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Qin Feng felt immense joy in his heart as he sensed the abundant spiritual power within himself.
What a stroke of fortune!
He never expected that this copper pot could also feed back spiritual power to aid his cultivation.
The source of this spiritual power must be the spiritual energy returned after the copper pot devoured the Ghost Locust.
Although this spiritual energy was likely not even a tenth of the Ghost Locust's original spiritual power, it was exceptionally pure and could be directly absorbed and converted. This was unlike the spiritual energy from nature, which had to be repeatedly refined before it could be utilized.
This was an incredible surprise for Qin Feng.
Originally, given his cultivation speed, it would be commendable if he could advance to the second level of Qi Refinement within six months, and this was with the various elixir pills and spiritual objects his father prepared for him.
Without those elixir pills and spiritual objects, given his aptitude, it would take him at least one to two years to advance from the first to the second level of Qi Refinement.
But now, with the copper pot's feedback, he was already at the stage where he could advance at any time.
Qin Feng thought that now he should set his sights farther. If he could reach the third or even fourth level of Qi Refinement before entering the sect, he would undoubtedly gain more benefits upon arriving at the sect.
As for the idea of turning in this copper pot to the sect, he had completely abandoned it.
He wasn't foolish. How could he bear to give away such a treasure that could assist in cultivation?
Cultivators endure arduous cultivation for the sake of advancing in their cultivation, gaining more longevity and stronger divine skills. This copper pot was his greatest opportunity—how could he let it go to others for nothing?
As it is said, "What heaven bestows is not to be refused, or misfortune will follow."
Since this treasure had fallen into his hands, if he did not make good use of it, it might bring bad luck and disaster instead.
As his thoughts were swirling around, he heard Qin Yang's voice calling from a hundred steps away: "Feng-di, are you done? Hurry up and catch up, or you'll be entangled by a female ghost and lose your virginity."
Hearing the call, Qin Feng immediately put his thoughts aside, answered quickly, and turned around to catch up with the group.
It was fortunate that it was late at night with the forest trees providing cover, so Qin Yang and the others couldn't see the situation here.
If he didn't return to the group quickly and Qin Yang came looking for him, he would undoubtedly discover the disappearance of the Ghost Locust.
Following the group, they returned to Kun City without any surprises or dangers.
After returning to the Inspection Department's residence, since it was late at night and Qin Yang still had to expel the Yin Evil from Chen Hu and others, he was not comfortable letting Qin Feng return alone. Therefore, he let Qin Feng rest in his father's room for the night and return to the family at dawn.
Since Qin Feng's cultivation was still low, he couldn't help with expelling the Yin Evil and thus used fatigue as an excuse to rest in his family's room at the Inspection Department.
Of course, the joy of acquiring such a treasure left him sleepless. Previously, because he was in front of others, he couldn't show his emotions; now alone, he could no longer suppress the smile on his face.
He carefully locked the doors and windows of the room, sat cross-legged on the bed, and tried to summon the ancient copper pot with his divine sense to study it.
However, as soon as his divine sense entered the copper pot, a sudden change occurred. A vast consciousness surged into his spirit through his divine sense.
This sudden change nearly blew up Qin Feng's sea of consciousness.
He cursed internally, "This is completely different from last time!"
Last time when his divine sense entered, it was completely dark with nothing to see and no response. This time, it was so aggressive, not giving him any chance to resist, forcing a torrent of consciousness into his sea of consciousness.
Qin Feng dared not think further, immediately focused his mind, and guarded his heart to prevent his spirit from being overwhelmed by this consciousness.
If this wild consciousness knocked him out, he would have no defense and might awaken with his will completely crushed, becoming an idiot.
After a long while, he finally exhaled slowly.
After merging with that consciousness, he understood the origin of the copper pot in his sea of consciousness.
It was an Immortal Artifact, a very powerful ancient Immortal Artifact.
Only, it had been destroyed long ago.
But this was good news for Qin Feng.
If this treasure wasn't damaged, how could it have fallen into his hands?
This Immortal Artifact was called the Demon Refining Pot.
According to the consciousness conveyed by the Demon Refining Pot, Qin Feng discovered this pot was not the true Demon Refining Pot. It was a replica made by a powerful Demon King from the Heavenly Demon Great World, based on the Innate Spiritual Treasure, the Demon Refining Pot, of a supreme existence.
Even though it was a replica, it was still extremely powerful.
This Demon Refining Pot wasn't a magical treasure used for combat but a treasure used to suppress demon beasts. Any demon beast accepted into the Demon Refining Pot would be branded and turned into the pot's Dao Soldier.
The Demon King from the Heavenly Demon Great World used this pot to suppress all enemy demon clans, turning them into his own demon soldiers and ordering them to fight for him.
That Demon King earned a notorious reputation in the ancient battles, until the final decisive battle where he provoked a more formidable existence and was slain.
Even the Demon Refining Pot was struck by a mighty hand, severely damaged, and fell into a corner of the ancient battlefield. It was unknown where that black-robed Evil Cultivator unearthed it.
That Evil Cultivator evidently did not know the full origin of the Demon Refining Pot. He only sensed that it was extraordinary and wanted to refine it into a Ghost Dao Magical Treasure, thus harming cultivators and seizing their souls. He even targeted Li Tianchou, intending to seize his soul to refine into an Artifact Spirit.
Unfortunately, the Evil Cultivator didn't foresee that Qin Long had the Green-Eyed Spirit Snake. Collaborating with Li Tianchou, they broke his Yin Evil Formation, and in his attempt to steal, he ultimately lost his own life.
Qin Feng, feeling the intermittent consciousness from the Demon Refining Pot in his mind, roughly analyzed the situation.
Although the consciousness was incomplete, he glimpsed some incredible formidable existences.
Like the countless demon clans covering the sky and earth, a vast battlefield spanning tens of thousands of miles, the ferocious battles between humans and demons, colossal demon beasts thousands of meters tall, divine weapons breaking through the heavens—although these scenes flashed by quickly, they left him in awe.
After the initial shock, all that remained was endless joy and longing.
Joy at obtaining such a treasure, and longing to one day reach such powerful levels, splitting the heavens with one sword, suppressing powerful Demon Immortals with one palm.
Of course, these were just fantasies. He was still a rookie in cultivation and couldn't imagine himself conquering the world based on a fleeting shadow.
What was more important now was how to improve his strength and join a sect.
With this Demon Refining Pot, his future path would undoubtedly become smoother.
The only pity was that the Demon Refining Pot was seriously damaged. Its original nine-layer Grotto Heaven had turned to dust, leaving only a desolate land of about a hundred square feet on the bottom layer. The rest of the nine-layer Grotto Heaven had crumbled, leaving only the core Dao Principle.
To restore the Demon Refining Pot to its former state, he would need to integrate nine Grotto Heaven Worlds into it and use various heavenly materials and earthly treasures to repair the pot's damage.
Qin Feng shook his head, dismissing the idea. This was not something he could accomplish now.
For now, he should think about how to use the Demon Refining Pot to enhance his cultivation.
To the powerful Demon King who crafted it, the Demon Refining Pot was merely a Cave Heaven Treasure for carrying Dao Soldiers. As for its lesser functions to enhance Dao Soldiers' strength, those were inconsequential.
But what a demon king saw as insignificant, Qin Feng valued greatly.
Because this Demon Refining Pot was a replica, it differed significantly from the original Innate Spiritual Treasure.
The Demon Refining Pot in Qin Feng's sea of consciousness emphasized the word "refine."
It could not only refine demons into controlled demon soldiers but also refine all deceased demon bodies into the purest spiritual energy to aid cultivation.
Of course, the Demon King's intention was likely to use this spiritual energy for the demon beasts subdued by the Demon Refining Pot. But Qin Feng had no subordinates of demon beasts and no desire to share the spiritual energy with any beasts.
He himself was short on spiritual energy, so how could he spare any for demon beasts?
However, aside from nurturing demon soldiers and refining spiritual energy, what Qin Feng valued most was the Demon Refining Pot's ability to refine a demon beast's bloodline divine power and merge it into itself.
This was incredibly powerful.
Because demon beasts greatly valued their bloodline.
In the early stage of cultivation, they particularly relied on their bloodline to birth divine skills to fight against other beings.
Even after reaching deep cultivation levels, they still depended heavily on bloodline suppression to make other demon clans submit.
The function of merging other demon beasts' bloodlines and gaining their bloodline divine powers was astonishingly powerful.
Although Qin Feng had read simple descriptions of cultivation realms in the family's Scripture Pavilion, knowing that after becoming an Immortal, all races gradually placed less importance on divine skills and more on Daoist skills.
Because Daoist skills were derived from Dao Principles, possessing infinite power far greater than divine skills.
But Qin Feng couldn't see that far yet. He only knew he had obtained a great opportunity, one that was perfect for him.
When he joined the Beast Taming Sect, with this Demon Refining Pot, he could use its abilities to help his spiritual beasts gain more divine skills.
By then, leveraging powerful spiritual beasts to win a spot as an Inner Sect Disciple should be no problem, right?
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