The Chu Ye Pavilion, along with the arrival of the Ye Family Members, began to erect wooden panels at the Ye Family Mansion, constructing several wooden houses on top of the existing rooms.

In this way, only two or three cultivators are needed per house to accommodate everyone in the Ye Family.

Of course, if someone is unwilling to stay this way, they can choose to stay at a restaurant.

However, the cost of the restaurant is quite high, and even Ye Jingli did not choose to go there.

To Ye Jingcheng's surprise, this time Ye Jingli also reached the Qi Cultivation Ninth Layer.

After thinking carefully, he could understand.

The latter's artifact refining skills are quite good, and with many creative ideas in talent, being valued by the clan is just a matter of time, it's just that the person needs to watch their mouth.

However, with the arrival of the clan members, Ye Jingcheng also noticed that Ye Jingli was much less talkative, which made him somewhat relieved.

After the clan's cultivators were arranged properly, Ye Xingliu led Ye Jingcheng and Ye Jingyu into the main room.

In the main room, there was a screen specially placed at this time.

Ye Jingcheng stepped forward quickly and first lit the Spirit Fragrance in the room.

He slightly fanned his hand and used a bit of Spirit Technique.

So that the Spirit Fragrance spread throughout the room quickly, ensuring that there was no concealment in the room.

At the same time, Ye Xingliu began to take out one Array Disc after another from the Storage Bag, layer upon layer, finally stopping at a six-layer array.

"Jingcheng, all the Spiritual Ore you need is here. Some are more, some are less." Ye Xingliu didn't ask what Ye Jingcheng intended to use them for.

"Thank you, Third Uncle." Ye Jingcheng took the Storage Bag and after checking it twice, nodded in joy.

Thus, the Stone Square of the Stone Spirit was assembled.

If all goes well, he will gain a Grotto Heaven.

In the future, not only would it be convenient to house Spirit Beasts, but any treasures obtained within the Tier Two Secret Realm wouldn't be a concern to retrieve without being taken by the Taiyi Sect.

"It's nothing. This task was just running errands, and truly assembling them was the work of the Second Ancestor." Ye Xingliu waved his hand.

"Since everything is confirmed, let's simply discuss the plan." Ye Xingliu took out the Clan Token to begin the exchange.

"Jingyu, two days from now, the demon will replace you, and a separate room will be arranged for you to enter Turtle Ancestor's Grotto Heaven. Then, Xingqun will bring you directly back to the clan!"

"As for you, Jingcheng, this time, it will be you and me entering the Secret Realm as uncle and nephew. The goal is extremely simple, a mini medicine garden within the Desolate Secret Realm. The Spirit Diagram given by the clan hasn't been surveyed, so you must be extremely careful then." Ye Xingliu continued.

Ye Jingcheng, via the Clan Token, indeed saw there was a Spirit Diagram inside.

This Spirit Diagram was more ancient, but the hills and structures depicted made Ye Jingcheng's eyes brighten immediately.

"Third Uncle, I previously obtained a Treasure Diagram from the Mad Corpse Fiends, and part of it overlaps with this." Ye Jingcheng was incredibly delighted.

He had suspected it before, but seeing the Spirit Diagram now, he was absolutely certain.

Of course, he had previously shown his Spirit Diagram to Ye Xingliu, but at that time, Ye Xingliu couldn't understand it.

"Is that true?" Ye Xingliu remembered at that moment.

Ye Jingcheng projected the Spirit Diagram into a Spirit Shadow and recorded it into the Token.

This projection wouldn't be particularly precise, but it was sufficient for Ye Xingliu to make a judgment.

"Alright, this is not the Great Medicine Garden that Second Ancestor spoke of; there might truly be some treasures." Ye Xingliu replied.

Before entering the Secret Realm, Ye Xuecang naturally arranged tasks for Ye Xingliu, indicating which areas the Ye Family could not compete for due to insufficient strength, telling them not to go there.

Their task was to ensure the complete retrieval of Golden Core Elixir, even the immature plants could be transplanted to the Medicine Garden.

After all, it's uncertain if there would be another opportunity.

Such a Secret Realm is generally opened by the Taiyi Sect only when exploring, giving affiliated clans a chance to adventure there.

It serves as both a reward and a means to allow family cultivators to bear any risks within, should they exist.

Yet, these clans are unable to resist and even have to feel immensely grateful.

The next details were precisely about the Secret Realm, and at this point, Ye Jingcheng's curiosity about the Secret Realm increased greatly.

He was also curious about why the family knew so much information.

He naturally understood the Eight Desolates Sect, which was the overlord of the Yan Kingdom a thousand years ago.

They had several subordinate Mini Worlds and quite a number of Nascent Souls.

However, Ye Jingcheng truly couldn't connect his own family with the Eight Desolates Sect.

The former Eight Desolates Sect was not famed for Spirit Beasts but rather for various suppression Secret Techniques, Path Suppression Secret Techniques, and the sword cultivators in its Sword Desolate were extremely formidable.

"These are treasures prepared by the family for you: one for attack, one for defense, two for evasion, and three pearls." Ye Xingliu, after discussing the details within the Secret Realm, handed a Storage Bag to Ye Jingcheng.

"However, these treasures, if you can avoid using them, do so." Ye Xingliu advised.

The meaning behind this statement was quite clear; these treasures are likely tied to significant secrets.

Ye Jingcheng nodded.

"By the way, I brought three portions of Spirit Medicine for the Bone Transformation Pill. You should refine the Spirit Medicine over the next two days; I will arrange matters concerning Jingyu and that demon!" Ye Xingliu added.

One Bone Transformation Pill is ineffective, but two have a substantial effect.

Upon entering the Secret Realm, both could change their stature, and by wearing Spirit-Blocking Robes, it would be nearly impossible for a Foundation Establishment Cultivator to recognize them.

The meeting ended, but Ye Jingcheng remained in the room, with the six Array Discs still activated, while Ye Xingliu and Ye Jingyu left.

They intended this room for Ye Jingcheng to refine pills.

After all, the remaining rooms have at least two people per room, even now, Ye Jingyu shares a room with Ye Xingliu.

Watching the two leave, Ye Jingcheng's eyes narrowed as he took out an isolation array, covering the place once more.

He then released all the Five Poison Bees from the Spirit Beast Bag.

Only after did he pick up the spirit minerals he had prepared, placing them one by one on the table. This time, he had gathered so many spirit minerals that they couldn't all fit on a single table, leaving him to place more underneath.

Ye Jingcheng finally took out a stone spirit the size of a basin.

The stone spirit was placed at the center of the table; at that moment, he was curious about how this stone spirit absorbed without having awakened.

After all, the stone spirit had no mouth, otherwise, he could let it devour a Spirit Transformation Pill to enhance its spiritual wisdom.

While the stone spirit lay on the table without any movement, it made Ye Jingcheng hesitate.

Could it be that this stone square needs to be refined into a spirit pill?

But he immediately dismissed the thought; refining the stone square could only turn it into a magical artifact, not a spirit pill.

Upon seeing the surface of the stone spirit covered with spirit patterns, Ye Jingcheng had a sudden idea.

He began to input spiritual energy into the stone spirit.

Initially, when he infused Four-Phase Spiritual Energy, the stone spirit's surface only showed some weak light.

But when Ye Jingcheng switched to specialized Earth Phase Spiritual Power, those serpentine patterns started to glow.

What surprised him was that those serpentine patterns seemed to transform into python patterns over time.

Simultaneously, the python patterns on the stone spirit's surface seemed to open their huge mouths, starting to exhibit a suction force.

This suction was mild, yet the surfaces of the surrounding spirit minerals began to reveal a layer of spiritual light akin to that on the stone spirit. In the next moment, some spiritual light within was drawn out, flowing into the python patterns on the stone spirit.

Witnessing this scene, Ye Jingcheng felt it was extraordinarily mystical.

He didn't expect the stone spirit to have the ability to devour with python patterns.

It was somewhat similar to the Three-Colored Cloud Deer.

No wonder this stone spirit had potential; it was possible that even in the wild, it would automatically absorb some stone spirit essence daily. Given countless days, perhaps there would be a day of spirit awakening.

Unfortunately, the Wan Family failed to recognize its value, keeping it under toxic water to nurture poisonous creatures.

It delayed the process quite a bit, but thankfully they hadn't washed away the python patterns on the stone spirit's surface.

Otherwise, this stone spirit might have been obliterated, ending up as mere materials for artifact refining.

Ye Jingcheng sighed deeply, increasing the speed at which he injected spiritual power, as there wasn't much time to delay — he needed to speed up the stone spirit.

With a surge of Earth Phase Spiritual Power, the Golden Scale Beast inside the Spirit Beast Bag seemed somewhat agitated, but Ye Jingcheng had no mind to bother with it, continuing to activate Earth Phase Spiritual Power.

The vortex and python patterns of the stone spirit reached their peak activation.

Throughout the entire room, countless spiritual lights converged towards the stone spirit.

If this scene fell into anyone else's eyes, they'd likely be startled.

With the absorption of such vast amounts of stone mineral essence, the stone spirit's surface became deeper and darker, and the python patterns grew thicker and larger.

Most importantly, Ye Jingcheng could now sense an extra aura on the stone spirit.

And this devouring continued for a full day.

Accompanied by the unsatisfied roar of the Golden Scale Beast, it was already past midnight; it felt quite wronged, constantly being drained of spiritual energy yet gaining no benefit.

The key issue was that Ye Jingcheng didn't even glance at it, continuously observing the stone spirit on the table instead.

Now the stone spirit had grown a circle larger compared to the beginning, and the python patterns began gathering, with all python mouths facing one direction, resembling a convergence from all directions — truly amazing.

The spiritual light on its surface became more profound, and the aura heavier.

Additionally, all surrounding minerals had turned into ordinary stones, their spiritual light vanished completely.

Ye Jingcheng touched one casually, and it crumbled into dust.

"Stone Spirit?" Ye Jingcheng called softly.

Seeing no reaction, he forced out a drop of essence blood, immediately starting a blood contract.

As the array patterns of the blood contract converged, the drop of essence blood was thrown onto the stone spirit.

As the essence blood landed on the stone spirit's surface, countless blood lights erupted, with mystifying array carvings etched into the stone spirit.

At this moment, Ye Jingcheng felt a hazy aura emerge.

This feeling was different from his past blood contracts and soul contracts.

It seemed as though the other party couldn't yet communicate with his divine soul.

This indicated that the stone spirit had awakened successfully, but its spiritual wisdom was nearly non-existent.

As for questioning, it was far from possible.

Ye Jingcheng looked towards his Treasure Book body, and certainly, the stone square on it had also changed.

Several Tier Three Spiritual Ore even appeared on it, making its value far surpass that of before.

Ye Jingcheng finally turned his gaze to the stone spirit body, observing the light point he had noticed earlier, which had now transformed into a gigantic light cavity.

This light cavity could be closed and congregated under its sensing, signifying the entrance to the Grotto Heaven.

Moreover, surrounding spiritual energy also poured into the stone spirit, entering that Grotto Heaven.

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