[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-beast-taming-clan-i-have-a-jade-book":3,"chapter-beast-taming-clan-i-have-a-jade-book-beast-taming-clan-i-have-a-jade-book-chapter-97":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Beast Taming Clan: I Have a Jade Book",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},935467,1226,"Chapter 97: Longquan Stone Vein","beast-taming-clan-i-have-a-jade-book-chapter-97",97,"\u003Cp>Li Mugu’s location, with its continuous mountains and hills, has countless valleys.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Mugu is the largest among them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A massive tower is built at the valley’s entrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Atop the tower, several Li Family cultivators are constantly observing the surroundings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They are always watching for any movements, relieved to see the Spirit-Blocking Robe cultivators of the Li Family appearing from afar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Divine Sense of Qi Cultivation Cultivators only stretches a short distance, and with Elder Li Yufei of the Li Family intervening this time, they are not worried!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the Ye Family group approached, two of them swept their Divine Sense over them. Although blocked by the Spirit-Blocking Robe, their figures were vastly different!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These nuances might not be noticeable to mortals, but to cultivators, they are critical details that cannot be ignored!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He discreetly drew a Spirit Talisman and released it inside the tower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A bell rang out!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Almost the moment the bell sounded, all Ye Family cultivators burst forth, releasing Blood Eagles and Jade-eyed Hanging Eye Tigers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The distance to the tower wasn’t close, but the Li Family cultivators reacted swiftly!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Qi Cultivation Cultivators are still too tender and weak in front of Foundation Establishment Spirit Beasts!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other spirit beasts of the Ye Family charged towards the valley!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among them, Ye Xingqun, Ye Xingyao, and Ye Xinghuo, one Insect Cultivator and two Fire Cultivators with Red Crowned Snow Eagles, occupied the sky above the valley!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This way, not a single cultivator could escape!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, the Ye Family intended to leave no survivors!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Li Family had infiltrated the Ye Family significantly, and the Ye Family had similarly infiltrated the Li Family!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially when the Ye Family could use spirit beasts to probe!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, the most crucial element was the judgment of the spirit vein.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This Li Mugu had only a Tier One High-Grade Spiritual Vein, and one Foundation Establishment cultivator here had already stretched the spiritual energy thin, leaving few Late Stage Qi Cultivation Cultivators.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s known that the Li Family suffered not a small loss at Jade Dragon Valley, recalling many cultivators.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And, indeed, this was the case!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the valley, there were only a dozen Li Family cultivators.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The majority were at the Qi Cultivation Fifth and Sixth Layer, with two even at the Qi Cultivation Third Layer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Late Stage Qi Cultivation had only two, one at the Qi Cultivation Ninth Layer and one at the Qi Cultivation Seventh Layer!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That cultivator attempted to defend unto death using a Tier Two Array while taking out a Jade Talisman to start documenting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And every ten breaths, they released a Sound Transmission Talisman!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But by then, the Ye Family had already blocked the valley using spirit beasts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every strand of spiritual light escaping would be intercepted by a Black Wood Ant, landing on the spiritual light to intercept the talisman!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the cultivators, the Li Family Elder had yet to send any.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Evidently, he understood that consolidating forces and defending for a bit longer was now paramount.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the Li Family’s ancestral hall, the Soul Talisman would change, and the family would be informed of the events here!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As it turned out, he had been too naïve, as Ye Haiyi pulled out a Spirit Disc.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Opening the Spirit Disc revealed a Silver Mirror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Silver Mirror shone upon the array, and in an instant, the flow of spiritual energy and the array foundation became visible!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three Tier Two Spirit Beasts attacked in three directions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire Spirit Array immediately started shaking, revealing a Spirit Net.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Tier Two Array might withstand one or two Foundation Establishment cultivators under a Foundation Establishment cultivator, but without any Foundation Establishment cultivator to host it, facing three with Foundation Establishment combat power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was entirely overwhelmed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Li Family members, scatter and escape, be sure to get the message back to the family, or you’ll all be sinners!\" Li Mucheng viciously spat at the remaining dozen people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t think about surrendering, the Ye Family’s sneaky nature, wearing Spirit-Blocking Robes, intends to leave no living witnesses!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After these words, the dozen people scattered in all directions, some riding Flying Swords, some escaping through the forest, others using Earth Escape Talismans to begin their escape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The array finally shattered, while the first in were the Black Wood Ants from the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over a thousand Black Wood Ants, grotesque beyond compare, fell onto the back of every cultivator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In numbers, they swarmed forward to devour; when few, they stayed at a distance, constantly vexing the Li Family cultivators.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Jingcheng also charged out; without Foundation Establishment cultivators, only two Late Stage Qi Cultivation cultivators were left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He naturally didn’t mind showing great prowess; Ye Haiyi had said earlier that each could keep the storage bags of the cultivators they killed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Jingcheng wanted to gather 2000 Contribution Points, and he was still quite short!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, with the guidance of the Golden Scale Beast and Jade Ring Rat, Ye Jingcheng killed two Qi Cultivation Fifth Layer and one Qi Cultivation Sixth Layer cultivator!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Mugu’s array was disassembled in no time by the Ye Family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They set up their array again!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Head to the mine, it’s a Longquan Stone vein, though not as good as Jade Profound Iron, it’s quite a haul; unfortunately, the family can’t guard it year-round!\" Ye Jingli commented somewhat wistfully from the side!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The group quickly headed to the mine!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though most of the Longquan Stones were in storage bags, already taken by the Ye Family, many newly mined ones remained inside the vein.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Family’s mining of these Longquan Stones was done by gathering mortal martial artists.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though slow, the many mortal martial artists were their advantage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And there’s no need to consume Spirit Stones; a bit of Spirit Rice would suffice to get these martial artists to dig diligently!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mine had evidently been exploited for a while, with seven or eight mine shafts already!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Out of about ten Ye Family cultivators, five came to the mines, with Ye Jingcheng and Ye Jingli entering two of them!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Remember, even the Li Family’s mortal martial artists are to be killed without mercy, and Jingli, speak less!\" Ye Xingqun warned them as he also had a share in the mine scrabble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His Black Wood Ants thrived in the mines.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crucially, Black Wood Ants could consume some spirit ore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Xingqun wouldn’t miss this opportunity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Jingcheng also headed inside the mine, with not much time left for them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The walls inside the mine were lined with Moonlight Stones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Moonlight Stones were spaced roughly ten meters apart, totaling just about one hundred towards the mine’s depth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several mortal martial artists hid at the mine’s depth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Immortal Master, we have no ties to the Li Family, we were forcibly brought here!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Here is the recently mined rough Longquan Stone!\" Several rugged gray-faced men handed over a giant cloth bag filled with rough Longquan Stones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Jingcheng waved his hand, the Flowing Shadow Sword flew out, slashing down all the martial artists.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The martial artist holding the bag also exposed a dagger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This trick might have caught a freshly initiated clan cultivator in the Cultivator Realm off guard, but Ye Jingcheng would not fall for it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His Divine Sense had long detected the hidden dagger on the opponent!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Jingcheng waved his hand to collect all the spirit ore, checked the mine’s end, and seeing nothing else, turned to leave the mine; it was then that the Jade Ring Rat suddenly flicked its ears, dropping its pair of large Jade Ring Ears on the floor, then rushed to a wall, furiously scratching it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There’s still a cultivator!\" Ye Jingcheng’s heart skipped a beat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Divine Soul Fluctuation from the Jade Ring Rat startled Ye Jingcheng!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His Divine Sense hadn’t detected any suspicious spirit shadow!\u003C\u002Fp>",1307,"2026-06-03T06:58:15.491Z","2026-06-03T06:58:18.553Z",1,"novelbin.me","6b0a675e65c7ad1575d88d7e007cd3374074aaef4931fe64ad65f4dc2e870f1f","beast-taming-clan-i-have-a-jade-book-chapter-98","beast-taming-clan-i-have-a-jade-book-chapter-96",1101,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fbeast-taming-clan-i-have-a-jade-book-cover.jpg"]