I have 99 innate treasures

Chapter 307 Feedback from the Heaven Devouring Demon Pot (Part )
"The Devouring Demon Jar has recovered a little spiritual power, bringing you the following feedback. You can choose one of them to strengthen yourself."

As the thought of the Heaven-Devouring Demon Pot appeared directly in his mind, before Ji Yun could react, a piece of information immediately sounded in his mind one after another.

"The Heaven Devouring Demon Jar will give you a lifespan of 28 years, 400 Qi Luck, 11 Gold Spiritual Roots, +1 Soul Strength, and +1 Physical Strength."

"The Heaven Devouring Demon Jar will give you a lifespan of 41 years, a luck of 80, 6 wood spiritual roots, soul strength +1, and physical strength +1."

"The Heaven Devouring Demon Jar will give you a lifespan of 1 years, a luck of 5, 8 wood spiritual roots, soul strength +1, and physical strength +1."

"The Heaven Devouring Demon Jar brings you a ray of pure yin energy and a ray of bad luck."

"The Heaven Devouring Demon Pot brings you a ray of pure Yin energy...

Since the content of each feedback item of the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Jar was different, Qin Mu asked the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Jar to inform Ji Yun of the contents of the first ten feedback items.

After Ji Yun received this information, his pupils suddenly dilated and his expression changed in shock.

“Spiritual roots!?”

"Life span!?"

"Luck!?"

"This... is this the power of the innate treasure? Not only can it change one's innate qualifications! It can also change one's life span and fortune?"

In just a short moment, Ji Yun's three views were shattered.

Then he found that the spiritual root attributes fed back were very familiar.

"Golden spiritual roots and wood spiritual roots? Aren't these the spiritual root attributes of Zhao Mu and others?"

As soon as this thought came to his mind, he took a deep breath as if he understood something, and said in astonishment, "Could it be that the Heaven Devouring Demon Pot has stripped them of their spiritual roots?"

"If that's the case, then could it be that their lifespan and luck were also taken away from them?"

He thought of this suspiciously and looked at the other feedback content.

"But what about these pure yin energies and bad luck?"

"I didn't let the Heaven Devouring Demon Jar devour those ghosts, did I? Could it be that... even if it was just a simple containment, the Heaven Devouring Demon Jar would initially devour them?"

As this thought emerged in his mind, the Heaven-Devouring Demon Pot immediately sent him a message of "very correct guess", and told him that as an innate treasure that had lost most of its spirituality, the year of his life he paid only provided the treasure with the power to drive it. If he wanted to display its great power, he would need to devour part of it from the object it contained.

Otherwise, the Heaven-Devouring Demon Pot would completely lose its spirituality due to consuming too much of its essence and would fall into a long dormant state.

This content was naturally made up by Qin Mu on the spur of the moment, but Ji Yun believed it without a doubt.

“I see. No wonder it only consumed one year of lifespan, but was able to use the power of the treasure and deprive a person of everything… It turns out that when a living being enters the Heaven Devouring Demon Pot, a part of it will be devoured.”

Ji Yun, who had completely understood all of this, immediately recalled the feedback.

"Although the feedback in the first message is more about luck and spiritual roots than the other messages, it consumes my lifespan when I use the Heaven Devouring Demon Jar."

"On the other hand, although the second piece of information has less feedback on spiritual roots and luck, the lifespan is as high as 41 years, which is 13 years longer than the first piece of information!"

"These 13 years of life are enough for me to use the Heaven Devouring Demon Jar 13 times. After the subsequent devouring, I will get much more than the 400 luck and 11 spiritual roots!"

Thinking of this, he immediately selected the feedback content in the second message.

That is, the feedback content is 'lifespan 41 years, luck 80, wood spiritual roots 6 points, soul strength +1, physical strength +1'.

After increasing his luck by 80 points out of thin air, Ji Yun did not feel anything, but the increase in his lifespan, spiritual roots, body, and soul made him feel the abnormality in his body immediately.

After walking two or three miles, my legs, which had been feeling sore and swollen, suddenly regained their strength in a stream of warm air, and my heart beat faster and stronger.

Then, a chill suddenly appeared at the coccyx, and this chill quickly rose along the entire spine and rushed into the brain in an instant, making Ji Yun feel as if his ears and eyes were sharp, as if a basin of cold water was poured over his head in the hot sunshine.

In just a short moment, Ji Yun felt that the world before his eyes had undergone inexplicable changes.

When he felt this change, a gleam of light immediately flashed in his eyes, and he subconsciously clenched his fists more powerfully.

“As long as I can restore some of the spiritual power of the Heaven Devouring Demon Jar in a short period of time, I won’t have to worry even if I run into Master Yun Yuan again!”

He was naturally aware that the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Pot could not devour creatures that were at a higher realm than him, but as long as the spirituality of the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Pot was restored a few more times, his own qualifications would rise to the level of an inner sect disciple!
As long as he relies on the ghost servant to improve his cultivation, he can directly enter the inner gate.

At that time, Master Yun Yuan, who knew very well how poor his aptitude was, would definitely think that the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Pot contained the soul of a certain senior from the sect, and that he had been possessed by this senior from the sect.

In this case, even if Master Yun Yuan coveted the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Pot, he would definitely be cautious and inquire about his news first.

But this outer sect deacon will never know that his growth rate will become astonishing!

Thinking of this, Ji Yun's heart moved again, "The senior brother guarding the teleportation gate said when I came in that I was the first one to come in today. Instead of risking danger and going deep into the dense forest, it is better to hide at the entrance of the forest and wait for other disciples to come in."

"If the disciples who come in have not reached the Qi Refining Stage, I will attack them by surprise."

"If they reach the Qi Refining Stage, I will stay put... or I can follow them and secretly take in the ghosts!"

After making up his mind, Ji Yun immediately prepared to return.

But before returning, he subconsciously asked the Heaven-Devouring Demon Pot, wanting to know if there were any ghosts around.

After all, he had been standing there for quite some time.

The Devouring Demon Jar immediately used its remaining weak spiritual power to tell him: "There are thirty ghosts hiding in the dense forest around him, and there is a fierce ghost in the distance staring at him quietly."

When Ji Yun received this information, he suddenly felt panicked.

The evil ghost's strength is comparable to that of a cultivator in the late stage of foundation building, and is two major realms higher than him.

However, the Heaven-Devouring Demon Pot is simply unable to devour a being that is one realm higher than it.

But after experiencing the near-death struggle in the cold pond, Ji Yun's mentality has far surpassed that of ordinary people. Even though he is panicking in his heart, he still remains calm on the surface and even has the mind to think.

"If this evil spirit had just arrived, I would have died long ago."

"The reason why it is staring at me quietly from a distance is probably because it is afraid of the Heaven Devouring Demon Jar in my hand!"

"Although this treasure cannot contain a being that is one level higher than me, I am the only one who knows this!"

After thinking about this, Ji Yun's nervous mood relaxed a little.

Then he rolled his eyes and ordered the Heaven-Devouring Demon Pot to take away the thirty ghosts nearby.

The strength of these ghosts was not strong. Each of them had a lifespan of three months. As seven and a half years of their lifespan were swallowed by the Heaven-Devouring Demon Pot, this innate treasure immediately flew out of his hand and hovered above his head, with boundless suction surging from the mouth of the jar.

The evil spirit hiding in the dark immediately became alert when it saw the Heaven Devouring Demon Jar floating up, and floated back several dozen feet. When it finally stood still, it saw that the thirty ghosts that had received its orders and were about to harass Ji Yun were all taken away by the strange-looking jar.

It stared with a cold gaze at the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar that Ji Yun was holding in his arms again, feeling the terrifying aura faintly emanating from the jar. After hesitating for a moment, it turned and left.

Ji Yun didn't know that the evil ghost had left, and he pretended to be calm as he slowly walked towards the entrance.

After walking a few steps, he found out from the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar that the evil ghost had left. He breathed a sigh of relief and his pace unconsciously quickened.

By the time he returned to the forest entrance, half an hour had passed.

After asking the Heaven-Devouring Demon Pot and finding out that there were no other cultivators nearby, he hid himself behind a big tree, took off the 'Soul-Nourishing Altar' hanging around his waist and placed it at his feet.

Then he turned the mouth of the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar upside down, aimed it at the Soul-Nourishing Altar, and released a ghost.

Ji Yun stared at the whole process closely, and when he saw the ghost enter the soul-nourishing altar, he immediately sealed the altar with a lid.

The Soul Nurturing Altar is just a second-rate magical weapon, and is certainly not as good as the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Pot. As soon as the ghost was sealed in the altar, the Soul Nurturing Altar began to shake violently.

Ji Yun hugged the jar tightly with both hands, then knelt down and pressed down the jar with his upper body to stop the shaking.

But he could still feel the ghosts crashing around in the soul-raising altar.

After a while, the Soul Nurturing Altar finally calmed down.

But Ji Yun did not take it lightly. While he was cleaning the courtyard for the outer disciples, he heard them say that ghosts were very cunning.

They will not just leave it to fate just because the jar is sealed, but will hit it every once in a while.

It will not be completely quiet until twelve hours have passed.

Only then can you proceed to the next step.

Otherwise, at best the ghost will escape, at worst you will die at the hands of the ghost.

Although ghosts have no physical body, they can create creepy illusions through their spiritual consciousness, which is stronger than that of most ordinary people and cultivators in the early stages of Qi Refining.

In that illusion, the monks would not feel any pain.

They thought they were attacking the evil spirit, but in fact they were attacking themselves.

Eventually he died at his own hands.

Ji Yun could naturally go back to the room assigned to him by the sect to continue refining ghosts, but if he did that, he would appear different and thus reveal his flaws.

After all, most of the outer sect disciples are extremely poor, and the only magical instrument for raising ghosts is the soul-raising altar they receive when they first enter the outer sect.

If you want to take the ghost out of the secret realm, you can only choose to seal the ghost in a jar in the secret realm.

If Ji Yun didn't do this, after the next test, he would have no way to explain where his ghost servant came from.

At this moment, the jar, which had been calm for just a few minutes, began to shake violently again.

Fortunately, the ghosts have no cultivation, otherwise, they would not be trapped by the inferior soul-raising altar.

When Ji Yun began to control the Soul Nurturing Altar again, the oval blue portal standing not far from the forest entrance suddenly lit up with a faint blue light.

Ji Yun subconsciously held his breath and carefully poked his head out from behind the tree to look.

Two disciples wearing black outer sect clothes were seen walking out of the portal one after the other.

"Alas... I hope I can catch a ghost this time. In just half a month, I have come here four times, but I came back empty-handed every time. I have wasted 400 points for nothing."

The leader was a young monk, about twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old, with an upright figure and a resolute face.

But at this moment, his face was full of helplessness.

The other monk who walked out of the portal behind him was a middle-aged man in his forties.

After hearing the sigh of the young cultivator, the middle-aged cultivator smiled confidently and said, "Don't worry, Junior Brother Zhao. I have used my connections to find an inner sect senior brother and bought two top-grade soul-binding talismans from him. This time, the two of us will definitely not return empty-handed!"

The young monk glanced at the middle-aged monk and said unhappily, "Brother Zhang, you said last time, and the time before that, that it would be foolproof."

The middle-aged cultivator laughed awkwardly and said, "Don't worry, the soul-binding talisman this time was drawn by a senior brother from the inner sect. If the other party wants to earn more spirit stones, he will definitely not deceive us."

The young monk nodded helplessly and said, "I hope so..." After saying this, he added in an envious tone, "I don't know when we can reach the Qi Refining Stage. Many brothers have learned the Soul Binding Technique by entering the Qi Refining Stage, and helped other brothers to catch ghosts in the secret realm, and they all made a lot of money."

The middle-aged monk smiled and said, "Don't worry, with these two soul-binding talismans, we will definitely be able to catch the ghost this time, and then we can use the 'Northern Yin Soul Refining Technique' to reach the Qi Refining Stage."

"When that time comes, we can also use ghost servants and soul-binding techniques to help new outer sect disciples capture ghosts and earn points and spirit stones."

"When I earn enough spirit stones, I will sell the ghost servant to my inner sect senior brother in exchange for a more advanced ghost-raising technique. After all, although the 'Northern Yin Soul Refining Technique' is good, as long as the ghost servant devours ten Yin souls, there will be a danger of devouring the master!"

The young monk nodded slightly and approached the forest with the middle-aged monk.

Ji Yun, who was hiding behind a big tree, learned from their conversation that they had not reached the Qi Refining Stage. Seeing that the two of them were getting closer and closer to him, he could not help but clench his fists.

He didn't want to kill people for no reason, but his aptitude was too poor. If he wanted to reach the level of cultivation that could protect his sister, he could only use the Heaven-Devouring Demon Pot to devour their spiritual roots and lifespans.

Thinking of this, a cold look appeared in his eyes, and he pointed the mouth of the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar at them.

As he thought about it, the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Jar that had taken away two years of his life immediately floated up, and an extremely terrifying suction force gushed out from the mouth of the jar.

As soon as the two monks realized something was wrong, they were taken away by the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Pot without any resistance.

The next moment, the Heaven-Devouring Demon Pot landed lightly beside him.

Ji Yun's half body was still pressed on the Soul Nurturing Altar. He freed one hand to take out the lid from his arms and put it on the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar, then waited quietly.

In the next half hour, two groups of people walked out of the portal.

The first wave still consisted of two people, but they didn't speak.

Because Ji Yun couldn't be sure of the other party's cultivation level, he kept his troops in place and continued to wait.

The second wave was three cultivators who had just joined the outer sect. After learning from their chat that they would also take part in the assessment in a while, Ji Yun immediately paid three years of his life and let the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Pot take them away.

After Ji Yun took them away, he was worried that any subsequent sneak attacks on other cultivators would arouse suspicion, so he decided to stop there.

He then took back the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar and left the secret realm through the portal.

(End of this chapter)