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Chapter 441: Nine Cauldrons, the Third! (asking for monthly votes)
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!"

“Help, it’s a bear’s life, ah no, it’s a cat’s life, wow!”

In the vast sky, shrill but also with a hint of honest and cute screams were scattered in all directions. The clouds were heavy, like mountains and rivers. The ancient red dragon flew across the sky at an extremely high speed.

Li Guanyi sat on the back of the ancient red dragon.

The silver-haired girl leaned against the Nine-Colored Divine Deer.

After being shrunk, the auspicious iron-eating beast wrapped its limbs around Li Guanyi's calves, trembling with tears in its eyes. Because it took the initiative to use some means to reduce its size, it looked like a black and white Yuanxiao dumpling hanging on Li Guanyi's legs.

Round and bouncy.

Shivering in the wind.

The happy laughter of the ancient red dragon and the screams of the iron-eating beast Tuanzi spread throughout the sky.

The speed of the Nine-Colored Divine Deer is as fast as the wind, which is not slow. However, the Ancient Red Dragon, as the strongest in the ancient times when ancient practitioners and divine beasts competed against each other between heaven and earth, its soaring speed is even faster than that of the Nine-Colored Divine Deer.

But the specific feeling is still different.

The nine-colored divine deer rides the wind, gracefully and slowly.

The only thing the ancient red dragon has is speed.

The mountains and rivers seemed to have shrunk a lot, and they were visibly passing by the red dragon as it galloped at high speed. The mountains and rivers along the waterways in the south of the Yangtze River were like traces of pen strokes on a map, which was dazzling to the eye.

Soon I saw the style of the southwest.

The ancient red dragon glanced at the iron-eating beast that was curled up and trembling.

After all, he is the strong child chosen by the Nine-Colored Divine Deer.

He has thick skin and has recovered.

A hint of playful amusement flashed across the dragon's pupils.

"Sit tight."

His voice fell.

The iron-eating beast, which had curled up into a ball and tightly clung to Li Guan's leg, raised its head and said blankly:
"What? What do you mean sit tight? I'm not sitting..."

“Aa ...

Too late.

The ancient red dragon suddenly accelerated and turned around, swooping down at an extremely terrifying speed. Its speed was even faster than when it arrived at the southwest from the south of the Yangtze River. The strong wind blew, and the fur of the iron-eating beast Tuanzi was blown off.

“Jiuli ahhhhhh!”

"It's too dangerous outside. I don't want to eat bamboo from Jiangnan anymore!"

"Take me away, Jiuli!!!"

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The Lord of Black Tiger Mountain lies in the southwestern forests. In autumn, the forests where these auspicious animals live are gradually dyed red and gold. Leaves of different colors fall in the wind, and it is extremely quiet.

Xuanhu lay on a rock by the river, watching a red leaf fall on the water and create ripples, and counting the fish in the river floating to the surface and spitting out tiny bubbles one by one. He felt inexplicably bored.

Xuanhushanjun used his claws to scoop water and play with it, frowning, and suddenly spoke:

"That guy went to Jiangnan. Could it be that he doesn't want to come back?"

“There’s all kinds of good stuff in there.”

Even the Sun Bird had lost its spirit. It stood on top of the Black Tiger, listlessly saying, "Who knows? That greedy and lazy fellow might have really stayed there. I heard that the bamboo there is thin and tender, and the bamboo shoots there are more juicy than here."

Xuan Hu slapped the water surface angrily.

The Sun Bird flapped its wings and flew up. After circling for a while, it landed and combed its feathers. It comforted the angry Xuanhu Mountain Lord and said, "Ah, he is fine anyway. Just think of him as someone who met the ancient red dragon and was captured!"

"Hehe, maybe he was eaten by the ancient red dragon!"

The Sun Bird was also angry at the guy who only knew how to eat and didn't know how to send back some information. Xuan Hu said, "You are too harsh with your mouth. But, the ancient red dragon has disappeared for so long, how could it come out so easily?"

“And, I have to meet Him.”

The Sun Bird tilted its neck and said firmly, "Maybe!"

“Does anyone know if it’s possible?”

Xuanhu was about to say something when he suddenly heard a familiar scream coming from the air. Shanjun was puzzled, and raised his head together with the Sun Bird, but saw a flash before their eyes, and a golden-red light fell heavily from the sky, and then fell down.

boom! ! !
A huge sound wave and a visible ripple of air swept across the entire forest.

The water flow exploded, and the large amount of water vapor that splashed out was evaporated by the endless high temperature in the void, turning into large pieces of water mist, refracting the flowing light, golden-red scales, vertical pupils full of threat and power, and a playful smile.

Mountain King Xuanhu: “…………”

Sun Bird: “…………”

Xuanhu's fur exploded: "You you you!"

The most auspicious sign among auspicious signs, the most divine beast among divine beasts!
If you want strength, you have strength; if you want auspiciousness, you have strength; if you want supernatural powers, you have strength; if you want symbols, you have strength!
Ancient red dragon!

The ancient red dragon saw his friends from the past and said happily:
"Kitten, little bird, long time no see, you look so delicious!"

The Sun Bird rolled its eyes and fell headfirst into the water, its wings placed on its abdomen, its eyes turned white, saliva spewed out of its mouth, and it floated away with the current.

He was caught by the tiger claws of Xuanhu Mountain Lord.

Xuanhushanjun, the youngest but the most courageous, had his hair standing on end, but he still glared at the Ancient Red Dragon with his fangs bared: "What are you doing here!" The Ancient Red Dragon said:

"Hahahaha, it's not like I haven't seen you guys for a long time. I just came here to take a look."

Xuanhushan Jun said: "Don't fool me!"

"Are you here to fight?!"

The ancient red dragon's vertical pupils looked down at the black tiger whose fur stood on end.

It's really fun.

Just when he was thinking about whether to fight, Li Guanyi jumped down and said, "Stop, stop." When Xuanhu Mountain Lord saw Li Guanyi coming down, he relaxed a little. Li Guanyi raised his hand and took down the ball that was almost like a pendant on his legs.

The eyes of this black and white ball-like creature, Southwestern Auspiciousness, are about to turn into circles.

Its limbs drooped down, like a huge furry creature.

Li Guanyi held the black and white ball under his arm with one hand and said with a smile:

"Indeed, I came here to seek help."

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The southwest is a land of mountains and rivers, rich in gold and iron. The southwest is auspicious and is also known as the iron-eating beast. It has traveled from all directions and found ancient gold and iron artifacts left behind by the eighty-one brother tribes of the Jiuli clan thousands of years ago.

Li Guanyi found the place where the Southwest Nine Cauldrons were cast in the land of many exotic beasts in the mountains and the former capital of Jiuli. The iron-eating beast muttered, "I told you, I don't have the ability to help you make something that powerful."

"But I can see if I can help in other ways."

As the iron-eating beast spoke, he stood up, bared his teeth, opened a seal himself, and walked into the gap between the two mountains.

It is a vast area surrounded by mountains and with rivers flowing through it.

As Li Guanyi looked around, he could see many traces of life, including houses, bonfires, racks for drying fishing nets, and fields that had been reclaimed for growing crops.

And a large bamboo forest.

All other plants have withered, only this bamboo forest is growing more lush.

This place is well protected, as if the owner has only lived here for a few years.

Li Guanyi looked at these ancient buildings and sensed their age and decay. It was as if he only needed to hold a magic weapon and strike them, and these seemingly solid buildings would slide down like dried sand piles. He said:

"here it is……"

The ancient red dragon lowered his head and looked at this place, and said slowly: "This is the place where the Jiuli clan once led the eighty-one tribes. In other words, it is the first spark of civilization in this thousands of miles of territory in the southwest. It is also the starting point for this spark to spread to all directions."

"In a place like the Central Plains, a place with such status is Zhongzhou."

"So those guys chose to place their capital there."

"It means inheriting the heritage of ancient civilization and status."

"Humph, I knew this chubby iron-eating beast knew there was a good place."

Li Guanyi nodded thoughtfully. The ancient red dragon disdained to change its body and was still slowly soaring above the sky. The iron-eating beast stopped, raised its head and looked at Li Guanyi again, and asked carefully again as if to confirm:

"You're going to forge that thing."

“After the casting, people in the southwest will live well?”

Li Guan nodded and said calmly: "It is to gather the humanitarian luck that would have been gradually dispersed in the southwest territory, and then feed it back to the people. At that time, it will make the body, spirit, martial arts, and every move smoother than before."

"The resistance to the disease will increase the life span of the body to a certain extent."

"In the past, these fortunes either dissipated naturally or were plundered by the emperor's unique skills. They are used by one person and this tripod can be cast so that they can be returned to their original owner."

The iron-eating beast nodded thoughtfully and thought seriously for a long, long time.

He sat there, his profile showing some loneliness and melancholy, as if he was thinking about the Jiuli of ancient times.

Then he sighed sadly:
"But you said this."

"I don't understand either."

"I'm just a panda after all."

Li Guanyi: “…………”

Sun Bird: “…………”

Xuanhushanjun couldn't help but raise his front paws to cover his face.

The ancient red dragon laughed loudly, and his laughter shook all around. It was extremely joyful and echoed among the mountains and rivers, like rumbling thunder, making people's eardrums seem to vibrate and hurt.

"Hahaha, interesting, interesting, it turns out to be you."

"Over the years, apart from the Fire Kirin who ate himself to death, you are the only one who still has so much fun."

? ! ! !
The little Qilin on Li Guanyi's shoulder froze.

The auspicious figure in front paused, then looked at the heretic who grilled even the bamboo shoots he ate. On that face, which became more and more naive and adorable after shrinking, there was an expression of surprise, thoughtfulness, and then 'I've caught some dirty tricks on you'.

The little Qilin raised his front paw angrily and struggled to refute:
"That's not me! No!"

"The one who was eaten to death before was not me!"

"I ate that!"

"I'm fine too!"

Xi Nan Xiang Rui had an expression that said, "I understand, I understand. You don't need to explain more." He said, "It's okay. It's normal to eat so much that you almost die, isn't it?"

"I see!"

The little Qilin was stunned: "…………" "Ah? Is this normal?"

"Is this normal?"

Southwest Xiangrui said to Li Guanyi: "Although I don't understand your twisted words, I have seen what you did."

“People in the south of the Yangtze River live better than those in the southwest.”

"If you can make the people in the southwest live as well as the people in the south, I think Jiuli will be happy too."

"So I help you."

Li Guanyi nodded seriously. Xiangrui led them to the core of the Jiuli ancient land. He pointed to the huge bronze altar, which still vaguely showed its former grandeur and majesty, and said, "This is the original casting furnace."

"We found gold and iron minerals, and then smelted them with the flames of the Sun Bird."

"Finally, weapons and armor were created one by one."

"The fire of Jiuli's civilization was ignited here. Gold among the five elements forged the Jiuli's military power. However, thousands of years ago, Jiuli's gold was defeated by the fire and earth of the Central Plains. Now, I want to bring you here."

"you……"

Xiangrui's voice paused, and there was finally a trace of sadness and melancholy in his eyes.

Over thousands of years, the world has seen countless kings, princes, generals and ministers. Even the memories of auspicious beasts will gradually become mottled and faded over the years.

But after the memories fade away, what remains is something that can never be forgotten.

His eyes swept across this place, as if he could still see the prosperity of the past, the brave warriors, the hardworking tribesmen, and the heroic and arrogant king.

The iron-eating beast raised its head and seemed to be able to rub Jiuli's palm.

He stood here quietly for a long time, then whispered: "Jiuli."

"I will pass on the fire here, your fire, to the people who come after me. They can bring the people here together. He said he wants to bring together your descendants and the descendants of those who defeated you before."

"The people of the southwest, the people of the Central Plains."

Then He seemed to see a familiar smile on Jiuli's face.

But after a trance, all that was left here was the desolation and loneliness caused by thousands of years of corrosion. It was precisely because of the former prosperity that the loneliness at this moment was even more glaring.

The iron-eating beast was silent for a while, then turned and looked at Li Guanyi:

"You, just cast the tripod here."

Li Guan nodded. He saw that the simple-minded beast was inexplicably listless. He turned to look at the silver-haired girl who had been silent all the way and said:

"Yao Guang."

The silver-haired girl nodded quietly: "Yeah."

Li Guanyi did not cast the tripod immediately, but first performed a sacrifice with Yaoguang, offering sacrifice to the ancestors of this place in a sufficiently solemn manner.

Afterwards, the sacrificial gold and iron from the eighty-one tribes were gathered together, and the Nine Cauldrons were cast again at the place where the Jiuli clan once forged their magic weapons, at the original place of civilization of the Jiuli and the southwest.

The Sun Bird opened its mouth and spewed out a string of flames, but the bronze altar that occupied a large area was not completely lit up. The blazing golden flames made the entire altar glow with golden red light, but only one third of the track engraved on it was lit up.

The Qilin thought about it, then opened its mouth and spewed out the Qilin Fire.

The track on the bronze altar lit up another third.

The sun bird represents the fire of heaven.

The Qilin represents the auspicious fire of the earth.

The temperatures of these two flames combined together are theoretically enough to melt gold, iron, and mysterious weapons directly into liquid, not to mention this bronze altar from thousands of years ago. However, this thing from ancient times only emitted a golden-red light.

The ancient red dragon exclaimed in amazement: "Interesting, interesting."

"That Jiuli always comes up with some weird things."

Li Guanyi leaned over and placed his hand on the unmoved part of the bronze altar. He could faintly feel that a strong aura of humanity was flowing in this huge altar.

It is this kind of humanitarian destiny that has been immersed in this land for thousands of years. With the help of ancient formations, it is isolated from the erosion of flames. In such flames, it still maintains its original appearance.

The ancient red dragon said: "Humph, the Jiuli clan's methods are not bad."

"This thing cannot be activated under normal circumstances."

“Not to mention, let the human luck formation on this altar open and turn it into a casting furnace.”

Li Guanyi said: "Senior Chilong, your fire is not working either?"

The ancient red dragon stared at Li Guanyi with its vertical pupils and said, "Boy, don't try to provoke me. I won't fall for it."

The voice paused, then added: "Besides, it's not my fault."

“But this thing is, after all, a human tool. When it is finally opened, it certainly cannot rely on the power of a divine beast. Even if my fire is added to it, it may not have any effect.”

"Besides, the relationship between this old man and Jiuli clan was not very good back then."

"I spit out a mouthful of dragon fire."

"Do you believe that this bronze formation will break apart right here on the spot for you to see?"

"It's not me!"

"It's this thing that's wrong."

Li Guanyi murmured: "That's possible."

The ancient red dragon circled and reminded in a deep voice: "Boy, a humane instrument should be changed by humane methods. Why don't you think about how a human should do it?"

The Nine-Colored Divine Deer looked in surprise at the ancient red dragon who took the initiative to speak and guide it.

The latter remained calm.

Li Guanyi said thank you thoughtfully, then turned around and found some flammable withered plants in the ancient houses in the ancient capital of Jiuli, and then piled them up in the center of the bronze altar.

Li Guanyi did not use martial arts to ignite this final flame.

He took out two pieces of flint and leaned over.

The silver-haired girl thought about it, and stood in front of him. Then she squatted down gently, stretched out her white palm, and covered the grass and trees that were easily blown away by the wind. Li Guanyi gently tapped the flint.

Once, twice.

The third time, the flame lit up. This wisp of flame was shaky in the wind, but it survived tenaciously. On this huge bronze altar, the golden-red flame suddenly lit up, and then spread outward in an instant.

The bronze altar was completely lit up as a result.

The fire of the sky, the fire of the earth, and finally the fire of man.

The first flourishing of civilization.

It turned into a raging fire and rose up. Li Guanyi looked at the blazing fire. The first tripod was made of utensils used for people's livelihood, which drew fire from underground lava. The second tripod was a fire for offering sacrifices to the sky by the thirty-six tribes of the Western Regions, and it was made on the top of the mountains.

The third tripod is located in the southwest, surrounded by eighty-one cities.

It was created by the fire of the first people thousands of years ago.

One by one, every step forward is more precious than the previous one.

Li Guanyi arranged the sacrificial gold and iron of the eighty-one cities neatly into categories. Before he opened it, he could already vaguely feel the changes in the Nine Provinces Cauldron in his body and the roar of luck. The golden light that had previously gathered into a feng shui map was even more dazzling at this moment.

Li Guanyi's aura surged.

Finally reaching this step, the internal energy in his body, whose power had far exceeded that of the peak of the eighth level, shook violently, and the light changed. Eighty-one pieces of gold and iron floated in the air, burning in the most ancient fire of Jiuli.

The internal energy was changing as it surged and turned into a golden-red torrent of metal in the flames. It had already begun to take shape as a large cauldron. The casting this time was different from the previous two times when the sledgehammer was swung and struck.

As the destiny of humanity was circulating, Li Guanyi seemed to see a series of passing figures in the flames. They swung their heavy hammers and smashed the virtual body of the cauldron in the flames.

Accompanied by the roar of heavy hammers and the whistling of metal.

People of the present time light fires to cast tripods, and the residual spirit of the past eras is also cheering. The flames guide the destiny of humanity hidden in the bronze sacrificial formation. Under the guidance of the destiny of humanity, the swaying of the flames is like the dancing of the people.

They cheered, jumped for joy, and danced around the big tripod.

Li Guan swept his sleeves, and the internal energy above the eighth heaven flowed like a heavy hammer, carrying the destiny of humanity, heavily slamming on the prototype of the large cauldron, bursting out with a whistling sound of gold and iron.

This tripod was cast using this method.

The ancient red dragon circled in the void, looking down, and saw the ancient Jiuli bronze formation unfolding layer by layer, as if the once extinct civilization had ignited the flame again. Spanning thousands of years of spring and autumn, civilization swung its heavy hammer and smashed it down to the earth.

There were loud roars one after another.

Thus, the spark of broken civilization continued again.

The ancient red dragon whispered, "...it is indeed the Jiuli tribe, the tribe that is best at casting divine weapons. It gathers the humanity and luck of the Jiuli to cast the tripod. It should be the most special one among these large tripods."

The ancient red dragon saw with his naked eyes that the huge bronze altar was burning from the very edge, like the ashes left after all things were burned out. Before the final cold and silence went out, the last ray of golden-red light lit up.

The light gathered towards the center of the altar.

Finally, they gathered in front of Li Guanyi.

When the legends of the past died out, new legends were created. An ancient bronze tripod with Kuilong and Taotie patterns appeared in front of Li Guanyi. In the sky, winds and clouds surged, and thunder roared.

The sky and the earth changed color, and the ghosts and gods howled.

The ancient red dragon let out a long roar, and the thoughts of all living things dispersed.

Disappeared completely!

How can it not be called auspicious if it is so strong and powerful?
The sky and earth were clear, and the autumn rain was pouring down.

The heaven and earth change, and the autumn rain falls.

Quenching!

The traces of fire on the tripod slowly dissipated.

Finally, a vast and ancient sound of a tripod exploded.

Just like the vastness of all things, just like the ancient times when humans raised their weapons and roared at the strange world.

The third of the Nine Cauldrons.

Casting!
After the third of the Nine Cauldrons was cast, the entire southwestern land veins were connected to the Nine Cauldrons, and the aura surged up into the sky. The Southwestern Auspiciousness, the Nine-Colored Divine Deer, and the Ancient Red Dragon all heard the other two cauldron sounds at the same time.

The Great Cauldron from the Western Regions, which comes from the top of the vast mountains in the Western Regions.

A bronze tripod from the Jiangnan water system.

The third of the Nine Cauldrons, the luck of the three rises into the sky at the same time.

The Kyushu cauldron roared in Li Guanyi's body.

The breath all over the body.

A sudden surge!

(End of this chapter)