Chapter 432: Mastering the Dragon-Tiger Nourishing Life Furnace

"Heaven and Earth give birth to the myriad things, and the myriad things return to Heaven and Earth; even the will of a Grand Grandmaster, without the nourishment of incense and offerings, will return to the mountains and forests of nature…"

The use of the Ink Dragon had been arranged perfectly clearly by Dragon Dao Lord.

Li Yuan suspected that the moment the Ink Dragon had arrived, the old monk had already planned it out—its spiritual aspect, its bones and blood, none wasted; all that remained was a single great sinew.

Dark red, about a meter long, it emerged from the shed flesh and blood; there was no trace of gore, but rather a jade-like hue.

"The Ink Dragon is not a person after all—it only has one great sinew."

Long Long Yingchan gripped both ends; the sinew drew taut as an arrow, and with a gentle release, it let out a sharp, violent twang.

"This sinew is even tougher than the sinew of a Flood Dragon accumulated over many years—more than enough to serve as the bowstring of a divine bow."

What did they mean by making full use of everything? Li Yuan's teeth ached a little. When it came to sweeping the battlefield and looting corpses, he considered himself a professional, but compared to Dragon Dao Lord, he still felt ashamed of his own inadequacy.

This was truly too shrewd and seasoned…

"What is that look in your eyes?"

Long Long Yingchan immediately grew displeased: "You think if this old man had fallen into the hands of the imperial court, the outcome would have been any different?"

"No, disciple is merely a little astonished."

Li Yuan hurriedly explained.

After a martial artist undergoes Blood Exchange, their body is no longer human. Among the books he had read, there were actually quite a few records of using the bodies of Grandmasters or Grand Grandmasters to forge weapons.

Mainly, this was the first time he had seen it with his own eyes…

"When wandering the jianghu, remember never to take risks. You may win a thousand times, but lose once, and this is the outcome!"

Taking this opportunity, Long Long Yingchan instructed his disciple along the way: "Valor and viciousness are not to be desired. In all things, plan before acting. Do not do what you have no certainty of winning. When you should flee, flee; when you should hide, hide!"

"Disciple accepts the teaching."

Li Yuan bowed solemnly, committing it to heart.

If one day he were skinned and his sinews pulled out, dismembered into various divine weapon materials… just thinking about it made his scalp tingle!

"What you did was actually very well done; back in my day, I was no better."

The Dragon Dao Lord praised him once more; regarding the scene where Li Yuan shrouded himself in fog and suddenly launched a sneak attack, he expressed full approval—in his view, this was what a qualified jianghu figure should be.

In jianghu combat, there is only victory and defeat; everything else is meaningless.

"As they spoke, Dragon Dao Lord had already arranged the Ink Dragon properly; afterward, naturally, he fulfilled his promise of three Long Hu Longhu Dadan for Li Yuan."

"Open the furnace." Dragon Dao Lord kept a straight face.

"Uh…"

Li Yuan stretched out his hand, and the small alchemy furnace in his palm immediately trembled. The furnace lid leapt up, and one after another, spirit pills were spewed out, shimmering with flowing light, their fragrance rich and dense. Thinking of how difficult it had been to open the furnace before—needing incense and offerings, having to coax the old man—Dragon Dao Lord felt a tightness in his chest. This furnace was truly insufferable.

"How does this boy open the furnace even faster than the Patriarch's will?"

"Whoosh!"

Thoughts aside, Long Long Yingchan's reaction was still very quick. With a shake of his sleeve, he had already swept up those pills one by one. Among them were not only Long Hu Longhu Dadan, but also Long Dan, Hu Dan, Great Return Pills, and other kings of spirit pills.

A single glance swept over them—there were quite a few.

Good heavens… no wonder the old monk had rushed over in such a hurry; turns out the entire sect's fortune was in this furnace…

"These are yours."

Long Long Yingchan counted out three Long Hu Longhu Dadan: "Don't stare. These aren't mine alone; if I gave them all to you, the sect would raise hell."

"Disciple harbors no such thought whatsoever."

Taking the three Long Hu Longhu Dadan, Li Yuan gazed at him eagerly: "I haven't tried the other types of pills yet."

"Don't even think about it!"

Long Long Yingchan also glared: "Three Long Hu Longhu Dadan are enough for your Blood Exchange. Wait until you've completed Blood Exchange before we talk further!"

"You could give me one first…"

"Shut up!"

Long Long Yingchan flung his sleeve, having no desire to haggle with him at all.

It wasn't that he didn't want to, but that he couldn't. Each and every one of these spirit pills had an owner; there was no surplus to spare.

Going out would truly be not knowing how to run a household, not knowing the cost of firewood and rice.

But after thinking it over, he still took one out from within his sleeve: "Hu Dan strengthens the bones; it has a miraculous effect on your marrow refinement. However, one is enough; more would be of little use. Your bone structure has been altered many times, so the marrow refinement step is already not far off…"

"Thank you, Master."

Li Yuan hurriedly reached out to take it.

"That's enough."

Long Long Yingchan was a little sullen—this was his share.

"You…"

"Enough, enough, don't say any more."

The moment Li Yuan opened his mouth, Dragon Dao Lord felt a headache coming on, and he shook his sleeves and left.

This boy was a glutton—too greedy.

"Right."

As he was leaving, Long Long Yingchan turned back with a warning: "The Nourishing Life Furnace has the ability to monitor the sect, but it must not be used lightly, nor used to spy on other disciples—especially this old man."

"Disciple understands."

Li Yuan's expression turned solemn.

"Do you truly understand?"

"I understand!"

Long Long Yingchan suppressed the worry in his heart and was about to leave.

"Master."

Li Yuan picked up that large tendon: "Can you leave me that Ink Dragon's blood for refining weapons?"

The Dragon Tiger Furnace had brought him too great a surprise; he had almost forgotten the Unorthodox Dao Treasure Refining Art.

"Refining weapons."

Long Long Yingchan frowned slightly: "A Grand Grandmaster's blood, used for quenching is too wasteful; better to fertilize the fields. Over several decades to a century, how many spirit herbs could grow..."

"This disciple has an unorthodox treasure refining art."

With the Dragon Tiger Health-Preserving Furnace in hand, Li Yuan explained very easily. With a single thought, the Health-Preserving Furnace trembled lightly, replaying the conversation in the Surging Wave Hall with Elder Nie, as well as his process of casting weapons with blood.

"Refining weapons with blood?" Long Long Yingchan's gaze condensed slightly. After examining it for a moment, and confirming it was not a ritual of the Xieshen Sect, he then took out the blood left by the Ink Dragon.

These droplets of blood were distinct and distinct, not dissolving into soil or stone at all.

As Li Yuan was examining it, Long Long Yingchan had already quietly departed.

He snapped his fingers; amid the interweaving of light and shadow, it was precisely the back of Dao Master Long.

"Worthy of being Daoist Tianyun Daoist Tianyun Xuanbing; even a Grand Grandmaster cannot detect it."

Li Yuan secretly praised inwardly, but he had no interest in spying on the old Monk. Seeing Long Long Yingchan return to the main peak, he dispersed the light and shadow.

"Hoo!"

Letting out a long breath, Li Yuan stored all four Spirit Pills of Kings he had obtained, feeling quite satisfied in his heart.

Although Dao Master Long still had a few there, those were for the entire sect's use. Being able to extract one extra was already satisfying.

"Three Dragon Tiger Pills, one Long Hu Dan — enough for me to complete the blood exchange with surplus, right?"

Li Yuan reached out and picked up the large tendon left by the Ink Dragon, giving it a light pull. He only felt its toughness was exceptional; when released, it made a 'Crack!' sound, louder than when the sect's hidden Divine Arm Crossbow was fired.

"This tendon is indeed top-grade divine bow material."

Gently pulling this dark red large tendon, Li Yuan's eyes brightened slightly. He had always kept divine bows in mind, and over the past two years had also practiced several arrow Wu Gong.

Only, up until now, he had never seen a single divine bow.

With a Grand Grandmaster's blood and tendon in hand, perhaps he could attempt to forge a top-grade divine bow.

Li Yuan's gaze brightened. He lightly flicked the large tendon, producing 'swish swish' sounds: "Worthy of being Wan Wan Zhuliu's incarnation; my current large tendon is far from reaching this level."

This tendon's extensibility was astonishing; at maximum it could be flung over a dozen meters away, and its tolerance for true qi was extremely astonishing. As divine bow material, it was more than sufficient.

Even, if the auxiliary materials were good enough, combined with the Unorthodox Dao Treasure Refining Art, it might not be impossible to cast a top-grade divine bow.

A Grand Grandmaster's physique was truly astonishing; a single flick of this large tendon could shatter even an iron man.

After playing with it for a moment, Li Yuan put it away and continued tallying his gains.

The Dragon Tiger Health-Preserving Furnace, four Spirit Pills of Kings, a Grand Grandmaster's tendon — the benefits of slaying the Ink Dragon were immense, so immense that Li Yuan digested them for quite a while before sensing the Place of Spiritual Light.

At this moment,

He was already certain that the spiritual fluctuations of Grandmasters and Grand Grandmasters were much stronger than those of ordinary martial artists.

"There's actually fifth-tier Incense!"

Li Yuan was slightly shocked. In the Place of Spiritual Light, incense curled and twined. Although unranked ones made up the majority, there were also quite a few of the first, second, and third tiers, and the highest two reached the fifth tier!

This incense was nothing compared to that within the Thousand Spirits Salvation Stele, but this was a stable path to obtaining incense.

Li Yuan took it very seriously, pondering and deliberating for a long time before channeling the incense into the Weapon Master Space.

"Incense..."

Li Yuan was tallying his incense.

"After this weapon fusion, if there's surplus incense, I can advance the Palm Sound Seal."

Li Yuan had a plan in mind.

The optimal choice for this incense was the hammer, to stack up hammer technique talent — that was the Top priority. Previously, he had even commissioned Lord Master Gongyang Yu to custom-make a batch of heavy hammers; calculating the time, they should arrive after the new year.

Next would be the boots; that would have to wait until Nie Ying came out of seclusion, to obtain spirit beast hides from her.

"Perhaps there's no need to stack talents?"

On the gray stone platform, at this moment two colors intertwined. Outside the Sea-Splitting Mystic Whale Hammer, the Dragon Tiger Health-Preserving Furnace was also rising and falling, blooming with fiery radiance.

"Physical body talent and hammer technique talent should be able to stack to a certain degree, right?"

Li Yuan murmured to himself, but did not guess. With a single thought, light blazed before his eyes: "Control — Dragon Tiger Health-Preserving Furnace!"

Li Yuan only felt his nose grow slightly warm, as if blood were flowing. The impact of controlling Daoist Tianyun Daoist Tianyun Xuanbing was no longer as intense as before; after a brief breath-regulation, he had already returned to normal.

"The control blessing comes from the soul, from the inside out..."

As his spiritual power grew, Li Yuan's perception was also incomparably keen. With eyes closed and regulating his breath, he felt the blessing coming from the Dragon Tiger Health-Preserving Furnace.

"Roar!"

"Ong!"

In an instant, Li Yuan seemed to hear the sounds of a tiger's roar and a dragon's cry.

The first blessing he perceived was the Star Dragon Tiger; as this Dragon Tiger power descended, Li Yuan's sinews and bones immediately emitted cracking sounds, as if unable to bear the burden.

Li Yuan seemed unaware, already immersed in the blessing of the Dragon Tiger Health-Preserving Furnace: "Pure power blessing, the Star Dragon Tiger is inferior to Star Power, but it indeed contains various forms within. The Star Dragon Tiger is at least a thousand-form level modification, right?"

This power was extremely majestic; Li Yuan could not estimate it for the moment. He only knew that with his current physique, if he simultaneously activated the blessings of these two Daoist Tianyun Daoist Tianyun Xuanbing, his body would likely explode and he would die.

"As for talent..."