Chapter 156: Earth Lung Fire

Han Li listened to the reasons given by the old man, his expression unchanged, and he didn't express any opinion on these words. After listening, he nodded lightly, didn't say a word, reached out and picked up the copied jade cylinder, and turned to walk toward the passage.

"Little friend, since you want to refine alchemy, do you want to buy some alchemy furnaces? I'll give you a cheaper price, how about it?" The old man saw that Han Li was about to leave, and hurriedly promoted his goods again.

"No need, I don't have any use for them for the time being!" Han Li didn't look back, just waved his hand and said indifferently.

"That's a pity. My alchemy furnaces here can withstand the high temperature of earth fire!" Old Xu saw that the business was not done, and said with some regret.

"Earth fire?" Han Li, who had already walked to the passage entrance, stopped.

"It's the Earth Lung Fire, which is a few points more powerful than innate true fire." The old man said casually.

"Isn't it said that alchemy requires innate true fire! Can this earth fire replace it for alchemy?" Han Li tried his best to keep his voice calm, but his heart was beating wildly. He knew that the way out for his Foundation Establishment Pill refining dilemma might have been found.

"Hehe! It seems that little friend is completely ignorant of the fact that the cultivation world has long used earth fire to replace innate true fire for alchemy! However, it doesn't matter. Since little friend is so concerned about this, I will tell you for free! Just tell you for free!" The old man seemed to be very concerned about this, his spirits lifted, but he deliberately bit the word "free" very hard.

How could Han Li not hear the meaning in the other party's words? Although saying one sentence is free, saying seven or eight sentences is also free, the difference is too great.

But this matter was of great importance, and Han Li didn't dare to entangle anymore.

Therefore, he walked back directly and said without hesitation: "As long as what Old Xu said about the earth fire is true, then I will choose an alchemy furnace here!"

"Hehe! My alchemy furnaces here are absolutely top-grade fine products, and will definitely satisfy little friend!" Old Xu saw that the goal had been successfully achieved, and couldn't help but smile with his eyes narrowed.

"Actually, using innate true fire for alchemy is already an old calendar from a long time ago! Nowadays, alchemy in the cultivation world uses the Earth Lung Fire of the Profound Yang Land to quench medicinal pills. Because long ago, our predecessors discovered that earth fire is not only purer and higher in temperature than the cultivator's true fire, but also particularly persistent and stable, which has increased the success rate of alchemy compared to the original true fire alchemy method, and is also equally effective for artifact refining. Therefore, as long as the cultivation sects with conditions, or even larger cultivation families, have their own specialized Profound Yang Fire Land to provide their disciples with alchemy and artifact refining. Only those wild cultivators who are alone and truly unable to borrow earth fire still use this true fire alchemy method with a particularly high waste pill rate." The old man shook his head and said this long speech.

"Then does our sect also have earth fire that can be borrowed? Does Old Xu know where it is?" Han Li was overjoyed, suppressed the excitement in his heart, and still asked the key point clearly.

"Haha!..."

When the old man heard Han Li's question, he couldn't help laughing, which made Han Li blink his eyes, somewhat puzzled!

"When little friend first entered Yuelu Hall, did you see a passage without any markings? That passage leads to the Profound Yang Fire Land. If you pay some spirit stones there, you can borrow earth fire!" The old man laughed for a while, and finally told Han Li the truth.

"Is it really so?" Han Li couldn't help but reveal a look of joy, the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

"Old man is at this age, can I still lie to you, a junior?" Old Xu said with some displeasure.

"This junior spoke out of turn! Please forgive me, Old Xu!" Han Li also felt that even if the other party was greedy, he couldn't fool him on such matters, so he apologized sincerely.

"Hmph, seeing that little friend is young, I will forgive you this time!" The old man's expression eased, but then he straightened his face and said: "But regarding the discount on buying the alchemy furnace, I won't give it anymore."

Upon hearing this, Han Li was speechless. This old man really didn't forget to take advantage of him at any time!

"Are these the alchemy furnaces?" Han Li pointed to the tripods on the other party's shelves and asked.

"Of course not, those are just ordinary goods, and can only refine some inferior medicinal pills. How can they withstand the scorching of earth fire? The real fine alchemy furnaces are all here!" Old Xu restored his "profiteer" nature, smiled and patted a gray cloth bag that looked unremarkable at his waist.

The old man took off the cloth bag, patted it lightly toward the empty space beside him, and as a result, a cyan light rolled, and a row of antique and strangely styled alchemy tripods appeared on the ground.

"How is it? These are all top-grade alchemy furnaces collected by me. Each one is a fine product, absolutely not ordinary goods!" The old man picked up the nearest tripod and tapped it lightly, saying with some pride.

"Indeed not bad!" As soon as these tripods appeared, Han Li felt the faint spiritual energy they emitted, and couldn't help but let out a light "Eh."

But what he cared about more was the unremarkable cloth bag of the other party. This was definitely a high-level storage bag that exceeded ten times the storage capacity, otherwise, it would be impossible to hold so many items that were not small in size.

"Hehe! It's not that I'm bragging, but Xu is a great expert in refining tripod magic tools. Most of the tripods for low-level disciples in our sect come from my hands, and these are the best of the best!" Old Xu saw that Han Li was moved, and was even more overjoyed, praising each one as a treasure rarely seen in heaven and earth, as if he would be wasting a treasure if he didn't buy it immediately! This made Han Li speechless.

Han Li smiled lightly, didn't refute, walked slowly to the side of the tripods, and began to pick them out.

"This is the Rahu Tripod, which can absorb the high temperature of fire, increase the success rate of alchemy, and can also..."

Every time Han Li picked up a tripod to look at it, this Old Xu would praise it incessantly, wishing he could describe each one as a treasure rarely seen in heaven and earth, as if he would be wasting a treasure if he didn't buy it immediately! This made Han Li speechless.

"Just this one!" Han Li checked every tripod, pondered for a while, and pointed to a small silver tripod and said to the old man.

"Tsk tsk! Little friend really has a good eye. This silver silk tripod is definitely a fine product among alchemy furnaces, and is a rare top-grade magic tool. Among all the tripods I have, it is also the best treasure!" Old Xu saw that Han Li had chosen the smallest one, and was slightly surprised, but immediately returned to normal, praising the silver tripod as a flower, full of praise.

"What does this have to do with eye? I just considered that the storage bag space is limited, and it can only fit this tripod!" Han Li thought to himself, listening to the old man's noisy words.

Finally, after some bargaining with the old man, Han Li bought this item for thirty-two low-tier spirit stones. Then he left here without hesitation.

In the short time he was in contact with this Old Xu, Han Li had spent more than fifty spirit stones. Even with his considerable family wealth, he felt a great pain. Therefore, he really didn't want to stay here for another moment, even if the other party continued to try to keep him enthusiastically.

After leaving the old man's room, Han Li returned to the great hall where the teleportation formation was located, but didn't teleport out of the hall immediately. Instead, after considering for a moment, he walked along the passage without markings.

As a result, at the end of the passage, a giant stone door appeared to block the way, with five-colored fluorescent light flowing on the stone door, which looked like it had been cast with extremely powerful restrictive spells, making people afraid to act rashly!

And beside the stone door, there was another small stone room, in which there was an ugly man with a face full of pimples. This ugly man was only at the peak of basic cultivation technique, but he showed an arrogant look of indifference to Han Li, which made Han Li feel very unhappy!

But what kind of person was Han Li? Although he was disgusted in his heart, he was calm on the surface. Even though he asked three questions, the other party only answered one reluctantly, it still allowed Han Li to find out the situation here clearly and have a clear understanding!

Then, Han Li seemed not to care about the other party's rudeness and politely said goodbye to the other party, leaving that place. But before he had walked a few steps, he heard the ugly man's muttering voice.

"A poor ghost among low-level disciples, also wants to learn from others to refine alchemy? Is his brain refined badly? A guy who only talks but doesn't practice, wasting so much of my saliva!"

Han Li's body didn't show any abnormality after hearing the other party's words, but the face turned toward the ugly man was as cold as frost, and the murderous intent in his eyes flashed away.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 157 =====