Alchemy Dao Immortal

Chapter 461: Refining Treasures in the Furnace
Zhou Qing followed behind and saw black smoke billowing, fire raging across the prairie, and astonishing heat waves coming towards him, hitting his protective light, making non-stop crackling sounds like rain hitting banana leaves, so dense that the sound was unpleasant to the ears.

This underground fire originated from the earth's lungs, and it had accumulated for hundreds of thousands of years. The temperature was terrifyingly high, and after being guided and tempered by the prohibitions in the sky furnace, it reached another level. It was a bit difficult for an ordinary body-protecting treasure light to match it.

After thinking for a while, Zhou Qing immediately activated the mysterious skill "Purple Blue High Saint Yuanhuang Transformation Dragon Diagram". The next moment, a dark river spread out, with no end in sight, stretching across time and space. The deep and dark waves had a kind of icy coldness coming from thousands of feet below. This time, no matter how fierce the flames were or how high the heat was, they died down after entering the water.

Just like that, even though the further he went in, from time to time there would be thousand-foot-high copper pillars of fire rising from the ground, penetrating the earth's fire, and even some flames transformed into various fire spirits flying around. Zhou Qing didn't care, he just walked and observed the restrictions inside, leisurely and at ease.

Master Gong caught a glimpse of this scene out of the corner of his eye and nodded secretly. A great reputation is truly a false one. It is truly remarkable that Zhou Qing could rise in such a short period of time and become the runner-up among the top ten disciples this time.

There are a few of the ten great disciples who have not yet reached the Nascent Soul stage who have been to this Earth Fire Heavenly Furnace, but none of them is as relaxed as Zhou Qing.

Thinking of this, Master Gong deliberately slowed down his pace. Seeing that Zhou Qing was interested in the restrictions in the Heavenly Furnace, he also talked about it casually.

Before they knew it, they had arrived at the deepest part of the Heavenly Furnace.

There are nine platforms a hundred feet high here, with images of stars and fire carved on the platforms. They are arranged in different directions, forming a strange formation. Countless talismans float on the platforms, pointing to the bottomless fire pit in the middle.

This place leads directly to the lungs of the earth, and there are streams of hot air pouring out from it. You can see that this area is reflected in a fiery red. From a distance, it looks like a sea of ​​fire, burning.

Under the guidance of Master Gong, Zhou Qing went up to a high platform in the north. His Dansha power flowed into his eyes, and he immediately saw that in the depths of the fire pit, there was an extremely large flying palace with golden pillars and jade steps, precious windows and new doors, tiers of pavilions, and flying pavilions. It was extraordinarily spacious, no less than a cave.

Once such a flying palace is completed, when going out, it will not only be able to easily survive many natural disasters, but also will not delay one's own cultivation.

For cultivators, the importance of such a flying palace is no less than that of a Taoist weapon, and this is not an exaggeration.

At this moment, Zhou Qing heard a sound. He looked and saw a cultivator on a high platform nearest to him. He gathered his magic power, waved his hands, and cast a spell. The large flag behind him rose up, and countless golden and shining talismans poured out and scattered in the air, like the shadows of stars in the sky, magnificent.

Upon seeing this, the cultivator shouted again, and a cloud suddenly rose above his head, as if an invisible hand appeared out of thin air, holding talismans and arranging them to form a mysterious star map.

After the star map was complete, the cultivator took another step forward, let out a roar, and shook all the arranged talismans. They shot into the depths of the fire pit like lightning and landed on the flying palace inside.

The next moment, Zhou Qing saw a corner of the flying palace below suddenly light up, like a hanging precious lantern. Fine and fragmented bright light spread out, dyeing that area and making it undergo new changes.

Even from a distance, Zhou Qing could still sense that the area of ​​the flying palace looked small, but countless lights were flowing. Faintly, he could see flying pavilions, new windows, artifacts, jade, flying rocks, and all kinds of things.

Looking more closely, there were eight windows in that area, with carved railings facing each other. On the railings, there were star patterns, which fell from time to time and fell to the ground. The remaining halo dispersed, revealing different patterns. Some were reading a long scroll of calligraphy and painting; some were slightly tilted, wearing robes, holding jade ruyi; and some were cranes standing on one leg on a branch, looking up, making clear crane calls.

In a small place, there is a palace with rows of windows, trees under the windows and stones under the trees. In this tiny space, there is a sense of universe.

"This is?"

When Zhou Qing looked again, the scene in front of him had disappeared.

"Island Master Zhou." Seeing this, Master Gong smiled and explained, "The Xuanling Zhenyang Flying Palace you want is a thousand feet wide and needs to be polished. This one looks only one foot wide, but it contains thousands of talismans. After it is placed in the flying palace, it will be integrated into it according to the rules, and it will have the power of heaven and earth."

Master Gong paused and said, "This kind of small but profound sculpture looks similar to ordinary micro-carving, but the difficulty is beyond imagination."

"Even in the Danding Academy, there are not many people who can do this. Because such an arrangement not only requires a very profound attainment in the talisman formation, but also requires the cultivation of the Nascent Soul Realm."

"Nascent Soul cultivation." Zhou Qing thought about what he had just seen, which was like the story of the Walnut Boat. He looked down at the big pit below, where lines of fire were rising and hitting the flying palace. The flames were blazing. He asked, "But how to control the earth fire energy?"

"good."

Master Gong nodded vigorously. Even with the restrictions set by Master Dongtian, the earth fire was still burning fiercely. Ordinary cultivators could not control the fire at all. Only Yuanying cultivators had such power.

"not easy."

Zhou Qing looked down, his eyes sparkling. Only an upper-level sect like Zhenyi Sect could gather such cultivators who not only understood formations and talismans but were also at the Nascent Soul stage to refine the flying palace.

In general, if there is a cultivator like this, he is usually in a high position and will not do such work.

"There are three of us now."

Zhou Qing looked around and found that among the nine platforms, only three were lit up. Circles of talismans were surging, golden flowers were falling, silver flames were raised high, and golden bells and fishing drums were ringing.

He was just about to speak when he caught a glimpse of a cultivator rushing over. His face looked quite old, but with the rising and falling clouds on his head, it was obvious that he was also a Nascent Soul cultivator.

After this monk arrived, he went straight to a high platform. After he went up, not long after, there were star arrows flying in all directions.

Seeing Zhou Qing's eyes fall on the cloud platform that had just lit up, Master Gong's eyes flashed and he said, "Since Island Master Zhou is in urgent need of this flying palace, I will transfer one person from another place. The four of them will work together to catch up with the progress to the greatest extent possible."

In Zhou Qing's opinion, it was normal to have four people setting up his Xuanling Zhenyang Flying Palace, but since Master Gong in front of him said so, he just expressed his gratitude.

"I have something to do, so I'll be away for a while."

Master Gong called a Taoist boy and asked him to accompany Zhou Qing on the stage. He said a few more words and said goodbye. Zhou Qing watched the boy leave. When his back disappeared, he retracted his gaze and continued to look at the flying palace below.

Driven by the efforts of the four Yuanying True Men, as time went by, more and more underground fire emerged from the deep pit below, illuminating the surroundings in a glowing red color. At first glance, it seemed that there were streams of flames rushing into the pupils, and mysterious sounds followed, and one could feel the powerful force that was beginning to revive and grow below.

Moreover, the louder the mysterious sound coming from the flying palace became, the smaller the palace was shrinking at a speed visible to the naked eye, from its original size of a thousand feet to eight hundred feet.

Seeing this, Zhou Qing was not surprised but happy.

According to his understanding, for a flying treasure like the True Yang Flying Palace, the more perfect the forbidden array is, and the more intense the tempering is, the more it can change in size. In the end, once it succeeds, the thousand-foot flying palace can be transformed into the size of a bead and stored in the cultivator's body.

Not to mention other things, the flying palace of a thousand feet can be transformed into the size of a bead. Just this one move, the change of space and the method of controlling the size as desired are enough to make people's scalp tingle.

In fact, for a flying magic weapon like the Zhenyang Flying Palace, the sect first collects many precious materials and spends a lot of manpower and material resources to create the skeleton. Then the Taoist master Dongtian personally takes action to temper it into shape. Finally, it is placed in the Earth Fire Heavenly Furnace of the Danding Courtyard. After being quenched in the Heavenly Furnace, a forbidden magic array is arranged, and so on and so forth, it is meticulously crafted.

In the Zhenyi Sect, there are countless geniuses, but only those who become the top ten disciples are qualified to obtain a flying palace of this level, which shows how precious it is.

"Hold on."

Zhou Qing stood on the high platform, his mind descending and lingering in the fire pit below. He certainly would not interfere with the other four Nascent Soul cultivators from the Dan Ding Academy who were setting up the forbidden magic array on the Zhenyang Flying Palace. Instead, he carefully observed and comprehended the principles behind it.

The talisman and forbidden array is also a sufficiently profound subject in the cultivation world, containing the ultimate truth of heaven and earth. This is in this regard, if you don't have enough talent, it is easy to learn but difficult to master, and it is easy to waste time.

Zhou Qing originally practiced the three methods at the same time, and his schedule was already full, so he didn't have much pursuit of the forbidden talisman array. But now there was a good opportunity, and he had nothing else to do, so he just happened to learn it.

For a cultivator, the more they can learn, the better. After all, during the long years of cultivation, no one can predict how many disasters they will encounter. Sometimes, learning a little more, knowing a little more, can save lives.

"Ok?"

Zhou Qing's actions were soon noticed by the four Nascent Soul True Men who were refining the Flying Palace. They were shocked as they saw Zhou Qing's divine will sweeping across the earth fire like a mirror suspended in mid-air, going back and forth.

Because even Nascent Soul cultivators like them would feel a burning sensation when facing the underground fire coming out from below, and had to be careful. But now, a cultivator at the Hepo realm could walk in the fire like this, and his spiritual consciousness was so powerful that it was unimaginable.

It can only be said that the ten great disciples in the sect are indeed first-class geniuses, and the master of the flying palace they built before him has risen directly to the second place as the new ten great disciples, and is a genius among geniuses.

Thinking that Zhou Qing had been watching, the four Nascent Soul cultivators perked up and tried their best to arrange the forbidden magic array on the flying palace in the best condition, trying to satisfy Zhou Qing.

Although cultivators like them have reached the Nascent Soul stage and are proficient in talismans and formations, they are all quite old and do not have much future in the sect.

And if Zhou Qing is like this, there is a great hope that he will be able to serve as the chief of the top ten disciples for several terms in the future, and even the peerless geniuses who are expected to reach the cave heaven will remember them for a favor. No matter whether they are reincarnated in the future or take care of the younger generations in the clan, it will be very helpful.

Zhou Qing's spiritual sense was so sharp that he immediately noticed this subtle change. The talismans focused on by the power transmitted from the four high platforms became more and more detailed. He understood it in a flash, so his spiritual sense vibrated, and rays of light bloomed, indicating that he would accept a favor.

Let’s talk about Master Gong, the powerful elder of Danding Academy. After leaving the Earth Fire Furnace, he walked back slowly.

As soon as he returned to his residence, he saw a beautiful maid serving him at the door, walking back and forth with an anxious look on her face.

Seeing Master Gong coming back, the maid breathed a sigh of relief and hurried over, whispering, "Master, the Master Meng inside..."

Master Gong was standing at the door and had already sensed a powerful aura coming from inside, but it looked menacing, as if it had come to call for punishment.

So he waved his hand without waiting for the maid to finish, and said with a smile: "It's Brother Meng who is here. It's nothing, you can go down first."

When the maid saw his peaceful smile, she felt at ease immediately. She bowed, stepped aside and served him carefully.

Master Gong straightened his clothes and walked in leisurely. He saw a middle-aged monk with long eyebrows sitting inside. He had an extremely thin face and deep eye sockets. He had a gloomy face and said nothing. He looked indeed cold.

After taking a look, Master Gong smiled, sat down beside him, looked at him, and said, "What brought Brother Meng here? He was in such a hurry, I thought something big had happened."

His voice was calm, but there was a hint of questioning in his tone.

The other party rushed in like this without saying hello, scaring her maids so much that they turned pale. What was he trying to do!
"Fellow Daoist Gong." The middle-aged cultivator sat there, staring at Master Gong, the powerful elder of Danding Academy, with a hint of coldness in his eyes. He spoke directly, "Why did you transfer the formation cultivator who was assigned to Zuo Yun Zhenyang Fei Palace?"

"As soon as he left, the progress of Zuo Yun Zhen Yang Fei Palace slowed down significantly. When will it be completed?"

Speaking of this, Meng Shuyu, a Nascent Soul cultivator from the Zuoqiu Meng clan, was also furious. Their Zuoqiu Meng clan had given a lot of benefits to the fellow named Gong in front of them, and also asked him to come here and take charge in person, just to have Zuo Yun Zhenyang Fei Palace handed over as soon as possible.

Everything was fine, but suddenly someone was taken away. How can this be explained?
Master Gong knew what was going on. He sat firmly and answered, "There are four new disciples among the top ten this time, and three of them have upgraded the True Yang Flying Palace. Originally, there were not enough people in the academy, so they all cooperated with each other."

"Friend Meng, if I hadn't made special arrangements, the progress of your Zuoyun Zhenyang Flying Palace wouldn't be so fast."

(End of this chapter)