Chapter 147: Pill Pagoda
Everyone’s face grew dark at the sight of it. ‘Damnit! Is this what you call a better pill pagoda than the alchemist association’s? You should at least make it look better to make us feel better!’
Yunxiao smiled as he looked at the alchemists’ unsightly faces and gestured, “Please follow me, Masters!”
‘Follow my ass!’ The alchemists were full of resentment. ‘We’ve traveled so far here, and yet this is the place you will make us refine pills for you? Do you still have a heart?’
Apart from Zhang Qingfan and Xu Han, all faces were as dark as coal. But, they followed him into the pagoda all the same. But, as soon as they stepped into it, everyone’s heart skipped a beat as they looked around in horror. They saw a vast land with bright sunlight shining down from a cloudless sky, and the air was rich with Primordial Qi. It was a world of its own, a space separated from the outside world!
“What is this, Young Master Yun? An independent space!” Zhang Qingfan’s eyes grew wide with shock. He had seen independent space before, but none of them were as wide and full of spirits as this one. What he saw now was something that only the legendary cave abodes constructed by those ancient almighty experts could have!
The other alchemists were stunned as well. The gloomy look on their faces was gone in an instant, and their jaws were dropped, all frozen to the spot.
Looking at the expression on their faces, Yunxiao chuckled and said, “Yes. This is the inner space of one of my treasures. The Primordial Qi here is richer than outside, and it is filled with a mysterious power that is beneficial to the cultivation of one’s soul power.”
“No wonder! I can already feel a power restoring my soul power! This is so amazing!” Shocked, Xu Han said, “Even my weariness is gone, and my spirits are full! This…”
His voice woke the others. They tried to feel it, and sure enough, their soul power and spirits were growing rapidly, which gave them a very comfortable sensation and swept away all their resentment.
“Please follow me!”
Yunxiao performed an incantation gesture with one hand. He did not move, but the surroundings suddenly distorted and transformed, turning into a land with beautiful mountains, clear waters, and luxuriant foliage, which looked very much like a fairyland.
It was actually the Divine Realm Tablet inside the pill pagoda, which was mentally connected with him now. Inside the tablet, his will was the law of the world. In other words, everything in the tablet was under his control and would change according to his will.
“This is the refining place I’ve prepared for you!” Yunxiao pointed out a finger. In front of them were many platforms of varying sizes, each carved with a different alchemy array. Judging from the energy fluctuation constantly spreading out of them, they were not weaker than that of the alchemist association. Moreover, many arrays were unseen to them, and they had only read about them in some records.
“Is that an Origin Sun Array?” Zhang Qingfan’s pupils constricted as he stared at a small array that was rotating slowly. “Legend has it that tens of thousands of supreme-grade Primordial Stones must be used to construct it!” he said in shock.
Yunxiao was surprised, and he explained with a smile, “You truly have a pair of keen eyes, Master Qingfan! It is only a simplified version of the Origin Sun Array. All the arrays you see here do not require Primordial Stones. They directly absorb the power of the mountain, which is also the power of my treasure, and it is more than enough to support them. I named the mountain ‘Mount Inch’!”
Mount Inch!
Zhang Qingfan was stunned. ‘What kind of treasure can have an internal space while providing endless power for alchemy refinement?’ It was beyond his understanding of mystic weapons.
Yunxiao knew his head was filled with questions. Instead of explaining, he sent an incantation seal into the mountain. In the blink of an eye, the whole mountain began to turn transparent, allowing everyone to see hundreds of meters beneath it.
There was a scarlet array under the mountain, rotating slowly. Around it, dragon-shaped symbols composed of tadpole-like characters stretched out into the distance.
“This is an ancient array artifact I purchased during the auction, which has a very strong enhancement effect on alchemists’ soul power. Outside the artifact is an energy-absorbing array constructed by me. It will constantly absorb the Primordial Qi in this space to fuel the array, and channel the extra to the mountain, enhancing the effect of your alchemy refinement.”
When he had finished, Yunxiao made the mountain appear again with a flick of a finger. Only then did the alchemists feel they were stepping on a solid ground and put their hearts back into their chests.
But, they could not calm their minds. From what they saw, this was no ordinary refining place, but a treasured mountain. Moreover, what Yunxiao had done had completely overturned their knowledge and common sense.
“I want to increase the strength of the people of Yanwu as quickly as possible, so all the resources will be given to you first. These are the recipes and all the materials for the medicinal pills I need the most at present.” Yunxiao took out a storage bag and handed it to Zhang Qingfan. “I’ll put both of you in charge of this place, Master Qingfan and Master Xu Han.”
Zhang Qingfan and Xu Han answered together, “We will do our best!”
Yunxiao nodded slightly. All of a sudden, his face flickered, and his eyes flashed with a surprised look. “It is done!”
Beaming with joy, he said, “Master Qingfan, Master Xu Han, please come with me!”
He leaped into the air and drifted toward the mountain as if he were flying. Startled, Zhang Qingfan handed the materials to Liang Wenyu and said, “You will be in charge while we are away. Settle them down and begin refining at once!” After that, he and Xu Han went after Yunxiao.
Following Yunxiao, they flew through the mountain for some time and went into a huge cavern before continuing tens of meters deeper. The cavern was dozens of meters tall, spacious, and well-lit. Although there was no sunlight, it was as bright as day.
In fact, Yunxiao did not need to move by himself inside the Divine Realm Tablet. He could go anywhere with just a thought. But, that would look too strange to the others.
At present, he had only mentally connected with the tablet. He could sense even the tiniest change here, but he could not control the tablet’s power. After the battle at Mount Phoenix, he had begun to penetrate his willpower into the world inside the tablet, and he was trying to slowly refine it from the inside.
In the center of the cavern was a large complex array, on which lay a man with little vitality. He was Ji Meng, who had been in a coma.
Zhang Qingfan was shocked. “Commander Ji is still in a coma?”
Yunxiao nodded. “A Golden Sixsun pill can wake him, but his cultivation base will drop. So, I’ve been waiting for this moment. The energy-absorbing array I asked Jia Rong to construct has began to function; the Primordial Qi within a thousand miles around the city will be constantly channeled into this internal space, and beneath this mountain is the center of the energy-absorbing array, which can also gather the Primordial Qi in this space here. I’ve constructed a Thousandwood Rejuvenation array here. With such a tremendous amount of Primordial Qi and the Golden Sixsun pill, I can guarantee his cultivation base will not drop.”
Xu Han glanced around, and he immediately sensed streams of powerful Primordial Qi begin to pour over from all directions into this cavern. “Do you mean this mountain is the center of all the Primordial Qi within a thousand miles around the city of Yanwu?”
“Exactly!” Yunxiao said with a serious expression, “Please guard for me, Masters. I’m going to pump the Primordial Qi directly into Ji Meng’s body. And if I run out of my energy, please lend me a hand.”
Zhang Qingfan said, “Rest assured, Master Yunxiao, we will definitely help when the time comes.”
The cavern fell silent. Sensing the Primordial Qi gathering from all directions, Yunxiao suddenly stepped onto the array and began to spin.
His steps were strange, and with every step he took there was a stream of pale green smoke gushing out of the array. It seemed to be the procedure before the array was activated. Both Zhang Qingfan and Xu Han watched with wide and unblinking eyes, fearing that they might have missed some details.
Streams of green smoke rose and turned into beautiful tendrils that danced around Ji Meng, full of life force and energy. As Yunxiao moved faster and faster, the twitching of the tendrils became more frequent and complicated. The whole cavern seemed to turn into an immortal realm of life. Zhang Qingfan and Xu Han each took a few deep breaths, and they immediately felt as if they were beaming with energy and had grown a few years younger.
Soon, those intricate green tendrils formed extremely weird symbols around Ji Meng, which linked together to form a pattern exactly like the array on the ground. Extremely strong ripples of life force spread out of it and crazily rushed into Ji Meng’s body.
Meanwhile, Yunxiao took out the Golden Sixsun pill from his ring and shoved it into Ji Meng’s mouth, then slapped him on the chest to help him dissolve the medicinal pill.
After that, he performed a few incantation gestures along with a faint cry. Guided by them, the life force in the cavern began to crazily pour into Ji Meng’s body. At this moment, Ji Meng’s body, with its vitality dwindling, suddenly expanded, as if it were about to be blown apart from the inside.
Suddenly Ji Meng sat up with his eyes flicked open. When he saw that he was surrounded by green smoke, he looked shocked and confused.
Yunxiao’s face was slightly pale as he cried out, “Guard your dantian, fuse both Qi into one, and digest the life force!”
Ji Meng was taken aback, then his eyes flickered and he instantly understood what was happening. He hastily sat cross-legged down, locked both hands into an incantation gesture, and began to focus his mind on digesting the life force, doing nothing to stop the life force from rushing into him. After a few breaths, his body stopped expanding, maintaining a bulged state.
Zhang Qingfan and Xu Han watched nervously. They knew that Ji Meng’s digestion speed and the speed the life force was pouring into him had reached a balance now. At least his body would not be blown apart. But, they wondered how he was going to digest such tremendous power!