Chapter 242: Black Cauldron, the Four Treasures of the Immortal Emperor

Fang Xu walked slowly into the room and saw Qi Shaoyu still lying quietly on the bed, with no sign of waking up.

His brow furrowed involuntarily.

Logically, Qi Shaoyu had originally been controlled by Immortal Lord Bo Yun.

Now that Immortal Lord Bo Yun is dead, Qi Shaoyu should recover soon.

Fang Xu approached the bedside, reached out and grabbed Qi Shaoyu's means, wanting to check her current condition.

Before his palm even touched Qi Shaoyu's wrist, Fang Xu sensed a faint, strange power stirring within her body.

Just as Fang Xu was stunned for a moment, the comatose Qi Shaoyu suddenly opened her eyes and grabbed his arm! Clang! In the flash of lightning, another hand of Qi Shaoyu suddenly burst forth with a sharp sword light, stabbing directly at Fang Xu's brow! Faced with this sudden change, Fang Xu did not panic much.

The distance between them was very close, and the hand of Qi Shaoyu that grabbed his arm also exerted a strange power that immediately suppressed his entire Blood Qi Power.

But suddenly a huge Dragon Scale Great Shield appeared before Fang Xu.

The sword light slammed into the Dragon Scale Great Shield, erupting terrifying energy ripples!

Fortunately, this is inside the Immortal Carved Stone Boat, and the whole room is extremely sturdy.

If it were an ordinary building, the energy released by their strike would be enough to destroy everything around them.

Even the Divine Temple disciples guarding outside could hardly escape.

Hearing the commotion, many Divine Temple disciples on the Immortal Carved Stone Boat rushed over.

But when they saw that the two fighting were Fang Xu and Qi Shaoyu, everyone froze.

"Hall Master!"

Someone shouted.

Fang Xu didn't look back and said directly, "All of you, step back a bit."

Qi Shaoyu is clearly still being affected by something that clouds her mind.

In this situation, she would attack without any restraint.

Blocking her myself is fine, but these Divine Temple disciples couldn't withstand the torment of a peak God-Penetrating Realm expert.

After everyone retreated, Fang Xu blocked the door with his body to prevent Qi Shaoyu from rushing out and going on a killing spree.

Buzz! Buzz! Two more Dragon Scale Great Shields appeared before Fang Xu.

Fang Xu controlled the three Dragon Scale Great Shields to tightly confine Qi Shaoyu within a small area.

As the space between the three shields shrank, the besieged Qi Shaoyu's resistance grew increasingly fierce.

Terrifying sword light burst out like there was no tomorrow!

Inside this room of the Immortal Carved Stone Boat, it was as if a splendid fireworks show was being performed!

Fang Xu only defended, not attacking, desperately holding back the berserk Qi Shaoyu.

Qi Shaoyu now has completely lost her reason and does not know how to defend.

Fang Xu simply dared not launch an attack.

Vast Blood Qi Power manipulated the three Dragon Scale Great Shields, doing its utmost to compress Qi Shaoyu's activity space.

As the space between the Dragon Scale Great Shields dwindled, Qi Shaoyu was finally jammed tightly by the three shields.

Seeing this, Fang Xu flickered and directly poked her brow with a finger.

The soul power of the Mysterious Water Soul swiftly surged into Qi Shaoyu's sea of consciousness.

Upon entering Qi Shaoyu's sea of consciousness with his awareness, Fang Xu finally discovered the problem.

At that moment, in Qi Shaoyu's sea of consciousness, a phantom emitting evil aura all over stood in the middle.

And Qi Shaoyu's own soul was enveloped by a huge Black Cauldron!

Inside the Black Cauldron, a continuous stream of evil energy surged toward Qi Shaoyu's soul; the divine fire deep within her soul had turned a sickly green, appearing exceedingly strange.

Seeing this, Fang Xu manipulated the Mysterious Water Soul to condense a body, then a pitch-black rod as dark as ink slowly appeared in his hand.

The moment the rod formed, he flashed forward and smashed it at the evil phantom! Boom! The phantom seemed, having lost Immortal Lord Bo Yun's control, to be extremely sluggish.

Facing Fang Xu's incoming strike, it simply did not know how to resist.

The black rod struck the phantom, shattering it on the spot!

Seeing the fragments mixed with evil energy and signs of recondensation, Fang Xu frowned slightly, opened his mouth and inhaled sharply! In an instant, all the phantom fragments were sucked into his belly.

After doing all that, he then turned his gaze to the Black Cauldron enveloping Qi Shaoyu's soul.

Obviously, this is the key to controlling Qi Shaoyu.

Although this Black Cauldron exudes an extremely strange aura, its shape and appearance show it is far from ordinary.

Fang Xu did not launch an attack on the Black Cauldron right away.

His conscious form circled the Black Cauldron several times, observing it closely.

By examining the patterns and textures on the cauldron's body, he suddenly realized this was likely the phantom of some divine artifact.

Destroying it would indeed be a pity.

The true body of the Black Cauldron should be in the Immortal Clan; Immortal Lord Bo Yun very likely saw its true form and grasped this secret technique from it.

With this speculation, Fang Xu slowly reached out and touched the phantom of the Black Cauldron.

Whoosh! In an instant, the Black Cauldron phantom seemed to have discovered new prey, splitting directly into two identical Black Cauldrons!

One continued to envelop Qi Shaoyu's soul, while the other flew toward Fang Xu's conscious form!

Seeing this, Fang Xu's mouth corner twitched upward slightly.

Without any movement on his part, a bronze great cauldron suddenly erupted from his conscious form.

Meeting the incoming Black Cauldron, the bronze cauldron directly collided with it!

But at the very moment the two cauldrons touched, a strange scene occurred.

The imagined violent impact did not happen! Instead, upon contact the two cauldrons rapidly fused together! The fused cauldron's color fluctuated between bronze and black for a long time, finally becoming a great cauldron somewhat darker than ordinary bronze.

This new cauldron perfectly replicated the patterns and designs on the Black Cauldron's body.

Seeing this scene, Fang Xu also felt somewhat surprised.

His bronze great cauldron was formed from that year's star map.

The black cauldron controlling Qi Shaoyu was obviously a kind of miraculous illusion.

How did the two smoothly merge together? He tried to control the newly merged cauldron, found no problem, and prepared to also fuse the other black cauldron illusion above Qi Shaoyu's head.

But upon turning his head, he discovered that the black cauldron on Qi Shaoyu's head had already disappeared at some point.

Freed from the influence of the black cauldron, Qi Shaoyu's divine soul began self-repair.

The divine fire fiercely burning deep within the divine soul continuously incinerated the invading evil forces.

Fang Xu also wasn't in a hurry to leave.

He just quietly watched from the side.

He needed to ensure Qi Shaoyu fully recovered before proceeding.

His consciousness body sat cross-legged in Qi Shaoyu's Sea of Consciousness; with nothing to do, he could only first contemplate the newly merged cauldron.

Time passed bit by bit.

Fang Xu immersed himself in contemplating the strange patterns on the new cauldron, forgetting everything.

Just as he had guessed, by contemplating these patterns he discovered that the black cauldron was indeed an ancient divine artifact of the Immortal Clan.

To be precise, it is one of a set of ancient divine artifacts.

This set of divine artifacts is called the Immortal Emperor's Four Treasures, comprising a bell, cauldron, sword, and crown.

The Immortal Emperor's Four Treasures are not only the supreme divine artifact of the entire Immortal Clan, but also a symbol of authority.

Immortal Clan cultivators who master the Immortal Emperor's Four Treasures will directly become the rulers of the entire Immortal Clan.

Even mastering just any one of the Immortal Emperor's Four Treasures is enough to become a regional hegemon amidst the chaotic Immortal Clan.

However, Fang Xu had not discovered whether the Immortal Lord Wavecloud, during his time in the Immortal Clan, had truly mastered the Immortal Emperor's Cauldron, or merely seen its true form.

Through the patterns on the Immortal Emperor's Cauldron, he also came to understand some of the Immortal Clan's techniques and methods.

However, he was unable to use these things.

Because whether employing immortal techniques or releasing Immortal Clan techniques, both require spiritual energy as a medium; his body only contains Blood Qi Power, lacking spiritual energy.

This is determined by the world's attributes.

From this, Fang Xu roughly guessed why the powerful one who imprisoned Immortal Lord Wavecloud back then had sealed him in Cloud Immortal Island of the Heaven Profound Realm.

Because the Heaven Profound Realm lacks spiritual energy.

Imprisoning Immortal Lord Wavecloud here, as time passes, his strength will grow ever weaker.

Although this trip yielded no ability to use immortal techniques or Immortal Clan techniques, it was not entirely without gain.

Though unusable, at least he now knows these immortal techniques.

Thus, when he eventually battles the Immortal Clan strong ones behind the Will of Heaven, it will also count as knowing both self and enemy.

Upon waking from his contemplation, Fang Xu opened his eyes to see a pretty face pressed right before him.

Startled, Fang Xu was about to speak when he suddenly realized he seemed to be in secluded cultivation within Qi Shaoyu's Sea of Consciousness.

The figure appearing before him was precisely Qi Shaoyu.

She stared at Fang Xu with some disdain.

The Sea of Consciousness is a person's most important place, and also where all their secrets are hidden.

Entering another's Sea of Consciousness is comparable to entering a woman's boudoir.

Qi Shaoyu knew Fang Xu had rashly intruded into her Sea of Consciousness to save her, so she couldn't really say anything about it.

But the problem is, this guy came in and just stayed.

He even clung on, refusing to leave, doing secluded cultivation in her Sea of Consciousness.

This is simply……

Qi Shaoyu didn't even know how to describe him.

"Elder Qi……"

Fang Xu gave an embarrassed smile, then clasped his hands, and his consciousness body directly dissipated in her Sea of Consciousness.

The outside world.

Since Fang Xu used the Three-Sided Dragon Scale Great Shield to control Qi Shaoyu, then pointed a finger at her glabella, both of their bodies have stood motionless on the spot.

Outside, although the Temple Disciples didn't know what had happened, they all knew that at this moment they must not be disturbed.

They spontaneously guarded the room's entrance, sealing off anyone from approaching.

More than a month has passed since then.

Just as the Temple Disciples were speculating whether the two had encountered some mishap, Fang Xu moved.

He slowly retracted his Dragon Scale Great Shield, his gaze turning to Qi Shaoyu.

At this moment, Qi Shaoyu also woke up.

Looking at the surrounding room in disarray, he apologetically said, "Sorry for the trouble, everyone."

Fang Xu smiled slightly: "All that matters is that it's fine."

"Rest a while; I'm leaving."

Leaving Qi Shaoyu's room, Fang Xu hurried back to his own secluded cultivation chamber.

At the time he left, the Divine Attendant Gu Worms were indeed gnawing on Immortal Lord Wavecloud's two arms.

Estimating the time, it should now be about to end.

The Immortal Clan is strange; fearing any mishap with the Divine Attendant Gu Worms, Fang Xu hastily opened the stone door of his secluded chamber and went inside.

Upon entering, he indeed saw that the flesh and blood of the two arms had been completely devoured by the Divine Attendant Gu Worms.

All that remained at the scene were the two arms' tough skin and skeletons.

And yet the Divine Servant Gu Worm left no trace.

Fang Xu furrowed his brows.

He could sense the faint aura of the Divine Servant Gu Worm, yet he could not find their trace.

This is really strange.

While Fang Xu wondered where the Divine Servant Gu Worm could have gone, he suddenly felt a slight spatial fluctuation.

The next moment, a group of Divine Servant Gu Worms shimmering with violet-gold light suddenly emerged from the void.

Seeing the Divine Servant Gu Worms' appearance drastically change before him, Fang Xu was greatly surprised.

You must know, the Divine Servant Gu Worm previously had not mastered spatial laws, nor did it possess the ability to traverse the void.

But after devouring the flesh and blood of Wave Cloud Immortal Lord's two arms, it actually gained the ability to shuttle through the void!

This can be called an unexpected joy.

Squeak!

Squeak!

After these Divine Servant Gu Worms returned from the void, they directly surrounded Fang Xu and spun rapidly.

Fang Xu sensed a feeling of flattery.

It is obvious that the Divine Servant Gu Worm, after several evolutions, already possesses high intelligence.

Fang Xu, seeing this, waved his hand, directly letting them return into his body.

After all the Divine Servant Gu Worms surged into his body, Fang Xu slowly closed his eyes and began letting the Divine Servant Gu Worm release the essence of Wave Cloud Immortal Lord's flesh and blood.

Countless Divine Servant Gu Worms began to release the devoured flesh-and-blood essence one after another.

In an instant, a large amount of strange energy emerged within Fang Xu's body.

This aura! Sensing the aura emitted by Wave Cloud Immortal Lord's flesh-and-blood essence, Fang Xu's heart gave a slight start.

He had felt this aura before, or perhaps he had felt this level of energy aura before.

That was the four kinds of pure energy absorbed when, back then, during secluded cultivation in the Burial World Coffin, the Divine Servant Gu Worm devoured the heart of the Venomous Mire King.

Those four energies contained the flesh-and-blood essence of the ancient Dragon Raisers Clan, as well as three other things that Fang Xu did not know.

After absorbing the four kinds of pure energy, an uncontrollable seal formed in Fang Xu's Sea of Consciousness, and behind him also appeared four energy vortex phenomena.

Later, after discernment by the Bone Prison Breath, it was confirmed that the four vortices were products of the Great Dao level.

Nowadays, the flesh-and-blood essence of Wave Cloud Immortal Lord actually also emits the same aura.

Fang Xu dared not be careless, and began trying to absorb this energy.

After his consciousness came into contact with Wave Cloud Immortal Lord's flesh-and-blood essence, a noble and aloof divine sensation followed.

What is called divinity is an icy indifference to everything, devoid of human feelings, lofty and aloof.

He had felt this sensation several times before and greatly disliked it.

However, this does not really affect anything.

He is merely absorbing these energies, and will not absorb that lofty divinity together with them.

Compared to being a god, he is still quite willing to retain his humanity.

As the energy was gradually absorbed, what Fang Xu did not know was that the vortex phenomena behind him reappeared.

However, this time the phenomena were somewhat different from before.

Previously, the phenomena consisted of only four vortices, but now they have become five.

However, the newly appeared vortex is noticeably much smaller than the other four.

Obviously, the flesh-and-blood essence contained in Wave Cloud Immortal Lord's two arms is insufficient to let the vortex phenomenon grow as large as the other four.

Having devoured all the flesh-and-blood essence cleanly.

Fang Xu could clearly feel that his body and soul had undergone great changes.

Moreover, he discovered that the black seal in his Sea of Consciousness, which he could not control, had noticeably grown larger after absorbing Wave Cloud Immortal Lord's flesh-and-blood essence.

The engravings on it also became much clearer. (End of chapter)