My Beasts Grind Proficiency For Me

Yang Jing could tell at a glance that these four Demon Cultivators had two intentions. First, they wanted to find a local Demon to scout the path ahead. Second, if they ran into danger, they’d have some cannon fodder to lead the way and cover their retreat.

Demons refined turbid, baleful qi and cultivated Demon Power, leaving them with almost no resistance to the Charm Skills of Cultivators at the same level.

When danger struck, they could simply bewitch the Demon and send it foolishly to its doom.

Yang Jing lowered his head, a smirk playing on his lips.

Seeing that Yang Jing had agreed, the four Demon Cultivators exchanged a look, their faces filled with delight.

One of them, a Golden Core Demon Cultivator, produced a small boat from his robes. With a burst of Magical Power, the boat expanded to over fifty feet long and lay floating on the sea.

This Flying Boat seemed to have been forged by Refining the carapace of some kind of Demon Insect. It was sleek and glossy, shimmering with a brilliant green light in the water, looking quite extraordinary.

"The four of us are not adept at Tunneling through water. Please, General, join us on the boat."

The voluptuous female Demon Cultivator sidled up and spoke, affectionately taking Yang Jing’s wrist.

Indeed, most Cultivators were not proficient in using Escape Forms or engaging in Magical Combat underwater. They would never enter the water unless absolutely necessary. But the reward and treasures associated with this Yang Jing were so valuable that countless Demon Cultivators had been drawn into the sea to search for him.

In just over ten days, a good number of Demon Cultivators had already perished in the sea. It was a perfect example of the saying: "Man dies in pursuit of wealth, as a bird dies in pursuit of food."

Yang Jing put on an utterly lovestruck expression as the Female Cultivator pulled him into the Flying Boat.

The Flying Boat was over fifty feet long and proved to be quite spacious inside. Yang Jing took a deep breath of the rich, sweet fragrance coming from the Female Cultivator as she pulled him down to a seat.

He wasted no time wrapping his arm around the Female Cultivator’s slender waist.

"Brothers," he began, addressing the other three, "I’ve been in seclusion in my cave for the past few months. I only just came out and heard about this major incident in the neighboring Moon Demon King’s domain. Do any of you know what this thief looks like or what his methods are?"

The Female Cultivator hadn’t expected this lout to be so audacious, but since he already had his arm around her, she could only let out a delicate laugh and sit down with Yang Jing.

Yang Jing’s eyes narrowed. He saw the expression of the sullen, middle-aged Cultivator leading the group darken, and immediately guessed the man must be the woman’s lover.

"That’s a difficult question, General," the Female Cultivator explained in a soft voice. "The thief’s methods are incredible. He managed to steal treasures from both the Tribulation Sea Old Demon and the Moon Demon King without ever revealing his face. All we know is that he cultivates the Nine Illusions Mirage Demon Scripture and has achieved profound mastery in it. He disguised himself as a Celestial Demon and actually fooled two Nascent Soul Great Powers. He’s also proficient in a Thunder Escape Skill. When he uses it at full power, his Tunneling Speed is nearly on par with a Nascent Soul Cultivator’s."

Yang Jing looked utterly horrified:

"Such incredible skill! No wonder he could steal from two Nascent Soul Great Powers. Forget about whether we can even find him—if we did, wouldn’t he defeat us in an instant? Besides, if his Tunneling Speed is that fast, he’s probably long gone from this part of the sea. Are we just wasting our time searching here?"

"Hmph! You talk too much for a Snake Demon!" the middle-aged Cultivator snapped.

The Female Cultivator hurriedly placated her lover:

"The General was in seclusion before, so it’s normal he doesn’t know the trick to it. We Cultivators who accepted the bounty are all carrying a Demon-Seeding Talisman. As soon as we confirm it’s him, we just have to activate the Demon-Seeding Talisman. It will plant a Taiyin Seed on him and also notify the Moon Demon King and his Moon Demons. That thief is already as timid as a startled bird. Once he’s been tagged by the Demon-Seeding Talisman, he’ll be forced to flee immediately. Why would he bother with us?"

As she spoke, she pulled a still-warm Talisman from within her light gauze robes and handed it to Yang Jing.

Yang Jing glanced at it and confirmed that this Talisman was indeed the handiwork of a Moon Demon. The style of its secret script was extremely similar to the one on the secret door of the Moon Demon Palace.

He grew vigilant. ’It’s a good thing I didn’t just start indiscriminately killing the Demon Cultivators and Demons I ran into after emerging from the seabed. Even if this Demon Talisman isn’t as troublesome as a Celestial Demon Mark, the Moon Demon King himself is right here in these waters. No matter how fast I acted, at least one of these four would be able to activate the Demon Talisman.’

"As for the thief escaping this sea," she continued smugly, "the General may not know, but the Moon Demon King has contacted two other Demon Kings from the surrounding waters. Together, they’ve sealed off this entire region of the sea, casting a net from which there is no escape. The thief has nowhere to run. He must still be here."

Yang Jing feigned a look of sudden understanding and nodded repeatedly. He hadn’t realized this stretch of sea was actually surrounded by three Demon Realms.

No wonder this place was so prosperous—it served as a hub connecting all three Demon Realms.

"The Moon Demon King’s methods are truly sublime," he exclaimed. "The thief is now a fish in a barrel. I imagine it won’t be long before he’s captured."

Even as he offered his praise, he thought to himself, ’I clearly didn’t see the Moon Demon King’s Array Formation on my way here. I must have bypassed it while Tunneling underground. The Moon Demon King tried to cast an inescapable net to block my escape, but he never would have guessed that I have the Earth Escape Technique up my sleeve.’

Yang Jing’s mind was put at ease. He hadn’t expected to glean so much useful information from these four Demon Cultivators.

Although his Earth Escape Technique could bypass the Array Formation set up by the Celestial Demons, his tunneling speed through water was simply too slow. It would be better to follow these Demon Cultivators to the edge of the sea and then use Earth Escape to get past the defensive line.

The four Demon Cultivators deeply agreed with Yang Jing’s assessment. In their eyes, no matter how many tricks a Golden Core Cultivator had, how could he possibly stand against a Nascent Soul?