Beast Taming Clan: I Have a Jade Book Chapter 1266 - 885: Jade Qilin’s Advancement, Turtle Ancestor’s Schemes

Inside the Grotto Heaven, the Six-Colored Cloud Deer flew a full circle in the air before reluctantly flapping its enormous Heaven-Reaching Wings to reach Ye Jingcheng, leaving behind a trail of six-colored auspicious clouds in the sky, as splendid and colorful as a rainbow.

Of course, don’t assume that the Six-Colored Cloud Deer and the Golden Falcon racing through the sky are merely venting; this is also a way for spirit beasts to acclimate to their bodies.

They have all advanced, their bloodlines strengthened, and their bodies naturally grew stronger correspondingly.

This is the advantage that demon beasts have over cultivators when it comes to the physical body, and wings are part of their physique.

"Yo yo!" The Six-Colored Cloud Deer first let out a long cry, then lowered its proud head.

"Master."

"Not bad, how has your strength advanced?" Ye Jingcheng nodded with satisfaction. The Six-Colored Cloud Deer had also broken through to the mid-stage of the fourth tier; now his Five-Element Spirit Beasts had all reached above the mid-stage of the fourth tier.

With the enhancement of the Beast Communication Pattern, Ye Jingcheng felt hopeful to break through to the Late Stage of Golden Core before heading to the Earth Immortal Realm.

"Yo yo!" The Six-Colored Cloud Deer cried out again and flew back to the sky, scattering six seeds of the Vajra Vine upon the ground as its Six-Colored Spirit Pattern shone bright.

As the Vajra Vine seeds fell, they transformed into enormous Vajra Vine Wood Giants.

And due to the influence of the Six-Colored Spirit Pattern, these six wood giants presented a colorful appearance as if cloaked with additional Spirit Light Battle Armor.

Ye Jingcheng glanced at these wood giants, noticing that they were all hovering around the peak of the early stage of tier four.

This meant that just with this nurturing from the Six-Colored Cloud Deer, Ye Jingcheng got six spirit puppets of peak early stage tier four.

Having finished flapping its cloud wings, the Six-Colored Cloud Deer took a sharp inhalation.

Ye Jingcheng felt as though his vital energy and blood were being drawn from within, causing his secret techniques within to instantly collapse.

This scene made Ye Jingcheng exceedingly delighted; such terrifying Blood-Sucking Spirit power could undoubtedly be exceedingly effective in crucial moments against those with great divine techniques or secret techniques.

"Yo yo!" As Ye Jingcheng thought this was the end, the Six-Colored Cloud Deer’s antlers emitted spiritual light, resembling the Wood Transformation Divine Light of the Two-headed Turtle, and were similarly used to heal the injuries of cultivators.

Moreover, this divine light is even gentler, improving healing effects.

"Not bad!" Ye Jingcheng retrieved two tier four spirit pills, generously tossing them to the Six-Colored Cloud Deer while also infusing it with a lot of Treasure Light.

These past few years, spirit pills were the least of his needs.

"Thank you, Master. Yo yo!" The Six-Colored Cloud Deer expressed its gratitude and flew into the spirit fields and wilderness, looking eager to consume plant essence and dew, which it hadn’t indulged in for quite some time.

Ye Jingcheng watched with a satisfied smile.

He grew increasingly expectant of his trip to the Earth Immortal Realm.

Meanwhile, he glanced towards the lake bottom, where the Jade Qilin Flood Dragon was still advancing in its breakthrough. Although the Jade Qilin Flood Dragon was closest to the late stage of tier four, its need for spiritual energy and time to advance was greater.

"Shouldn’t take too much longer." Ye Jingcheng observed for a moment before commenting.

"Hope it finishes in time!" Ye Jingcheng couldn’t help but take out a Jade Talisman he’d agreed upon with Master Xuan Jing.

After all, facing a tier four late stage Earth Flood Dragon next, while not being able to bring the Earth Dragon Demon Emperor, Ye Jingcheng felt that the Jade Qilin Flood Dragon breaking through would be more secure.

Ahead, Ye Jingcheng continued cultivating Five Elements Divine Thunder, while the Six-Colored Cloud Deer joined the refining session with the Golden Scale Beast and Golden Falcon.

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A month passed quietly, and one day, the lake water started exuding terrifying cold qi, with dense spiritual light spreading across the lake surface, as if laying out a layer of Moon Spirit Pearls.

It was serene and bright.

Ye Jingcheng and a crowd of spirit beasts all turned to look, even the Golden Scale Beast paused.

Roars started emanating from within the lake.

These roars were deep and muffled.

Spiritual energy from the entire Grotto Heaven rushed towards the Spirit Lake.

This anomaly lasted for three hours, and finally, with a piercing roar, a white flood dragon burst forth from the water.

Its immense flood dragon head exuded even more draconic might, its straight flood dragon horn shifted slightly, and it began showing signs of splitting. Next to this horn, there even appeared a new bump.

Evidently, the next advancement would result in the growth of two horns.

At that time, it would no longer be simply a flood dragon but a half-dragon pseudo-True Spirit.

Two enormous dragon whiskers wavered in the sky, and its flood dragon claws changed from three-toed to four, with double claws.

Its scales were akin to chunks of moonlight stones, crystalline and translucent, radiant with spiritual light. Upon closer inspection, one could see layer upon layer of clear spiritual pattern veins.

"Roar!" The Jade Qilin Flood Dragon roared in the air again.

This roar was directed at the Golden Scale Beast and Red Flame Fox.

Its pair of gigantic eyes brimmed with pride.

Only when it saw Ye Jingcheng did those eyes fill with docility and honesty, and its mouth widened.

Once devoid of any threat, the Jade Qilin Flood Dragon returned to its previous behavior.

It merely wished to eat large quantities.

"Master! Roar! Hungry!" The Jade Qilin Flood Dragon’s mouth couldn’t help but drool copiously.

It occasionally glanced at the Spirit Fish within the Spirit Lake, seeming to calculate how many Spirit Fish had accumulated over the years in seclusion, and it also eyed the Meat Mushroom Wood Demon, and the Spirit Deer cultivated in the distance. However, it ultimately focused back on Ye Jingcheng, as the large food items were stored in Ye Jingcheng’s Storage Bag.

"How is your divine technique after advancement?" Ye Jingcheng did not immediately take out food but asked first.

The Jade Qilin Flood Dragon, with its cultivation already at the late stage of tier four, equivalent to a cultivator’s Late Stage of Golden Core.

But what intrigued him was the Jade Qilin Flood Dragon’s ability to advance and its divine techniques.

"Roar!" The Jade Qilin Flood Dragon roared, its flood dragon horns bursting with spiritual light, releasing a Profound Cold Storm.

The storm, many times wider than before, descended with greater terror, condensing ten ice dragons that soared within it.

At the same time, the ice rain that previously only turned into ice crystals now formed into ice cones, as if the Jade Qilin Flood Dragon could control them at will within the ice rain.

This divine technique was something even Ye Jingcheng was extremely wary of.

If he were caught by the Jade Qilin Flood Dragon’s Profound Cold Storm, apart from using the Soul Guardian Blood Escape to flee, he truly had no other good means of countering it.

The Jade Qilin Flood Dragon then opened its mouth wide, crafting an Ice Palace. This Ice Palace, compared to before, had a Silver Moon resting atop its highest dome.

This Silver Moon was extremely condensed, capable of flying out at an astonishing speed.

"Let’s call this move the Silver Moon Ice Palace!" Ye Jingcheng couldn’t help but speak up.

Soon, the Jade Qilin Flood Dragon dispersed all its spiritual power, and the entire grotto heaven returned to its original state.

Ye Jingcheng took out the corpse of a Tier Three Demon Beast, along with two Tier Four Spirit Pills and plenty of treasure light, offering them to the Jade Qilin Flood Dragon.

Originally, he thought the Jade Qilin Flood Dragon would dive into the lake again, but surprisingly, it began devouring Spirit Fish, the spiritual flesh of Meat Mushroom Wood Demons, and Spiritual Food like the Long-horned Spirit Deer.

Ye Jingcheng did not intervene, as these were prepared for the Jade Qilin Flood Dragon.

Glancing at it, he then looked toward the Golden Scale Beast. As expected, the Golden Scale Beast, along with the Six-Colored Cloud Deer and the Golden Falcon, was on the Celestial Spirit Body Refining Array, training diligently as if spurred on.

Seeing this scene, Ye Jingcheng nodded in satisfaction.

The Golden Scale Beast not only cultivated arduously on its own but also motivated the Golden Falcon and Six-Colored Cloud Deer, achieving a three-in-one effect.

Ye Jingcheng also rose, beginning to distribute treasure light and Spiritual Food and Elixirs.

Finally, when he stood before a Spirit Turtle, Ye Jingcheng couldn’t help but speak:

"Turtle Ancestor, in the coming days, I will venture into a perilous land; you should stay in the Desert Sea!" Ye Jingcheng looked at the silent Turtle Ancestor, feeling slightly unaccustomed.

Since entering the grotto heaven and being discouraged, the Turtle Ancestor hadn’t spoken.

Of course, over these ten or so years, it hadn’t refrained from enjoying Ye Jingcheng’s treasure light and elixirs, even secretly drinking from the Spiritual Spring and eating Tier Three Star Pear Fruits.

Currently, its cultivation level had advanced far beyond its previous state.

"You don’t need to mind me. I can even help if you’re going into a perilous land!" Turtle Ancestor waved its paw.

It involuntarily pouted.

It thought that by staying silent, Ye Jingcheng wouldn’t notice it, and it could continue sipping from the Spiritual Spring, sharing treasure light, and enjoying elixirs happily for eternity.

But it didn’t expect that in just ten years, Ye Jingcheng would want to drive it away.

"Turtle Ancestor, the place cannot accommodate the Earth Dragon Demon Emperor; it might be somewhat dangerous." Ye Jingcheng spoke up again.

"Jingcheng the Kid, what are you worried about? Not being able to bring Nascent Souls is actually better. Do you think there’s any Golden Core in this Cultivation Realm that can deal with you in this grotto heaven?" Turtle Ancestor cast a glance at those Spirit Beasts, then grumbled discontentedly.

It naturally didn’t want to leave the grotto heaven. It had refrained from speaking for over a decade precisely to avoid Ye Jingcheng’s attention; it certainly didn’t want to go out.

In this moment, if Ye Jingcheng were to insist on evicting it.

It would certainly enlighten him on why it could be called the Turtle Ancestor, for it was a meritorious figure in the Ye Family.

"My great uncle has already emerged from seclusion, and barring any unforeseen circumstances, he will perform a soul injection in three months." Ye Jingcheng couldn’t help but open up again.

Ye Haicheng had broken through to the Golden Core a year ago, becoming the fourth Golden Core cultivator of the Ye Family.

"Alright, I’ll go meet him. But remember to come to the Desert Sea to fetch me. My grotto heaven still has a good treasure; your second uncle always takes a look each time he enters!" Upon hearing this, Turtle Ancestor had no choice but to nod.

Of course, it hadn’t given up.

With Ye Haicheng breaking through to the Golden Core, he could now perform a soul injection, which promised great benefits even for it.

So it wished to complete a soul injection before returning to cultivate with Ye Jingcheng.

"Next time, this Turtle Ancestor will arrange for you to have an additional Tier Four Spiritual Vein. Your grotto heaven is quite meager. But remember, kiddo, also set up a Spirit Lake for me; sharing with that Roc Fish is rather uncomfortable!" The Tai Cang Turtle couldn’t help but speak up.

Hearing this, Ye Jingcheng couldn’t help but smile wryly, realizing the Turtle Ancestor had made his secret realm its cultivation territory.

With spiritual veins and a Spirit Lake.

Indeed, he thought this in his heart but nodded on the surface.

Then he also exited the grotto heaven, taking out the Profound Light Ship and heading toward the Celestial Phoenix Oasis.

After leaving Turtle Ancestor behind, he directly proceeded to the Forbidden Land of Fallen Souls, arriving at Sha Huang Mountain.

To Ye Jingcheng’s surprise, outside Sha Huang Mountain, Master Xuan Jing was currently meditating on a barren mountain.

It seemed he had waited for quite some time.

"Eleventh Brother, Master Xuan Jing has been waiting for you over there!" said the clansman guarding the teleportation array, introducing him.

"Hmm, understood!" Ye Jingcheng nodded, flying out from the Spirit Mountain.

"Xuan Jing Daoist, I secluded myself to cultivate a secret technique, apologies for keeping you waiting." Ye Jingcheng bowed repeatedly as he spoke.

"Not at all, I was just worried you might not find your way, so I came to lead the way." Master Xuan Jing waved his hands repeatedly as he replied.