Chapter 181: Chapter 86: 9 Yang Demon Realm

Yang Jing redeemed all the Merit Points on his Sect Jade Token, exchanging them for various Body Refining Spirit Pills, Talismans, and all sorts of Spirit Medicines and materials.

The most significant item was a Tier Two Concealing Array.

This Array’s effects far surpassed those of a Stealth Array. Not only could it block sound, smells, and Magical Power fluctuations, but it could even evade the tracking of numerous pursuit-type Magic.

Because he exchanged for so many items, a few of the more obscure Spirit Medicines completely emptied the Northern Army Governor’s Mansion’s inventory. Yang Jing only managed to complete the exchange after requesting permission from Meng Sima.

Afterward, Yang Jing rode his Five Clouds Pouch and silently departed from the Northern Army Governor’s Mansion.

He had asked Meng Sima. The Illusion Demon Sect had issued the bounty three days ago. In just three short days, the True Disciples of the Four Demon Sects shouldn’t have had enough time to cross the Desolate Domain and enter the Northern Domain.

This was the perfect time to leave the Northern Army Governor’s Mansion.

If he delayed for a few more days, he feared that large numbers of Demon Cultivators would infiltrate the prefectures and counties surrounding the Northern Army Governor’s Mansion. By then, leaving without a trace would be exceptionally difficult.

Yang Jing flew nonstop, passing straight through the Yu Kingdom and entering the Liao Kingdom.

Although it hadn’t been long since he’d swept through and annihilated the Demon Cultivators, the prefectures and counties of the Liao Kingdom were already much more prosperous than before. Some abandoned villages were now inhabited again. Even in the remote, deep mountains, traces of medicine gatherers and hunters could be seen.

A sense of gratification rose in Yang Jing’s heart. ’My original intention in wiping out the Demon Cultivators wasn’t for the livelihood of mortals, but seeing the Liao Kingdom now in a state of ’Daoist Demon Disappearance,’ with the common people living and working in peace, is something I’m happy to see.’

However, the further east he went, the more desolate the prefectures and counties of the Liao Kingdom became.

This wasn’t due to the disaster of Demon Cultivators, but because the ruins of the Nine Yang Sect, which had been transformed into a Demon Realm during the great war of the past, were located to the east of the Liao Kingdom.

Yang Jing flew for another fifty-odd li, and he could already see some ruins of the Nine Yang Sect along the way. However, these ruins were outside the Demon Realm and had long been picked clean by all manner of Cultivators, leaving only rubble and broken walls.

The Nine Yang Sect was not much smaller than the Five Elements True Spirit Sect, occupying an area the size of a kingdom. The Heaven and Earth Embryonic Membrane, torn open in that great war, was at the very core of the Nine Yang Sect’s territory.

Wisps of Demonic Qi from the outer world were already seeping into the Nine Heavens World through the gaps in the Heaven and Earth Embryonic Membrane. The creatures in this region had all mutated under the corruption of the Demonic Qi. This was no great matter for Cultivators, but for mortals, it was a cataclysmic disaster.

Before long, Yang Jing saw the Demon Realm.

Inky-black Demonic Qi blotted out the sky and sun, constrained by the Heaven and Earth Embryonic Membrane to an area a hundred li in radius.

Countless grotesque, ethereal Celestial Demons flickered in and out of sight within the Demonic Qi.

A cyan-gold light flashed in Yang Jing’s eyes as he pushed his Bright Qi Talent and Grotto Dark Dharma Eye to their limits.

His Eye Power pierced through the curtain-like layers of Demonic Qi. He could faintly see a jagged fissure several zhang wide that had split open in the sky and stretched downward. The other end was beyond his sight, concealed within the thick, deep Demonic Qi.

At the periphery of the Demon Realm, the Spiritual Light of nine Arrays flickered. These were the lookout posts established by the Northern Army Governor’s Mansion to monitor changes in the Demon Realm.

Yang Jing observed the layout of these lookout posts and chose Birch Peak, a spot furthest from the two adjacent posts.

Here, the Demon Realm jutted out in a small corner, about six to seven zhang long.

“I’ll set up the Array here,” Yang Jing said.

He and Iron Head used their Bright Qi Talent to perceive the flow of Spiritual Qi underground.

The Nine Yang Sect’s territory, much like the Five Elements True Spirit Sect’s, originally possessed a Tier Six main Spirit Vein. During that great war, the main Spirit Vein collapsed, and the other Spirit Veins were also severely damaged. However, the concentration of Spiritual Qi was still much higher than in other places.

The only problem was that the Demonic Qi and Spiritual Qi were mixed, making cultivation extremely difficult.

But if one were to draw Spiritual Qi directly from the underground Spirit Veins, using it for Array Formation was perfectly feasible.

With Yang Jing and Iron Head’s skill in Arrays and the convenience of their Bright Qi Talent, the Concealing Array was quickly set up at Birch Peak.

As a Tier Two Array, it was capable of concealing an area several li in radius. However, Yang Jing restricted its range to a one-mu plot of land, pressing it right up against the Demon Realm to maximize the Array’s stealth effect.

After all the Array Banners were in place, Iron Head cast a Spell at the Array Base.

A barely perceptible flash of Spiritual Light flickered, and the entire area was enveloped by the Concealing Array.

Iron Head took out a House Gathering Talisman and activated it with Magical Power. The soil on the ground instantly began to surge and mold itself, forming a simple stone house.

Four disciples began to clean the stone house and arrange the furniture.

Meanwhile, Yang Jing stood leisurely at the edge of Birch Peak and took a fishing rod out of his Storage Bag.

This fishing rod was a Magical Artifact gifted to him by Meng Sima. It was a Tier Two Qimen Spiritual Artifact, similar to a Meteor Hammer, but it was also excellent for fishing. Its material was tough enough that he wouldn’t have to worry about it breaking even if he hooked a Tier Two Demon.

Yang Jing took out the Demon-Catching Tripod and hooked the fishing line onto one of the tripod’s handles.

He then took a wild boar he had caught along the way from his Beast Taming Bag, slit its throat to drain its blood, and spread the blood evenly inside the Demon-Catching Tripod.

“Let’s cast a line and see if the fish are biting here.”

As he spoke, Yang Jing gripped the rod with both hands, swung it around several times, and flung the heavy Demon-Catching Tripod deep into the Demon Realm.

The Dao Listening Foundation Establishment required him to eliminate a sufficient number of Celestial Demons within the Nine Heavens World. However, using the Demon Summoning Technique to summon them could easily attract the attention of a Nascent Soul Great Demon. A plan suddenly occurred to Yang Jing: ’What if I treat the Demon Realm like a fish pond and go ’Fishing for Demons’? Wouldn’t that be the best of both worlds?’

Ordinary methods might not be able to restrain the intangible and formless Low-level Celestial Demons, but he had the Demon-Catching Tripod he’d obtained from Gou Li. He could absolutely lure the Celestial Demons into the tripod and then pull them out of the Demon Realm.

Thus, Yang Jing had unhesitatingly begun Refining the Demon-Catching Tripod. As a Demon Sect Spiritual Artifact, its Spiritual Essence was still somewhat resistant. But after Yang Jing seared it with Yang Fire for the time it takes an incense stick to burn, it completely submitted.

If the Demon-Catching Tripod had dared to resist Refining any further, Yang Jing would have even been willing to wipe out its Spiritual Essence, turn it into a mere Magical Artifact, and then Refine it.

When Outer Celestial Demons entered the Nine Heavens World, they craved the flesh, blood, and Spiritual Essence found within. Flesh and blood could be used to condense a demonic body, while Spiritual Essence could increase a Celestial Demon’s Power. Both were incredibly useful.

The Celestial Demons wandering in the Demon Realm smelled the wild boar’s blood inside the Demon-Catching Tripod. Thinking an ignorant animal had blundered into their domain, they immediately swarmed madly into the tripod to fight over the bloody meal within.

The fishing line instantly went taut, and a giant force traveled up the rod.

It was the Celestial Demons ramming against the Demon-Catching Tripod.

Yang Jing instantly used his Magical Power to activate the Restriction inside the Demon-Catching Tripod, imprisoning the Celestial Demons within. He then yanked hard on the fishing rod, trying to pull the tripod out of the Demon Realm.

The Celestial Demons inside the Demon-Catching Tripod were startled and began to struggle, but how could their strength possibly compare to Yang Jing’s?

Before long, the Demon-Catching Tripod, filled to the brim, was pulled by Yang Jing into the Concealing Array.

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