Myriad Spirits Immortal Clan

Inside the council hall, Ye Xinghe, Ye Xingliu, and Ye Jingyong were gathered.

Worry was etched on their faces, as the entire Taihang Prefecture was currently in turmoil.

Even Ye Haicheng, seated at the head of the table at this moment, had a somewhat gloomy expression.

"Grandfather, Third Uncle, First Uncle, Second Brother!" Ye Jingcheng entered the council hall, accompanied by Ye Xingyu.

"Jingcheng, you've emerged from seclusion?"

"And you've broken through?"

In an instant, Ye Xingyu's previous expression once again caught the attention of Ye Xingliu, Ye Jingyong, and the others.

Ye Xingyu felt balanced seeing this; it wasn't that he hadn't seen the world before, but Ye Jingcheng's cultivation speed was indeed somewhat shocking.

A fifty-one-year-old in the late stage of Foundation Establishment would be an absolute genius even in a sect.

"It was just a lucky breakthrough," Ye Jingcheng replied with a smile, but quickly, he composed himself.

"Grandfather, Third Uncle, First Uncle, I heard from Uncle Xingyu that the Jin and Kong families are proposing a redivision of the market district's profits?"

"Yes, when the Jin and Kong families appeared two years ago, the five Violet Mansion families evenly divided the remaining sixty percent of the profits. This time, they're probably going to make things difficult!" Ye Haicheng said, his face full of worry.

The market district's profits were practically the face of the family in Taihang Prefecture.

This redivision was an act of power and oppression.

These families being oppressed were naturally unwilling to admit defeat so easily.

After all, if they retreated this time, they might face even more severe oppression next time.

Even the storefronts in the market district and the clan properties within the area might be threatened.

And Taiyi Sect would definitely not get involved in any of this, so the implications were quite intriguing.

"In addition, the Chu family might run into trouble before the Xu family. Recently, the Jin family has been sending cultivators to the Chu family's weapon refinement shop every day to cause trouble, deliberately buying and then returning items, and then buying them again after returning them!"

"Although it's done discreetly, anyone with eyes can see through it."

"Moreover, Chu Xiyu of the Chu family has been in seclusion for three years," Ye Xinghe added from the side.

Currently, there were actually only three families of significance left in Taihang Prefecture.

The Chen family had long been reduced to a mere shell of its former self due to the arrival of the Jin family.

Now that the Xu family was being suppressed to the point of suffocation, and their ally, the Chu family, was likely to have problems, it wasn't good news for the Ye family.

Everyone seemed somewhat silent, as the Ye family's tradition had always been to consider the worst-case scenario.

"The incidents of rogue cultivators being murdered have also been frequent recently!" Even though others didn't speak, Ye Xinghe continued to add.

The turmoil in the market district might represent far more than just the involvement of the Jin and Kong families; there might even be other forces at play.

Taiyi Sect was allowing demonic cultivators and rogue cultivators to gather, which wasn't a normal situation.

"Three days from now, Jingcheng and I will go together. This time, we must protect the Chu family!" Ye Haicheng said.

As soon as he said this, the others nodded.

Since it was a matter of establishing prestige, Ye Haicheng had to go.

At the same time, Ye Jingcheng, as the family head, also had to go.

After the two of them spoke, the others nodded in agreement; there were indeed no better measures to take at the moment.

This short meeting could be considered over, and Ye Xinghe went to prepare the auction items for the upcoming auction.

The pretext for this market district profit division was the annual auction held in Taihang Market District.

This time, the Jin and Kong families would bring out some good items, so the Ye family naturally couldn't be too shabby.

The other Ye family elders also went to prepare things.

After they left, Ye Xingliu further explained the family's recent situation to Ye Jingcheng.

However, while speaking, Ye Xingliu still seemed somewhat strange.

Originally, Ye Xingliu's intention was that when Ye Jingcheng became the family head, he could take the opportunity to cultivate properly and break through to the late stage of Foundation Establishment.

But he never expected that Ye Jingcheng would break through directly after just one seclusion.

Ye Jingcheng naturally expressed his gratitude repeatedly, but what Ye Jingcheng didn't expect was that Ye Haitian, who was in charge of the Earth Fire Chamber of the Alchemy Pavilion, had also passed away half a year ago.

Before his death, he also gave Ye Jingcheng a storage bag.

There weren't many things in the storage bag, only a spirit peach and a few jade scrolls.

The jade scrolls were all Ye Haitian's insights on alchemy. Although they weren't as good as Ye Haiyun's, they were very useful for Ye Jingcheng's research on pill formulas.

Of course, what he missed even more were the days of drinking tea together and discussing pill formulas.

Ye Jingcheng felt a sense of loneliness in his heart, and the joy of breaking through to the late stage of Foundation Establishment was also somewhat diluted.

"Jingcheng, sometimes, you have to slowly accept things. For most clan elders, being able to die naturally on the clan mountain is already a happy thing!"

"And for the family, you also have to shoulder this responsibility. As long as the Ye family can become a slightly stronger Violet Mansion family, and breaking through to Foundation Establishment is no longer a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, then there won't be so much regret!"

"Thank you, Third Uncle!" Ye Jingcheng said gratefully, and also watched Ye Xingliu leave.

Only Ye Jingcheng and Ye Haicheng were left in the entire hall.

And at this time, Ye Jingcheng understood that now was the most crucial time for the family's secrets.

"Jingcheng, your Second Grandfather has already begun his seclusion, and the other old ancestors are all in the Azure Cloud Sea域 protecting him, so here in Yan Country's Taihang Prefecture, we can only rely on ourselves!" Ye Haicheng set up a formation, isolating the two of them in the hall.

Preventing any possible accidents.

Ye Jingcheng nodded upon hearing this.

He could roughly guess this from the fact that he didn't see Ye Xuecang two years ago.

If the family had a Coagulating Gold Fruit, then it would never miss this opportunity.

"In addition, when you are about to reach the Violet Mansion stage, remember to return to the family once. The Spirit Beast Tower can also infuse your Spirit Beast Mark with soul energy once!" Ye Haiping said again.

Ye Jingcheng was startled upon hearing this. This was the second time he had heard about soul infusion.

"You should have discovered that the Spirit Beast Mark has its limits, and as the spirit beast's strength increases, this pressure will become even greater. For some of the Ye family's high-level members, the Spirit Beast Mark will even form a shackle!"

"At this time, you need to re-infuse it with soul energy to improve the quality of the Spirit Beast Mark. However, entering a second time won't produce more Spirit Beast Marks, but it can consolidate the stability of the Spirit Beast Mark. Your four spirit beasts are all very strong, so it's best to go in once before breaking through to the Violet Mansion stage!" Ye Haicheng explained.

Hearing this, Ye Jingcheng suddenly understood.

He was still wondering at the time, because in his opinion, a five-inch Spirit Beast Mark might already put some pressure on a Violet Mansion Great Demon.

How could the family's Violet Mansion old ancestors cultivate?

Now it seemed that they could still infuse it with soul energy.

It was just that his current Spirit Beast Mark was fine.

Because some of his spirit beasts were connected to his five-inch Spirit Beast Mark spirit beasts, while a few spirit beasts were connected to seven-inch Spirit Beast Marks.

Moreover, the stability was extremely good, and there was no sign of collapse at all.

But to be honest, Ye Jingcheng was still afraid that when the seven-inch Spirit Beast Mark couldn't withstand it anymore, would his cultivation speed return to that of an ordinary four-spiritual-root cultivator again.

Now it seemed that he didn't need to worry about that.

"Grandfather, then why doesn't the family release some Spirit Beast Mark quotas now that it's in a period of development!" Ye Jingcheng asked.

"The Spirit Beast Tower's energy all comes from beast souls. Every year, the family has to inject enough demon souls into it, which is also one of the family's biggest expenses. At the same time, it's also the place that makes the family most suspicious. Only in recent years have the family's demon souls been obtained from the sea, which has made things much better. Otherwise, it might not be able to support your re-infusion!"

"Therefore, the most important parts of the family have always been the Demon Hunting Hall and the various hidden peaks. However, even if the entire family is impoverished, it's impossible to ensure that every member has the opportunity to bond with a beast. Moreover, the more powerful the beast bonding pattern, the more soul power it consumes. For example, in your case, the soul power consumption was unprecedented, which is why the family agreed to let you cultivate the Four Elements Heavenly Scripture!" Ye Haicheng revealed all the secrets of the Beast Bonding Tower.

Ye Jingcheng instantly understood that the existence of the family's hidden peaks was not only to conceal strength but also to nurture the tower.

The Ye family's most powerful and expensive 'spiritual beast' turned out to be a tower.

When Ye Haicheng said that he consumed a huge amount of soul power, he couldn't help but blush.

His was not a five-inch beast bonding pattern, but a seven-inch one.

However, he didn't understand why beast bonding patterns were always one inch, three inches, or five inches.

"In addition, in a few days, it will be your turn to preside over the Beast Bonding Tower. If there are no accidents, Jinghu and Jingtai should be able to bond with beasts," Ye Haicheng reminded again.

Ye Jinghu and Ye Jingcheng were extremely familiar with each other because the latter was brought by him and Ye Jingyu from the Ye family's White Cloud Town.

He also possessed the Ye family's lightning spiritual root and was now sixteen years old, so he would naturally awaken his beast bonding pattern much faster than he did back then.

"Also, regarding this crisis, you can ask the many True Persons and High Lords of the Taiyi Sect for more information!"

"If things are irreversible, before Second Grand Uncle breaks through, preserve the Ye family's assets if necessary. Most of the family's cultivators can 'die'!"

"Yes, yes, Grandfather, I understand!" Hearing this, Ye Jingcheng felt a huge wave surge in his heart. He naturally knew what this meant.

The Ye family's current hidden peaks had already been transferred. If the Taiyi Sect wanted to play, then the Ye family would play a big one.

The only tricky thing was the Ye family's territory and the Ye family's mortals.

After chatting with Ye Haicheng for a while, Ye Jingcheng left the council hall.

He originally wanted to go straight back, but for some reason, he headed directly to the Alchemy Pavilion.

The familiar figure in the Alchemy Pavilion was gone, replaced by a family elder from the Xing generation, Ye Xingming.

Ye Jingcheng had heard that the other party was also a Qi Refining ninth-level alchemist who had once guided him.

At this moment, the latter was also holding a bell.

The bell also became more punctual.

Ye Jingcheng watched as the doors of the alchemy rooms were opened one by one by Ye Xingming.

Some cultivators were fine after finishing their alchemy, but some were caught in the middle and looked depressed, with a hint of nostalgia for Ye Haitian in their eyes.

However, Ye Jingcheng wanted to tell them that Ye Haitian had once been extremely strict as well.

"Uncle Xingming, I'd like to request a ground fire room," Ye Jingcheng finally stopped reminiscing and wanted to refine pills again.

He wanted to refine pills according to the family's researched Golden Scale Pill recipe, as the Ye family had more earth-attribute spiritual beasts compared to water-attribute spiritual beasts.

This also corresponded to the Taihang Mountains, which had more fire and earth-attribute demons, followed by wood-attribute, and finally gold and water-attribute.

"Still this one? Ninth Uncle said this is the family head's exclusive ground fire room!" Ye Xingming waved his hands repeatedly and pointed to the alchemy room near the door.

Ye Jingcheng nodded and entered the previous alchemy room. Just as he was about to refine pills, he noticed a teenager outside.

Ye Jingcheng was no stranger to this child. He was Ye Qingyan, the fire-wood dual spiritual root who appeared when he took over as family head. The latter seemed to be asking Ye Xingming about alchemy problems.

The corners of Ye Jingcheng's mouth couldn't help but rise into a smile.

He took the pill furnace, but he changed his mind. This time, he was refining not earth-grade pills, but the Bigu Pill and Spirit Feeding Pill, which he hadn't refined in a long time.

Red light leaked from the cracks in the room, and waves of heat surged out, quickly attracting the teenager's attention.

The crimson ground fire quickly filled the entire ground fire room, illuminating the entire Ye family's Alchemy Pavilion. A figure stood there for a long time, and Ye Xingming's eyes began to deepen.

If the latter weren't holding a few jade scrolls in his hand, he would have felt like he had returned to more than a decade ago.

...

Three days passed in the blink of an eye, and a spirit boat rose from Lingyun Peak.

It was Ye Haicheng, Ye Jingcheng, and others heading to Taihang Trading Fair.

This time, the spirit boat was an Iron Defense Boat. This spirit boat, like a treasured sword, was made entirely of black iron instead of lighter spirit wood.

It looked like an attack magic weapon.

It was somewhat similar to a flying sword.

Naturally, such a spirit boat wouldn't be very fast, and it had a lot of shortcomings.

This surprised Ye Jingcheng a little.

However, thinking that Ye Haicheng was a body cultivator and that this spirit boat could also be used as an iron sword, he became somewhat enlightened again.

This time, the Ye family was going to Taihang Trading Fair to show their strength.

Ye Haicheng, as a body cultivator in the Violet Palace realm, would naturally exert a lot of pressure when piloting a heavy spirit boat.

Half a day passed, and the spirit boat landed in a bamboo forest.

This time, the spirit boat didn't land outside the bamboo forest but flew directly in.

This was a privilege that Violet Palace cultivators had. Ye Haicheng was also showing the other families that he had arrived.

The spirit boat flying through the bamboo forest naturally attracted the gazes of many rogue cultivators.

Each of them showed admiration, and Ye Jingcheng enjoyed the feeling of being looked up to.

Even the former Jiang Steward walked out of the Taihang Auction House.

The current Jiang Steward looked much more haggard than he did a dozen or twenty years ago.

It was unknown whether it was because of the appearance of the various Violet Palace families or because there wasn't even a Foundation Establishment family in Taihang County now.

But what was clear was that Jiang Steward was probably not well-regarded on either side.

Only his status as an external affairs deacon of the Taiyi Sect allowed him to maintain some face.

But with the upcoming auction and negotiations with the various families,

Jiang Steward was undoubtedly the one who had the most difficulty finding his place.

"Deacon Ye has arrived!" Jiang Jinghe appeared somewhat respectful.

For Violet Palace cultivators under the Taiyi Sect, even family cultivators would become honorary deacons of the Taiyi Sect, while Golden Core cultivators would become honorary elders.

As a sect cultivator of the Taiyi Sect, calling Ye Haicheng 'Senior' would be demeaning, so calling him 'Deacon' was just right.

It was both respectful and maintained face.

"Steward Jiang, Taihang Trading Fair has been so prosperous recently, thanks to Steward Jiang!" Ye Haicheng replied.

As soon as he said this, Jiang Steward smiled and didn't respond.

He knew very well that this wasn't praise but a roundabout way of scolding the sect.

It was saying that the sect didn't care and had let the Jin and Kong families, two hungry wolves, in, and had also let in many evil cultivators and bandit cultivators who committed evil deeds.

The prosperity of Taihang Trading Fair also represented a large amount of killing and bloodshed.

This was much worse than the previous Taihang Trading Fair.

But he couldn't take the blame, and he couldn't take it.

"Deacon Ye, the Violet Palace cultivators and family heads of the other families have already arrived. How about holding the meeting in three days, and after the meeting, we can set aside three days for the auction!" Jiang Jinghe tentatively opened his mouth.

"These matters are all major events of the sect, so of course, we will follow Steward Jiang's lead," Ye Haicheng directly agreed.