The blazing sun hung high in the sky. In the mountains, a scorching mountain cave appeared even hotter.

Accompanied by a gentle breeze, a wave of heat spread from inside to out.

However, several Five Poison Bees rushed into the cave.

As the Five Poison Bees danced in the air, a figure dressed in a cyan robe slowly walked in.

Behind the figure, there was also a Jade Ring Rat and a Golden Scale Beast.

Even while walking slowly, the Golden Scale Beast's body was hunched, but at this moment, its surface was covered with numerous injuries.

It looked exceptionally ferocious.

The figure was naturally Ye Jingcheng. After the sect cultivators broke through the beast tide and began their counterattack, it was a great sweep.

Between Chixia Ridge and Jade Dragon Valley, there were inevitably countless rare treasures.

After all, demon beasts instinctively wait for spirit medicines to mature before consuming them.

As for treasure minerals, they lack the means to utilize them.

So these clan cultivators went into a frenzy after turning the tide.

Otherwise, under normal circumstances, even under pressure rebound, they seldom lose their rationality.

After all, what cultivators lack the least is experience.

Using their anger to fight their way out, they could do a good job collecting treasures.

Some families that killed fewer demon beasts and suffered great losses hoped to recoup in treasures this time.

As for the entire sect, they didn't need to get excited; besides their disciples searching for treasures.

Other families would give them a third of their finds.

Just this one-third, when accumulated, was absolutely significant.

Not to mention that the tier two Red Roc Cloud Lion Fire-Swallowing Sparrows were mostly slain by sect cultivators.

However, for the Ye Family, they had their advantages too, although the beast tide receded, there were still many dangers left.

The search was also quite troublesome, but the spirit insects of both the Ye and Wan families performed exceptionally well.

Ye Jingcheng too sensed a crimson cave here, so he hurried over nonstop.

During this, he also lost track of a few Armor-Piercing Beasts and Golden Scale Beasts.

These demon beasts, even though they shared the name with his raised Golden Scale Beast, hadn't even advanced once. They were all ordinary armored beasts, with the highest achievement being around the late stage of tier two, and that was with the right opportunity.

Hardly any of them had demon pills, so after slaying a few, Ye Jingcheng gave up pursuing further.

Upon entering the cave, Ye Jingcheng felt a scorching aura, with the Fire Attribute Spiritual Energy inside unusually violent.

The entire cave appeared exceptionally bright. Ye Jingcheng extended his Eternal Green Sword and swung it towards the wall.

Soon, he discovered some red crystals were exposed inside. Upon seeing this, Ye Jingcheng's eyes lit up.

"This is Fire Patterned Sinking Iron!" Ye Jingcheng was stunned at the sight.

Fire Patterned Sinking Iron was a type of sinking iron resembling fiery red crystals, classified as a tier two lower-grade treasure material.

A piece the size of a palm was worth nearly a hundred spirit stones.

And here, it was evidently a Fire Patterned Sinking Iron ore vein.

Seeing this, Ye Jingcheng was extremely excited.

This iron ore vein, if rich enough, could yield spirit stones faster than laboriously slaying tier two demon beasts.

At this point, he released seven to eight hundred Five Poison Bees.

He directed them to start searching for Fire Patterned Sinking Iron.

The Taiyi Sect would likely take several more hours to react.

Now each Five Poison Bee was the size of a thumb; although not expert at digging, their sheer numbers ensured progress was not slow. Layer by layer of soil was peeled away, revealing the sinking iron crystals beneath.

Ye Jingcheng quickly took out an array and began to set it up at the cave entrance.

Many who mined treasures also set up arrays, and the Taiyi Sect didn't really interfere.

After all, you can't hide treasures, and when the time comes, they could just check the storage bags.

But Ye Jingcheng was different; this time, he planned to release a Stone Spirit.

At this point, no True Master was paying attention to him.

They were likely still guarding against distant demon kings.

With the addition of the array, it was the perfect time to open the Stone Spirit Grotto Heaven.

Simultaneously, the Three-Colored Cloud Deer also needed to be released and fed some spirit pills.

Having just broken through, its demand for Spiritual Flesh and elixirs was tremendous. After a spirit beast's breakthrough, if it doesn't consume spiritual food, merely relying on their own intake might cause a regression.

With this in mind, Ye Jingcheng ordered the Jade Ring Rat and Golden Scale Beast to dig for Fire Patterned Sinking Iron.

However, the Golden Scale Beast was somewhat reluctant, after all, it was a tier two demon beast.

"Don't tell me you're inferior to the Jade Ring Rat." Ye Jingcheng said coldly.

Hearing this, the Golden Scale Beast glanced disdainfully at the Jade Ring Rat.

It began prodding the ground with its massive front paw, quickly aiding the Five Poison Bees in their search.

Joking aside, there's no way it would fall behind this large rat.

Ye Jingcheng felt the benefits of spirit insects, not to mention anything else, their sheer numbers were a testament to their strength.

Within less than the time to burn a stick of incense, pieces of Fire Patterned Sinking Iron were in front of him.

And that was without his involvement.

After some consideration, Ye Jingcheng fetched an array disc, and after setting it up, released the Three-tailed Red Flame Fox.

As for the Jade Qilin Flood Dragon, he still hadn't released it.

Once the Red Flame Fox was out, it also began helping to search for Fire Patterned Sinking Iron.

In this regard, the fire-attribute Red Flame Fox was evidently superior.

Its golden eyes glanced around, rapidly spotting one piece after another, then frantically began digging with its claws.

Though it seldom used its claws, its speed wasn't inferior to the Jade Ring Rat, just not as fast as the Golden Scale Beast.

This increased the Golden Scale Beast's enthusiasm, making it growl continuously, thinking it had surpassed the Red Flame Fox.

It even became somewhat smug.

Ye Jingcheng cared little for the beasts' expressions; instead, after some thought, he quickly took out the Stone Spirit Grotto Heaven and released the Three-Colored Cloud Deer.

At the same time, he placed over a dozen pieces of Fire Patterned Sinking Iron inside the grotto heaven.

Moreover, he collected several valuable tier two demon beast corpses.

While the sect only took a third, it's better not to be extracted if possible.

These hidden items mainly had demon pills.

There was an abundance of fire-attribute demon beasts this time, certainly bringing fortune to the Red Flame Fox later.

It might even exceed the advancement progress of the Jade Qilin Flood Dragon.

After putting everything away, Ye Jingcheng stored the Stone Spirit Grotto Heaven and inspected the Three-Colored Cloud Deer.

The Three-Colored Cloud Deer had grown larger, looking more robust, with full and sharp antlers starting to branch.

Its tri-colored fur had increased, exuding a tri-colored spiritual light, with numerous spirit patterns on its cloud wings.

Beyond surface changes, its internal and aura transformations were significant.

After becoming tier two, its presence matched that of the Golden Scale Beast.

"Yoyo!" the Three-Colored Cloud Deer lifted its deer's head proudly, making its customary call.

Ye Jingcheng had no inclination to reprimand the proud Three-Colored Cloud Deer. He simply took out a few Purple Wood Pills and some spirit medicine, allowing it to absorb them, and finally placed it into the Spirit Beast Bag.

The Three-Colored Cloud Deer was clumsy at finding Fire Patterned Sinking Iron with its hooves, and it was ill-suited, plus stabilizing its cultivation was paramount.

Without stable cultivation, regression would lead to a significant loss.

After collecting the Fire Patterned Sinking Iron, Ye Jingcheng looked deeper into the cave, noticing a few Five Poison Bees growing anxious.

At this moment, he realized that the Red Flame Fox was unconsciously exploring deeper into the cave.

It seemed there were even better treasures further inside.

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