Beast Taming Clan: I Have a Jade Book

Chapter 786: Chapter 571: Jin Kingdom’s Desert, Mountain Spirit Assessment (Double-Length)

As soon as this sentence was uttered, Ye Jingcheng’s eyes showed envy, yet it made Qiu Yongtai appear humble for a moment.

After all, from the looks of it, he was undoubtedly the wealthiest one here.

The Qiu Family is an old Purple Mansion Clan, while the Ye Family and the Lin Family are newly established Purple Mansion Clans, and the other four, needless to say, are all loose cultivators.

Even if there were fortuitous encounters, they couldn’t compare to the accumulation of hundreds, even thousands of years.

Unfortunately, Ye Jingcheng knew well that Qiu Yongtai was somewhat overconfident.

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Soon, the evening sun on the horizon shed its last ray of twilight, and the golden world instantly transformed into a cold desert.

Here, it even had a bit of the feeling of the Extreme West Desert Sea.

But there were at least some plants.

The moonlight descended before long, extraordinarily bright, and there were surprisingly few clouds today, leaving the world still so bright that there was no need to take out a Moonlight Stone.

The group patiently awaited the arrival of midnight.

As the time approached, Big Mouth Li couldn’t wait any longer and stood up first.

“Brother Jun, hurry up, it’s been days since I’ve eaten, and I’m starving!”

“Big Mouth Li, don’t worry, after this, you should have enough resources to establish your family, and you won’t have to worry about a lack of spirit materials for Spiritual Cuisine,” Jun Buhui replied with a smile.

He then led the group toward a nearby mountain.

This caused Lady Chen, who had been observing for a while, to frown slightly.

Jun Buhui was indeed cautious.

Obviously, the place just now wasn’t the entrance to the Secret Realm.

It was a smaller hill, and on the hill, there was also a huge cave.

Just as everyone thought they were about to enter the cave, Jun Buhui looked toward the bottom of the cave and finally fixed his gaze on a strange rock.

In his hand appeared a compass, which captured the moonlight and, in the form of an Array, shone on the rock.

“This Secret Realm is concealed within a Natural Array, and it only reveals its entrance when the moonlight appears, guided by the compass for a quarter of an hour!”

He explained as he worked, though what he was doing was far more complicated than his simple words suggested, enough to deter anyone without the knowledge.

Sure enough, after a quarter of an hour, an illusion appeared before the cave.

To the group’s amazement, the mansion descended a few zhang.

It was only then that Jun Buhui led the way in.

Ye Jingcheng and the others quickly followed, and the entire cave seemed to change, incredibly mysterious.

After entering a distance of a hundred zhang, they arrived at an underground hall.

Within the hall, a considerable amount of Spiritual Energy was already circulating.

Above the hall, there was even a small Spiritual Energy Vortex.

At this moment, Jun Buhui took out an Array Banner again.

The concealment on the Array Banner disappeared, revealing a Secret Realm Spirit Sect.

“You can enter now, if anyone has doubts, you can send puppets in first!” Jun Buhui stated.

This was also to lessen the group’s vigilance.

Qiu Yongtai did indeed take out a Tier Two puppet, which was the simplest and most straightforward Beast Puppet, in the form of a Spirit Dog.

It was the first to leap into the Spirit Sect.

Besides Qiu Yongtai, Lady Chen and Bai Xiaosheng also released their Beast Puppets to enter.

They were all Tier One and Tier Two Spirit Puppets.

Their price was not high, but they were sufficient for pathfinding.

Ye Jingcheng, however, was different, as he took out several Tier One Peak Five Poison Bees.

They flew toward the Spirit Sect.

Only Lin Fuqing and Big Mouth Li released nothing.

“We trust Jun Daoist!” Lin Fuqing said.

Evidently, with the intention of currying favor.

Lin Fuqing, having recently established his family, trusted loose cultivators more, unaware this was the most foolish.

Of course, unless Lin Fuqing was in league with them.

Thinking of this, Ye Jingcheng felt a bit of danger and knew he needed to be more cautious.

He couldn’t rule out the possibility of the Six Wolves setting a trap, though unlikely, he had to be fully prepared.

Soon, the Five Poison Bees and the Spirit Puppets all returned from exploring.

And inside indeed matched Jun Buhui’s description, an Inheritance Secret Realm.

Thus, the group instinctively let Jun Buhui fall behind them, fearing he’d set up something after entering.

Among them, what made Ye Jingcheng hesitate was that from start to finish, not one person discussed a treasure-splitting plan or a no-kill plan.

Ye Jingcheng could only sigh at human greed.

The seven people here probably held eight or nine different intentions.

Ye Jingcheng walked in third, with Qiu Yongtai ahead of him.

The seven quickly entered the Secret Realm, not very large, smaller than Turtle Ancestor’s Grotto Heaven, only slightly larger than his own.

In the distance stood a massive Gobi Desert Mountain.

It exuded a substantial sense of oppression.

Ye Jingcheng estimated that it should be the Mountain Spirit.

He wasn’t sure if the Mountain Spirit held potential, or if the Stone Heart was adequate for the Stone Spirit to devour.

His Divine Sense lingered at the mountain’s perimeter, enveloped by an Array.

The Array was incredibly thick, Ye Jingcheng reckoned it to be the Combined Array requiring six people, as Jun Buhui mentioned.

“Here are the Battle Array’s Array Banner and Jade Talisman, familiarize yourselves, it’s very simple!” Jun Buhui took out five sets of Array Banners.

However, at that moment, deciding who to give them to caused hesitation.

After all, there were six sets of Array Banners.

“As for the cultivator without an Array Banner, in the treasure distribution later, contributions in each moment will determine the split. How about it?” Jun Buhui proposed a condition.

“How about we draw lots to decide who sits out?”

“No, the one without an Array Banner should be the weakest!” Big Mouth Li directly rejected it.

He argued with Jun Buhui, as naturally, nobody wanted to be the one without an Array Banner.

“Then I’ll be the alternate, I’ll also be the last to pick treasures!” Ye Jingcheng volunteered.

Upon hearing this, although the others were surprised, they didn’t say much.

As if worried that speaking more would make Ye Jingcheng change his mind.

At this moment, Ye Jingcheng’s Divine Sense focused on the location of the Spirit Sect they entered.

A thin layer of Spiritual Light enveloped it.

There seemed to be a fairly strong Array Foundation.

“Alright, the Mountain Spirit Incarnation has emerged, everyone sees the pavilion on the mountain, right? Those with light are untouched, and those without are taken. Last time, I got a Tier Three Upper-Grade Flying Sword Treasure, the only pity is my skill isn’t enough to wield it!” Jun Buhui pointed toward the mountain and spoke.

The six indeed activated the Battle Array, turning into six Spiritual Lights, fiercely bombarding the Array.

By this point, the Mountain Spirit Incarnation’s Yellow Sand Giant rushed out.

“Ye Daoist, please hold it off for a moment, without breaking the Array, we don’t even qualify to partake in the assessment!” Jun Buhui added.

Ye Jingcheng nodded, taking out a Tier Three Lower Flying Sword Treasure, shooting it toward the Yellow Sand Giant.

The situation dragged on for over a quarter of an hour, and then the Array was quickly broken, the six rushed to the mountain peak in a scramble.

At this moment, they each seemed to have selected a pavilion on the mountain.

They all took out Defense Treasures and put them on.

Jun Buhui even wore two.

The others followed suit, and after dressing, they each rushed forward.

“There’s still the gravity, it’s indeed an assessment!” Qiu Yongtai from afar reminded Ye Jingcheng.

This gravity was somewhat like Taiyi Sect’s Devout Dao Ladder, extremely good for refining cultivators.

Yet at this moment, Ye Jingcheng remained stationary.

Continuing to engage the Mountain Spirit Incarnation with his Flying Sword.

This scene made a flash of anger cross Jun Buhui’s eyes.

But he hid it well, even adding,

“Ye Daoist is honorable, the Mountain Spirit can only manifest one incarnation at a time, with Ye Daoist holding it back, we can seize the treasures first, but on the mountain, gravity will increase, remember to always maintain the Defense Treasure on yourself!”

Jun Buhui’s words didn’t elicit much reaction from the others, they only felt Ye Jingcheng was duped, becoming the sacrificial delaying cultivator.

Thus, with the advantage of treasures and cultivation, Qiu Yongtai was nearly at the pavilion’s edge, yet Ye Jingcheng hadn’t moved.