Inside the bright room, it was eerily quiet at the moment.

Ye Jingcheng, who had returned from the restaurant, sat on the bed with a serious expression. As the Patriarch, he must be responsible for the future of the Ye Family.

He picked up the cup and took a sip of Yunfu Tea, trying hard to clear his thoughts.

The talks in the restaurant with Ye Haicheng and the other family elders all highlighted the crises that would appear in the future.

The problem was that they still hadn't received any information on who this crisis was coming from or when it was approaching, making it impossible to find the best solution.

Obviously, either the Ye Family was being targeted, or the Ye Family hadn't reached the level to share the spoils of a meal.

But for the Ye Family, preparations must be made in advance.

Ye Haicheng's meaning was very clear: abandon the Eastern Domain Yan Kingdom Taihang Commandery and separate the family from it.

Now, all eyes were on the Ye Family.

As long as the Ye Family didn't have the ability to turn the tables, they would inevitably be dragged down sooner or later.

It's true that "Golden Cicada shedding its shell" is the best method, but how to preserve the mortal and cultivators in the Ye Family was a huge problem.

The Ye Family's cultivators weren't many; only a little over a hundred, counting the Hidden Peak wouldn't add much more.

But mortals numbered in the hundreds of thousands, being slaughtered in the Yan Kingdom was definitely not an option, and placing them in the Cyan Cloud Sea Domain was extremely difficult due to the frequent beast tides there.

As for Turtle Ancestor and his grotto heaven, it was too small to be viable.

After pondering for a long time, Ye Jingcheng still couldn't find the answer and could only shake his head to suppress his thoughts.

Fortunately, the real crisis had not yet appeared, as long as the Xu Family and the Chu Family persist, the Ye Family would be alright.

After all, Master Tianfu appeared at the Ye Family's restaurant, which would also send a signal to others.

Otherwise, the ones appearing this time at Taihang Market wouldn't just be the Pill Pavilion and Artifact Workshop.

"It's still power!" Ye Jingcheng steadied himself, preparing to start Soul Fusion.

To him, when unsure what to do, enhancing strength is never wrong.

With this thought, he extended his palm, and as spiritual light appeared, three Five Poison Bees landed on it.

With a wave of his hand, the three Five Poison Bees rose accordingly, buzzing in rotation several times in the air, aligning multiple times before nimbly landing again on Ye Jingcheng's palm.

Feeling that the Soul Split was determined to be complete, Ye Jingcheng felt assured enough to start casting a Spiritual Technique.

After all, this was the first time splitting his soul into three parts, so care must be taken with the Soul Fusion.

As a surge of spiritual light appeared and a mysterious soul power was triggered.

Each of the Five Poison Bees began to dim.

Every time a Five Poison Bee dimmed, the soul power in the room increased a bit.

As all three Five Poison Bees dimmed completely and fell silent.

Ye Jingcheng then took out a Jade Soul Pill and consumed it, instantly stirring a denser soul power within the room.

More than half a day passed before Ye Jingcheng opened his eyes.

He immersed his Divine Sense into the Stone Spirit Grotto Heaven, tested a bit, and couldn't help showing a joyful expression.

The effect of this Soul Fusion was remarkably evident; his already strong Divine Sense almost reached the Foundation Establishment Peak at this moment.

He even felt that one more step forward could touch the Tier Three Divine Sense.

So he didn't hesitate to take a Jade Soul Pill.

Just to see if he could break through to Purple Mansion Divine Sense in one step.

However, because he had consumed quite a few Jade Soul Pills before, its effect was now negligible.

It only had some advantage in restoring soul power.

To break through to Tier Three Divine Sense, he still had to undergo Soul Splitting and Soul Fusion once more.

Yet, at least after this Soul Split, he could wield three or four Top-Grade Spiritual Artifacts without issue.

Though facing the Purple Mansion Cultivator might still hold no victory, he gained a bit more self-preservation power, and he'd be able to stimulate the Talisman Treasure faster.

Moreover, with his Supreme Turtle Concealing Qi Technique, it's likely that even an ordinary Purple Mansion Cultivator wouldn't notice anything hidden.

As for the Golden Core True Master, Ye Jingcheng knew his own limits.

In the Cultivation Realm, arrogance is exceedingly foolish; Ye Jingcheng naturally wouldn't commit such an error.

After feeling through the changes in his Divine Soul, Ye Jingcheng began to re-forge his three God-Breaking Needles within his Sea of Consciousness.

While at Lingyun Peak, he only had time to stabilize his cultivation upon reaching the Late Stage of Foundation Establishment, but not all his methods were upgraded.

The God-Breaking Needles needed to be reforged.

His current Divine Sense had not yet reached the strength of Tier Three Purple Mansion, but compared to before, it was several times stronger.

The reforged God-Breaking Needles would naturally be more powerful.

Not to mention inflicting great injury on a Purple Mansion Cultivator, at least it could deal a fatal blow to a Foundation Establishment Peak Cultivator.

After re-forging everything, only half the night had passed, and there was still a day left until the competition.

Ye Jingcheng began feeding the Stone Spirit with Stone Square.

The Spirit Materials within the Stone Square had been almost fully collected two years ago, and once he emerged from his family's secluded courtyard, the family delivered them all to him.

He delayed feeding the Stone Square to the Stone Spirit because at that time, the Stone Spirit's Spiritual Wisdom was insufficient.

But now, two years later, the Stone Spirit's Spiritual Wisdom had notably grown.

However, before feeding the Stone Square, he needed to take out his Spirit Beasts and Spirit Insects, store them into the Spirit Beast Bag, and leave only the Five Poison Bees inside for safety testing.

After all, when the Stone Spirit advances, it's highly likely the grotto heaven would be affected during its expansion; if it only moved the Spirit Medicine, he wouldn't mind, but if any of his four Lifebound Spirit Beasts died, it would be a grave concern.

After preparing everything, Ye Jingcheng took out the various mineral materials for the Stone Spirit.

Unlike with Spirit Pills requiring Advanced Spirit Pills for advancement, Stone Square simply needed absorption of Soul Energy in a specific sequence for the Stone Spirit.

Of course, now that the Stone Spirit had developed considerable Spiritual Wisdom, Ye Jingcheng no longer needed to give instructions in sequence. He merely needed to command it to absorb Soul Energy in the specific order.

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