95: Chapter 95 A Small Gathering of Family Elders

"No one knows. You might have an Epiphany suddenly while you are Cultivating your Cultivation Technique or Martial Skill, or you might have a sudden realization while eating or resting. It could be this very moment, or it could be tomorrow, or you might not attain it for ten or a hundred years!" Ye Jiesheng also snapped out of his memories at this moment. "No one can help you with this; it all depends on your own understanding of the Dao."

Ye Yisong nodded, half-understanding, and asked, "Has the Family not summarized any methods to assist with such insights over the past few hundred years?"

Grandfather Ye Tuantu and Ye Jiesheng both shook their heads. Finally, Ye Jiesheng said, "The Martial Dao is natural; just follow your heart and insights will come."

"Song'er, do not force it. Just follow your true heart!" Grandfather Ye Tuantu added, drawing from his own experiences.

"Grandfather, Father, I understand," Ye Yisong said respectfully.

"You rest well here; I will go and stew the Yao Beast meat so we can entertain those gluttons tomorrow." Ye Jiesheng and Grandfather Ye Tuantu left the quiet room to Ye Yisong and went to prepare for tomorrow's banquet.

Grade 4 Yao Beast meat is not easy to stew. Even using Grade 3 spirit kitchenware, it takes a whole night to stew until tender; otherwise, it is difficult to digest!

Since there were many Elders to host tomorrow, Ye Jiesheng naturally had to prepare well.

After Grandfather Ye Tuantu and Ye Jiesheng left, Ye Yisong sat alone in the quiet room, pondering what his grandfather and father had just said. How should he comprehend his own Martial Dao Seed?

For Ye Yisong, the three barriers of the Martial Ancestor realm were no longer a concern. The Spiritual Qi barrier had been met through the accumulation of numerous resources; the Physical Body barrier was being addressed with fifty catties of Grade 4 Yao Beast meat for cultivation, making a Breakthrough imminent; and the Divine Soul barrier, perhaps due to his two lifetimes of experience, had already broken through to Grade 4 Mental Energy early on.

The difficulty now lay in this Martial Dao Seed. Thinking of the many protagonists he had read about in his past life for whom Breakthroughs were as easy as eating and drinking—or at worst, if they lacked inspiration, they would go out on a journey and inevitably receive an Opportunity or insight from the heavens—he wondered if he would have the same treatment.

Thinking of this, Ye Yisong called out to the 798 Navigation System in his mind, wondering if it could provide help to let him comprehend the Martial Dao Seed earlier and break through to the Martial Ancestor realm.

After this Flower Snake incident, Ye Yisong was truly afraid. His desire for strength had reached its peak. Relying on others is not as good as relying on oneself, and his father, Ye Jiesheng, could not be with him at all times.

Only when he was strong himself could he have some ability to protect himself!

Ye Yisong thought about the Martial Dao Seed for a while longer, but with no leads, he had to give up for now. He decided to first resolve his over-exhaustion of his Divine Soul. Tomorrow, many Elders would come to visit Luanshi Peak, and he needed to attend and properly entertain his Elders.

He couldn't look like this!

He took out his Storage Pouch and first tallied the gains from opening the eight Storage Pouches.

In total, he gained over twelve thousand Spirit Stones, seven or eight Grade 2 Talismans, eleven Grade 2 weapons, five Grade 3 weapons, and seven or eight Cultivation Techniques and sword manuals. The most valuable among them was undoubtedly the Grade 4 sword manual—the first part of the Shangqing Sword.

There were also two books, the Talisman Compendium Grade 3 and the Grade 3 Spirit Medicine Compendium, as well as two legacies: one for a Grade 2 Artifact Refiner and one for a 4th Grade Talisman Technique, though the latter had already been taken by Ye Jiexin.

Looking at these gains, it wasn't just Grandfather Ye Tuantu and Ye Jiesheng who wanted to sweep the waters around the Family territory; even he wanted to go. Truly, one cannot get rich without unexpected wealth.

This haul was a massive profit!

Adding the Spirit Medicine and spirit ores from his other Storage Pouches, if he sold everything he didn't need to the Family, he could still obtain a large amount of contribution points or Spirit Stones.

He shouldn't have to worry about cultivation resources for a short time. His cultivation level couldn't advance further, and for physical cultivation, he had Yao Beast meat to consume to temper his body. As for the Martial Dao Seed, he would let nature take its course; he had no leads for the time being.

For the next period, he would honestly stay at the Family's Lingmu Peak and learn the Grade 3 Talisman-making Technique from the old man. He would see if he could become a Tier 3 High-grade Talisman Master, or even a Fourth-Rank Talisman Master, before the Cangjiang Prefecture Examination in August.

A person must have dreams; what is the difference between a person without dreams and a salted fish!

After organizing his unexpected gains, Ye Yisong took out the five soul nourishing pills from his Storage Pouch and consumed two at once to help repair the exhaustion of his Divine Soul.

If the other Grade 3 Martial Artists in the Family knew that Ye Yisong was using Grade 3 soul nourishing pills to compensate for Divine Soul exhaustion, they would probably want to beat him up.

The Grade 3 soul nourishing pill was a precious pill that offered a glimmer of hope to assist Grade 3 Martial Artists in breaking through to Grade 4 Mental Energy. Most Grade 3 Martial Masters could only dream of obtaining one, yet here it was being wasted by Ye Yisong.

Because Grade 3 Martial Masters often exhausted their Divine Soul energy due to various cultivation matters, they usually recovered it slowly through meditation and breathing exercises; rarely did they consume pills to recover.

This was too much of a waste of a precious item!

Just as Ye Yisong consumed the third soul nourishing pill and had repaired his Divine Soul to a significant extent, a hearty voice echoed across Luanshi Peak.

"Fifth Brother, Fifth Brother, I'm here!" shouted Artifact Refiner Elder Ye Jietie loudly, flying to the peak of Luanshi Peak.

"Over here! What are you shouting about? The sun hasn't even come out yet; why did you run over here? I don't provide breakfast here." Ye Jiesheng sat in the courtyard, casually adding Grade 2 and Grade 3 spirit wood to a large cauldron in the middle of the yard.

"Fifth Brother, the cauldron is on; it smells so good!" Ye Jietie found a spot near Ye Jiesheng and sat down.

"You have been the greediest since you were little," Ye Jiesheng said, glancing at Ye Jietie with disdain.

"Hehe, I can only work if I eat a lot; blacksmithing is exhausting work," Ye Jietie said with a grin.

"Fifteenth Uncle," Ye Yisong greeted as he came out of the quiet room, taking the task from Ye Jiesheng's hands.

At this moment, Grandfather Ye Tuantu also walked out: "Jietie is here, stay and have breakfast here!"

"Alright, Uncle Tuantu," Ye Jietie responded with a smile.

After the sun rose, they scooped out several pieces of the thoroughly stewed Yao Beast meat and cooked a large bowl of spirit rice noodles. Each person was served a large bowl. They ate until their faces were flushed and they were sweating profusely. Even Ye Jiexin rarely came out of the quiet room to eat a bowl.

However, Ye Yisong's bowl did not have any piece of Yao Beast meat, which made him feel less satisfied; he could only watch them eat the meat in large mouthfuls with longing.

By around ten in the morning, all the Elders had arrived. Even the Clan Chief Ye Tuanhui, accompanied by Training Instructor Ye Jiechen, came over near noon to enjoy the festivities with everyone for a while.

Ye Jiesheng placed a large long table in the middle of the courtyard and brought out the tiger bone wine and tiger penis wine he had treasured for fifty years to entertain his uncles and brothers. Everyone ate the Grade 4 Yao Beast meat and drank the fifty-year-old vintage brewed with Grade 3 Yao Beast bones and beast organs, chatting, reminiscing, and having a wonderful time!

A young figure darted in between them, serving meat to one grandfather, pouring wine for another uncle, and occasionally adding firewood to the large stewing cauldron. They were eating and drinking to their hearts' content, while Ye Yisong was busy as a bee.