In the grotto, the tender tea leaves appeared especially verdant, like delicate green emeralds, exuding a rich spiritual light.

Amid the lush greenery, a unique fragrance lingered, persisting within the not-so-large space of the grotto.

Ye Jingcheng let out a long sigh of relief upon seeing this.

It had been ten days since he left Ye Xingqun's place, and the transplanting of Yunfu Tea had been exceptionally smooth, not merely due to his treasure light.

It was also largely caused by the abundant spiritual energy within the grotto.

Unlike at Taichang Market, Ye Jingcheng could not fully unleash the grotto, but at Lingyun Peak, there was no such concern.

With the birth of the Stone Spirit, its speed of absorbing spiritual qi was not much less than a Tier Two high-grade Spirit Gathering Array.

Lingyun Peak, originally a Tier Three spiritual vein, instantly formed a massive vortex in his small courtyard, with torrential spiritual qi rushing madly towards the grotto.

The sky of the grotto also gathered into a multicolored spiritual mist.

As the spiritual mist condensed more, it would form thin colorful rain around the Spiritual Eye Spring.

The only flaw was that the spiritual energy in the spiritual rain did not reach the level of spirit water.

Worried about affecting the purity of the spiritual spring, Ye Jingcheng set up a forbidden array over the Spiritual Eye Spring.

Ensuring the spiritual rain could not enter the spiritual spring but could cover other spirit medicines.

The Wood Demon especially liked to bathe with the Stone Spirit in the rain.

The result was that the rain was not plentiful but occurred every few days.

Whenever it rained, the Four-Colored Cloud Deer was also very enthusiastic, sometimes even carrying the Wood Demon and Stone Spirit to gallop around.

The glint in its eyes shone even more brightly, as if it were a spirit pet born of heaven and earth.

Besides this, Ye Jingcheng found that there were more ordinary spirit woods in the Spirit Medicine Garden, naturally sown by the Three-Colored Cloud Deer, growing rapidly in the garden.

And, as one should know, Ye Jingcheng would not grant treasure light to these spirit woods.

This made him wonder if the Four-Colored Cloud Deer could enhance the growth of spirit woods.

Hence, he also let the Four-Colored Cloud Deer try to catalyze the Vajra Vine.

However, no effect was visible in a short time.

During the manifestation of the spiritual mist, even the Golden Falcon, unlike before when the grotto was too small to soar in the sky, now almost daily toured the ethereal spiritual mist, and its long cry would drive the Earthworms deep into the soil.

As if fearing a golden claw would land on their heads or butts.

Ye Jingcheng stood up and walked to the side of the group of Thunder Rhinoceros Insects. He gathered twenty Thunder Rhinoceros Insects together and then divided them into two groups based on their innate talents.

Among them, the eight that could advance twice were set aside first, and after a moment's hesitation, Ye Jingcheng picked out four stronger ones and placed them separately.

After dividing them into three groups, Ye Jingcheng opened his storage bag and took out three pill bottles and a jade box.

Each pill bottle contained three Thunder Rhinoceros Pills.

During the ten-day gap, he refined four furnaces of Tier One Thunder Rhinoceros Pills, only successfully for two furnaces, one with five pills and the other with four pills.

At this moment, the three with more abundant spirit fragrance were given to the four strongest Thunder Rhinoceros Insects to consume. After the four Thunder Rhinoceros Insects finished consuming, Ye Jingcheng mixed Amber Crystal with spirit beast meat.

The four Thunder Rhinoceros Insects, accustomed to eating spirit beast meat, devoured it cleanly in an instant.

After finishing the Thunder Rhinoceros Pills and Amber Crystal, in a flash, thunder light surged in their abdomens, enveloping their whole bodies with thunder spiritual power.

Ye Jingcheng quickly input treasure light to ensure the insects' absorption rate.

After this, he continued feeding the remaining Thunder Rhinoceros Insects.

As for the final twelve Thunder Rhinoceros Insects that only had three Thunder Rhinoceros Pills, Ye Jingcheng had no choice.

These Thunder Rhinoceros Insects had less potential, and even if each took one pill, the possibility of advancing their bloodline wasn't high.

It seemed more refining would be needed in the future.

Ensuring the higher-potential Thunder Rhinoceros Insects had Thunder Rhinoceros Pills was the most crucial task at the moment.

As expected, after feeding, all eight of the Thunder Rhinoceros Insects entered a breakthrough advancement state.

Yet, of the remaining twelve, only three entered the state, with the other nine becoming slightly more vigorous, their abdominal thunder light more intense, but with no further reaction.

Ye Jingcheng had anticipated this and was not much disappointed.

After all, there was a time when the Golden Scale Beast failed with a Golden Scale Pill.

Now, with the Thunder Rhinoceros Insects sharing, it was more typical.

"Chirp!" Ye Jingcheng hadn't placed all the Thunder Rhinoceros Insects yet when a long cry came from the Golden Falcon beside him.

Seeing the Thunder Rhinoceros Insects taking Advancement Pills, it flapped its wings and flew over once more.

Following his usual practice, Ye Jingcheng took out a Spirit Cultivation Pill, but the Golden Falcon seemed reluctant, its eyes emitting a trace of hostility!

Facing this hostility, Ye Jingcheng hardened his heart spirit, and the soul contract took effect, making the Golden Falcon cry out in pain.

Once the hostility in the Golden Falcon's eyes disappeared, Ye Jingcheng stopped.

Besides, Ye Jingcheng left no Spirit Cultivation Pill.

He left the grotto and entered his room.

Facing the Golden Falcon's outburst, Ye Jingcheng was not angry but rather pleased.

For demon beasts with some spiritual wisdom, they constantly oscillate between submission and rebellion. After this rebellion, the genuine submission probability reached ninety-nine percent.

If it didn't resist at all, Ye Jingcheng would actually feel uneasy.

Exiting the grotto, Ye Jingcheng did not continue going back in, instead starting his cultivation in his room.

Tomorrow was the clan meeting, and he had to maintain his best condition.

...

A ray of dawn emerged from the east, scattering much of the cloud mist.

Crisp bird chirps came from the mountaintop, soon interrupted by the clan's bell tower.

Ye Jingcheng stood up from his bed, donned the Ye Clan's patriarchal robe, tidied his attire, and leisurely made his way to the clan assembly hall.

Today, Ye Family members were gathering, marking another clan meeting of the Ye Family.

In the main hall's square, many cultivators were present with children, the latest generation of Immortal Seedlings.

Unlike last time, where Ye Jingcheng needed to experience trials, this time the Immortal Seedlings were assessed and brought back by other clan members.

Ye Xingliu arrived even earlier than Ye Jingcheng, but because of the clan meeting, the ancestral recognition ceremony hadn't started yet.

The mortal area under the Ye Family now included three counties and several towns owned by the Ye Family and four counties and more than twenty towns from Li Family's territory.

The territory of the Li Family had been under Ye Family's control for years. Missing the Immortal Ascension Conference last time, it couldn't happen this time, or many Immortal Seedlings would be missed.

For the now spirit root cultivator-lacking Ye Family, this was not ideal.

And indeed, it proved right; three years ago there were only a dozen, but now twenty-seven showed spirit roots, though the specific roots were not yet known, it seemed the quality wouldn't be too poor.

Of course, necessary bloodline recognition was required. Without the Ye Family bloodline, they either had to marry into the Ye Family during the suitable period or work for the Ye Family in some markets, receiving the Ye name without entering the core.

This time, due to the extensive and wide-reaching endeavors, each assessor showed a bit of fatigue in their eyes.

After all, all were Qi Cultivation Cultivators, flying with many mortals for a long distance was bound to be taxing.

Once the Ye Family Immortal Seedlings and Ye Family members assembled, the entire square gathered nearly one hundred fifty people.

Everyone's faces were alight with smiles.

Ye Xingliu glanced at Ye Jingcheng, then both followed Ye Haicheng, stepping onto the stage.

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