Treasure Gathering Immortal Furnace

To cultivate the Nascent Soul Locking Technique, Ancestor Tianhuo can only go into seclusion. He will not leave seclusion until he breaks through to the Yuanzhong stage, even though the Xuanyang Sword Sect still has two Nascent Soul cultivators on the surface.

In reality, only Patriarch Jing was left to shoulder the burden, and he also had to take care of the development of the Xuan Yang Sword Sect.

Lu Fan was not proficient in sect management. All he could do was cultivate quickly and reach the Nascent Soul stage as soon as possible. This would not only be an explanation to himself, but also a way to repay the two patriarchs for their devoted protection.

After leaving the back mountain dojo, Lu Fan returned to his secluded cave. During his trip to the Fire Cave, he also obtained the Illusionary Thunderwood, and it was time to refine his second natal magic weapon.

Before that, however, he wanted to see what treasures were inside the three jade boxes he had obtained from the Fire Cave.

After setting up two layers of isolation arrays, Lu Fan waved his hand, and three jade boxes floated in mid-air.

"I hope you can give me a few more antique treasures," Lu Fan said with anticipation.

As he raised his hand and released a burst of spiritual energy, the first jade box was opened, and a black token flew out from it.

The token has an ancient design and is printed with a strange creature that is neither human nor demon. This is the same strange stone statue that Lu Fan encountered twice in the Fire Cave.

"Strange, it's that creature pattern again. What exactly is this thing?" Lu Fan was also surprised as he channeled a wisp of spiritual energy into the token.

The black token immediately emitted a series of strange, dazzling lights, and the aura it exuded was also extremely peculiar.

"This aura isn't spiritual power, nor is it demonic energy; instead, it has a hint of demonic energy. Could it be related to some kind of transformed demon?" Lu Fan examined it from side to side, but couldn't figure it out.

"Never mind, I'll study it later," Lu Fan put the black token into his storage bag before opening the second jade box.

As the second jade box was opened, a giant eyeball floated out from inside!

That's right, it's just a black eyeball!

"What is this thing? Why are there such strange things in this jade box?" Lu Fan picked up the eyeball and examined it, only to find that it was not an ancient treasure.

Moreover, the eyeballs were enormous, like the size of a baby's fist. It's unknown what kind of monster's eyeballs they belonged to, but since they could fit into a jade box, they must have been extraordinary.

Lu Fan tried to refine it and found that it was extremely difficult for his divine sense to penetrate his eyeball, unlike ordinary magic weapons and ancient treasures that could be easily refined.

"It seems that refining it will take some effort," Lu Fan thought, and simply put the eyeball into his storage bag. He would refine it slowly when he went into seclusion, and then he would naturally know its use.

As for the third jade box, it was more normal. When opened, it contained a sieve with six sides.

"Finally, it's an ancient treasure," Lu Fan smiled slightly, took the six-sided sieve in his hand, and immediately invaded his soul to refine it slightly.

Then the words "Tianxing Sieve" came to mind.

It is an ancient treasure for trapping enemies. Once released, the Heavenly Star Sieve will automatically open, trapping the enemy inside. Moreover, it has many internal mechanisms, and the strength of the trapping effect is directly linked to the user's spiritual power.

In other words, the stronger the divine sense, the stronger the triggering of the mechanisms within the Heavenly Star Sieve.

"Not bad. It makes up for my lack of methods to trap enemies. Moreover, the stronger the divine sense, the stronger the Heavenly Star Screen becomes. It is quite compatible with my Soul Nourishing Pill." Lu Fan put the Heavenly Star Screen into his storage bag with satisfaction.

As for Gu Chen's storage bag, there wasn't much good stuff inside besides pills and talismans. After all, Lu Fan had already snatched all his good stuff, so there wasn't much to see.

These are the five treasures he obtained from the Fire Cave during his trip.

It was a worthwhile trip.

Only then did Lu Fan take out the entire Illusionary Sound Tree. At this moment, the Illusionary Sound Tree was still flashing with lightning and rumbling with thunder.

Looking at this enormous ancient tree, he could only sigh with helplessness.

After all, only a section of tree trunk is needed to forge the Illusionary Sound Thunder Sun Sword. This is an entire Illusionary Sound Tree, and I really don't know how to use it.

After thinking for a moment, Lu Fan immediately came up with an idea, and then raised his hand to take out the Demon Hunter Bow.

"Although this Demon Hunter Bow is incredibly powerful, it requires spiritual energy to charge up each time it's used. If I could refine the Illusionary Thunderwood into Illusionary Thunder Arrows, wouldn't I be able to fire them instantly?" Lu Fan pondered for a moment, seemingly finding the idea absolutely brilliant.

This Illusory Sound Thunderwood is a collection of heavenly thunder power, which is more than ten times stronger than his thunder attribute spiritual power.

If it were crafted into the Illusionary Thunder Arrow, the power of this arrow would be unimaginable! Moreover, it would compensate for the drawback of requiring too long to charge up.

If the Illusionary Thunder Arrows had been available while they were chasing Gu Shuo, Gu Shuo would have died dozens of times over. Why would they have chased him all the way and only fired a few arrows?

It's estimated that only someone as wealthy and powerful as Lu Fan has the means to use Illusionary Thunderwood as a consumable.

After all, even ancient cultivators only obtained a small wooden bead, which they treasured in a box.

But in Lu Fan's hands, it became an entire Illusionary Sound Tree, and it was inexhaustible!

If other cultivators knew that Lu Fan used an entire Illusionary Sound Tree to refine the consumable lightning arrow, they would probably be so angry they'd vomit blood on the spot...

"Then, I'll go into seclusion for a while to forge the Illusionary Thunder Sun Sword and the Illusionary Thunder Arrow!"

Then Lu Fan made a hand seal and immediately spat out a mouthful of molten fire, which instantly enveloped the entire Illusionary Thunderwood.

This refining of Illusory Sound Thunderwood is different from Azure Nether Profound Iron, after all, there is only one piece of Azure Nether Profound Iron.

However, the Illusionary Thunderwood is a whole tree, and it's not so easy to refine, so Lu Fan was prepared for a long period of seclusion.

Not only did they take out more than a dozen Golden Essence Pills for backup, but they also took out a lot of various Qi-restoring Pills and spirit stones.

He first swallowed two Golden Essence Pills, then a few Qi-restoring Pills, and also threw a lot of Spirit Beast Pills into his Spirit Beast Bag to prevent the Three-Eyed Crow from going hungry during his seclusion.

With thorough preparation, Lu Fan began to focus on refining...

...

While Lu Fan was in seclusion refining his natal magic weapon, a completely different scene unfolded at the sect far away in the Great Yan Dynasty...

First was Song Zhiyuan. After obtaining the Spirit Melody Divine Grass, he immediately returned to the Yiqi Sect and activated the sect's protective formation with all his might, practically emptying the entire Yiqi Sect's spirit stone reserves.

He was preparing to refine the Nine Transformations Infant Pill and enter seclusion to form his infant.

Secondly, there's the Dao Sect. They were busy at the Fire Cave, but only Wan Yang got one treasure. Moreover, since Wan Yang and Steward Ma watched the whole thing while Lu Fan was fighting Gu Chen and Gu Shuo, the Sword Pavilion was furious. Xuan Xuzi was naturally scolded by Gu Xin and Xiao Jin, but he could only swallow his anger and apologize.

The most heartbreaking thing is for the Sword Pavilion. As the strongest sword sect in the Great Yan Dynasty, they should have gained a lot from this trip to the Fire Cave. But what happened? Not only did they get nothing, they also lost two Core Formation elders.

Almost everyone in the Sword Pavilion, from the outer sect to the inner sect, was filled with righteous indignation and fury. They were all clamoring to wage war against the Xuan Yang Sword Sect, capture Lu Fan alive, extract his soul, and grind his bones to dust.

The news of Gu Shuo and Gu Chen's deaths naturally reached the ears of Wang Qingzhu, who was under house arrest...