The Eternal Saint of Alchemy

Below the bronze furnace was a small fire array. The array patterns were somewhat worn, but the center was completely undamaged.

Xiao Fan stepped forward, reached out, and stroked the alchemy furnace. The crimson side was warm, while the gray side exuded a bone-chilling cold.

The temperature between the two reached a balance, and the furnace body was neither too hot nor too cold, which gave it a strange sense of tranquility.

Beside the bronze furnace stood a jade tablet, about half a person's height, covered with densely packed characters. The very first sentence of the tablet sent a jolt through him.

"This cauldron has been used for nine years. It has absorbed the essence of Yin and Yang energies and refined them together for two hundred days, resulting in two colors. If future generations obtain this cauldron, they can nurture their alchemy within it, achieving twice the result with half the effort."

This is a furnace capable of holding two different flames. It is the finished product of the Grandmaster of Alchemy's nine years of repeated refining.

Most importantly, the jade tablet records how to use the bronze furnace—using the array base in the sea of ​​consciousness as a trigger, connecting it with the fire array below the bronze furnace, the bronze furnace will operate on its own, using the power of yin and yang harmony to nurture the items placed inside the bronze furnace.

Without any hesitation, Xiao Fan took out the array base from his sea of ​​consciousness and carefully inserted it into the fire array below the alchemy furnace.

As the array base was lowered, the red and gray dividing line on the surface of the bronze furnace suddenly brightened, and the entire bronze furnace emitted a deep hum, as if a ferocious beast that had been sleeping for a long time was slowly awakening.

After thinking for a moment, he took out a small, sealed jade bottle from his pocket and poured in a small handful of flame essence.

As the essence was poured into the alchemy furnace, the buzzing sound inside the furnace suddenly intensified, and beams of red and gray light converged within the furnace, forming a halo.

The nurturing process began. The power that the Grandmaster of Alchemy had accumulated in the alchemy furnace was awakened and began to slowly and steadily nourish this essence, like a piece of unpolished jade polished by time.

Xiao Fan did not rush to leave.

He sat cross-legged before the bronze furnace, waiting for the essence to nourish him, and unfolded the three parchment scrolls, reading them word by word.

The contents of the parchment were profound, containing many details about the fusion of fire that he had never encountered before, but as he looked at it, his horizons broadened.

A sentence on the parchment caught his eye: the Great Sage of Alchemy once said that when Yin and Yang energies merge, they form a unique resonance. Cultivating under this resonance will multiply one's cultivation level.

When your meridians possess dual-attribute spiritual power, your resistance to most seals will be greatly enhanced.

He secretly memorized this method. The bronze furnace has the function of nourishing all things, and it can also be used for cultivation.

Although it is not explicitly stated on the jade tablet, based on the structure of the furnace and the principles of the fire array, as long as one sits close enough, the yin and yang energies escaping from the furnace can nourish the meridians.

He carefully put away the three parchments, and then took out the parchment he had obtained from the Dry Bone Ridge. Using the faint light emitted from the bronze furnace, he marked the locations where several Taixu Dansheng had appeared in the early days.

Some areas have already been explored by him, but others are still on the periphery and have not yet been fully explored.

Inside the underground stone chamber, the work continued day and night. Only after the small ball of essence inside the alchemy furnace had grown to the size of a broad bean did Yang Kai finally stand up and stretch his limbs.

Before leaving, he took out that ball of essence again. This time, the color was 20% darker than before, and there was a faint halo on the surface. It felt warm in his hand, but not as intense as the first time.

After carefully storing the essence and removing the array base, the alchemy furnace immediately returned to calm.

As he ascended the stone steps, he glanced back at the location of the two-colored bronze furnace and secretly memorized it.

If there are any good things in the future, you can cultivate here.

Stepping out of the stone chamber, Xiao Fan noticed that the gray mist here was much thinner than before, which made him somewhat uneasy.

The grayish-white mist slowly dissipated, as if it had triggered some mechanism in the stone chamber, and the source of the mist was slowly disappearing.

The outline of the stone pillar in the distance gradually became clearer, covered with the marks left by time, appearing dull and lackluster under the afternoon sun.

When he reached the edge of the basin, he saw Gu Yuan squatting between a stone pillar, staring blankly at a broken stone tablet. Yun Ruoxi stood on a high point at the valley entrance, looking in that direction, her heart calm.

"What's down there?" Gu Yuan asked as he watched him walk out and place the stone slab on the ground.

Xiao Fan gave a general account of the matter of the bronze furnace and jade tablet, then turned to a page and handed it to Gu Yuan.

Master Gu Yuan's eyes widened after reading only a few sentences. He pointed at the paper with his finger, his lips moving slightly as if he wanted to say something.

"The method of Yin-Yang harmony is truly detailed. If this news gets out, won't the entire alchemy world of Daqing be thrown into chaos?"

"That's why I haven't taught you yet." Xiao Fan put the parchment scroll into his pocket. "At least not for now. I'll make further plans after I've figured everything out."

He walked up to the carriage.

As the gray fog gradually dissipated, the interior of the basin was gradually revealed—it was much larger than imagined. In addition to the collapsed stone pillars, there was a collapsed wall on the north side of the basin, behind which weeds grew, indicating that someone had lived there for a long time.

Han Fei, sitting inside the carriage, waved to the horse, which seemed startled by the scene in the gray fog.

Xiao Fan walked up to the low wall and took a look. The traces on the foundation were already very blurry, making it difficult to recognize the original appearance. However, judging from the remaining area and layout, this Taixu Dansheng had lived here for at least several years.

The biggest gains over the past few years have been those two small bronze furnaces and those three rolls of parchment.

Xiao Fan didn't read the rest.

Time was running out, and he had taken everything he needed. Before leaving, he glanced back at the basin. As the fog dissipated, the basin became quiet and ancient, like a dilapidated house with the door locked from the inside.

After saying that, he jumped into the carriage and patted Han Fei on the shoulder.

"I'm going back."

This journey will last for nine days.

Returning to the same route through the basin canyon, and once again circling the winding valley, Xiao Fan got out of the car again, his gaze fixed on the mountainside.

Having learned from his previous experience on the bronze furnace and jade tablet, he suddenly understood a lot. Those spiral patterns were clearly a channel for spiritual energy, just like the fire array in the stone chamber before.

This Grandmaster of the Void used the entire valley as a formation, utilizing the unique features of the mountain walls to guide and direct the fire-attribute spiritual energy from the ground.

"This valley itself is a treasure trove." He returned to the car and said to Master Gu Yuan, "The Grandmaster Taixu connected the bronze furnace in the basin to the valley. When the bronze furnace turned, the entire valley also turned, and the spiritual energy spread outward in a spiral."