Chapter 39: The Cold Pool is a Thousand Zhang Deep, Hidden Things Obscure Their Truth [2/2] (Please follow, please bookmark~)

Bright and clear, the radiance falls, casting shadows in all directions.

When Fang Longye previously set his mind to investigate the Cold Pool, night had already descended.

By the time he reached the Cold Pool, the Jade Rabbit had already ascended into the sky.

He saw only a round, jade-like moon hanging high in the empty sky, and the Cold Pool before him looked like a pool of flowing spirits.

The clear light of the late night spilled down, and the moon's reflection in the Cold Pool was so distinct that it seemed as if the bright moon in the sky had fallen to the bottom of the pool.

What a precious place! After praising it inwardly, he did not hesitate, entering the Cold Pool with ease and diving deep toward the bottom.

"Hiss—it is indeed very cold."

After diving about five hundred zhang, Fang Longye felt a bone-chilling cold.

Fortunately, having absorbed the essences of both ice and fire dragons, he moved them at will to shake off the influence, even beginning to absorb the Water Spirit cold energy to enhance himself.

The deeper he went, the colder it became, but the spiritual energy also grew more abundant.

At seven hundred zhang, the temperature rose abruptly. Fang Longye felt a surge of joy.

He understood that he was nearing the Alchemy Furnace.

Continuing to dive, by the time he reached nine hundred zhang, the pool water had returned to normal, and was even slightly warm.

With his naked eye, he could already see a point of red light appearing in the depths.

"That down there must be the furnace."

Fang Longye felt a jolt of spirit and accelerated his dive, soon reaching the bottom of the pool, which was several dozen zhang deep. The bottom of the pool was filled with jagged, strange rocks; these stones were shaped like inverted stalactites, scattered here and there, and in the very center of these stones was a stone platform, upon which an Alchemy Furnace was enshrined.

The Alchemy Furnace was a three-legged round cauldron, with several vents on its lid, through which one could see raging flames burning inside.

"Sun True Fire!"

Fang Longye exclaimed in surprise.

He immediately stepped forward and looked closely.

"It really is Sun True Fire!"

He saw the raging flames inside the cauldron, which from time to time transformed into the shape of a Golden Crow, baring fangs and brandishing claws, soaring and changing.

Looking closer, his gaze sharpened; he saw a black snake as thick as a finger circling the furnace. This long black snake had a crystalline body, looked extremely exquisite, and moved tirelessly along the body of the cauldron.

"Xuanming True Water!"

Fang Longye had thought there was nothing left that could surprise him.

This black snake was not a living creature, but was condensed from a mass of Xuanming True Water.

"It is a pity that it has already been tainted by post-heaven dust, losing that innate quality; it can no longer be considered an Innate Spiritual Object."

Fang Longye shook his head, yet there was not a trace of disappointment on his face.

His face was full of a brilliant smile, the corners of his mouth upturned.

It was full of joy that could not be contained.

Observing this round cauldron, he saw two Dao characters engraved on the blue-gold body—Qingyang.

His primordial spirit tried to probe and refine it, but as expected, it failed.

This precious cauldron indeed had an owner.

Fortunately, he had concealed himself, so he did not fear being discovered by the Spirit Treasure's owner.

However, he had not returned empty-handed; at least he had learned the information about this precious cauldron.

Qingyang Cauldron, twenty-one layers of Post-Heaven Divine Prohibition.

Another mid-grade Spirit Treasure~ Fang Longye's thoughts turned, and he chuckled: "I suppose this precious cauldron belongs to the Snake and Scorpion Demons, right?"

He stopped thinking about it; in any case, these would all be his in the future.

He sat cross-legged directly near the precious cauldron.

He felt the aura of the Sun True Fire and the Xuanming True Water.

"Why is the Sun True Fire inside this cauldron so intense? It is a thousand or ten thousand times more refined than ordinary Sun True Fire~" Fang Longye felt astonished.

One must know that one should look at a scholar with new eyes after three days of separation.

Now that he was quite knowledgeable, this cluster of Sun True Fire seemed truly terrifying in its power.

If not for the fact that the Xuanming True Water was far greater in quantity than this cluster of Sun True Fire, it likely would not have been able to suppress the power of this True Fire. At that time, even with the furnace to contain it, this place would never be a Cold Pool, but a pit of volcanic magma.

"I wonder which great power left behind this Sun True Fire?"

Fang Longye was no longer a novice in cultivation; he had already understood the layout here.

This cluster of Sun True Fire was clearly not the furnace fire of this precious cauldron, but had been collected post-heaven.

The reason it was placed in this Cold Pool was precisely to use such a divine object of heaven and earth as Xuanming True Water to conduct a tempering of ice and fire. While improving the material of the precious cauldron, it also smelted this cluster of Sun True Fire for its own use.

Now it seemed that the furnace fire of the Qingyang Cauldron had indeed transformed into Sun True Fire.

But that cluster of Sun True Fire had not been entirely smelted, and a portion remained unfused.

I suppose this is the reason why the Snake and Scorpion Demons would be backlashed by the furnace fire after opening the cauldron~

He carefully absorbed these two divine objects of water and fire.

He extracted a wisp from each of the Sun True Fire and the Xuanming True Water.

It was infinitesimal, ten times thinner than a strand of hair.

He slowly integrated them into his body.

He savored the Dao Rhyme within them.

Just like this, he carefully and continuously extracted and absorbed them.

The principles of extreme yin and extreme yang swirled in his heart.

He could not help but manifest a celebratory cloud of clear light.

Two ice and fire dragons bit and coiled within the celebratory cloud, finally each biting the other's tail, spinning continuously.

Within the dantian, a phantom image of a furnace in the two colors of water and fire appeared.

This was because the Yin and Yang Great Vehicle Dragon Transformation Scripture had made some progress.

Once a phantom image of a millstone appears above, it is considered truly initiated, and one can smelt spiritual objects into the body.

The phenomenon dissipated, and Fang Longye opened his eyes.

This was currently the limit of what he could absorb of these two divine objects.

Looking at the Sun True Fire and Xuanming True Water before him, which showed no signs of decreasing, he sighed to himself.

He knew that the path of his cultivation still had a long way to go.

Without further hesitation, he used all his strength to extract half of the Sun True Fire that had not been smelted by the Qingyang Cauldron and was scattered within it, trading it directly through the Equivalent Balance.

In exchange, he received a wisp of Zhurong Divine Fire, which he stored within the trading space.

Following the same method, he extracted half of the Xuanming True Water and exchanged it for a mass of Taiyin Divine Water, likewise stored within the trading space.

Although he could not absorb these traded spiritual objects for the time being, they were just right as a resource reserve.

As for the remainder, Fang Longye had the intention to collect it all, but he worried that the Snake and Scorpion Demons would discover the abnormality, thereby disrupting his control over the situation.

Thus, he left it alone.

In any case, these spiritual objects would eventually be his.

He had this confidence.

Through the sensing of his avatar, the fighting had temporarily ceased.

For the time being, he did not need his true self to intervene, so he immediately decided to return to the Green Snake Mansion.

To intervene in the upcoming struggle, he ultimately needed a helper to hold the line.

After all, the enemy had one more mountain spirit of unknown background.

Qingshe Dongfu.

The Yaoshan where it was located now exuded waves of murderous aura.

Surrounding the entire Yaoshan area, it was filled with drifting green clouds, some as large as an acre, others as small as lamp flames, scattered and circling.

Upon approaching even slightly, a dense baleful aura rushed toward his face.

It could be said that there were killing arrays at every step and Restrictions everywhere.

Fortunately, as Fang Longye rode the clouds and mist, he approached slightly.

The green smoke and clouds above dispersed completely, the sky became clear and bright, the sunlight shone down, and the Yaodong reappeared.

Qingshe, with her robes fluttering and dressed in palace attire, stood at the entrance of the cave to welcome him.

"Fellow Daoist is truly a heaven-gifted talent; you have actually achieved the Loose Immortal realm so quickly, and are even but a step away from the Li Yuan Immortal realm," Qingshe said, a strange look flashing in her eyes, filled with joy.

In the current situation, Fang Longye's return could not have been more timely.

With him, a reincarnation of a Golden Immortal who was but a step away from the Li Yuan Immortal realm, Qingshe's anxious and uneasy mood was finally somewhat relieved.

"Fellow Daoist, you overpraise me; it is merely that I have obtained some small opportunities," Fang Longye said with a shake of his head and a smile.

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