Chapter 173: When Fortune Strikes, You Swap the Musket for a Cannon!

Same as a 3rd Stage of Divine Abilities Gang Qi Realm cultivator, Fang Yu slew the rogue cultivator Lord Doom Island in a single strike.

After slaying Lord Doom Island, Fang Yu would share the wealth left behind by the lord with Long Xuan.

He used magic power to compress the Li Hei Shui Wang She into a spherical form while simultaneously propelling himself forward at high speed with Gang Qi.

In a very short time, he flew hundreds of miles with Long Xuan, arriving at a certain location.

This place, roughly two to three thousand mu in area, resembled a small lake, with several iron-like reefs rising in the center, shrouded in black mist, the sea roaring wildly, heart-stopping and awe-inspiring.

But when Fang Yu plunged downward with the Li Hei Shui Wang She, he did not dive straight into the sea—instead, an invisible force blocked him, and the black mist dispersed, revealing the true form beneath.

There was an island here, upon which stood a palace, radiant with pearl and gold, exquisitely magnificent, bearing four enormous characters on its front.

Doom Island Divine Palace.

If placed in the mortal world, this Doom Island Divine Palace would be equivalent to a Viceroy's residence—grand and vast—but in the context of a Xiandao Sect Sect, it seemed rather modest.

Yet this suited Lord Doom Island's status: a lone rogue cultivator, how could he possibly have time to build a palace spanning hundreds or even thousands of li?

To have even this small island and this palace was already quite impressive.

Fang Yu detected no forbidden arrays on the island, because setting up a grand array required a cultivator of at least the 5th Stage of Divine Abilities Heavenly Man Realm—only Heavenly Man Realm experts could commune with heaven and earth, comprehend the sun, moon, stars, and tides, and combine various magic powers to multiply their strength a thousandfold.

Fang Yu and Long Xuan landed; a green flame Gang Qi formed a giant hand that slammed forward, causing parts of the palace to collapse and revealing its contents: ordinary gold, silver, and treasures of the mortal world.

These gold, silver, and treasures might be priceless to mortals, but held no value for cultivators.

Neither Fang Yu nor Long Xuan felt any regret at smashing open the pearls and gold within the palace.

In the Cultivation World, trade is conducted with White Yang Elixirs—White Yang Elixirs are the currency of cultivation; mortal gold and silver cannot even be used to cultivate Metal Divine Abilities.

Yet Fang Yu and Long Xuan's gazes were quickly drawn to a single elixir furnace.

It was a furnace the size of a house, appearing immensely formidable, made of some unknown metal—but all could tell: this furnace was a magic treasure of Treasure-Class!

"Heavens! Lord Doom Island had a Treasure-Class elixir furnace? No wonder such a lowly rogue cultivator could reach the 3rd Stage of Divine Abilities Gang Qi Realm—among all the True Disciples of Yuhua Sect, not even a few possess a Treasure-Class elixir furnace."

Long Xuan widened her eyes in disbelief, her expression one of utter astonishment—today's surprises had far exceeded her expectations.

What is most important to a cultivator? Of course, elixirs.

Cultivators must ingest elixirs to elevate the realm, for only pure elixirs can strengthen a cultivator's power and physical stamina, replenishing their depletion.

Elixirs are food.

Those who consume elixirs grow plump and never age—that is the principle.

But to obtain elixirs, a cultivator must have an elixir furnace; only with a furnace can a cultivator produce elixirs.

Moreover, with a furnace, a cultivator can not only produce elixirs but also forge flying swords and even refine their own physical body and magic power—many Daoist techniques require entering the furnace to accelerate cultivation.

With a precious elixir furnace, a cultivator finally has security.

Otherwise, one lives from meal to meal—this month has elixirs, next month none.

Unless one kills other cultivators to gain their elixirs, but that is hardly a sustainable strategy.

Long Xuan knew that most True Disciples of Yuhua Sect possessed only Spirit-Class furnaces; fewer than ten Treasure-Class furnaces existed in the entire sect, held only by a few high-level True Disciples such as Dong Lingxiao, Xi Jialan, Nan Wan Luo, and Bei Yao Guang.

Precisely because they obtained Treasure-Class furnaces during their external trials, their cultivation bases surged ahead, surpassing other disciples.

"Treasure-Class elixir furnace—excellent, extremely excellent."

Fang Yu gazed at the Treasure-Class elixir furnace, his expression also showing delight.

After all, his current furnace was only Artifact-Class; now possessing this Treasure-Class furnace was truly like swapping a musket for a cannon.

Without hesitation, Fang Yu immediately used magic power to subjugate the Treasure-Class elixir furnace, making it his own.

Long Xuan saw this and raised no objection; though they had set out together on trial, she was fully aware of her own position.

Without this Brother Fang, she would not have been able to defeat Lord Doom Island—so it was entirely reasonable that the Treasure-Class elixir furnace fell into Brother Fang's hands; if she could gain some other benefit, she would be more than satisfied.

"Good stuff—truly good stuff."

When Fang Yu's magic power seeped into the Treasure-Class elixir furnace, he discovered it contained an overwhelming number of arrays—even with ten thousand Xuan Huang烈Horse powers, he could not activate all of them.

This was delightful.

The power of a Treasure-Class item depends not only on its material but also on how many arrays it contains.

A Treasure-Class flying sword or robe might have only a few arrays—especially flying swords, which require no ornamental arrays, only those enhancing speed and sharpness; even a Treasure-Class flying sword might have only a dozen or so arrays.

But the furnace Fang Yu now saw—his magic power had penetrated and subjugated over three hundred arrays, yet many more remained untouched.

One could imagine just how powerful this Treasure-Class elixir furnace truly was.

"Let's see what treasures lie inside this Treasure-Class elixir furnace."

As Fang Yu spoke, he stepped into the Treasure-Class elixir furnace, and Long Xuan followed him in.

Immediately, they saw many gourds inside the furnace.

Fang Yu moved, and a purple-gold gourd flew toward him; a single elixir emerged—its size like a broad bean, fragrance spreading, its surface etched with fine lines displaying thirty-six colors, its medicinal essence intense.

"This… is the Tianjuemo Sect's Lifesaving Jin Dan! Brother Fang, we've struck gold! The Tianjuemo Sect's Lifesaving Jin Dan is a Top-Grade Human-Class elixir—better than our Yuhua Sect's Essence Elixir and Grain Grain Bigu Elixir—even 3rd Stage of Divine Abilities experts can consume it."

Long Xuan's face flushed with excitement; she looked ahead—there were ten purple-gold gourds total, each containing three hundred Lifesaving Golden Elixirs—three thousand in all!

Lifesaving Jin Dan, Top-Grade Human-Class Elixir—each pill was refined from thirty-six herbs aged over five hundred years; for a cultivator at the peak of 10th Stage of Physical Body, these were excellent treasures.

If she consumed them long enough, her chances of breaking into the Divine Ability Secret Realm would increase significantly.

"Enough to last us some time."

Fang Yu nodded at the Lifesaving Jin Dan—such elixirs could be fairly divided between him and Long Xuan.

If Long Xuan consumed these Lifesaving Golden Elixirs, her chance of breaking into the Divine Ability Secret Realm would rise by at least twenty percent.

"Hmm, he also had thirty-six flying swords and over twenty Spirit-Class robes?"