NOVPUBFrom Su Changkong’s observations, he estimated that this "Ten Thousand Pill Furnace" harbored other mysteries and should not be passed up, so he decided to take it into his possession!
With this thought, Su Changkong spoke up, "Alright, I’m willing to lend a hand and save your brother, but you must hand over the Ten Thousand Pill Furnace to me first!"
It was crucial to secure the benefits first, for if he failed to rescue Ba Yi, or if they were to go back on their word after the rescue, it would surely be troublesome.
Upon hearing this, Ba Chen’s face changed instantly, but seeing Ba Yi in the void’s vortex, his complexion red and veins bulging as he resisted the chains stretching out from within, he knew that the longer the delay, the greater the danger to Ba Yi—there was simply no time to haggle.
"Please make your move!"
Grudgingly, Ba Chen waved his hand, and the "Ten Thousand Pill Furnace," wrapped in numerous spiritual runes, flew towards Su Changkong.
Su Changkong caught it and decided to study it carefully later. He then tucked it into his Bag of Book Fragrance at his waist.
Having secured the Ten Thousand Pill Furnace as promised by Ba Chen, Su Changkong didn’t renege on his word, but instead slowly approached the void vortex.
"This Dao Wufeng... is, in any case, a man of his word," commented the Heavenly Corpse Old Man, nodding slightly as he watched.
If it had been the Heavenly Corpse Old Man, he would’ve taken the advantage and walked away without risking himself to save anyone else.
As he drew near the chaotic void vortex, Su Changkong felt a force pulling him in, involuntarily drawing him into the heart of the vortex.
"Clang clang clang!"
At the same time, in the deep, dark expanse of the Chaotic Void within the vortex, numerous spiritual energy chains crazily tangled towards Su Changkong.
Inside this vortex, once ensnared and restrained by these chains, one would be dragged and pulled by both the chains and the sucking force of the vortex, making it difficult for anyone to resist.
Ba Yi, with his formidable physical strength, barely managed to resist and avoid being shredded into mincemeat by being dragged into the depths. But after a prolonged struggle, even the strongest would not be able to endure!
"Buzz buzz buzz!"
Not taking any chances, Su Changkong immediately used a drop of Mysterious Turtle True Essence to activate the Deer-playing Body Techniques of Divine Deer Steps on the Sky.
"Whoosh!"
His figure flashed away, like a Spirit Deer that could tread upon the heavens, dodging the densely intertwined chains and appearing beside Ba Yi, who was entangled by them. With the Iron-Cutting Sword in hand and the yin and yang energies in his body transforming into a cold breeze infused in the sword, he made consecutive chops!
"Sss sss sss!"
In a series of ripping sounds, the spiritual energy chains were all severed by Su Changkong.
"Let’s go!"
Grabbing Ba Yi’s shoulder with one hand, he flashed, taking his form with him, and the next instant, they broke free from the bondage of the void vortex.
With no living person inside, the vortex itself began to shrink slowly and eventually disappeared.
Having narrowly escaped death, Ba Yi gasped for air, sweat pouring down his brow: "This Heavenly Dragon Martial Saint is too ruthless... setting up such a Kill Array..."
While the brothers explored the Ten Thousand Pill Hall, Ba Yi had nearly succumbed there!
Of course, no one could blame the Heavenly Dragon Martial Saint for his ruthlessness. To leave one’s family’s lifelong treasures for others was already magnanimous. The array of Formations and tests were simply to ensure that their hard work would not be easily taken by others.
The Five Animal Frolics that Su Changkong practiced was extremely comprehensive, with body techniques, Qinggong, offense, and so on—there were no weaknesses, enabling him to handle various realms and situations.
"Thank you... very much."
Ba Yi managed to express his thanks, though barely.
Shaking his head, Su Changkong did not say much. His help was not offered freely; having used a drop of Mysterious Turtle True Essence, he now had a "Ten Thousand Pill Furnace" in return.
Su Changkong took out the Ten Thousand Pill Furnace from his storage bag and studied it. Besides being able to change size, he found that the densely packed spiritual runes on it were also mysterious!
"It’s for brewing the Spirit Awakening Pill... which can make the dull-witted become intelligent and the intelligent even more so..."
As Su Changkong focused his Essence Qi Spirit on a single rune, he witnessed an extraordinary scene—a blurry figure was performing alchemy, and instinctively, he understood the effects of the pill medicine being brewed by the figure.
"Could it be that... each rune on this Ten Thousand Pill Furnace represents a set method for brewing a specific pill medicine?"
Su Changkong had a jolt of realization, grasping the profound mystery of the Ten Thousand Pill Furnace.
With the Ten Thousand Pill Furnace, each time someone used the furnace to practice alchemy, a new rune would appear, recording the method used while also making the furnace even more mystical.
The surface of the Ten Thousand Pill Furnace had nearly a thousand such runes intertwined, indicating there were nearly a thousand different Spirit Pill brewing methods. Not only were the Pill Recipes included, but one could also observe the detailed process of alchemy!
"Is this the ’Ten Thousand Pill Furnace’ left by the Heavenly Dragon Martial Saint? Just these many Spirit Pill recipes alone are worth a fortune, a millennium family’s accumulation!"
Su Changkong was secretly joyful and in awe.
The Ten Thousand Pill Furnace was highly beneficial for Su Changkong. Once he mastered all the recipes, his understanding and his Alchemy skills would improve by leaps and bounds!
"This Ten Thousand Pill Furnace is immensely valuable... it holds the Pill Recipes mastered by a noble family; such a pity..." Ba Chen also felt a silent pain over the loss of the Ten Thousand Pill Furnace.
But fortunately, they still had other gains!
"Let’s go look in other places."
Packing away the Ten Thousand Pill Furnace, Su Changkong and the Heavenly Corpse Old Man left the Ten Thousand Pill Hall to search other areas within the Cave Sky.
However, the further gains were minimal. While they searched, others were not idle either and had already visited other areas of the Heavenly Dragon Cave Sky, leaving almost nothing behind.
For example, by the time Su Changkong and the Heavenly Corpse Old Man reached the ’Scripture Pavilion’ in Heavenly Dragon Cave Sky, the secret scriptures had already been taken, leaving nothing behind.
