Fate of the Immortals and Demons

Chapter 372 The Dark Sand Sea

"Since the spirit of this alchemy furnace came with you, it will surely obey your commands. You may wish to temporarily attach it to this alchemy furnace, so that the furnace will have a spirit, better lock in the spiritual power, prevent it from leaking out, and ensure the quality of the pills."

After finishing his words, Zhulong Linghuo acted with great urgency, and darted into the extremely ordinary, foot-square alchemy furnace.

"Could this be the Creation Furnace?"

Mo Hei was startled and then noticed that above his head, there was a faint image of a pill furnace, like a cloud that appeared and disappeared.

Without much hesitation, Mo Hei knew the situation was dire and time was of the essence, so he immediately sent out his divine sense to communicate:

"I would be most grateful if you would deign to join this alchemy furnace and lend me a hand."

"Of course..."

As soon as Mo Hei finished speaking through his divine sense, the spirit of the alchemy furnace, which was unconsciously floating above his head, responded with a hollow voice.

In an instant, it was as if a soul had possessed him, and he entered the alchemical furnace that was being refined in black ink in front of him.

With the attachment of the alchemy furnace spirit, Mo Hei felt the alchemy furnace in his hand, which had been refined, instantly gain sentience, as if it were a living thing.

"This is truly amazing, and indescribably wonderful!"

Mo Hei was startled, his heart skipped a beat, and he looked him up and down with surprise.

"What are you dawdling for? Can't you sense that your days are numbered?"

At this moment, the Candle Dragon Spirit Fire seemed to be in a state of extreme anxiety, like an emperor who is not worried but a eunuch who is anxious, and spoke out in a hurry.

This reminder startled Mo Hei, who suddenly realized that his life force was slowly slipping away.

Unconsciously, it's as if you've entered a countdown to your life, and when the time comes, it will end.

Moreover, he vaguely sensed that a thin needle had been inserted into the top of his head, continuously infusing him with life force.

However, the little evil dragon, using itself as a guide, transformed into a silver needle and pierced the dark crown of its head.

Just like a stick of incense, judging by appearances, it can only last for half an hour at most before burning out.

The advantage lies in the fact that Mo Hei is not completely ignorant about alchemy. He once laid the foundation for his career with Ning Chenzi at the Shushan Sword Sect in the Demon Spirit Realm.

At this critical moment, when his life was at stake, Mo Hei was on high alert and ready for battle.

Fortunately, with the Candle Dragon Spirit Fire, this extraordinary spiritual fire served as guidance, which greatly reduced the pressure on Mo Hei.

Even so, to refine the Resurrection Pill, even the low-end version as described by the Candle Dragon Spirit Fire, is still a challenge.

It must be at least a second-grade elixir.

As is widely known, in the Three Realms, elixirs are divided into four grades: pills, spirit pills, immortal pills, and divine pills.

Each grade was further divided into three, six, and nine levels.

It should be noted that only cultivators at the Core Formation stage or above have the potential to access the realm of spiritual pills.

Now, with Mo Hei's cultivation at only the Foundation Establishment stage, he is about to refine a second-grade spiritual pill.

This is tantamount to letting Mo Hei, with his Foundation Establishment stage cultivation, forcefully kill a Core Formation stage cultivator, a level above his own.

Even so, with the help of the Candle Dragon Spirit Fire and the powerful spirit of this Creation Furnace, it is not a pipe dream.

Otherwise, relying solely on Mo Hei's own abilities, it would be wishful thinking and absolutely impossible.

"Young man, the first essential element of alchemy is purification—removing the dross and extracting the essence. Do you understand?"

As Mo Hei calmed his mind and entered a meditative state, he began to teach the Zhulong Spirit Fire, which had entered the alchemy furnace and become a unique and extraordinary fire.

"Of course I understand."

Mo Hei nodded in response without hesitation.

"As for the second element, controlling the heat, and the third element, the overflow of medicinal power, you don't need to worry too much about those."

However, this fourth element, the completion of the elixir, requires your utmost effort. Success or failure hinges on this moment, so you must not fail.

Otherwise, not only will your own life be in danger, but the dragon will also be dragged down with you.

By the end, Zhulong Linghuo's tone had become extremely serious.

He even went so far as to say that the little evil dragon had already risked his life to accompany him.

"it is good."

Mo Hei's expression was solemn, and he answered with a firm tone.

At the same time, he realized that no wonder he couldn't find any trace of the White Dragon. It turned out that the White Dragon had risked his life to help him regain his strength before he died.

"Time is of the essence. This recipe for the Resurrection Pill can only be learned on the spot. I'll tell you, and you do it. The first step is to refine the roots of the Living Root Grass..."

Under these circumstances, Zhulong Spirit Fire directly launched on-site teaching and personally participated in the refining process.

It must be said that this is truly unprecedented in the world of alchemy.

There are even alchemists who teach how to refine pills using alchemical fire.

If this gets out, it will surely arouse the contempt and jealousy of all alchemists.

At this moment, Mo Hei finally truly understood what it meant to have many skills.

At the same time, I couldn't help but feel very grateful to Master Ning for teaching me.

Without Master Ning laying the foundation for me, I wouldn't have known where to begin.

Even with the Candle Dragon Spirit Fire, no matter how personally involved they are, providing guidance and assistance...

For someone as completely ignorant as myself, it was utterly a mystery.

Having prior experience in alchemy, and with the assistance and guidance of the Candle Dragon Spirit Fire, he was able to achieve his goal.

Mo Hei quickly placed the Living Root Grass, Silver Leaf Grass, Wild Gang Flower, and Swift Grass into the alchemy furnace in turn to refine and purify them.

Subsequently, with the help of the Candle Dragon Spirit Fire, materials were carefully selected and sourced locally in the Dragon Pill Cave.

Five high-quality medicinal herbs, each over three thousand years old, were selected and blended together.

This was all thanks to the little evil dragon, who accepted all comers, plucking feathers from geese passing by in Eagle's Sorrow Gorge and robbing them along the way.

Without these five superior herbs to substitute for the ingredients, even the most skilled cook cannot cook without rice.

However, the dark storage ring and the storage bag left behind by the colorful butterfly contained a large number of herbs, which were more than enough even without the herbs that the little evil dragon had robbed.

After the required herbs are refined and purified one by one in the alchemy furnace.

With the help of the Candle Dragon Spirit Fire and the alchemy furnace spirit, the purified herbal essence is smelted and refined, while its medicinal power is completely sealed to prevent leakage.

With these two cheat codes, Mohei's job became much easier, and he felt like he could achieve twice the result with half the effort.

Having gained this brief respite, Mo Hei quickly regained his serious expression.

He knew that the elixir was achieved in an instant, and the phrase "fleeting" was the most apt description.

"We must succeed! We must succeed!"

The darkness echoed in his mind again and again, constantly reminding and admonishing himself.

"quick!"

"Congeal!"

"Crack!"

With the anxious reminder from the Candle Dragon Spirit Fire, all of this happened almost simultaneously, in the blink of an eye.

Due to a lack of experience, Mo Hei was ultimately a step too slow, causing the elixir to fail and all his efforts to be in vain.

"No!"

When they saw it with their own eyes, the pill, which was about to be completed, was cracked and shattered, turning into waste and falling away in a flurry.

Mo Hei felt an unbearable tightness in his chest. Overwhelmed with anger, he felt a sweet taste in his throat, but he forced himself to swallow the mouthful of blood.

"You were too presumptuous. With your mere Foundation Establishment stage cultivation, how could you possibly refine a second-grade spirit pill? Old friend... I didn't expect it to be this soon, another time for parting..."

Zhulong Spirit Fire remained remarkably calm in the face of this outcome, as if it had been anticipated all along.

"Turn the tide for me!"

However, faced with this result, Mo Hei swallowed the blood that rushed to his throat but did not give up. Instead, he took a different approach and activated the Time Crystal stored in his right palm.

"This...this...no wonder...no wonder my old friend was so...so willing to risk his life...so that's why..."

With Mo Hei's move, the already defeated Zhulong Spirit Fire was stunned and speechless.

Below this, one can see that the pills, which were originally shattered and scattered due to the failure of the elixir making process, are reassembled as if a video has been played in reverse.

"Very good, then let's try again! As the saying goes, failure is the mother of success!"

Witnessing this scene firsthand, Zhulong Linghuo was overjoyed and his confidence soared.

"boom!"

As expected, having learned from past mistakes, Mo Hei was able to pinpoint the optimal melting point for this elixir's completion with remarkable clarity during the reversal of time.

With a booming sound, a luminous pill condensed inside the furnace.

At the same time, strange phenomena also occurred in the southern sea region where Longdan Cave was located.

"The aura of the cinnabar... This is actually the aura of the cinnabar..."

"Why... does it have the aura of a pill?"

"Judging from the aura of this elixir... it must be an elixir of immortality without a doubt?"

"I never imagined that in this land of sea beasts and demons in the South China Sea, there would be such a demon cultivator who could refine elixirs and cause such strange phenomena in the heavens and earth?"

"Such extraordinary phenomena in the pill's aura... this elixir must be at least of the third grade..."

"..."

While a group of Nascent Soul stage cultivators were focused on sealing off the entire Tiannan Sea and personally participating in the search, they were also busy with other tasks.

Suddenly, they were suspended in mid-air, and the aura of medicinal pills caused all the strange phenomena in the world to be startled, and they were secretly terrified.

Almost simultaneously, they all gathered in the sea area where the strange phenomenon of the cinnabar aura had occurred.

"Fellow Daoist Anxiu, do you know of any demon alchemists in this area who possess such profound alchemy skills?"

When You Lizi, from the Shushan Sword Sect of the Heavenly Spirit Realm, saw the Anxiu who had also arrived, he couldn't help but ask a question.

Facing the gazes of the other six Nascent Soul stage cultivators, the still-decrepit-looking Anxiu, leaning on his cane, gave a wry smile and shook his head, saying:

"Fellow Daoists, please excuse my ignorance. I truly had no idea that in this Yousha Sea, where spiritual energy is scarce and undercurrents are turbulent, there would be sea beast demons like my kind who choose to refine pills here."

"The Dark Sand Sea?"

The Fairy Zixia from the Ethereal Sect of the Celestial Realm felt a chill run down her spine. Her beautiful eyes darted to the right front, and she couldn't help but ask:

"Do you know if this place is connected to the Dark Sand Sea area where the Dragon Soul Ruins are located?"

After a moment of surprise, the mythical beast truthfully replied:

"Since this sea area is called the Dark Sand Sea, it is naturally closely related to the Dark Sand Sea. Originally, these two sea areas were collectively called the Dark Sea, but ten thousand years ago, a strange change occurred, and they were separated into two."

"If that's the case, then according to what Fairy Zixia said, could it be that..."

Since Yue Ziming was able to hold the title of the young master of the Beiming Sect in the Heavenly Spirit Realm, he must be both intelligent and brave, and he immediately made a connection.