Myriad Spirits Immortal Clan

Inside the Heavenly Shadow Peak's council hall, some members of the Ye family gathered once again.

Amplified by the spiritual energy of the spiritual vein, the hall seemed even more majestic, and the Ye family members present were visibly excited, whispering amongst themselves.

Ye Jingzhong and Ye Qingwen were among them.

Before long, Ye Haisheng was seen walking out from a distance.

The current Ye Haisheng was different from his previous gloomy self. He now possessed a thick aura of ruthlessness, and his sword energy was no longer restrained, but rather exuded a sharp, unyielding feeling.

He had already led a team to conquer White Poplar Oasis, one of the four large oases.

However, the gains were not significant. After all, many resources had been taken to Heavenly Phoenix Oasis beforehand, and some of the remaining resources had been plundered in advance due to the travel time.

His team's harvest was almost limited to the oasis's spiritual vein, spiritual herb garden, and mineral vein.

Just then, the figure of Ye Xueliang also emerged from afar.

At this moment, even Ye Haisheng became solemn.

Unlike the previous Ye Xueliang, who was still immersed in sorrow, the current Ye Xueliang was incomparably calm. His eyes seemed to have transformed into those of a spirit snake once more, filled with indifference.

"Fellow clansmen, what we are here to discuss this time is the extermination of the remaining Zhang family cultivators. Those of you who are present here all possess spirit beasts capable of tracking auras!" Ye Xueliang stated directly.

Upon hearing this, Ye Qingwen, Ye Jingzhong, and the others suddenly had a realization.

Of course, these people also shared another characteristic: their cultivation levels had only recently broken through, so even with the spiritual energy tide, their gains were limited.

This way, they wouldn't delay the tide and could also search for the Zhang family members as quickly as possible.

"Haisheng, how is your blood compass coming along?" Ye Xueliang asked, looking at Ye Haisheng.

Ye Haisheng immediately nodded:

"I have already created three, all refined from the essence blood of tens of thousands of Zhang family members!"

With a flip of his hand, three blood compasses appeared.

These three blood compasses were not complex, and could even be described as crude. However, upon closer inspection, one could see a blood-red light soaring into the sky, and it seemed as if remnants of souls were surging within, making them appear like demonic treasures, bizarre and extraordinary.

Of course, despite their bizarreness, they could roughly sense the presence of the Zhang family's bloodline.

However, the sensing distance was not far, so if the Ye family truly wanted to track them, this alone would not be enough.

They would also need to pair it with some spirit beasts with extremely strong olfactory abilities. In this way, with a long-range and a short-range detection, they could roughly sense where the Zhang family cultivators were hiding.

Ye Xueliang immediately took out a Heavenly Bloodhound. This Heavenly Bloodhound belonged to the spiritual sense type of spirit beast. In terms of smell, it was exceptionally powerful. Although it was only at the early Second Order, it could track many auras even above the Third Order.

At this moment, upon smelling the blood compass, it began to howl, appearing impatient.

Besides the Heavenly Bloodhound that Ye Xueliang took out, someone took out a Thousand-Red Rat, and someone else took out an Azure Profound Wolf…

These were all spirit beasts that excelled at smelling blood.

"Then it's settled. Haisheng, you are responsible for leading a group of people to track them. I will lead the remaining group, and Jingfeng will lead another group. We must find the Zhang family as soon as possible, and if I'm not mistaken, the Zhang family is also hiding a large secret realm or mineral vein!" Ye Xueliang quickly divided the teams according to the number of blood compasses.

Ye Haisheng was a Violet Palace cultivator, so the members of his team were slightly weaker, which would help balance the overall strength of the three teams as much as possible.

"However, everyone must be aware that the Zhang family may still have hidden Violet Palace cultivators. This time, in addition to the contracted Great Demons, everyone should also bring a batch of Thunder Rhinoceros Beetles. Be careful above all else at critical moments!" Ye Xueliang began distributing spirit beast pouches.

The Thunder Rhinoceros Beetles in these spirit beast pouches were precisely Ye Jingcheng's Thunder Rhinoceros Beetles. Each pouch contained forty or so beetles, which could form a small Heaven-Opening Divine Drum formation to charge into battle.

The power of a Second Order Thunder Rhinoceros Beetle was already considerable. When forty or so of them gathered, ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators would definitely be unable to resist.

As for the Third Order Great Demons, Ye Haisheng, Ye Xueliang, and Ye Jingfeng had all tamed one Great Demon each.

Furthermore, to ensure that nothing went wrong, Ye Xueliang and Ye Jingfeng each carried two of Ye Jingcheng's Third Order Hidden-Wing Thunder Rhinoceros Beetles.

In this way, as long as they didn't encounter cultivators above the late stage of the Violet Palace realm, the Ye family would not face a situation where they couldn't even provide support in time.

After discussing again for a while, the three teams flew out of the hall once more, tracking towards three different directions in the sand sea!

…

In Distant Spirit Oasis, the various taverns and loose cultivator markets were equally bustling.

After all, in just one month, it would be the Ye family's Fourth Order auction.

Not only would they be auctioning off fifty oases, but also Foundation Establishment Pills, Earthly Fiend Qi for breaking through to Foundation Establishment, and Heavenly Astral Qi for breaking through to the Violet Palace realm.

These were all exceptionally precious treasures.

The most commonly used item for cultivators to break through to Foundation Establishment was still the Foundation Establishment Pill, because it could prevent death upon failure.

However, one could also use Earthly Fiend Qi to break through to Foundation Establishment, but after breaking through, the cultivation technique and spiritual power would be tainted with the Yin and cold nature of the Earthly Fiend Qi.

When breaking through to the Violet Palace realm, Heavenly Astral Qi was actually the best spiritual medicine for breaking through.

Of course, just like breaking through to Foundation Establishment, if one failed to break through to the Violet Palace realm by consuming Heavenly Astral Qi, they would also suffer a great backlash, and might even be tormented by Heavenly Astral Qi and Earthly Fiend Qi for the rest of their lives.

However, for cultivators, as long as there was a glimmer of hope, they would not give up.

Therefore, these treasures were still extremely popular.

Of course, besides these treasures, the biggest topic of discussion among these loose cultivators was no longer which secret realm or cave dwelling was available, but rather which oasis was better and which oasis had lower competitive pressure.

Some were even discussing where the Zhang family and Jia family's remaining clansmen were most likely to be hiding.

In particular, as long as one killed and handed over a core Foundation Establishment cultivator of the Zhang family, they could be exempted from paying taxes and tribute for ten years, and even a core Qi Refining cultivator could be exempted for one year.

Those who had already obtained corpses were now extremely low-key, while still discussing the matter enthusiastically on the surface.

At this moment, a cultivator wearing an aura-isolating robe passed through the crowd, muttering in his mouth:

"The Zhang family members are too difficult to find now. If I had known this, I would have killed a few of them earlier!"

"The Zhang family brats used to be so arrogant!"

After he finished cursing, the other cultivators expressed their extreme agreement.

Distant Spirit Oasis had previously had no shortage of overbearing descendants from the Zhang and Jia families.

However, after this cultivator bought some spiritual items, he searched around for a direction where Zhang family cultivators might be and flew out.

More than half a day passed.

He arrived at a desert.

The yellow sand here was exceptionally coarse. When blown by the wind, it easily created dust explosions, filling the sky and making it difficult for people to open their eyes.

Before long, as the yellow sand grew larger and larger, the vision became even more blurred, until a glimmer of light appeared in the yellow sand.

The cultivator immediately cast a few spiritual incantations. Magically, the light at the end of the spreading yellow sand grew larger and larger, eventually transforming into a secret realm entrance as tall as a person. The cultivator walked into it.

As soon as he entered, several Zhang family cultivators thoroughly checked him.

After the check was completed and it was confirmed that there were no problems, Zhang Yucheng asked:

"Zhang Yuan, how is it?"

"Acting Family Head Yucheng, the situation outside is extremely unfavorable. All the loose cultivators are hunting us down, and this Ye family is willing to share those oases, which has made those loose cultivators stand on their side even more," Zhang Yuan said tremblingly.

Zhang Yuan was just a Zhang family's live-in cultivator who had been hiding for a long time. However, at this moment, he didn't feel fortunate that he was a member of the Zhang family. On the contrary, he wanted to leave the Zhang family very much.

However, the Zhang family had placed a potent poison on him. He couldn't get the antidote, so he could only continue to seek survival on the edge of a knife with the Zhang family.

Moreover, there was a Soul-Questioning Talisman in front of him, so he didn't dare to tell even the slightest lie.

After all, he had witnessed the Zhang family's ruthlessness in his early years. He had even killed many members of the Jia family for the Zhang family.

"Alright, give me the supplies you bought!" Zhang Yucheng took Zhang Yuan's storage pouch and waved his hand, telling Zhang Yuan to stand guard in place.

He then led a few people towards the depths of the secret realm.

Of course, this secret realm was not a Second Order secret realm, but a Third Order secret realm, which could accommodate Violet Palace cultivators at most.

After arriving at a great hall, an old man with white hair was already waiting inside.

Seeing the tense look on Zhang Yucheng's face, the old man immediately had an answer in his heart, and let out a long sigh in the great hall.

The empty great hall echoed with the drawn-out sigh.

After a long time, Zhang Yucheng took the lead in cupping his hands and bowing, saying:

"Uncle Yongtai, how much longer will that treasure take to be completed?"

"At least several more months!" The old man sighed again. That treasure was of great use for breaking through to the Nascent Soul realm. If nothing had happened to their Zhang family, future Nascent Soul cultivators would definitely emerge one after another.

But now, even this treasure might become a wedding dress for the Ye family.

"Uncle Yongtai, we may not be able to hide for so long. This Ye family is too insidious. Now we are enemies of everyone in the sand sea. Once we are exposed, we will face endless pursuit!"

"Why don't we overdraw our resources and take a portion with us first. After our cultivation levels have improved somewhat and the storm has passed, we can come back here!" Zhang Yucheng suggested.

Although this kind of secret realm was hidden, if one was not careful and it was discovered, it would become a heavenly prison. As long as they blocked the entrance to the secret realm,

they would become fish on a chopping board.

"Leave? Yucheng, this matter is not as simple as you think!" The old man named Zhang Yongtai shook his head.

"The Ye family will definitely use the essence blood of our Zhang family's fallen cultivators and the bloodlines of core mortals to condense Thousand-Blood Compasses or Ten-Thousand-Blood Compasses. It will be difficult for us to defend against the sensing of these blood compasses in the sand sea!"

"Unless we use spatial artifacts, but there is no one we can trust anymore with spatial artifacts!" Zhang Yongtai said helplessly.

Now was not the peak period of the Zhang family, when they could use all their vassals.

How could they trust those vassals now? After all, information about their Zhang family was especially valuable to the Ye family.

At the same time, once a spatial artifact contained people, it could not be put into a storage pouch. This fatal flaw forced them to consider it.

"I only hope that Ancestor Taichu didn't leave behind that raw ore in the end!" Zhang Yongtai sighed.