The Eternal Saint of Alchemy

The camp is guarded year-round by seven or eight guards, the most senior of whom is an old man with white hair and beard who calls himself Mu and has been guarding Xingluo Plain for more than forty years.

Elder Mu led Xiao Fan to a stone house in the center of the camp.

Elder Mu carefully examined Xiao Fan's talisman, token, and the drop of golden liquid. After a moment of silence, he slowly said, "The seven marks are complete, the marks are perfect, and the golden drop is real."

When the Grandmaster of Alchemy left Starfall Plains, he said, "Whoever can gather the three seals and hold the water droplet will inherit his mantle." Clearly, you are the person he is looking for.

Xiao Fan then asked some more questions about the core area of ​​Xingluoyuan.

Elder Mu took out a hand-drawn map, which was even more detailed than the star map on the bone slip. It marked the most core areas. The outer ring was the spiritual energy purification zone, the middle ring was the main area of ​​the ruins, and the innermost part was a huge building complex called "Heavenly Fire Palace". It is said that this was the last gathering place of ancient fire-type cultivators.

"Nobody knows what the Heavenly Fire Palace is all about." Elder Mu pointed to a marker at the very end of the map and said, "The last batch of cultivators entered the Heavenly Fire Palace before the Starfall Plain disappeared. Later, the seal closed automatically, and no one has come out since."

For nearly a century, countless people have tried to enter the central region, but most have been unable to pass through its core area and have been repelled by the defensive formations of the main continent.

Xiao Fan copied the map and stayed in a stone house in the Watcher's camp for two days, adapting his spiritual energy each day using the seven unique elemental spiritual energies of Starfall Plain.

The spirit core has an extremely strong ability to adapt to various spiritual energies. By the morning of the third day, the spirit core had fully adapted to the complex spiritual energies, allowing it to operate at full capacity.

Early on the third day, he left the Watchers' camp and went alone to the center of Starfall Plains, leaving Ning Yao and Cheng Xiushi to wait in the camp.

Elder Mu led Xiao Fan to the edge of the military camp and said, "The defensive formation of the central city is formed by the resonance of multiple attributes, and any spiritual power of any attribute will be repelled. With the seven elements of spiritual power in your body as a foundation, you should be able to get by quite well."

Xiao Fan walked on a wide stone path. The scenery of Xingluoyuan was unlike any other area he had ever seen before. The ground was covered with deep purple moss, and occasionally, berries that shimmered with light could be seen among the silver bushes.

The air is fresh and pure, and with each breath, seven different spiritual energies are naturally absorbed and integrated.

At the end of this stone path is a huge, semi-transparent light curtain, behind which one can vaguely see a group of dark buildings of varying heights.

When he affixed the talisman to the light screen, the screen trembled slightly and automatically opened a passage large enough for one person to pass through.

He strode into the light curtain and into the central area.

The city's architectural style is similar to that of the Gray Domain and Aurora Plains, but it is more refined. Every building's eaves and walls are inscribed with dense spiritual energy guiding runes, giving the area a brand-new look.

The streets were wide and flat, and the shops on both sides were empty, with only some stone shelves and tables, all of which had been vacant for a long time.

Xiao Fan walked along the main street, and about 15 minutes later, a spire resembling a white pagoda appeared at the end of the street. Although it was not as tall as the white pagoda, it had far more runes on it.

He stopped in front of the tower gate and saw a line of neat characters engraved on the door frame, the characters being exactly the same as those on the metal and bone fragments.

He reached out and pushed, and the stone door opened with a thud.

The space inside the tower is much larger than it appears from the outside, with spiraling staircases extending all the way to higher places, and rows of scrolls and reels inlaid on the tower's walls.

Xiao Fan walked up the stairs and stopped on the second floor. He took out a yellowed silk book and began to read it. It was a miscellaneous record of the cultivation experience of ancient fire cultivators on Xingluo Plain. Although the content was scattered, the insights into the fusion of seven kinds of spiritual power contained in it benefited him greatly.

Upon reaching the third floor, he stopped again and saw a row of neat jade bottles laid out there. On the outer wall of each bottle, the names and uses of various pills were written in fine ink.

There were several bottles labeled "Seven-Attribute Harmony Pills," sealed very well. Upon opening the caps, the pills inside were well-preserved, emitting a fragrant and mellow spiritual aura.

He put away the elixir bottle and continued walking upwards.

The fifth floor is no longer a circular corridor, but a spacious circular hall with a huge star pattern inlaid on the wall. The star pattern on it is almost identical to the star pattern on the bone pelvis.

A larger and more exquisite disc than the White Pagoda magic array was inlaid in the center of the circular hall. The disc had seven evenly distributed grooves on its surface, and the shape of each groove corresponded to the seven small dark silver discs.

Xiao Fan placed the seven seals into their corresponding slots one by one.

As the last piece was inserted into the slot, a clear golden light shone from the center of the disc. This golden light pierced through the top of the tower and shot straight into the night sky above Xingluoyuan, forming a complete three-dimensional star map above the entire core area.

The distant star seemed to be drawn closer, its brilliance mirroring the golden pillar of light atop the tower, bathing the earth in a soft golden hue.

As the beam of light illuminated, the north wall of the rotunda opened automatically, revealing a space even larger than the rotunda itself.

The space is simply and solemnly furnished. In the center is a wide stone table with a real map spread out on it, corresponding to the star map of the circular hall.

The walls are covered with texts and pictures from different eras, ranging from methods of setting up formations to analyses of the characteristics of various spiritual materials.

This is where the Great Sage of Alchemy once lived.

Xiao Fan walked to the stone table and glanced at the map on it. Inscribed on it was a line of text: "Starfall Plain is complete, Heavenly Fire Peak is complete. If any descendants come here, please use this talisman to open the hidden compartment under the table and retrieve the final gift."

He crouched down and, following the instructions on the inscription, groped around under the stone table for a while before finally finding a hidden compartment.

Opening the hidden compartment revealed a palm-sized silver box with a symbol resembling a talisman engraved on it.

Upon opening the box, one finds a crystal-clear, round crystal with a nebula-like radiance slowly rotating within it. With each rotation, a seven-colored halo appears on the crystal's surface.

As Xiao Fan took the crystal out of the box, the star-carved reliefs on the walls and ceiling of the entire room lit up.

Countless tiny rays of light surged toward the crystal from all directions, then converged on the crystal into a warm and long torrent of spiritual energy, which flowed into the crystal in his hand.