Chapter 953 - 663: Golden Core Spirit Puppet
Within the Grotto Heaven, as the sunlight gently cascaded down, atop the pavilion on the mountain peak, Ye Jingcheng finally opened his eyes.
At this moment, within his gaze, a starry eye appeared dreamlike and illusory, gazing towards the void as if able to see through it.
"It’s finally done!" Ye Jingcheng at this moment consumed six more Star Illusion Fruits.
Including those he had taken before, it exceeded ten in total, only then accomplishing the cultivation of the Star Illusion Eye, slightly more than Chu Yanqing had.
Clearly, Chu Yanqing, having a Water Attribute Spirit Body, absorbed it better than him.
However, having the Star Illusion Eye was still good news.
In future sea travels, returning to the Yan Kingdom would be considerably safer.
After all, many times, the Divine Sense is flawed; one fails to sense those with higher cultivation and may alarm them.
But the Star Illusion Eye does not; its eye power is astonishing, capable of seeing significantly far and seeing through some Illusion Arrays, penetrating the mist.
In some places, it has even more marvelous uses.
Ye Jingcheng walked down the mountain, into the Golden Light Bamboo Forest, where there was a pavilion and also a Spirit Lake.
At this moment, the main elders of the Ye Family were there analyzing all aspects of the family.
Further away, inside the Celestial Spirit Body Refining Array, many cultivators were training, including Ye Haicheng, who was doing so.
Ye Haicheng was fighting the Golden Scale Beast in the Body Refining Array.
However, despite utilizing Spirit Cultivation, Ye Haicheng was no match for the Golden Scale Beast.
The difference in cultivation was too great, and the Golden Scale Beast soon lost the desire to spar; it hardly cared that Ye Haicheng was an elder of Ye Jingcheng.
At this moment, it pouted, dragging the Five-Colored Cloud Deer, and trained at the highest peak of the array.
In its eyes, there was a look of eagerness.
The Jade Qilin Flood Dragon had already broken through to Tier Four, even the Red Flame Fox had transformed into a cluster of Five-Colored Flames, undergoing seclusion on the mountain range.
The Golden Falcon and Five-Colored Cloud Deer were now increasingly nearing the Tier Three Peak.
Further in the Spirit Lake, the Jade Qilin Flood Dragon floated above the lake; even though it had broken through Tier Four, it rarely cultivated, spending its days with mouth agape.
Waiting for the Ye Clan members to feed it.
After the Beast Tide, there were quite a few Demon Beast corpses.
These demon beast carcasses, the Ye Clan would retrieve some, but most remained with them.
Many liked the appearance of the Jade Qilin Flood Dragon, and knowing it liked eating meat, often fed it.
Yet Ye Jingcheng didn’t mind this; for the spirit beasts of the Ye Family, he often let clan members inherit or borrow them to familiarize themselves, which was even better.
Outside the Spirit Lake, the Earth Dragon Demon King had chosen a low valley, quietly lying there.
Its aura grew increasingly stronger, and currently, the Beast Souls were nearly complete; although some Tier Three and One-Two Tier Beast Souls were missing, this was not irreplaceable.
The Earth Dragon Demon King had a significant chance of breaking through to Nascent Soul.
What it lacked now was further honing its physical body to the peak.
Ye Jingcheng glanced at it and ceased observing further, but walked into the pavilion within the Golden Light Bamboo Forest.
Ye Xuefan poured Ye Jingcheng a cup of Spirit Tea.
"Successfully cultivating is good, now there’s more certainty in returning to Yan Kingdom!"
The Spirit Tea, under the golden light of the Golden Light Bamboo Forest, appeared exceptionally splendid.
"Thanks to Fourth Uncle Ancestor for monitoring the external situation for me!" Ye Jingcheng spoke respectfully.
"No need for thanks, news has come already; your Second Uncle Ancestor and Ninth Uncle Ancestor are fine, yet they cannot reach Celestial Horse Island now, after all, they lack a Grotto Heaven to approach the Sea Mirror, and should someone occupy a Magic Artifact Space, it cannot be put into the Storage Bag, easily recognized by others."
"Your Second Uncle Ancestor’s intention is, the plan remains unchanged, once we successfully let your Dragon Ancestor break through, then we go to support them!" Ye Xuefan spoke calmly.
But even so, Ye Jingcheng could still see the worry in Ye Xuefan’s eyes.
At this moment, Ye Jingcheng even had the impulse to go himself.
But he knew, Ye Family refrained from fully unveiling at such grand occasions for fear of exposure before adequate strength was attained.
Returning might result in not only failure to rescue, but also being blocked at Celestial Horse Pass himself.
That would truly put the entire Ye Family in jeopardy.
This is why despite leaving behind Turtle Ancestor, the Ye Family would have facilitated more, yet still didn’t leave Turtle Ancestor.
Because Turtle Ancestor embodies a more distant hope, while he represents the current hope.
"By the way, Xing Xiao says the Spiritual Ship has already crossed the Cyan Crow Islands, nearing the Celestial Lu Islands!"
"We must prepare to leave!"
The Celestial Horse Sea Domain is divided into three major island groups, with Cyan Crow Islands being a buffer sea zone.
And the Celestial Lu Islands and Dongqi Islands constitute the core area of the entire Celestial Horse Sea Domain.
Once entering the Celestial Lu Islands, it wholly belongs to Haoyang Daoist Temple and East Heaven Sect’s territory.
"He’s a well-known Purple Mansion Independent Cultivator from Lu Kingdom, you can disguise yourself as him!" Ye Xuefan handed a Jade Talisman to Ye Jingcheng.
Traveling in the Lu Kingdom, using Ye Xingxiao’s appearance, naturally won’t do, after all, leaving this time, they would have offended the Haoyang Daoist Temple.
Ye Jingcheng took one glance and nodded.
Exchanged a few words with Ye Xingxiao.
Ye Jingcheng left the Grotto Heaven and appeared in the room of the Spirit Shuttle.
At this moment, Ye Xingxiao was sitting across from him.
"Jingcheng, there are eleven people on this Spirit Shuttle, but I feel there are more than eleven. Be careful!" Ye Xingxiao said worriedly.
This was informing Ye Jingcheng that there might be people secretly protecting treasures on the Spirit Shuttle.
But for Ye Jingcheng, being at the Early Stage of Golden Core, even if the protectors were Golden Core, there was still a significant chance of escape by surprise.
Ye Xingxiao quickly entered the Grotto Heaven, taken away by Ye Jingcheng.
And Ye Jingcheng transformed into Ye Xingxiao’s appearance.
He cautiously released his Divine Sense, familiarizing himself with the surrounding sea domain.
He found that they should be at the outskirts of the Celestial Lu Islands, where there is a well-known middle-grade Spirit Stone Ore in the Celestial Horse Sea Domain, though it has been depleted.
Just as Ye Jingcheng wanted to observe more, the Spiritual Ship suddenly shook, and the next moment, two Late Stage Purple Mansion auras swiftly erupted within the Spiritual Ship.
This scene made Ye Jingcheng tense up immediately, thinking he was discovered, but quickly, before he could break through the door, he realized that a fight had already broken out on the Spiritual Ship.
Clearly, other than them, there were others lurking on the Spiritual Ship, having passed Celestial Horse Island.
At this moment, two twin female cultivators of the Purple Mansion were battling a man dressed in a Huaxiu Daoist Robe.
The Spiritual Ship began to slow down, clearly, the Tier Four Spirit Shuttle’s Flying Array Pattern was broken, and its speed significantly reduced.
The man was furious, with a sword already impaled in his chest, evidently wounded by the two female cultivators.
Other Purple Mansion cultivators also arrived.
Joining the battle.
Ye Jingcheng, however, did not pay much attention and prepared to leave directly.
After all, on the territory of the Haoyang Daoist Temple, killing and looting would affect his escape, so he didn’t want to complicate matters.
As the fight intensified, he walked to the side.
Seeing this, Wen Quancheng was momentarily stunned.
"Quan Yun, don’t worry, these two little thieves can’t stir up much trouble on the territory of the Haoyang Daoist Temple!"
But Ye Jingcheng ignored him and flew off.
With someone else drawing attention, he couldn’t have wished for more.
Indeed, no one pursued Ye Jingcheng.
Thinking about it, it’s quite reasonable. He had transformed into the Foundation Establishment, Xiao Quanyun.
Even if he released a Tier Three Spiritual Ship and fled far, no one would chase him.
They had enough confidence to catch Ye Jingcheng.
Ye Jingcheng was happy with this, directly choosing a route and flying into the distance.
This way, no one knew his Cultivation level, saving him a lot of trouble.
Many cultivators possess Blood Soul Tracking; being farther away, the tracking wouldn’t be significant, especially on Haoyang Daoist Temple’s territory.
Besides, Ye Jingcheng was not interested in some of the sect treasures of Haoyang Daoist Temple.
Although the quantity might be immense, the precious ones would be with those Nascent Soul True Monarchs and Golden Core True Masters.
Such Purple Mansion treasures were rare.
What surprised Ye Jingcheng was that when he looked back with his Star Illusion Eye,
He saw the two female cultivators taking out a Golden Core Spirit Puppet.
And the hidden one on the Spiritual Ship wasn’t Golden Core, but a Purple Mansion Peak cultivator.
At this moment, they were already beginning to flee in disarray.
But evidently, it was too late; the Golden Core Spirit Puppet, though not as strong as Golden Core, was much more powerful than the Purple Mansion. Moreover, the speed of the Golden Core Spirit Puppet was incredibly fast, taking out the Purple Mansion Peak cultivator before they could reveal themselves.
The remaining Purple Mansion cultivators, only the Xu Sect cultivator managed to flee the farthest, but with the strength gap, being caught was only a matter of time!
The two female cultivators, maintaining their Purple Mansion Cultivation, causing such a commotion, were trying to catch them all in one net.
And shortly after, they moved in Ye Jingcheng’s direction.
Seemingly coming to silence him!
Ye Jingcheng’s gaze darkened, naturally looking a bit troubled.
He intended to leave quietly; after all, they’re all stowaways, why make things difficult for each other?