Sure enough, the man smiled bitterly when he heard that.
For forces at the Nascent Soul level, it is not difficult to obtain the Xuan Yang Flower. The difficulty lies in how to cultivate the Xuan Yang Flower to maturity.
Without high-level underground fire veins, even a fourth-level spiritual plant husband would not be able to cultivate Xuanyang Flowers. Otherwise, Cang Linghai would not have to go to Donghuang Tianhuazhou to purchase finished Xuanyang Flowers every few years.
Therefore, for the Five Elements Taoist Sect, this immature Xuanyang flower is useless, and they will not waste resources to purchase and plant it.
In comparison, the price offered by Ye Linyuan was already the highest, so after much deliberation he decided to complete the deal.
After obtaining the Xuanyang Flower, Ye Linyuan discussed with the other two people and finally exchanged the Transcendent Fruit seeds and the low-grade infant-forming spiritual object Jinxu Lingshui.
Of these two treasures, the Jinxu Lingshui has the dual attributes of gold and water, and is more compatible with Shui Hanqing's Jindan stage. Taking it in the future may slightly increase the success rate and quality of infant formation.
Although the improvement is minimal, it is better than nothing.
As for the seeds of the Transformation Fruit, this spiritual object is also very simple. It is a special elixir for refining the Soul-Feeding Pill, which can increase the transformation probability of monsters and spiritual insects.
Now, under Ye Linyuan's command, there are three major demon tribes and a large number of spiritual insects, namely the Lingbei tribe, the Hanyu Snake tribe, the Golden Ape tribe, and the Lingsilkworm tribe.
Among the four major demon tribes, the Lingbei tribe has its own exclusive Lingbei Pill.
The Cold Jade Snake Clan has Cold Jade Pills, the Golden Ape Clan has Golden Marrow Pills, and the Spirit Silkworm Clan has Spirit Silkworm Pills.
These kinds of Soul-Feeding Pills are precious pills specially designed to cultivate them. They are made from various rare treasures combined with bloodline elixirs. After taking them, they can enhance their bloodline strength and increase the possibility of their mutation.
Not to mention the Spirit Silkworm Clan and the Spirit Shell Clan, the Cold Jade Snake Clan and the Golden Ape Clan have made great progress in strength in recent years.
After years of cultivation, the bloodlines of the Hanyu Snake Clan have all reached their limits, and have basically reached the second-order mutant bloodline level of the late foundation-building period.
The Golden Ape Clan all mutated into giant King Kong apes, and their cultivation had basically reached the late stage of foundation building or above.
But at this point, both the Cold Jade Snake Clan and the Golden Ape Clan have reached the upper limit of their potential, and it is basically difficult to further transform by relying solely on the original Soul Feeding Pills.
If they want to go further, they need to transform into the descendants of the true spirit, that is, the cold dragon with extremely powerful bloodline power, or the fighting golden ape.
However, whether transforming into a fighting golden ape or a cold dragon, it is extremely difficult, which requires a large amount of second-level rare bloodline pills and second-level rare treasures.
Even for Ye Linyuan, it would be difficult to collect much, and the cost would be too huge.
But it is different with the Transcendent Fruit. The Transcendent Fruit is a rare second-level elixir, and it is not too difficult to cultivate. It is similar to the Creation Pill and is a lower-value bloodline elixir.
Once there are a large number of Transcendent Fruits, they can be added to the Cold Jade Pill and the Golden Marrow Pill to refine the second-level rare Soul Feeding Pill.
By taking this Soul-Feeding Pill for a long time, the Golden Ape Clan and the Cold Jade Snake Clan may be able to transform into true soul descendants.
Of course, compared to taking the second-level rare bloodline fruit and various spiritual objects to transform, the success rate of transforming by taking the Soul-Feeding Pill will be much lower, and it will take a relatively long time.
If you take the second-level rare bloodline fruit, there is a 50% chance of successful transformation when preparing to match the spiritual object. However, if you take this kind of soul-feeding pill for a long time, there is only a one in a few percent chance of transforming into a true soul descendant.
“If the Fighting Golden Ape and the others transform into royal blood, adding a thin layer of royal blood to the Soul-Feeding Pills of the same race may greatly increase the possibility of awakening their bloodline.”
Ye Linyuan pondered in his heart and couldn't help but feel moved.
He had to admit that Zi Xi's Purple Dragon Taoist Soldiers, the Black Prison Prince's Black Dragon Taoist Soldiers, and the Five Elements Taoist Soldiers of the Five Elements Taoist Sect were all extremely majestic, which made him feel very envious.
As for Ye Linyuan, the Golden Ape Taoist Soldiers and Cold Jade Snake Taoist Soldiers under his command are too weak. At most, they are at the same level as shrimp soldiers and crab generals. In the eyes of the Nascent Soul Sect and the Dragon Palace, they are not up to par.
Take Princess Zi Xi for example. Her tens of thousands of shrimp soldiers and crab generals are only used to guard the gate. At most, they can be used to deal with some ignorant little monsters. The real fighters are the purple dragon Taoist soldiers.
"One day, sooner or later, I will have a group of Jindan Dao soldiers."
Ye Linyuan pondered in his heart, and after confirming that he had exchanged for a treasure that satisfied him, he returned to the room and waited.
At the following barter meeting, one Jindan cultivator after another came on stage and took out their treasures for barter.
Ye Linyuan doesn't need most of these treasures, but he will take the very few that he likes if the price is right.
As time went by, until the barter conference came to an end, a large number of rare spiritual objects were finally purchased, most of which were for cultivating spiritual medicines and spiritual beasts.
As for Ye Linyuan himself, he didn't need anything.
For Ye Linyuan, most of the third-grade top-quality treasures can hardly bring him much improvement.
Even if it can still be of some use temporarily, it will become useless once he breaks through to the late Jindan stage, so there is no need to waste resources to buy it.
"One thousand six hundred and fifty mana. I should be able to break through to the late stage of the Golden Core within twenty years at the latest."
Ye Linyuan pondered in his heart, and finally, with a sense of relief, he steered the treasure ship towards the Seven Realms Alliance.
Not long after, Ye Linyuan returned along the way. When passing by the Renshui Sea, he received a piece of news that Liu Changge had broken through to the eighth level of the Golden Core after practicing hard for a hundred years.
You know, Liu Changge has been practicing for only about 400 years, which is considered a true inheritance among the Nascent Soul sects.
"It's just a small inconvenience, but it's better to keep it for now."
Ye Linyuan pondered in his heart, and a hint of indifference appeared in his eyes.
Liu Changge is quite powerful. Judging from the fact that he took the initiative to attack the Black Water Serpent before, this person's character and courage should not be bad either. However, he is still too immature after all.
Such a person was not taken seriously by Ye Linyuan, so Ye Linyuan smiled and said, "It just so happens that I can use this person to see what other troubles are hidden in the dark."
Shui Hanqing was slightly stunned, and then couldn't help asking: "What does my husband mean?"
“Once Xuqiu, Yingxu, Chongyun, Jinyuan and others join the battle, our Ye family will be at its weakest.”
Ye Linyuan spoke slowly and then said with a smile: "At this moment, if the roles were reversed, what would you do?"
Chu Lingxi pondered for a moment, and finally said with a deep gaze: "Invite all your friends, contact the other side's fellow practitioners, and completely defeat them one by one."
"Yes, this is also the best time for them to defeat us one by one."
Ye Linyuan smiled, clasped his hands together calmly and said, "But I am also worried that I don't have the opportunity to catch all these rats hiding in the dark."
"If we can handle it all at once this time, it will be better than having to be on guard against thieves for a thousand days in the future."
"..."
The treasure ship continued sailing and soon crossed the vast deep ocean, returning to Yueyuan Island unknowingly.
After returning to Yueyuan Island, Ye Linyuan continued to practice while preparing for his people to join the war.
Time passed like this, and about five years later, Ye Xuqiu was finally the first to break through to the late Jindan realm.
As the first son in the family to break through to the late Jindan stage, Ye Xuqiu is less than three hundred years old.
Such a young late Jindan stage is extremely rare even in the Yuanying sect.
There are two main reasons for this. The first is that Ye Xuqiu took a batch of high-quality Creation Pills, which greatly improved his cultivation speed.
In order to speed up Ye Xuqiu's cultivation, Ye Linyuan specially distributed a batch of his top-grade Creation Pills to Ye Xuqiu and Ye Yingxu.
After all, for Ye Linyuan, the effect of the top-grade Creation Pill is actually very limited, and it is not even as fast as his daily basic cultivation speed which is thirty times faster.
The second point is that Ye Xuqiu's magic power is too weak. Because the Fire Sea Golden Lotus Technique is too focused on the quality of magic power, the level of his magic power is almost at the bottom among those of the same level.
There is no other way around it. His magic power is condensed and overbearing. If the magic power is too strong, it may easily damage his meridians.
Unlike Ye Linyuan's Cang Hai Ming Yue Gong, which is extremely gentle and has the ability to heal injuries, even if it is dozens of times stronger, there is no need to worry about the tendons and veins being injured.
Ye Xuqiu's breakthrough brought about a qualitative change in combat power.
His normal combat power is already comparable to the eighth level of the Golden Core, and his explosive combat power is comparable to the great perfection of the Golden Core, barely enough to be compared with Ye Linyuan.
Of course, Ye Xuqiu's weakness is also obvious. Once he bursts out with all his strength, his energy, blood and magic power will be severely depleted, and he will fall into a long period of weakness.
Fortunately, as a quasi-fourth-level alchemist, Ye Linyuan naturally had the rare elixirs he needed. This time, Ye Linyuan specially opened the furnace and refined three bottles of healing pills for him, plus three bottles of recovery pills.
There are a total of sixty pills of these two kinds of pills, all of which are top-grade third-level elixirs. Basically, after taking two of them, Ye Xuqiu can recover most of his combat power.
Of course, if forbidden techniques are used continuously and the source of damage is caused, treatment will not be so easy.
However, Ye Linyuan's medicine garden also has a batch of rare healing medicines, all of which are rare items brought from Princess Zixi. If they are cultivated to maturity, it will be no problem to refine a few bottles of rare third-level elixirs.
"This kid is still living a comfortable life."
Ye Linyuan sighed in his heart. In his previous life, he was also extremely powerful, but every time he was seriously injured, he had to look for medicine everywhere. How could he be as comfortable as Ye Xuqiu?
Ye Linyuan had only taken a few bottles of these top-grade, third-grade precious medicines in his previous life. Otherwise, he would not have ended up dying of old age.
Following Ye Xuqiu's breakthrough, more than a year later, Ye Yingxu also successfully broke through to the late Jindan realm.
However, compared to Ye Xuqiu, his combat power is actually not that strong, and his combat power is at an ordinary level among those in the late Jindan period.
However, after Ye Xuqiu's cultivation level broke through, his puppetry skills and formation attainments improved a lot.
"This journey is extremely dangerous. Although Xu Qiu is extremely powerful, he may be plotted against by others, so you are needed as the finale."
In the huge Xuanji Hall, Ye Linyuan and Ye Yingxu worked together to activate the magic of heaven's secrets, constantly deducing the various possibilities of this battle, and finally a solemn look appeared between their brows.
Ye Yingxu's pupils narrowed slightly, and then he said, "From the hexagram, this battle is full of disasters, and there are even signs that the dragon clan will take action."
"If we take the risk and join in, even if Xu Qiu is extremely powerful, he may not be able to lead us out of the encirclement."
"So, I need you to be the finale to completely change the outcome of the battle."
Ye Linyuan spoke calmly, then handed a storage bag to Ye Yingxu and asked calmly, "Can this thing help us break the impasse?"
Ye Yingxu probed into it with his consciousness, and his expression suddenly changed as he said, "If we have this thing, we can at least protect ourselves."
"That's good." Ye Linyuan nodded, and then said: "Calculating the time, Chongyun has accumulated enough. I will help him break through by force."
As soon as he finished speaking, Ye Linyuan left the Xuanji Hall.
After Ye Linyuan left, Ye Yingxu stayed where he was, and a hint of surprise appeared in his eyes.
"I never thought that your family leader actually possessed such a set of treasures. Could it be that he opened a Nascent Soul treasure house?"
In Ye Yingxu's sea of consciousness, the incomplete spiritual treasure showed a look of surprise and couldn't help but ask in confusion.
Ye Yingxu did not answer, but withdrew his consciousness, and then asked thoughtfully: "I have broken through the late Jindan stage. If I join forces with the clan leader, and add this set of treasures, can I open the Yuanying ruins?"
"No."
The incomplete spiritual treasure shook his head, and then said: "The Yuanying ruins are extremely dangerous. Even if the fake infant ancestor forcibly opens it, there is a great risk of death."
"If you really want to give it a try, you have to wait until you break through to the Great Perfection of the Golden Core, or gather the combat power of several Fake Infants."
Ye Yingxu took a deep breath, and then said helplessly: "Unfortunately, I discovered the ruins a hundred years ago, but I never dared to step into it. Even the clan leader didn't dare to reveal anything."
"The more people who know about these ancient relics, the greater the risk of them being leaked."
Canque Lingbao shook his head, and then said: "The treasures inside must be extraordinary, and there may even be a chance to break through to the Heavenly Dao Yuanying. It is most important to be safe."
"I understand."
Ye Yingxu nodded, and slowly withdrew all his thoughts.
He has unearthed dozens of golden elixir treasures over the years, so he naturally understands that patience is a necessary quality for a cultivator. Unless he is desperate, he should not take risks easily before he is sure.
"..."
On the other side, after Ye Yingxu’s breakthrough, Ye Linyuan set up the Tiangang Thunder Dragon Formation here to help Ye Chongyun break through the bottleneck of the Dacheng combat body.
Ye Chongyun was born with a combat body, and the conversion rate of his combat body cultivation was extremely high, so the resources consumed were low and his cultivation speed was also very fast.
He had already cultivated to the perfection of the middle stage of the Golden Core several years ago, but was stuck before the completion of the combat body, and did not make a breakthrough because he wanted to accumulate more foundation.
Now that he has to join the war, he certainly can't delay any longer. Ye Linyuan plans to use the Tiangang Thunder Dragon Formation to help him break through, so that he will be more confident in dealing with the upcoming battle.
At this time, Ye Linyuan continued to activate the Tiangang Thunder Dragon Formation, harnessing the infinite power of the Thunder Dragon to strengthen his body. After nine days and nine nights of training, Ye Chongyun's combat body finally reached its limit.
With a roar, he finally broke through his limit and reached the state of perfect combat body.
After this breakthrough, Ye Chongyun's strength nearly doubled, completely reaching the level of the late Jindan stage, and he was also a leader among the same level.
However, Ye Linyuan knew very well that after reaching this point, the potential of Ye Chongyun's black bronze combat body had basically been exhausted.
Next, he could only cultivate to the ninth level of the Golden Core at best and develop into the legendary quasi-fourth-level combat body.
The quasi-fourth-level combat body is quite powerful, and it is said that it can fight against the Nine-Sky Dragon, and can fight to the death with the False Infant Ancestor, and is even capable of challenging the Yuanying True Lord, but it has finally reached its limit.
If one wants to go further, one has to break through the limit of the Black Bronze Battle Body and cultivate the fourth-level "Heavenly Silver Spirit Body", or even the legendary fifth-level "Heavenly Gold Dao Body".
But this path is really difficult, no less difficult than the transformation of royal blood into the true spirit of heaven and earth, and Ye Linyuan does not have the ancient inheritance of advancement to this kind of Taoist body.
Therefore, it is really hard to say how far Ye Chongyun can go. If he does not have extremely good opportunities and luck, he will most likely stop at the realm of perfect combat body comparable to that of a fake infant.
Of course, in this era, among the cultivators who can cultivate to the Nascent Soul stage, apart from the top geniuses with the support of a Nascent Soul sect, who doesn’t have an extremely heaven-defying opportunity?
It is almost a pipe dream to rely solely on one's own hard work to break through to the Nascent Soul stage. The spiritual object alone will hold him back for the rest of his life.
"On the road of cultivation, the lower realms depend on aptitude, the middle realms depend on understanding and strength, but if you want to step above the clouds, you still need all kinds of heaven-defying opportunities."
Ye Linyuan pondered in his heart, and then retracted the thought.
He is not a nanny for his tribe members. He will use his excess resources to help his tribe members achieve enlightenment within his ability.
However, he would not go to great lengths to seek opportunities for his people to achieve enlightenment. He would rather hope that his people could fight for themselves, and how far they could go in the end depended on their luck.
Thinking of this, Ye Linyuan looked at Ye Chongyun and said, "Chongyun, at the late Jindan stage, the help that the family can give you is very limited."
"A large number of demons will surely perish in this battle, and the Five Elements Dao Sect will likely have many treasures for body refinement as rewards. As long as you can perform meritorious deeds, you shouldn't be short of cultivation resources."
"As for whether you can cultivate a perfect combat body and become an ancestor comparable to a fake infant, it depends on your own opportunity and luck."
Upon hearing this, Ye Chongyun's eyes slightly reddened as he prostrated himself on the ground and said, "The family has cultivated Chongyun for nearly three hundred years. It can be said that they have done a great favor to Chongyun. Now that Chongyun has achieved success in his cultivation, it is time for him to contribute to the family."
"Don't worry, Chongyun will send you a batch of demon king flesh and blood every once in a while, and it won't delay your Qi training."
"Silly boy."
Ye Linyuan couldn't help but smile. Ye Yingxu, Ye Chongyun and Ye Xuqiu all grew up under his care, and he personally taught them martial arts when they were young.
Now, seeing the three people's cultivation breaking through to the late Jindan stage one by one, he couldn't help but feel a little relieved.
But he sighed, and then said: "Back then, the old clan leader, that is, your ancestor, entrusted me with the task of carrying forward the Ye family's immortal clan."
"Now, three hundred years have passed in the blink of an eye, and you have grown to this level."
At this point he looked at Ye Chongyun and sighed, "You have been flamboyant since childhood, causing a lot of enemies and troubles. The tribesmen have asked you to be more restrained."
"But I want to tell you today: In this world of mortals, it is hard to keep your original intention. I hope that thousands of years later, you can still keep your original intention."
Ye Chongyun's eyes lit up slightly, and he said in surprise: "I understand. In life, we should take care of our enemies and repay our debts."
“If I encounter injustice, I will make it equal, and if I encounter injustice, I will make it fair.”
"If I can die a worthy death, I, Ye Chongyun, will have no regrets even if I die." (End of this chapter)
