My Beasts Grind Proficiency For Me

Chapter 333 - 197: Other-Transformed Self-Free Celestial Demon

A flicker of joy lit up in Wei Ying’s heart. He knew that since Yang Jing had started negotiating terms, he had already agreed to the request to refine the Demon-Catching Tripod.

The Demon-Catching Tripod was once the Sect’s Treasure of the Western Demon Sect, but the original Tier Five version had disappeared long ago when the sect splintered. Today, while the Refining Technique for the tripod had spread throughout the Four Demon Sects, managing to create one that could reach Tier Four was exceedingly rare.

Not only were the Spiritual Materials required for the tripod incredibly rare and precious, but the demands it placed on an Artifact Refiner were also exceptionally high, unlike other Demon Sect Treasures.

"What is it you want, Fellow Daoist Yang Jing?"

"We can talk about that later. The Spiritual Materials for refining the Demon-Catching Tripod aren’t easy to gather. We’ll discuss it again once you’ve collected them all."

Yang Jing spoke. His disciple, Yinjiao, had already reached Foundation Establishment, and as his master, he naturally wanted to refine a Flying Sword for him. In the Demon Sect, the prices for some Top Tier Spiritual Materials were much cheaper than within the Six Sects.

However, since Yinjiao had not yet decided what kind of Flying Sword he wanted to refine, Yang Jing did not know what Spiritual Materials he would need.

Wei Ying smiled confidently. Thanks to his long-term role as a supplier for Yang Jing, his status among the Four Demon Sects was far greater than before. While the Spiritual Materials required for the Demon-Catching Tripod were rare, finding them wouldn’t be too difficult for him.

"Give me the Refining Atlas for the Demon-Catching Tripod first. The Refining Techniques for a Demon Sect Artifact and a Taoist Spiritual Artifact are poles apart. I need to study it for a bit first."

Yang Jing said this quite naturally.

Wei Ying harbored no suspicions. The refining method for the Demon-Catching Tripod was no longer considered all that precious among the Four Demon Sects. It had become so widespread that their leadership had simply written it off as a lost cause.

With a flip of his hand, he took out a Jade Scroll from his Storage Bag and handed it to Yang Jing.

Yang Jing put the Jade Scroll away. Without exchanging any pleasantries with Wei Ying, he simply stood up and left. Wei Ying took no offense; their relationship was purely transactional, with no need for such courtesies.

After confirming that no one was following him, Yang Jing quietly returned to his residence in the Northern Army Governor’s Mansion and dispelled the Inconstant Illusionary Form Technique.

His disciples were busy with their own tasks; some were occupied with Talisman Making, others with Artifact Refining. Yang Jing, however, simply plopped down leisurely on a recliner and took out the Jade Scroll containing the Refining Atlas for the Demon-Catching Tripod.

Somewhat unexpectedly, fifty to sixty percent of the Refining Atlas for the Demon-Catching Tripod was actually identical to the Taoist Sect’s methods of Artifact Refining.

But on second thought, it made sense. The very first Demon Cultivators were Taoist Sect Cultivators who had been tempted by Outer Celestial Demons and corrupted by Demon Contamination. They still carried heavy traces of their Taoist origins.

The more ancient the Magical Treasure, the more its Refining Technique had in common with that of the Taoist Sect.

Yang Jing meticulously read through the entire Refining Technique for the Demon-Catching Tripod and couldn’t help but be amazed. ’The person who created this tripod was a true, peerless genius.’

The original intent behind this tripod was to use a Magical Treasure to imitate the mighty power of the Other-Transformed Self-Free Celestial Demon, one of the Celestial Demons.

The Other-Transformed Self-Free Celestial Demon is one of the Four Celestial Princes and rules over all other demons. Its status among the Outer Celestial Demons is far beyond that of any ordinary one. For all other kinds of Celestial Demons from the Outer Realm, there are corresponding Demon Skills in circulation; a Cultivator can practice these skills to transform into that type of demon. But for the Other-Transformed Self-Free Celestial Demon, no such Demon Skill is known to exist in the Nine Heavens World.

’To think the creator of the Demon-Catching Tripod actually tried to use a Magical Treasure to replicate the authority the Other-Transformed Self-Free Celestial Demon holds over all other demons... Truly audacious beyond measure.’

Yang Jing even began to speculate. ’The Outer Celestial Demons have their Four Celestial Princes, while the Nine Heavens World’s Demon Sect has the Four Directions Demon Sect. Each has its own inherited Demon Sect Treasure.’

’It’s highly likely that these four types of Demon Sect Treasures correspond to each of the Four Celestial Princes.’

The fundamental Restriction of the Demon-Catching Tripod was a single Ten Thousand Transformations Demon Prohibition, supplemented by various auxiliary Restrictions, and even a Taoist Sect Demon-Locking Treasure Prohibition. The complexity of all these Restrictions far surpassed that of the Celestial Waterfall Sword and any other Spiritual Artifact Yang Jing had previously refined.

Yang Jing had never even heard of the Demon-Locking Treasure Prohibition. He could only deduce that it was a Taoist Sect Restriction based on its style, which was completely different from the other Demon Prohibitions.

The creator of the Demon-Catching Tripod had not only created a Top Tier Restriction like the Ten Thousand Transformations Demon Prohibition, but had also perfectly combined all these complex Restrictions into a flawless whole.

Their attainments in Artifact Refining were so profound that Yang Jing felt a sense of awe, as if gazing up at a towering mountain.

However, a Top Tier Magical Treasure like this also had extremely high requirements for the skill of the Artifact Refiner. This was especially true for the Ten Thousand Transformations Demon Prohibition, whose difficulty surpassed all the other Restrictions.

The Cultivators of the Four Demon Sects had long grown accustomed to the simple and crude Refining Techniques of modern Demon Sect Treasures. To suddenly ask them to refine a Magical Treasure like the Demon-Catching Tripod was, naturally, a monumental task.

Yang Jing couldn’t resist taking the Demon-Catching Tripod out of his Storage Bag, placing it on the ground to examine it closely. As he looked it over, he couldn’t help but shake his head.

Before obtaining the Refining Atlas for the Demon-Catching Tripod, Yang Jing naturally couldn’t tell the quality of this particular tripod. But now that he had the atlas, he realized its refining was an absolute mess. The fact that it was even successfully created was a complete fluke.

With his perfectionist nature, he was tempted to melt down the Demon-Catching Tripod on the spot and reforge it.

Seeing Yang Jing circle it, shaking his head and sighing, the Demon-Catching Tripod immediately began to tremble with fear.

Yang Jing suppressed the urge, gave the Demon-Catching Tripod a reassuring pat, and put it back into his Storage Bag.

Reforging a Spiritual Artifact was no simple matter. If the method was improper, the intelligence within the Spiritual Artifact would be destroyed, and the result would be equivalent to a brand-new Spiritual Artifact.

The Artifact Spirits of Demon Sect Treasures were mostly perverse and volatile. Chi Yu’s Red Blood Saber was a typical example; it would injure people at the slightest provocation and would even turn on its own master.

The Artifact Spirit of the Demon-Catching Tripod, however, was an anomaly. Firmly believing that discretion is the better part of valor, it had been exceptionally docile ever since falling into Yang Jing’s hands.