Beast Taming Clan: I Have a Jade Book

Chapter 653: Chapter 498: Well Said, Subtle Changes (Double-Length, Please Vote)

Opposite him was also a young man in his early twenties, from the Qing Generation, Ye Qingfeng.

Both were at the Qi Cultivation Sixth Layer, but the former had Dual Spirit Roots and was the son of Ye Jingyong, naturally making Ye Qingwen more favored by the crowd.

The most crucial part was that Ye Qingwen, like his father, followed the path of a Body Cultivator.

So even though the two were about the same age, Ye Qingwen was taller by a head, with muscles prominently visible all over his body.

“Brother Feng, I’m going to strike now!” Ye Qingwen courteously announced, then his body shot out like an arrow.

He charged towards Ye Qingfeng, who quickly took out a Magical Artifact Shield and released a Fire Sparrow Spirit Beast, unleashing torrents of flames.

However, wings made of a Magical Artifact suddenly appeared behind Ye Qingwen, allowing him to drift eerily to the side, evading the flames and bypassing the shield.

With a raised fist, he struck towards Ye Qingfeng.

Just as the fist was about to land, a glove that kept enlarging suddenly appeared, catching Ye Qingfeng off guard.

Fortunately, he had two Magical Artifacts, a shield in the open, and a sword in the dark.

But the Flying Sword, being light and nimble, couldn’t withstand the heavy punch and was soon knocked away.

For the rest of the battle, Ye Qingfeng was on the defensive, while the Fire Sparrow was enveloped by a Bell Spiritual Artifact released by Ye Qingwen, trapping it inside.

In no time, Ye Qingwen had won.

On stage, Ye Jingli laughed heartily, completely disregarding that he was now an elder.

“Both Magical Artifacts were my design, ingenious, right!” Ye Jingli looked at Ye Jingyun.

Even Ye Xingqun praised Ye Jingli.

Ye Jingyun naturally also gave a thumbs up.

“It’s a pity Second Brother isn’t here to see his son making great strides!” Ye Jingli couldn’t help but say.

This caused the other two’s expressions to change; the Ye family still lacked in Foundation Establishment, while the Yuan and Wei families stirred things up greatly in the market, and sometimes even Tribulation Cultivators appeared, so Ye Jingyong naturally had to be always present.

“Next is the lot drawing for the top three in the Late Stage of Qi Cultivation. Those drawn will make it to the top two!” Ye Jingyun, as a clan member acting as Patriarch, announced.

Among those drawing lots, there were two from the Jing Generation and one from the Qing Generation, the Qing Generation being the Dual Spirit Roots Ye Qingyan.

Relying on his extraordinary talent in the Alchemy Dao and his Dual Spirit Roots, even without a Communication Beast, he had already broken through to the Qi Cultivation Eighth Layer.

The remaining from the Jing Generation was Ye Jingjiang, who had a Communication Beast as well.

He was slightly older, at the edge of forty-five, the age limit for participating in the grand competition.

Older than Ye Jingting by a full twelve years.

He was the most likely to take first place in this competition, as his cultivation was not far from the Qi Cultivation Ninth Layer.

The lot drawing concluded quickly, and when Ye Qingyan’s name was drawn, Ye Jingting couldn’t help but purse her lips.

On the contrary, Ye Qingyan couldn’t help but rejoice; his spirit beast had not kept pace in the Middle Stage of Qi Cultivation, but he’d heard the clan still had High-Tier Spirit Beasts to inherit.

At this moment, he aspired to have a spirit beast that could assist in alchemy, like the figure he admired in his heart.

Drawing an empty lot confirmed him at least second place, naturally filling him with immense joy.

“Jingting asks for guidance from Brother Jingjiang!” Ye Jingting and Ye Jingjiang stepped onto the stage, with Ye Jingting speaking first.

Then she took out several of her Magical Artifacts, a number of Spirit Talismans, and a Late Stage Tier One Silver Moon Python.

Ye Jingjiang’s spirit beast was a Tier One Peak Fire-Devouring Sparrow.

Its fire-breathing ability was top-tier among Tier One Demon Beasts.

It perfectly countered the Silver Moon Python, combined with Ye Jingjiang’s impenetrable defense.

The outcome was quickly decided.

With a weaker spirit beast and cultivation, Ye Jingting ultimately couldn’t avoid defeat, only taking third place.

The competition between Ye Jingjiang and Ye Qingyan was also not intense.

Ye Qingyan excelled in controlling fire, with excellent skill in Fire Technique, but his spirit beast was only a Mid-stage First Tier Cyan Cloud Wolf.

“Jingjiang takes first place in the Late Stage Qi Cultivation competition, Qingyan second, Jingting third; in the Middle Stage competition, first is Ye Qingwen, second is Ye Jingxing…” Ye Jingyun read out the list of reward recipients one by one.

“The day to receive the competition rewards is this… tomorrow!” Ye Jingyun paused for a moment, then reversed, which stunned everyone.

Even Ye Jingli and Ye Xingqun looked at Ye Jingyun in confusion.

Those awarded clan members below were even more confused; according to family rules, it should have been a little later tonight.

But now Ye Jingyun suddenly changed it to tomorrow.

While it was only a day’s difference, it left them somewhat disappointed in their hearts.

They couldn’t help but murmur some mild complaints.

These murmurs might not be heard among mortals, but this is the Cultivation Realm!

Ye Jingyun’s body suddenly paused, and his eyes widened.

“What’s wrong?”

“Rest assured, you won’t miss out on rewards; don’t think you’ve progressed much and start relaxing. Do you know our Ye family was once part of the Purple Mansion Clan!”

“The current Patriarch, from the Jing Generation, Jingcheng, is undergoing Foundation Establishment at thirty-eight, now not yet seventy, and is already breaking through the Purple Mansion, do you think you are very impressive?” Ye Jingyun’s brows furrowed in anger as he spoke!

This immediately rendered the crowd silent.

It wasn’t only the Jing Generation cultivators and Qing Generation clan members participating in the competition; even the observing Sea Generation clan elders and Xing Generation cultivators fell silent.

Transitioning from a Purple Mansion Clan to a Foundation Establishment Clan is an everlasting pain for a Cultivation Clan!

It’s something every Ye family member must remember.

Ye Jingyun scanned the room and headed towards the back of the hall.

Following him were Ye Jingli and Ye Xingqun.

They, too, were somewhat puzzled at the moment.

The Ye family had indeed made significant progress this time; a Qing Generation member at only twenty-nine years won second place in the Late Stage competition.

They should be praised.

“The Patriarch has come out of seclusion!” Ye Jingyun transmitted to Ye Jingli and Ye Xingqun.

“Moreover, the rewards are being increased, and the reward pool is being changed!”

Upon hearing this, Ye Xingqun and Ye Jingli immediately understood why Ye Jingyun was acting the way he was.

These young fellows were about to be very fortunate.

This instantly sparked a flash of envy in their eyes.

“Well scolded, they were getting too complacent!” After a moment’s thought, Ye Jingli agreed even further.

The three quickly headed to the summit of Lingyun Peak, Lingyun Lake, because Ye Jingcheng summoned them there for a meeting.

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In front of Ye Jingcheng’s courtyard, Ye Jingcheng was very cautious. Despite claims of seclusion to break through to the Purple Mansion, his courtyard was set up with a Top-Grade Tier Two Spirit Gathering Array.

The entire courtyard was arranged with even more intricate arrays, naturally refusing clan members’ requests to clean it.

In fact, the area ten miles around his courtyard was declared Ye family forbidden grounds.

Ye Jingcheng examined the outermost layer of array he had prepared along the array.

Within, he had made numerous detailed arrangements, using fixed wood branches, specialized hairs, and several ordinary array banners.

These array banners weren’t particularly of great use, merely gathering Spiritual Breath.

What shocked him was discovering a few Spirit Banners with slight changes under a concealed tea tree.

So he took out the Cyan Spirit Mirror to inspect carefully. Although the mirror couldn’t trace back events, it could scan for differences in Spiritual Breath and detect certain special Spiritual Energy fluctuations.

Using the Cyan Spirit Mirror, he noticed some of the Spirit Banner’s Spiritual Breath had been quietly erased.

This solidified his suspicion that someone frequently monitored his breakthrough here.

Moreover, over ten years, the wood branches and hairs hadn’t changed. Clearly, someone captured and maintained the scene.

Otherwise, how could nothing have changed after ten years?

Seeing this, Ye Jingcheng continued to conceal his presence and did not re-enter the courtyard. After all, entering would leave an aura indicating a break in the array, signifying someone had left or entered.

Conversely, not going inside suggested that the real Ye Jingcheng was still secluded inside, trying to break through!

Thus, he headed directly towards Lingyun Peak’s summit, Lingyun Lake.

His mind was contemplating who could be monitoring him here.

And who had already been compromised.

At the same time, if the mastermind behind this came from the Taiyi Sect.

These were all crucial matters.

Of course, these needed to be discussed with Ye Jingyun, Ye Jingli, and others.