Myriad Spirits Immortal Clan

Passing through the valley entrance revealed a dense jungle, with colossal ancient trees piercing the clouds, accompanied by occasional roars of beasts.

Within the jungle, a single river cut across its expanse.

A rich spiritual energy permeated the air, so much so that Ye Jingcheng felt its density rivaled even Lingyun Peak.

And to think, they had only just entered Jade Dragon Valley.

The jungle naturally lacked paths, but for the Xu, Ye, and Li families, the spiritual herbs within were the greatest allure.

“Let's each choose a direction, using this river as a boundary, to clear out the entire Jade Dragon Valley!” Xu Wenchang declared from the forefront.

Furthermore, the three families began setting up formations at the valley entrance.

The clearing would commence after the main force of the Taiyi Sect made their move at the main valley entrance, followed by these affiliated forces.

After all, if a Purple Mansion-level demon appeared, they wouldn't be able to hold their ground.

“Since Brother Xu has spoken, then we'll take the left from the valley entrance!” Li Muhe added.

With his declaration, the clearing directions of the three families were essentially decided.

The Ye family would move upstream along the river, which meant fewer spiritual herbs and materials, but an abundance of spiritual beasts.

This river led to Jade Dragon Pool, from which snakes and pythons could quickly arrive.

The right side of the valley entrance led towards the main valley entrance, the source of the spiritual vein's energy, and thus the main attack direction of the sect.

Li family's choice of the left wasn't particularly advantageous, so the Ye family had no reason to refuse.

Ye Xingliu squinted, glancing at Li Muhe with a hint of disdain.

In his heart, he knew the Li family wasn't to be trusted.

However, this river was exactly what the Ye family wanted.

“Brother Xu, how about the Ye family takes the middle, along the river!”

Xu Wenchang nodded, sealing the plan.

The three families organized their respective rogue cultivators and pathfinders, while awaiting the signal of spiritual light fireworks from afar.

“Fourth Brother, Second Brother, pay attention to these individuals later!” Among the Ye family members, Ye Jingcheng retrieved a jade slip, handing it to Ye Jingyu and Ye Jingyong.

Although he had already given Ye Xinghe this information once, they needed to be extra cautious as the battle was about to begin.

Of course, the three didn't make a fuss.

As noon arrived, dazzling sunlight shone directly into the valley, casting a golden shimmer even on the river.

This was the scheduled time, and two streaks of spiritual light fireworks soared into the distance!

“Go!” Ye Xingliu announced the order.

The rogue cultivators hired by the Ye family began exploring along the river's edge!

However, during their exploration, they stayed closer to the jungle rather than the river.

For these rogue cultivators, the river held too many variables, dangers, and a scarcity of spiritual herbs.

Just then, Ye Haiyi retrieved his Crimson Thousand-Nose Rat, the same scarlet-nosed spiritual rat.

Besides Ye Haiyi's Crimson Thousand-Nose Rat, Ye Xingliu also opened his spirit beast pouch, and hundreds of sharp-tailed spirit-seeking bees began buzzing out.

These spirit-seeking bees were smaller than the average Tyrant Bee, but much faster and extremely sensitive to spiritual flowers and herbs!

And the Ye family's spirit beasts didn't stop there. Ye Jingcheng also saw several bizarre ants emerging from Ye Haiyi's storage pouch; these strange ants were called Big-Headed Ants and were renowned on the Ye family's spirit insect list.

The enormous heads of these Big-Headed Ants contained terrifying toxins.

If a cultivator wasn't careful and was bitten by a Big-Headed Ant, and didn't have an antidote in time, even a Qi Refining mid-stage cultivator could die a miserable death.

Besides these, Ye Jingcheng also saw a Red-Crested Snow Falcon, a Blazing Bird, and a Azure Scale Python!

This scene truly shocked Ye Jingcheng. The spirit beasts alone that the Ye family had brought were enough to make any cultivator harboring secret intentions despair!

Flying spirit beasts monitored the sky, aquatic spirit beasts lurked in the water, and various insects roamed the jungle.

Ye Jingcheng knew that there were probably two Foundation Establishment spirit beasts hidden in the shadows, the Lizard Duke and the Green-Eyed Hanging-Eye Tiger.

On the contrary, the Ye family didn't pay too much attention to the rogue cultivators.

Ye Jingcheng also followed along, releasing his Jade Ring Rat and Golden Scale Beast.

The Golden Scale Beast's appearance immediately drew the attention of many Ye family members.

Almost a year had passed, and the Golden Scale Beast had grown larger, its golden scales appearing exceptionally magnificent, especially its front claws, which were even thicker.

This was a result of frequently practicing Earth Spike.

Its cultivation was also approaching the late stage of Qi Refining. One had to know that this was only Ye Jingcheng's second spirit beast.

At the same time, Ye Jingcheng's training methods were now known to many cultivators in the Ye family, and this was a good opportunity for them to observe.

Of course, while everyone looked at Ye Jingcheng's spirit beast, they also saw the Jade Ring Rat. Compared to the Golden Scale Beast's growth, the Jade Ring Rat seemed much more ordinary, except for its plump belly, which had grown significantly wider.

This time, the Ye family split into two halves along the river, each with a dozen or so people, with Ye Haiyun and Ye Xinghe in the front and back near the Xu family.

Near the Li family were Ye Xingliu and Ye Haiyi, obviously to guard against the Li family. Ye Jingcheng, Ye Jingyu, and Ye Jingyong followed behind Ye Xingliu.

The jungle was vast, and after the rogue cultivators and Ye family cultivators dispersed, the distance between each cultivator was not close.

“Three miles in a north-west direction, there is a Fire Spirit Mushroom under a tree, guarded by a Green Bamboo Snake!” Ye Xingliu's spirit-seeking bees had already begun to take effect.

After he spoke, Ye Jingyong was the first to head towards the location he mentioned.

“Four miles due north, there is a Scarlet Scale Tree, with a nest of Blazing Birds on it!” Ye Xingliu spoke again, and this time it was Ye Jingyu who went.

In the following time, many Ye family members went into action. Besides the spiritual herbs and materials discovered by the Ye family's spirit beasts, many rogue cultivators also reaped great rewards!

The initial exploration of Jade Dragon Valley made many cultivators overjoyed.

Ye Jingcheng also wanted to move, but Ye Xingliu had told him beforehand to stay by his side.

Ye Jingcheng naturally wouldn't bring it up himself, and he was slightly looking forward to some surprises from the river.

He currently had an earth-attribute spirit beast and a fire-attribute spirit beast, and was still lacking a water-attribute spirit beast and a wood-attribute spirit beast.

Deep within the jungle, a tall figure, after exploring for a while, began to look around.

He first glanced at the sky, confirming that there were no flying spirit beasts from the Ye family, and then scanned the surroundings with his divine sense!

The divine sense of a Qi Refining cultivator didn't reach far, but by the same logic, the divine sense of the Ye family members didn't reach far either.

Sensing nothing unusual, he gritted his teeth and darted towards the river!

Upon seeing the river, a blue snake appeared in his hand.

He then took out a jade bottle from his storage pouch.

He poured the contents of the jade bottle onto the blue snake, and instantly the blue snake became extremely agitated and bloodthirsty, even trying to bite him!

However, under the cultivator's forceful control, the blue snake crazily headed towards the river!