Myriad Spirits Immortal Clan

The Xiao Mountain Prefecture's treasury wasn't located elsewhere; it was right behind Wan Kun Palace, where Xiao Wankun resided.

Here stood a heavily guarded grand hall, housing some of Xiao Mountain Prefecture's treasures.

Some of these treasures were acquired by the Righteous Path Treasure Pavilion, while others were tributes from various affiliated forces.

According to the rules of the Righteous Path Sect, they either had to offer spirit stones at a high price or offer high-grade spirit herbs at a discounted price.

To reduce the number of spirit stones, the various forces would choose to offer some rare high-grade spirit herbs at a lower price.

This was because these rare spirit herbs were rarely used by those affiliated forces, but for the Righteous Path Sect, with their numerous spirit pill inheritances, it was definitely not a loss.

In Ye Jingcheng's view, if the Ye family grew strong in the future, they should also adopt this tribute strategy.

In the cultivation world, after all, cultivation was the most important thing.

The reason why Xiao He reminded Ye Jingcheng was also because the Righteous Path Sect would be collecting tributes in a few months.

If Ye Jingcheng didn't come to exchange this time, he might not find as many treasures to exchange for if he wanted to come again later.

Ye Jingcheng naturally had to come this time.

"I heard that the sect is holding the Pill Convention ahead of schedule this time, probably because some genius cultivator in the sect wants to prove the Dao with pills and break through to a higher realm!" In front of Tiankun Palace, Xiao He was leading Ye Jingcheng along.

At that moment, Xiao He also began to explain to Ye Jingcheng.

Hearing about the Pill Convention, Ye Jingcheng immediately became interested.

However, after asking, he learned that the Pill Convention required a recommendation and had to be a rogue cultivator or a cultivator willing to join the Righteous Path Sect.

Hearing this, Ye Jingcheng naturally lost much of his interest.

After all, no matter how great the rewards of the Pill Convention were, it was impossible for Ye Jingcheng to join the Righteous Path Sect. He had too many secrets, and the Ye family also had many secrets.

However, in his opinion, the format of this Pill Convention could be used as a reference.

"Senior Qianchen, I'll go report to the Prefecture Lord first!" After explaining, Xiao He spoke again.

Seeing Ye Jingcheng nod, he then headed towards Wan Kun Palace and came out after a while.

Ye Jingcheng thought Xiao Wankun would appear, but obviously, he was too seriously injured by Ghost Xuanzi of the Ghost Xuan Sect last time, and his recovery was only average now.

The two soon arrived in front of the Xiao Mountain Treasure Hall.

Guarding the entrance were two Foundation Establishment cultivators. Of course, don't think the security here was low. Ye Jingcheng sensed a fourth-order formation here, and there was also a powerful late-stage third-order divine sense faintly present.

It was estimated that as soon as someone had bad intentions, the Zifu cultivator would notice and activate the formation, and Tiankun Palace was right next door.

With Prefecture Lord Xiao present, ordinary Golden Core cultivators would be wasting their time coming here.

As for Nascent Soul cultivators, it would be useless for Golden Core cultivators to guard here.

"Officer Xiao."

When the two arrived, the two guarding Foundation Establishment cultivators began to salute.

"This is Real Person Qianchen from the Tian Sha Sect, here to exchange for merit points!" Xiao He also explained.

"Junior pays respects to Real Person Qianchen!"

The two immediately spoke in succession.

Ye Jingcheng naturally waved his hand and even took out two second-order spirit pills and gave them to the two.

This immediately made the two extremely happy.

"Real Person Qianchen is a fourth-order alchemist. You two are really lucky!" Xiao He couldn't help but say.

Then, smiling with Ye Jingcheng, he walked towards the main hall!

"Real Person Qianchen, this Xiao Mountain Treasure Hall is divided into two halls. The first hall is a false hall, and the second hall is the true hall!" After entering the main hall, looking at the magnificent pavilion decorations, the long corridor, the inner cabinet, and the ubiquitous formations, Ye Jingcheng felt that this main hall was indeed extremely tight.

But he didn't expect that what he saw was still an illusion, just a false hall.

When he reached a huge pillar, there was a huge token pattern.

Then he saw Xiao He take out a token and embed it on it.

In an instant, the formation changed, the stars shifted, and a huge secret realm entrance appeared in the distance.

This cave heaven secret realm was like the painting that the Ye family had obtained before. It was a fixed spatial magic tool.

However, this kind of magic tool, placed in a fixed position as a treasure trove, was just right.

The two entered the secret realm and saw only a spirit mountain of that size. In the center of the secret realm, there was also a main hall.

Inside the main hall, four spirit puppets were guarding. When Xiao He took out the token, the four spirit puppets retreated to the side with great intelligence, allowing the two to enter.

After entering the main hall, Ye Jingcheng saw many wooden shelves, on which various treasures were placed.

And above the wooden shelves, there were special formations that would spread spiritual light, covering the treasures and forming a spiritual shield to protect the treasures' spiritual energy from being lost.

"Senior Qianchen, these treasures can be exchanged at will." Xiao He slightly blocked the stairs to the second floor of the main hall, obviously there were treasures above.

It was just that Ye Jingcheng couldn't exchange for them.

Seeing this, Ye Jingcheng naturally withdrew his gaze. Although his strength was not something that Xiao He could stop, if he made a move, it was estimated that Ye Jingcheng would not be able to stay in the entire Southern Wilderness.

That was not the situation he wanted to see.

In the main hall, the wooden shelves were divided into four categories.

Spirit Pills and Herbs, Spirit Talismans and Formations, Mineral Materials and Magic Treasures, and Jade Slips.

This also meant that Ye Jingcheng's merit points could not only be exchanged for treasures, but even cultivation techniques could be exchanged.

But he also knew that the cultivation techniques here should not exceed the earth grade, and even the secret techniques would not be too rare or precious.

So the first thing Ye Jingcheng looked at was the spirit herbs.

But unfortunately, Ye Jingcheng still didn't find the main herbs missing for the Jade Kirin Pill and the Earth Dragon Pill.

There were quite a few auxiliary materials, but it would be a bit of a loss to exchange for auxiliary materials.

Just as Ye Jingcheng hesitated, Xiao He pointed to the treasure shelf.

"Senior Qianchen, there are several good pill furnaces over there, all obtained from a secret realm, and exchanged by the Xiao Mansion Head from the cultivators within the sect!"

Hearing Xiao He's explanation, Ye Jingcheng also remembered that he indeed lacked a good pill furnace.

So he also looked towards the weapon refining shelf.

The magical artifacts and treasures here were diverse, including whips, threads, towers, and mirrors.

However, what caught Ye Jingcheng's eye were the fourth-order magical treasures, all placed on the top of the shelf and covered with colorful spiritual light.

There weren't many fourth-order magical treasures, only six in total.

To Ye Jingcheng's surprise, among these six fourth-order magical treasures, there were actually two pill furnace treasures.

No wonder Xiao He recommended fourth-order pill furnace treasures to him.

Ye Jingcheng examined them, and both pill furnaces had their own characteristics.

One of them had three legs and two ears, resembling a large rat's head, with a line of introduction next to the treasure.

This pill furnace treasure was named the 'Celestial Rat Furnace,' a fourth-order low-grade treasure furnace with excellent quality. Moreover, when the pill furnace became unstable, its two large furnace ears would emit a layer of light, reminding the alchemist.

Ye Jingcheng liked this pill furnace very much, as it was somewhat similar to the Celestial Bell Furnace he had obtained before, capable of reminding the alchemist.

However, the Celestial Bell Furnace was only a second-order top-grade, while this Celestial Rat Furnace was a fourth-order low-grade, a huge difference.

Of course, Ye Jingcheng also saw the exchange merits for this Celestial Rat Furnace, a full nine hundred points.

"Senior Qianchen, if the merits are not enough, the first treasure can be obtained on credit. In the future, if Xiao Mountain Mansion has any actions, as long as you are not in seclusion, you can participate to repay them!" Xiao He explained from the side.

Hearing this, Ye Jingcheng couldn't help but nod.

He was in Xiao Mountain Fortress, and if the righteous sect had anything to do, he naturally had no reason to refuse.

Since that was the case, owing some merits was fine.

At worst, he would kill more Nascent Soul evil cultivators later.

After thinking this, Ye Jingcheng looked at the second pill furnace treasure.

When he saw this pill furnace treasure, Ye Jingcheng's eyes couldn't move away.

The body of this pill furnace was very simple, with few spiritual patterns, appearing extremely plain.

However, it had a full five furnace ears, and each furnace ear was engraved with the spiritual shadow of a different exotic beast.

They were tiger, dragon, turtle, luan, and lion, respectively.

Ye Jingcheng found it a bit strange, but after reading the introduction, he suddenly understood.

This furnace was named the Five Aspects Furnace, as the name suggested, with five beasts and five aspects.

Each furnace ear corresponded to an aspect. As long as the corresponding true essence was input, refining spiritual pills with corresponding attributes would be much simpler.

Conversely, inputting conflicting true essence would increase the difficulty of refining pills.

And this pill furnace was just right for Ye Jingcheng.

After all, the Crimson Flame Fox's spiritual fire had now gathered the five aspects. With this pill furnace, Ye Jingcheng's confidence in refining Golden Scale Pills and Crimson Flame Pills greatly increased.

"Eight hundred and fifty merits!" Ye Jingcheng looked at the exchange merits, which were even less than the Celestial Rat Furnace.

This naturally made Ye Jingcheng even more delighted.

"Senior Qianchen, if the true essence and spiritual fire input into this Five Aspects Furnace are incorrect, it may cause the quality of the refined spiritual pills to deteriorate..." Xiao He reminded him upon seeing this.

Most alchemists' flames were pure pill fire, or wood and earth attribute spiritual fire.

The cultivation techniques and true essence were also very simple.

This was actually very inconvenient for alchemists.

This was also why the exchange merits for this Five Aspects Furnace were not as high as the Celestial Rat Furnace.

"Let's take this furnace then, it's better to owe less!" Ye Jingcheng said self-deprecatingly.

Hearing this, Xiao He naturally couldn't say anything more.

After all, the merits of this righteous sect were really hard to come by.

Killing a Nascent Soul evil cultivator only earned a few contribution points.

And entering the Southern Wilderness State where the evil cultivators were located was truly a life-and-death situation.

It was naturally no problem for Ye Jingcheng to save some merits.

Seeing this, Ye Jingcheng took out his token and exchanged for the Five Aspects Furnace, naturally owing one hundred and thirty merits as a result.

Ye Jingcheng didn't continue to look at the other treasures after that.

His merits were still negative, so he naturally couldn't exchange for anything else.

And for Ye Jingcheng, he was now eager to try out the Five Aspects Furnace.

In his opinion, the inventor of the Five Aspects Furnace must have been a genius.

Because if this pill furnace had all five elements of spiritual fire, it would definitely be a sacred artifact for alchemy.

Soon, Ye Jingcheng bid farewell to Xiao He and returned directly to the Heavenly Sand Array Pavilion.

Above the Array Pavilion, Ye Xingliu and several Ye family members were already waiting there.

"Third Uncle, I will be in seclusion for a period of time next!" Ye Jingcheng said.

He also arranged some Ye family matters for the next period. This time in seclusion, he planned to refine both the Golden Scale Pills and the Crimson Flame Pills before coming out.

"Yes, feel free to go into seclusion. I will manage the Artifact Pavilion well. Besides, I will also contact Yunxi and Qingfeng often!" Ye Xingliu nodded and handed the storage bag given by the family to Ye Jingcheng.

This storage bag was almost entirely filled with spiritual herbs. Ye Jingcheng was now the only fourth-order alchemist in the Ye family, so naturally, most of the spiritual herbs were given to Ye Jingcheng.

To Ye Jingcheng's surprise, there was also a Gold Coagulation Fruit inside.

Apparently, the Ye family's Gold Coagulation Fruit tree had matured.

However, the nutrients for the spiritual tree seemed to be slightly insufficient, and it only bore one fruit.

"Okay!" After giving instructions, Ye Jingcheng returned to the Treasure Building and began his seclusion.