75: Chapter 75 Inviting the Ancestor to Come Out of the Mountain

The Flower Snake was a Late Stage Grade 4 Demonic Beast. Its blood, flesh, tendons, bones, and skin were all rare treasures for human Martial Artists, things that were hard to come by.

The value of the entire snake carcass could reach thirty to forty thousand Spirit Stones!

Its blood could be integrated into various Medicinal Pills for Breakthroughs to enhance their effects, or used as rare Materials to craft various Talismans, and so on.

For Martial Ancestor experts, its flesh was simply the perfect medicine for Body Refining; consuming it could accelerate the speed of Body Refining. For those below the level of Martial Ancestor, it could be boiled into a broth and diluted dozens of times, also making it a rare tonic.

Its tendons, bones, skin, and so on all had wonderful uses. Making them into Grade 4 divine weapons or Grade 4 precious armor to leave behind as the foundation of the Family for future generations could also be considered a fine story.

The Flower Snake was bold enough to break into the Shuinan County government office as a lone Yao Beast. At that time, every Martial Ancestor present wanted to kill the beast and divide the treasure. However, the Flower Snake was too strong, resisting the siege of six people without being defeated. If it weren't for Ye Jiesheng being desperate to save his son and directly burning his Lifespan to cut off the Flower Snake's escape, all six of them would have become the laughingstock of Cangjiang Prefecture, and even the entire East Sea State.

It was a rare event to see a Grade 4 Demonic Beast run to the county seat by itself; it was something that happened once in a decade.

Everyone looked at Ye Jiesheng. In the end, it was Ye Jiesheng who had put in the most effort to kill the Flower Snake; the others had just helped out.

It was most appropriate for Ye Jiesheng to allocate the ownership of the Flower Snake's flesh and blood.

"Xiaowu, you dig out the inner core first," Ye Jiesheng instructed.

"Alright!" Ye Xiaowu agreed. This was his first time dissecting the carcass of a Grade 4 Demonic Beast, and the key was that it belonged to his own Family. He had already actively tuned out Magistrate Sun Nanyu and the others.

A snake's inner core was usually located in the head. Ye Xiaowu took out his precious sword and slashed fiercely at the Flower Snake's head. He had expected to need at least a dozen strikes to break through the Flower Snake's skull, but to his surprise, he severed the Flower Snake's head with a single strike, separating head from carcass.

Everyone looked on in surprise and discovered that the connection between the Flower Snake's head and body had already been seven or eight tenths severed from the inside, though it still looked intact from the outside.

A chill ran down everyone's backs, and they looked at Ye Yisong one after another.

"It's good that Yisong is knowledgeable; otherwise, this beast might have really escaped." Ye Xiaowu praised Ye Yisong while digging out the Flower Snake's inner core with his hands.

After a short while, Ye Xiaowu took out a red bead the size of a duck egg. Its surface had some randomly arranged patterns, and the whole thing emitted an alluring fragrance.

Ye Xiaowu examined it for a while, then handed the inner core to Ye Jiesheng. He then proceeded to peel off the snake skin along the cut. Calculating the size of the intact snake skin, it should be possible to refine three sets of Grade 4 precious armor. Thinking of this, Ye Xiaowu worked with even more vigor.

Magistrate Sun Nanyu, Patriarch Li Hu, and Zhao Jian looked at the Demonic Beast inner core in Ye Jiesheng's hands with envy. With this inner core, finding a reliable Alchemy Grandmaster would give them a great chance to refine two to three Grade 4 barrier-breaking pills.

Even Patriarch Ye Tuanzhang took a few extra looks at the Demonic Beast inner core in Ye Jiesheng's hands. This was a Grade 4 Late Stage Demonic Beast's inner core!

When the time came, the Cangjiang Ye Clan could produce a few more Martial Ancestor experts!

Ye Yisong sniffed the inner core in his father's hands. He hadn't expected that while the Flower Snake's body was incredibly foul, its inner core would be so fragrant. Upon closer thought, it was normal; the Demonic Beast inner core was the essence of all its Spiritual Qi.

Seeing that Ye Xiaowu was working hard to dissect it alone, Patriarch Ye Tuanzhang took the initiative to step forward and help, taking on some of the simpler tasks.

With Patriarch Ye Tuanzhang's help, Ye Xiaowu's movements were much faster. In half an hour, he had peeled off the Flower Snake's skin. There were only three complete pieces of skin that were two meters long, while the rest were just scraps, significantly reducing their value.

The remaining major portion was the Flower Snake's flesh and blood. Seeing his precious son return safely, Ye Jiesheng was not stingy. He distributed over a hundred catties each to Zhao Jian and Patriarch Li Hu, with Patriarch Li Hu receiving fifty more catties, while Magistrate Sun Nanyu received over three hundred catties.

The three of them were so happy that their faces bloomed like chrysanthemums.

Before leaving, he gave each of the three a full bucket of snake blood and several pieces of broken snake skin. The faces of Magistrate Sun Nanyu and the others, which hadn't yet closed up, turned into chrysanthemums again.

After dividing the snake meat, the four of Ye Jiesheng rose into the air and flew directly toward the Ye Family ancestral residence, where Supreme Elder Ye Rongsong was waiting for them.

Magistrate Sun Nanyu had just received a huge benefit, so he didn't care that they were violating the regulations by flying in the city at will.

He put away the three hundred catties of snake meat, ignored Patriarch Li Hu and Zhao Jian who were still at the county office, returned to the back of the county office alone, and slumped into a chair.

The stimulation the Flower Snake had given him today was simply too great. If it weren't for Ye Jiesheng risking his life and burning his Lifespan to fight, and Ye Yisong having enough Grade 4 life-saving Talismans, his own head would not have been saved. And he had still harbored delusions of promotion—it was simply a pipe dream.

In the Great Wei county government office, under the bright sky, the first place winner of the County Exam Martial Examination was actually swallowed by a Yao Beast!

Even if his father personally guaranteed him, he wouldn't be able to protect him. If Magistrate Sun Nanyu wasn't killed, where would Great Wei save face?

There was another matter that Magistrate Sun Nanyu had not figured out, and it was also something that Ye Jiesheng and the others had not figured out.

How did the Flower Snake avoid the detection of the county office's monster-revealing mirror and enter and exit the county office as freely as a human?

The fourth emperor of Great Wei invited the 7th Rank Artifact Refiners from all states of Great Wei to meet in the Imperial Capital. After spending a hundred years, they finally developed this monster-revealing mirror, and thus equipped government offices at all levels with monster-revealing mirrors of different grades to deter the Yao Beasts of Great Wei.

The Grade 4 monster-revealing mirror at the Shuinan County government office was still sitting intact in the middle of the main gate, with no abnormalities.

Not to mention that the Flower Snake was a Grade 4 Late Stage Demonic Beast, even if it were a 5th Rank Demon Beast, if it approached the Shuinan County government office, the monster-revealing mirror would issue a warning. At most, if the Demonic Qi were too strong for it to bear, the monster-revealing mirror would shatter.

What was the situation now? Recalling it, a few days ago, the Flower Snake had already come to the Shuinan County government office and had been discovered by Ye Yisong. How exactly did it avoid the detection of the monster-revealing mirror?

It was truly baffling!

And then there was that strange Weishui River. Why didn't the other two Yao Beasts support the Flower Snake?

"Prefect, your subordinate in Shuinan County has an important matter to report. A Prodigy has emerged in the Shuinan County Martial Examination, taking first place in both the martial arts and the essay sections—a rare sight in a century. Later, a Grade 4 demon snake suddenly appeared... avoiding... Your subordinate mobilized Martial Artists to kill it together, ensuring the Prodigy was safe... Additionally, another strange thing happened, the Weishui River... Your subordinate is unable to cope alone and requests that you send support to Shuinan."

Magistrate Sun Nanyu used the "Spring and Autumn" writing style, first reporting his achievements to highlight his political record, briefly stating that they worked together to kill the Flower Snake and rescue Ye Yisong, then detailing the major event of the monster-revealing mirror not working to attract the attention of his superiors, and finally mentioning the abnormalities of the Weishui River to report in time and avoid responsibility.

It is worth mentioning the final signature: "Your son, Nanyu."

Ye Xiaowu said to Ye Jiesheng with a pained heart: "Why did you share the snake meat with those people? A few thousand Spirit Stones would have been enough to send them away."

"After we are full, leaving some scraps for others is the way to survive." Ye Jiesheng taught him: "Eating alone won't last long!"

The few returned to the Ye Family ancestral residence. Three sticks of incense were standing curling with smoke in front of Ancestor Ye Erhu's memorial tablet. Supreme Elder Ye Rongsong was sitting on a meditation cushion, quietly waiting for them.

As soon as they entered the ancestral residence, Ye Jiesheng cast a soundproof barrier, looked at Ye Yisong, and said: "If you have anything to say, just say it."

Ye Jiesheng could feel that ever since Ye Yisong was on the road back from the Weishui River, he had been restless. At first, he thought it was because he had walked through the gates of hell and his mood hadn't settled.

Later, he realized that there must be another situation, which was why he pretended to be generous, quickly distributed the meat, and avoided Magistrate Sun Nanyu and the others.

Ye Yisong stepped forward, knelt halfway in front of Supreme Elder Ye Rongsong, and said excitedly: "Please, Grand Elder, contact the Old Ancestor to come out of seclusion and hunt the Dragon!"