16 Demon Refinement Kettle

As he felt his body fill up with spiritual energy, Qin Feng was elated. Such good luck!

He never expected this copper kettle to actually feedback spiritual energy to help him cultivate. The source of this spiritual energy should be the spiritual energy absorbed from that Ghost Pagoda Tree devoured by the copper kettle.

Even though the spiritual energy came from the tree, it did not contain any of the original spiritual energy of the ghost tree. However, it was exceptionally pure and could be directly absorbed and transformed. It was unlike the spiritual energy in the air that was absorbed from the vicinity, which needed to go through several rounds of refinement before it could be transformed for him to use.

For Qin Feng, that was an immense surprise. According to his original cultivation speed, breaking through to the second level of Qi Refinement Stage within half-a-year would have been pretty impressive. Furthermore, this estimation took into account all the various pills, elixirs, and spiritual items that could purify his essence that his father had prepared for him.

If not for those elixirs and spiritual items, he would need at least one to two years' time to advance from the first level to the second level of the Qi Refinement Stage based on his talent.

However, with the feedback from the copper kettle, he had already achieved the stage where he could advance at any time.

Qin Feng felt that he should aim a little higher and further at this rate. If he could achieve the third or fourth level of Qi Refinement Stage before he entered the sect, after he entered, he would definitely be at a better standing to receive benefits.

As for his earlier idea of handing this copper kettle over to the sect, that had already been thrown to the back of his mind. He was not an idiot. How could he give away this treasure that could help his cultivation?

Cultivators break their backs cultivating for the sole purpose of being able to increase their lifespan and achieve stronger magical power. The copper kettle was his biggest stroke of sheer luck, how could he surrender it to someone else?

As they say, he who hesitates is lost. Indecision invariably leads to trouble. Since this treasure had landed in his lap, if he did not make the most out of it, perhaps bad luck will come to him, bringing disaster.

While he was immersed in his imagination, Qin Yang who was more than a hundred steps ahead called out, "Brother Feng, are you done? If you don't hurry and keep up, Watch out, you might be approached by a lady ghost and have your virgin body ravaged."

Hearing his call, Qin Feng instantly stopped daydreaming and hurried to respond. Turning around, he chased in the direction of the troops. He was counting on the darkness of the night and the trees within the forest to conceal everything so Qi Yang and the others could not see clearly.

If Qin Feng did not rush to catch up with the rest of the group, once Qin Yang turned back to look for him, he would surely discover the disappearance of the ghost tree.

The rest of the way back to Kun City, the troops did not encounter any other danger or thrills. When the group had returned to the patrol office, it was late into the night. Qin Yang still had to handle eliminating the Yin intent from within Chen Hu and the others' bodies. However, he did not feel comfortable leaving Qin Feng to head home on his own so he allowed Qin Feng to rest for the night in his father's room. Once morning had broken, they would head back to the Qin Residence.

Qin Feng's cultivation was still shallow and he would not be of any help in eliminating Yin intent, hence he used the excuse of being tired to head straight to his father's room at the patrol office to rest.

Of course, his exhilaration from discovering a treasure for the first time meant that he had no intention of sleeping at all. Earlier on, as there were still people around he could not reveal his feelings. Right now, he was finally alone and he could not suppress the smile on his face any longer.

He carefully locked all the doors and windows of the room then sat cross legged on the bed, using his divine sense to communicate with the quaint copper kettle. He tried to summon it so that he could study it.

In the end, once his divine sense entered the inside of the copper kettle a sudden change occurred. A huge thought flowed into his mind following the divine sense. This sudden change almost caused Qin Feng's consciousness to burst. 

He cursed inwardly, that was completely different from before!

The last time he used his divine sense to explore the kettle, everything was dark and empty. Nothing could be seen and there was no reaction whatsoever. However this time, without giving him an opportunity to resist, a violent intent forced its way viciously into his consciousness.

Qin Long did not dare to ponder for long and quickly focused his mind and Qi to prevent this intent from overwhelming his mind. If he fainted from such a vicious wilpower, he would not have any ability to resist. It was possible that when he woke up his mind would be completely wiped away and he would become an idiot.

After a long while, he slowly released his breath. After merging with that intent, only then did he understand the origin of that copper kettle within his consciousness.

This was an immortal tool, an extremely powerful ancient immortal tool. However, it had been destroyed by someone a long time ago. For Qin Feng, that was a good thing as it would not have ended up in his possession if the treasure was not broken.

This immortal tool was called the Demon Refinement Kettle. According to the intent signaled over by the kettle, Qin Feng realized that this kettle was not a genuine Demon Refinement Kettle. Within the demon realm a long time ago, there was a tyrannical demon king and he imitated a supreme innate spirit treasure to make the Demon Refinement Kettle. 

Even though it was an imitation, it was still extremely powerful.

This Demon Refinement Kettle was not a magic treasure meant for fighting. Instead, it was a treasure used to suppress demonic beasts. Any demons that had been absorbed into the Demon Refinement Kettle will end up as an imprint on the kettle and become one of the kettle's soldiers.

The demon king of the celestial demon realm used the Demon Refinement Kettle to suppress all the hostile demon tribes that were opposing him. He turned those demon tribes into his own subordinate demon soldiers forcing them to fight for him.

In an ancient great battle, that demon king became infamous. At the very last great battle, he angered an even more powerful being and was killed. 

The Demon Refinement Kettle was hit hard by a strong master and immediately broke apart, becoming disabled. It fell into a random corner on that ancient battlefield and he had no idea where that black-robed evil cultivator dug it out from.

That evil cultivator clearly did not know the origin of this Demon Refinement Kettle. He only sensed that this treasure was uncommon and wanted to refine it sacrificially to form demonic magical tools. In that manner, he could harm cultivators and obtain their souls. He set his eyes on Li Tianchou and was prepared to snatch Li Tianchou's soul and sacrificially refine it for spirit tools.

Unfortunately, that evil cultivator did not expect that Qin Long would possess a spirit beast like the Jade-eyes Spirit Snake. The snake, combined with Li Tianchou's attack destroyed his large Yin intent formation. In the end, not only did he not achieve his goal, he even lost his life.

Qin Feng sensed that the Demon Refinement Kettle was continuously transmitting its intent within his consciousness and largely understood what it was telling him.

Even though the information was patchy and incomplete, it allowed him to see the existence of some things that were unbelievably powerful.

Countless monster tribes spanning far and wide, blocking out the sun. A huge battlefield extending tens of thousands of miles. The fight between the humans and monsters, with huge demonic beasts reaching heights over hundred thousand feet, smashing the magic weapons of heaven and earth as well as divine weapons. Although it was only fleeting, the vision also made him feel scared.

Once he got over his fright, he was only left with unbound joy and yearning. He was elated that he had landed a treasure and yearned that in the future he would be able to cultivate to such an incomparably powerful stage. To be able to cut through the nine heavens with one strike and suppress the demon immortals with one palm.

Of course, that was only his imagination, at the moment he was just a rookie who had only begun cultivating. Just because of that horrific vision, he thought far beyond his current reality and imagined how he would dominate the world in the future.

At the moment, the most crucial part was to improve his power and enter the sect. Now that he owned this magical kettle, it would definitely make his cultivation journey much smoother.

The only regretful thing was the Demon Refinement Kettle being broken beyond repair. On the inside, it should have nine levels of grottos but they had all turned into dust. Only the most bottom level still had a small piece of desolate land with a radius of one hundred meters left. The rest of the nine-leveled grotto only retained the most basic source of the law of the world.

If he wanted to restore the Demon Refinement Kettle to its original state, he would need to transfer nine grotto realms into the kettle. Furthermore, it would also require numerous treasures to restore the broken parts of the Demon Refinement Kettle and allow it to return to its former glory.

Qin Feng shook his head, he should stop beating himself up because that was not something that he could do. For now, he should just focus on how he could use the Demon Refinement Kettle to elevate his cultivation level.

The Demon Refinement Kettle was only a grotto magic treasure that functioned as a vessel for soldiers to the powerful demon king that crafted it. As for its other lesser ability to elevate the soldiers' power, it was considered nothing to the demon king.

However, one man's trash was another man's treasure. What the demon king did not care about was extremely special to Qin Feng. 

Due to the fact that this kettle was only an imitation, it had many large differences compared to the original innate spirit treasure Demon refinement Kettle. 

With regards to the Demon Refinement Kettle in Qin Feng's consciousness, the most important word was 'cultivation'. Not only could it transform demons into demon soldiers under the control of its owner but it could also refine the dead bodies of demons and convert it into the most basic source of spiritual energy to assist in cultivation.

Of course, the original intention of that demon king was surely to use the spiritual energy on the demons that were trapped within the Demon Refinement Kettle. However, not only did Qin Feng not own any demon subordinates, but he was also unwilling to give the spiritual energy to any demons.

He did not have enough for his own cultivation, how would there be any excess spiritual energy to split with any demonic beasts?

However, apart from being able to nurture demon soldiers and refine spiritual energy, Qin Feng's favorite part about the Demon Refinement Kettle was this one ability. In the original nine-level grottos, each grotto nurtured a demon king that ruled over a troop of demons.

Furthermore, those nine demon kings could use the kettle's energy to refine bloodlines of similar species of demonic beasts to achieve special abilities in them. That was possible under the special protection of the kettle

That was extremely impressive because the bloodline of demonic beasts is highly treasured. That was especially the case in the early stages of cultivation as they relied heavily on bloodlines to grant them magical power, allowing them to compete with other demonic creatures. Even after cultivating to an extremely high cultivation stage, they would still rely heavily on their bloodlines to suppress the other demon tribes and have them surrender.

Furthermore, the ability to fuse bloodlines with other demon beasts of similar species would allow them to obtain the ability granted by the other bloodline. It was astonishingly powerful.

Even though Qin Feng had read about simple descriptions of the cultivation realm in the family scripture library. He knew that after one became an immortal, All races' emphasis on special abilities would gradually weaken, becoming more focused on Dao methods. 

This was because Dao methods were derived from the Great Dao laws, their power was limitless and much stronger than magical power.

However, Qin Feng could not see that far into the future. All he needed to know was that he had received a heavenly blessing. It was also a blessing that was most suited for him.

After he entered the Beastmaster sect and acquired his own spiritual beast. He would be able to use the function of his Demon Refinement Kettle to help his spirit beast obtain even more magical power.

When that time came it should not be difficult to compete for a spot as an internal disciple using his powerful spiritual beast, right?