Chapter 1714: Nine Dragon Alchemy Furnace
"Damn!" Zhang Fei shouted loudly. "This alchemy furnace is simply too huge!"
The furnace was enormous, standing several meters tall with a dark black-gold surface covered in ancient runes. Its lid resembled a dragon’s head, and its legs were shaped like dragon claws. Nine dragons coiled around the furnace walls, each representing a different attribute. During alchemy, nine dragons lit up one after another, surrounding the furnace while releasing tremendous dragon pressure.
"Hehe," Feng Yao chuckled. "The name of this furnace is the Nine Dragon Alchemy Furnace. It is an ancient, supreme-grade furnace forged during the Ancient Era by a legendary supreme-rank blacksmith, and he made it specifically for the Yin-Yang Immortal Valley due to a past debt of gratitude. Its body is made from Starfall Divine Iron and tempered in the flames of heavenly tribulation for ten thousand years."
Zhang Fei took a deep breath. "How many alchemists are needed to light this furnace?"
"At least ten alchemists, and each of them must have mastered the fire elemental laws to the perfection stage."
Zhang Fei had at least nine god rank alchemists by his side, and if he added Feng Yao to their group, their total would reach ten, which should be sufficient to light the furnace. "How many batches of pills can we concoct in one batch if we use this furnace?"
"At least five batches of pills, husband." Feng Yao flicked the lid open and took Zhang Fei into the furnace. "Even though this furnace hasn’t been used for a long time, its materials will never be destroyed. The furnace is equipped with an ancient formation at the bottom, and it will reduce the time needed to concoct pills by at least thirty percent."
Zhang Fei nodded slightly as he looked at the furnace’s interior. "What are the advantages of this furnace?"
"The furnace can separate and control nine layers of flame simultaneously, allowing the concoction of multiple ingredients without conflict. The pills concocted within the furnace will gain traces of dragon qi, vastly increasing potency. The furnace suppresses unstable medicinal energy, drastically reducing pill explosion risks. It can absorb surrounding fire qi, reducing the user’s qi consumption. High-tier pills refined inside have increased chances of surviving heavenly pill lightning."
"Pill lightning?" Zhang Fei was confused by it because he had never faced it since he became an alchemist.
Feng Yao nodded. "Not all pills will produce heavenly pill lightning when we concoct them. However, you will encounter heavenly pill lightning if you concoct those ancient pills, and each pill will produce pill lightning of varying strength."
"Ancient pills? Are they different from all my pills so far?"
"Honestly, the effects of your pills are beneficial, but they are not ancient pills. Xuanyuan Yue has probably improved the quality of your alchemy recipes, so your pills have effects that are as powerful as the ancient pills." Feng Yao opened her palm, and a pill recipe appeared on it. "This Lotus Rebirth Pill is one of the ancient pills, and it doesn’t exist in the Paradise Realm."
"What are the benefits of this pill?"
"The Lotus Rebirth Pill is a regeneration pill containing extremely pure qi, life essence, and vitality. It is beneficial for restoring the body, repairing cultivation damage, and revitalizing weakened cultivators. Its combination of healing, recovery, and rebirth makes it one of the most valuable survival pills." Zhang Fei’s eyes lit up, and he wanted to try concocting the pill. "Unfortunately, you can’t concoct this pill because some of the ingredients are difficult to find, and you’ll have to search all the domains in this Ancient Realm to find them. However, I don’t recommend you do that now, especially since the situation here is unsafe with the appearance of those shadowy creatures."
Zhang Fei sighed as he realized their situation. Feng Yao immediately touched his forehead, imparting many alchemy recipes into his mind. He pulled her into his embrace and kissed her. "No matter how hard I try, I feel like I’ll never be able to surpass you, Yao’er."
"Not really." Feng Yao shook his head slightly. "If there’s a living being in this universe who has the ability to surpass me in many areas, then you are the only one."
"Is that so?"
"Yes."
Zhang Fei smiled to himself, seeing the seriousness on Feng Yao’s face. "So, how are we going to take this furnace away from this place?"
"Open the portal to your training space first, and I’ll move this furnace inside."
As soon as Zhang Fei opened the portal, Feng Yao immediately moved the furnace inside. "Are there still interesting places in this domain? If nothing else, I want to go to the Frozen Yin Domain as soon as possible."
"Hmm?" Feng Yao thought as she examined the other areas. "I thought there were no more interesting places in this domain. Actually, there was a large herb field here, but all the herbs there have been wiped out because this domain has long been abandoned."
"What about the weapons and other equipment warehouse?"
"Let’s leave this place first."
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Once they arrived outside, Feng Yao brought Zhang Fei and Huo Ling to the location of the warehouse, where they found many dusty weapons and equipment.
"Holy shit! We made a huge harvest!" Zhang Fei’s eyes lit up as he saw those weapons and equipment. He picked up a spear and examined it closely. "This spear is immortal grade! If I rob this place and sell them to the sect, those disciples will be overjoyed!"
"Haha," Feng Yao softly laughed. "Are you thinking about switching professions to become a ruins raider now?"
"Why not?" Zhang Fei shrugged. "After the past disaster, there must have been many abandoned domains in this Ancient Realm, right? But I’m confused why those ancient clans didn’t plunder this place."
"Husband, they can’t enter the place freely because of my master." Zhang Fei immediately caught the meaning behind Huo Ling’s words. "She had prepared many things before she was reincarnated as her current self, and she prepared everything for you. The portal is constantly moving, making it difficult for those ancient clans to find it. That’s why Mo Shentian was so foolish as to not plunder this place when he got lost here in the past."
"Mo Shentian’s stupidity is our advantage, right?" Zhang Fei packed up all the weapons and equipment, storing them in the system inventory.
Feng Yao and Huo Ling could only shake their heads in resignation because Zhang Fei was so greedy, and he didn’t leave any of the weapons and equipment behind.
"Hehe," Zhang Fei grinned. "Why are you two looking at me like that?"
"You’re a greedy fox, husband." Feng Yao shook her head.
"Hehe," Huo Ling softly laughed. "You’re already filthy rich, but you still robbed everything without leaving anything behind, husband."
"I’ll take them all, not for myself, and I will share them with all my wives and the people in the sect." Zhang Fei called Long Xukong to come and meet him. "Once Senior Xukong arrives, we’ll go straight to the Frozen Yin Domain."
A few minutes later, Long Xukong and Long Lixuan arrived before them. Zhang Fei could see the satisfaction on their faces, and he immediately sent the female dragon back to the Dragon-Soaring Divine Domain.
"So, where are we going next?"
"The Frozen Yin Domain, and we’ll arrive there in two months." Long Xukong was surprised by this, as the distance between the two domains was too great. "I need something there, and it will help me become stronger. Besides, I want to meet someone there, and she might be useful in helping us."
"Alright." Long Xukong immediately returned to his dragon form, opened the void, and took them into it. "Where is the direction to get to that domain?"
"Over there." Feng Yao flicked her fingers, and a crimson flame melted out. "Follow my flame."
"Okay," Long Xukong immediately flew away, following the crimson flames.
After she put up a barrier around them, Feng Yao and Huo Ling began to dual cultivate and dual soul cultivate with Zhang Fei at the same time.
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An old man, who was cultivating, was surprised by the appearance of a sexy-looking woman with hip-length red hair. "Who exactly are you, young lady? How did you get trapped in the Three Mortal Realms with your cultivation at the Celestial Lord Realm?"
"Senior, I am a native of the Three Mortal Realms, from the Vermillion Realm to be precise." The woman’s answer surprised the old man. "However, I made a mistake, and someone punished me by sending me back to my home realm. Since I knew that I could return to the Paradise Realm from this Star Tower, I decided to challenge it, and here I am now."
The old man nodded slightly. "All the challenges in this Star Tower are actually intended for cultivators with your maximum cultivation at the Seven Divine Realms, so they are no longer of any use to you. However, the situation in the Paradise Realm has changed since about six years ago, and those gates have disappeared since then."
"Eh? Did those gates really disappear, Senior?"
"That’s true." The old man sighed. "Since then, all cultivators in the Paradise Realm have had difficulty going to other domains, especially since they are used to using those gates to travel to different domains. If you exit this tower, you’ll arrive at the Falling Star Domain. If you have any acquaintances in the Paradise Realm, you can try contacting them and asking them to pick you up."
The woman shook her head. "I don’t want to contact them, and I just want to rely on myself. After—"
"Stubborn, aren’t you?" The old man and the woman looked at the man who had just appeared. "Do you still want to be stubborn, Zhu Shanniang?"
