Chapter 239 Domestication (1)
After returning to the Jade Void Palace's butcher workshop, Ji Rong began to reform the fourteen butchers there, including herself. Since Shang Nu didn't want her to help, she couldn't just sit idle. After much thought, Ji Rong decided to implement a training plan for the butcher workshop.
To tame a group of cultivators like the Unloading Workshop who have grown up surrounded by blood and flesh, one must strike decisively.
Ji Rong first went to the weapon workshop to find Ke Ben and retrieved the repaired three swords.
She then went to the Array Valley to find her senior brother Qing Dongzi and asked him to introduce her to an array cultivator who was skilled in trapping arrays, as she wanted to add a trapping array to the Unloading Workshop.
When the big gray rat Qingdongzi heard that his junior sister's first visit was to have her disciples set up a trapping formation, his pointed mouth immediately broke into a wide grin. He accepted the treasure Ji Rong handed him and happily rubbed his round belly with his paws.
Qing Dongzi ordered his third disciple, She Shu, who was skilled in trap formations, to go to the unloading workshop and set up a large formation according to Ji Rong's requirements.
She Shu is a snake, and she is a king-level cultivator. She is grayish-brown all over, more than six zhang long, has two tails, and is good at mimicking voices.
She Shu had a ready-made trapping formation, so she took her disciples and transported it to the unloading workshop, where it was installed directly.
Then she transformed into a celestial being with brown skin, two hands, and two tails, and handed the array token to Ji Rong's claws, saying with slight concern, "Uncle-Master Qing Ji Zi, why did you set up such a large trapping array? Won't it be inconvenient to come and go in the future?"
"Nephew, I'm quite formidable now. What if you accidentally lock yourself inside and get hacked to death by those crazed butchers from Yaochi?"
Ji Rong grinned, raised his neck, and laughed loudly, saying, "I want a trap that no one can escape from. Nephew She Shu, your uncle has given you plenty of treasures, so you can't leave any loopholes in this trap."
"If I find this formation useless and the insects inside escape, I will go to your master and report you for your incompetence, deeming you unfit for any great task."
"This won't do!" She Shu cried out in her heart, "Which array master doesn't leave a hidden door!"
But this matter cannot be discussed openly.
If this cheap uncle really complains to Master and other senior uncles about this matter, it would be like tearing my skin apart for someone like me who has already graduated and made a name for myself in the array cultivation world!
As She Shu pondered, she felt her skin tighten all over. She immediately ran to remove the two hidden doors left in the trapping formation and added a huge amount of iron essence to the formation.
Thus, the unloading workshop, where one could only enter and exit by relying on the array token in Ji Rong's claws, was truly a prison.
Apart from Ji Rong, Shan Wu, and Hu Shiba and Jiao Shiwu, who had already defected, the other ten butchers in the Jade Void Palace's butcher workshop all came from Yaochi. Five of them were emperors and five were kings.
As a bird cultivator with both strength and wealth, Ji Rong first had Shan Wu, along with Hu Shiba and Jiao Shiwu, capture and beat the eight unruly ones, feeding them specially made pills. After beating them into submission, the unloading workshop added an extra morning lesson.
Every day at Chenshi (7-9 AM), regardless of whether the cultivators in the Unloading Workshop have urgent tasks on their hands, they must go to Ji Rong and Shan Wuli's main room to recite the regulations of Yuxu Palace.
The few existing rules of Jade Void Palace were incorporated by Ji Rong, who combined the understandings of various peaks and valleys regarding them, and added nearly a thousand words of annotations.
Ji Rong stipulated that these cultivators had to recite the text from beginning to end every day without missing a single word in order to pass. Otherwise, they would have to recite it continuously for an hour during the morning class. If they still couldn't memorize it within an hour, they would be beaten, given a pill, and then have to go back to work.
These butchers from Yaochi have been practicing a castrated version of "blood magic" since childhood. They all rely on instinct and talent to fight their way out of the circle and have not been taught much knowledge. After all, to be a butcher, all you need to do is wield the knife well.
But each time, Hu Shiba and Jiao Shiwu would take turns reciting the text first. Why could they recite it so quickly?
This wasn't because they were cultured, but because Ji Rong had each of them swallow a sleeping pill made by Shan Zhongfeng, forcibly imprinting knowledge into their minds.
Although Jiao Shiwu, who was not very bright to begin with, seemed even less bright afterward, it didn't matter because he became more obedient.
The remaining ten cold-blooded butchers, who slaughtered several living beings every day, were chased and beaten for fifteen days straight. After trying every means but failing to escape the butcher's workshop, their eyes gradually became dull.
They often muttered to themselves and recited the palace rules expanded by Ji Rong.
By the thirtieth day, the last royal butcher in the Unloading Workshop could recite the palace rules backwards and forwards, as obedient as a cat.
Ji Rong was satisfied with the speed at which the butchers in the unloading workshop were tamed. She had thought she would need to kill one or two butchers to establish her authority, and she had even sharpened her knives. However, she did not expect that just being beaten and receiving pills from Shan Zhongfeng would make them behave.
Ji Rong felt that she had taken the first step in taming this group of butchers. Next, she needed to give them a reward to make them truly obedient.
So, during the morning class the next day, Ji Rong didn't make them recite the extended version of the palace rules again. She said solemnly, "Recently, you have been learning the palace rules well, so I specially asked my senior brother, the palace master, for some cultivation techniques."
If any of you can understand this, you may practice it. If you cultivate it to a high level, you might even be able to become a saint or ancestor.
Upon hearing Ji Rong's words, the butchers below, though half-believing and half-doubting, were all excited and their eyes lit up.
Who wouldn't want to go further? They were well aware that the "blood technique" they were practicing was incomplete. Although they had no shortage of resources for cultivation, they were no longer free and had no way to access other techniques. At most, they could only cultivate to the Emperor level, with no chance of becoming a Saint.
Looking at the bright eyes below, Ji Rong took out a small section from the "Spirit Refining Technique" and began to read it. After finishing, Ji Rong asked the people below, "Did anyone understand it?"
All the cultivators shook their heads in confusion, while Ji Rong smiled knowingly, because she had never intended for them to understand this passage.
Next, Ji Rong selected a sword technique called "Blood Blade" from the "Blood Techniques" and recited it from beginning to end.
After reading it, a King-level Eagle Cultivator, Tu Shi, excitedly craned his neck and exclaimed, "Master Ji, I understand! I understand!"
Ji Rong nodded to her and said, "Not bad, you have a lot of talent. Then you can stay and I will teach you."
If you didn't understand, don't be discouraged. I asked my senior brother, the Palace Master, for many methods and techniques. I will read one or two chapters to you every day. Who knows, you might be able to practice them tomorrow or the day after.
However, there is one rule: if you practice my methods, you must respect me; otherwise, you will be punished according to palace rules, and you will be subject to that.
All the cultivators bowed to Ji Rong, saying, "We submit." Among them, the eagle cultivator at the King Realm cried out the loudest.
After the morning lessons, Ying Xiuli was kept behind. Ji Rong read through the "Blood Blade" technique, then took out a blade and demonstrated it.
Although Ji Rong's dance was very clumsy, Li Ke watched it very attentively. After the dance, Ji Rong told Li Ke to go to work.
Li Ke, as if carrying a basket full of treasure, excitedly rushed to the slaughterhouse, eager to demonstrate her newly acquired magical skills.
However, as soon as he rushed to the table and picked up the knife, Li Ke realized that she hadn't remembered anything, and he was utterly dejected.
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