Chapter 164: Explosive Power
Wang Yanfeng was an Elder of the Stone Demon Sect, responsible for guarding the Vermilion Demon Red Ore mine.
In their Stone Demon Sect, as long as one could break through to the Qi Refining Tenth Layer, they could become an Elder.
The five most powerful figures in the Stone Demon Sect were, naturally, their five Foundation Establishment cultivators.
Wang Yanfeng, who was resting today, received a message from a disciple responsible for transporting the Vermilion Demon Red Ore.
A Spirit Refiner had attacked their transport team.
The moment Wang Yanfeng got this news, the first thing he thought of was the Shen Family, a Foundation Establishment Cultivation Clan within the Celestial Cloud Sect’s territory.
The Shen Family had numerous conflicts with their Stone Demon Sect.
Vermilion Demon Red Ore was useful to them, Demon Cultivators, but it shouldn’t be of much use to Spirit Refiners.
The ones who would attack them were most likely cultivators from the Shen Family, that Foundation Establishment Cultivation Clan.
He ran on all fours, his mind racing the whole way.
Soon, Wang Yanfeng spotted the Spirit Refiner preparing to leave.
The Spirit Refiner was disguised, and the only thing Wang Yanfeng could determine was that he was at the Qi Refining Ninth Layer.
As far as Wang Yanfeng was concerned, there was a piece of good news.
When the Qi Refining Ninth Layer Spirit Refiner up ahead saw him, he didn’t flee. Instead, he launched an attack.
’How reckless!’
Facing the rapidly approaching pale yellow Long Sword, the scaly tail behind Wang Yanfeng shot out, extending forward and instantly binding the blade tightly.
This iron tail had always been Wang Yanfeng’s pride and a manifestation of his talent.
’That’s it?’
The power of this Top-Grade Magical Artifact wasn’t just unremarkable; it was far weaker than any other Top-Grade Magical Artifact he had ever encountered.
’Against a Spirit Refiner with only this much strength, I can definitely finish him off with ease.’
Just as this thought crossed his mind, Wang Yanfeng’s expression suddenly changed.
’Not good!’
’This pale yellow Long Sword is anything but normal.’
It was already too late by the time Wang Yanfeng tried to fling the pale yellow Long Sword away.
BOOM!
A massive explosion startled the birds in the forest, sending them scattering into the air.
’This power... Junior Brother Fang only sold it for eighty Lower Grade Spirit Stones. Did I get way too good of a deal?’
Yang Yingjie was quite astonished after detonating the explosive version of the Yellow Iron Sword.
He hadn’t expected it to be so powerful.
The price of eighty Lower Grade Spirit Stones had misled him.
However, even under such a massive explosion, the Qi Refining Tenth Layer Demon from the Stone Demon Sect was not yet dead.
Yang Yingjie could feel a faint flow of Demon Power from the old Demon’s body.
Standing far away, Yang Yingjie controlled his red scissors to deliver the final blow to the old Qi Refining Tenth Layer Demon. His current position was the absolute limit from which he, at the Qi Refining Ninth Layer, could control a Top-Grade Magical Artifact.
At this distance, controlling a Top-Grade Magical Artifact consumed the most Spiritual Power.
A Qi Refining Tenth Layer Demon from the Celestial Demon Sect could be exchanged for one hundred and eighty Contribution Points at the sect. If they weren’t from the Celestial Demon Sect, they were only worth one hundred Contribution Points.
"Eighty Lower Grade Spirit Stones for one hundred Contribution Points. That’s a profit of twenty."
His harvest bountiful, Yang Yingjie didn’t linger. He quickly left the area, getting out of the Stone Demon Sect’s territory.
A Qi Refining Tenth Layer Demon had just appeared.
If he attracted a Foundation Establishment Stage Demon, he would meet his end here. So it was best to leave as quickly as possible.
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「Celestial Cloud Sect.」
In House 22 of the Inner Sect’s ’A’ residential area.
Just as Fang Yun finished refining and absorbing a Top-Grade Qi Enhancement Pill and was about to take a second one, he heard a knock on the door.
The timing of the knock could be said to be perfect.
After putting away the Top-Grade Qi Enhancement Pill he was about to take, Fang Yun opened the door.
"Junior Brother Fang!"
"Ah, Senior Brother Yang. Please, come in."
Seeing that his visitor was Yang Yingjie, Fang Yun was quickly reminded of what had happened more than two months ago.
Yang Yingjie had hoped to have an Attack-Type Top-Grade Spiritual Artifact refined, one suitable for dealing with Demons.
"Junior Brother, I’ve finished gathering all the materials you wanted."
After coming inside, Yang Yingjie found an open space in the living room and took out the materials Fang Yun wanted from his Storage Pouch one by one.
"Senior Brother, this Vermilion Demon Red Ore must not have been easy to collect."
Fang Yun was somewhat surprised as he looked at the large quantity of high-quality Vermilion Demon Red Ore.
"It wasn’t easy at all," Yang Yingjie nodded. "I checked the Disciple Marketplace and all the larger Cultivator Marketplaces within the Celestial Cloud Sect’s territory, but I only managed to find a little bit of poor-quality Vermilion Demon Red Ore. Then, I found out the Stone Demon Sect had a mineral vein of the stuff, so I went over there and took some."
"Forced your way in?"
"No, it was like this..."
Yang Yingjie recounted his experience in the Stone Demon Sect’s territory.
Overall, his luck was pretty good. He had spent eighty Lower Grade Spirit Stones and gained one hundred fifty-five Contribution Points.
"By the way, Junior Brother, do you have any idea how powerful the Top-Grade Magical Artifacts you refine are?" Yang Yingjie asked, shifting the conversation to his recent experience.
Fang Yun replied, "I have a rough idea."
He didn’t really know the exact level of power.
Furthermore, when combined with the power of his Combat Talent, all he could do was estimate.
"With the element of surprise, it can seriously injure an ordinary Qi Refining Tenth Layer Demon..." Yang Yingjie said, recounting his victory and giving Fang Yun a detailed description of the explosive-version Yellow Iron Sword’s power.
"Based on your description, Senior Brother, that’s about what I expected."
"Then why did you still sell it to me for only eighty Lower Grade Spirit Stones, Junior Brother?"
"Is that a problem?" Fang Yun asked in return.
"A problem? Of course not! It’s great!" Yang Yingjie laughed heartily. "Junior Brother, if you need any Spiritual Materials from the Celestial Demon Sect’s territory in the future, you can come to me. I’ll help you get them at a low price, too."
"Sounds good," Fang Yun smiled as well.
Some Spiritual Materials were indeed difficult to obtain in the Celestial Cloud Sect’s territory. Most of these were auxiliary materials, and the quantities needed weren’t very large.
Yang Yingjie hadn’t expected Fang Yun to think so highly of him.
He had already learned from Wu Junxin that Fang Yun was now the apprentice of the Artifact Casting Peak’s Management Elder. Their statuses within the sect were already clearly different.
Just now, he had prompted Fang Yun, but Fang Yun showed no intention of quoting a new price.
"Junior Brother, do you have any more Top-Grade Magical Artifacts like that?" Yang Yingjie asked directly. Since Fang Yun was treating him with such regard, he wouldn’t stand on ceremony either.
It was always good to have one or two more of this type of Top-Grade Magical Artifact on hand.
"The stable ones are all gone."
Fang Yun shook his head. The subsequent explosive versions of the Yellow Iron Sword were not suitable for Yang Yingjie.
He was afraid that if Yang Yingjie’s control slipped while using one, he would blow himself up.
"Senior Brother, you can collect these materials, and I’ll handle the Refining for you. The Refining fee will be fifty Lower Grade Spirit Stones per piece." As he spoke, Fang Yun wrote out a list of materials on the table.
Yang Yingjie took the list of materials and looked it over.
This time, the list didn’t contain any materials that were easier to find in the Celestial Demon Sect’s territory. They could all be gathered within their own sect’s lands.
"Here are one hundred Lower Grade Spirit Stones. You can take them first, Junior Brother," Yang Yingjie said, placing the Spirit Stones on the table. "If the Refining fails, I’ll go gather another set of materials."