My Beasts Grind Proficiency For Me

Chapter 335 - 197: Other-Transformed Self-Free Celestial Demon 3

Yang Jing sent the Five Elements True Slaughter into the Profound Celestial Furnace. The five-colored True Killing Magical Power—white, cyan, black, red, and yellow—remained clearly distinct, floating quietly within the furnace’s chamber.

Once animated within this furnace, the Five Ding Divine Craftsmanship would be bound to it for life and death, only able to move in the immediate vicinity of the Profound Celestial Furnace.

With a single thought, Yang Jing activated his Talent, Five Ding Divine Craftsmanship.

He could feel a mysterious Abnormal Power flowing out of his body and pouring into the five streams of True Slaughter.

The Five Elements True Slaughter, suffused with the Abnormal Power, immediately began to transform, agitating restlessly within the furnace chamber. Specks of Spiritual Light drifted out from the chamber and merged into the bodies of the five streams of True Slaughter.

Yang Jing activated his Bright Qi Talent and recognized at a glance that this Spiritual Light was actually the Spiritual Essence that had dissipated from Spiritual Artifacts he had refined previously. This Spiritual Essence had settled in the furnace chamber, normally unnoticeable, and would have naturally faded away over time. Only a small fraction would have been absorbed by the Profound Celestial Furnace’s Artifact Spirit.

But now, spurred by the Five Ding Divine Craftsmanship Talent, all this Spiritual Light had become active.

It was only thanks to the high-intensity Artifact Refining sessions Yang Jing and Ji Feng had conducted before that so much Spiritual Essence had accumulated inside the Profound Celestial Furnace.

After absorbing all the Spiritual Essence, the five streams of True Slaughter suddenly transformed, turning into five palm-sized sprites. The sprites’ bodies were composed of the Five Elements—Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth—and only vaguely resembled a human form.

The five sprites cupped their hands and bowed to Yang Jing in salute.

Although they couldn’t speak, Yang Jing was telepathically connected to them and could hear them calling him "Master."

’Perhaps this Five Ding Divine Craftsmanship is a type of sprite that naturally comes into being inside an Artifact Refining Furnace after an Artifact Refining Grandmaster who has mastered the Five Elements Refining Technique to its absolute limit spends years and years refining Spiritual Artifacts and Magical Treasures.’

Yang Jing speculated. His Talent had condensed a process that would have taken hundreds of years and a stroke of luck to produce these sprites into a single instant.

However, because so few Spiritual Artifacts had been forged in this Profound Celestial Furnace, the Five Ding Divine Craftsmanship were like premature babies—somewhat sluggish and unable to even speak.

Only by refining a large number of Spiritual Artifacts and allowing the Five Ding Divine Craftsmanship to absorb the dissipated Spiritual Qi could their Spiritual Essence grow daily, until they eventually became true Divine Artisans capable of refining artifacts on their own.

Yang Jing called Ji Feng over.

"Master."

Ji Feng stood before Yang Jing.

"Have you decided which Spiritual Artifact you want to refine?"

Ji Feng took out a slip of paper and said:

"I have refined this Cyan Fire Sword before, so I’m most confident with it. I plan to make one first to get some practice."

"Alright."

As Yang Jing spoke, he gestured with his hand, and the Five Ding Divine Craftsmanship flew out of the furnace.

Although they couldn’t stray far from the Profound Celestial Furnace, they had no problem moving around its body.

Ji Feng showed no surprise at the sight of the Five Ding Divine Craftsmanship. After receiving the Empowerment, he had also learned of their existence.

"Let these five assist you in your Artifact Refining."

The Foundation Establishment Clan that received the Token was overjoyed and immediately brought over the various Spiritual Materials they had long prepared, along with the payment of Spirit Stones for Yang Jing.

After accepting the Spirit Stones and Spiritual Materials, Yang Jing handed them to Ji Feng and returned to his Quiet Chamber to cultivate the Tai Shi Five Elements True Talisman Scripture. Restoring the Essence Qi of the Celestial Waterfall Sword had already wasted a great deal of his time.

’As a member of the Human Race, he didn’t possess a long lifespan like his disciples. He had to make every second count.’

「Two days later.」

Ji Feng presented the completed Cyan Fire Sword to Yang Jing.

Because the Spiritual Artifacts his Master Yang Jing refined were all very simple and focused on practicality, he hadn’t added many adornments to the Cyan Fire Sword, leaving it as a simple, sharp blade.

The Flying Sword was brimming with Spiritual Charm.

Yang Jing held the Cyan Fire Sword in his hand but didn’t channel any Magical Power into it. He took a piece of Iron Essence and, with a light slice, cut it in half. The cut surface was as smooth as a mirror.

"Not bad. This is already a first-rate Sword Artifact."

Yang Jing hadn’t infused it with Magical Power because the Foundation Establishment Clan that commissioned this sword hoped to one day refine it into a Tier Three Magical Treasure to anchor their clan’s destiny.

If it were tainted by too many impure energies right after being forged, there would be obstacles when upgrading it to a Magical Treasure in the future.

Yang Jing sealed the sword back in its case and had the Foundation Establishment Clan that ordered it come and retrieve it.

The clan’s ancestor took out the Sword Artifact and was overjoyed when he saw the Cyan Fire Sword shimmering with Spiritual Light and brimming with charm. He completely failed to realize it was Ji Feng’s handiwork.

With the help of the Divine Fire Gourd and the Five Ding Divine Craftsmanship, Ji Feng’s Artifact Refining efficiency became astonishingly high. He could finish a Spiritual Artifact in as few as seven days, or sixteen at the most. The quality of these Spiritual Artifacts was all extremely high, full of Spiritual Essence, with at least a twenty percent chance of being upgraded to a Tier Three Magical Treasure.

And that was even accounting for the time he spent cultivating the Five Talisman Scripture and his True Phoenix Body.

Such astonishing efficiency and quality made even the Foundation Establishment Clans who had been skeptical of the rumors unable to sit still any longer.

This high intensity of Artifact Refining even prompted Meng Sima to send a Token, urging Yang Jing not to get lost in Artifact Refining and to prioritize his Cultivation.

「One day.」

After changing his appearance and aura with the Inconstant Illusionary Form Technique, Yang Jing arrived in a desolate stretch of wilderness.

Wei Ying had been waiting there for a long time.

"Fellow Daoist Yang Jing!"

"I didn’t expect you to gather the Spiritual Materials for the Demon-Catching Tripod so quickly," Yang Jing said with some surprise.

"Which True Disciple in our Four Demon Sects doesn’t want a Demon-Catching Tripod? I just purchased the Spiritual Materials they had collected," Wei Ying said, not without a hint of pride.