My Beasts Grind Proficiency For Me

Inside the Demon Palace, concubines kept by the White Bone Demon danced gracefully in sheer gauze, while six Nascent Soul Old Demons were seated high above.

The concubines were already drenched in sweat, their Jue Sha clinging to their skin, making them resemble statues of jade.

The Nascent Soul Old Demons on their high seats didn’t even bother to lift an eyelid. Compared to Life-Extending Spiritual Objects and various other treasures, a few dancers were utterly insignificant. The White Bone Demon only kept them around to ease the tension, afraid his guests would go from arguing to outright fighting. Otherwise, he would have dismissed the women long ago.

"I was the one who discovered the location of the Xuyu Coral. When it bears its Coral Fruit, I must be the first to receive my share. And I demand an extra one."

A sharp glint flashed in the White Bone Demon’s triangular eyes as he spoke in a tone that brooked no argument.

They had already negotiated a rough distribution plan. The six of them would jointly possess the Xuyu Coral they seized, and the Coral Fruits it bore would be distributed in a set order. As for the Jade Poison Great Saint’s other treasures, it was finder’s keepers.

"White Bone, don’t push your luck. Now that we know the Xuyu Coral is in the hands of that old fiend, Jade Poison, your little piece of information is worthless. If you’re going to be this greedy, we can just cut you out of the deal."

One of the Old Demons retorted bluntly. He was called Celestial Cicada and hailed from the Eastern Demon Sect. His sect often clashed with the White Bone Demon’s Southern Demon Sect, and the two had never gotten along.

The White Bone Demon flew into a rage, his face contorting with a murderous expression.

The other Demon Cultivators hastily intervened, preventing the two from coming to blows before they’d even begun.

After a great deal of wrangling, the six of them finally settled on the terms. They rejected the White Bone Demon’s outrageous demand for an extra Coral Fruit each round but conceded that he would be the first to receive his share from every harvest.

The White Bone Demon drained the Spirit Wine on his table in a single gulp, his domineering presence flaring as he spoke:

"Since it’s settled, why don’t we strike now? Let’s take that old fiend Jade Poison’s serpent head and have it with our wine!"

He could hardly wait.

Sitting to one side, the silent Yang Jing was inwardly relieved. ’This is exactly what I wanted to hear,’ he thought. ’If they delay any longer, Si Taizhen might be refined into a Spirit Pill.’

"Let’s wait a bit longer," said Yang You Old Demon. "I have an Array Formation, the All Heaven Demon Fire Array. If we set it up beforehand, then no matter how many tricks Jade Poison has up his sleeve, he’ll be trapped like a turtle in a jar, with no chance of escape."

The Jade Poison Great Saint’s physical prowess was considered unparalleled in the Nascent Soul Realm, making him incredibly difficult to injure through conventional means. The All Heaven Demon Fire, however, was a famous Magic Technique from the Northern Demon Sect. It was exceptionally insidious and the perfect counter to Demons and Body Refining Cultivators.

The expressions of the other Nascent Soul Old Demons instantly grew inscrutable. They knew, of course, that an Array would prevent the Jade Poison Great Saint from escaping and could even be used to break his own defensive Arrays.

However, an Array that could be used against the Jade Poison Great Saint could just as easily be turned against them. Allowing Yang You Old Demon to set up the Array would be like handing a weapon to a potential enemy.

Yang You Old Demon gave a dry laugh.

"Of course, I won’t control this Array alone," he said. "We’ll have it set up by all of your disciples."

The other Nascent Soul Old Demons exchanged a glance and nodded. If the Grand Array was controlled by their own disciples, they wouldn’t have to worry about it being turned against them.

Because rehearsing the Array Formation would take time, the Nascent Soul Old Demons decided to postpone the attack by one more day.

The key to a Demon Sect Array lies in its Array Banners. With even a little practice, one could unleash seventy to eighty percent of the power of a Tier Four Grand Array. Furthermore, these disciples of Nascent Soul Old Demons were all extraordinarily talented, having fought their way to the top of their respective Demon Sects to reach the Golden Core Realm. A single day was more than enough for them to practice one Array Formation.

Any further delay would risk unforeseen complications.

These Old Demons were all veterans of grand schemes and would not make such a rookie mistake.

Once the plan was set, the six Old Demons remained in the Demon Palace to avoid arousing suspicion. Meanwhile, Yang You Old Demon began drilling the assembled Demon Cultivators on the palace training grounds, aiming to maximize the power of the All Heaven Demon Fire Array.

A Maid led Yang Di Old Demon into a side hall. He sat on a Jade Couch, waved the Maids away, and set up a privacy Restriction before pulling a Treasure Mirror from his sleeve.

After activating the Treasure Mirror with a unique Technique, he spoke in a sinister tone.

"Nephew Du, I never thought you had such nerve. My two disciples followed your tip to meet with the disciples of the Tribulation Sea Old Demon, and now they’ve vanished without a trace. I just received a message from the Sect—both of their Soul Tokens have shattered. Are you in league with your master, the White Bone Demon, trying to set me up?"

On the other side of the Treasure Mirror was none other than a True Disciple of the White Bone Demon.

Yang Di Old Demon had worked with the White Bone Demon for many years and naturally wouldn’t pass up an opportunity to plant a mole in his ranks. As it happened, the White Bone Demon was arrogant and obstinate, treating his disciples like dirt. It was only natural that his disciples, in turn, viewed him as a bitter enemy.

This gave Yang Di Old Demon the perfect opening. He secretly recruited the White Bone Demon’s most valued True Disciple, Du Sheng, and was preparing to find an opportunity to royally screw him over.

Du Sheng hated the White Bone Demon to his very core, so it took almost no effort for him and Yang Di Old Demon to come to an immediate agreement.

Thanks to Du Sheng’s tip-offs, he had learned about the existence of Li Jun and the Talisman Treasure a mere half-hour after the White Bone Demon himself.

The appearance of the Xuyu Coral and the Ten Thousand Miles Soul-Locking Mirror Talisman Treasure convinced him to change his plans and activate this long-planted pawn ahead of schedule.

Unfortunately, the White Bone Demon was a crafty old fox. Though he didn’t know his disciple had betrayed him, he kept an extremely tight watch on those Talisman Treasures. Even after the Spiritual Mechanism sealed within one was depleted, he would demand that the disciple bring back the Broken Talisman.

Yang Di Old Demon could only dispatch his own disciples to search for disciples of the Tribulation Sea Old Demon within the Jade Poison Kingdom. The White Bone Demon had already gained an advantage by finding one such disciple, and Yang Di figured he could do the same. But to his dismay, after several days of searching, he had found nothing. Then, the White Bone Demon somehow located the Xuyu Coral directly, causing Yang Di to lose the initiative completely.

「Two days ago」

Du Sheng had suddenly contacted him with a report: someone in the Jade Poison Kingdom was hunting the disciples of the Tribulation Sea Old Demon. Several of them had already been killed without a sound.

A disciple of the Tribulation Sea Old Demon, with whom Du Sheng had a passing acquaintance back in the Sect, had suddenly sought him out, hoping to gain the White Bone Demon’s protection.

Du Sheng intercepted the message and secretly relayed it to Yang Di Old Demon. Yang Di was overjoyed. Though he couldn’t go himself, he sent two of his most capable Direct Disciples to rendezvous with them.

He never imagined, however, that his two Direct Disciples would never return. Even their Soul Tokens had shattered.

From the other side of the Treasure Mirror, Du Sheng’s voice came, filled with panic.

"Martial Uncle Yang Di, I don’t know what happened! Could Master have discovered our communications?"

The two spoke for a while longer via the Treasure Mirror, concluding that the White Bone Demon was most likely still unaware of their plot before finally putting the mirror away.

Du Sheng carefully stowed the Treasure Mirror in a space behind his third rib, his expression turning grim. After betraying his master, there was no turning back.

With the Restriction the White Bone Demon had placed on his body, his master could kill him with a single thought. His only path to survival was for the White Bone Demon to die.

’Who on earth is hunting the disciples of the Tribulation Sea Old Demon?’

Du Sheng couldn’t wrap his head around it. He was even more curious how these disciples of the Tribulation Sea Old Demon, all of whom were around the Golden Core Realm, were being tracked so easily.

"Senior Brother Du."

A voice suddenly sounded from behind him, nearly scaring the soul out of Du Sheng’s body. If he hadn’t spent years as a traitor under the White Bone Demon, forging nerves of steel, he might have suffered a backlash from his inner Celestial Demon.

He turned his head, a gentle smile already gracing his features.

"Ah, it’s Junior Brother Li. What can I do for you?"

Yang Jing remarked, as if in passing.

"Senior Brother Du, why did you pass up the chance to participate in rehearsing the All Heaven Demon Fire Array? If you managed to earn some merit through it, you might have received a reward from Junior Martial Uncle White Bone."

Du Sheng snorted. The White Bone Demon was cruel and ungrateful. No matter how well one performed, the most you could hope for was a single word of praise. But if you made a single mistake, you’d face all manner of brutal tortures.

"I doubt you came looking for me just to ask about that, Junior Brother Li. If you have something to say, just say it."

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