Beast Taming Clan: I Have a Jade Book Chapter 1272 - 889: Desolate Secret Realm

"The Celestial Departure Grassland is close to the Hundred Thousand Mountains, of course there are lots of Demon Beasts!" Ye Qingfeng didn’t feel anything particularly strange about it.

"No. The ones that were numerous before were Tier One Spirit Beasts, and ever since the Dragon Ancestor appeared in the Desert Sea, the Demon Kings of the Celestial Departure Grassland have retreated much deeper inside!"

"Right now, either a Beast Tide is brewing, or something has happened within the Hundred Thousand Mountains." Ye Qingnian stroked the belly of the Red Cloud Eagle and found that all of them were somewhat dried out, as if they’d been hungry for a long time.

Which was why they had started preying on the Long-eared Spirit Deer on the grassland without a care.

"How could it be as mystical as you say?" Ye Qingfeng didn’t believe it on the surface, but in truth he was already somewhat hesitant.

Just as Ye Qingnian had said, over these two years the Demon Beasts were indeed far more numerous than before.

"It might be a Beast Tide. Let’s head to Yuanling Oasis and tell Brother Qingfu!" Ye Qingnian quickly drove the Spirit Deer on, then took Ye Qingfeng and rushed off into the distance.

The two quickly flew to Yuanling Oasis and arrived at the Spirit Mountain Hall of the Ye Family branches.

They found that quite a few Cultivators from various clans had already come here.

Seeing this, Ye Qingnian guessed that many Cultivators from the affiliated clans had come to ask about the situation.

After all, if a Beast Tide really was coming, they would need to pull back the defensive line of the Celestial Departure Grassland and retreat to the Desert Sea.

Once in the Desert Sea, no matter how strong those Demon Beasts were, their strength would be weakened quite a bit.

But if they were caught by the Beast Tide while still on the Celestial Departure Grassland, the losses would be enormous.

The vast grassland might be a natural pasture, but it was also laid bare at a glance, with nowhere to hide.

After a short while, the doors of the Assembly Hall opened, and Ye Qingfu walked out.

It seemed this group had already been discussing for some time.

"Qingnian, have you two also noticed that Flying Birds and Fire Attribute Spirit Beasts have suddenly increased in number?" Ye Qingfu asked.

"Exactly!" Ye Qingnian nodded. He was repeatedly on guard now; he had sensed something wrong earlier, but hadn’t observed it as carefully as the others.

Thinking back now, the Spirit Beasts of other attributes hadn’t increased much at all.

"It might be due to a Demon Emperor being born, or a special Spirit Pet appearing!" Ye Qingfu said.

"So this isn’t a Beast Tide?" Ye Qingnian asked.

"No, it’s not a Beast Tide. If it were, there would definitely be a Beast King or Beast Emperor roaring, ten thousand beasts howling together. It wouldn’t be as quiet as it is now." Ye Qingfu spoke with certainty.

"However, this matter is still suspicious. I’ll pass the news back to the clan. As for you two, don’t go to the Celestial Departure Grassland anymore. Just stay here at Yuanling Oasis and wait!" Ye Qingfu said.

Right now, he was naturally worried that Ye Qingnian and Ye Qingfeng would still go to the Celestial Departure Grassland.

If anything happened to the two of them, it would be a responsibility he simply couldn’t bear.

"Alright, then we’ll impose on Brother Qingfu." Ye Qingnian nodded. He understood priorities clearly; although he had plenty of trump cards, he knew that in the face of absolute strength, no amount of trump cards mattered.

...

Eastern Domain, Yan Kingdom, Lingyun Peak.

The waters of Lingyun Lake rippled green, Cyan Jade Lotuses blooming in full glory.

Beside the lake stood a pavilion, and inside the pavilion five or six people were gathered.

At their head sat Ye Jingyu; beside Ye Jingyu were Ye Jingyong, Ye Jingli, Ye Qingyan, and Ye Jingyun.

Only now, the others were all Purple Mansion, with only Ye Jingyun still at Foundation Establishment Peak.

Years of serving as Vice Family Head hadn’t made Ye Jingyun feel the least bit out of place.

On the contrary, he listened carefully to everyone’s explanations, distilling from them insights on breaking through to Purple Mansion.

In his view, ordinary Foundation Establishment Cultivators simply didn’t have this many Purple Mansion Cultivators preaching to them.

After a round of explanation, his eyes grew brighter and brighter.

"Alright, let’s give Jing Yun some time to digest." Ye Jingyu said.

The others nodded, then shifted to discussing the family’s latest expansion in Celestial Protection Commandery.

"Jing Feng and Uncle Xingyu said that recently, on the side of the Taihang Mountain Range near Celestial Protection Commandery, they discovered a Tier Three Secret Realm. If anyone wants to go, we can head there together when the time comes!" Ye Jingyu said.

By now the Ye Family had already secretly taken control of Taihang Commandery and Celestial Protection Commandery, so naturally Secret Realms had become more numerous.

Some were Secret Realms offered up by small clans, others were discovered by the Ye Family when opening up Hidden Peak and patrolling the mountain range.

In such unexplored Secret Realms, there was a good chance of finding inheritances or High-tier Spiritual Medicine.

"Could it be a Secret Realm of the Eight Desolates Sect?" Ye Jingli asked.

"There can’t be that many Eight Desolates Sect Secret Realms. It should just be an ordinary Secret Realm." Ye Jingyu chuckled.

To put it plainly, the Ye Family had already obtained many Eight Desolates Sect inheritances, directly or indirectly.

Such as the Sword Desolate Wan Family’s inheritance, the Artifact Desolate Zhang Family’s inheritance, and the Kuihuang Jia Family as well as the Talisman Desolate’s inheritances.

The likelihood that this was yet another remaining Eight Desolates Sect Secret Realm was very low.

"This time, once Second Granduncle arrives, we’ll be set." Ye Jingyu said.

He couldn’t help remembering the old days, when a Golden Core True Master from the Taiyi Sect opened the Secret Realm Gate, and all the affiliated forces went inside.

Now, the Ye Family could explore the Secret Realms of the Taihang Mountain Range on their own.

Everyone waited on Lingyun Peak for five days. As the blazing sun at the horizon slowly sank, a streak of crimson Chixia appeared at the end of the mountains.

A figure silently descended above Lingyun Lake. Looking at Lingyun Lake, his eyes revealed a trace of nostalgia. He had seen far too many Spirit Mountains, far too many Spirit Lakes, but only this one matched his state of mind the best.

After observing for quite a while, he turned to Ye Jingyu and the others:

"Let’s depart."

...

Taihang Commandery bordered Jade Dragon Valley and Chixia Ridge’s Thunder Roc Valley.

Celestial Protection Commandery, on the other hand, bordered Golden Bear Mountain.

The Golden Bear Demon King of this Golden Bear Mountain had no tribe of its own and was a rare solitary Demon King.

Within its territory, there were very few other Demon Beasts.

But Spirit Medicine was plentiful.

The Ye Family discovered this Secret Realm only because they accidentally stumbled upon it while chasing a Spirit Beast.

"It’s just ahead." In the forest, Ye Jingfeng pointed to a remote hill in front.

He had already scouted the surrounding situation in advance and knew exactly when that Golden Bear Demon King went to sleep. Thus, at the moment, they hadn’t disturbed any Spirit Beasts.

Before long, they arrived at the entrance of a cave, and the six of them headed inside.

The cave was extremely deep, with Moonlight Stones set into both sides. It was just that, whether from the long passage of time or something else, the Moonlight Stones had become rather dim.

When the group reached the depths, they found a hall.

Several Spirit Patterns were arranged within the hall, but the patterns were far too ancient.

Ye Jingfeng took out a Void Spirit Insect, then spoke.

"Second Granduncle, Fourth Brother, this is the place!"

"This structure, this layout..." Seeing this, Ye Xuecang’s expression grew solemn.

"Second Granduncle, is there something special about it?" Ye Jingyu couldn’t help asking.

"It might truly be a Desolate Secret Realm. There could very well be something suppressed inside!" Ye Xuecang said gravely.

The Arrays nearby not only concealed the Secret Realm, they also served as a Seal.

Only, what was sealed within, no one knew.

"Let’s first see what tier this Secret Realm is." Ye Xuecang took out a Compass Treasure.

At the same time, he had Ye Jingfeng and Ye Jingyu open up a sliver of the Array.

As a fair amount of Spiritual Light leaked out, Ye Xuecang’s Compass Treasure began to glow.

"A Tier Three Secret Realm, no doubt. But when you go in, send Flying Puppets first." Ye Xuecang said.

The Desolate Secret Realm was different from other Secret Realms. They excelled at Arrays, had once studied some Demonic Cultivation Treasures, and took suppressing Demon Cultivators as their mission.

The last Desolate Secret Realm had contained a Cyan Yang Demon Corpse.

And that Secret Realm had only been a Tier Two Secret Realm.

Since this one before them was Tier Three, they naturally had to be even more cautious.

"Alright!" Ye Jingyu and the others nodded repeatedly.

They could clearly feel Ye Xuecang’s caution.

Only Ye Jingli glanced at Ye Jingyu at this moment.

He very much wanted to say that he’d long said this was an Eight Desolates Sect Secret Realm, but Ye Jingyu hadn’t believed him at the time.

Of course, alongside his excitement, Ye Jingli couldn’t help but feel a surge of longing. He hadn’t experienced this feeling of exploring a Secret Realm for a very long time.

He felt the hot blood in his body boiling once more.

"Then let’s set up Arrays first before going in, to prevent that Demon King from waking up!" Ye Xuecang took out an Array Disc and began arranging Arrays one by one!