Free Web NovelChapter 457: Chapter 283: Yang Soul Pill and the Spirit Stone Shortfall
Yang Jing had arrived in the Lu Kingdom in silence, but when he left, the Immortal Cultivation Clans of the Lu Kingdom escorted him for ten li.
They were even more overjoyed by Yang Jing’s elimination of Wu Jingyuan than by the defeat of the Black Wind Thieves. After all, with their limited power, they couldn’t have operated a Flying Boat anyway.
After reaching the Perfect Golden Core realm, Wu Jingyuan had become quite tyrannical. He not only oppressed the Bishui Zhang Family but was also ruthless toward the weaker Foundation Establishment Clans, having already seized several mines and Spirit Medicine Gardens from other families.
With the Wu Family gone, they could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
Upon returning to the Five Elements True Spirit Sect, Yang Jing immediately went to see Bai Shui True Monarch and handed over the Inheritance Jade Scrolls he had obtained from the Bishui Zhang Family.
This included the *Nine Heavens Secret Demon Profound Scripture*.
He had already copied the contents of these Inheritance Jade Scrolls onto new ones.
When Bai Shui True Monarch saw these golden Inheritance Jade Scrolls, a look of reminiscence crossed her face.
She gave Yang Jing a meaningful glance. She was well aware that he possessed the Demon-Catching Tripod, which allowed him to freely use the methods of a Demon Cultivator.
’The report from the Central Army Governor’s Mansion seems flawless,’ she thought, ’but with the Demon-Catching Tripod as a variable, Yang Jing’s actions are worth careful consideration.’
With a casual wave of her hand, she put away the Inheritance Jade Scrolls. Then, she took out a Storage Bag, which floated over to Yang Jing, guided by her Magical Power.
"Refining a Flying Boat is an enormous expense. Inside are twenty thousand jin of Black Essence Profound Iron. Consider it your reward for this trip."
Yang Jing hadn’t expected Bai Shui True Monarch to be so generous. Black Essence Profound Iron was exceptionally tough, one of the best Spiritual Materials for refining a Tier Three Flying Boat.
Although its quality was inferior to materials like Profound Essence Gang Silver and Red Essence Fire Copper, if one were to use Profound Essence Gang Silver to refine a Flying Boat, not even the Major Sects of the Central Continent could bear the staggering cost.
Black Essence Profound Iron was much cheaper, costing only about fifteen Spirit Stones per jin. However, because it was a primary material for refining Flying Boats, acquiring it in large quantities had always been difficult.
For Bai Shui True Monarch to directly give him twenty thousand jin was a huge help, solving a major problem for Yang Jing.
’Moreover,’ Yang Jing thought, ’this gift of twenty thousand jin of Black Essence Profound Iron clearly shows that Bai Shui True Monarch is quite satisfied with how I handled the Bishui Zhang Family.’
After bidding farewell to Bai Shui True Monarch, Yang Jing returned to his Cave Mansion.
After checking the profits from the True Spirit Lineage, Yang Jing summoned Yinjiao. Among his five disciples, Yinjiao had the most talent for the art of Talismans.
’The Spirit Talismans recorded in the *True Understanding of the Celestial Spirit Talisman* are far superior to the talisman inheritance of the Five Elements True Spirit Sect,’ Yang Jing mused. ’If Yinjiao can learn to create Spirit Talismans like the Cold Qilin Talisman and the Golden Body Talisman, I’ll have many more options for dealing with enemies in the future.’
In the *True Understanding of the Celestial Spirit Talisman*, he also discovered a Spirit Talisman called the Yin Yang Separation and Union Great Capturing Hand. When activated, it could transform into a great hand of unparalleled wondrous use, capable of immobilizing and capturing enemies. It achieved a similar effect to his Pure Yang Qi Grand Capture, just through a different method.
A Spirit Talisman typically works by sealing a magical technique within the Talisman, allowing it to be activated at will.
This Yin Yang Separation and Union Great Capturing Hand must also be a magical technique of unparalleled power. It’s just that in the *True Understanding of the Celestial Spirit Talisman*, the technique had been converted into complex and ever-changing Talismanic Script and Restrictions. Restoring it to its original form as a magical technique would be incredibly difficult.
Yang Jing simply kept the matter in mind and told Yinjiao to pay close attention to it.
Yinjiao was overjoyed to receive the *True Understanding of the Celestial Spirit Talisman*. Within the True Spirit Lineage, the Spirit Pills refined by Iron Head and the Spiritual Artifacts refined by Ji Feng were both highly profitable ventures. In contrast, the Spirit Talismans he created had much smaller profit margins.
Now, with the *True Understanding of the Celestial Spirit Talisman*, he was confident that the profits from his Spirit Talismans could catch up to the Spiritual Artifacts of his Junior Brother, Ji Feng.
From then on, aside from cultivating his True Yang Body and refining the Celestial Demons lured into his Inner World’s Celestial Demon Park, Yang Jing focused all his remaining energy on the Flying Boat.
He and his disciple Ji Feng meticulously analyzed all the Spiritual Materials required to refine the True Spirit Flying Boat as detailed in the *Celestial Ship Atlas*. They discussed what suitable replacement materials could be found in the Nine Heavens World to restore the True Spirit Flying Boat’s various powers as much as possible.
This work took the master and disciple pair nearly two months.
"Master, even after accounting for the Void Stone and Black Essence Profound Iron we already have, building the Flying Boat will still cost at least forty-three million Spirit Stones."
Ji Feng said with certainty after double-checking his calculations.
"Many of the Spiritual Materials have a known price but are almost never on the market, only appearing occasionally at auctions. I calculated the cost based on their prices from past auctions, so there might be some discrepancies."
Yang Jing closed his eyes in anguish. ’And that price doesn’t even include the elusive Ten Thousand Years Divine Wood or the cost of building a Spirit Pool.’
Unlike refining Spiritual Artifacts, which only requires a few jin of Spiritual Materials, refining a Flying Boat easily requires tens or even hundreds of thousands of jin. That was why even a Golden Core Clan would need a century of accumulation to gather enough Spiritual Materials and Spirit Stones to refine a Flying Boat.
The True Spirit Flying Boat Yang Jing wanted to refine would be at least Tier Four. Although it was only a medium-sized Flying Boat, its construction cost far surpassed that of an ordinary one.
And that forty-three million Spirit Stone figure was a conservative estimate.
’There’s no other way,’ Yang Jing thought. ’I’ll just have to push my disciples harder. And I need to make better use of the Celestial Demon Park.’
Yang Jing thought of the remains left after refining the Starfall Demons and Yin Evil Spider Demons. These remains held little value in his eyes and had all been taken by the Wanhua Child to build a palace.
But in the eyes of the Demon Sects, these remains were top-tier Demonic Materials of extraordinary value.
