Beast Taming Clan: I Have a Jade Book

Chapter 494: Chapter 417: Marks on the Threshold, Evening Market Pill Furnace (Double-Length)

“Alright, I’ve already had Jing Yu keep an eye on it these past few days.” Ye Xingyi nodded.

After confirming everything, the three of them entered through a side door of the One Leaf Pavilion, slipped into an empty alley, put on their Spirit-Blocking Robes, and then split up to leave the city. As for the tokens, they used those of loose cultivators this time.

This way, they could avoid being found out. After all, the last time, when the Ye family was chased by the Xu sect cultivator from Illusion Peak, it was because Ye Jingyu and Ye Jinhao hadn’t switched to the Taichang Orders.

Now, it was natural that the few members of the Ye family wouldn’t make the same mistake twice.

The three of them took a long detour and exited through the city gate, gathering at a sandy hill ten miles away from the city gate.

The sandy hill was just a slightly higher hill, rumored to have been the burial site of many cultivators’ corpses.

Afterward, it was excavated by evil cultivators, which exposed the yellow earth.

Soon, the three gathered together.

“Let’s wait a bit more; the time hasn’t come yet,” Ye Jingcheng said.

He then waved his sleeve, and several Five Poison Bees buzzed and flew out toward the distance.

Five Poison Bees weren’t particularly rare, and Ye Jingcheng had deliberately chosen a few.

Once he sensed no danger, and the time was nearly right, the three headed to Black Stone Ridge.

Black Stone Ridge was filled with black stones of bizarre shapes, jagged and sharp, with sparse vegetation.

This caused the three of them to look at each other in confusion.

Apparently, this wasn’t the final location; they estimated that each person would arrive at a different location.

There would be another destination.

They finally understood why Wan Hongchang told them to be patient.

Ye Jingcheng and the others took out an Isolation Array and sat down to wait for the Cyan Flower Order’s next instruction.

As they waited, they watched day turn to night.

Ye Jingcheng was confident that no cultivator had come near, not even divine sense swept over.

His divine sense being at the early stage of the Purple Mansion, at least a Golden Core divine sense would be needed to elude his perception.

But if a Golden Core cultivator was preventing the Foundation Establishment Trading Conference, it would be hard to understand.

As the autumn wind howled, the black stones on the hills were whipped into black dust, swirling like black tornadoes, moaning eerily.

Their Cyan Flower Order flickered with spiritual light once more.

The token displayed a Spirit Diagram, pointing even further away from the Taichang Market.

Ye Jingli and Ye Xingyi once again looked at Ye Jingcheng, evidently asking him whether they should continue onwards.

Soon enough, the Cyan Flower suddenly transformed, eventually forming a mountain valley filled with cyan flowers.

“Medicine King Valley!” Ye Jingcheng couldn’t help but exclaim internally.

This Medicine King Valley was also a Nascent Soul power, part of the Zhao Kingdom’s Nascent Soul forces.

The Yan Kingdom and the Zhao Kingdom were separated by a mountain gorge. The route Chu Yanqing gave to Ye Jingcheng led across the Cyan River, through the Qinghe Sect, and to the gorge leading to Zhao Kingdom.

Zhao’s Medicine King Valley was well-renowned throughout the entire Eastern Domain Countries.

Its sect was known for having numerous Alchemy Masters, and it had the largest number of trading associations.

Its wealth, pill power, and strength were all top-tier.

“In the Medicine King Valley’s trading associations, the one associated with the cyan flower would be the Cyan Spirit Trading Association,” Ye Xingyi said via transmission.

Initially, they hadn’t considered that this would be a trading event hosted by the cultivation realm of another country.

Now it seemed their thinking had been too limited.

After contemplating for a moment, Ye Jingcheng decided to move forward and nodded.

Ye Xingyi was the first to speak up:

“Patriarch, I’ll arrive at the Spirit Diagram location half an hour earlier. I still have a Soul Split at Taichang Market!”

Ye Jingcheng also nodded.

It was still best to be cautious while outside. Though the Wan Family might be descendants of the Sword Desolate, they might also be colluding with others.

Only after gathering several cultivators could the situation be assessed.

After all, the conference was being held outside Taichang Market.

After discussing, the three acted separately.

All were Beast Masters, and none of the three were weak.

Ye Jingli brought the Ye family’s Lizard Lord, and Ye Xingyi brought the Ye family’s Blood Eagle.

The two might not be able to defeat an enemy, but they wouldn’t easily be defeated.

After coordinating, the three moved again, with Ye Xingyi in the lead, Ye Jingcheng next, and Ye Jingli bringing up the rear.

Originally, Ye Jingcheng was last, but facing Ye Jingli’s firm stance, he had to back down.

In the cover of darkness, Ye Jingcheng soon reached a bamboo forest.

In the distance lay a Spirit Mountain of Tier One Spiritual Vein, possessed by a loose cultivator. Now it seemed that cultivator was either dead or was a pawn of the Cyan Spirit Trading Association.

“Indeed, a trading conference, though not just a trading conference!” Ye Xingyi transmitted to Ye Jingcheng using the clan token.

This revelation surprised Ye Jingcheng, and he nodded before transmitting a few words to Ye Jingli, then cautiously headed towards Wuling Mountain.

Before he reached there, he wore his Spirit-Blocking Robe loosely. As for the Bone Transformation Pill, Ye Jingcheng opted not to use it.

With the Cyan Flower Order on them, using the Bone Transformation Pill risked greater exposure.

Once within the Wuling Mountain range, the Cyan Flower Order in Ye Jingcheng’s hand transformed into spiritual light, merging with the array, forming a portal and revealing a small town inside.

Many cultivators in Spirit-Blocking Robes walked around the town.

Their cultivation levels and faces were hidden, most revealing only their eyes.

Some even had a layer of spiritual mist over their eyes, indicating extreme caution.

The street led to a long road lined like a market.

But the items displayed along the street surprised Ye Jingcheng.

There were not only Corpse Beads and Spirit Corpses for sale but also Living Corpses and female cultivators.

It was a true black market, the so-called conference merely a front.

Ye Jingcheng entered and quickly reunited with Ye Xingyi.

“Patriarch, here they have an early market and a late market!”

“You can wander freely in the early market, but the late market is when the real trade happens!”

“And you can gather all kinds of information here; there’s a place called the Celestial Secret Pavilion!” Ye Xingyi said, having arrived earlier and taken a quick tour.

“There’s no need to go to the Celestial Secret Pavilion; those selling information might also obtain ours!” Ye Jingcheng replied.

“By the way, Patriarch, someone nearby is selling a pill furnace, supposedly the Tier Two Top-Grade Pill Furnace of the Zhong Family Patriarch, the Celestial Bell Furnace!” Ye Xingyi suddenly added.

Ye Jingcheng’s Three Qian Taihe Furnace was merely a Tier Two Middle Grade Pill Furnace. While it sufficed in the past, Ye Jingcheng was now at the late stage of Foundation Establishment, close to the peak, and nearly breaking through to Purple Mansion.

The Three Qian Taihe Furnace could no longer meet his needs, increasing the risk of pill forging failure.

Ye Jingcheng nodded at this.

The Celestial Bell Furnace was the pill furnace of Zhong Family Patriarch Zhong Wuchang and was well-known in the Taiqing Commandery. Now it seemed even cultivators from Taiyi Sect were selling their artifacts here.

Of course, to Ye Jingcheng, since the item was being sold, he dared to buy it; after all, the Zhong Family had become history now.

As long as he didn’t expose himself, there wouldn’t be any risk.

Ye Jingcheng followed Ye Xingyi to a vendor, where a slim old man sat.

His eyes were murky and wore a small Spirit-Blocking Robe, yet it still seemed loose on him.

“How much for this pill furnace?” Ye Jingcheng bent down, looking at the Celestial Bell Furnace.

The Celestial Bell Furnace had a bell-shaped cover.

It was said that during pill forging, the bell would sound to indicate the appropriate heat level.

If the heat was incorrect, the bell would sound, and if silent, it meant the forging was flawless.

The entire Spirit Furnace was quite ancient, with a layer of spirit oil sealing it.

Pill furnaces not used for a long time would be sealed like this to preserve their vitality.

“Fifty thousand Spirit Stones!” the old man said curtly.

“Friend, that’s too high; this is a black market!” Ye Jingcheng shook his head.

He didn’t agree right away.

Seeing Ye Jingcheng wasn’t a novice, the old man spoke again:

“This is the Zhong Family’s furnace. There won’t be issues. At least forty thousand Spirit Stones!”

Furnaces and artifacts tend to be more expensive than other attack and defensive-type artifacts, not to mention this is a top-grade artifact, costing nearly as much as a Tier Three Magical Treasure.

“Thirty-five thousand!” Ye Jingcheng countered.

“Thirty-eight thousand. Take it or leave it, or look elsewhere!” the old man seemed a bit irritated.

Ye Jingcheng nodded in agreement.