Chapter 211: Chapter 113: Kunli Earth Fire

Yang Jing did not act high and mighty. Instead, he exchanged a few pleasantries with the patriarchs of the various Foundation Establishment Clans gathered there.

The Wei Family in Longwu Marketplace had been annihilated, and the Yu Family was severely weakened, their future decline now foreseeable. Although these Foundation Establishment Clans knew the two families had met such a fate for colluding with the Demon Sect, they were still terrified.

In the grand design of the Six Sects, the Northern Army Governor’s Mansion was responsible for guarding the Outer Domain and the shipping lanes to the Central Continent. If the Four Demon Sects were to launch a major invasion, they were to do their utmost to withstand the first wave of attacks, buying time for the Six Sects in the heartland of the Western Continent to mobilize their forces.

As for the Immortal Cultivation Clans and Royal Families of the Northern Domain Seven Kingdoms, their duty was to resist the infiltration of the Four Demon Sects and to protect their lands and people.

However, due to the infiltration and sabotage by numerous Demon Sect agents, and the neglect of the Six Sects, this system began to break down. The Seven Kingdoms were severely infiltrated by Demon Cultivators. Some of the Foundation Establishment Clans not only failed to protect their lands and people but even became accomplices to the Demon Cultivators, harming mortals.

This problem was laid bare during the recent turmoil. The military strength of the Northern Army Governor’s Mansion was insufficient to maintain order throughout the entire Northern Domain, and the numerous Immortal Cultivation Clans had surprisingly been of little help, leaving the Demon Suppression Army to be run ragged.

Yang Jing sighed inwardly. ’The great defeats the Six Sects will suffer on two future battlefields can already be foreseen from this.’

In the great torrent of history, even Golden Core and Nascent Soul Cultivators could only drift with the current. Only Divinity Transformation Cultivators had the power to act as the steadfast pillar in the raging rapids, turning the tide.

’I can only hope this turmoil will make the Six Sects take things seriously,’ he thought. ’It isn’t too late to mend the fold.’

After politely declining the concubines offered by the Immortal Cultivation Clans, Yang Jing pulled Chi Yu out from a pile of rouge and powder, took hold of the Demon-Catching Tripod and the corpse of the Red Evil True Demon, and led his remaining three disciples back to the Cave Mansion on the mountaintop.

Back in the Cave Mansion, Yang Jing took out the Jade Box. After removing the Kunli Earth Fire, he indeed found a hidden compartment at the bottom of the box, just as he’d expected.

He had long since seen this hidden compartment with his Grotto Dark Dharma Eye. Inside the compartment was a Storage Bag containing over sixty thousand Spirit Stones.

Yang Jing made a quick estimate. ’This is likely the majority of the Shuijing Yu Family’s Spirit Stones. These Foundation Establishment Clans usually only keep fifty to one hundred thousand Spirit Stones in their secret vaults for liquid capital. Any excess is invested into their Spirit Fields, Medicinal Gardens, and storefronts in the Marketplace for circulation.’

He set the Storage Bag aside.

Compared to the Kunli Earth Fire, these Spirit Stones were just a small fortune. No clan would sell a treasure like the Kunli Earth Fire unless they were on the brink of ruin. And even if they did, they wouldn’t accept an offer in Spirit Stones; they would more likely trade it for something that could ensure the clan’s survival, like a Spirit Vein.

This was a priceless treasure.

The Kunli Earth Fire needed a constant supply of Earth Element Spiritual Qi to burn in order to exist. The murky yellow Spiritual Jade beneath it was an Upper Grade Earth Spirit Stone Raw Ore.

Yang Jing observed and estimated with his Void Gazing Dharma Eye.

This piece of Raw Ore was enough to sustain the Kunli Earth Fire’s burning for about a month.

Tossing Earth Spirit Stones into the fire could make the Kunli Earth Fire burn more vigorously, but the corresponding Spiritual Qi consumption would also increase. A Kunli Earth Fire of this size was clearly the most suitable size the Yu Family could sustain after bringing it under control.

Yang Jing used his Bright Qi Talent to investigate, selecting a Spirit Vein node where the Earth Element Spiritual Qi was most abundant, and placed the Kunli Earth Fire upon it.

The Kunli Earth Fire let out a POP, then quickly settled down and began to burn steadily on the Spirit Vein node.

The concentration of Spiritual Qi within the Cave Mansion began to drop, especially the Earth Element Spiritual Qi.

Yang Jing made another estimation and determined that the Kunli Earth Fire’s current Spiritual Qi consumption was comparable to an Early Stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator breathing in and out spiritual energy at full capacity.

These Foundation Establishment Clans had hundreds of members sharing a single Spirit Vein, so Spiritual Qi was never enough. No wonder they had restricted the Kunli Earth Fire to such a size.

“Iron Head, although you are ready for Dao Listening Foundation Establishment at any time, your Magical Power is still far from the Qi Cultivation Limit. I will teach you a Secret Technique that requires you to forge the Five Elements Wheel with Five Elements Gang Sha. If you were of the Human Race, your Magical Power would easily reach the Qi Cultivation Limit after the forging. But since you are a Demon, you will still fall short by quite a bit. When that time comes, you can refine the Kunli Earth Fire to increase your Magical Power and cross that final hurdle.”

Yang Jing said.

Because Iron Head didn’t have the Nine Breath Qi Refining technique, he couldn’t increase his Magical Power by refining Sun True Fire. Yang Jing had originally planned to wait until his own Cultivation was high enough to ignite a wisp of Sun True Fire for Iron Head to refine.

However, that would have greatly delayed Iron Head’s progress toward Qi Cultivation Foundation Establishment. There were pros and cons to it.

Now, with the Kunli Earth Fire, this problem was perfectly solved.

“Yinjiao, you cultivate a Cultivation Technique like the Supreme Nine Transformations of the Dragon Scripture, so reaching the Body Refining Limit and Qi Cultivation Limit should not be a problem. Chi Yu, you are extremely compatible with the Black Death Seven Tribulations Scripture, so the Qi Cultivation Limit won’t be an issue, but your Body Refinement will require much more hard work. Ji Feng, the same goes for you.”

Yang Jing then took this opportunity to give some guidance on the Cultivation of his other three disciples.

Afterward, he sat cross-legged beside the Kunli Earth Fire and carefully used his Magical Power to draw out a wisp of True Fire.

The Cultivators of the Yu Family, with their shallow foundations, found it difficult to refine the Kunli Earth Fire directly, and could only do so indirectly using the Water Mirror Treasure Flame Scripture. But the foundation Yang Jing had built was far beyond what the Yu Family could compare to.

His physical body easily withstood the astonishing heat of this wisp of True Fire as he drew it into his Dantian.

The Five Elements Wheel trembled slightly as it took on this strand of Earth Element True Fire, smoothly refining it. The Earth Element Talismanic Script on the wheel instantly flared with brilliant light, and through Five Elements Reincarnation, the other four elements also greatly benefited.

Yang Jing activated his Five Elements Magical Sword technique, and immediately, a crimson and a yellow Flying Sword materialized.

For the Magical Power that formed these two Flying Swords, he used the Five Elements True Slaughter condensed via his Qi Condensation Talent. Faint wisps of Sun True Fire and Kunli True Fire could be seen flowing along the blades of the materialized swords.

This made the power of these two swords surpass the other three elemental Flying Swords by a large margin.

Satisfied, he retracted the Magical Power that had formed the Flying Swords back into his body. If not for the fact that certain Sword Skills required a physical Flying Sword to be executed, Yang Jing wouldn’t have even needed to spend the effort refining the Celestial Waterfall Sword.

For the next few days, Yang Jing remained in his simple Cave Mansion on the mountain, not setting foot outside, as he focused on refining the Kunli True Fire.

With the help of this fire, the power of the Earth Element Flying Sword he materialized soon surpassed that of his Fire Element Flying Sword.

During this time, some Foundation Establishment Clans came to invite Yang Jing to be a guest in their territories, but he refused them all. Given his current status, rashly showing closeness to any single Foundation Establishment Clan could easily disrupt a delicate balance.

However, through these Foundation Establishment Clans, Yang Jing also learned a great deal of news from the outside world.

After the battle at the Wei Clan Territory, some of the clans that had previously been perfunctory began to give their all in assisting the Demon Suppression Army to exterminate Demon Cultivators. Coupled with the plummeting morale of the Demon Cultivators, the disciples of the Four Demon Sects began to flee the Northern Domain in a panic.

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