My Beasts Grind Proficiency For Me

"My name is Si Bing. I was cast out of my village as a child because of my impure bloodline and have been an Independent Cultivator ever since. I’ve lived a reclusive life, so I have no title to speak of. This time, I was tricked by those Demon Cultivators and fell for their treacherous plot. If it weren’t for you, Little Crown Prince Si, who knows how many of our kin would have been slain."

Yang Jing put on a display of overwhelming gratitude.

He had honed his acting skills back in his days as an Independent Cultivator, and there wasn’t a single flaw in his current performance.

Si Taizhen glanced at Yang Jing. After seeing him fight against many to avenge the fallen Snake Demons, he had no reason to doubt the story.

"Your bloodline is indeed rather impure."

To have reached the Foundation Establishment Realm and still be unable to transform away your snake tail... your bloodline is impure indeed.

"If you can distinguish yourself in my service, I will retrieve a Turtle Pearl from the treasury for you. It will purify your bloodline and, at the very least, allow you to transform that snake tail away. It’s truly cumbersome and unsightly," Si Taizhen said.

When Si Taizhen once again offered to recruit him into his Qu Division, Yang Jing felt conflicted. ’I just want to get to the Central Province,’ he thought. ’Why would I want to waste time serving under some Snake Demon?’

"Little Crown Prince Si..."

Just as he was about to politely decline, the Snake Demon beside Si Taizhen pointed an accusatory finger at Yang Jing and barked,

"Countless Snake Demons in our Jade Poison Kingdom would kill to serve under the Crown Prince! What’s there for a blundering oaf like you to hesitate about?"

Yang Jing hurriedly explained,

"General, I am just a demon from the countryside. I don’t know the proper etiquette and lack any sort of sophistication. If I were to join Little Crown Prince Si’s ranks, I fear I would only jeopardize his important matters. I could never atone for such a failure."

"Not to worry."

Si Taizhen studied Yang Jing, taking an even greater liking to this Snake Demon.

"In my service, the capable rise and the mediocre fall. Tell me, what skills do you possess?"

Yang Jing didn’t know how Si Taizhen’s group had tracked the Demon Cultivators—perhaps they had planted some sort of listening Magical Artifact on the Flying Boat—so he stuck to his original story.

"Compared to my kin, I’m just a bit stronger and have a knack for the Water Manipulation and Wave Breaking Skill. The only thing that truly sets me apart is my sense of smell, which is far superior to others of my kind. I can detect auras in the water; no trace of residual Magical Power from the last three days can escape my tongue."

He said to Si Taizhen, putting on a simple and honest expression.

"Oh!"

Si Taizhen was immediately interested.

"That is an excellent Talent. From what I know, there is a Demon on the surface world called the Mingyi Dog with a somewhat similar ability. Right now, countless Demon Cultivators and Celestial Demons are taking advantage of the chaos in the Bishui Kingdom to prey upon our Demon People. This is the perfect time for a Talent like yours to shine!"

As Yang Jing joined the formation, he discovered that the Snake Demons were collectively channeling a current of water. They used this current to travel through the sea, with Si Taizhen guiding its direction.

With the auras of so many Snake Demons linked as one, the current’s Tunneling Speed was comparable to that of a Golden Core Cultivator.

He had read about this type of Magic Technique before in the Library Main Pavilion of the Five Elements True Spirit Sect. It was an ancient art, a method used by the Upper Realm Navy to transport troops.

This made him curious about the Jade Poison Great Saint. The origins of the Jade Poison Kingdom were likely far from simple.

"You don’t know the Water Control March technique, so just let the others carry you. We are going to make a patrol circuit of the Bishui Kingdom," Si Taizhen said to Yang Jing, sitting cross-legged atop the current.

Yang Jing nodded in agreement, carefully coiled up his snake tail, and sat on the water current.

The Snake Demons all exerted their power in unison. Their Demon Qi linked together, and the current instantly took the form of a giant python. It enveloped all the Snake Demons, along with the captured Demon Cultivators, and began to tunnel through the water at high speed.

A few breaths later, the giant python turned invisible, concealing its form.

Curious, Yang Jing reached down and touched the current. He found that while it appeared transparent and thin, it was incredibly resilient, like some kind of hard shell. Its Defense Power was no less than that of a common Tier Two Defensive Spiritual Artifact.

As they tunneled at high speed, the underwater scenery flew past them in a blur.

Yang Jing saw that Si Taizhen was meditating with his eyes closed, while the other Snake Demons were chatting idly among themselves. He sidled over to join them, making small talk while trying to gather information.

Seeing that Yang Jing seemed to have earned Little Crown Prince Si’s favor, the other Snake Demons didn’t dare act superior and were instead quite welcoming.

From their conversation, Yang Jing learned a great deal about the Jade Poison Kingdom. He found out that Snake Demons were the most revered group, making up a full sixty percent of the Demon population.

Some of these Snake Demons were blood descendants of the Jade Poison Great Saint himself, but the majority were originally Sea Serpents that had undergone Demon Transformation.

Yang Jing also learned from them the names of the Demon Villages that had been destroyed by the Demon Cultivators.

Upon learning this, his eyes darted about for a moment before he put on a sorrowful expression.

"Si Bing, why do you look so sorrowful?"

The other Snake Demons saw this and moved closer to ask.

"I’m from Ta Hai Village. Even though I was cast out, hearing that all my kin in the village have been slaughtered... my heart still aches."

’Even though I’ve joined his service on Si Taizhen’s word alone, it’s inevitable that someone will eventually dig into my background. The Jade Poison Kingdom’s census is notoriously sloppy. If I claim to be from Ta Hai Village, there will be no one left alive to contradict me.’

"Had I known, I would have spared the lives of those four Demon Cultivators and handed them over to you, so you could exact your blood vengeance yourself," Si Taizhen said with a sigh, opening his eyes.

Yang Jing quickly insisted it wasn’t necessary.

After patrolling several Demon Villages aboard the water python, they came upon another that had been plundered. Corpses littered the village, and only two small Snake Demons, who had miraculously escaped the slaughter, could be heard weeping endlessly amidst the ruins.

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