Demon Refining Gourd?
Everyone froze.
Real Person Longbrow asked, “What treasure is this? How is it that this poor Taoist has never heard of it?”
“There are plenty of things you’ve never heard of.” The little white fox turned to Yun Xi and continued, “If I’m not mistaken, you don’t know either, do you?”
Ye Qiu glanced at Yun Xi. She shook her head slightly. She really had no idea about the Demon Refining Gourd.
“As expected, long hair, short wit,” the little white fox mocked.
“You—” Yun Xi’s face turned livid with anger.
A thought stirred in Ye Qiu. He asked, “Little fox, do you know the origin of this treasure?”
“I don’t,” the little white fox replied without hesitation.
Ye Qiu said, “You don’t know, yet you deliberately tried to provoke Xi’er?”
“Can’t I just want to annoy her?” The little white fox continued, “Ye Changsheng, you said earlier that as long as I told you the contents of the diagrams and text, you would give me the Demon Refining Gourd.”
“Hurry up and give it to me.”
Ye Qiu noticed the little white fox staring fixedly at the Demon Refining Gourd. A barely detectable glint of greed flashed in its eyes, and it secretly swallowed. His guard instantly went up.
Something was wrong.
The little fox was trying to trick him.
Ye Qiu pressed, “Let me ask you one more time. Do you really not know the origin of the Demon Refining Gourd?”
“I don’t.” The little white fox answered with unusual decisiveness, then leapt up, reaching out with its paws to snatch the gourd from Ye Qiu’s hand.
However, before its claws could touch the gourd, Ye Qiu grabbed it by the ear and lifted it into the air.
“You dare try to steal my things?” Ye Qiu’s gaze was icy.
The little white fox protested, “You said yourself you would give it to me.”
Ye Qiu replied, “You haven’t told me the origin of the Demon Refining Gourd yet.”
The little white fox insisted, “I don’t know.”
Ye Qiu secretly sent a mental message to the little white fox. “Little fox, as long as you tell me the origin of the Demon Refining Gourd, I’ll let you enjoy yourself to the fullest, just once.”
“Really?” The little white fox’s eyes lit up.
Ye Qiu said, “Absolutely true.”
The little white fox shook its head vigorously and declared, “Ye Changsheng, this… fox has already said it. I do not know the origin of the Demon Refining Gourd…”
Before it could finish, Mo Tianji’s voice suddenly rang out.
“I know the origin of the Demon Refining Gourd.”
Instantly, everyone whipped their heads around to look at Mo Tianji.
“Impossible!” the little white fox scoffed. “Hardly anyone in the entire demon race knows the origin of the Demon Refining Gourd. You, a human cultivator, and so young, could not possibly know it.”
Mo Tianji explained, “I heard it from my master.”
“My master said that millions of years ago, the demon race produced an astonishingly brilliant supreme expert. As for that expert’s name, I do not know. My master never mentioned it.”
“My master also said that this demon expert forged a wondrous treasure called the Demon Refining Gourd.”
“It is said to possess inconceivable power. It contains its own inner space and can refine all things. As for exactly how it is used, I do not know.”
The moment Mo Tianji finished speaking, the little white fox immediately refuted him.
“Utter nonsense!” the little white fox declared. “I have read every ancient record preserved by the demon race, and I have never seen any claim that the Demon Refining Gourd can refine all things.”
“Ye Changsheng, hurry and give the Demon Refining Gourd to me.”
Ye Qiu looked at the little white fox with a wide smile and said, “Do you realise you just made a mistake?”
“What mistake?” the little white fox asked, puzzled.
“You were too eager,” Ye Qiu replied. “Your desperate urgency to obtain the Demon Refining Gourd can only mean one thing. This object is extraordinary.”
“Tell me, what exactly does the Demon Refining Gourd do?”
The little white fox said, “I don’t kn—”
“Don’t say you don’t know,” Ye Qiu cut it off. “You claim to have read every ancient record of the demon race. If the Demon Refining Gourd truly belongs to the demon race, then you must know its origin and how to use it.”
“Stop lying. Hurry up and tell me!”
Only then did the little white fox speak. “That boy was right just now. The Demon Refining Gourd was indeed forged by a senior of the demon race.”
“However, that expert, while alive, was a Demon Emperor!”
A treasure of a Demon Emperor?
Did that mean the Demon Refining Gourd was actually an imperial artefact?
Everyone’s eyes widened in shock.
When Wu Qianfan heard this, he regretted it so much he wanted to gouge out his own eyes. He cursed inwardly, “Damn it! This imperial artefact was originally mine, yet I kicked it away like rubbish. Blind, I was utterly blind!”
Real Person Longbrow was also filled with regret.
Earlier, Wu Qianfan had given the Demon Refining Gourd to him, and he had scorned it as nothing more than a chamber pot. Who could have known it was actually an imperial artefact!
“As for how to use the Demon Refining Gourd, I truly do not know,” the little white fox added. “Ye Changsheng, I’ve already told you everything I know. Quickly give it to me.”
Ye Qiu smiled. “This thing belongs to me.”
“What do you mean? Are you going back on your word?” the little white fox demanded angrily. “You said before that as long as I told you the contents of the diagrams and text, you would give me the Demon Refining Gourd.”
Ye Qiu’s smile grew even wider. “What I said earlier was that I could consider giving it to you, but I never promised I definitely would.”
Are you joking? This was an imperial artefact. How could he casually give it away?
Moreover, with deadly dangers lurking the moment they left the mountain, possessing an imperial artefact was equivalent to having a life-saving trump card.
“Fine, you Ye Changsheng, you faithless scoundrel! I… I hate you!” The little white fox was furious.
Ye Qiu remained unbothered. “Hate me if you want. Plenty of people already do.”
“You—” The little white fox was so angry it looked ready to cry.
Yun Xi saw the little fox in this state and felt secretly delighted. This hateful little fox had finally met its match.
At that moment, Real Person Longbrow sidled over.
“Old man, what are you doing?” Ye Qiu asked.
Real Person Longbrow chuckled. “Little brat, this poor Taoist has a predestined connection with this Demon Refining Gourd…”
“Predestined my foot!” Seeing that Real Person Longbrow was coveting the gourd, Ye Qiu said, “Don’t even dream about this thing.”
“Come on now!” Real Person Longbrow laughed. “Look, this imperial artefact is called the Demon Refining Gourd, and this poor Taoist has a sword called the Demon Refining Sword. Demon Refining Sword and Demon Refining Gourd differ by only one word. Clearly, they belong together.”
“So, the Demon Refining Gourd is fated to be with this poor Taoist.”
“Quick, hand it over.”
As soon as Real Person Longbrow finished speaking, he reached out to grab it. However, before his hand could touch the gourd, a strand of sword qi slashed towards the back of his hand.
Real Person Longbrow jumped in fright, hastily withdrew his hand, and glared at Ye Qiu. “Little brat, have you no conscience?”
Ye Qiu replied, “If you try to snatch it again, I’ll let you experience the might of the Cosmos Cauldron.”
Real Person Longbrow gave a cold humph. “If you won’t give it, fine. Why be so fierce about it?”
Ye Qiu ignored him and said, “Let me see what this Demon Refining Gourd can actually do.”
With those words, Ye Qiu forced a drop of golden blood from his middle finger and let it fall onto the gourd. In an instant, the Demon Refining Gourd burst into brilliant light and acknowledged Ye Qiu as its master.
At the same moment, Ye Qiu also learnt how to use this imperial artefact.
“So that’s how it is!”
