Free Web NovelChapter 458: Chapter 283: Yang Soul Pill and the Spirit Stone Shortfall (Part 2)
The trade with Wei Ying had to be restarted.
Yang Jing let out a slow breath, his mind made up. ’It’s a good thing I have multiple sources of income for Spirit Stones,’ he thought. ’Otherwise, I’d really have to give up on building the True Spirit Flying Boat.’
「Two years later.」
Yang Jing, who was sitting cross-legged under the Pure Yang Apricot Tree, suddenly opened his eyes. After such a long period of nourishment, a drop of True Blood had finally been nurtured within his bone marrow.
The blood was as heavy as lead and mercury, and exceptionally viscous.
He could feel a vigorous life force surging from that single drop of True Blood, washing through his physical body.
’I finally did it!’
Yang Jing was both shocked and overjoyed.
To ensure the purity of the True Blood, it was best for Body Refining Cultivators not to consume any Elixirs while condensing it.
To be on the safe side, after using Celestial Demon Essence Qi to break through to the Fourth Layer Golden Core, Yang Jing hadn’t refined any Celestial Demons for nearly a year. All the Celestial Demons he tricked from beyond the heavens had been fed to the Wanhua Child.
However, after successfully condensing the first drop of True Blood, he could now consume pills to advance his True Yang Body cultivation.
"Master."
Iron Head, who was also trying to condense True Blood, was naturally very sensitive to its fluctuations.
He had long since used the channels of the True Spirit Lineage to gather all sorts of Spirit Medicine and had refined the Yang Soul Pill recorded in the Pure Yang Pill Scripture.
This pill could accelerate the speed at which a True Yang Body cultivator condensed True Blood.
After all, the True Blood condensed by the True Yang Body was extraordinary, making it extremely difficult to create. Without the help of the Yang Soul Pill, it would take at least twenty years to condense the thirty-six drops of True Blood needed to pass the True Blood Barrier.
Yang Jing took the Pill Bottle and consumed one of the Yang Soul Pills.
Instantly, a surge of Yanghe Qi billowed out from the pill and melted into his spine. It worked alongside the Celestial True Gang to nourish his qi and blood, helping them transform and combine into True Blood.
He put away the Pill Bottle.
Yang Jing stood up. After obtaining the True Understanding of the Celestial Spirit Talisman, he now knew that the protective golden light Wu Jingyuan had suddenly used back then was the Golden Body Talisman.
This gave him a personal understanding of the power a Body Refining Cultivator possessed after reaching the Perfect Golden Core realm.
Yang Jing was confident that once he cultivated his Pure Yang Body to the Golden Core Realm, it would only be stronger, not weaker.
Two years ago, Iron Head and Yinjiao had already challenged and replaced True Disciples in the Foundation Establishment Realm within the Sect, thereby taking on the status of True Disciples themselves.
This also granted Iron Head the qualification to study the Tai Shi Five Elements True Talisman Scripture.
Although Spirit Stones for building the Flying Boat were extremely tight, Yang Jing didn’t hesitate in the slightest. He spent nearly a million Spirit Stones to "power-level" Iron Head’s Tai Shi Five Elements True Talisman Scripture to the Peak Realm.
He was well aware that compared to all external objects, one’s own cultivation was paramount.
Although the Peak Realm of the Tai Shi Five Elements True Talisman Scripture didn’t grant Yang Jing any new Divine Techniques, it did give him a completely new understanding of the Five Elements Great Escape Divine Techniques.
The Five Elements Wheel in his Dantian had improved significantly, greatly increasing its ability to refine Magical Power and Spiritual Qi.
Over the past year, although Yang Jing hadn’t refined any Celestial Demons, his cultivation had still progressed rapidly based on the Five Elements Wheel alone.
"Let’s go. We’ll go see Wei Ying."
Yang Jing stood up.
Thanks to the large amount of Spiritual Materials he had previously obtained from Yang Jing, Wei Ying had also successfully formed a Demon Pill and demonized his Divine Soul.
When he first heard that Yang Jing wanted him to travel deep into the heart of the Western Continent, right next to the Five Elements True Spirit Sect, to conduct their trade, his initial thought was to refuse.
However, the Spiritual Materials from the Starfall True Demon and the Yin Evil Spider Demon were simply too tempting.
The Yin Evil Spider Demon’s silk, in particular, was a priceless treasure among the Four Demon Sects for which there was no open market, as it could be used to weave Array Banners.
In an unremarkable teahouse in the Celestial Square Marketplace, Wei Ying was already waiting.
"Brother Yang."
He had disguised himself as a portly, middle-aged cultivator with a small mustache, giving him a shrewd appearance.
"Brother Wei," Yang Jing said enthusiastically.
"These are the proceeds from our last trade," Wei Ying said, taking a Storage Bag from his sleeve and handing it to Yang Jing.
There were no Restrictions on the Storage Bag. Yang Jing swept it with his Divine Sense and ascertained the quantity of Spiritual Materials and Spirit Stones inside.
Satisfied, he put the Storage Bag away.
"Brother Yang, can you continue to provide a stable supply of this Celestial Silkworm Silk?" Wei Ying asked cautiously.
They had to be cautious when trading in the open. Even with a sound-insulating Restriction in place, they still used "Celestial Silkworm Silk" as a code name for the Yin Evil Spider Demon’s silk.
"This is this year’s stock," Yang Jing said, also taking out a Storage Bag and pushing it across to Wei Ying.
Wei Ying probed it with his Divine Sense, unable to hide the ecstatic look on his face. However, his wariness of Yang Jing’s power grew.
To obtain the Demonic Materials in this Storage Bag, Yang Jing must have had to kill more than ten Great Celestial Demons at the Golden Core Realm.
To be able to steadily kill more than ten Golden Core Celestial Demons every year... what kind of power was that? It was a level he could only dream of reaching.
"On that note, I have a list of Spiritual Materials I need. It would be best if you could deliver them next month."
To be cautious, the two of them only contacted each other and traded once a year. Yang Jing’s sudden new request made Wei Ying’s heart tighten.
When he saw that the Jade Scroll was filled with a list of various Demonic Materials, he grew even more anxious.
The last time Yang Jing had asked him to procure Demonic Materials, the Northern Army Governor’s Mansion had acquired a batch of Demon-Catching Tripods not long after.
The Demon Realms that had been embedded like nails within the territories of the Six Sects were completely uprooted, and a child of the Instantaneous Demon Venerable had even been killed.
If Wei Ying’s backer in the Dark Spring Demon Sect hadn’t been powerful enough, he never would have passed the internal investigation conducted by the Four Demon Sects at the time.
Even now, those Demon-Catching Tripods were still playing a huge role in the hands of the Northern Army Governor’s Mansion, keeping the Four Demon Sects completely suppressed.
"Fellow Daoist Wei, no need to panic," Yang Jing said to Wei Ying with a smile. "I just want to use these materials to refine a new Grand Array. When the time comes, whatever goods you want, I’ll catch them for you."
Although he couldn’t practice the Nine Heavens Secret Demon Profound Scripture, the Demon Summoning Technique within it was still usable. The scripture also recorded the refining methods for numerous Celestial Demon Summoning Arrays.
Thanks to Yang Jing’s sustainable method of over-harvesting, the numbers of Starfall True Demons and Yin Evil Spider Demons had been greatly reduced. Even the surviving Celestial Demons had become much more cautious and were no longer so easily tricked.
If these Celestial Demons couldn’t be tricked, how was Yang Jing’s cultivation supposed to advance? And where would the Spirit Stones for building the Flying Boat come from?
That was why he wanted to follow the diagrams in the Nine Heavens Secret Demon Profound Scripture to refine a Demon Summoning Array.
Upon hearing that Yang Jing could actually refine a Demon Summoning Array, Wei Ying’s eyes immediately lit up.
Compared to the Demonic Materials from various Celestial Demons, a Demon Summoning Array was far more valuable and much easier to sell.
Because the quantity of goods was too large and consisted entirely of precious Tier Three Demonic Materials, Wei Ying had to sell them himself. He could no longer operate through a Foundation Establishment Clan as he had before.
Even though he had attributed the origin of these Demonic Materials to the Northern Continent, many of his fellow sect members were still trying every means possible to uncover his source and replace him.
Yang Jing let out a cold snort, and only then did Wei Ying reluctantly dismiss the thought.
Yang Jing would naturally never arm his enemies with something like a Demon Summoning Array, an Array that could directly increase the power of the Demon Sects.
"Brother Wei just needs to tell me which goods sell well. I will naturally find them for you."
Wei Ying could only take out a Jade Scroll and record several of the most valuable types of Great Celestial Demons on it.
Yang Jing took the Jade Scroll, swept it with his Divine Sense, and nodded in satisfaction.
"Brother Wei, you should also expand your market. Now that you’ve reached Core Formation, you could very well venture into the Northern Continent. You might even be able to find a few more Spiritual Materials for me."
The Four Demon Sects no longer had many of the Spiritual Materials Yang Jing needed. But the Northern Continent was different.
Among the Five Continents of the Nine Heavens World, the Northern Continent’s resources were second only to the Central Continent’s, but most of it was occupied by the Demon Sects.
With Wei Ying’s status, it would be much more convenient for him to travel to the Northern Continent and procure Spiritual Objects for Yang Jing.
Wei Ying’s heart stirred. He had been claiming within his Sect that the Demonic Materials all came from the Northern Continent, but in reality, he had never once been there. It was inevitable that someone would see through his lie.
Besides, just like the cultivators of the Six Sects of the Western Continent, it was customary for cultivators of the Four Demon Sects to travel to the Northern Continent after reaching Core Formation.
