The surface of the lake, mist rising from the blue waves, reflected the mountains by the shore, the clouds in the sky, and the moon above.

Amidst the tranquility, there was a beauty akin to a landscape painting.

Ye Jingcheng took a deep breath. Although this Moon Lake was much to his liking, there were more important matters for him today.

He took out an array banner, and then a set of array discs, and began setting them up.

When the array was set up, enclosing the area around him, he took out the Spirit Beast Bag, and the Turtle Ancestor transformed into its largest form.

As the Turtle Ancestor opened its mouth, over ten bright figures appeared from within.

Among these figures were some familiar faces to Ye Jingcheng, such as his fourth brother Ye Jingyu, Fifteenth Uncle Ye Xingyu, Fifteenth Ancestor Ye Xueliang, Ninth Ancestor Ye Xuefu, and the two array masters tasked with repairing the teleportation array, Ye Haiyu and Ye Haifei.

There were, of course, some unfamiliar faces to Ye Jingcheng as well.

Among the early-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators present, there were only three, Ye Xingyu and two others whom Ye Jingcheng did not recognize.

The middle-stage Foundation Establishment consisted of seven people, with Ye Jingyu having advanced to the middle stage.

Even the late-stage Foundation Establishment had three individuals.

As for the Purple Mansion cultivators, there was only his granduncle, Ye Haicheng.

The Ye Family had tread carefully over the years, like walking on thin ice, making it extremely rare to acquire a Purple Mansion Great Demon.

Moreover, the Purple Mansion Spirit Beasts had to be compatible with Ye Family members, which made it even more difficult. Even with compatibility, breaking through to the Purple Mansion had its challenges, unlike Foundation Establishment, which nearly all Ye Family members could achieve.

So, while Foundation Establishment cultivators weren't few in number, there were currently only four Purple Mansion cultivators.

Of course, there might be those in the process of breaking through, but there was no doubt that these were all the Ye Family members advancing on Moon Lake this time.

Ye Jingcheng realized that, if Spirit Beasts were not counted, he was not particularly outstanding in this group.

The Hidden Peak Race members here had all cultivated at least one technique to a profound level.

Ye Jingcheng was also unsure about their cultivations and Spirit Beasts.

"Let's begin, everyone. Be sure to resolve the other Tier Two Demon Beasts within a hundred breaths, then gather everyone to slay those two Silver Moon Pythons!" Ye Haicheng was the first to speak.

As the only Purple Mansion in the area, the pressure he bore was self-evident.

However, even though Ye Haicheng was alone, the Turtle Ancestor was also a Purple Mansion Great Demon.

It's said Ye Jingcheng had never seen the Turtle Ancestor in action, only hearing from Ye Xuecang that the Turtle Ancestor was considered young among his kin.

As Ye Haicheng announced the start,

everyone began to release their Spirit Beasts.

Ye Haicheng took out two Spirit Beasts from the Spirit Beast Bag, and once they emerged, they occupied most of the array's space.

The first was a massive Tier Three Barbaric Fire Cyan Ox, and the other was a five-zhang tall Star-Eyed Iron Ape.

The Barbaric Fire Cyan Ox's head was alight with wild flames, its nostrils extraordinarily large, with flickering spiritual light. In contrast, its two spiritual horns paled next to its nose, clearly no mortal beast.

The muscular build of the Star-Eyed Iron Ape exuded a powerful explosive force, marking it as an extremely strong body cultivation Spirit Beast, one which Ye Jingcheng wouldn't doubt could contend hand-to-hand with a Flood Dragon.

Ye Haicheng released two Purple Mansion Spirit Beasts, indicating four Purple Mansion combat powers were present now.

Confronting two Silver Moon Pythons, the pressure was significantly lessened.

The other Foundation Establishment family members had no shortage of Spirit Beasts as well.

Such as Mei Yuhe, the Flying Purple Crystal Scorpion, Scorpion King, Tier Two Spotted Cloud Tiger, Tier Two Saber-toothed Tiger, Tier Two Tri-Colored Lizard, Tier Two Fire-Swallowing Crow, Tier Two Cyan-Scaled Python, Tier Two Cold Jade Toad...

Instantly, over twenty Tier Two Spirit Beasts appeared.

Almost everyone had two or three, with Ye Xingyu having slightly fewer as his Golden-eyed Crow was not yet Tier Two, while Ye Jingyu had two Spirit Beasts, though his Jade Qilin Snake was much smaller than Ye Jingcheng's Jade Qilin Flood Dragon.

The entire array quickly became crowded.

Witnessing this strength, Ye Jingcheng's confidence soared.

This was the Ye Family's power, so calculated, the whole battlefield boasted nearly forty Tier Two combat units.

This didn't include Ye Jingcheng's several Tier Two Spirit Beasts.

It was three to four times stronger than the Taiyi Sect's raids on Jade Dragon Valley.

Capturing a Moon Lake seemed assured in his view.

At this moment, his only concern was whether Moon Lake's resources were abundant enough, and if their actions were worthwhile.

While preparations were underway, Ye Haiyu and Ye Haifei began setting up arrays.

This time, the array discs they brought out were extraordinary.

Ye Jingcheng recognized the shadow of the Great Sun Double Dragon Array that Ye Xingliu had once brought out.

It appeared these array banners were crafted from Tier Three Magical Treasures.

The array discs and banners in their hands numbered in the hundreds.

Together, they reached over a thousand.

The Ye Family intended to take Moon Lake quickly, so they were thoroughly prepared.

Setting up arrays was the first step, sealing off everything, because the Demon Beasts of Moon Lake were also Spirit Stones in the eyes of the Ye Family.

Noteworthy Spirit Beasts could be tamed, while the less gifted ones could be used to feed other Spirit Beasts. Demon Beast Inner Cores could be refined into Spirit Pills.

Demon Beast Souls were needed to replenish the Beast Communication Tower!

Waiting was an ordeal during the array setup, and Ye Jingcheng and others could only wait quietly inside the array.

From time to time, Red Moon Pythons appeared over Moon Lake.

Red Moon Pythons were a bloodline lower than Silver Moon Pythons and the most numerous Demon Beasts in Moon Lake.

But typical Red Moon Pythons could also grow to the level of Tier Two Demon Beasts.

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