Beast Taming Clan: I Have a Jade Book Chapter 1402 - 998: Bribery and Inquiry, News of Qingzhi

The thunder tribulation likewise lasted for more than half a day, the booming thunder light turning the entire void alternately pitch-black and blinding white.

As if day and night were ceaselessly shifting in the blink of an eye.

Accompanied by the rumbling thunder, not to mention Cultivators and mortals—even many Demon Beasts could not help but tremble at this moment.

"Boom!" With a peal of explosive thunder.

At last, a gigantic bolt of tribulation lightning more than two feet wide roared down toward the Jade Qilin Flood Dragon.

The Jade Qilin Flood Dragon first spat out a beam of cold light, condensing an Ice Dragon that rose to meet the thunder.

When the Ice Dragon exploded, the Jade Qilin Flood Dragon then soared into the sky and swallowed all the remaining thunder tribulation in one gulp.

Ye Jingcheng was still relatively calm at this sight; after all, he had seen it before. The Treasure Light he had given the Jade Qilin Flood Dragon was precisely because he had considered that it would do this.

The other Ye Clan members were utterly dumbfounded as they watched.

They had heard of people crossing tribulations, but this was truly the first time they had seen someone swallowing tribulation.

Yet with that first bolt of thunder tribulation descending, the Jade Qilin Flood Dragon not only didn’t use an Array, they couldn’t even see where it had been injured.

However, it seemed the thunder tribulation was also enraged; just like with Ye Jingcheng, the second and third bolts of thunder tribulation followed close behind.

The Jade Qilin Flood Dragon still followed the same pattern, its terrifying fleshly body and transcendent Ice Manipulation Ability carrying it through one bolt after another, up to the seventh thunder tribulation, without ever using an Array.

Only, it was visible that the Jade Qilin Flood Dragon’s flesh had already revealed streaks of blood light, and its eyes were filled with a look of pain.

Clearly, it was not lightly wounded, merely forcing itself to endure.

With the arrival of the eighth thunder tribulation, a Thunder Dragon Spirit Shadow abruptly appeared within the Leiyun.

This Thunder Dragon Spirit Shadow was far more substantial than the Earth Dragon Demon Emperor’s Thunder Dragon Spirit Shadow—its bifurcated Thunder Horns, Dragon Whiskers, four claws and four toes, and dense Thunder Patterns—then in the next instant, it thundered down toward the Jade Qilin Flood Dragon.

At that moment, the Jade Qilin Flood Dragon still wanted to avoid using an Array, but Ye Jingcheng would not let it fool around now and sent a Spiritual Sound Transmission.

Only then did the Jade Qilin Flood Dragon wave the Array Banners, activating the Five Elements Grand Array; five Spirit Soldiers flew out, but they simply could not block that Thunder Dragon Spirit Shadow.

They only shaved away more than half of its power, making the Spirit Shadow less condensed and scattering much of its Dragon Might.

Yet just as everyone thought that the Jade Qilin Flood Dragon’s thunder tribulation would end at that, they saw the Leiyun in the sky once again violently churn and begin to shrink.

Before the Thunder Dragon tribulation had fully descended, a resplendent Celestial Thunder Arrow and a Celestial Thunder Spirit Bead flew out together.

Three tribulations falling as one, thunder might vast and boundless!

At this moment, the Jade Qilin Flood Dragon also unleashed its full power, driving its Profound Cold Domain to the utmost; its Flood Dragon Horn shone like a bright moon, dazzling beyond compare.

Across the Jade Qilin Flood Dragon’s body surface, strands of Profound Cold Spirit Ice began to appear, tightly cocooning it, while it soared into the sky to meet the tribulation head-on.

Moreover, above it, one Profound Cold Palace after another manifested, the Silver Moon Disc settling atop the palaces, each one radiating extraordinary Spiritual Might!

Boom!

The terrifying roar of thunder and the storm of Spiritual Light all poured out at once. At this moment, even Ye Jingcheng had no choice but to activate the Mountain Protection Array to dissipate the residual might of the thunder tribulation, or else the entire oasis would collapse.

Only after a long time did the thunder light finally scatter, and the sky return to clarity. It was then that everyone realized the sun was actually high overhead at this moment.

They also saw the Jade Qilin Flood Dragon that had survived the tribulation.

They saw that at this moment, countless Flood Dragon Scales on the Jade Qilin Flood Dragon had shattered, revealing large patches of blood-red Flood Dragon Meat—it was clearly grievously wounded.

Yet its eyes were exceptionally bright, and the huge swelling at the remaining Flood Dragon Horn on its forehead looked as though it might explode at any moment and transform into a twin-horned Flood Dragon.

Seeing this, Ye Jingcheng repeatedly put the Jade Qilin Flood Dragon away, and had the Six-Colored Cloud Deer begin healing it.

"Congratulations, Jingcheng, for adding another Demon Emperor to the family!" Ye Haicheng was the first to clasp his hands and offer congratulations.

The other Ye Clan members likewise voiced their congratulations.

This was a Flood Dragon, and a Tier Five Dragon Emperor at that—its impact on them was even greater than that of the Earth Dragon Demon Emperor.

For a time, countless Ye Clan members silently swore that in the future they too would have a Flood Dragon Spirit Pet like Ye Jingcheng.

Moreover, this was not impossible for the Ye Family. From what they knew, Ye Qingnian, Ye Haifei, Ye Jingyu, and Ye Jing Hu, along with several other clansmen, all had Flood Dragons.

As for clansmen with Half-Flood Dragon bloodlines or Spiritual Pythons with the potential to Transform into a Flood Dragon, there were even more.

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Eastern Domain, Yan Kingdom, atop the Celestial Blade Mountain Range’s Nine Peaks.

Gigantic Arrays encircled the mountain range’s outer perimeter, and in the sky there hung nine Spiritual Sabers.

Among these Spiritual Sabers, some were broadswords, some were crescent sabers, and some were Mo Dao; each saber was different from the others.

And above the Nine Peaks, several Spiritual Ships continually patrolled. On every Spiritual Ship there was a Golden Core Cultivator standing guard, wielding Mirror Treasures that constantly shone their light outward.

At this moment, the Cultivators on the Spiritual Ships were all exceedingly weary, their faces etched with deep worry.

This was not because they were wallowing in self-pity, but because the situation in the Yan Kingdom was truly dire.

Currently, fully half of the Yan Kingdom had fallen into the hands of the Qinghe Sect.

Of the Celestial Blade Four Commanderies, only a small portion of Celestial Capital Commandery and the majority of Celestial Protection Commandery remained; the reason Celestial Protection Commandery had not yet met with disaster was that if a Beast Tide truly appeared, even the Qinghe Sect did not wish to face it prematurely.

As for the Taiyi Three Commanderies, only Taihang Commandery and most of Taichang Commandery remained.

If not for the Teleportation Arrays allowing mutual support, the situation in the Yan Kingdom would probably already have been ruined.

Even so, it’s still precarious, because once bad news comes from Wei Kingdom’s Blood Essence Valley and Jin Kingdom’s Spirit Talisman Sect, the situation in the Yan Kingdom could collapse at any moment.

After the Spiritual Ship had patrolled for five days, it also began changing shifts. The Golden Core Cultivator on this Spiritual Ship was a Golden Core Elder of the Tian Dao Sect, called Master Ye Feng.

He was a pure, thorough blade cultivator, his saber intent astonishing, in no way inferior to any sword cultivator. He had even mastered a Divine Technique—once he slashed out with one saber strike, even a cultivator one tier higher might not be his match.

Of course, that one saber strike came with severe lasting side effects.

After the shift change, Master Ye Feng didn’t return to his own courtyard, but instead followed the Purple Mansion cultivator on the Spiritual Ship, Ye Jingfeng.

Ye Jingfeng was now at the peak of Purple Mansion Middle Stage. Together with his identity as a Purple Mansion Array Master and Ye Family member, he was highly respected among the cultivators; even Golden Core Cultivators would give him some face.

"Little friend Jingfeng, hold on a moment."

Master Ye Feng led Ye Jingfeng down into an empty courtyard. After arranging an Array, Master Ye Feng directly took out a Storage Bag.

"Senior Ye Feng, please take this gift back. The Ye Family and the other clans share life and death together. This is a critical moment; there is absolutely no need for this!" Ye Jingfeng refused repeatedly.

By now he no longer knew how many times people had tried to buy him off; every one of them was trying to get a path of survival from the Ye Family.

After all, the Ye Family controlled so many Spirit Beasts. Later they could completely hide within the Taihang Mountain Range; at that time, even the Penglai Sect might not be able to do anything to the Ye Family.

Naturally, many cultivators had come to seek out the Ye Family.

"Daoist friend, take a look. This is a Gold Condensing Pill." Master Ye Feng said.

He had spent tremendous effort to obtain this Gold Condensing Pill.

But in his view, as long as it could get him a way out, it was worth it. He was already at Golden Core, so keeping a Gold Condensing Pill on him was of little use.

But the Ye Family was definitely short on Gold Condensing Pills.

"Senior Ye Feng, please take it back. If there are juniors you can’t set your mind at ease about, you can have them transferred via Teleportation Array to Lingyun Peak’s Lingyun Market. The Ye Family will gladly welcome them!" Ye Jingfeng still refused; this was absolutely not the time to accept gifts.

Leaving aside how Taiyi Sect’s Medicine King Valley would see it if they accepted, just the gossip afterward would be a huge problem.

Right now all the cultivators were in an alliance relationship, and the Ye Family had not truly entered and taken up residence in the Tian Dao Sect. Naturally they could not accept such things at this moment.

"All right then, many thanks, Daoist Jingfeng. When the time comes, this old man will have my juniors prepare more treasures." Master Ye Feng put away the Gold Condensing Pill, nodding helplessly.

Of course, even now he was still subtly hinting to Ye Jingfeng.

This talk of preparing more gifts was clearly hoping the Ye Family would take extra care of them.

Ye Jingfeng did not respond, acting as though he did not understand the other’s hint.

Seeing this, Master Ye Feng had no choice but to turn and leave.

And even when he watched the other leave in disappointment, Ye Jingfeng still did not mention that Ye Jingcheng would be arriving soon.

The Ye Family had already received news that the Jade Qilin Flood Dragon was about to break through, but the Ye Family was also preparing to scheme in secret and naturally would not reveal anything in advance.

They could not give even an early glimmer of hope; in the schemes of cultivators, you could never be too careful.

Ye Jingfeng left the courtyard and headed toward the station where the Ye Family Cultivators were located.

Previously the Tian Dao Sect had already agreed to give the Ye Family the Tenth Peak; now the Ye Family’s station was also on the Tenth Peak. It was just that it wasn’t linked to the Nine-Blade Spirit Source Array, making it the weakest point among the Celestial Blade Nine Peaks.

Of course, this wasn’t because the Ye Family was unwilling to go to a safer place, but rather because the Tenth Peak was closest to the Teleportation Array—they could retreat with their whole force the fastest from there.

After a short while, Ye Jingfeng descended into the Ye Family’s courtyard.

The courtyard was quite large. At this moment Ye Xuecang was feeding a Great Roc. This Roc’s feathers were white, not golden; only its pair of pupils were golden.

And one must not think this Roc was inferior—this Roc was precisely the Great Roc the Ye Family had obtained from the Hundred Beasts Sect.

This Roc’s Spirit Egg had only hatched fifteen years ago. It had emerged already at Early Stage of Third Rank, and over these years had been carefully raised by Ye Xuecang.

Now, fifteen years later, it had already reached Mid-stage Third Tier.

Compared to an ordinary Golden Roc, its physical toughness was in no way inferior. What was terrifying was that this White Roc could merge into the air itself, as if it had become invisible.

Such a mysterious Divine Technique naturally made Ye Xuecang especially fond of it.

Because he had to be constantly ready for battle, he regularly trained this White Roc as well.

"Second Grand-Uncle, another Golden Core came asking today." Ye Jingfeng recounted Master Ye Feng’s matter to Ye Xuecang in full detail.

The latter nodded, but did not respond too much.

Indeed, the entire Tian Dao Sect was on edge. This was actually the best time for the Ye Family to display its allure.

But the Ye Family’s habitual caution meant they absolutely could not afford to act high-profile.

Just as Ye Jingfeng had entered not long before, a figure in a Spirit-Blocking Robe hurriedly returned.

He tore off his Spirit-Blocking Veil, proactively revealing his Beast Communication Pattern.

His features were resolute, with sword-like brows and starry eyes; he was precisely Ye Xingyu of the Ye Family’s Xing Generation.

His Cultivation was now clearly already at the peak of Purple Mansion Middle Stage.

"Old Ancestor, I’ve found the information. That Master Qingzhi is at the Gu Family’s Spirit Mountain we visited before. He also has a Ten Thousand Miles Mirror in his possession and is an absolute core figure in the Qinghe Sect. Before True Monarch Qingxi broke through, he even had to address Master Qingzhi as Senior Brother!"