Myriad Spirits Immortal Clan

The silent night sky made the stars appear exceptionally bright. With the help of the starlight, Ye Jingcheng stepped into the courtyard. The spiritual apricot tree was laden with fruit, the branches drooping heavily.

Beneath the tree, a woman in a green dress had been waiting.

She wore a jade hairpin, her dark hair coiled up, with two wisps of hair falling before her chest, making her look even more charming.

Her eyes were like ink-dyed jade, incredibly lively.

Seeing Ye Jingcheng enter, she held up a basket and said,

"Look, some of the spiritual fruits couldn't wait any longer!"

"Then let's pick them all!" Ye Jingcheng smiled slightly and nodded.

The many words of concern he had wanted to say were all pushed to the back of his mind.

He wasn't a rigid person; on the contrary, he felt that ordinary and simple days were even more precious.

Cultivation was never about abandoning everything, but about cultivating both the mind and the body.

The two of them picked all forty-eight spiritual apricots and placed them in a basket.

Looking at the basket filled with spiritual apricots, radiating a bright light and a rich fragrance, Chu Yanqing couldn't help but smile.

"These spiritual apricots are growing so well."

"Of course, this is the spiritual apricot tree planted by my great-grandfather," Ye Jingcheng said.

"In the past, we could only eat them after completing the task of refining pills."

Speaking of this, Ye Jingcheng couldn't help but feel a little nostalgic. Ye Haiyun was very strict with him when it came to refining pills.

Every time he went to his courtyard, he would definitely test Ye Jingcheng.

Of course, it was Ye Haiyun's generous guidance that laid the foundation for him and allowed him to stand out in pill refining. Otherwise, even if he had the treasure book in his body, it would have been difficult for him to reach where he was today if his pill refining skills were not up to par, and the family wouldn't have treated him so specially.

Seeing this, Ye Jingcheng picked up the basket and walked towards the room in the courtyard.

Seeing that Ye Jingcheng's expression was not right, Chu Yanqing didn't speak, but followed Ye Jingcheng to a small house inside. She carefully looked at everything around her.

Obviously, Ye Jingcheng had placed her here. She didn't go around looking, but stayed in the courtyard, waiting quietly for him.

In the courtyard, she was no longer the proud daughter of the Chu family, nor the water refining master who worked diligently for the Ye family, but just a girl waiting to pick spiritual apricots.

This room was located at the innermost part of the house, resembling a small ancestral hall, with Ye Haiyun's memorial tablet placed inside.

The two candles that had been placed for a long time had dripped to the end and were about to go out.

Ye Jingcheng replaced them and added some sandalwood incense.

Then, he took out the largest few from the basket and placed them on the offering plate.

"In the past, these large spiritual apricots would be secretly picked for me, even if I went to Taichang Market, these would magically appear in the Chuye Pavilion!" Ye Jingcheng introduced.

Then, he took out spiritual tea, still the second-tier top-grade Cloud Hidden Tea.

After Ye Jingcheng brewed the spiritual tea, he didn't pour it directly, but handed it to Chu Yanqing.

Chu Yanqing understood very well, and after taking the spiritual tea, she poured a cup of tea and offered it up.

Seeing that Chu Yanqing had finished offering the tea, the tea mist passed over the spiritual apricots, enveloped the memorial tablet, rose up, and quickly disappeared.

Ye Jingcheng then offered spiritual tea and bowed three times.

He had never met his mortal parents. To him, in this world, besides the old town chief of Baiyun Town, Ye Haiyun was the closest to him.

"Yanqing, I've finished meeting my most important elder!" Ye Jingcheng said with a smile.

As soon as these words came out, Chu Yanqing's face instantly turned red.

That's right, the apricots were ripe, and they had been picked together.

It was only natural for a melon to ripen and fall, for a woman to marry a man.

However, when this day really came, Chu Yanqing felt like she was in a dream.

Seeing that Chu Yanqing didn't speak, Ye Jingcheng looked at Chu Yanqing, making Chu Yanqing a little nervous.

"Brother Cheng, I don't have any elders..."

"The Ye family will be your elders from now on. You can treat it like home!" Ye Jingcheng said.

"Brother Cheng, what I mean is, I can make the decisions!" Chu Yanqing's words were said very carefully, making Ye Jingcheng couldn't help but rejoice.

"Yanqing, then let's become Dao companions!" Ye Jingcheng said.

As soon as these words came out, Chu Yanqing nodded.

"As long as Brother Cheng doesn't mind my low cultivation level," Chu Yanqing's eyes revealed some slyness.

This was clearly borrowing Ye Jingcheng's tone when they first met.

At that time, Ye Jingcheng didn't want to involve the entanglements between the two families, so he deliberately said that Chu Yanqing hadn't established a foundation.

Compared to other female cultivators, Chu Yanqing always seemed to maintain some childishness.

However, in Ye Jingcheng's view, this kind of childishness was precisely the original intention.

He pulled Chu Yanqing over, wanting to embrace her.

But he found that Chu Yanqing was a little resistant.

This surprised Ye Jingcheng, and he quickly stopped.

"Brother Cheng, I have an acquired Kui Water Spiritual Body. I can sense that your water attribute spiritual energy is very strong. If we do that, when you are at the peak of the early stage of the Purple Mansion, it will help you break through!" Chu Yanqing spoke quieter and quieter, and her face became more and more red.

"Okay!" Ye Jingcheng originally wanted to tease her a few words, but then he felt that it was frivolous and a bit inappropriate, so he swallowed it back.

But he also took the opportunity to pull Chu Yanqing into his arms.

"Yanqing, I plan to find an auspicious day to get married three months later. I will be in seclusion for these two months. In addition, I will find a Qingyun Nunnery identity for you to marry into my Ye family."

"But don't worry, if there is a chance in the future, I will definitely help you wipe out the Jin family!" Ye Jingcheng promised.

Ye Jingcheng himself didn't have a good impression of the Jin family.

Although he and Jin Yutang had traded for a period of time.

But Jin Yutang was extremely greedy, and eventually even tried to control the Ye family. If it weren't for the backing of the Taiyi Illusory Peak, the Ye family's restaurant would have been suppressed by the Jin family when it opened.

In addition, the Jin family also colluded with the Kong family to investigate the Ye family during the beast tide.

If they hadn't accidentally bumped into the furious Silver Moon Demon King, and they had found out something, the Ye family might have really been in danger.

"Brother Cheng, there's no need to do that!" Chu Yanqing said, hugging him even tighter.

...

Taichang Prefecture, Taichang Market.

The crimson clouds in the sky still lingered for a long time.

However, at this moment, only a series of bell sounds rang out, and then the entire Taichang Mountains lit up with spiritual light.

"Dong!"

"Dong!"

It rang a full ten times.

Countless cultivators seemed to have reacted to something, especially those loose cultivators.

However, by the time they rushed to the city wall, the entire market had already closed its gates.

Ye Xingyi also walked out of the pavilion at this moment, only to see the crimson glow in the sky disappear and merge into the formation.

In the distance, several figures could be seen flying up from the Taichang Mountains.

These figures were as fast as lightning, even Ye Xingyi found it difficult to capture them.

"Uncle Xingyi, what happened?"

"Jinghao, let everyone come out of seclusion, and collect all the treasures. Also, start buying spiritual talismans in the entire market, buy as many as you can."

"Uncle Xingyi..."

"Don't ask, just do it!" Ye Xingyi suddenly opened his mouth, and also took out the family token to send a voice transmission to the family!

"Xingqing, you are the most stable here besides me. Go to Qingyun Nunnery, as well as the Wan family, Xiao family, and Tan family to inquire and see if we can cooperate."

"Wait, don't go to the Wan family, don't even get close to the Wan family's buildings!" Ye Xingyi suddenly remembered something.

Ten bells ringing meant the Taichang Alarm.

This was clearly ringing because a strong enemy had invaded.

The last time Ye Xingyi knew of such a thing was in Jade Dragon Valley, during the beast tide outbreak.

He hadn't established his foundation back then.

But this wasn't Jade Dragon Valley; it was the Taichang Mountain Range and Taichang Town.

This clearly meant that the Taiyi Sect was facing a crisis of annihilation!

Most likely, all cultivators would be forcibly conscripted to defend the Taichang Mountain Range, and not just the Taichang Mountain Range. In the future, all family cultivators in the Taiyi Three Prefectures would be conscripted.

And the Taiyi Sect had always been targeted by the Qinghe Sect. Of course, in the entire Yan Kingdom, only the Qinghe Sect had the strength to do so.

Then, the Taiqing Prefecture had obviously fallen.

Otherwise, the entire Taiyi Sect wouldn't be shaken like this.

The lack of news from Taiqing Prefecture could only mean that the Wan family had defected, or the Wan family had been destroyed.

While Ye Xingyi was pondering, a sound echoed in the sky.

“I am Zitian. I, an elder, am the acting sect leader of the Taiyi Five Peaks. The Qinghe Sect has wolfish ambitions. For its own selfish gains, it disregards the lives of the common people. It has already dispatched Golden Core cultivators to forcibly annex Taiqing Prefecture, and this morning, it forcibly breached Chang'an Pass!”

“Soon, they will be at the gates of Taichang Prefecture!”

“Therefore, from this moment on, all cultivators, whether rogue cultivators or family cultivators, will be incorporated into the Taiyi Sect and uniformly deployed!”

“Those who disobey will be killed!”

At the same time, countless heads flew into the sky above Taichang Town.

Even countless drops of hot blood fell like rain, a truly cruel sight.

“Wan family cultivators, colluding with the Qinghe Sect, kill!”

“Cheng family cultivators, colluding with the Qinghe Sect, kill!”

“Jiang family cultivators, colluding with the Qinghe Sect, kill!”

Three consecutive announcements and the corpses of dozens of fallen cultivators flying into the air put immense pressure on all the cultivators!

“While there are punishments, there must also be rewards. Those who kill Qi Refinement enemies will be rewarded with one hundred spirit stones. Those who kill Foundation Establishment enemies will be rewarded with three thousand spirit stones. Those who kill Purple Mansion enemies will be rewarded with thirty thousand spirit stones. Those who kill Golden Core enemies will be rewarded with three hundred thousand spirit stones, and they can freely exchange them for treasures from the sect!”

“In addition, those who slay a Golden Core bandit can be accepted as a disciple of a Taiyi Sect True Lord, can establish a Golden Core family, and will be rewarded with ten counties and ten thousand acres of land!”

“Those who slay a Purple Mansion bandit can be accepted as a disciple of a Taiyi Sect True Person, can establish a Purple Mansion family, and will be rewarded with five counties of land!”

As True Person Zitian spoke each word, countless cultivators began to have different thoughts.

What surprised everyone was that before long, countless spirit boats appeared in the distance.

This clearly meant that the Qinghe Sect had already arrived in spirit boats.

Their speed exceeded everyone's expectations.

Many cultivators also rushed into various treasure shops to buy various spiritual medicines.

Conflicts even began to break out.

As for everything within the town, even the Taiyi Sect was unable to control it at this moment.

The Ye family and Qingyun Nunnery and other forces quickly gathered together.

They had no intention of snatching treasures. At this moment, they only sought to survive.

As for contacting the cultivators of Illusion Peak, Ye Xingyi didn't contact them.

Although he had the sound transmission talisman of Fairy Liuhuan given to him by Ye Jingcheng.

But at this critical moment for the Taiyi Sect, sometimes hiding in the crowd offered a greater chance of survival.

After all, no matter how close you were to the Taiyi Sect, affiliated forces were always cannon fodder for the sect!

… …

In Jade Dragon Valley, in front of a courtyard, everyone watched as True Person Tianfu's temples aged moment by moment.

True Person Tianfu also pulled True Person Tianzhen and True Person Taihao to begin his final instructions.

But at this time, True Person Sanyuan and True Person Chengxuan both appeared.

“Senior Brother Tianfu, Taiqing Prefecture has fallen. We must return as soon as possible. Even if Jade Dragon Valley is lost, we must return immediately!”

“Junior Brother Tianfu, we can only trouble you to leave with us first!” True Person Sanyuan also had a face full of worry.

This was not the time for True Person Tianfu to rest.

If he was to use the method of Corpse Dissolution, it could only be done in the battle outside Taichang.

This made True Person Tianfu's brows furrow deeply in an instant.

His tone became much rougher.

If there weren't people here, he might have cursed.

But soon, he adjusted himself.

“We True Persons will leave first. Tianzhen, you arrange for the spirit boats to head towards the Taichang Mountain Gate. Take all the spiritual objects here. Give up resisting the beast tide here!” True Person Tianfu also spoke.

As he spoke, his strength also increased a bit.

However, for everyone, no one was paying attention to True Person Tianfu's changes at this moment.

The sudden change in the Taiyi Sect was something that no one had expected.

In their view, the Qinghe Sect would not act without testing whether the Purple Zenith Old Ancestor had truly fallen.

But unexpectedly, the Qinghe Sect actually took advantage of the beast tide to launch a thunderous strike against the Taiyi Sect.

The entire vast Taiqing Prefecture fell in less than a day.

It should be known that the overall level of Taiqing Prefecture must be stronger than that of Taihang Prefecture.

Yet it couldn't even hold out for a day.

Apart from traitors and defections, they couldn't think of any other possibilities!

“In addition, Taihao, you conscript all cultivators. All cultivators must send troops to Taichang Prefecture as soon as possible!”

True Person Tianfu added.

“Yes, Master!”

“Yes, Master!” True Person Tianzhen and True Person Taihao both nodded.

One spirit boat after another left Jade Dragon Valley and quickly flew towards Taichang Prefecture.

… …

In the Ye family, Ye Jingcheng was also extremely troubled by this news.

Although this kind of sudden change was actually helpful to the Ye family, at least True Person Tianfu's methods wouldn't be so fancy.

But at the same time, if the Taiyi Sect was destroyed by the Qinghe Sect.

The Ye family would also be caught off guard.

The Ye family already knew how to deal with the Taiyi Sect, but they didn't know how to deal with the Qinghe Sect at all.

If the Qinghe Sect really destroyed the Taiyi Sect.

The best plan for the Ye family would be to leave the Yan Kingdom and completely transfer to the Azure Cloud Sea.

Or take the small number of cultivators who didn't have beast纹 and form a small family. These people could be fearless of soul searching!

Of course, what was extremely troublesome was that because he wanted to inquire about news from Jade Dragon Valley, Ye Jingyun had taken more than a dozen people to Jade Dragon Valley and had already been conscripted.

If they went to Taichang Prefecture, they would definitely face great danger.

Ye Jingcheng couldn't truly stay out of it. At the same time, Ye Jingcheng also had to consider himself.

Even if the Taiyi Sect defended, and True Person Tianfu immediately fell and sought death, how should Ye Jingcheng respond!

“Jingcheng, you go into closed-door cultivation to heal your injuries. Wait another day and a half before making a decision. Let Jingli lead people to obey the conscription first.”

“And use the slowest spirit boat, don't be with the Taiyi Sect's cultivators!”

“Even if it's really unavoidable to be with the Taiyi Sect's cultivators, arrange for rogue cultivators to intercept and kill the Ye family along the way!”

“You must not enter Taichang Prefecture before the Taiyi Sect and Qinghe Sect showdown!”

“Our Ye family is just a Foundation Establishment family besides you, so there's no need to worry too much!”

“In addition, let the family gather mortals on the pretext of the beast tide. If there's an accident, let Turtle Ancestor migrate the mortals and Immortal Seed disciples away first!”

“Of course, if the Taiyi Sect can defend, after the war ends, you must return to the Ye family on the pretext of sending the spiritual corpses of family cultivators, and set the wedding date one month later. Send out invitations along the way!” Ye Xuecang also continuously gave Ye Jingcheng advice through the family token!