Chapter 693
It is once again the time when spring warms and flowers bloom.
By now, several months have passed since Master Fenhai ascended to immortality. The northern mountain gate of the Grand Void Palace has stabilized, the Little National Teacher has returned to the depths of the great grasslands, and the Silver Moon Khan has also withdrawn his troops back to the Heavenly Vast Sea, thus resolving the northern crisis.
The Azure Void is hot throughout the four seasons, with no distinction between them, but at Wei Yuan's current realm, he can already feel the cycle of life and death of the entire great world, no longer constrained by the small world.
At this moment, Wei Yuan is standing in the sky to the west of the Azure Void, looking at the construction site at the foot of the mountain. The time has arrived, so Wei Yuan lands on the high platform, strikes the giant bell with force, and then one after another, cargo trucks pull giant wooden crates to the feed inlet, pushing the crates into the entrance to slide into the depths of this massive building before his eyes.
The fourth Reincarnation Furnace has finally been completed.
As the material input increases, a melodious sound like heavenly music faintly appears in the surroundings. Ordinary people cannot see anything unusual, but in Wei Yuan's eyes, he can see a large amount of yin and yang Qi being sucked into the Reincarnation Furnace, and then a chaotic fire ignites within the furnace.
The yin and yang Qi is extremely thin, and the chaotic fire is also so faint it is almost non-existent; even if a mortal were to stand in the fire, they would feel nothing at all, merely feeling a bit restless and irritable.
Yet such a thin chaotic fire can dissolve all things in heaven and earth, transforming them into fundamental spiritual energy; it is truly incomparably miraculous. The Reincarnation Furnace can generate chaotic fire and possesses the ability to seize the creation of heaven and earth; the skills of Feng Chutang, who designed it, can already be called shocking and world-defying.
The Reincarnation Furnace is already so powerful, so one can imagine that the Transformation Pool is naturally even more terrifying. If one follows this line of thought, then the Heaven-Refining Array of the Heaven-Refining Demon Immortal of those years could probably truly melt heaven and earth.
As the chaotic fire burns, the four jade toads at the four corners of the furnace top begin to slowly spit out spiritual energy, returning it to heaven and earth. These four jade toads are still particular; when Wei Yuan originally replaced them with jade dragons, jade phoenixes, and jade qilin, none were as effective as the jade toads.
As the Reincarnation Furnace begins to operate, wisps of chaotic Qi also correspondingly appear around the Human World Renjian Yanhuo, attaching themselves to this world.
With the completion of the fourth Reincarnation Furnace, the cultivation speed of the Human World Renjian Yanhuo has increased again; at this time, for Wei Yuan to cultivate to the Mind-Reflection Realm of the late Dharma Form stage, it will only take a thousand years.
Wei Yuan, who is currently only two hundred and twenty-one years old, feels that he cannot live for a thousand years. However, previously it would have required more than six thousand years of cultivation, so shortening it to a thousand years now is already quite difficult.
With the four Reincarnation Furnaces finished, Wei Yuan does not plan to build more for the time being. These four furnaces have already used up most of the fuel Wei Yuan had previously stored, and the Reincarnation Furnace itself does not generate spiritual energy; without fuel, building more is useless.
At this very moment, Wei Yuan truly realizes why those who make armor and swords are so eager for war.
The schedule reminder in the Human World Renjian Yanhuo tells Wei Yuan that it is time to return to the main mountain.
At this time, the Azure Heaven Hall of Patriarch Xuanyue has been completed, and he is summoning the disciples and followers of the Azure Heaven Hall scattered in various places to return to the mountain to participate in the completion ceremony.
This is a major event, so Wei Yuan specifically prepares a small flying boat, carrying all the Azure Heaven Hall disciples in the Azure Void back to the mountain gate to witness the grand event together.
The journey is fairly smooth, only encountering a few inspections while passing through various countries. Later, Wei Yuan finds the flying boat too slow and adds more than a dozen spray tubes, which greatly increases the speed, but also makes some fellow disciples with low cultivation dizzy and disoriented.
Several days later, the flying boat arrives at the main mountain. Many Azure Heaven Hall disciples have not returned to the mountain for two or three years, and they are exceptionally excited at this moment.
The flying boat arrives, and there is still one day until the completion ceremony, so everyone returns to their residences to rest. The next morning, they gather again in the square in front of the Azure Heaven Hall.
On the other side of the square, it is all thick fog, which even the spiritual sense of a Dharma Form True Person can hardly penetrate. The main Azure Heaven Hall is hidden within the thick fog.
At noon, Fenhai Zhenjun Xuanyue descends from the sky and stands in the center of the square.
He looks at the hundreds of disciples from the two halls in front of him, nodding continuously, his face already blooming with smiles, saying repeatedly: "Good, good, good! There are successors, there are successors!"
In the square, there are not only Azure Heaven Hall disciples but also Water Moon Hall disciples. Wei Yuan looks at the dozens of childish-faced children behind him and suddenly feels emotional; fifteen years ago, wasn't he also this big? Among the new disciples, there are two who are obviously young, looking to be only six or seven years old.
It is just that among the people present, the youngest is not those two children, but Wei Ying, who is being held by True Person Lanhua. Wei Ying looks to be six or seven years old at this moment, but in reality, she is not even two years old.
Yesterday, as soon as Wei Yuan arrived at the Grand Void Palace, True Person Lanhua saw Wei Ying at a glance. In her words, she looks exactly like Fei Yutong when she was young, just even better-looking.
Upon learning that this is the reincarnation of Fei Yutong and seeing her natural talent, True Person Lanhua refuses to return her to Wei Yuan no matter what. Along the way, she is either holding her hand or carrying her; even a biological daughter would be no more than this.
At this time, Wei Yuan is naturally in the same rank as the True Persons, and the eyes of the young disciples behind him are all focused on Wei Yuan, whispering from time to time, telling legendary stories about Wei Yuan from those years.
Wei Yuan feels the many gazes falling on his back, and the comfort in his heart is indescribable; it is even more pleasant than successfully crossing the heavenly tribulation.
At this moment, he suddenly feels a different kind of gaze, gently pricking his back. Wei Yuan turns his head, and his gaze meets Zhang Sheng standing in the back row.
Zhang Sheng looks like she is smiling but not smiling, clearly having seen through Wei Yuan's heart that is secretly rejoicing.
She stands at the head of the group of Dao Foundation disciples, actually not far from Wei Yuan, and many disciples are also secretly looking at her. Zhang Sheng is in a plain robe, like pine and cypress congealing frost, clean and clear, like half-rolled smoke and clouds. Her eyebrows are like distant mountains, her eyes like bright mirrors, and in her glances, she happens to produce a biting cold, as if a sharp blade is unsheathed, with sharpness flashing on the knife tip, yet hiding tenderness. If one does not consider that temperament like a peerless immortal sword, Zhang Sheng is undoubtedly beautiful, a beauty that young cultivators dare not even dream of.
It is just that Zhang Sheng is the same inside and out, almost like a peerless immortal sword, making it impossible for people to ignore her. No matter how beautiful she is, let alone having inappropriate thoughts, even just watching from afar, the young disciples have to muster up their courage.
At this moment, under the watchful eyes of everyone, Wei Yuan does not dare to look too much. He is about to turn his head when he suddenly sees Zhang Sheng's small mouth pouting, pouting towards him.
A boom sounds in Wei Yuan's brain, as if struck by heavenly thunder! What is called in public, what is called under the watchful eyes of everyone!
Although from the position where Zhang Sheng is standing, the disciples behind cannot see, and the True Persons in front have not turned around, but...
Wei Yuan screams in his heart: The Patriarch is watching!
Zhang Sheng's eyes are as bright as stars, and she pouts gently again, the meaning very clear: It is just for the Patriarch to see.
For a moment, Wei Yuan is in all kinds of disarray, endless panic and irrepressible joy surging alternately; in the Human World Renjian Yanhuo, there is a storm for a while, and lightning and thunder for a while.
All the mortals are shocked, and a small number of people are exceptionally terrified; could it be that the nursery rhymes taught to a few children only today have already been discovered by the Creation Immortal Venerable?
Fenhai Zhenjun Xuanyue is radiant, as if he had drunk three large jars of mellow wine, saying repeatedly: "Good, good, good!"
Most of the disciples are confused, not understanding where these "good" words came from.
It is just that in such a joyful moment, there is also some sadness. Fenhai Zhenjun Xuanyue looks around, and the number of young disciples in Dao Foundation and Body Forging has increased a lot, but in the row of True Persons, after adding Wei Yuan, there are only five.
The Azure Heaven Hall and the Water Moon Hall each have one less person, and they can never come back.
Fenhai Zhenjun Xuanyue waves away the haze in his heart and says: "Today, the Azure Heaven Hall is rebuilt; not to mention a foundation for ten thousand generations, at least the foundation for the next hundred years is there. I hope that after a hundred years, someone among you can replace this old Daoist and add a few more floors to the hall! Alright, this old Daoist has finished speaking."
Fenhai Zhenjun Xuanyue waves his large sleeves, and the clouds and mist disperse, revealing the brand-new Azure Heaven Hall, one hundred and eighty zhang high!
Hundreds of disciples, in front of such a magnificent and ostentatious hall, to say they are ants is to overrate them; they are completely dust.
Wei Yuan is also shocked; he still remembers when Fenhai Zhenjun Xuanyue took him everywhere to borrow money, he said it was to build one hundred and ten zhang or one hundred and twenty zhang, but after it was built, it became one hundred and eighty zhang!
Such a hall, just the hall door is one hundred zhang high, and inside, it is set up with cultivation spots for nine hundred and ninety-nine young disciples to cultivate at the same time.
The completion of the main Azure Heaven Hall has raised the status of the entire main mountain gate. It is already capable of suppressing other halls and standing shoulder to shoulder with the three views.
The expressions of the Water Moon Hall disciples are much more complicated; although the two halls have the same Patriarch, compared to the Water Moon main hall which is only sixty zhang, who is biological and who is adopted is clear at a glance.
Afterwards, the disciples take a tour inside the Azure Heaven Hall, feeling the spiritual energy that is unimaginably rich.
Cultivating in this hall, the speed of ordinary cultivation spots is already approaching that of a supreme-rank cave dwelling. From now on, the cultivation speed of all Azure Heaven Hall disciples will increase by at least double; this is the foundation for ten thousand generations.
After visiting the hall, Wei Yuan also has many emotions. Fenhai Zhenjun Xuanyue does not like tedious etiquette, and then announces the end of the ceremony, and the disciples disperse on their own.
Fenhai Zhenjun Xuanyue calls Fenhai, Zhang Sheng, and Wei Yuan into the back hall, then orders his treasured tea leaves to be taken out, brews four cups, one for each person.
Fenhai Zhenjun Xuanyue looks at the three one by one; seeing Wei Yuan and Zhang Sheng, he is smiling from ear to ear, but when his gaze falls on Fenhai, his smile is reduced by half, and he says with a gloomy face:
"Fenhai, you should also work hard! Now your cultivation base has been caught up by your grand-disciple; what does this look like? You don't do your proper work day by day, don't work hard to cultivate, don't study Daoist methods, and only know how to burn bath water for people?"
True Person Fenhai's face is colorful, and he dares not talk back, so he can only say: "What I owed before has not been paid off yet, I am afraid I still have to burn it for another ten years."
Fenhai Zhenjun Xuanyue frowns and says: "Just don't delay your cultivation. In a few years, Zhang Sheng will also become a Dharma Form; if you, as a master, still cannot make further progress, where will I put this old face?"
True Person Fenhai is submissive and dares not talk back. He can only sigh that time flies, and he can never return to the time when he first entered the mountain. At that time, although Fenhai Zhenjun Xuanyue was strict, the love in his eyes when looking at him could not be hidden.
The current Patriarch's heart and eyes are filled with others.
Fenhai sighs secretly in his heart, but when he looks up and sees Zhang Sheng and Wei Yuan, the corners of his mouth also lift.
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