Chapter 2366 - 2370: Heaven and Earth Furnace

Ignoring Pang Wei’s affairs, when Liu Chang returned to his side, Jiang Chen glanced around at everyone.

At this moment, everyone was in disarray, each carrying injuries, and even Feng Qingyang and himself had almost lost their combat strength.

"Seems like we can’t participate in that Necro Spirit uprising!"

Jiang Chen chuckled lightly, jesting a bit.

Everyone responded with a lighthearted laugh.

"Let’s go back to the abandoned town first. In our current state, if we encounter another bandit gang, we’ll have to fight for our lives!"

Jiang Chen suggested softly.

"Agreed!"

Everyone nodded, without objection.

"Jiang Chen, here are the storage rings from those people."

Liu Chang raised his hand and handed the eleven storage rings to Jiang Chen.

Wu Zhong and the others’ eyes lit up. Those people were not just bandit leaders but also scions of large families, and their wealth was undoubtedly substantial, especially since one of them was even an Integration Realm cultivator, making his wealth particularly enviable.

However, they all understood that the storage ring from Elder Li was definitely Jiang Chen’s, no question about it. They only hoped to share in some of the valuable resources within the other rings.

After all, during this mission, if it hadn’t been for Jiang Chen’s incredible display of strength, they might have died there. Even if Jiang Chen decided to keep all the storage rings for himself, it wouldn’t be unreasonable!

Jiang Chen glanced at the eleven storage rings, smiled lightly, and picked up a dark ring: "I won’t be polite about keeping Elder Li’s ring. The rest, distribute among yourselves! But..."

Pausing for a moment, Jiang Chen said meaningfully, "Distributing treasures post-battle can easily lead to disputes. I suggest we divide the storage rings directly without taking out and redistributing their contents. If anyone finds something they need in another’s ring, they can trade for it to avoid unnecessary conflicts."

All present were academy students, and judging by their weapon use and technique ranks, none had significant backgrounds except for Jian Wuheng.

The storage rings they acquired belonged to family members or bandit leaders; their contents would undoubtedly be coveted. If anything highly desirable appeared, it might create rifts among the friends who had just fought side by side, which was not what Jiang Chen wanted to see.

The group was momentarily stunned by his words, exchanged glances, and nodded in agreement.

Seeing everyone’s approval, Jiang Chen smiled slightly, turned to the side, and focused on examining Elder Li’s storage ring, leaving the group to negotiate their share.

Elder Li was dead, and Jiang Chen’s divine sense freely entered the dark storage ring.

"Elder Li’s collection rivals Tong Jiang’s!"

After a quick survey of the ring’s contents, Jiang Chen’s expression changed slightly, with a hint of surprise in his eyes.

"Is the disparity between domains really this vast?"

Jiang Chen calmed his mind and muttered softly.

Tong Jiang was the chief offering of the Mingqian Realm’s four offerings, while Elder Li was only a devoted guard for a minor lord in the Qinghe Realm, yet their holdings were surprisingly comparable. Jiang Chen was quite moved by this realization.

By this time, Jiang Chen and the others were already outside of the Mingqian Realm.

The Canglan Continent is divided into three tiers. The outermost tier, referred to as the outer ring, includes the Mingqian Realm and twelve other domains known as the outer large domains. These domains are relatively weak, with scarce cultivation resources.

The second tier consists of twelve large domains forming the inner ring, surrounding the central six principal domains, while at the center of the six domains lies the Canglan Continent’s ruling territory, Canglan City.

Though called a city, Canglan City has lands no smaller than any large domain, and its City Lord is equivalent to a Domain Lord, directly governed by the Canglan Great Emperor.

The formation of these three tiers is based on power comparisons and resource distribution, with the outer ring being the weakest and most resource-scarce. The inner ring is much stronger, progressing from there, with the continent’s strongest forces residing in Canglan City.

The Demonic Beast Forest chosen for the Changling Main Court’s entrance assessment is located between the inner ring and the six principal domains, and the abandoned plain is on the same line as the Demonic Beast Forest, also situated between the six domains and the inner ring. The Qinghe Realm lies near the six domains in an inner ring large domain.

Although he knew the Mingqian Realm was one of the continent’s most remote domains, Jiang Chen hadn’t expected that the resources held by the Domain Lord’s mansion’s offerings were only comparable to an Integration Realm cultivator’s collection in a marginal Qinghe Realm abode.

"If that’s the case, how wealthy must the forces in Canglan City be? And how powerful are they?!"

Jiang Chen muttered softly.

The more resource-rich the power, the stronger it is. This is an unquestioned fact in the Void Nether Realm. If one possesses resources without the power to deter others, it won’t be long before greed wipes them out!

Clearing his mind, Jiang Chen focused on his search.

"Found it!"

Soon, Jiang Chen’s eyes lit up as a Jade Slip appeared in his hand.

The slip emitted a faintly hot aura, clearly indicating a fire attribute cultivation technique or combat skill.

Extending his divine sense, Jiang Chen calmly examined the contents of the Jade Slip.

Heaven and Earth Furnace (Fragment), high-level Earth Rank combat skill. When fully collected and mastered, it can forge a Great Dao Furnace, refining heaven and earth!

"Refining heaven and earth!?"

Jiang Chen was startled, what audacity!

With a flash of fervor in his eyes, Jiang Chen had a feeling that the Heaven and Earth Furnace was not as simple as Elder Li had shown.

Focusing on the "Fragment" character after Heaven and Earth Furnace, a slight smile appeared on Jiang Chen’s lips.

Good that it’s fragmented!

Only then can I currently cultivate it; if it were as powerful as described, a complete cultivation technique would definitely be a combat skill above the Heaven Rank, and with my current strength, I couldn’t practice such a skill.

Although I’ve formed a prototype of the Five Elements Demon-Breaking Sword, the minimum requirement to execute it is to condense the Five Elements Dao Divine Wheel, and I’m still one short. If I acquired another unmasterable Heavenly-tier combat skill, I’d be frustrated to death!

Quelling his excitement, Jiang Chen briefly reviewed the Heaven and Earth Furnace’s combat skill, revealing a hint of joy in his eyes.

"Every refinement beyond the first requires capturing a demonic beast and fusing its Beast Soul into the skill? Seems like keeping the fire python might actually be useful! However, Elder Li was a fool; the skill doesn’t specify it has to be a fire attribute beast."

Jiang Chen’s mouth curved into a smile, muttering softly.

Within his Sea of Consciousness, a miniature, squinting fire python shivered under the scarlet profound light!