Inside the Grotto Heaven, a bizarre scene unfolded at this mont.
Ye Jingcheng did not speak, and neither did the Earth Dragon Demon King.
The two stood facing each other from a distance, and under the sunlight, both of their silhouettes appeared sowhat transcendent.
Everyone was puzzled at this mont, suspecting whether the Blood Contract had failed.
But the Blood Contract failure they rembered wasn’t like this.
However, if one observed carefully, they could see that the Earth Dragon Demon King was still trembling slightly, and in its eyes, an array of thoughts flickered.
Ye Jingcheng, at this mont, could feel the emotions within the Earth Dragon Demon King, constantly shifting from anger to calmness, and from calmness back to anger.
This transformation occurred over a hundred tis within a re dozen breaths.
This showed that the Ye Family’s precautions were indeed correct.
The Earth Dragon Demon King might not have any malicious intent towards the Ye Family, but if the Earth Dragon Demon King beca the Demon Emperor, broke free from the Beast Tide, and entered the mountains or islands to beco a Demon Emperor of its own, the Ye Family would truly have no way to deal with it.
Finally, the Earth Dragon Demon King glanced at the Two-headed Turtle, seemingly reminded that the Two-headed Turtle had recently joined the Ye Family, a hint of regret flashed in its eyes before it finally looked at Ye Jingcheng.
After a long look, it couldn’t help but lower its proud head.
Only after a while did it mutter a sentence:
"You truly are the most talented of the Ye Family!"
The Earth Dragon Demon King said this indifferently, then moved aside.
It acted as if it was cultivating.
But Ye Jingcheng knew clearly that at this mont, the Earth Dragon Demon King was still struggling internally to make a change.
Ye Jingcheng didn’t bother with it; the terror of the Soul Contract lay in Ye Jingcheng’s ability to understand its thoughts, to know what it was thinking.
Moreover, the fusion of their Divine Souls, even if it broke through, it could never break free.
Nor could it resist Ye Jingcheng.
Indeed, so ti was needed for the Earth Dragon Demon King to calm down and think things over; this would be beneficial for everyone.
Ye Jingcheng checked his own Divine Soul again and found no issues, indicating that he was adapting well to the Earth Dragon Demon King’s Divine Soul for the ti being.
This also put him at ease.
In front of him, Ye Haicheng and Ye Xuefan, among others in the know, all let out a long sigh of relief.
As long as the Soul Contract was established, the Earth Dragon Demon King would be the Ye Family’s Earth Dragon Demon King.
Even if it beca a Demon Emperor in the future, its surna would still be Ye.
Thus, at least all the concerns they had before were unnecessary at this mont.
The two each chose a place and began cultivating.
They still needed so ti to return to the Yan Kingdom.
Although they had been gone for almost two months, due to the vast distance and needing to take detours along the way, the journey took even longer.
Ye Jingcheng also returned to the peak of the mountain, beginning his quiet cultivation.
Upon reaching the Golden Core stage, he had much to do, perhaps even more than before. He needed to reforge his Five Elents Lifebound Treasure, to refine the Five Elents Divine Thunder Secret Technique, and to cultivate the remaining three Five Spirits Secret Techniques.
All of this required a significant amount of ti.
Not to ntion, upon reaching the Golden Core stage, even with the assistance of the Jade Qilin Flood Dragon and the Two-headed Turtle Demon King, the cultivation speed remained slow.
The latter didn’t need much explanation; reaching the Demon King stage required a long enough ti.
Even the forr couldn’t achieve speed that was significantly faster.
The difference between Tier Four and Tier Three was indeed imnse.
Unless Ye Jingcheng refined the Tier Four Jade Qilin Pill.
Yet, after so calculations, Ye Jingcheng found that the Spirit dicines were severely lacking.
Moreover, there wasn’t even a shadow of the three main dicines, although acquiring Tier Four Flood Dragon Blood was feasible, Ye Jingcheng imdiately thought of the Silver Moon Demon King, after all, its bloodline was indeed potent.
After so contemplation, Ye Jingcheng shook his head.
At present, the most important thing was to enhance his own strength; despite having the Jade Qilin Flood Dragon and the Two-headed Turtle Demon King as Golden Core Demon King Spirit Pets, paired with the Earth Dragon Demon King, it seed formidable.
But in truth, his personal combat power was sowhat inadequate.
Ye Jingcheng took out the Five Spirits True Manual and began to study the Earth Spirit Secret Technique, Qilin Profound Earth - True Hall.
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Another month quietly passed, and the newly grown bamboo shoots of the Golden Light Bamboo turned entirely into tender new Golden Light Bamboo, exceptionally dazzling under the sunlight.
Beside the bamboo, in the Spirit Fish Spirit Lake, countless Cyan Jade Lotuses were blooming, with several lotus flowers quietly blossoming, exuding the refreshing fragrance of Spiritual Lotus.
One by one, Spirit Fish nudged the lotus leaves, absorbing the dew that dripped down.
The entire Grotto Heaven was a picture of a splendid sumr landscape.
At this mont, on the mountain peak, with Ye Jingcheng continuously forming finger formulas, countless Earth Attribute Spiritual Light gathered, condensing a golden-hued glorious great hall in the sky.
At the sa ti, above the great hall, there was a Qilin Spirit Shadow, but before it could fully form, it dispersed again.
Ye Jingcheng couldn’t help but get up and sigh.
Condensing the hall was rely the beginning of the secret technique; achieving Minor Achievent required the appearance of the Spirit Shadow.
Of course, even at the entry level, the ford True Hall was undoubtedly powerful, its suppressive capability was indeed remarkable.
Moreover, Ye Jingcheng anticipated that after performing the Earth Dragon Demon King Beast Communication ceremony, using the Earth Dragon Demon King’s True Essence to perform this secret technique, its power would certainly rise several levels.
As the Spirit Technique was executed, the great hall vanished along with the yellow light.
Ye Jingcheng stepped down from the high platform, and in the distance, the Earth Dragon Demon King was already waiting for him.
Evidently, over a month, the Earth Dragon Demon King had pondered enough.
Since it had settled into this new reality, it saw fit to embrace it and pursue the breakthrough to beco a Demon Emperor.
"Dragon Ancestor, have your injuries healed?" Ye Jingcheng still greeted respectfully.
After all, regardless of the circumstances, the Earth Dragon Demon King was of the sa generation as Ye Xuecang and others, and it indeed had supported the Ye Family, since they hadn’t fallen out, he still wished to address it so.
"Yes, I’m fully recovered. Could I speak with you alone?" the Earth Dragon Demon King asked.
After a mont’s thought, Ye Jingcheng nodded.
He glanced at Ye Xuefan and Ye Haicheng.
The latter two also nodded imdiately:
"We’ll go and discuss with Haisheng to see if the Spiritual Ship has reached Jin Kingdom!"
Once the two people left, Ye Jingcheng set up the array again.
It was no surprise to Ye Jingcheng that the Earth Dragon Demon King wanted to talk.
"Is this the legendary Soul Contract?" Once the grand array was arranged, the Earth Dragon Demon King himself waved a hand to create a layer of earth-yellow barrier before speaking.
Its gaze was evidently not as sharp as before.
"Yes!" Ye Jingcheng nodded.
"I want to know, what will be different from before?" The Earth Dragon Demon King asked again.
"Dragon Ancestor, it will naturally be the sa, but since Jingcheng is inheriting the position of the Spirit Beast Clan Elders in the family for the first ti, if anything is amiss, I hope Dragon Ancestor will be tolerant!" Ye Jingcheng’s words were very clear.
That is to say, barring any special circumstances, it will be the sa as before, but Ye Jingcheng is not Ye Xuecang, nor was he one of the forr Ye Family Elders.
So the Earth Dragon Demon King certainly couldn’t adopt the sa posture as before!
If the two cooperate well, they can naturally act as if the Soul Contract doesn’t exist.
Ye Jingcheng would not be bored enough to target the Earth Dragon Demon King.
After all, he was also afraid that the Earth Dragon Demon King would sulk and, even at the risk of death, refuse to align with the Ye Family.
"Alright, then I have three points to state: First, I have the right to be inford about family affairs. Second, my direct descendants must not be used as cannon fodder. Third, if your lifespan is insufficient, I reserve the right to choose!" The Earth Dragon Demon King said.
Upon hearing this, Ye Jingcheng pondered for a mont but soon nodded in agreent.
The demands of the Earth Dragon Demon King were not excessive, and by raising these three points, it indicated that it truly considered itself a mber of the Ye Family.
As for the insufficient lifespan, Ye Jingcheng estimated that the Earth Dragon Demon King had plenty of ti to wait.
After all, he had not yet consud a Peach Fruit, and his Golden Core provided him a thousand years of life. If his Peach Wood later advanced two more stages and he consud four or five of them, he could extend his life by at least five or six hundred years.
Moreover, he would not stop at the Golden Core.
So the third point was no issue for Ye Jingcheng.
"Dragon Ancestor, please accept this Chenjing Jade!" With everything agreed upon, Ye Jingcheng generously took out the Chenjing Jade.
He had just sensed the Earth Dragon Demon King’s emotional fluctuations, and indeed, its loyalty to the Ye Family was genuine.
He therefore had no reservations.
The Ye Family urgently needed a Nascent Soul combat power.
Though the Earth Dragon Demon King would receive Soul Injection, whether it could break through Tier Five remained uncertain.
If it failed, the Ye Family would suffer a significant loss, losing the territory and resources of the Celestial Cloud Islands.
Furthermore, the Earth Dragon Demon King would need to find a place to breakthrough, and the Cyan Cloud Sea Domain was clearly not an option.
The beast tide there was so severe that the subsequent ergence of a Divine Monarch of Divinity Transformation and a Demon Race Demon Saint was highly likely.
Thus, it could only choose the Taihang Mountain Range, though that too carried risks.
The Ye Family could not afford failure, and keeping the Chenjing Jade unused would be a waste.
After all, he had just entered the Early Stage of the Golden Core, and it might take fifty or even a hundred years to reach the Golden Core Peak.
That was too long!
So long that the Ye Family could plan for another expedition to the Chenjing Sea.
"Thank you!" The Earth Dragon Demon King did not expect Ye Jingcheng to produce the Chenjing Jade.
Considering Ye Jingcheng’s astuteness and cultivation speed, he had expected a high likelihood of retaining it himself.
It had long resigned itself to not receiving the Chenjing Jade.
But with Ye Jingcheng now taking it out, it was naturally overjoyed.
This greatly increased its chances of breaking through to beco a Demon Emperor.
"Let’s proceed directly with the Beast Communication, but as I am at the Golden Core Peak, the Beast Communication Pattern I require might be nurous..." the Earth Dragon Demon King said.
Its tone subconsciously changed as well.
It knew Ye Jingcheng had communicated with many Spirit Beasts.
"No problem!" Ye Jingcheng nodded.
After all, he had the Seven-Inch Beast Pattern; he was the one in the Ye Family who could best communicate with beasts.
Ye Jingcheng was slightly excited at this mont. With beast communication, he could use the Earth Dragon Demon King to enhance his Spirit Cultivation, and his physical body would beco more robust, addressing one of his weaknesses.
Simultaneously, the progress of the Earth Spirit Secret Technique could rapidly advance.
Once decided, Ye Jingcheng and the Earth Dragon Demon King sat cross-legged facing each other.
Ye Jingcheng began to condense his Seven-Inch Beast Pattern, which ford into nurous Spirit Shadows and moved toward the Earth Dragon Demon King.
Ye Jingcheng’s eyes grew solemn.
Though he was already extrely skilled in this step, communicating with a Tier Four Peak Demon King was no trivial matter.
Before long, as the Beast Pattern penetrated the Earth Dragon Demon King’s body, they soon erged upon Ye Jingcheng.
Strands of powerful True Essence spontaneously flowed into Ye Jingcheng’s body.
He imdiately felt his Earth Phase True Essence far surpass his Water Phase True Essence, bringing forth a strong sense of strength.
The Beast Communication Ceremony was complete!
"Seven-Inch Beast Pattern, no wonder." The Earth Dragon Demon King, having felt Ye Jingcheng’s Beast Pattern, found itself understanding.
However, Ye Jingcheng noticed that his Seven-Inch Beast Pattern was largely occupied.
Though there was still space for more Beast Communication, it was limited.
Furthermore, if the Earth Dragon Demon King broke through to a Demon Emperor, it might even exceed a bit more.
"Dragon Ancestor, you can start cultivating now, as we will most likely et with Turtle Ancestor once we reach the Chu Kingdom!" This ti, Ye Jingcheng did not conceal anything from the Earth Dragon Demon King.
The eting point for the Ye Family was neither in the Yan Kingdom nor the Zhao Kingdom, but in the neighboring Chu Kingdom.
Though the Cultivation Realm there was chaotic, it offered good places to hide.
Through the Chu Kingdom, one could enter the Cyan River Sect’s Four Commanderies, then transfer into the Taiyi Three Commanderies, thus returning to Lingyun Peak.
With that, Ye Jingcheng left.
At this mont, he was eager to cultivate.
The True Essence of the Earth Dragon Demon King far surpassed his own, and cultivating now, though it might not ensure he’d advance to the Middle Stage of the Golden Core, would enhance his cultivation within the Golden Core considerably.
Moreover, he estimated it would take several more months to reach the Chu Kingdom.
These months would be well spent in cultivation.
anwhile, he could also explore how much the Earth Dragon Demon King’s Beast Communication could augnt him!
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