Chapter 472: Chapter 3: Chopping Melons and Dicing Vegetables
This Five Elements Hand was called the Innate Five Elements Grand Capture. He had created it by combining the Innate Grand Capture and the Pure Yang Qi Grand Capture. The Magic Technique used Celestial Gang Qi as its skeleton and Five Elements Magical Power as its flesh, a fusion of Qi Refining and Body Refining with endless applications.
This Capture Technique was based on the mutual generation of the Five Elements, so its suppressing power would only grow stronger. Even if he did nothing more, it could crush Wu Tianlin to death right where he lay.
"You old turtle, how kind of you to deliver another Turtle Pearl right into my hands."
Hearing this, Wu Tianlin, who had been scrabbling wildly in the mud, snapped his eyes open and twisted his head to look at Yang Jing.
"So you’re the one who killed my grandson!"
He looked like he wanted to swallow Yang Jing whole.
Spear in hand, Yang Jing directly sliced off the turtle’s head, then dispelled the Innate Five Elements Grand Capture.
"The sound of the Sea-shaking Drum will attract other Demon Armies. We should go."
As he spoke, he stored Wu Tianlin’s corpse in his Inner World and cleaned up the scene of the Magical Combat. Then, placing a hand on Shao Zhongguang’s shoulder, he unleashed his Magical Power and tunneled away.
Yang Jing didn’t stop until he had tunneled nearly three hundred li away.
"Thank you for saving me, Master."
Shao Zhongguang spoke, ashamed and remorseful. If Yang Jing hadn’t saved him this time, he would have been dead ten times over.
Yang Jing shook his head. ’If I hadn’t killed that Foundation Establishment Demon on a whim, Shao Zhongguang wouldn’t have ended up besieged by three Golden Core Demon Kings.’ He had only returned to investigate out of curiosity after hearing the Sea-shaking Drum. It was pure coincidence that he had saved his Named Disciple.
"Many Golden Core Demons from the Land Monster King’s Court have come to assist the Hundred-Eyed Demon Saint this time," Yang Jing said. "Their methods are all extraordinary, so don’t be so careless in the future."
"I won’t escort you back to the Eastern Army Governor’s Mansion this time. Be careful on land. If you run into anyone, just say you used a Water Escape Talisman. Don’t tell them it was I who saved you."
"As you command!"
Shao Zhongguang knew, of course, that his Master was on his way to the Central Continent to compete for the Nine Marvelous Creation Qi. Though he was curious why his Master wasn’t traveling by Flying Boat, he knew better than to expose his whereabouts.
Watching Shao Zhongguang depart as an inconspicuous streak of bloody light, Yang Jing didn’t leave immediately. Instead, he entered his Inner World.
Inside the Inner World, the corpses of the three demons had all reverted to their original forms, their bodies immense. Even in death, they still radiated a heaven-piercing Demon Qi and Blood Evil Qi.
’I was just thinking about making a Turtle Pearl chain, and a Tier Three Turtle Pearl comes knocking at my door. It seems my luck on this trip isn’t half bad.’
Yang Jing looked at Wu Tianlin’s mountain-like body, a pleased expression on his face.
Once a Turtle Demon advanced to become a Golden Core Demon King, it would invariably form a Turtle Pearl within its body, just like a cultivator’s Golden Core.
The potency of a Turtle Pearl from a Golden Core Demon King was naturally far superior to one from a Foundation Establishment-level demon.
Furthermore, its Turtle Shell, Turtle Blood, and turtle bones were all rare Spiritual Materials that could be used for refining Spirit Pills and Magical Treasures.
The same was true for the Netherworld Tiger and the Bluefin Monster Fish.
Yang Jing summoned the Celestial Waterfall Sword from his Dantian. With the effortless skill of a master butcher, he dismembered the three demon corpses and then extracted the Turtle Pearl.
As expected of a Turtle Pearl nurtured by a Golden Core Demon King. Just holding it in his hand, Yang Jing felt a cool sensation spread through his True Gang.
And this was before it was even placed in a Pill Furnace and refined with various Spirit Medicines. After refining, its potency would be even greater.
"Master, this Turtle Demon’s Essence Blood is rich with Spiritual Charm! It can be refined into a Spirit Pill from the Pure Yang Pill Scripture called the Turtle Nether Pill. It can increase the Cultivation of a True Yang Body and even help one pass the True Body Barrier," Iron Head said to Yang Jing, overjoyed as he looked at the Turtle Demon’s body, which was brimming with torrential Blood Qi.
Turtle Blood is yin-natured, and having been tempered by the Turtle Pearl, it is exceptionally pure, making it a rare Spirit Medicine for Alchemy. The Pure Yang Pill Scripture contains several elixirs that require Turtle Blood. Many of them have the effect of balancing the excess heat generated during the cultivation of a True Yang Body.
The Turtle Nether Pill was one such Tier Three Spirit Pill. Foundation Establishment Cultivators shouldn’t consume too much of it, lest the overwhelming yin nature damage the yang aspect of their Gang Qi. It was best taken when attempting to pass the True Body Barrier, as it could reduce the time and pain of the Yang Fire Body Refining.
Before setting out, they had brought many common Spirit Medicines. They had also cultivated Spirit Fields upon the Spirit Vein in the Inner World to grow more, but to refine this Turtle Nether Pill, they were still missing several precious supplementary herbs.
Yang Jing said with some regret, "What a pity. If I had known about this Spirit Pill earlier, I would have captured it alive and drawn its blood monthly for Alchemy."
This was, after all, still the sea territory ruled by the Hundred-Eyed Demon Saint. After briefly processing the three Golden Core Demons’ corpses, Yang Jing returned to the sea outside and continued his journey toward the Central Continent.
Three Golden Core Demon Kings had been killed in quick succession, two of them reinforcements from the Land Royal Court. The Hundred-Eyed Demon Saint naturally guessed that a formidable figure had entered his domain. He even suspected the intruder was a Nascent Soul True Monarch. Only a power like that could prevent three Golden Core Demon Kings from escaping, or even sending out a message.
The previously quiet sea territory instantly erupted into turmoil. Countless Demon Armies, formed from all sorts of sea demons, began to patrol back and forth, trying to find any trace of the intruder.
The Golden Core Demon Kings were on high alert, as if facing a great enemy.
However, when Yang Jing used his Water Escape, he could completely transform himself into a current of water. Unless his opponent’s Water Escape was superior to his, or they cultivated some powerful Eye Technique, it was fundamentally impossible to see through his Escape Technique.
The Hundred-Eyed Demon Saint, as his name suggested, likely possessed an extraordinary Eye Technique. But as long as Yang Jing didn’t come face-to-face with him, the Golden Core Realm Demon Kings under his command had absolutely no chance of discovering him.
After bypassing several patrolling Demon Armies, Yang Jing spent only a day reaching the edge of the Hundred-Eyed Great Saint’s territory.
Here, deeper into the ocean, not only was the foul, malevolent qi much thicker, but wisps of Demonic Qi also drifted through the water.
This was all Demonic Qi that had escaped from the Demon Realm at the bottom of the sea.
Unlike Celestial Demons, Demons were, after all, living beings of the Nine Heavens World. Just like cultivators, they were also highly resistant to Demonic Qi. If they were careless and became tainted by it, they would degenerate into Demon Monsters, losing all their Spiritual Essence and descending into madness.
These Demon Monsters could even pass their Demonic Qi on to other Demons, which was incredibly strange.
In the sea ahead, the number of Demons dropped sharply. Instead, there were far more sea fish that had been tainted by Demonic Qi and turned into Demon Monsters.
The Hundred-Eyed Great Saint had specifically dispatched a Demon Army to stand guard here, led by his own offspring, to prevent these Demon Monsters from invading the territory under his control.
The Demons in the army warily slew any Demon Monsters that tried to cross the Sea Border. They would then toss the corpses back beyond the border, unwilling to be tainted by even a single drop of Demon Blood.
To dominate a region in the sea, one needed to be at least at the Nascent Soul Demon Saint Realm, precisely because of these underwater Demon Realms.
A mere Golden Core Demon King’s Realm was not enough to guard a territory. A single sea monster completely corrupted by Demonic Qi could easily wipe them out.
Only a Demon Saint at the Nascent Soul Realm could withstand the Celestial Demons that charged out of the Demon Realms and the various Demon Monsters under their control. The territories of the many Demon Saints in the sea were mostly divided by the locations of these Demon Realms.
The territory occupied by the West Sea Great Saint, located at the edge of the Western Continent, suffered the least harassment from Celestial Demons. Because it was adjacent to the Western Continent, it was also rich in resources, making it a rare treasure trove in the sea.
The Hundred-Eyed Demon Saint had been able to seize this territory for two reasons: first, he had endured countless bitter and vicious battles, and second, he had borrowed the power of the Land Monster King’s Court from the Western Continent. It had not been easy.
Yang Jing glanced at the wary Demons, transformed into a stealthy current of water, and slipped right past them, rushing straight into the sea region ahead.
For Yang Jing, who had once entered a Demon Realm himself, this minuscule amount of Demonic Qi in the sea was naturally insignificant.
However, due to the interference from the Demonic Qi, his Water Escape’s tunneling speed slowed slightly.
Yang Jing paid it no mind. As long as he passed through this sea region polluted by the Demon Realm, his tunneling speed would quickly recover.
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