My Beasts Grind Proficiency For Me

Chapter 396 - 244: Golden Core Pill

Once the Demon Realm shrank to a certain limit, it suddenly underwent a violent collapse.

Spiritual Qi raged like a storm, surging toward the crack in the Heaven and Earth Embryonic Membrane with terrifying force. Even the surrounding earth and rock were swept high into the sky.

Dozens of Demon Suppression Army soldiers, caught off guard, were swept into the sky amid cries of alarm.

With a thunderclap, a strand of Great Cave True Thunder condensed into a chain, shot skyward, and in the blink of an eye, wrapped around the waists of the Demon Suppression Army soldiers, pulling them back to the ground.

"Thank you, Minister."

They stared at the True Thunder Chain around their waists, still shaken from the ordeal.

If Yang Jing had acted a moment slower, they would have been sucked into the Demon Realm. A fate worse than death would have surely awaited them then.

The Spiritual Qi storm raged for over three hours before it slowly dissipated.

Only after the dust settled did the Demon Suppression Army soldiers, who had taken shelter in their arrays, dare to emerge and investigate.

The rift in the Heaven and Earth Embryonic Membrane remained, but a shimmering film formed from converged Spiritual Light now covered it, preventing Celestial Demons from the Outer Realm from entering the Nine Heavens World.

’It seems that even with the Demon Realm gone, repairing the rift in the Heaven and Earth Embryonic Membrane will take a long time,’ Yang Jing thought, gazing at the membrane of light.

However, that was a problem for the upper echelons of the Six Sects to worry about. It had little to do with a mere Foundation Establishment Cultivator like him.

"It’s raining!"

A soldier from the Demon Suppression Army cried out in surprise.

A fine drizzle began to fall from the sky. The soldiers of the Demon Suppression Army, drenched by the rain, were shocked to discover a cool energy within the raindrops. As it fell upon them, it actually had the effect of refining their Magical Power.

The Demonic Qi that clung to the soil was completely washed away by this rain.

"This is a divine rain!"

a knowledgeable Yu Hou exclaimed.

Hearing that a divine rain was falling, the soldiers of the Demon Suppression Army rushed out from their arrays, allowing the Spirit Rain to cleanse their bodies.

Some of the soldiers had been unknowingly tainted by Demonic Qi. As the rain washed over them, they instantly felt their bodies grow lighter, a weight lifted from their hearts, and a sense of profound relief washed over them.

Yang Jing also lowered his magical defenses, allowing the divine rain to drench him.

Over the past two years, he had relied on Refining Celestial Demons, and his Magical Power had advanced tremendously. Yet even with the True and False Five Elements Wheel to purify it, his Magical Power still contained an unavoidable trace of agitation.

As the divine rain washed over him, that agitation was instantly swept away.

The rain came as quickly as it went, stopping after little more than half an hour. The downpour gathered into streams in the mountains, carrying away the purged Muddy Qi and Evil Qi as it flowed downhill with a gentle burble.

Some soldiers who had collected the rainwater in vessels suddenly discovered that the divine rain had turned into ordinary water, much to their disappointment.

Yang Jing shook his head.

’This divine rain is essentially the pure, ethereal Qi from above the Nine Heavens. It merely clings to the raindrops as it falls. The moment it mixes with the impure energies of the earth, it loses its essence. It’s impossible to preserve through ordinary means.’

’Even Nascent Soul Cultivators must risk flying to the Nine Heavens just to search for this Qi.’

’The fact that these soldiers could enjoy even a fraction of it through this rain is a stroke of incredible luck.’

Still, everyone present had earned great merit in the war to subdue the Demon Realm. They had gained the favor of Heaven and Earth, which would at least make their future cultivation a little smoother.

Yang Jing let out a slow breath, flew into the air, and gazed out at the landscape.

Even nourished by the divine rain, the former site of the Nine Yang Sect was still devoid of life. At least the Demonic Qi that had infested the area was now completely purged by the pure, ethereal Qi.

It would take at least several hundred years to restore it to its former glory from a millennium ago.

About half a day later, Meng Sima arrived at the army’s encampment aboard a Flying Boat.

He looked up at the rift in the sky. Though he had prepared himself mentally, he was so overcome with emotion that he burst into tears on the spot.

This Demon Realm had been a thorn in the side of the Northern Army Governor’s Mansion, a great weight on the heart of every Marching Marshal. To think it would be completely eliminated during his tenure.

With this accomplishment, his name would be recorded in the annals of the Six Sects.

"Yang Jing, you have done well!"

Slightly embarrassed, Meng Sima wiped the tears from his face and took a golden Inheritance Jade Scroll from his robes.

"This is the Celestial Thunders Nine Techniques, the inherited Celestial Thunder Technique of my Supreme Profound Upper Yang Sect. I originally planned to give it to you when you stepped down as Demon Patrol Envoy, but the affair with the Demon Realm delayed things by another year."

The Celestial Thunders Nine Techniques was one of the core inheritances of the Supreme Profound Upper Yang Sect. Although its value had greatly diminished upon reaching the Western Continent, the number of Merit Points required to redeem it for a member of another sect to cultivate was still astronomical.

Yang Jing respectfully accepted the Jade Scroll.

"Thank you, Meng Sima."

Meng Sima quickly helped Yang Jing up, only allowing him to complete half of his bow. After leading the army to eradicate the Demon Realm, Yang Jing’s status was no longer what it once was; Meng Sima truly felt he couldn’t accept such a formal sign of respect.

"The Celestial Thunders Nine Techniques is merely for your work with the Seven Nations Ticket Shop. As for the merit you’ve earned by eradicating the Demon Realm, that is far beyond what a mere Golden Core cultivator like myself can reward."

The Seven Nations Ticket Shop was growing ever more prosperous. This was especially true after the Six Sects’ ban, which had restricted the Ticket Shop to the Northern Domain Seven Kingdoms, expired a year ago. Since then, it had begun to expand rapidly.

If not for that, Yang Jingxu would not have been able, with a single word, to make those Golden Core Clans hold their noses and lend out their clans’ Flying Boats.

Unlike the Six Great Sects, for one of those clans to build a single Flying Boat, even at the height of its power, would require at least a century of accumulated resources. If the profits from the Seven Nations Ticket Shop weren’t so alluring, they wouldn’t have lent out their Flying Boats so willingly, not even under a direct order from the Governor.

Riding the favorable winds of the Seven Nations Ticket Shop, Meng Sima’s status had also skyrocketed. Based on his past accumulated merit, he might not be able to redeem a Nascent Soul Pill, but acquiring a slightly inferior Nascent Soul Elixir was definitely not a problem.