Chapter 92: Relics of the Conferring of the Gods: The Hu Lei Item; Imitation Masterpiece: The Fire Crow Pot

Motian Cliff.

Inside the Cave Abode now renamed Longying Cave.

Palaces and gardens cluster together; emerald moss piles up like blue, white clouds float like jade, stones form pavilions, and railings are wrapped in vines.

Green vines under bright windows, bamboo leaves before the warm couch; pine and bamboo are lush year after year, exotic flowers are fresh day by day.

Flowing springs wind around green silk, pine winds arrive gently, blowing up leaves all over the ground.

In the garden, a desk and a couch.

Curling purple smoke rises from a three-foot bronze tripod, descending onto the jade couch and lingering around Fang Longye.

Fang Longye is closing his eyes in deep thought, considering how to dispose of the gains obtained from Chiyang Yaowang.

As for the set of armor and equipment that burst forth, it goes without saying; even if he was dissatisfied with their forms, they were all traded away through the Golden Finger, Equivalent Balance.

A golden crown, named Golden Glow, was kept for his own use.

Do not misunderstand; it only shares a name with the Spirit Treasure of that third-generation disciple of Biyou Palace, Fire Spirit Holy Mother.

Nine layers of Post-Heaven Divine Prohibition, capable of dazzling the eyes and harming the spirit.

A red robe was exchanged for a white robe of the same grade, with wind and cloud attributes and nine layers of Post-Heaven Divine Prohibition.

It can be worn layered with the Spirit Treasure-grade Dharma robe he already has.

The Red Flame Soft Armor was exchanged for a silver-white soft armor with eighteen layers of Post-Heaven Divine Prohibition, a perfect Superior Spiritual Treasure.

That golden belt, which looked like it belonged to an upstart, was set aside by him to be kept as an auction item after he opens a marketplace in the future.

After all, given the aesthetics of most demon kings, this luxurious golden belt is enough to fetch a high price in their bidding.

As for himself, the Heavenly Scorpion Rope he refined earlier was patched up and transformed from a bracelet into a Spirit Treasure-grade belt, which is quite suitable.

……

These pieces of armor and equipment were not difficult to handle; after some processing, only two treasures remained.

A military talisman token and a Fire Crow Pot.

Fang Longye fished out a very archaic-looking token; the token was entirely dark green, buzzing and vibrating in his hand, shimmering with colors as it interacted with the surroundings.

It was not too large, only the size of a child's palm; the front was carved with a beast resembling an ape, roaring angrily at the sky with a rather fierce appearance, while the back featured patterns of intertwined talismanic runes.

Zhu Yan Military Command! It is a treasure left behind by a practitioner named Hu Lei, refined from fragments of Mount Buzhou mixed with the essence of a Golden Immortal Realm Zhu Yan exotic beast.

Fang Longye naturally feels somewhat unfamiliar with Hu Lei, as the name is quite common. However, his status is not common at all.

Because his master was famous and extraordinary.

She was the renowned third-generation disciple of Biyou Palace, Fire Spirit Holy Mother, who was titled Fire Mansion Star Lord after the Conferring of the Gods.

And this token was the military talisman refined by Fire Spirit Holy Mother for her disciple to command Dao Soldiers.

After Hu Lei died, this token changed hands many times, eventually being obtained by Chiyang Wang from the ruins of a Cave Abode.

However, as a practitioner in the Loose Immortal Realm, he gained quite a bit of fortune from the token; besides information on the token's origin, he also obtained a fragmentary Dao method and methods for cultivating two or three types of Dao Soldiers.

Among them, the Fire Dragon Dao Soldier was prominently listed.

This Chiyang Wang also modified and cultivated Fire Crow Dao Soldiers that were more suitable for himself based on the cultivation method of the Fire Dragon Dao Soldiers and combined with his own Fire Crow Bloodline.

Weighing the token in his hand, Fang Longye shook his head: "Pity, this path is not for me."

Yes, this Dao Soldier Method is indeed exquisite. With its augmentation, Chiyang Wang even exhausted a Golden Immortal who had broken through during the battle to death.

But regardless of him, or Fire Spirit Holy Mother—who made Guang Chengzi of the Chan Sect visit Biyou Palace three times—they all perished at the hands of their enemies! It is evident that the Dao Soldier Method is just so-so.

However, when there is free time, dabbling in it slightly as a means would not be bad.

What he is hesitant about is whether to directly melt down this token.

After all, besides the Mount Buzhou fragments, this token also contains the essence of a Golden Immortal Realm Zhu Yan.

And from the various classics sent from the North Sea Dragon Palace, he also learned how Yinglong Laozu originally practiced the 'Yin and Yang Great Vehicle Dragon Transformation Scripture'.

In the cultivation stage before Reverse Innate, melting the bloodlines of all things is also a way of cultivation.

Whether Innate or Post-Heaven, the bloodlines of Honghuang exotic beasts contain various principles and spiritual essences; refining them with a cultivation method can promote the transformation of his own bloodline.

This is also the reason why the great Hongyun said that Yinglong Laozu wanted to become the Ancestor of All Things.

Because Yinglong Laozu started by melting the bloodlines of ten thousand races to transform step by step, and in the end, achieved Reverse Innate, imprinting her own bloodline principles upon the world.

The Great Dao gives birth to One, One gives birth to Two, Two gives birth to Three, Three gives birth to all things.

Yinglong Laozu was formed because of all things, and the next step of cultivation is to reverse upward and become the "One" that gives birth to all things.

Fang Longye even suspects that Yinglong Laozu has already succeeded. Because he remembers that in the legends about Yinglong from his past life, there are records of Yinglong giving birth to Phoenixes and Qilins.

The 'Huainanzi' says: "Mao Du gave birth to Yinglong, Yinglong gave birth to Jian Ma, Jian Ma gave birth to Qilin."

The 'Tanjin Collection' says: "Yujia gave birth to Yinglong, Yinglong gave birth to Phoenix," including the 'Huainanzi' which also has the record "Yujia gave birth to Flying Dragon, Flying Dragon gave birth to Phoenix."

Fang Longye naturally knows that these two worlds cannot be viewed as the same.

But if this world also begins to have such legends derived, it means that Yinglong Laozu has already succeeded. Or rather, has already achieved a phased victory.

After all, when the three clans dominated the world, all things in the Honghuang were divided into the three clans of birds, beasts, and scaled creatures.

As long as Yinglong Laozu achieves the fact that "Yinglong gives birth to Phoenix and Qilin," then she becomes the Ancestor of All Things in a certain sense.

Because, "Qilin gives birth to common beasts; all those with fur are born from common beasts." "Phoenix gives birth to Luan birds; Luan birds give birth to common birds; all those with feathers are born from common birds."

Ancestor of All Things, this status sounds like a conceptual existence. As long as these corresponding conceptual achievements are completed, this status can be condensed.

In short, regardless of whether Yinglong Laozu has achieved the status of Ancestor of All Things or not, as a predecessor who successfully practiced the 'Yin and Yang Great Vehicle Dragon Transformation Scripture', her path must have reference value.

"No, those who learn from me live, those who resemble me die." Fang Longye thought and thought, but still put the Zhu Yan Military Command away.

"The Ancestor of All Things only needs one. Besides, who knows if the records of the North Sea Dragon Palace are accurate?" His eyes flickered.

"I had better first refine bloodlines within the Dragon Clan concept!" Thinking of his initial choice, "With the Golden Finger, isn't refining the Dragon Clan bloodlines of the myriad worlds also a path to the heavens?"

After much thought, he suddenly chuckled, "These are all matters for after reaching the Daluo stage. The more one considers now, the more fallacies there are."

Putting these aside, Fang Longye shifted his attention to the other treasure of Chiyang Wang, that Superior Spiritual Treasure-grade precious pot—the Fire Crow Pot.

Looking at this immortal pot with rising red clouds, Fang Longye smiled and said, "This imitation Spirit Treasure is made quite well."

Fire Crow Pot, thirty-one layers of Post-Heaven Divine Prohibition, containing the essence of flame, capable of releasing three thousand fire crows to face the enemy.

From the memories of Chiyang Wang, Fang Longye learned that this Spirit Treasure was purchased by him at a market.

It is said to be an imitation of the Ten Thousand Crow Pot in the hands of Fire Virtue Star Lord, and can be called a fine piece among imitation Spirit Treasures.

After all, the Ten Thousand Crow Pot in the hands of Fire Virtue Star Lord has only just barely entered the rank of Supreme Spiritual Treasure. It even reached that level only after the Conferring of the Gods, in these recent years.

Fang Longye shook his head: "It seems this is the disadvantage of being famous. Even the grade of your Spirit Treasure can be figured out clearly by others."

Fiddling with the small pot in his hand, Fang Longye thought to himself: "Chiyang Yaowang refining the three thousand fire crow spirits in this pot into Dao Soldiers to use against enemies—that is truly a whimsical idea."

Dao Soldiers are a very large conceptual system.

Those with consciousness and the ability to act independently are called Dao Soldiers; a type of puppet that relies entirely on the master's manipulation is also called a Dao Soldier.

The categories are not small—the Heavenly Soldiers of the Heavenly Court, the ghost soldiers of the Underworld, the shrimp soldiers and crab generals of the Longgong, pure puppets like the Yellow Turban Warriors, and the mindless Buddhist followers converted by Fomen, all have their own varieties.

Although the three thousand fire crows in the Fire Crow Pot do not have their own consciousness, as fire spirits they possess their own spirituality and can protect their master on their own. After being refined into Dao Soldiers, they are neither born nor destroyed, which is quite mysterious in its own way.

"But for me, this Spirit Treasure is a bit of a tasteless leftover." Although Fang Longye practices the Sun True Fire, the one he uses most often and most smoothly when facing enemies is not this divine fire.

His mind immediately entered the Equivalent Balance, and after a search, the Fire Crow Pot in his hand disappeared, replaced by a small bronze pot, suffused with a dim light, possessing an indescribable mystery.

Dense and intricate Dao Patterns emerged on the periphery, colliding as they went; one became two, two became four, four became eight, and then thousands upon thousands, millions upon millions, seemingly endless yet uniform and orderly, extremely mysterious.

Demon Refining Pot, one of the ten great divine artifacts of a world, possessing the ability to refine all things.

Having arrived in this world of Honghuang, under the shifting laws of the world, it transformed into a strange treasure, sufficient to refine all living beings below the Taiyi Realm.

A more important point—Fang Longye refined it with his heart, and afterwards, he activated the small bronze pot to store the physical body of an Origin Immortal deer demon that he had originally intended to use as food.

Clang, clang, ding, dong...

The small bronze pot emitted a sound, clear and resonant, with a refreshing and lofty quality; the ripples surged on the periphery, blooming with red-gold starlight, layered with five colors, colliding back and forth.

A short while later.

The sound stopped. Fang Longye grasped the small bronze pot, and with a thought, a divine pill suffused with red clouds emerged from within, with faint patterns engraved on the pill body.

Swallowing it into his abdomen, a pure energy dispersed and was refined by him.

Although there was no improvement, he had a smile on his face.

This is the function of this small bronze pot: it can refine living beings below the Taiyi Realm into a divine pill to nourish oneself.

Discarding the dross and selecting the essence!

"Now, I have a unique specialty after opening the Yaofang," Fang Longye chuckled.

Not only that, it can also be used as a reward to bestow upon a group of subordinates.

This extremely pure divine pill is definitely something worth presenting.

"Hmm, the name 'Demon Refining Pot' certainly cannot be used anymore. From now on, I will call you the 'Refining Immortal Pot'!" Fang Longye held the small bronze pot, overjoyed.

He refined all the flesh and blood of the various demon immortals he had kept in his hands into divine pills and put them away. After rubbing and trading several Dao Soldier Methods he had obtained, he was just preparing to sort through and trade the various cultivation techniques and divine abilities he had acquired.

Yet unexpectedly, Qingli came over with her skirt trailing, reporting that Yurong Wang had come to visit.

"Oh? This is a rare guest—" Fang Longye immediately put these things down and rose from the Cloud Couch.

While walking toward the outside of the Daoist field, he smiled at Qingli, who was following beside him.

Last time at Yuyang Yaofang, Yurong Wang left a very good impression on him; the two could almost be considered to have hit it off at first sight, so Fang Longye naturally did not intend to neglect the distinguished guest.

After all, this could not be considered closed-door cultivation; trading techniques and divine abilities could be done at any time.

The second chapter for today—

(End of this chapter)