Yuantian Pidao

Chapter 297 Advancement of the Military Pool
Taiping Sect, Lingku, where spiritual energy is shrouded in mist.

Sitting cross-legged on the lotus platform, Jiang Chen closed his eyes and silently inhaled spiritual energy.

At a certain moment, accompanied by a fierce roar, the spirit pool boiled, and the originally dormant spiritual energy was completely activated and further developed. In an instant, a blue lotus emerged, covering the spirit pool, and a spirit fish appeared, forming a scene of hundreds of fish vying to cross.

Sensing something, Jiang Chen opened his eyes.

"It seems that this weapon pool is about to advance to the second level. It's going much more smoothly than expected. It should be because of the blessing of the two spiritual veins. After all, this weapon pool is closely related to the spiritual vein of Muyu Island."

His gaze fell, and through the boiling water, Jiang Chen saw the bones that had settled in the pool.

The number of these corpses was so great that they had piled up into a small mountain. Each one was a demon at the Qi Refining level. These were all brought back from the battlefield by the cultivators of the Taiping Sect. In this war between humans and demons, the cultivators of the Taiping Sect had indeed obtained a lot of demon corpses.

At the very top of these corpses was a skeleton about ten zhang long, resembling a crocodile demon. This was the skeleton of Crocodile Abyss. After killing it, Jiang Chen threw its skeleton into the weapon pool as resources for the advancement of the weapon pool.

With a hum, the pool water changed further. Under Jiang Chen's gaze, the white bones melted away, and all the precipitated demon bone power began to be completely absorbed by the weapon pool.

At that very moment, hundreds of fish scrambled to leap from the spirit pool. Although most failed, becoming phantoms the instant they left the pool, one blue carp successfully leaped out.

With a roar like a dragon's cry, accompanied by a final leap, the blue carp transformed and successfully grew dragon horns.

In that instant, the spirituality contained within the pool surged wildly, frantically absorbing spiritual energy and causing its essence to break through its original limits. As time passed, the power accumulated within the pool grew stronger and stronger until it crossed the first-order limit and reached the second order.

Roaring, sensing its own limits, the transformed blue carp glanced back at the weapon pool, then gave up and fell back into the pool.

With a splash, the pool water surged and churned. As the blue carp returned, the last flaw in the battle pool was repaired. The pool shone brightly, and the entire pool water turned milky white, rippling with a gentle spiritual light. From a distance, it looked like some kind of rare and precious treasure.

However, if one were to actually touch it, one could easily be reduced to nothing. Compared to the former weapon pool, this weapon pool has undoubtedly become more domineering after the upgrade.

Seeing this, Jiang Chen smiled.

For him now, the second-tier weapon pool is quite useful. Otherwise, he would not have originally planned to put the remains of the two great demons, Crocodile Abyss and Azure Flower, into it.

"Once the weapon pool is completed, the forging of second-tier flying swords and the forging of crocodile demon skin can truly get on the right track."

With a thought, Jiang Chen waved his sleeve and took out the Crocodile Abyss's demon skin and the Frost Moon Blade.

"For me now, top-grade magical artifacts are really not enough."

Jiang Chen reached out and grabbed the Frost Moon Blade in his hand.

At this moment, the Frost Moon Blade appeared to be shining brightly, but it was actually damaged inside. The fine cracks were the best proof of this. These were the marks left from the previous battles with Crocodile Abyss when the Blade was controlled by the God.

As Jiang Chen's power grew stronger, the Frost Moon Blade began to feel the strain.

"The upgrading of the Frost Moon Blade is imperative."

"With materials like Gengjin, and with my weapon-refining skills plus the help of the second-tier weapon pool, it should be feasible to upgrade the Frost Moon Blade into a second-tier spiritual weapon." With these thoughts in mind, Jiang Chen cast the Frost Moon Blade into the weapon pool. The Gengjin had already been nurtured in the weapon pool, and now all he had to do was use the power of the weapon pool to completely fuse the power of the Gengjin and the Frost Moon Blade.

After doing all this, Jiang Chen turned his attention to the demon skin left behind by Crocodile Abyss.

After returning from Blackwater Dock, he immediately began refining the demon skin. However, due to the lack of a follow-up to the Lesser Formless Scripture, he encountered some difficulties in refining the demon skin.

"My Blood Fiend True Flame is only at the first level, not yet reaching the power of the second level. It is somewhat lacking in the necessary power to refine the Dao Foundation Demon Skin. Fortunately, my divine sense is strong enough to make up for the deficiency. However, if I want this demon skin to truly take shape, I still need to use the power of the Weapon Pool to refine it more meticulously."

"Only in this way can we preserve its power as much as possible and prevent it from falling from the foundation level."

With his divine sense spreading out, illuminating both the inside and outside, Jiang Chen carefully sensed the changes in the demon skin.

This time, he was only refining an ordinary demon skin, which would lock his strength limit and prevent him from constantly breaking through the limits like the Mist Dragon. However, this was enough for him. After all, the reason he wanted to refine this demon skin was not for Crocodile Abyss's combat power, but for the foundation of his Dao that Crocodile Abyss had built by cultivating the Black Water Great Law.

The Black Water Great Art is a fragment of the Purple Mansion Scripture, which is quite profound. He intends to study it, which will not only further enhance the combat power of the Mist Dragon, but also give him another option. If things really don't work out, he may try to switch to cultivating the Black Water Great Art.

After all, unlike the Cloud Ascension Scripture of the Misty Sea, the Black Water Great Law was originally left behind by human cultivators and is suitable for human cultivators to practice.

However, comprehending a Purple Mansion Scripture from scratch was too slow, so he chose to use Crocodile Abyss as a medium. It forged its Dao foundation by cultivating the Black Water Great Law, and the demon skin it left behind naturally matched the Black Water Great Law. With the blessing of this demon skin, comprehending the Black Water Great Law would naturally be twice as effective with half the effort.

Of course, if Jiang Chen wanted to, he could actually transform the demon skin left by Crocodile Abyss into something similar to his own natal demon skin. The method was very simple: just split his own soul and infuse the crocodile demon skin with spirit. However, Crocodile Abyss's potential was too poor, and Jiang Chen didn't think much of it.

"Judging from the current strength of the weapon pool, this demon skin will be fully formed after about a month of refinement."

Having made a rough estimate in his mind, Jiang Chen also threw the crocodile demon skin into the weapon pool.

With a gurgling sound, as the crocodile demon skin fell, the mysterious weapon pool manifested, and a continuous stream of power began to wash over the demon skin.

Seeing this, Jiang Chen nodded in satisfaction. Compared to refining a second-tier flying sword, refining this demon skin was actually simpler.

"With the advancement of the weapon pool, the baleful aura surged, and this Bitter Lotus suffered a considerable impact. It is unknown whether it can survive it."

Having confirmed that the demon skin was unharmed, Jiang Chen shifted his gaze and saw the Bitter Lotus.

At this moment, the bitter lotus has completely fallen silent. Not only are the flower buds drooping, but even the leaves have lost their luster, looking as if it is about to come to an end.

"No pain, no gain. If you can truly embody this idea, your future is bright."

After carefully assessing the state of the Bitter Lotus, unable to determine its future, Jiang Chen couldn't help but sigh.

After a moment, Jiang Chen withdrew his gaze and fell silent once more.

(End of this chapter)