My Beasts Grind Proficiency For Me

Chapter 338 - 199: Cauldron Spirit’s Ten Thousand Transformations

’Success!’

Yang Jing’s mind was at ease. The most difficult step of the Rebirth and Transformation was complete. What came next would actually be much easier than ordinary Artifact Refining.

The Demon-Catching Tripod’s Artifact Spirit, now inhabiting the Fetal Model, felt a very strange sensation. It was as if it were a Cultivator who had seized a body to be reborn, swapping its old form for a new one.

Only, this new body was immeasurably more agile and ethereal than its original one.

Having already refined one Demon-Catching Tripod, the subsequent operations held no difficulty for Yang Jing. It was just that the Demon Gold was much heavier and harder to shape than the Nine Deaths Evil Iron.

But with the help of the Five Ding Divine Craftsmanship, everything fell into place naturally.

The greatest difference between the Five Elements Refining Technique at the Mastery Tier and the one at the Peak of Perfection Realm was these five sprites. They handled all the tedious minutiae of Artifact Refining, transforming the process from complex physical labor into an act of creation.

Yang Jing even had the leisure to slightly adjust the shape of the Demon-Catching Tripod according to his own aesthetic preferences.

The new tripod stood about four chi tall. Its mouth was three-point-three chi long and two-point-four chi wide. The artifact’s form was square and imposing, with two handles on top and supported by four pillar-like legs. It weighed a staggering 156,000 jin, with most of that weight coming from the Demon Gold.

The original piece of Demon Gold weighed 738,000 jin. After refining away all impurities and miscellaneous qi, its weight had been reduced as much as possible.

A Spiritual Artifact of this weight would be nearly impossible for other Cultivators to wield, but for Yang Jing, it was perfect.

The Demon-Catching Tripod was bathed in a brilliant golden light, as if forged from pure gold. Its form was massive, majestic, and solemn. The body of the tripod was cast with patterns of various Spirit Beasts subduing Demons. Only the center was left blank, leaving space for the patterns that would form after Refining Celestial Demons.

Although the Restrictions inside the tripod were all complete, Yang Jing applied a Sealing Talisman he had prepared earlier to prevent the Demon-Catching Tripod from generating its own Spiritual Essence.

The materials and Refining Technique of this Demon-Catching Tripod had both reached the peak for a Tier Two Spiritual Artifact. Yang Jing suspected that if he didn’t apply the Sealing Talisman, the original Demon-Catching Tripod’s Artifact Spirit might not be able to compete with a newly-born one.

Moreover, although the Sealing Talisman suppressed the Demon-Catching Tripod, its Spiritual Essence didn’t disappear. Once the Artifact Spirit merged with the tripod’s body, it could naturally absorb this Spiritual Essence for its own use.

Yang Jing channeled his Magical Power, levitated the heavy Demon-Catching Tripod, and placed it into his Storage Bag.

An ordinary Storage Bag wouldn’t have been able to bear the Demon-Catching Tripod’s immense weight. The one he used was the High Tier Storage Bag that Canyuan True Monarch had given him.

Stepping out of the Fire Room, Yang Jing returned to his residence’s courtyard.

Transferring the Demon-Catching Tripod’s Artifact Spirit from the Fetal Model into the new artifact body required the power of a Ritual. However, the Ritual for the Rebirth Transformation Technique was not complex; it was far simpler than both the Thunder-Summoning Altar Ritual and the Sword Qi Canon.

Though it was simple, Yang Jing didn’t dare be careless with this final, crucial step. He instructed Iron Head and Ji Feng to prepare all the items needed for the Ritual, strictly following the steps recorded in the Five Elements Refining Technique.

He placed the straw-woven Fetal Model into the newly refined Demon-Catching Tripod, then, holding the Celestial Waterfall Sword, he ascended the platform to begin the procedure.

As Yang Jing paced out a ritual pattern on the platform and recited the Spell, a strange Abnormal Power suddenly manifested and fell upon the Fetal Model. The straw-woven model instantly burst into flames without any wind, and in a moment, it was transformed into a blazing fire.

The Demon-Catching Tripod’s Artifact Spirit, within the flames, felt no unbearable heat. Instead, waves of cool energy emerged from the fire and surged into it.

That was the medicinal power of the Seven-Sectioned Divination Grass.

"Awaken!"

A sharp shout suddenly rang out by its ear, booming like thunder, instantly snapping the still-dazed Artifact Spirit to its senses. It looked down and sensed that it was enveloped in the billowing smoke from the burning Seven-Sectioned Divination Grass, floating higher and higher, farther and farther away from the Demon-Catching Tripod below.

The Artifact Spirit hastily descended and plunged toward the Demon-Catching Tripod, merging seamlessly into its body.

The Demon-Catching Tripod, which had been like an inanimate object, immediately seemed to come to life, erupting with a brilliant Spiritual Light. A moment later, the Demon-Catching Tripod fell silent again as the Spiritual Light receded.

"Master, did something unexpected happen?"

Iron Head asked with some concern.

Yang Jing shook his head.

"The Artifact Spirit is Refining the Spiritual Essence that was sealed within the tripod. It’s nothing to worry about."

After all, the Demon-Catching Tripod was made with a piece of Tier Four Demon Gold and had been tempered using the Celestial Demon Sacrificial Iron method. The only reason it hadn’t been directly refined into a Tier Three Magical Treasure was Yang Jing’s insufficient Magical Power. However, the abundant Spiritual Essence it contained far surpassed other Spiritual Artifacts of the same tier.

The Artifact Spirit remained dormant for about three days before it completely absorbed the Spiritual Essence within the Demon-Catching Tripod. Afterward, patterns of various Celestial Demons began to appear on the tripod’s body.

Its aura immediately grew restless, showing faint signs of advancing to a Tier Three Magical Treasure.

Yang Jing controlled the Demon-Catching Tripod and suppressed the changes in its Qi Mechanism to prevent it from truly advancing into a Magical Treasure.

With his current realm in the Artifact Refining Technique, he could naturally tell whether a Spiritual Artifact had the potential to trigger a Spiritual Treasure Tribulation.

Whether in terms of its Spiritual Essence or the Refining Technique used, the Demon-Catching Tripod was Top Tier among Tier Two Spiritual Artifacts. If the Celestial Waterfall Sword hadn’t received the West Sea Great Saint’s legacy, it would have been inferior to the Demon-Catching Tripod.

To use a Spiritual Material as precious as Tier Four Demon Gold and fail to trigger a Spiritual Treasure Tribulation would be a complete failure.

’Perhaps this tripod hasn’t Refined enough Celestial Demons yet.’

Yang Jing speculated as he looked at the brilliantly golden tripod.

A Child with his hair tied in a sky-piercing topknot appeared on the Demon-Catching Tripod.

"Master, that must be it. Because I haven’t Refined enough Celestial Demons, my Ten Thousand Transformations Demon Prohibition still feels... incomplete."

He said to Yang Jing, clinging to the side of the Demon-Catching Tripod with both hands.

After Refining the Spiritual Essence, the Artifact Spirit within the Demon-Catching Tripod had accumulated so much power that it had reached a realm where, like a Tier Three Magical Treasure, it could condense a physical form for itself as a Child.

Perhaps it was a coincidence, or maybe it was influenced by the Sword Spirit Celestial Waterfall, but the Demon-Catching Tripod’s Artifact Spirit also took the form of a five or six-year-old Child. Moreover, he was as exquisitely carved as jade, making him quite endearing.

[Name]: Wanhua (Demon-Catching Tripod Artifact Spirit)

[Species Level]: Epic

[Power]: Tier Two Spiritual Artifact

[Talent]: Demon Imprisonment (Legendary), Soul Suppressing (Legendary), Pot World (Legendary), Celestial Demon Transformation (Epic)

[Affinity]: 100

Although the Wanhua Child’s Cultivation was inferior to the Celestial Waterfall Sword’s, its Talents were more than a notch better. It had a total of four Talents.

But it was, after all, once the Sect’s Treasure of the Western Demon Sect, a Major Sect. It was also made with a piece of Tier Four Demon Gold, so it was no surprise that it surpassed the Celestial Waterfall Sword.

Among them, the Pot World Talent allowed the Wanhua Child to open up a space inside the tripod to imprison Celestial Demons. The original Demon-Catching Tripod didn’t have this function; perhaps it gained this extra Talent due to the influence of that piece of Tier Four Profound Gold.

With this Talent, not only could the Demon-Catching Tripod suppress a much larger number of Celestial Demons at once, but it could also be used as a Storage Magical Treasure. It could even hold the Profound Celestial Furnace, which couldn’t be put into a Storage Bag because of its Spatial Restriction.

With this tripod, he could now carry the cumbersome Profound Celestial Furnace with him.

"Shrink."

Yang Jing pointed at the Demon-Catching Tripod. The tripod’s massive body immediately began to shrink, eventually becoming the size of a seal button as small as a fingernail. Yang Jing threaded a cord through it and tied it to his belt.

This was a function the Demon-Catching Tripod should have had all along. It was just that the original tripod’s size-changing range was extremely small due to the previous Artifact Refiner’s crude technique, making the ability quite useless. That was why Yang Jing had never used it.

After being reforged, the Demon-Catching Tripod could shrink to the size of a seal button that could be held gently in his palm, or grow to be three zhang tall. Its weight would increase accordingly, and when activated and brought down upon a foe, it could easily crush them to death.

The long period of Artifact Refining had left Yang Jing mentally and physically exhausted.

He simply lazed around for three days, giving himself a short break.

During these few days, Iron Head had received news of a Demon Cultivator sighting and had gone to eliminate them. The task of guiding Yellow Foot’s Cultivation was thus passed to Yinjiao.

The Jade Water Skill was, after all, a very rudimentary Cultivation Technique, and Yellow Foot was a Feathered Whale, a type of Demon with extremely high Water Talent. Its cultivation progress was no slower than Yinjiao’s had been.

In just over a month, its Cultivation had already reached the Second Layer of Qi Cultivation.

Three days later, Yang Jing went to the Governor’s Mansion to request an audience with Canyuan True Monarch.

Canyuan True Monarch took the seal-button-sized Demon-Catching Tripod in his hand, toying with it for a moment, and then summoned the Artifact Spirit, the Wanhua Child.

"Giving you that piece of Demon Gold was the right choice. It has been put to its best possible use."

He returned the Demon-Catching Tripod to Yang Jing and said with a sigh.

"I was just lucky to succeed."

After taking back the Demon-Catching Tripod, Yang Jing tied it to his belt again.

"Speak. What business brings you to me this time?"

Canyuan True Monarch knew that Yang Jing never visited without a reason.

"I would like to apply for a temporary station at one of the outposts near the Demon Realm."

Yang Jing said.

Canyuan True Monarch guessed Yang Jing’s purpose almost immediately.

"Are you planning to use the Celestial Demons from the Demon Realm to temper this tripod?"

The Demon-Catching Tripod was an artifact that grew stronger the more Celestial Demons it Refined. Yang Jing was not a member of a Demon Sect, so he couldn’t use the Demon Summoning Technique to call forth Celestial Demons. The Demon Realm in the Northern Domain was the best place to capture them.

"That is correct."

Although Yang Jing said so, it wasn’t entirely for the sake of the Demon-Catching Tripod.

First, Yellow Foot’s appetite was simply too large, and only the Nine Revolutions Red Blood Pill could completely fill its stomach. The main ingredient of the Nine Revolutions Red Blood Pill was the Blood Pearl, which was created by Refining Celestial Demons via Celestial Demon Blood Transformation.

Given Yellow Foot’s appetite, the massive hoard of Blood Pearls he had stockpiled would only last for five years.

Second, he wanted to use this opportunity to raise the Tier of his Celestial Demon Blood Transformation Talent. Among all his Talents, this was the only one that could be directly upgraded simply by killing High Tier Celestial Demons.

Of all Yang Jing’s methods, the only one still unknown to others was Celestial Demon Blood Transformation. If he used this technique to kill Dong Xixian, it was certain that no one would suspect him.

He, Yang Jing, was one to hold a grudge. Although the West Sea Great Saint had wished for death, the one who actually killed her was Dong Xixian.

Over a month had passed, and Dong Xixian was no longer in the public eye. If he were to kill him now, it was almost certain no one would suspect Yang Jing.

After all, the Northern Domain and the Dong Kingdom were tens of thousands of li apart.

However, Dong Xixian’s Power was not weak. Yang Jing planned to first improve his Celestial Demon Blood Transformation to ensure his success was all but guaranteed.