Jiangshan Fengwuzhi

Chapter 307 Retract and release freely
He held the red pill between his fingers for a while, then put it down.

Gu Jingnian frowned slightly, his eyes deep in thought, and it was unclear what he was thinking about; perhaps a sense of righteousness and morality flashed through his mind.

Finally, he asked, "Which one can I use right now?"

Zhao Boheng was initially a little uneasy, fearing that he would be criticized by Gu Jingnian, but he felt more relaxed after hearing this.

He was prepared and picked out eleven pills from the pile of red pills, saying, "These will be of great benefit to the Wing King."

Gu Jingnian extended his left hand, letting Zhao Boheng pour them into his palm.

The pills quickly filled his palm, and three even landed on the table. But considering that they were made from the lives of several people, he didn't think they were too many.

Under Zhao Boheng's intense gaze, Gu Jingnian remained calm, picked up the pill with his right hand, and swallowed it directly.

When he swallowed Ren Shuangfei's blood-clotting bead, the situation was urgent, and he didn't have time to think much. Besides, he already had a grudge against Ren Shuangfei, so he felt at ease.

This time was different; he felt nauseous as the pill rolled down his throat.

So, with the belief of "becoming stronger" constantly echoing in his mind, and countless menacing eyes flashing through his mind, he forcefully suppressed the feeling of nausea.

After swallowing the pill, a warm current flowed through my internal organs.

Gu Jingnian closed his eyes, focusing intently on experiencing and guiding this warm current. Out of a sense of awe, he was determined to make good use of it and ensure that not a single drop was wasted.

After a long while, he opened his eyes, reached out and picked up another pill, then swallowed it with a "gulp".

It took Gu Jingnian the entire afternoon to swallow all eleven pills. Throughout the process, Zhao Boheng stood there watching, perhaps to ensure that Gu Jingnian would not have any accidents, or perhaps to admire a masterpiece and witness Gu Jingnian's strength had once again made a great leap forward.

Finally, Gu Jingnian absorbed the last pill and opened his eyes.

He looked at the candle on the table, reached out his hand, and tried to light it.

Under the powerful suppression of the black neodymium, it was extremely difficult to use superpowers, but after a while, a flame broke through the shackles, flickered slightly on the candle wick, and started to burn.

Like wild grass pressed under a boulder, it sprouts a tiny tip.

"Congratulations, King Wing! Congratulations, King Wing!"

Zhao Boheng was full of praise and offered his congratulations. He added, "If the Prince of Yi had possessed such strength earlier, he wouldn't have needed to go through so much trouble to deal with Shen Jichi."

Gu Jingnian remained rational and objective, saying, "If I hadn't ambushed him, I still wouldn't be his match."

This was only the first time he had refined someone else, but he had no idea how many people Shen Jichi had refined over the decades.

Zhao Boheng said, "In any case, Shen Jichi is already a prisoner of the Wing King."

"Let's go, let's go check out the refining site." Gu Jingnian stood up and added, "Take Shen Jichi with us."

“Wing King, there is one more thing,” Zhao Boheng said. “Fire Master said that there is a survivor inside the furnace.”

"Live?" Gu Jingnian was slightly surprised. "How could there be any survivors?"

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Shen Jichi was imprisoned in the Marshal's Mansion and did not appear to be mistreated.

However, he had been given a Dispersing Pill, making it extremely difficult for him to escape from Jusai City, where he could not use his supernatural abilities.

When he saw Gu Jingnian again, he keenly noticed that Gu Jingnian's eyes had changed drastically in such a short period of time.

More indifferent, more ruthless.

"You're becoming more and more like me," Shen Jichi praised sincerely.

"You taught well," Gu Jingnian said.

Shen Jichi did not take credit, and laughed, "That's how the world is. If you don't want to be trampled underfoot, you have to resort to any means necessary."

After saying all the nice things, he wanted to know what had happened, so he asked, "Did you still refine all those supernatural beings?"

Gu Jingnian was too lazy to tell him that those people had refined themselves, and took him straight to the refining field.

After walking up the stone steps and through the dimly lit passageway, Shen Jichi asked with a smile.

What brings you here?

"I'm going to refine you as well."

“It’s a good choice.” Shen Jichi was not flustered. “It’s just too wasteful. There are still many skills of mine that you haven’t yet mastered.”

Gu Jingnian said, "It's alright, as long as it improves my teleportation technique, that's enough."

Shen Jichi's smile remained unchanged as he asked, "Don't you want to know the secrets I know?"

"Do not want to."

"You don't want to use me to rescue your older sister?"

"I have other ways."

"Alright." Shen Jichi sighed, lamenting, "What a pity. I wanted to take you as my son-in-law twice with good intentions, but I was treated like this in return."

He said this not out of fear, but more out of boredom, to tease Gu Jingnian a bit.

Faced with the teasing, Gu Jingnian did not flinch and replied in the same manner: "It is my bad luck and lack of fate that I have no chance to be your son-in-law. But it doesn't matter, once I swallow your blood bead, I will inherit your strength."

Shen Jichi smiled, indicating his appreciation for Gu Jingnian's shamelessness.

They arrived at the stone house in the refining field. Huo Bo was already waiting there, and upon seeing Gu Jingnian arrive, he respectfully bowed and greeted him, "Wing King."

This made Gu Jingnian's status seem even greater than Shen Jichi's as Marquis of Wuding, leaving Shen Jichi speechless and unable to help but chuckle.

"Tell me what happened back then?"

“Yes,” Huo Bo said. “He locked me behind the iron bars. They found me, managed to open the bars and take me away, and triggered the mechanism.”

As Huo Bo spoke, Shen Jichi gestured, pointing to several stones on the wall and instructing Gu Jingnian to press them in order.

With a few clicks, the fence was opened, revealing a downward passage inside the stone chamber.

They continued walking down.

It was very deep down there, and it took us almost half an hour to walk down, making us wonder if the stone steps were endless.

Gradually, the area below became hot and glowed red.

Gu Jingnian had no idea that deep beneath Jusai City lay a pool of magma.

It was scalding hot, steaming, and bubbling with hot bubbles, just like what he had seen in the deep valley of Lianxi Mountain.

Above the lava, there was a huge furnace.

The stove appears round, but upon closer inspection, it is actually composed of many flat surfaces.

Huo Bo said, "This place was originally a flat area where you couldn't see the lava below. I ran all the way here, and they chased after me. Suddenly, the ground began to close up and turned into this furnace. I'm not afraid of fire, so I jumped out and escaped from the lava. They were then trapped inside the furnace."

Gu Jingnian looked up and saw that there was a narrow opening directly above the stove.

Presumably, once the refining field is opened, the supernatural beings inside will fall into this furnace from above and be refined into pills.

Shen Jichi said, "The location of Jusai City is a natural refining field, with black neodymium stone to suppress supernatural abilities and lava below."

Gu Jingnian asked, "Why is my father assigned to guard such a place?"

Shen Jichi said, "It is because His Majesty believes in Gu Beiming's loyalty."

"But he doesn't seem to be loyal."

“Your Majesty has misjudged the situation,” Shen Jichi said.

He gazed at the stove before him, recalling the united spirit of the people when Jusai was first built, and a look of nostalgia flashed in his eyes.

Zhao Boheng was also looking at the stove, his eyes full of affection.

He genuinely found the stove very handy and couldn't wait to use it again.

"Wing King, you can throw Mr. Shen in there for a trial."

Shen Jichi smiled wryly and said, "Have you thought this through? I still have a use for you."

He seemed quite afraid of being thrown into the furnace, but there was one thing he hadn't told Gu Jingnian yet.

The furnace in front is made of Nether Iron. Nether Iron and black neodymium are attracted to each other when they face each other and repel each other when they face each other. Therefore, in the space inside the furnace, which is entirely composed of Nether Iron, the suppression of supernatural abilities by the black neodymium will be canceled out. In this way, the refining effect will reach its maximum.

Previously, he activated the mechanism above, and the refining field first sprayed out medicine to paralyze the superhumans, in order to prevent them from using their supernatural abilities to escape after falling into the furnace.

If he were thrown into the furnace, he could escape to the outskirts of Jusai City using the technique of teleportation.

To avoid Gu Jingnian seeing through his thoughts, Shen Jichi deliberately showed a hint of fear.

However, Gu Jingnian asked him a question.

"How do we store this stove?"

"What?" Shen Jichi asked in surprise.

Gu Jingnian said, "The medicine is almost ready, so naturally we should put the furnace away. Where is the mechanism?"

Shen Jichi was stunned for a while. When he looked over, he saw that although there was a ruthless fierceness in Gu Jingnian's eyes, there was still a clear understanding in them. He knew very well what he was doing.

"Aren't you going to refine me?"

"No rush," Gu Jingnian said. "You're still useful, aren't you? You promised to help me rescue my sister."

Even so, Shen Jichi suspected that Gu Jingnian already knew the secret of the furnace.

But how did he know? Did Gu Beiming tell him?
With the sound of iron plates colliding, the heavy Nether Iron was once again placed on top of the lava, and the group left the area and headed upwards.

Gu Jingnian whispered a few words to Huo Bo and then walked towards a certain place.

Shen Jichi stared at Gu Jingnian's back, feeling increasingly unable to understand this young man.

Lost in thought, he was suddenly patted on the shoulder. Zhao Boheng pulled him into a room, grabbed his arm, and slashed it off with a dagger.

"doing what?"

The blood flowed down, quickly filling a whole bowl.

Shen Jichi was taken aback, but then he saw Zhao Boheng pick up the bowl and begin refining elixirs, muttering to himself.

"The Wing King said you were still useful, and you are indeed useful."

(End of this chapter)