Myriad Spirits Immortal Clan

The appearance of the Crimson Flame Fox completely stunned everyone, even Ye Xinghe, whose eyes showed some unease.

Such a Double-tailed Crimson Flame Fox was recorded in the jade scrolls of the Ye family as a spiritual beast capable of reaching the third-tier Purple Mansion realm.

This breakthrough seemed particularly astonishing to Ye Xinghe.

His eyes were fixed on the Crimson Flame Fox, scrutinizing every detail from the spiritual patterns on its forehead to its pair of crimson fire tails.

Ye Jingcheng was also somewhat stunned at this moment because the Crimson Flame Fox was sending him divine sense fluctuations. In the area of the Crimson Flame Fox's frontal bone, a demon beast core had actually appeared.

A Qi Refining demon beast producing an inner core is as rare as a cultivator having dual spiritual roots!

This inner core can store all of the demon beast's spiritual power. With an inner core, the Crimson Flame Fox's spiritual power would be at least twice as abundant as without one.

"Jingcheng, what has your spiritual beast consumed before this?" Ye Xinghe began to ask.

"It consumed a Red Dragon Fruit!" Ye Jingcheng replied excitedly.

He did not reveal the pill formula because he couldn't explain its origin. He could only wait until his cultivation was higher before attributing it to a fortunate encounter and handing over the formula.

After all, he wasn't sure if the Crimson Flame Pill would be effective for other fire-attribute spiritual beasts.

"It seems that the Crimson Flame Fox surviving such severe injuries has also elevated its bloodline!" Ye Xinghe commented, unable to figure out the reason himself.

However, he quickly shook his head. This Crimson Flame Fox was an accident; what he was about to announce was not about this.

"Everyone, prepare yourselves. The family's cultivators will arrive in two days, and the operation to clear out Jade Dragon Valley in the Taihang Mountains will officially commence in seven days!"

"Do not wander around the market these days. A superior from the Taiyi Sect will come to oversee the battle!" Ye Xinghe announced.

Ye Jingcheng and Ye Jingli both nodded repeatedly.

In this world of cultivation, those who break through to the Purple Mansion realm receive a title of respect.

For example, Purple Mansion cultivators are called 'Superior,' Golden Core cultivators are respectfully addressed as 'Real Person,' and Nascent Soul cultivators are 'True Lord.'

As for Transformation God cultivators, there hasn't been one in the Great Yu cultivation world for over a thousand years, so the title of respect has slowly been forgotten.

The Crimson Flame Fox's breakthrough greatly accelerated Ye Jingcheng's cultivation of the Four Aspects Heavenly Origin Sutra in the following days. At this moment, he felt that he could break through to the seventh layer of Qi Refining within two years.

Of course, don't think this speed is slow. Some cultivators with four spiritual roots often take ten years to break through a single layer from the mid to late stages of Qi Refining, which is very normal.

Ye Jingcheng's rapid progress was mainly because he was an alchemist who didn't lack spirit stones, and secondly, due to the merit of the Beast Communication Tattoo.

His was a seven-inch Beast Communication Tattoo, and coupled with the Crimson Flame Fox's strength, the spiritual energy he absorbed was essentially pure fire-attribute spiritual power that exceeded its grade by a significant amount.

On the third day, the Ye family's shop began to bustle with activity.

This time, many members of the Ye family came, as many as thirty, taking up a large area in the inner courtyard. Even the spiritual beasts to be sold were packed into spiritual beast pouches, making room for the family cultivators.

This group could be considered one-third of the Ye family's total strength.

Among them, the Foundation Establishment cultivator who came was still the Ye family's patriarch, Ye Xingliu. The ninth-layer Qi Refining cultivators included Third Elder Ye Haiyi, Eighth Elder Ye Haiping of the Treasure Pavilion, as well as Fourth Elder Ye Haiyun of Alchemy, Fifth Elder Ye Haiyang of Artifact Refining, and Sixth Elder Ye Haiyu of Talismans. The Ye family had mobilized a total of five ninth-layer Qi Refining cultivators, showcasing their full strength.

Unlike other families who might resent such a large-scale clearing operation, the Ye family was always extremely enthusiastic!

After all, they could certainly find some spiritual beast cubs in the mountains, and with the Ye family having spiritual beasts, the losses of family members would not be too great.

The Ye family's spiritual beasts were not limited to combat types; there were also detection types like the Jade Ring Mouse and Red Thousand Mouse, as well as cannon fodder types like the White Stone Ant and Azure Cloud Wolf, and aerial control types like the Red-Crowned Snow Eagle.

Unless the situation was truly terrible, the Ye family would likely not suffer heavy losses.

But the Taiyi Sect would not allow that kind of situation.

After all, the families below not only provide the sect with talented bloodlines but also tribute a large amount of resources.

They wouldn't want to see all the families destroyed.

However, the other three families might not think the same way about the Ye family.

This was also what the Ye family was most worried about. Previously, some families had colluded to frame the Ye family's ancestor beast.

With the arrival of the Ye family members, the rooms in the Ye family's backyard seemed insufficient. Since they would be heading to Jade Dragon Valley in a few days, the Ye family members did not rent rooms in the inn but squeezed several people into one room.

For example, Ye Jingcheng, Ye Jingli, Ye Jingyu, Ye Jingyong, and Ye Jingyun were already in one room.

Having not seen each other for many days, Ye Jingyong had now broken through to the seventh layer of Qi Refining!

Ye Jingyu had also reached the eighth layer of Qi Refining!

The ages of these individuals were not significantly different from Ye Jingcheng, which made Ye Jingcheng somewhat envious.

He realized he was already 26 years old. Sixty seemed far away, but also not so far, and not so near either.

Ye Jingcheng couldn't help but recall the Golden Scale Beast's pill formula. He was still missing those two spiritual herbs.

On the second day at the Ye family's shop, Ye Xinghe led many Ye family cultivators to the loose cultivator plaza to hire loose cultivators!

This scene piqued Ye Jingcheng's interest!

The usually bustling loose cultivator market was now empty, replaced by the recruitment sites of families like the Xu family and Mo family.

Of course, although it was called hiring, the spirit stones and resources spent were not much.

For example, the Xu family and Mo family, being Purple Mansion families, would offer a standard magic weapon corresponding to the cultivator's cultivation level. Families like the Ye family would offer a middle-grade magic weapon at most, and the quality wasn't very good, but it was better than nothing.

Most loose cultivators weren't after the magic weapon, but rather the opportunity to get a share of the spoils in Jade Dragon Valley!

If they weren't hired and went to Jade Dragon Valley privately, it would be considered stealing the Taiyi Sect's resources, and they would be hunted down relentlessly by the Taiyi Sect.

At that time, not only would they not get any resources, but they would also lose their entire fortune.

By participating in the hiring, they only needed to hand over sixty percent of their harvest: thirty percent to the family and thirty percent to the sect!

Of course, even families like the Ye family needed to give Taiyi Sect thirty percent of their harvest, while Purple Mansion families would have a slightly lower percentage.

But it wouldn't be lower than one and a half percent!

As for the most core resources of Jade Dragon Valley, such as mineral veins, spiritual veins, and even treasures like spiritual eye springs, as well as demon beasts and spiritual herbs above the third tier, they could only be distributed by the Taiyi Sect.

These were things that the various families could not participate in the distribution of.

Although everyone was helpless, they were, after all, vassals of the Taiyi Sect. Allowing the various families to keep seventy percent was already considered good.

Therefore, most loose cultivators followed the Mo family and Xu family. Only when the quotas of those two families were full would they consider families like the Ye family.