My Beasts Grind Proficiency For Me

Chapter 203 - 106: Profound Carp Association Mode (Part 2)

Wei Ying didn’t breathe a sigh of relief. On the contrary, he became even more vigilant, discreetly preparing to play his trump card—one he had originally intended to use against a Golden Core Cultivator from the Northern Domain.

Yang Jing brought his hands together, retracting the Five Elements True Thunder.

"Your power is impressive. We can make a deal."

His Grotto Dark Dharma Eye, combined with his Bright Qi Talent, had just detected a faint wisp of a Celestial Demon’s aura on Wei Ying. He might not have recognized an ordinary Celestial Demon, but there was no mistaking this particular aura.

This was clearly the aura of a Profound Yin Blood Demon.

Yang Jing instantly thought of a famous Spirit Talisman from the Dark Spring Demon Sect: the Celestial Demon Blood Escape Talisman. Once activated, it would transform into a ray of blood-red light, allowing its user to escape eight hundred miles in an instant. Its escape speed was identical to the Blood Escape of a Profound Yin Blood Demon—so fast that not even a Nascent Soul Cultivator could catch up.

If he used his Thunder Escape, he might be able to keep pace for about a hundred yards, but beyond that, he would be completely left in the dust.

’Since I can’t kill him, I might as well see if we can make a mutually beneficial deal.’

Since arriving in the Northern Domain, Yang Jing had killed nearly two hundred Demon Cultivators. All sorts of miscellaneous Demon Sect Artifacts, materials, and Elixirs were now practically overflowing from his Storage Bags.

To him, these items were completely useless. Aside from needing two entire Storage Bags just to hold them, they served no purpose. Yet, it felt like too much of a waste to simply discard or destroy them.

As the foremost Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator of the Dark Spring Demon Sect, even Zhonglan Cha from the Red Yin Demon Sect deferred to him. With his vast network, disposing of these items would be a simple matter.

"What kind of cooperation?"

Wei Ying asked warily.

Yang Jing used Earth Escape, instantly appearing at the spot where he had unleashed the Taixiao True Thunder to kill the Demon Sect disciples. When he used the Thunder Technique, he had intentionally avoided their Storage Bags and treasures.

With a surge of his Magical Power, the Storage Bags and treasures flew into the air.

He immediately collected the Dragon Blood Resin and Blood Crystal. Then, from a distance, he used his Divine Sense to break the Restrictions on the Storage Bags and dumped out all their contents.

Wei Ying was shocked. ’Yang Jing’s Divine Sense is so powerful! Is this man truly without a single weakness?’

Unaware of Wei Ying’s thoughts, Yang Jing simply picked out the items useful to him from the pile of junk and stored them away. Then, he used Spiritual Fire to incinerate anything taken from human bodies, such as blood, skin, and bones.

"Take a look. What do you think all this is worth?"

Wei Ying gestured to Zhonglan Cha with his Divine Sense. She shot Yang Jing a wary glance before cautiously stepping forward.

Even for a True Disciple of the Red Yin Demon Sect like her, the sight of so many treasures was dazzling.

Zhonglan Cha composed herself and first picked out eight Demonic Spiritual Artifacts. The Demon Sect’s Artifact Refining methods were unscrupulous, making the process much simpler than for the Six Sects, but these artifacts were still quite valuable. Even notoriously frugal cultivators like the Si Qichang brothers couldn’t afford them.

Afterward, she identified many precious Spiritual Materials and opened every Pill Bottle to determine the type of Spirit Pill within. It took a full half an hour before she had a rough appraisal of everything.

"All together, everything is worth roughly one hundred and ten thousand Spirit Stones."

Zhonglan Cha felt a twinge of regret. If those Spiritual Materials taken from human bodies hadn’t been destroyed, the total value would have been at least one hundred and fifty thousand.

These True Disciples of the Demon Sects had killed plenty of people for materials since arriving in the Northern Domain.

In the Four Demon Sects, the corpse of a single Foundation Establishment Cultivator was worth at least eight thousand Spirit Stones. To just burn it like that... it was a downright sinful waste.

Wei Ying was no fool; he understood what Yang Jing wanted to do. His heart skipped a beat as he immediately realized this was a massive money-making opportunity. With Yang Jing’s power, who knew how many more Demon Cultivators would die at his hands in the future.

If he had a channel to offload Yang Jing’s captured loot, wouldn’t he make an absolute killing?

Yang Jing hadn’t expected Zhonglan Cha’s appraisal to be so fair; it was only a few thousand Spirit Stones off from his own estimate.

"Alright, how do we make this trade?"

Wei Ying was already getting impatient.

"I want a Star Core—the bigger and purer its Star Power, the better. If you can find one over three feet wide, I have no problem paying double. Additionally, for Spiritual Materials like Profound Gold, Profound Essence Gang Silver, and Red Essence Fire Copper, I’ll value them at twenty percent above Celestial Treasure Tower prices. If we trade with Spirit Stones directly, it will be at the appraised value."

Yang Jing said.

Wei Ying considered it for a moment, then nodded.

"Those terms are very fair."

In the territories of the Four Demon Sects, Spirit Stones were only worth about eighty percent of their value in the lands of the Six Sects. The Spiritual Materials Yang Jing mentioned were also priced much lower than at the Celestial Treasure Tower. He stood to make at least a twenty-percent profit from their arrangement.

"Also, information on a Demon Sect’s True Disciple—their location, preferred techniques, and Cultivation Technique—is worth three thousand Spirit Stones to me, once I’ve verified it."

Yang Jing said, looking at Wei Ying,

"If you have any enemies in the Demon Sects, or if there’s someone who has a treasure you want, just let me know."

Wei Ying’s eyes lit up.

He had witnessed Yang Jing’s power firsthand. Among all the peers he knew from the Four Demon Sects, almost no one was his match.

With such an expert helping him eliminate his rivals, who could possibly escape when they coordinated from both the inside and out?

"Brother Yang, you are truly straightforward! I happen to have a Communication Mirror on me; we can use it to stay in touch. While Star Cores have some value in the Demon Sects, they aren’t nearly as useful as they are to the Six Sects. I will be sure to find you the highest-quality one."

Though Wei Ying was enthusiastic, he didn’t dare get too close to Yang Jing, fearing a sudden, vicious attack that would leave him no time to activate his Celestial Demon Blood Escape Talisman.

From a distance, he tossed a small mirror toward Yang Jing.

Although Yang Jing inspected the small mirror with his Grotto Dark Dharma Eye and Bright Qi Talent and detected nothing unusual, he still held it suspended in the air from a distance rather than taking it directly with his hand.

"I look forward to our first trade."

After saying this, he collected the pile of demonic treasures and silently vanished on the spot.

Wei Ying focused his senses, only then confirming that Yang Jing had departed using Earth Escape.

’What a formidable Escape Technique. So perfectly natural, it left almost no trace. The man’s skill is matched only by his audacity. No wonder he’s not the least bit panicked, even with the Illusion Demon Sect hunting him with the Taiyin Illusion Demon Banner.’

Shared interests can truly stir the soul; his tone now carried a hint of respect for a kindred spirit.

Zhonglan Cha directed her Hair-Head Demon to scout the area, but it couldn’t find a single trace of Yang Jing’s aura. She was inwardly shocked, gaining a whole new appreciation for his level of power.

"Wei Minister, is cooperating with him... reliable?"

She still felt as if she were in a dream. One moment they were locked in a life-or-death battle, and the next they were business partners?

"He sensed the Celestial Demon Blood Escape Talisman on my person," Wei Ying said. "He knew he couldn’t kill me and happened to be carrying a pile of treasures he couldn’t use, so he chose to cooperate."

Without that Celestial Demon Blood Escape Talisman, he might have been able to escape after paying a heavy price, but Zhonglan Cha would have been as good as dead.

"What a terrifying man. For the Six Sects to produce such a ’killing star’... in a hundred years, I’m afraid our Four Demon Sects will be completely suppressed by them."

Zhonglan Cha said with lingering fear. Even now, residual lightning from the Taixiao True Thunder crackled in the wound on her abdomen, preventing it from healing. She waved her hand, formed a seal, and cast a silencing spell to prevent any prying ears.

"After our trade is successful, should we... try to set an ambush and kill him?"

Wei Ying shook his head.

"How can a single Taiyin Illusion Demon Banner compare to a steady stream of wealth? Besides, the man is a master of Earth Escape; his ability to flee is on par with my Celestial Demon Blood Escape Talisman. If we tried and he escaped, we’d have needlessly made a mortal enemy."

"And so what if he suppresses our Four Demon Sects? Could things possibly get worse than the years when the Northern Demon Sect was annihilated?" Wei Ying was rather pragmatic. "The current balance of power on the Western Continent can’t be changed by the appearance of a single genius. All that talk about the future of the sects is empty; only the wealth you can hold in your hand is real. Besides, Core Formation is a huge hurdle on the path of cultivation. It’s not even certain if that Yang Jing of his will ever manage it."

"With this new source of income from Yang Jing, my own chances of reaching Core Formation are sure to increase by twenty percent!"

"Congratulations, Wei Minister! My sincerest congratulations!"

A look of adoration filled Zhonglan Cha’s beautiful eyes.