Having been given a second chance at life, I choose to join the Demonic Sect!

Chapter 13 Senior Sister, come and try it out!
However, Cao Meng also grasped the key word in An Yingji's words—"stolen." Sure enough, in the cultivation world, if you want to get rich quickly, you can't take legitimate side jobs.

Deceit, fraud, and extortion!
This is the fastest way to earn spirit stones as a side job while cultivating immortality, but unfortunately, these side jobs are not recognized by the majority of cultivators!
Cao Meng was eager to show off his skills, but he didn't have the materials to refine the Supreme Yang Pearl.

Then he turned his gaze to An Yingji and said:
"Senior sister, could you please get me some more refining materials?"

Cao Meng listed out the cheapest materials he needed to refine the Supreme Yang Pearl.

After hearing about the materials Cao Meng needed, An Yingji jokingly said:

"You're quite clever; you even know to practice with some cheap materials!"

An Yingji didn't have the low-grade materials Cao Meng needed, so she took out a communication jade talisman and sent a few words through her voice.

In less than half an hour, the warehouse disciples delivered the materials Cao Meng needed to An Yingji's residence.

"Senior Sister An, after the discount and rounding down, the total is one hundred low-grade spirit stones!"

The female disciple in the warehouse reported the cost of the materials.

The materials Cao Meng wanted were all cheap, so the price was also relatively low. Even a large pile of them only cost one hundred low-grade spirit stones.

It was precisely because they were all low-grade goods that the Hehuan Sect had a considerable amount of stock in its warehouse.

An Yingji's actions could even be described as helping the warehouse clear out its inventory.

An Yingji watched as Cao Meng pretended to be mute and didn't intend to pay with spirit stones. She glared at this hateful junior brother before paying the bill.

Cao Meng, I, An Yingji, have noted down the cost of these one hundred low-grade spirit stones for you. I'll deduct it from your monthly allowance later!

An Yingji waved her hand, signaling Cao Meng that he could begin his performance.
Based on his knowledge of weapon crafting, Cao Meng first used fire to consecrate the furnace.

"This fire control is not bad."

An Yingji watched Cao Meng control the fire without much surprise.

After all, Cao Meng possesses the Ten-Sun Sacred Body, which is a Yang constitution. While a Yang constitution may not be as good as a fire-type constitution in terms of fire control, its ability to control fire is definitely not inferior.

After Cao Meng used the fire to consecrate the furnace, he immediately threw all the materials for refining the Supreme Yang Pearl into the Crimson Refining Furnace!
An Yingji was shocked to see this and quickly scolded:
"Your method is clearly botched; it's bound to explode!"

Although An Yingji was not a weapon refiner, she knew some basic knowledge about weapon refining.

Others refine materials in batches, then gradually add them in to blend and complement each other.

In her eyes, Cao Meng's methods were nothing but reckless messing around!

Cao Meng ignored An Yingji and continued the refining process.

Cao Meng is cheating! The system guarantees a 100% success rate in refining first-tier spiritual weapons!
So even if your technique is flawed, it doesn't matter, because the system provides a safety net!
System: Host, I regret it!

Seeing that Cao Meng wouldn't listen to her advice, An Yingji had no choice but to accept the outcome of the explosion.

With her cultivation at the sixth level of the Golden Core stage, even if the weapon forging failed and the furnace exploded, she could still protect Cao Meng.

As for the losses, we'll keep that in mind for now.

Once we find a wealthy buyer, we'll sell Cao Meng. We'll make back all our losses eventually.

As Cao Meng continued to refine the materials, the various refining materials in the Crimson Furnace began to fuse together, condensing into a pile of precious pearls!
"Charge!!"

Cao Meng saw that a pile of Supreme Yang Pearls had taken initial shape, and only the final step of charging remained!

He immediately released his extremely yang and powerful energy to recharge the beads.

As Cao Meng's extremely yang, strong, and powerful energy surged into the Crimson Refining Furnace, the Yang Pearls began to recharge.

Half an hour later, a flash of golden light appeared in the refining furnace.

Golden Legend: A batch of Tier 1 Low-Grade Supreme Yang Pearls have been successfully refined.

That's right, it's a low-grade first-tier item!
It's not that the system's cheat code for Cao Meng was bad, but rather that Cao Meng was too stingy.

To save costs, Cao Meng used the cheapest refining materials, so the resulting Supreme Yang Pearl was naturally of low grade!

"Haha, it worked!"

Cao Meng laughed loudly and began counting the Yang Pearls. "It really worked!"

An Yingji was somewhat surprised; she hadn't expected that Cao Meng's chaotic efforts would actually result in a successful weapon forging.

This junior brother is even more monstrous than a prodigy!

When I sell them later, I can ask the buyers for more spirit stones!

An Yingji: Hello, buyer!
Cao Meng is my dearest friend and closest friend, my most... dearest junior brother, so I have to pay extra!

……

"I have over two hundred of them, I'm going to be rich!"

These two hundred Supreme Yang Pearls are now just piles of spirit stones in Cao Meng's eyes!
Overjoyed, he didn't even realize that his body was already weakened by insufficient yang energy.

An Yingji reached out and took a Supreme Yang Pearl. Upon closer inspection, she discovered that the Supreme Yang Pearl was a low-grade first-tier spiritual artifact.

Aside from storing some yang energy inside, it seems to have no ability to attack or defend; it's practically useless.

"You consumed materials and your own yang energy just to refine these beads?"

An Yingji was somewhat puzzled as to why Cao Meng would bother refining a bunch of useless, low-grade first-tier spirit artifact beads.

Just then, the system issued a notification to Cao Meng:

"Friendly reminder, host, your yang energy is insufficient, you are about to become weak. Quickly go and sunbathe so that the Ten-Day Sacred Body can absorb the power of the sun to restore your yang energy!"

The system felt incredibly thoughtful; it had even given its host a special reminder when the host seemed weak.

"Damn system, don't spread rumors! I, Cao Meng, am not lying, nor could I possibly be lying!"

Cao Meng argued with the system in his mind. How could Cao Meng possibly be weak?

It's clearly this damn system spreading rumors and slandering me, ruining my reputation as Cao Meng!
By the way, the kidneys do seem a bit sore!
No, I strained my back because I was talking too loudly!

System: That's just how men are; they'll never admit they're being weak!

……

Cao Meng approached An Yingji and said:

"Senior sister, the object in your hand is called the Supreme Yang Pearl."

"Try using the Yang-nourishing-Yin technique to absorb the Yang energy and true Qi within, and use it to nourish your body!"

The Supreme Yang Pearl is a treasure used to replenish Yin by absorbing Yang energy, so Cao Meng planned to have his senior sister, An Yingji, test the effects of the Supreme Yang Pearl.

Upon hearing the words "absorbing yang to replenish yin," An Yingji immediately blushed!
Seeing An Yingji blush, Cao Meng immediately understood what was going on and asked in a low voice:

"Senior sister, why are you blushing?"

"Hehe, you wouldn't happen to be..."

Before Cao Meng could finish speaking, he paid the price for his loose tongue. An Yingji, blushing, gave Cao Meng a loving punch from her senior sister!
Although An Yingji knew the method of replenishing yin with yang energy, she had never practiced it, let alone used it on a bead.

An Yingji used clumsy techniques to absorb the extremely yang, strong, and powerful energy from the Supreme Yang Pearl.

Although An Yingji's technique was clumsy, her sixth-level Golden Core cultivation level meant she could still absorb the Yang energy from the Yang Pearl very quickly.

A quarter of an hour later, the yang energy in the Supreme Yang Pearl was completely absorbed by An Yingji, and the Supreme Yang Pearl became dull and lifeless, transforming from a low-grade first-level spiritual artifact into an ordinary pearl.

After absorbing the yang energy of a supreme yang pearl, An Yingji's face became slightly flushed.

Upon seeing this, Cao Meng quickly asked An Yingji:

"Senior sister, what's your opinion on the yang energy of this Supreme Yang Pearl? Is it the same as dual cultivation with a human?"

"Shut up!"

Cao Meng's question earned him a scolding from An Yingji!
Although An Yingji was a disciple of the Hehuan Sect, she always kept herself pure and never engaged in dual cultivation with anyone.

Therefore, if Cao Meng didn't get a scolding for asking that question, who would?
(End of this chapter)