In a small courtyard, Ye Jingcheng opened his eyes and exhaled deeply, putting away the Jade Talisman that recorded his summaries.
Reflecting on this time of magical combat with a cultivator, he naturally had to deeply review and summarize.
For instance, the Red Flame Fox was in harmony with his intentions, yet why was it so quickly trapped by that Bell Spiritual Artifact?
Also, knowing clearly that he was not adept at close combat, why did he use the Spirit Shield? Even if it extended his casting range, what benefit did it provide?
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Next, could the Red Flame Fox's triple Fireball Skill and his Iron Wood Token collaborate seamlessly like the cooperation between Lizard Lord and his third uncle, Ye Xingliu?
In detail, the experience and intricacies of magical combat are by no means simpler than the Pill Formula.
One must understand that this was merely against a loose cultivator, with elders assisting, and if he doesn't improve, how will he face the malicious intents of those vicious clan cultivators when venturing alone?
Ye Jingcheng also prepared to make some adjustments for the upcoming cultivation.
Alchemy must not stop, at least not until he has refined the elixir from the Ancient Book, and nighttime cultivation is an indispensable project as well.
But he must find time to enhance his cooperation with the Red Flame Fox, at least to the point where when they attack together, the enemy cultivator must be hit by at least one, or withstand them all!
Having made his decision, he exhaled deeply.
Then, he joyfully inspected his gains from this occasion, as a palm-sized Storage Bag fell into his hand.
This Storage Bag was about the same size as his own, and with the owner's death, he could simply imprint a Spirit Seal with his Divine Sense and open it directly.
As the Spiritual Light flashed, Ye Jingcheng quickly took out all the contents from the Storage Bag.
There wasn't much, just enough to barely fill the stone table.
The most prominent among them were more than fifty Spirit Stones; in addition, there were three Spirit Talismans, two of which were Tier One Middle Grade Spirit Talisman Water Shield Talismans, and the last one was an Earth Spike Talisman.
There were also some bottles and jars remaining, but upon opening them, Ye Jingcheng was instantly disappointed—they were all ordinary pills or low-grade spirit pills from market stalls; even the Fasting Pills seemed to be refined as low-grade ones.
He shook his head, it truly was a loose cultivator.
With this, he put away all Spirit Stones and Spirit Talismans and then inspected the three types of magical artifacts he had gained.
Among them, the one that concerned him most was the Bell Spiritual Artifact. This bell-shaped Big Bell was excellent for trapping people and beasts, and in future magical combat, if he can deploy this Artifact, it could further realize the innate advantage of one against many.
"Let's just call you Heaven-Trapping Bell for now!" Ye Jingcheng caressed the bell's engravings, sensing its bronzed texture, yet it also radiated the warm coolness of jade.
Besides the Heaven-Trapping Bell, Ye Jingcheng also took out nine Silver Snow Needles, spreading them on the stone table, each Silver Snow Needle as fine as snow threads, barely discernible without Divine Sense.
The cultivator using Silver Snow Needles had left him a great impression; however, he believed Silver Snow Needles were more suited for ambushes, as that dark-faced cultivator had no other suitable attack spiritual artifacts and had to use them as the main artifact.
Otherwise, he would have been in even greater danger this time.
Yet these Silver Snow Needles consumed Divine Sense extensively; he estimated if controlling such a set, it would be impossible to use other artifacts simultaneously.
Conversely, controlling just one would feel much easier.
Satisfied, Ye Jingcheng put away the Silver Snow Needles, finally taking out a charred black-golden Iron Token.
This Iron Token was also a small shield spiritual artifact, Tier One Middle Grade, albeit slightly deformed from being blasted, indicating the Red Flame Fox's Fireball Skill was indeed extraordinary.
This Shield had to be repaired by an Artifact Refiner.
Even though, once repaired, its value wouldn't be very high, it represented substantial income for him.
Thus, the small shield spiritual artifact was cherished and put away by him.
Creek!
A breeze swayed the wooden window; he looked outside to find the fine rain starting to sprinkle again.
The changeable weather of the equinox and the mountain's hazy twilight unfolded into a misty landscape painting.
The mountain's gentle allure was at its fullest at this moment.
Ye Jingcheng, as usual, released both the Red Flame Fox and Jade Ring Rat, though without the spring water with slight Spiritual Energy effects, he used ordinary Ye Family's mountain spring water.
Along with two Spirit Nourishing Pills and two Body Tempering Pills each, several pounds of Spirit Beast Meat, and since he had harvested many Spirit Stones and several artifacts, this time for the Jade Ring Rat, he prepared two Body Tempering Pills and a large piece of Spirit Beast Meat.
The Jade Ring Rat had never enjoyed such treatment before.
This time, the warning effect of Jade Ring Rat's large ears also showed Ye Jingcheng its potential.
The Red Flame Fox wasn't much concerned; for it, the specifications of spirit pills and Spirit Beast Meat were already commonplace, but the Jade Ring Rat's bright eyes were somewhat surprised.
Unexpectedly, it had Body Tempering Pills this time; besides, there were also spirit nourishing pills and plentiful Spirit Beast Meat.
To know, usually, it only had one Spirit Nourishing Pill and a few Spirit Beast Meat.
"Eat up, stay sharp like this more often!" Ye Jingcheng encouraged.
The two beasts swiftly swallowed the spirit pills, starting to munch on the Spirit Beast Meat!
After finishing these Spiritual Foods, Ye Jingcheng infused both Spirit Beasts with Treasure Light.
The Red Flame Fox was more spiritual, showing more affection for Ye Jingcheng; its fur smoother and the warm sensation made him reluctant to stop rubbing.
While the Jade Ring Rat, under Treasure Light, squeaked excitedly.
In the past, to lower others' vigilance, Ye Jingcheng had applied less Treasure Light on Jade Ring Rat.
This time, Treasure Light was abundant.
The Jade Ring Rat's large Jade Ring Ears appeared to rhythmically flap from comfort.
After feeding the Spirit Beasts, Ye Jingcheng also got on the stone bed to begin cultivation.
He pulled out a Pill Bottle containing a Cyan Spirit Pill.
However, recalling something, he retracted the elixir.
He began to sink steadily into cultivation.
Such days lasted a total of five days!
As Ye Jingcheng was still hesitating, under the drizzly twilight, a Spiritual Light appeared before his window.
The Spiritual Light was transmitted by Ye Xingliu.
This time was similarly urgent, but it mentioned nothing specific, yet Ye Jingcheng recalled what Ye Xingyu told him about preparation when leaving.
In his heart, there was also a faint expectation.
Thus, he applied a Small Magic to make the family Daoist Robe cleaner and fresher.
After taking a deep breath, he followed the guide of the Spiritual Light to the front of the Assembly Hall, where Ye Xingliu was already waiting at the entrance, dressed meticulously in the family attire.
"Patriarch!" Ye Jingcheng quickly greeted.
"Jingcheng, follow me!" Ye Xingliu didn't say much and continued climbing towards the mountainside!
Ye Jingcheng, slightly excited, hurriedly followed.
Soon, they reached the higher part of Lingyun Peak, where the mist was thicker.
A family ancestral shrine appeared far ahead in Ye Jingcheng's view.