.

The second-tier Advancement Pill formulas have yet to be fully collected.

Soon, dusk faded and the long night arrived.

The starry sky was unusually sparse that day, but one Moon Spirit Clam after another appeared in the Spirit Lake.

Finally, a total of five or six hundred Moon Spirit Clam appeared.

Compared to the Moon Spirit Clam clan that Ye Jingcheng initially acquired, the entire clan has now more than doubled in size.

Of course, Ye Jingcheng was currently focused on the five Three-Colored Moon Spirit Clam in the very center.

These five Three-Colored Moon Spirit Clam have now all broken through to the third rank, and the Water Spirit Pearl they nurtured have also changed from light tri-colored to dark tri-colored. Their effects are comparable to mid-grade third-rank spirit pills, and those that have been nurtured for a long time are not much worse than high-grade third-rank spirit pills.

Ye Jingcheng took out three of them, and then took out the rest of the Water Spirit Pearl.

They then left the Grotto-Heaven directly.

In the Council Hall, Ye Xingqun watched as Ye Jinghu's entire body radiated intense lightning, his cultivation aura having broken through to the Foundation Establishment Late Stage. Joy welled up in his eyes.

"Not bad, worthy of being a genius of the Ye Family!" Ye Xingqun nodded in agreement.

"Uncle Xingqun, you flatter me. More than ten years have passed, and it has only now broken through to the Foundation Establishment Late Stage. That is already quite slow!" Ye Jinghu shook his head.

If this speed were placed in Taihang Commandery, or even under the jurisdiction of the Taiyi Sect, it would be considered absolute genius.

However, compared to Ye Jingcheng, he falls short.

Ye Jinghu is now fifty-five years old.

The Ye Family has even adopted a new generation name, the Yun generation.

"Uncle Xingqun, just how much strength does one need to know more about the Lineage?" Ye Jinghu hesitated for a moment, but still asked the question that had been weighing on his mind for more than forty years.

Now, only the two of them are in the Council Hall.

These words immediately stumped Ye Xingqun.

Even he knew very little about the true strength and foundation of the Ye Family.

"Jinghu, the Lineage has many Hidden Peak. The clansmen who migrated during the Beast Tide also went to the Hidden Peak..."

"Wait for the Purple Mansion, and you'll know everything once you Purple Mansion!" Just then, a figure appeared and spoke with a smile.

"Patriarch!" Ye Xingqun and Ye Jinghu immediately bowed.

At the same time, looking at Ye Jingcheng's face, Ye Jinghu also seemed a little uneasy.

Even though he was almost sixty years old and considered himself capable of facing anything with equanimity, at this moment, he still felt a little fearful.

This feeling was indescribable, but he knew it was clearly due to his inadequate control over his State of Mind.

"Uncle Xingqun, you've worked hard all these years!" Ye Jingcheng said softly.

Ye Xingqun shook his head repeatedly. Ever since he recalled Ye Jinghu from Hidden Valley, Ye Xingqun had felt much more relaxed.

"Uncle Xingqun, tell me about the current situation of the Lineage!" Ye Jingcheng continued to ask.

"Yes, Master!"

"Patriarch, in the past four years, three members of the Lineage have broken through to the Foundation Establishment: Ye Qingfeng, Ye Qingshun, Ye Jingxing. Ye Xinghan, Ye Xing shui, and I have broken through to the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage, and Jinghu has broken through to the Foundation Establishment Late Stage!"

"Regarding Spirit Beast, in recent years, the Lineage has seen the Thunder Roc break through to the late stage of the second tier, the Violet Flame Longhorn Beetle Crimson Flame Scale Python break through to the late stage of the second tier, the Silver Moon Python break through to the late stage of the second tier. New Spirit Beast that have broken through to the second tier include three Water-Spined Turtle, three Golden-Scaled Beasts, and four Moon-Gazing Python..."

"Regarding Lineage finances, the Chamber of Commerce's revenue reached 10,000 Spirit Stone per year, the shops in Taichang Market reached 30,000 Spirit Stone per year, and the revenue from Taihang Marketplace decreased to 11,000 Spirit Stone per year!"

"In addition, the Lineage has a new generation of cultivators. There are currently forty-one cultivators with the character 'Yun' in their names. The entire Ye Family has three hundred and thirty-eight registered members!"

Ye Xingqun slowly began to speak, and Ye Jingcheng's brows, which had initially been filled with joy, began to furrow.

It's no problem for the Lineage's cultivators to break through, which is actually related to the increase in the number of second-tier Spirit Beast in the Ye Family.

According to Ye Xingqun's description, the Ye Family now has more than thirty second-tier Spirit Beast, and each person who has broken through to the Foundation Establishment now has at least two second-tier Spirit Beast.

This is why there are more newly promoted Foundation Establishment in the Ye Family.

This is all because Ye Jingcheng's Five Phases Advancement Pill has become Pill Formula available, and even some second-tier spirit pills have begun to be widely available.

For example, the second-tier advancement elixir for the Jade-Scale Flood Dragon is suitable for the Silver Moon Python Moon-Gazing Python.

The second-tier Advancement Pill for the Golden-Scaled Beast is suitable for Armored Beast and earth lizards, among others.

However, a new problem has emerged: even though the Ye Family has been growing by forty members, the total number of family members is still less than three hundred and forty, especially as the Ye Family's profits from the Taihang Marketplace have decreased.

This also indicates a lot of problems!

"Patriarch, the Jin Family has now arranged for a Purple Mansion cultivator to be stationed in Taihang, and he is selling third-tier spirit pills and third-tier Law Treasure!"

"Furthermore, now that Ward Master Jiang has broken through to the Purple Mansion, he seems to want more authority and is gradually taking back the shops in the market and the Earthfire Hall..."

Ye Xingqun spoke with a hint of helplessness.

Upon hearing this, Ye Jingcheng instantly understood why the Ye Family was acting this way.

It seems the Jin Family has also found Jiang Jinghe.

Jiang Jinghe believed that he had broken through to the Purple Mansion and probably didn't need to be afraid of Ye Jingcheng, especially since the Jin Family was a Golden Core Lineage.

Jiang Jinghe was clearly getting carried away.

"I'll handle the Jin Family's affairs!"

"Tomorrow, you should send a telepathic message to Ward Master Jiang, informing him that a grand meeting of the Taihang Marketplace is to be held. Secondly, send a telepathic message to my Tianzhen brothers Tianzhen and Taihao!" Ye Jingcheng then spoke.

Although Ye Jingcheng had to be patient and discreet because of his Lineage, he still had to keep a low profile.

But that doesn't mean the Ye Family has to be reduced to nothing.

Moreover, if he continues to be beaten, Xuandao True Person and Illusion Peak might change their opinion of the Ye Family. If that happens, it won't be good news for the Ye Family.

Of course, Ye Jingcheng also needed to give Jiang Jinghe a warning. The day he refined the Purple Palace Jade Liquid for Jiang Jinghe, he didn't mean for him to go against the Ye Family!

"Great!" Ye Xingqun nodded repeatedly, overjoyed.

His continued restraint had long made him somewhat unhappy.

Now that he can finally face the issue head-on, he is naturally satisfied.

"Jinghu, you should also make preparations. I hope you will participate in this effort to establish the Lineage's authority. In addition, Yu Family matters, if you can break through to the peak of Foundation Establishment as soon as possible and become the next family head, I can make an exception and tell you everything!" Ye Jingcheng added.

Upon hearing this, Ye Jinghu nodded with great joy and went out to begin preparations.

In the marketplace, discussions about distributing profits usually involve competitions.

It is not only a test of the combat strength of the high-level members of each Lineage, but also a test of the future of each Lineage.

According to the current situation of the Purple Mansion Lineage, it is natural that Purple Mansion and Foundation Establishment combat forces should compete.

After Ye Jinghu left, Ye Jingcheng looked at Ye Xingqun again:

"Uncle Xingqun, let's change the head of the family in the next two years. Who are the candidates you think we should have?"

Ye Xingqun remained silent for a moment after hearing this before speaking:

"Patriarch, there are currently three promising candidates: Ye Jinghu, a lightning cultivator; Ye Qingwen, Body Cultivator; and Ye Qingyan, a pill cultivator!"

Ye Jinghu needs no introduction, after all, he has the highest cultivation level and often manages Lineage affairs, so he is extremely familiar with this matter.

Ye Qingyan is a genius Alchemist in the Ye Family. Although his alchemy skills are not as good as Ye Jingcheng's, most of the spiritual pills are now made by Ye Qingyan because Ye Jingcheng is in seclusion. Moreover, he has a very high reputation in the Ye Family's Alchemy Hall.

Ye Qingwen was the worst among them. He was qualified only because he was a strong Body Cultivator and his father was Ye Jingyong.

Moreover, the worst of these three is that they all have the talent of having two Spirit Root.

"Let's arrange an Inner Hall meeting after the conference!" Ye Jingcheng said after thinking for a while.

Of course, he was also somewhat looking forward to it. He hadn't held an Inner Hall meeting in a long time, and at this moment he didn't even know how many people were in the Ye Family's Inner Hall.

But I imagine it must be quite a lot.

"Okay!" Ye Xingqun nodded, then took out another Storage Bag.

"Patriarch, these are the materials you've needed over the years. Also, there's a wooden frame inside filled with Spirit Material collected by Jing Teng!" Ye Xingqun added.

Ye Jingcheng glanced at the storage bag and saw that it contained all the second-tier stone formulas, pill formulas, and wood formulas of the Malachite Stone Spirit, Sunflower Wood Demon Star, Pear Wood Demon Dream-Eating Insect, and others.

Of course, Ye Jingteng contributed the most.

From this, it's clear that the other party has an extremely high level of desire for the Purple Palace Jade Liquid.

"By the way, Patriarch, Qingshuang has already reached the ninth level of Qi Refining!" Ye Xingqun added.

Upon hearing this, Ye Jingcheng couldn't help but marvel at the sect's methods and the sheer number of treasures.

Even without the Beast-Link Mark, a cultivator can break through to the ninth level of Qi Refining in less than ten years!