His many years of combat experience made him instinctively evade the attack. He casually launched another Geng Metal Needle, which pierced forward and clashed with the purple electric light, instantly bursting into a tiny spray of blood.
“Bang—”
With a soft sound, the purple light fell to the ground.
Ye Linyuan cautiously retreated to widen the distance before looking up. He discovered that it was a small purple snake.
“Purple Scaled Demonic Snake.”
Ye Linyuan’s brow furrowed slightly. The Purple Scaled Demonic Snake was a poison-element Demonic Snake and Old Man Ye’s target on this trip. He had not expected to encounter one here.
Fortunately, the Purple Scaled Demonic Snake before him did not have a high Cultivation Level. Its Cultivation Level seemed to be merely at the Early Qi Refining Realm, and it should have only broken through recently.
“Hiss—”
The Geng Metal Needle possessed extremely powerful penetrating force and had Severely Injured the Purple Scaled Demonic Snake, but it had not Kill it on the spot.
At this moment, the Purple Scaled Demonic Snake was Severely Injured. Its pupils held immense Dread as it glanced at Ye Linyuan, then turned and slithered away into the distance.
Ye Linyuan had originally intended to Suppress and Kill it on the spot, but he quickly stopped himself from Making a move.
“I’ll spare its life for now. Let’s follow it and see what happens.”
Ye Linyuan Murmured in heart. If he had been an inexperienced hothead, he might already have Killed the Purple Scaled Demonic Snake.
However, judging from the experience of his Previous Life, Demonic Beasts did not inhabit places without treasures. In fact, they were much like Cultivators: if they wanted to Breakthrough their Cultivation Level, they also needed the Assistance of a Spirit Vein, Spirit Stones, or similar items.
The Spiritual Energy on Ye Family Island was Spiritually Thin. Aside from the existing Spirit Eye, it was difficult for Demonic Beasts to be Nurtured anywhere else.
Clearly, this Purple Scaled Snake probably possessed some kind of Opportunity. Otherwise, it could not have advanced to the Qi Refining Realm for no reason.
Seeing the Purple Scaled Demonic Snake constantly fleeing, Ye Linyuan followed leisurely. Before he knew it, he had arrived at a corner deep in the Valley, before a pool at the edge of the Valley.
When it reached the pool, the Purple Scaled Demonic Snake immediately attempted to dive into it.
Yet at that instant, Ye Linyuan Decisively acted. The Geng Metal Needle transformed into golden light and pierced through its Head, nailing the Purple Scaled Demonic Snake to death before the pool.
“This should be the place.”
After Killing the Purple Scaled Demonic Snake, Ye Linyuan could not help but smile.
He turned around and examined his surroundings, discovering that the pool was close to the mountain wall. It was only a little over ten zhang across, but more than three zhang deep. A stream extended from it, serving as one of the water sources that irrigated a hundred mu of Spirit Fields.
After examining it carefully, he discovered that the water source did not come from the cliff above, but from the cracks in the rocks beneath the mountain.
What surprised Ye Linyuan even more was that there was actually a trace of Spiritual Energy in the pool.
“It seems there’s probably another Grotto-heaven behind this pool.”
Ye Linyuan Murmured in heart. He then put away the Purple Scaled Demonic Snake and entered the pool cautiously.
Actually, entering the pool rashly was somewhat dangerous. However, he had Mastered a Dao-Approaching Spell, so even when facing a Mid-stage Qi Refining Demonic Beast, he would not fear it in the slightest.
Moreover, Ye Linyuan was highly experienced. He knew very well that an island as small as Ye Family Island could not Nurture a Mid-stage Qi Refining Demonic Beast.
After all, the Spiritual Energy here was simply too Spiritually Thin. Even Ye Qinyang and the others could not Breakthrough to Qi Refining Mid-stage here, so Demonic Beasts naturally could not complete a Breakthrough here either.
After entering the water, Ye Linyuan quickly discovered an Underground Dark River in the pool. It seemed to connect to the underground water deep within the mountain.
After discovering this, Ye Linyuan immediately swam cautiously toward the depths of the Underground Dark River. Following the underground water, he traveled through it for roughly a hundred zhang before finally arriving at an underground Cave.
He emerged from the Underground Dark River and climbed into the underground Cave, immediately revealing a trace of delighted surprise.
This was actually an underground Cave more than ten zhang in radius. It was situated within the mountain of Ye Family Island, with the Underground Dark River connecting its interior and exterior.
At the Core of this underground Cave was a spring overflowing with Spiritual Energy, radiating pure Spiritual Energy.
“I never expected there to be such a hidden Spirit Eye within this mountain.”
“If the Jade Marrow Rice had not attracted the Purple Scaled Demonic Snake, I probably would have had difficulty discovering the location of this Spirit Eye.”
Ye Linyuan was filled with surprise and rarely showed a trace of happiness.
Like the Spirit Eye of the Ye Family, this was also a Low-grade Spirit Eye. It could only Nurture a wisp of Spiritual Energy each day, but it could solve the major problem of insufficient Spiritual Energy for the Ye Family’s Cultivation.
“With my Cultivation Level at First Level Qi Refining, I can only Refine a wisp of Spiritual Energy each day. Perhaps I can free up the Spiritual Energy from the Ye Family’s Spirit Eye.”
Ye Linyuan Murmured in heart, but after a moment, he shook his head.
For a Small Qi Refining Clan, the Value of a Low-grade Spirit Eye was No Small Matter. Once exposed, it could easily attract the covetous attention of others. Given the Ye Family’s current Strength, it was better to remain low-key.
“For now, I should conceal this place somewhat and consider what to do after Old Man Ye returns.”
Ye Linyuan Murmured in heart. He then arrived before the Spirit Eye, and a trace of a smile Appeared in his eyes.
Within the Spirit Eye, an exceptionally dazzling blue-white Bright Pearl was slowly floating and sinking, seemingly transforming the surrounding water vapor into Spiritual Energy continuously.
“A First-grade exotic treasure, the Water Spirit Pearl.”
Ye Linyuan murmured slowly, rarely revealing a trace of delighted surprise.
In the Cultivation World, the items used by Cultivators were mostly Refined from Spirit Materials. Spirit Materials were divided into different ranks, and each rank could generally be divided into four Qualities: Spirit Items, Spirit Treasures, Exotic Treasures, and Rare and Exotic Treasures.
Among them, Spirit Items had the lowest Value and were considered the most Ordinary Spirit Materials. Strictly speaking, Jade Marrow Rice was also an Ordinary First-Order Spirit Material.
Spirit Treasures were High-grade among Spirit Materials. When planted in a Spirit Field and Cultivated by a Spirit Planter, one Spirit Treasure could often be born from every ten Spirit Items. Its Value was usually about three times that of a Spirit Item.
Exotic Treasures were extremely rare. Generally speaking, they were mutant varieties among Spirit Treasures. They often required an exceptionally skilled Spirit Planter to Cultivate, and the Probability of success was frighteningly low.
Take the Jade Marrow Rice planted by Ye Linyuan, for example. Even with his level as a Quasi-Second Order Spirit Planter, despite planting more than a hundred stalks of Jade Marrow Rice in one mu of Fertile Field, he still had no confidence that he could Cultivate a single Jade Marrow Rice of Exotic Treasure Quality.
Generally speaking, the High-grade Magic Tools used by Late-stage Qi Refining Cultivators were basically Refined from First-grade Spirit Materials of Exotic Treasure Quality.
As for the Rare and Exotic Treasures above them, they were Rare Precious Items among Spirit Materials. Among Spirit Materials of the Same Cultivation Level, they could be called One in ten thousand. They required the right time, right place, and right people to possibly emerge.
Generally speaking, to Cultivate a First-order Spirit Plant of Rare and Exotic Treasure Quality, one often needed to Cultivate both the Spirit Rain Technique and Spirit Nurturing Art to the Near-Dao Level.
In addition, one needed a Spirit Field rich in Spiritual Power, a Spirit Seed with extremely high Potential, a high-level Spirit Gathering Array, and various Opportunities before success was possible.
With Ye Linyuan’s current Spirit Plant Cultivation Skill, even if he possessed sufficient advantages of place and time, he clearly still could not Cultivate a Rare and Exotic Treasure.