Beast Taming Clan: I Have a Jade Book - Chapter 1102 - 778: Jin Kong’s Scheme, The Auction Begins (Three-in-One)

He Tian Mountain, Purple Qi Hall.

The entire hall was a hundred zhang wide and a hundred zhang long, built in magnificent splendor, with no fewer than thirty‑three Spirit Pillars alone.

On each Spirit Pillar, all kinds of wondrous mountain ranges were carved.

As a stream of Spiritual Light poured in, in an instant all the pillars responded one after another, also forming a mysterious and unfathomable Array.

At the center of the hall, an Incense Burner slowly ignited purple Sandalwood, sending forth great billows of purple smoke, which in the hall coalesced into Smoke Dragons that coiled about without dispersing.

Before the Incense Burner, the Jin Family Ancestor Jin Chengyun and Jin Xuanheng sat upright and solemn, and besides the two Ancestors, facing them, there was another frail old man.

The old man wore a green Daoist Robe, his features stern, his eyes bright and spirited.

This was precisely the newly advanced Golden Core of the Kong Family, Kong Taixuan.

“Kong Daoist, your plan is still a bit too dangerous for our Jin Family!” Jin Chengyun pondered for a long time before finally speaking.

Although Jin Xuanheng had condensed a Middle Grade Golden Core, and his talent and future far surpassed Jin Chengyun’s.

But after all, Jin Chengyun was the more seasoned and shrewd, so it was still Jin Chengyun who opened his mouth.

Jin Xuanheng merely observed and learned from the side.

“Jin Daoist, although your Jin Family is indeed doing quite well at present, take a look at the Zhang Family, look at the Zhong Family—once the Taiyi Sect turns its face, which clan can survive?”

“Which of us Golden Core Clans does not have some handle in others’ hands, more or less?”

“Now everyone says the Ye Family is being controlled by direct‑line clansmen of Taiyi Sect’s Illusion Peak. Are you really planning to wait until the Ye Family marches into Taichang Commandery before you make a move?” Kong Taixuan could not help sounding somewhat dissatisfied.

Though there were only two Golden Core Clans in Taichang Market, in truth, the Ye Family Restaurant’s business was no worse than that of their Kong Family. It was only in the last ten years, with the Ye Family scaling back their Restaurant because of the Beast Tide, that the Kong Family had faintly pressed them down by a head.

Now that the Ye Family’s Purple Mansion ceremony had been held, with one more Purple Mansion added, and Ye Jingcheng also reappearing, coupled with the support of Taiyi Illusion Peak and the tacit consent of Purple Peak, the Restaurants in Taichang Market would definitely become even more bustling.

It had to be known that the Black Mushroom Fish jointly sold by the Ye Family and the Taiyi Sect was something almost no other clan could rival with their own Spirit Fish.

And aside from Spirit Fish, other Spirit Beasts could hardly compete in reproduction speed.

Even if there were those that could, what other clan could be mentioned in the same breath as the Ye Family, this Spirit Beast Clan, when it came to cultivating Spirit Beasts?

He had already inquired and learned that the Ye Family had begun preparing to sell Star-Feeding Fish.

Star-Feeding Fish was a Spiritual Cuisine no Body Cultivator could refuse.

Previously only the Taiyi Sect had sold it, and that in limited quantities, as Martial Peak of Taiyi had great demand for Star-Feeding Fish. Now once the Ye Family started selling it.

The reputation of the Ye Family Restaurant would certainly rise several grades again.

Surpassing the Kong Family was only a matter of time.

“Kong Daoist, that remark is off the mark. At present, in the Taiyi Three Commanderies, there are not many Golden Core Clans. With internal and external troubles, the Taiyi Sect will definitely keep one or two Golden Core Clans, and our Jin Family has done nothing to wrong the Taiyi Sect, so naturally we have no need to take risks. Secondly, the grudge between the Ye Family and our Jin Family already dissipated into smoke the moment the Jin Family voluntarily withdrew from Cyan Willow Lake!” Jin Chengyun spoke again.

“Is that so, Jin Daoist?” When Kong Taixuan heard this, he revealed a look of indifference, neither approving nor disapproving.

Jin Chengyun’s expression did not change, but beside him, Jin Xuanheng’s brows wrinkled slightly.

This made Kong Taixuan all the more confident.

“Back then, how Ye Haicheng of the Ye Family died—Jin Daoist should be clear on that, no?”

“Furthermore, the Chu Family’s proud daughter fled to the Zhao Kingdom. Although you sent word ahead, the Zhao Family in fact did not kill her, but sold her to the Cyan Spirit Trading Association. And according to what I, Kong, have inquired, just before Ye Jingcheng married, he happened to attend the night market of the Cyan Spirit Trading Association. In these years, the Ye Family has also gained some Magical Artifacts forged with the Water Forging Technique. Jin Daoist naturally knows what that implies, right? To know that in these years, the Ye Family has indeed acquired many Magical Artifacts of the Water Forging Technique.”

“Even if Jin Daoist refuses to admit it, I, Kong, would guess that over these years you must also have seen some clues, only that the woman has never shown herself, so you could not investigate further!”

“She did not even expose herself during the Beast Tide!”

“Moreover, leaving that aside, during the joint purge by the Qinghe Sect and the Taiyi Sect, the Jin Family did not go all out to rush to the Taichang Mountain Range. Jin Daoist hasn’t forgotten that either, has he?” Kong Taixuan continued, enunciating each word clearly.

His gaze, intentionally or not, fixed on Jin Xuanheng.

Jin Chengyun’s city was deep, but this newly risen genius of the Jin Family had only ordinary composure.

As one matter after another was laid bare, the other’s expression clearly grew somewhat unsettled.

“If the two Jin Daoists think to have only the Kong Family take action, while you yourselves contribute not the slightest effort and simply watch the fire from the opposite shore, that idea is really not a good one!”

“Today I, Kong, have come here, and I did not conceal my presence on the way. If something happens to the Kong Family, the Jin Family will probably not be far behind.”

“Of course, the two Daoists need not be angered. In some time, it will not be just we who make a move, and I will also have an incarnation as an alibi!” After Kong Taixuan finished speaking, he left behind a Jade Talisman.

Then he strode straight out of the hall.

Within the Jade Talisman was precisely what the Jin Family was required to do.

Jin Xuanheng watched Jin Chengyun still poring over the Jade Talisman, silent for a long time.

He grew a bit anxious and asked:

“Uncle Chengyun, what exactly is inside this?”

Jin Chengyun glanced at Jin Xuanheng, then could not help but sigh, and handed the Jade Talisman over to him as well.

After taking a look, Jin Xuanheng felt nothing in particular.

“Uncle Chengyun, it’s nothing more than inviting a True Master of Illusion Peak to He Tian Mountain as a guest!”

“Xuanheng, ai!”

“You are a rare Abnormal Spirit Root in the clan, and for more than two hundred years you have been kept hidden. You do not understand the shifts in the situation behind all this!”