Chapter 313: Valley

Half a month passed.

After Yan Buji recovered his health, he continued rushing toward the center of Lingyu.

The closer he got to the center of Lingyu, the more powerful demon beasts could be seen everywhere.

Yan Buji acted cautiously, no longer daring to rush forward to seize treasures upon seeing them.

Lingyu had only been open for half a year, yet Yan Buji had already spent nearly three months traveling back and forth before reaching its center.

This is a valley; inside the valley, mist swirls, making it impossible to see what existence lies within.

However, only one path leads in and out of the valley, so when Yan Buji arrived, he also saw many Asuras already there.

"High Priest! You've finally arrived."

Several Sect Asuras gathered around, saying happily.

"You came this quickly?"

"It's the High Priest; aren't you coming this way?"

Yan Buji gave a bitter laugh: "I ran into a Golden Core-stage demon king and was chased for a while before making it here."

"Oh! High Priest, you're impressive—you can even evade a Golden Core demon king."

"He's not just flattering others for no reason."

Yan Buji's face stiffened; an Asura beside him frowned and asked, "Divine Envoy, can you possibly break this seal?"

"Hmm, I'll try."

Yan Buji walked over and observed it.

Afterward, Yan Buji calculated with his fingers—a habit he learned from the High Priest of the Southern Asura Tribe, who has a special finger‑calculation method that Yan Buji adopted.

"Over here, follow me."

"Huh? Isn't it here?"

"If there were no seal, coming and going through here would naturally be possible," Yan Buji replied.

"But...."

The Sect Asuras beside him couldn't stand it and shouted, "Are you going or not? The High Priest naturally has his reasons—if you don't want to go in, at least don't waste time here, okay?"

Yan Buji looked at those Sect Asuras, feeling a sense of being cut off from his own people, and immediately said, "Everyone, I'm not speaking baselessly. This seal deeply contains the spatial Dao; anyone who forcibly breaks it would likely have already been sent who knows where. I'm just looking for a safe place to perform my cultivation method so I can enter."

The Asura in front darkened his face, nodded, and said, "Since the Divine Envoy is confident, then please trouble yourself."

"Don't mention it, this way."

Yan Buji led the way, bringing those Asuras to the east of the valley.

However, here Yan Buji's left eye flashed a gold‑red light, and he suddenly sensed something wrong.

"Not good—there are more than ten major demons here, possibly even a Golden Core demon king; it's troublesome, let's look elsewhere." Yan Buji frowned; he could calculate where the spatial nodes were, but he couldn't have calculated that demon beasts dwelled here.

"It's not that troublesome; my tribe has items that specially attract demon beasts. Please, Divine Envoy, after we act, quickly open the seal."

Yan Buji looked at the other party and nodded: "Good."

Seeing a few Asuras sneak over and throw something out, a group of demon beasts was drawn in, and the others seized the chance to rush forward.

Soon after.

Yan Buji arrived at the designated spot, calmed his mind, and said, "Everyone, please protect me."

"Don't worry, High Priest!"

If the Asura Tribe had a way to open the valley, they probably wouldn't be coming to me for help.

So Yan Buji could still trust them.

At least, as long as they haven't entered the valley, that's the case.

Yan Buji calculated with his fingers while simultaneously activating the Heaven Gate Law.

One could see the intangible seal before the valley ripple like a calm lake, and Yan Buji's Heaven Gate gradually merged into it.

"Ah!!"

"Divine Envoy, hurry!"

"Don't rush him; the High Priest is at a crucial point in his cultivation—if you disturb him, what then?"

"My people are drawing the demon beasts' attention; they're about to die!"

"If they die, they die—who before entering Lingyu can guarantee they won't die? Wanting treasure without putting life and death aside lacks resolve!"

"You!"

Yan Buji took a deep breath, watched the Heaven Gate form, and shouted, "It's done—hurry!"

"High Priest, you go first."

"If I go in, I can't maintain the cultivation method—you all come quickly!"

The Sect Asuras looked moved: "High Priest, you're too great!"

"Greatness needs no words; High Priest, we'll go ahead first!"

Yan Buji: "......"

These Asuras are truly demon‑possessed.

After the Asuras luring the demon beasts entered the Heaven Gate, Yan Buji, seeing the beasts charging at him, hurried into the Heaven Gate to shuttle through.

In the blink of an eye!

Yan Buji looked up and found himself seemingly in a room, with a faint medicinal fragrance around.

But turning his head, he saw no other Asuras—could they have been sent separately?

"Not right—my Heaven Gate Law is fixed; the destination should be the same... unless..."

"What are you looking at, kid? Yeah, still a human—long time no see."

"Who!"

A voice suddenly sounded in the room, startling Yan Buji, who hastily donned shield and armor and summoned the Accumulation Armor.

He nervously looked around, but saw no living creature.

"Wow, are you that scared of me? Look ahead.... yes, yes, yes, I, the Alchemical Furnace."

Yan Buji froze for a moment, standing in place and staring at that Alchemical Furnace.

The Alchemical Furnace was round, like a huge cauldron, standing firmly on the ground. Its four legs were like thick pillars, supporting the entire furnace. The furnace's surface was smooth as a mirror, flickering with a faint light. Upon close inspection, one could see exquisite dragon patterns carved upon it, these dragon patterns lifelike, as if they might take flight at any moment.

Does the Alchemical Furnace have a spirit?

"You.... who are you?"

"I... I... I am the Dragon Pattern Furnace, jeez, stop stammering, you're making me nervous. Anyway, kid, you're lucky—how did you get teleported here right away?" said the Dragon Pattern Furnace.

Yan Buji fell silent.

It is said that the more spiritually endowed an Accumulation Device is, the more likely it is to give birth to spiritual consciousness; such devices are quite rare, but it is not that a higher rotation speed makes spiritual consciousness more likely—rather, it is a matter of chance and circumstance that an Accumulation Device gains spiritual consciousness.

Such Accumulation Devices are generally quite precious and rare.

Yan Buji clasped his hands and said, "I am Huang Hao, a human cultivator who mistakenly entered the Youming Jie; I hope my disturbance will be forgiven, senior."

"Hmph, you mistakenly entered this place? Without the Heaven Gate Law you couldn't have gotten in—you can't even get through the gate! Stop pretending. Tell me, who taught you the Heaven Gate Law?"

"I... I have ties with the North Asura Clan; it was given to me by the North Asura King."

"That guy? So you cultivated the Heaven Gate Law yourself?"

"Not entirely, right...."

The Dragon Pattern Furnace looked at Yan Buji and said, "Forget it, forget it—do you know where this is?"

"I heard it is the Lingyu of a great cultivator from ancient times who mistakenly fell into the Youming Jie." Yan Buji said.

"Hehe, that's no ordinary cultivator. The master of this place is none other than a sage of the Profound Gate, a disciple of the Eight Directions Daoist, Lin Tianlin!"

Yan Buji froze, utterly bewildered.

He didn't even know which sages existed, so naturally he wasn't clear about those sages' disciples either.