Myriad Spirits Immortal Clan

Inside the ancestral hall, Ye Jingcheng lit several more incense sticks and paid his respects to the inscribed memorial tablets with utmost sincerity.

After all, the Ye family had gained another clansman with a five-inch Spirit Beast Tattoo of the Double Paths.

Once the three incense sticks were lit, Ye Jingcheng looked at Ye Jinghu again.

Seeing this, the latter immediately understood and also picked up three incense sticks, lighting them in the same manner.

Then, he kowtowed three times.

"Regarding the Spirit Beast Tattoo of the family, take a look at this jade slip. Destroy it after you've finished reading it." Ye Jingcheng took out a jade slip and handed it to Ye Jinghu, allowing him to understand everything about the Spirit Beast Tattoo and how to connect with a spirit beast.

Ye Jinghu nodded excitedly, feeling the family's trust in him.

He had never heard of the Spirit Beast Tattoo before, but everything he had experienced today felt like a dream.

Ye Jinghu spent a full thirty breaths of time reading the jade slip.

It wasn't that he was reading slowly, but the information inside truly shocked him.

"Family Head, is our Ye family really just a Foundation Establishment family?" Ye Jinghu asked a question that even Ye Jingcheng found somewhat surprising.

This question was quite clever, as Ye Jinghu was clearly thinking about the missing mortals of the Ye family.

Asking this question was also asking whether those elders and mortals of the Ye family were still alive.

Ye Jingcheng looked at the simple and honest Ye Jinghu before him, not expecting him to have such a roundabout way of inquiring. For a moment, he was reminded of his past self, and he smiled slightly.

He shook his head, considering it an answer.

It also served to dispel some of the hostility in Ye Jinghu's heart.

Instantly, a spiritual light filled Ye Jinghu's eyes.

He excitedly crushed the jade slip, letting the jade powder fall into his palm, carefully grinding it for a while before mixing it with the incense ash.

"By the way, Jinghu, record all your feelings and let me see them," Ye Jingcheng suddenly said.

He was quite surprised that Ye Jinghu had so many Spirit Beast Tattoos. Unlike Ye Xingliu and the others, he was still full of curiosity about the Spirit Beast Tower.

Regarding spiritual roots, there was the saying of being born and nurtured by nature. However, he didn't think the same way about the Spirit Beast Tower.

Perhaps it was related to the types of beast souls. After all, the Ye family had very few with Thunder Spiritual Roots, and there might be many beast soul energies with thunder attributes inside.

Moreover, everyone's actions regarding the Spirit Beast Tattoo were different, and there might be discrepancies.

The Spirit Beast Tower was too mysterious for the Ye family, and the protective measures the Ye family had for it were too great, which made the mysterious Spirit Beast Tower even more unattainable.

However, Ye Jingcheng had always had a spirit of research. He carried different ideas, just like with alchemy. His summary jade slips and his initiative had, at least for now, brought him considerable benefits.

Therefore, Ye Jingcheng also wanted to test the Spirit Beast Tower, perhaps to maximize the benefits of his second soul infusion.

Ye Jinghu didn't dare to be negligent. Knowing the importance of the Spirit Beast Tattoo, he now listened to Ye Jingcheng's every word.

He dared not hold back even the slightest detail, recording it in the jade slip and checking it three times, fearing that he might have mistakenly recorded something due to his muddled state.

After handing the jade slip to Ye Jingcheng, his mind was filled with thoughts of going back to study hard, then connecting with a spirit beast and testing the effects.

Ye Jingcheng looked at the jade slip and discovered that Ye Jinghu was indeed somewhat different. His idea of condensing thunder patterns was indeed good and innovative.

After finishing reading the jade slip, Ye Jingcheng took out a spirit beast pouch again.

"These four Thunder Rhinoceros Beetles are also for you. Remember to nurture them carefully," Ye Jingcheng said.

Hearing this, Ye Jinghu was immediately overjoyed. He had naturally heard of the Thunder Rhinoceros Beetles.

Moreover, this spirit insect was extremely compatible with his spiritual power cultivation technique, making it perfect for him.

"Thank you, Family Head!" Ye Jinghu thanked him repeatedly.

"No need to thank me so early, contribution points are still required." Ye Jingcheng took back Ye Jinghu's family token and activated the hidden formation inside the token with the Golden Dragon Token.

In this way, Ye Jinghu could see many of the Ye family's spirit beasts. There were spirit beast cubs and inherited spirit beasts.

And each of these first-order late-stage Thunder Rhinoceros Beetles required eight hundred contribution points to exchange for, which was the result of Ye Jingcheng deliberately lowering the price.

The Ye family's concept had always been that the family guides, but cultivation relies on oneself.

In the Ye family, because many spirit beasts needed to be nurtured, and the higher the cultivation level, the more resources were needed, this destined that the Ye family could not provide them for free like other families.

Even pill formulas were only bestowed by the family after breaking through specific realms.

Ye Jinghu was naturally no exception.

He didn't have so many contribution points. Either he entered the Taihang Mountains to participate in demon extermination, or he developed a skill.

This was also why the proportion of the Ye family's four major artisans was so high.

"Family Head, that's natural!" Ye Jinghu didn't have the slightest complaint. Even if his contribution points were not enough and he still needed to owe thousands of contribution points, he was overjoyed at this moment.

With four Thunder Rhinoceros Beetles, his safety in hunting demons in the Taihang Mountains would greatly increase in the future.

In the end, Ye Jinghu descended the mountain range with surprise and a dreamlike feeling.

And Ye Jingcheng once again picked up the communication talisman and transmitted a message to Ye Jingting.

He also returned to the sandalwood incense again, burning it extremely vigorously.

Compared to others, Ye Jingting had a greater need for the Spirit Beast Tattoo, because she was also a Four Spiritual Root cultivator.

The reason she could have such a fast speed in the early stage was actually because Ye Jingting had taken a lot of pills.

Her talent in spiritual talismans was indeed good, but taking so many pills, coupled with the fact that the cultivation technique she practiced was also the kind that quickly produced results,

actually had not small hidden dangers.

However, Ye Jingting's competitive spirit was also not small.

Along with the thick smoke turning into a smoke dragon and rising into the air, the entire front of the ancestral hall appeared particularly sacred and dignified.

Ye Jingting's figure quickly appeared in the distance.

Her steps were not large, but her eyes were full of anticipation.

Regarding this transmission, although she didn't understand what it was, she had already experienced one test.

She saw Ye Jingcheng burning the sandalwood incense, watching the smoke and fire rising into the sky above Lingyun Peak.

"Jingting greets Family Head," Ye Jingting waved at Ye Jingcheng.

Ye Jingcheng nodded and waved, signaling her to sit on the chair in front of the sandalwood incense.

However, before she could reach it, she slumped down. In terms of illusion resistance, Ye Jingting was clearly much worse than Ye Jinghu.

Ye Jingcheng also activated the Golden Dragon Token again.

He discovered that Ye Jingting and Ye Jinghu were not much different, but Ye Jingting was more resilient. In order not to fall behind the other clansmen, she had put in too much effort.

She had a very clear understanding of her position.

She didn't seek steady growth; she only sought to reach wherever she could, so she didn't give up any opportunity to increase her cultivation.

Even in Ye Jingcheng's view, her outstanding talent for spiritual talismans also had a lot of hard work involved.

After asking a few common questions, Ye Jingcheng once again led Ye Jingting into the ancestral hall.

It was still the same procedure of offering incense and praying, followed by the opening of the Spirit Beast Tower.

Ye Jingcheng also informed her in advance to condense the spiritual纹 (língwén), spirit patterns, of her best术法 (shùfǎ), spells, techniques.

However, as time passed, the Spirit Beast Connection ended.

Ye Jingting stood up nervously, rolled up her sleeves, revealing two three-inch Spirit Beast Connection纹 (wén), patterns, plus two one-inch patterns.

She was just one inch away from having a five-inch Spirit Beast Connection紋 (wén), pattern.

"Not bad!" Ye Jingcheng nodded, and also took out a jade slip.

"Destroy it after reading it." Ye Jingting didn't ask any further questions.

Her personality was a bit more timid than the others, perhaps due to her being an illegitimate child in the town since she was young.

"Patriarch, I've finished reading it, thank you, Patriarch!" Ye Jingting was also greatly shocked after reading it, feeling as if her path to immortality had widened slightly.

Naturally, she was extremely excited.

"Record your Spirit Beast Connection record as well." Ye Jingcheng instructed Ye Jingting to continue recording.

After she finished, he also activated the family token for Ye Jingting, allowing her to see many treasures that could be exchanged within the family.

These treasures were not available in the Ye family's Treasure Pavilion.

After Ye Jingting left, Ye Jingcheng was silent for a moment, because with too few cases, he didn't know if it was due to Ye Jingting's talent, or if the effect of condensing spiritual纹 (língwén), spirit patterns, was absent.

He simply sent another voice transmission, summoning Ye Jinghe.

Unlike the previous two, Ye Jinghe was older. He wore a long衫 (shān), robe, and his face was much more composed, lacking the heartfelt excitement.

Ye Jingcheng wasn't surprised by such behavior from a Ye family member. After experiencing so much over the years, the Ye family members had become much more resilient.

This was why he was confident that the Ye family would become even stronger than before in the future, even without Hidden Peak.

"Patriarch," Ye Jinghe cupped his fist, appearing extremely courteous.

"This is Azure Jade Sandalwood. The family has a task for you," Ye Jingcheng said calmly, and waved his hand, allowing Ye Jinghe to receive it.

After Ye Jinghe received it, he slumped into the chair.

The Soul Capture of the Golden Dragon Token was activated as usual.

Floating spiritual light began to spread, and a series of unfolding images appeared before Ye Jingcheng.

In the images, Ye Jinghe had already reached the peak, wearing a True Lord Daoist robe, looking extremely impressive.

However, what surprised Ye Jingcheng was that he didn't see any trace of the Ye family.

His spiritual power was injected again, the golden light of the Golden Dragon Token intensified, and the Soul Capture became even stronger.

Along with the spiritual light of the Soul Capture falling, the scene changed again.

It was a quiet night, everything was silent, with only a gentle breeze blowing through the bamboo leaves.

Ye Jinghe was standing opposite a cultivator wearing an isolation robe. The words they spoke couldn't be heard clearly, but that was no longer important.

This cultivator in the isolation robe wasn't a member of the Ye family, which meant that Ye Jinghe had other intentions in secret.

"Who are you?" Ye Jingcheng's voice once again dreamily entered Ye Jinghe's mind.

"Ye Jinghe."

"What did you go to Lingyun Peak for this time?"

"For the Foundation Establishment Pill. As long as I sell a secret of the Ye family, I can exchange it for a Foundation Establishment Pill," Ye Jinghe still answered.

Ye Jingcheng's face also turned cold, his eyes frighteningly scary.

Ye Jinghe's body couldn't help but tremble, as if he had already felt Ye Jingcheng's cold and piercing gaze.

Ye Jingcheng didn't continue to ask.

Instead, he took out a Forgetfulness Pill and had Ye Jinghe swallow it.

Although it would be better to deal with him directly, it was more important to find out the mastermind behind the scenes than to deal with him directly.

Ye Jinghe had the family's bloodline, so the other party couldn't possibly be a spy, but could only have been bought off.

Moreover, Ye Jinghe's death would only further prove that there might be a problem with the Ye family.

It would attract more prying eyes.

After the Forgetfulness Pill was swallowed, Ye Jingcheng took Ye Jinghe back to his courtyard, and placed an observation spirit符 (fú), talisman, in his courtyard.

At the same time, he also placed some colorless and odorless honeydew on Ye Jinghe's body.

After completing these tasks, he walked towards the council hall. This time, he sent another voice transmission.

The people he sent the voice transmission to were all the Ye family's堂主 (tángzhǔ), hall masters, and族老 (zúlǎo), elders, above the eighth level of Qi training.

The people quickly arrived. Ye Jingcheng didn't hide anything. He couldn't supervise Ye Jinghe's movements alone, but needed everyone to supervise together.

At the same time, he wanted to update the family's first trial.

"Patriarch, Jinghe was recommended by me. I voluntarily accept the punishment!" Ye Xingqun's face was full of shame, and he was also extremely resentful.

He didn't expect that Ye Jinghe could actually be bought off.

At the same time, he was also extremely terrified. Fortunately, the Ye family discovered it in time. If he had such thoughts after the awakening of the Spirit Beast Connection紋 (wén), patterns.

The Ye family would regret it too late.

It should be known that although the family's restriction formation was powerful, but everything that was trapped by the formation was never as strong as the control of the主管 (zhǔguǎn), person in charge.

In the Ye family's clan school, loyalty to the family was the first lesson. To be so easily tempted by a Foundation Establishment Pill, the future of such a person was unimaginable if they were not dealt with.

"There's no need to accept the punishment. From today onwards, the family's rules must be changed. The family's trials must be jointly decided by three or more堂主 (tángzhǔ), hall masters, and if possible, add some coercion and enticement!" Ye Jingcheng said.

This rule might cause some Ye family members to harbor resentment in their hearts.

But it was indeed necessary.

Being bought off meant that they might also be bought off after the Spirit Beast Connection.

Just like before, the trial for Ye Jingcheng was to see if Ye Jingcheng would save those spirit beasts.

After all, back then, it was impossible for the Ye family to have so many crippled spirit beasts arriving at the Spirit Beast Shop.

Ye Jingcheng had actually thought about it for a long time.

But in fact, there were not many assessments of the family's clan loyalty.

Even if he didn't save them, would that mean that he didn't have the Ye family in his heart?

In his opinion, that was naturally one-sided.

Moreover, having one person formulate the assessment method was somewhat singular.

Only with several people considering it, in his opinion, could the Ye family's trial be more accurate.

"Uncle Xingqun, now that you've stepped down, it's good that you'll be tracking Jinghe's matter next. You're more suitable than me in this aspect!" Ye Jingcheng looked at Ye Xingqun.

Ye Xingqun was a虫修 (chóngxiū), insect cultivator. His methods were much better than Ye Jingcheng's.

He couldn't be more suitable.

Moreover, Ye Xingqun had just broken through to Foundation Establishment.

He couldn't show his face in other aspects, so it was just right to track him in secret.

"Okay!" Ye Xingqun nodded.

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