CHAPTER 201: CHAPTER 201: JADE RING RAT BREAKTHROUGH

The window of the Ye Family’s small courtyard is a common detached window, stained a layer of golden yellow light as sunlight streams in.

Unlike the warm sunshine during the winter solstice, the sunlight in early summer is already quite intense.

If the room hasn’t been cleaned with water for a while, golden dust particles will appear.

At this moment, Ye Jingcheng’s eyes are still closed, sitting on the wooden bed.

However, his Divine Sense has already spread to the underground, following the family’s underground passages, reaching in all directions.

In the past, he thought there were only two underground passages, but once he reached Foundation Establishment, possessed the Divine Sense of Foundation Establishment, and could control the courtyard, he discovered there were actually six passages.

Two of them lead to two small shops for loose cultivators, naturally supported by the Ye Family.

The other four lead outside the market.

These passages are specially treated, ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators cannot find the entrance, and their Divine Sense can hardly detect them!

Because Spirit-Blocking Wood is placed on these passages, this Spirit-Blocking Wood is of the same material as the Spirit-Blocking Robe, but not as strong as the robe.

When used on cultivators to avoid detection, it’s slightly less effective.

But placed underground, it’s extremely effective, as cultivators pay much less attention, and their Divine Sense isn’t as meticulous.

These days, Ye Jingcheng has been utilizing the passages to test the increase of his Divine Sense.

In the past two months, he has been practicing the Celestial Soul Technique.

Besides a few Tier Two Spirit Pills refined by him, all other elixirs were given to Ye Haiyun and Ye Jingyun, and the alchemy masters of the Ye Family Shop to refine.

No major issues have occurred.

The amplification from the Celestial Soul Technique and Jade Soul Pill has also broadened Ye Jingcheng’s horizons.

His Divine Sense was slightly stronger than an average cultivator due to alchemy.

But not by much.

After all, when cultivators experience the hurdle of Foundation Establishment, their Divine Sense, body, and Spiritual Power all undergo terrifying growth.

The originally excessive part becomes trivial.

But now, after consuming the Jade Soul Pill and practicing the Celestial Soul Technique, his current Divine Sense is almost comparable to the middle stage of Foundation Establishment.

After consuming two to three more Jade Soul Pills or practicing for several more months, his Divine Sense might first break through to the middle stage of Foundation Establishment.

The greatest effect of the Celestial Soul Technique is allowing cultivators to cultivate the Divine Soul just like Spiritual Energy.

No wonder the family once gave him thirty thousand Contribution Points.

Of course, the Celestial Soul Technique also has shortcomings; he can only practice for two hours a day. Any longer and he experiences mental fatigue.

He has to voluntarily stop.

Ye Jingcheng rose, used a dust-cleaning technique, making the interior spotless.

He changed into a clean Daoist Robe, intending to study pill formulas, but his Divine Soul felt a bit moved.

In the next moment, he took out the Spirit Beast Bag; the first to move was the Three-Colored Cloud Deer.

Ye Jingcheng quickly released the latter, at present, the Three-Colored Cloud Deer’s form hadn’t changed much, what changed significantly were its antlers, which turned from soft red to hard black.

Its wings were even richer in Spiritual Marsh, also longer, and the three-colored Spirit Patterns on its body were enlarged significantly.

It called out with a bright sound, its voice was somewhat louder.

"Eat this!" Ye Jingcheng took out a Spirit Cultivation Pill, promptly offering it to the Three-Colored Cloud Deer.

The latter swallowed the elixir and lightly tapped its front hoof on the ground, appearing very excited.

The Three-Colored Cloud Deer is different from Golden Scale Beast, Jade Qilin Snake, and Red Flame Fox; it’s full of vigor, never bows its head, and expresses goodwill by moving its front hoof.

Ye Jingcheng was long familiar, he then took out two stalks of Spirit Medicine for the Three-Colored Cloud Deer to consume.

After familiarizing, Ye Jingcheng took the Three-Colored Cloud Deer to the yard for practice, something he did every time the spirit beast made a breakthrough.

After all, after a spirit beast breaks through, the owner must know how much its abilities have increased to reasonably arrange during Magical Combat.

After a round of tests, the Three-Colored Cloud Deer could now scatter five tree vines with the skill to transform two Wood Puppets.

Each Wood Puppet had the strength nearing the Qi Cultivation Sixth Layer.

Meanwhile, the Three-Colored Cloud Deer’s nose could absorb the Blood Qi from late-stage Qi Cultivators, affecting Body Cultivators significantly as well.

Overall, while the abilities didn’t increase in number, there was substantial progress.

Ye Jingcheng was also satisfied.

That day, Ye Jingcheng sent a message to Ye Xinghe.

Ye Xinghe nodded, cautiously began contacting.

Because the Ban Li Order’s influence was growing, the stalls frequently featured Li Family cultivators, eventually not even disguising themselves.

This way, those loose cultivators weren’t violating the Heavenly Dao Oath.

And they were able to purchase more affordable elixirs with adequate protection.

The Ye Family naturally had no grounds to object.

Yet, half a month ago, the Xu and Mo Families were unwilling.

The Li Family lowered prices to dispose of Spirit Pills at their stalls, reducing their sales.

Even the sect’s shops located within the market had less business, causing the Li Family to cease stall sales.

The Li Family became even more difficult within this half month.

So, whenever the Ye Family took action again and transported spirits here, the Li Family would certainly strike.

While Ye Xinghe arranged, Ye Jingcheng was waiting for the Golden Scale Beast’s breakthrough.

However, to his surprise, the first to break through was the Jade Ring Rat.

Ye Jingcheng observed the Jade Ring Rat’s now larger and thicker pair of Jade Ear, its body also larger, yet the technique aspect remained stagnant, only its aura was stronger while its physique strengthed.

Its greatest combat potential lay within the Spirit Talisman Launcher installed on it by Ye Jingcheng.

Even though he foresaw it, he rewarded the Jade Ring Rat with two Spirit Cultivation Pills.

Its biggest utility was warning Ye Jingcheng in advance via its ears.

Three days passed; on this particular day, Ye Jingcheng had just finished practicing the Celestial Soul Technique, feeling his Divine Soul stir again, followed by a roar.

Ye Jingcheng stood up, released the Golden Scale Beast.

At this moment, the Golden Scale Beast wore a glittering Spirit Armor, its physique larger by a circle, along with its sharp and enormously thick claws.

Its fangs were increasingly fierce; a fighting spirit filled its eyes.

It roared with its head held high!

An intimidating and majestic demeanor!

"Roar Roar!"

Golden Scale Beast disregarded the Spirit Pills and Spiritual Food Ye Jingcheng offered.

Instead, it queried about the whereabouts of the Red Flame Fox and Jade Qilin Snake?

Evidently, the weather cleared, it felt triumphant again!

"A few days and you’ll have to fight!" Ye Jingcheng shook his head, directly refused.

The current market is populated, and Tier Two Demon beast battles are incredibly noisy.

While a brief training session with the Three-Colored Cloud Deer was acceptable, the collision between Golden Scale Beast and Red Flame Fox couldn’t be concealed by the market’s array shielding the Ye Family Shop.

Golden Scale Beast nodded excitedly, filled with combat spirit, before extending its head, requesting the Treasure Light from Ye Jingcheng.

Despite desiring Treasure Light and Spiritual Food, it emitted ample Spiritual Marsh.

Similarly, Ye Jingcheng led Golden Scale Beast out of the courtyard to utilize Earth Spike Skill and Golden Armor Skill.

Now, Golden Scale Beast’s Earth Spike was far superior to the Ye Family’s Five-Colored Poison Lizard, and the Golden Armor Skill was more formidable; even when Ye Jingcheng used the Beast Communication Pattern to perform Stone Skin Skill, his surface was covered by a layer of golden armor skin, unable to be pierced by a Tier One High-Grade Spiritual Artifact.

The only shortcoming was that it couldn’t defend against shock damage.

No matter what, it boosted Ye Jingcheng’s confidence for this planned enemy ambush!