My Beasts Grind Proficiency For Me

Yang Jing didn’t flee far. Just hundreds of miles away, he chose a decent Spirit Vein, found a cave rich in Spiritual Mechanism, and settled in after slaying the Demon that was hiding inside.

He didn’t immediately start Refining the Nine Marvelous Creation Qi. Instead, he first took out the Spiritual Gold he had collected from his previous raids. He also retrieved the shattered Magical Treasures from Young Master Yi and his party.

This Spiritual Gold was extraordinary; in the outside world, it would be practically unobtainable.

Yang Jing planned to use this Spiritual Gold to strengthen his Magical Treasures after he left the Nine Marvels Small Realm. This was especially true for the Profound Celestial Furnace. Although the Spiritual Materials used to craft it were top-tier for the Foundation Establishment Stage, it was now starting to hold him back as a Golden Core Cultivator.

However, that was not an urgent matter. Yang Jing planned to first Refine the Spiritual Gold and the broken Magical Treasures into a temporary Furnace Tripod. He could always extract the Spiritual Gold again after leaving the Nine Marvels Small Realm.

With his current attainments in Artifact Refining, he could craft a Magical Artifact like the White Bone Treasure Bottle from scratch, but Refining more precise tools was still somewhat beyond his capabilities.

In less than half a day, Yang Jing completed the Refining of the Furnace Tripod. Using this new, still-glowing Furnace Tripod, he then Refined dozens of palm-sized Array Banners from the bones, fur, and Essence Blood of the Demon he had slain.

The materials used were of such high quality that the Array Banners shimmered with a five-colored Spiritual Light, making them look quite extraordinary.

Yang Jing had, of course, prepared Array Banners before entering the Nine Marvels Small Realm, but they were stored in his personal small world, forcing him to craft new ones.

Without Iron Head by his side, Yang Jing had to locate the Spirit Vein nodes himself. He drove the Array Banners into the nodes one by one, linking them to the Array Disc he had also Refined.

After setting everything up, Yang Jing placed the Five Fire Gourd directly on the Array Disc to act as its core, granting control of the Array to the Five Fire Child. He then anchored the Celestial Waterfall Sword and the Demon-Catching Tripod at two other critical nodes.

As Yang Jing activated the Grand Array, the entire Spirit Vein rumbled. A spiritual mist rose and swirled before everything returned to calm a few moments later.

’With this Positive and Negative Five Elements Formation, nothing should go wrong.’

Yang Jing sat cross-legged to restore his Magical Power. After resting for a short while to return to his peak condition, he finally began preparing to Refine the Nine Marvelous Creation Qi.

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Shi Qingfeng chanted a Magic Spell, activating a Five Elements Eight Trigrams Mirror that gleamed with a restrained, treasured light.

This Five Elements Eight Trigrams Mirror was extraordinary. It functioned like a miniature, mobile Array, capable of controlling the Spiritual Qi in a radius of several miles for Trapping the Enemy or suppression. It could also provide Defense for his teammates; its uses were endless.

Their opponents were a flock of Demon Birds.

These Demon Birds had staggering wingspans of over two hundred feet. They had the bodies of eagles but the heads of snakes. Their flight speed was incredibly fast, and they could even cast Evil Thunder.

Normally, it was incredibly difficult for Demons, let alone Outer Celestial Demons, to use abilities like Thunder Techniques. But for these Demon Birds, casting it was as simple as breathing.

Arcs of electricity danced across their wings, and with a single powerful flap, they could unleash a bolt of pitch-black Evil Thunder.

This Evil Thunder was intensely destructive, rivaling many orthodox Thunder Techniques. It also possessed a strange Abnormal Power capable of damaging a person’s Primordial Spirit right through their Defensive Magical Treasures.

This insidious Evil Thunder was causing Shi Qingfeng and his party a great deal of trouble.

Shi Qingfeng had to constantly use the suppressive power of his Five Elements Eight Trigrams Mirror to interrupt the Demon Birds’ casting. But unleashing Evil Thunder wasn’t their only trick. They could also let out piercing shrieks to disrupt one’s Primordial Spirit or even launch spiritual attacks with a slash of their wings.

But throughout the battle, Shi Qingfeng demonstrated astonishing tactical skill. He coordinated the Golden Core Cultivators under his command, directing them to use a variety of abilities to withstand the Demon Birds’ onslaught while looking for openings to counterattack.

BOOM!

A Demon Bird was suddenly pinned in place, its flight slowing for an instant. In the next moment, it was struck by a Jade Hammer.

The Demon Body of the bird was far from fragile; it was incredibly tough. Its feathers seemed forged from Spirit Iron, and ordinary Magic simply glanced off them as if they were nothing more than a tickle.

But the Jade Hammer was no ordinary Magical Treasure. All of its Restrictions were geared toward maximizing destructive Power, specializing in shattering defenses and breaking barriers. A single blow blasted the Demon Bird into a shower of gore.

With one Demon Bird down, the morale of all the Cultivators on the team surged.

Soon, one Demon Bird after another was slain by a variety of methods, and blood rained from the sky.

Though powerful, the Demon Birds were not stupid. Seeing victory was out of reach, they decisively abandoned their nest and scattered in all directions.

Shi Qingfeng let out a slow breath, recalling his Five Elements Eight Trigrams Mirror and the Jade Hammer Magical Treasure.

The Demon Birds had been a partial counter to his Five Elements Eight Trigrams Mirror; with a flap of their wings, they could fly right out of its Array range. Besides, this wasn’t the time to reveal his true trump cards.

Defeating the flock of Demon Birds hadn’t come without a cost. The team was not unscathed. The Golden Core Cultivators immediately began tending to their wounds and meditating to regulate their breathing, all trying to recover as quickly as possible.

In the Nine Marvels Small Realm, Demons lurked everywhere, and other teams were also competitors. They couldn’t afford to be the least bit careless.

Meanwhile, Shi Qingfeng led the Golden Core Cultivators who were still in good condition into the Demon Bird nest to collect the various Spiritual Objects and Spirit Medicines inside.

But the most important find was a tree stump. Although its roots were severed and it was impossible to tell how long it had been uprooted, it still looked vibrant with life. One end had even sprouted a tender new shoot.

"The Nine Marvelous Creation Qi must be in there!"

Shi Qingfeng said with great excitement.

According to their agreed-upon rules of distribution, this wisp of Nine Marvelous Creation Qi was his.

"Senior Brother, should we find a place to Refine this wisp of Nine Marvelous Creation Qi first?"

his junior sister, Zhou Aoshuang, suggested.

Shi Qingfeng hesitated for a moment but ultimately refused the incredibly tempting suggestion. Refining one’s first wisp of Nine Marvelous Creation Qi took at least a month.

If he made everyone else wait around for a month, the team’s morale would likely crumble.

Many of his abilities grew stronger with more Cultivators under his command; he couldn’t afford to sabotage his own advantage like that.

The moment his junior sister spoke, Shi Qingfeng had already noticed the strange looks in the other Golden Core Cultivators’ eyes.

"The first three months are the prime time for vying for the Nine Marvelous Creation Qi. We can’t afford to waste it. We continue the search."

As soon as Shi Qingfeng spoke, everyone’s anxieties were put to rest.

After everyone had rested and recovered, they took to the air once more.

One of the Cultivators had specifically brought a scouting-type Magical Treasure for this trip, one that could reveal any Demon Qi within a thirty-mile radius.

Soon, they used the Magical Treasure to locate another Demon’s lair.

However, they found that the Demons in this lair had already been slaughtered. The ground was littered with carcasses that had been stripped of their valuable materials.

"It seems the Nine Marvelous Creation Qi here has already been taken."

Shi Qingfeng said, a touch of disappointment in his voice.

One Cultivator, refusing to give up, headed into the cave where the Demons had nested. He figured that perhaps the person who killed the Demons had been careless and missed the Nine Marvelous Creation Qi.

No one present was surprised. The Sect this Cultivator came from had long been in decline, and ever since entering the Nine Marvels Small Realm, he had developed a habit of snatching up small gains, never passing up any Spirit Medicine or Spiritual Materials.

Most Cultivators entered the Nine Marvels Small Realm with their eyes set on the Nine Marvelous Creation Qi, so they weren’t always thorough when looting Demon nests, making it easy to overlook valuable Spiritual Objects.

A few moments later, the Cultivator shot out of the cave in a panic. His face was white as a sheet, completely drained of color.

"F-Fellow Daoist Shi! Something’s wrong! In... the c-cave!"

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