Beast Families: I Have an Illustrated Book of All Souls

Chapter 795 Tianyuan Treasure Pavilion Xiao Wankun (asking for monthly ticket)
The golden morning light shines all over the earth. From time to time, wisps of smoke rise from the mountains, also shining with golden light.

In the clouds, a spirit boat flew away along with the golden morning light.

Leaving behind a long trail of clouds.

On the spirit boat were Ye Jingcheng, Huang Tieyun and Xiao Congrong.

Before Huang Tieyun and Xiao Congrong landed on the spirit boat, they tried many times to control the spirit boat platform.

But unfortunately, this spirit boat is a fourth-order spirit boat, and the two of them cannot control it at all.

He could only keep watching from the side, as if he wanted to see clearly what the difference was between a fourth-order spirit boat and a second-order spirit boat.

Ye Jingcheng was still in front of the spirit boat's platform. Of course, his spiritual consciousness had drifted far away. He was looking at the mountains, rivers, and towns.

Unlike the mountains on the border of the Eastern Region, there are very few towns here, and most of the area is just barren hills.

In Xiaoshan Prefecture, however, the atmosphere is full of life. The bustling morning market is already extremely noisy, and the streets are full of people busy coming and going.

In addition to mortals, there are also many sacred mountains with spiritual veins in each mountain group.

Some are second-rate sacred mountains that are not occupied by any immortal-cultivating forces. They are turned into an unknown mysterious immortal mountain by a few independent cultivators who set up a hidden formation or an illusion formation.

There are even some simple spiritual fields next to the sacred mountain.

Some spiritual fields are cultivated by monks day and night, while some spiritual fields are still cultivated by mortals.

Ye Jingcheng sometimes wanted to see larger sacred mountains, but most of these sacred mountains were covered by more complicated formations. Even if it was the third-level sacred mountain of the Zifu family, it was difficult for Ye Jingcheng to see anything without being noticed.

For a moment, I felt a little sad.

“It is indeed much more prosperous than the Eastern Region, and there are many more spiritual veins. No wonder the immortal cultivation world here is so much stronger!”

More mortals create a larger base of immortal cultivators, and more spiritual veins and mountains and rivers lay the foundation for the cultivators' practice.

Moreover, unlike the Eastern Region, there are obviously more spiritual fields and spiritual medicine gardens here.

In the two days since he flew from Shahuang Mountain, he has seen at least fifty or sixty kinds of spiritual rice.

Among them, the most common are first-grade lower-quality spiritual rices. Some are not as good as the Ye family’s Qinghe spiritual rice and Blood Jade spiritual rice, but some are obviously much better. The most important thing is that some of them can be cultivated by mortals.

And the output is frighteningly high.

Ye Jingcheng had even seen one kind of second-grade spiritual rice.

Ye Jingcheng was very interested in this kind of magical rice.

After all, spiritual rice, which matures once a year, has a shorter medicinal cycle than many spiritual medicines. Even if the yield is not high and the cultivation is cumbersome, it still has considerable advantages.

The Ye family is now focusing on increasing the number of clan members, while also taking into account the breeding of more spiritual beasts, and it is indeed necessary to enrich the types of spiritual rice in the family.

"Elder Qianchen, the capital of Xiaoshan Prefecture is ahead!" Just as Ye Jingcheng was thinking, Huang Tieyun and Xiao Congrong beside him had already begun to remind Ye Jingcheng.

Ye Jingcheng also looked closely and saw a huge city located on the broad mountain ridge in the distance. The city stood tall and majestic, facing north and south, emitting a black light, like a giant beast, glaring at southern Xinjiang.

The mountain where the city is located is naturally Xiaoshan, and near Xiaoshan, there is a large stretch of mountains.

These mountains are extremely steep, and it is almost impossible for mortals to climb them.

The spiritual veins above are not much worse.

It just doesn't look as grand and majestic as Xiaoshan on the surface.

"Elder Qianchen, the mountain where Xiaoshan Prefecture City is located is Xiaoshan, and the mountains next to it are Kuishan and Xuanshan, both of which are controlled by Xuankui Sect. Most of this market is also managed by Xuankui Sect and the immortal envoys!"

"At the same time, there are two people that the elders need to pay attention to. One is Palace Master Xiao Wankun. He is also the Palace Master who is most likely to break through to the Nascent Soul stage in the next hundred years in Xiaoshan Palace. He ranks among the top among the eleven Palace Masters in Southern Wilderness State. It is said that he has already reached the late Golden Core stage."

"The other one is the fourth elder of Xuankui Sect, Jiang Xuanhe, who is also known as the Thousand Kui True Man..." Huang Tieyun kept introducing.

Although the information was in the jade slip they gave to Ye Jingcheng, it was his first time in a large occasion like Xiaoshan Market.

Even though there were no Nascent Soul cultivators present, there were many Golden Core cultivators here. In his opinion, they were not to be offended easily, so he naturally had to remind them carefully.

Seeing that Ye Jingcheng did not look unhappy but listened very carefully, Huang Tieyun breathed a sigh of relief.

Sometimes, for cultivators like Huang Tieyun, the most feared thing is not that the younger generations are disobedient, after all, they can scold them, but if it is the elders who don't listen, then there is really nothing they can do.

As the three of them talked, they quickly flew to the outside of the city's market.

There are already quite a few monks queuing up to register for entry.

"My fellow Taoists and seniors, Xiaoshan Prefecture has been invaded by many evil cultivators and sects, so you need to register before entering the city. Please forgive me!"

The guard at the city gate made Ye Jingcheng take a few more glances.

Half of these figures were foundation-building Qi-cultivating cultivators, and the other half were actually spirit puppets. However, these spirit puppets were so lifelike that you couldn't tell them apart without a close look.

Especially one of the third-level spirit puppets.

The man was wearing winter clothes, his eyes were slightly red, and it seemed that he could use his spiritual eyes to see through illusions.

Also watching the monks coming in and out.

"It's really amazing!" Ye Jingcheng couldn't help but sigh.

As expected, this is a market town controlled by the Xuan Kui Sect, a Yuanying Sect. Spirit puppets are even used everywhere.

"Elder Qianchen, these spirit puppets can be sold!" Huang Tieyun explained.

After saying that, he walked to the side and took out a token.

The guard glanced at Ye Jingcheng, then bowed and said:

"Senior Qian Chen, please come in. Grandmaster Qian Kui and Palace Master Xiao have both instructed that you can just go in directly."

"Just now I was unable to recognize a great man!" the monk said in a very tactful manner.

"It's okay. Brother Qian Kui and Lord Xiao are too kind to me." Ye Jingcheng was naturally clear in his mind at this moment. It was not an order at all, but just a few nice words from the other party. At the same time, he was also afraid that Ye Jingcheng would blame him.

After a while, Ye Jingcheng brought Huang Tieyun and Xiao Congrong into the city.

"This is the first time that I don't have to pay spirit stones to enter the city!" Xiao Congrong couldn't help but sigh as soon as he entered the city.

After all, before, to enter the city market, one had to pay five spirit stones per person. Although it wasn’t much, he still felt a little unhappy inside. Now, the feeling of being superior made him very addicted.

After entering the city, there is the outer city. The outer city is composed of courtyards where monks live. There are also many attics of ordinary monks. It seems that they saw Ye Jingcheng's confusion.

Huang Tieyun continued to explain.

"Elder Qianchen, these courtyards are all rented out for cultivation. Generally, cultivators who don't have enough spirit stones but want to cultivate in peace will rent these courtyards. In addition, some alchemists and weapon refiners will also rent them. After all, they need spirit stones to enter and exit. Many cultivators share the spirit stones and live in these courtyards with the strength of third-level spirit veins."

"Besides the yard here, there are many peaks around Xiaoshan that can be rented. It's just that renting a peak is more expensive than renting a yard, but it's freer and has more space!"

"Moreover, whether it is the courtyard inside the market or the peak outside, they are all covered by the Zhengxuan Immortal Sect. It can be said that it is safer than the Xuankui Mountain Ridge where the Xuankui Sect is located. The last time a fight occurred around Xiaoshan Market was two thousand years ago!"

After hearing Huang Tieyun's introduction, Ye Jingcheng nodded slightly. He was a little jealous of the money-making methods of the Zhengdao Sect and the Xuankui Sect.

In fact, the relationship between the Zhengdao Sect and the Xuankui Sect is similar to the current relationship between the Taiyi Sect and the Ye family and the Taihang Market.

It’s just that the independent cultivators and small families in Taihang Market are not a threat, and it’s difficult for the Taiyi Sect and the Ye Family to be as intimidating as the Zhengdao Sect and the Xuankui Sect.

That’s why the Ye family is simply unable to do the business of renting mountains and yards.

After walking through several long alleys, they finally arrived at the inner city. Unlike the hurried monks in the outer city, the inner city was much more leisurely, and there were many monks coming and going.

Ye Jingcheng felt that Taichang Market might not be as lively as this place. There were more shops on both sides. Like the East Region, the names of the shops in the market here were all named after the names of the sects or the surnames of the families.

For example, the shop opened on Xuanhu Island is named Xuanhu Baoge.

The weapon refining pavilion of the Xuan family in Luoyun is named Xuan Family Weapon Pavilion.

Furthermore, the number of floors of the shops also represents the power of the sect.

The first level is the Qi Refining force, the second level is the Foundation Building force, the third level is the Purple Mansion force, and the fourth level is the Golden Core force.

Looking from afar, most of them are on the second floor, with slightly fewer on the third floor, only three or four on the fourth floor, and the only five-story attics are the Zhengdao Treasure Pavilion and the Xuankui Treasure Pavilion in the center!

"Elder Huang, does our Tianshamen have any shops?" Ye Jingcheng couldn't help but ask after looking at it.

"Yes, but it has not been open for many years!" Huang Tieyun was a little embarrassed when he said this.

The attic of Tianshamen is a three-story attic. Because there is no Purple Mansion cultivator in charge, and Tianshamen was originally in a period of transition and was facing the invasion of evil cultivators, the shop was simply closed in the past few years.

Otherwise, if the shop on the third floor is changed to one on the second floor, it will easily expose the sect's strength. But it happens that the attic on the third floor requires the highest combat power to pay rent every ten years.

There was also a Purple Mansion cultivator in Tianshamen before, but he never came out after exploring a third-level secret realm.

It has been twenty years since Zifu came to pay rent for Tianshamen. It was possible to hide it once or twice, but it would be difficult if it happened three or four times.

If Ye Jingcheng had not appeared, Tianshamen would have come here in the past few years and taken the initiative to change the shop.

"Let's go to our own shop first." Ye Jingcheng also said.

Huang Tieyun nodded, and the two walked towards a small street.

The quality of the shops on this small street seemed to be even worse. Ye Jingcheng suspected that some of the shops were run by individual cultivators.

Of course, this is not to say that there are no advantages. After all, you are the tallest among the short ones, and the rent should be cheaper.

However, when he arrived at the destination and saw a three-story commercial building, Huang Tieyun became furious.

I saw that the Shayun Treasure Tower above had been renamed Tianyuan Treasure Pavilion.

Of course, Yuanbao Pavilion had not opened for business that day, but the signboard had been changed.

"It's the Tianyuan Sect again. Before, our Tianshamen's Master Huangsha went to explore the secret realm with Tianyuan Sect's Master Yuanhe. Now they are actually robbing our shops in the market. It's really too much!" Huang Tieyun was heard saying this.

Ye Jingcheng was also stunned.

He also didn't expect that the shop in Tianshamen had changed its name in advance.

Although Tianshamen no longer has the Purple Mansion, in theory, since Tianshamen has paid the rent, this treasure house still belongs to Tianshamen.

Even if it is registered, if there is no Purple Mansion cultivator, the third floor can be changed into two floors.

"Let's go visit Palace Master Xiao and Master Qian Kui first!" Ye Jingcheng then directly suggested.

Hearing this, Huang Tieyun also nodded.

You are absolutely not allowed to take action in the market town.

The best way to resolve this matter at this moment is to go find Mansion Master Xiao!
Moreover, Ye Jingcheng also plans to focus on development in Xiaoshanfang City in the future, so he needs to visit them in advance to establish good relations with both of them.

Ye Jingcheng even wanted to try indirectly to understand the two major forces' views on the surrounding forces.

Soon Ye Jingcheng followed Huang Tieyun to Wankun Palace.

The entire palace is located in the northern part of the inner city of the market town. It is magnificent and exceptionally grand.

Outside the palace, a large courtyard was built with a wall, which was called the palace within the city.

There are all kinds of spiritual trees inside, and there is even a small spiritual field.

When they arrived at the gate, there was only one real guarding monk, but there were three spirit puppets.

This scene also made Ye Jingcheng puzzled.

After all, according to the Puppet Wasteland inheritance obtained by the Ye family, it is impossible to create so many spirit puppets, especially those with powerful abilities.

But on second thought, this Xiaoshan market has been fine for thousands of years, so there is no need for any high-level spirit puppets. Having someone to pass on messages is already very good.

"Senior, we are from Tianshamen, and we are here to visit Lord Xiao!" Huang Tieyun stepped forward and spoke.

Although that person was in the late stage of Qi training, he also ignored Huang Tieyun and obviously did not take Huang Tieyun seriously.

"Palace Master Xiao is in seclusion."

When Ye Jingcheng saw this, he was about to release his cultivation when he saw the man's expression change.

"The Palace Master has come out of retreat. Please come in, seniors!" The cultivator's face was filled with horror and even worry.

He lowered his head and only dared to glance at Ye Jingcheng.

Obviously he didn't know why Tianshamen would produce a golden elixir.

"Senior, follow me!" Ye Jingcheng naturally would not get angry with a Qigong practitioner.

Soon they entered the courtyard and arrived at the real Wankun Palace.

A monk in a golden robe with a kind face had already been waiting there.

"Master Xiao, I hope you won't blame me for the indiscretion of Tianshamen Qianchen's visit!" Ye Jingcheng said.

"Fellow Daoist Qianchen is indeed a man of extraordinary bearing. It is a great honor for my Xiaoshan Mansion to have another golden elixir!" Xiao Wankun was obviously also good at socializing and did not put on airs at all.

Soon Ye Jingcheng was invited into the main hall of the palace, and the Purple Mansion cultivator nearby also invited Huang Tieyun and Xiao Congrong into the side hall.

After all, conversations between real people, even if they are from the same sect, should still be avoided.

This is not just one family doing this; it is also semi-common sense in the world of immortal cultivation.

"Sit down and try Xiaoshan's Qingxiao tea. It's a top-grade third-grade spiritual tea!" Xiao Wankun took out the spiritual tea, brewed it, and served a cup to Ye Jingcheng.

"Master Xiao, this is my first visit and I don't know what the master likes, so I specially brought an 800-year-old red ginseng."

Ye Jingcheng first took out a jade box from his sleeve and placed it on the table next to him.

Then he took the spiritual tea.

"Fellow Daoist Qianchen, you are too polite!" Seeing the jade box given by Ye Jingcheng, Lord Xiao smiled slightly.

"Master Xiao's spiritual tea is a real treasure!" Ye Jingcheng took a sip and felt that the tea was rich and full of flavor, like a swim in spring.

But in addition to tea, the spiritual energy is also overwhelming.

Because of the pure spiritual energy, it might even be of some benefit to Purple Mansion cultivators in breaking through.

"Haha, this tea is a magical tea produced by a 5,000-year-old tea tree in the secret territory of Xiaoshan. It's a pity that this tea tree only produces half a pound of tea every ten years!" Xiao Wankun also introduced.

As he said this, he took a sip of the spiritual tea.

After he finished drinking, he looked at Ye Jingcheng:
"Fellow Daoist Qianchen is so loyal and righteous, what are your plans for the future?"

"Master Xiao, Qian Chen came here this time to revive the Tianshamen shop. He also plans to run some pill-selling business in Xiaoshan Market in the future!"

"But I didn't expect that Tianyuan Treasure Pavilion..."

(End of this chapter)