Chapter 256

"Do not destroy the forging tables and the ground, otherwise the consequences are something you cannot bear."

In the heavy atmosphere, Gao Lin's voice came from outside; he clearly also knew what would happen next.

"Boom boom..."

The next moment, someone couldn't hold back and rushed toward the four forging tables at the front.

There were five people in total, all of whom were at the Minor Success in Gang Qi cultivation level, with the strongest auras.

Two people targeted the same forging table at the same time, and they started fighting and clashing in mid-air, but they were very restrained, not letting the power radiate out to affect the stone room.

Xu Yang didn't intend to fight for the front four and expose his cultivation, but he intended to have one of the six forging tables in the middle.

The talent he originally displayed wasn't inferior to Lu Ren's, so he was qualified to occupy one.

"Boom!"

He stepped out in large strides, his body suddenly disappearing from where he was.

At the same time, many people moved with him, all intending to fight for one of the six forging tables in the middle.

As for those who didn't move, they were all those who didn't intend to fight; however, there weren't many such people, only two or three, all of whom knew their strength was insufficient and didn't intend to fight.

"This is my place, get out of here!"

Someone targeted the same forging table as Xu Yang, and immediately slapped over with strong Gang Qi.

Just by the sound, Xu Yang couldn't tell who this person was, but no matter who it was, he had to have this forging table.

Minor Success in Gang Qi cultivation; he didn't go to fight for the front four, which was already restrained enough; if he let go of the second-tier forging tables, it would be basically impossible for his Diamond Body Technique to reach Minor Success before leaving.

His spine roared, penetrating section by section, and the force surged to his hands; he immediately slapped back with his palm, fighting a palm with this person.

Both of them were worried about destroying this place and didn't erupt Gang Qi; this palm was a pure physical collision.

"Bang!"

A muffled sound like forging iron rang out; Xu Yang stood still, but this person was shaken all over, retreated a step, his face flushed, and his blood and Qi surged.

Shen Liang!

He remembered someone calling this person Shen Liang before, who was one of the ten internally designated people, not one of the seven they selected from the Fire Peak.

Shen Liang looked at Xu Yang with fear; he didn't know at all that Xu Yang had already held back; otherwise, he wouldn't just have retreated one step.

"As expected of Xu Yang, second only to the Ten Elites' Lu Ren; this position is yours, we will compare again in the future."

He didn't continue to fight with Xu Yang, but turned and rushed toward another forging table, fighting and clashing with the person occupying that forging table.

Xu Yang didn't have the heart to look closely, because another large hand carrying strong force slapped toward him, breaking the air and roaring, the power not inferior to the previous Shen Liang.

"Retreat to the back, you are not qualified to occupy this position."

This person stepped over in large strides, his iron palm taking Xu Yang's chest directly.

Xu Yang remembered this person was named Luo Jiang, also one of the ten internally designated people.

There was nothing to say; he also slapped out with one palm, directly resisting, not intending to compare techniques.

At this time, it was to show strength, deter others, and comparing techniques would only attract more people.

"Bang!"

Palms collided, heat waves surged, Xu Yang stood steadily in place, Luo Jiang, like the previous Shen Liang, retreated with a flushed face.

However, he wasn't as sensible as the previous Shen Liang; after being shaken back, he didn't give up, raised both palms and attacked again.

Xu Yang also slapped out with both palms together; this time Luo Jiang didn't retreat one step, but retreated four or five steps.

He still wasn't convinced, stepping forward again in large strides.

"Alright, those who didn't occupy a forging table go to the forging tables at the back; the difference between the three positions isn't too big, don't waste too much time."

Gao Lin didn't know when he had returned.

As his voice fell, the many people fighting stopped.

Five experts at Minor Success in Gang Qi, four occupied the front four forging tables, and another one didn't know when he gave up, occupying one of the six forging tables in the middle.

Luo Jiang was unwilling, but had to stop and walk to the outermost forging table.

Xu Yang's gaze swept over, finding that Chen Chao also didn't fight for a forging table in the middle, retreating to the outermost forging table.

And Yun Feng, he didn't know who he fought with, but he looked injured, his face pale.

Shen Liang actually defeated the previous person and successfully occupied one of the six forging tables.

Some people fought with real fire, their faces full of anger.

"Xu Yang actually grabbed one of the six forging tables in the middle; hand it over to me in a while."

Yun Feng looked at Xu Yang standing in the middle, his heart stirred.

Last time Xu Yang had already refused him once; it was impossible for him to have the guts to refuse again.

He was relatively unlucky, just fighting with someone, when Yang Shaocheng, who was at Minor Success in Gang Qi, targeted this position, injuring and blasting him and that person away.

Gao Lin said: "Next, all be honest, don't start any more disputes to fight for positions, hurry and start refining."

As soon as these words were spoken, Yun Feng's face changed, knowing that using power to suppress people and occupy Xu Yang's position wouldn't work.

Gao Lin warned and left; everyone didn't dare to delay, immediately skillfully taking raw ore from the corner and putting it into the tower furnace small hole to heat.

Xu Yang also took a piece of raw ore he didn't know what it was, put it into the tower furnace to heat, and then retreated to the forging table to wait.

During the wait, Xu Yang changed the Diamond Body Technique from resisting to actively refining and absorbing; more surging heat poured in through his pores, and he only felt his Gang Qi was about to burn, his body rolling hot.

Even the medicinal power of the Origin-Returning Pill that hadn't been fully absorbed in his body was accelerating its absorption at this moment.

He endured the discomfort and continued to activate his cultivation; a quarter of an hour later, the panel in front of him flashed.

【Diamond Body Technique · Entry Level (1226/2000)】

In a quarter of an hour, the progress actually increased by one point; approaching the tower furnace, the Earth Vein Spirit Fire was indeed more intense.

One point in a quarter of an hour, eight points in an hour; if he could persist for ten hours a day, before leaving here, he really might be able to reach Minor Success in the Diamond Body Technique.

The stone room soon rang with the muffled sound of forging iron; these special raw ores that needed Earth Vein Spirit Fire to refine were harder than black iron, and the refining difficulty was higher.

While resisting the high temperature brought by the Earth Vein Spirit Fire, Xu Yang found that many people had painful expressions on their faces.

Of course, there were also people who were indifferent, such as the Ten Elites geniuses Wen Hao and Fang Yu, and that expert at Minor Success in Gang Qi cultivation, who also performed very easily.

Half an hour later, some people couldn't bear it and ran out in a hurry.

Xu Yang felt he was almost there too; others were activating cultivation to resist, passively accepting the tempering of the Earth Vein Spirit Fire, while he was actively absorbing and refining; every breath was like swallowing a ball of raging fire.

An hour later, most people had run out; he felt a sharp pain in his meridians and dantian, which should be the fire poison Gao Lin mentioned.

He sank his consciousness into his body, and sure enough, he saw a layer of black things covering his dantian and meridians, so he had to leave the mountain cave.

Outside the cave, a dozen people were sitting cross-legged, activating cultivation to force out fire poison.

【Diamond Body Technique · Entry Level (1233/2000)】

"It is indeed a treasure land."

One hour, Xu Yang found that the progress of the Diamond Body Technique increased by seven points.

However, the fire poison was even more powerful than he imagined; he couldn't even hold on for an hour, and the time needed to force out fire poison wasn't short either.

The people who left first had been activating cultivation for half an hour, but they still hadn't forced out the fire poison, and were still activating cultivation.

The ten hours of Earth Vein Spirit Fire tempering he expected to accept a day were basically impossible to reach.

"Do you need Meridian-Protecting Pills and Ice-Spirit Pills?"

Just then, the two inner sect disciples guarding this place walked over with a smile.

Song Runshu said: "Meridian-Protecting Pills can protect your meridians, allowing you to persist longer, and Ice-Spirit Pills can quickly dissolve fire poison, allowing you to have more time to accept Earth Vein Spirit Fire tempering."

Liu Youzhen said: "Meridian-Protecting Pills are fifteen taels each, one can last a day, and Ice-Spirit Pills are thirty taels each, which can dissolve fire poison within a quarter of an hour."

Xu Yang's brows twitched.

He hadn't heard of Ice-Spirit Pills, but he knew Meridian-Protecting Pills.

People with conditions, when breaking through from Minor Success in Qi Gathering to Major Success in Qi Gathering, would take Meridian-Protecting Pills in advance to avoid damaging their meridians due to breakthrough failure.

This thing was generally five taels of silver each; these two actually sold them for fifteen taels; from this, it could be seen that the Ice-Spirit Pill should also be sold at several times the price.

It wasn't just him; many people also had ugly expressions, knowing they were being robbed while in trouble.

It was just that they weren't allowed to leave here; even if Liu Youzhen and Song Runshu sold them for one hundred taels, they couldn't help it.

"Why didn't the two senior brothers bring out such good things earlier? Give me ten of each first."

Yun Feng stood up after finishing his cultivation, not caring about the price at all.