Myriad Spirits Immortal Clan

In the nameless valley, the formation had dissipated at some point. Ye Jingcheng only knew that the surrounding black mist had quietly dispersed, revealing the azure sky.

The distant valley remained serene and tranquil, the wind still blowing gently.

Ye Jingcheng quietly placed the black and white token into his storage pouch, and then sealed it with a spirit talisman.

Afterward, he put the storage pouch into his cave abode.

He had just glanced at it roughly and discovered that the token contained markings of many demonic cultivator forces, encompassing the powers of the Jiayuan Prefecture, Hezhong Prefecture, and other border prefectures.

The reward bounties ranged from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of spirit stones, or third-order spiritual objects.

Strangely, they were all Core Formation forces, with no Golden Core forces listed.

Moreover, none of the forces from the Southern Wilderness Continent were included.

Clearly, the affiliated forces of the righteous sects could only view the black bounties, while the affiliated forces of the Profound Heaven Demonic Sect could only view the white bounties.

"The Black White Gate's methods are indeed formidable," Ye Jingcheng couldn't help but sigh in his heart after some contemplation.

The Southern Barbarian Continent and the Southern Wilderness Continent were actually quite similar, both being border continents.

These affiliated forces naturally couldn't attack and seize territory from each other. On this point alone, neither the Profound Heaven Demonic Sect nor the righteous immortal sects would recruit the other's forces.

After all, if the recruited forces couldn't exterminate the other affiliated forces, then the meaning of recruitment would be lost.

And if they wanted to develop, they could only invade the territories of hostile affiliated forces. After hundreds of years, they would become sworn enemies, even if they weren't already.

Once there was hatred, there would be no opportunity to develop in the other's prefecture.

The Black White Gate was precisely exploiting this point, operating on the border.

Without violating the Profound Heaven Demonic Sect or the righteous immortal sects, the Black White Gate reaped considerable profits, far exceeding any restaurant, elixir, or magic item business.

Ye Jingcheng couldn't help but feel envious and tempted.

However, he quickly shook his head and dismissed these thoughts.

Although the Ye family currently didn't have any high-profit businesses in the Central Region, even the spirit pills and formations were only average, it wasn't necessary to venture into the demonic sect's territory.

Moreover, because of the existence of the demonic sects, the Ye family's development into a Nascent Soul family probably wouldn't face too much hindrance.

As for placing bounties on the other Xiaoshan Prefecture forces, it wasn't necessary. Besides, his impression of the Zifu Sect, He Yu Sect, and Feng family wasn't bad.

Just the current Xuan Yuan Peak was already enough for the Ye family and the Celestial Sand Gate to use.

The Ye family was currently just a Golden Core force, and their demand for spiritual mountains wasn't very high.

As for the eight million spirit stone bounty on his head, Ye Jingcheng didn't doubt the truth of the matter, but who issued the bounty was uncertain.

Many cultivators from the Demon Jade Mountain and Green Spring Gate should still be alive, and the Ghost Profound Gate should harbor considerable hatred towards him. It was possible that they offered a high price. On the other hand, he didn't think anyone else in Xiaoshan Prefecture would offer such a high price to put a bounty on him.

Including the Profound Puppet Sect.

Because it simply wouldn't make any sense unless someone knew he possessed the Five Demon Transformation Nascent Soul Secret Technique or the Celestial Demon Transformation Secret Technique.

But the possibility was too low. If someone knew, then it wouldn't have just been Ghost Fury True Lord blocking Ye Jingcheng, but five or six Golden Cores chasing after him together.

"It's also possible that it's a Core Formation cultivator from the Green Spring Gate."

Of course, even thinking this way, Ye Jingcheng still secretly told himself to be careful. Unless absolutely necessary, he shouldn't enter the Profound Heaven Demonic Sect's territory.

"Senior Qianchen!" Just at this moment, a yellow dragon envoy flying boat pierced through countless white clouds in the distant, empty sky and appeared before him.

On the spirit boat was Xiao He.

Speaking of which, this speed was a bit faster than he had anticipated.

"Senior Qianchen is indeed incredibly powerful!" Xiao He glanced at the storage pouch in Ye Jingcheng's hand and began to compliment him.

"Envoy Xiao overpraises me. I'm merely relying on my cultivation to flaunt my power!" Ye Jingcheng shook his head and was about to hand the storage pouch to Xiao He.

But he saw the latter wave his hand.

"Senior Qianchen, targeting demonic cultivators is the responsibility of the entire Xiaoshan Prefecture and Southern Wilderness Continent. The spoils of war should belong to those who have contributed. How can we juniors receive treasures without doing anything?"

Ye Jingcheng didn't insist upon hearing this. Afterward, he and Xiao He flew to the sky above Red Cloud Valley.

At this moment, the Red Cloud Valley formation had been rearranged, and the ruins of the main hall and the dead cultivators had been mostly cleaned up.

However, Zhu Quanxian was nowhere to be seen.

Ye Haiyan and the others also flew up.

"The Zhu family is mostly unharmed, but many cultivators have fallen. In addition, Daoist Zhu has suffered severe injuries and used a secret technique, greatly depleting his vitality!"

Ye Haiyan spoke half towards Xiao He and half towards Ye Jingcheng, reporting the situation.

Giving Xiaoshan Prefecture enough face.

"Mm, it's good that they're alright. What does Envoy Xiao think?" Ye Jingcheng asked Xiao He.

"Senior Qianchen, Xiaoshan Prefecture will definitely investigate this matter, but I also hope that Senior can help guard the area. With Senior's strength, no one in Jiayuan Prefecture besides the Ghost Profound Gate should dare to come courting death!" Xiao He first answered, then cupped his hands and spoke, even flattering Ye Jingcheng in passing.

After exchanging a few more pleasantries, Xiao He took his leave.

Although the Zhu family's formation had been broken, the problem wouldn't be too big. The most important thing was that the Celestial Sand Gate was still here, so they naturally had no need to stay.

As for what the Celestial Sand Gate would do to the Zhu family, they weren't worried at all. In the entire Righteous Six Continents, all forces were affiliated with the righteous sects, and the annual tributes were fixed.

As the dragon envoy flying boat disappeared into the distance, a woman in a blue palace robe walked out of Red Cloud Valley. The woman had delicate features and skin as white as jade. Her beautiful hair draped behind her head, like a transcendent fairy.

Especially her peach blossom eyes, which were so touching that people couldn't help but feel pity.

Ye Jingcheng didn't need to ask her name; it was clear the person before him was Zhu Wenjing.

"Young woman Wenjing pays respects to Senior Qianchen, and also thanks Senior for saving the Zhu family from fire and water," Zhu Wenjing said, her hands folded at her waist, bowing gently in gratitude.

"No need to be so polite; it is our duty to jointly resist the demonic cultivators," Ye Jingcheng waved his hand.

Following this, Zhu Wenjing invited the group of cultivators into Scarlet Cloud Valley, and with bows and greetings from many Zhu family cultivators, escorted Ye Jingcheng and the others into the Zhu family's main hall.

Zhu Wenjing and Zhu Quanchen also personally served tea and water to Ye Jingcheng and the others.

They were also provided with third-tier spiritual meals, truly the highest level of hospitality.

This made Huang Tieyun's heart blossom with joy, his eyes burning with fervor.

The Zhu family's spiritual meals were average, but the spiritual tea was Scarlet Cloud Tea, a fire-attribute spiritual tea. After drinking it, it felt like a blazing fire cloud, even more potent than ordinary spiritual wine, and beneficial to cultivators practicing fire-attribute techniques.

Ye Jingcheng couldn't help but drink a couple more cups.

After finishing the spiritual tea, Ye Jingcheng excused himself, claiming he needed to consolidate his cultivation, and departed early.

Of course, Ye Haiyan and the others remained in the Zhu family's Scarlet Cloud Valley.

Since the Zhu family had proposed becoming an affiliated family, the Ye family would not feign generosity and refuse. After all, it was a tangible benefit, and both the Ye family and Heavenly Sand Gate had indeed taken a risk.

But those matters didn't require Ye Jingcheng to discuss; Ye Haiyan and Huang Tieyun could handle them. In fact, Ye Jingcheng's early departure could amplify the favor.

The Heavenly Sand Gate's and even the Ye family's gains would be even greater.

For cultivators, consolidating their cultivation was extremely important.

Yet Ye Jingcheng hadn't consolidated his own before coming to rescue the Zhu family.

...

Another half an hour passed, and Ye Jingcheng flew into Sand Yellow Mountain.

Compared to before his seclusion, Sand Yellow Mountain was clearly arranged more completely and properly. The mountain climbing steps had been expanded considerably, and there were many pavilions built on both sides, each constructed with impressive grandeur.

Even the temporary palaces for the True Immortals to reside in had been initially constructed, and the spiritual materials and ingredients used were clearly very precious, although not quite as good as those in Xiaoshan Marketplace, they weren't far off.

Only the names were missing.

And these names would be prepared after the ceremony began, once it was confirmed which True Immortals were coming.

Now, there were just over three months left until the ceremony began.

Ye Jingcheng glanced at it and didn't continue to look, but returned to his own cave dwelling and began to check the family token.

There was a lot of family information in the token, and Ye Jingcheng also saw that many spiritual beasts had been added to the exchange list within the token.

These spiritual beast cubs ranged from several thousand to five hundred thousand contribution points. Among them, the two Flood Dragon species that the Ye family had used for breeding, worth five hundred thousand contribution points, had not yet hatched, but had already been reserved.

The people who reserved them were Ye Haiyu and Ye Jinghu.

What made Ye Jingcheng most happy was that Ye Qingnian and Ye Qingfeng had both passed the Beast Communication Assessment and obtained seven-inch Beast Communication Marks. Moreover, Ye Qingfeng possessed the Scarlet Phoenix Spiritual Body and had alarmed the Phoenix Venerable.

Both were only twenty years old; one was already in the early stage of Foundation Establishment, and the other was already in seclusion to break through to Foundation Establishment, which they would achieve soon.

In that case, he should prepare new spiritual beast cubs for both of them.

He had already decided on Ye Qingfeng's spiritual beast: the descendant of the Black Crow clan, possessing the bloodline of the Primordial Yin Crow.

As for Ye Qingnian's spiritual beast, he needed to consider it carefully.

It would be best to choose five suitable spiritual beasts for Ye Qingnian.

The lacking metal-attribute Supreme Metal Spiritual Object could be supplemented by using the remnant roots of the Golden Sun Mushroom he had used in the past, catalyzing it with the blood spring to complete the metal spiritual root, while the wood-attribute Supreme Wood Spiritual Object would still need to be searched for.

In addition to news about his own children, Ye Jingcheng also learned that Ye Haicheng had already broken through to the Violet Palace Peak and had begun to seclude himself to break through to the Golden Core stage.

Chu Yanqing was still in the late stage of Violet Palace, but not far from breaking through to Violet Palace Peak.

Most importantly, the Kong family had already begun to relocate towards the Green River Sect, and the Ye family had found some clues.

If the Ye family were to take action, even the Taiyi Gate would have nothing to say, and would even reward the Ye family.

At the same time, Ye Jingyu had already spread some rumors, and the entire Taihang Prefecture knew that Chu Yanqing was still alive and had returned to Taihang Prefecture.

Even Jin Xuanhen of the Jin family had hidden himself in Taichang Marketplace because of this.

However, according to the news from the Ye family.

The Jin family would have a clan ceremony in a month, and Jin Xuanhen would definitely return to the Jin family. That would be the Ye family's best chance to act.

The only thing to worry about was that Jin Xuanhen might bring many Golden Core cultivators from the Taiyi Gate.

How to divert these Golden Cores was currently a rather thorny issue.

"It seems that this trip to the Eastern Region will require me to reveal some of my strength!" After a little thought, Ye Jingcheng had a plan in his mind.

Avenging Chu Yanqing was something he had promised, and now that he had the strength, he naturally couldn't make Chu Yanqing wait any longer.

Although Chu Yanqing didn't ask, he couldn't not do it.

Moreover, the Jin family's cultivators had framed the Ye family before, and this matter also needed to be settled.

After checking all the information, Ye Jingcheng also let out a long sigh of relief and began to cultivate and consolidate his cultivation. Although his true essence was abundant, consolidating it was never a bad thing.

Five days later, Ye Jingcheng left seclusion again.

He was also preparing to return to Sand Sea once, but before returning to Sand Sea, he planned to go to Xiaoshan Marketplace to accept the elixir bounty mission and also buy some gifts for the Ye family elders in Sand Sea.

However, as soon as he left seclusion, he saw not far from his cave dwelling, there was a woman sitting there, quietly meditating!