My Beasts Grind Proficiency For Me

Although a myriad of thoughts churned in Yang Jing’s mind, his expression remained perfectly calm.

He mulled over the change in Si Taizhen’s attitude. It seemed to align perfectly with the progress of his own refining of the Innate Pure Yang Qi. Only when his Celestial Gang Qi had refined the Innate Pure Yang Qi to its absolute limit did Si Taizhen begin to display this chilling obsession.

However, he didn’t jump to that conclusion, because the idea was simply too bizarre.

After all, he had used the Fetal Transformation Divine Techniques to completely change into a Snake Demon. By all rights, it should have been impossible for even the slightest trace of Innate Pure Yang Qi to leak out.

Yang Jing had even had Iron Head carefully inspect his aura once.

He suppressed his doubts, deciding to wait and see what would happen after Si Taizhen took the Nine Yin Transformation Pill.

Since Yi Hongzheng’s goal was to trick Si Taizhen into taking the Nine Yin Transformation Pill, he was careful not to ask for any overly rare Spirit Medicines in exchange. He only made a request regarding their age.

Although Si Taizhen found it a pity that Yang Jing couldn’t take the elixir, he still dispatched Eunuch Gui to retrieve the necessary Spirit Medicines from the secret vault and trade for the Nine Yin Transformation Pill.

Of course, he didn’t take it rashly. Instead, he summoned one of the mansion’s Alchemists to inspect it.

The Jade Poison Kingdom had its own alchemy traditions, handed down from the Celestial Snake Green Poison lineage. Compared to Human Race Cultivators, they were far more skilled at refining Poison Pills.

But as times changed, the Demon People of the Jade Poison Kingdom had switched to cultivating with Muddy Qi, and so the number of Demons who dabbled in alchemy grew smaller and smaller.

But no matter how rare such talent was, one could still find one or two Great Demons skilled in alchemy within the Crown Prince’s Mansion. It was just that they could, at most, refine some common Tier One Upper Grade Spirit Pills and weren’t of any great use.

Their primary duty on a daily basis was to inspect Spirit Pills for the Crown Prince, checking for hidden poisons to prevent assassination attempts.

A moment later, a wrinkle-faced Snake Witch was summoned. She took the Nine Yin Transformation Pill, inspected it carefully, and then said:

"Crown Prince, this is indeed a Nine Yin Transformation Pill. It contains nine distinct streams of Yin Qi. However, while this old woman was inspecting it, I accidentally damaged its protective coating. It must be consumed as quickly as possible, or the Yin Qi inside will dissipate, and the pill will be rendered useless."

She spoke as she carefully handed the Nine Yin Transformation Pill back to Si Taizhen.

Yi Hongzheng inwardly smirked in triumph.

This Snake Witch was one of the Jade Poison Great Saint’s people, sent to secretly monitor Si Taizhen. Before arriving, Yi Hongzheng had secretly summoned her, shown her the Jade Poison Great Saint’s token, and instructed her to break the pill’s protective coating during the inspection.

"Granny Tan, don’t blame yourself. As long as I swallow this Nine Yin Transformation Pill, its Pill Power will not go to waste."

As he spoke, Si Taizhen swallowed the Nine Yin Transformation Pill in one gulp.

Seeing Si Taizhen consume the Nine Yin Transformation Pill, Yi Hongzheng’s heart leaped with joy. According to his master Danxia True Monarch’s calculations, with the surging Yin Qi supplied by this pill, they wouldn’t have to worry about Si Taizhen transforming into a woman for at least five years.

He didn’t know why his master and the Jade Poison Great Saint were so insistent on Si Taizhen maintaining this sexless, neither-male-nor-female state, but at least his junior sister, Xu Qian, wouldn’t have to put on a false front for that lowly Snake Demon.

Yang Jing’s expression betrayed nothing, but in truth, his attention was fixed entirely on Si Taizhen, monitoring not only the physical changes but also any shift in the Crown Prince’s Affinity for him.

Si Taizhen’s eyes shifted to Yi Hongzheng’s face, a flicker of displeasure in his gaze. ’Even though this man offered a Treasure Pill, he keeps staring at me so brazenly,’ he thought. ’And right in front of Si Bing, too! If Si Bing gets the wrong idea, wouldn’t that be a disaster?’

At this thought, a flash of Evil Qi crossed his face, and he let out a cold snort.

"Hmph!"

The cold snort exploded in Yi Hongzheng’s ears like a clap of thunder. He was startled by the Evil Qi radiating from Si Taizhen. Although they were both Golden Core Cultivators, how could someone like him, who had lived a pampered life in the Purple Mist Sect, possibly compare to the Crown Prince?

Seeing her senior brother stammering in fright, Xu Qian quickly stepped in to smooth things over.

"Crown Prince, please forgive him. My senior brother is obsessed with alchemy; he was only watching you to observe the effects of the Nine Yin Transformation Pill. He meant no offense."

Though Yi Hongzheng was seething with rage internally, hating himself for being so terrified by a mere wisp of Evil Qi, he repeatedly apologized out loud.

When Si Taizhen saw that Si Bing’s expression hadn’t changed, the knot of tension in his chest finally loosened.

"You two. With Si Bing and my soldiers protecting you, the Celestial Demons and Demon Cultivators of the Jade Poison Kingdom will not make a move against you. You may travel freely through any marketplace in the kingdom. I have only two requests: first, that you refine the Five Qi Nourishing Essence Pill for me, and second, that you offer some guidance to Si Bing on his alchemy. If you wish to trade Spirit Pills, I am willing to purchase them at a price above the market rate."

Thanks to the eager flattery of Xu Qian and Yi Hongzheng, the banquet concluded with both host and guests seemingly pleased.

After the pair took their leave, Si Taizhen had Yang Jing stay behind and said to him pointedly:

"Si Minister, keep this Tiger Talisman safe. With this talisman, no one in the Jade Poison Kingdom will dare to touch you. If you encounter any Demon Cultivators trying to force a confrontation with those two cultivators from the Central Continent, don’t stick your neck out. Your own life comes first."

Hearing his instructions, Yang Jing could only nod.

After Si Taizhen took the Nine Yin Transformation Pill, his Affinity for Yang Jing didn’t change at all, remaining at an extremely high level.

However, he could faintly sense that Si Taizhen’s aura had shifted slightly toward the yang aspect. He had clearly consumed a supremely yin Nine Yin Transformation Pill, yet his aura was doing the opposite. This abnormal change immediately caught his attention.

’Is this some kind of Yin Yang transformation Divine Technique?’ he wondered. ’But there aren’t any Talents related to Yin Yang on Si Taizhen’s status panel.’

Yang Jing pushed the question to the back of his mind, but his suspicions about Si Taizhen’s situation only deepened.

He had already scoured the mansion’s Library Pavilion but hadn’t found a single Jade Scroll related to the Soaring Serpent. This was highly unusual.

There was likely much Profound Void involved with this Soaring Serpent Bloodline.

He guessed that the two Nascent Soul Stage experts who had locked onto him with killing intent earlier were none other than Danxia True Monarch and the Jade Poison Great Saint.

Besides those two Nascent Soul True Monarchs, what other Nascent Soul Stage expert would have the time or inclination to pay attention to an insignificant little Snake Demon like him?

A Nascent Soul True Monarch skilled in alchemy and a Nascent Soul-stage Snake Demon who also possessed the Celestial Snake Bloodline... the connection was too suspicious to ignore. A host of dark theories immediately flooded Yang Jing’s mind.

For Demons, cannibalizing their own kind to enhance their bloodline was a common practice. Hiring an Alchemist to refine one’s own descendant into a pill was not unheard of, either.

Yang Jing hesitated.

If his suspicions were correct, Si Taizhen was likely in grave danger.

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