Chapter 155
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Chapter 155: Left Dao’s Treasured Item
After completing its forging, Fang Lie felt thoroughly pleased and wanted to give it a proper name instead of simply calling it "Pill Furnace" or "Alchemy Cauldron."
But when he conveyed this idea, the furnace immediately protested, claiming it already possessed a name.
Intrigued, Fang Lie asked what it was called.
The furnace flew up and revealed characters etched on its underside: "Mo Furnace 222." This was its serial number, indicating it was the 222nd Pill Furnace mass-produced by the Mo family.
Fang Lie chuckled helplessly. "You expect me to call you ‘Two Two Two’? That sounds utterly ridiculous!"
"Hehe, I like it~" Two Two Two replied with a dopey laugh.
Left with no choice, Fang Lie accepted the name. He then suggested, "You’ve undergone significant changes. Let’s test if your alchemy capabilities have improved."
"Yay! Two Two Two loves refining pills!" the furnace chimed eagerly.
Fang Lie grabbed prepared spirit herbs and began the process. The experience differed entirely from before. Previously, Two Two Two’s limited intelligence required Fang Lie to meticulously control ingredient quantities, timing, and adjustments.
But now, after completing the first batch, the furnace memorized all steps. When Fang Lie added extra herbs, it automatically separated surplus portions. Insufficient amounts triggered immediate alerts. It even suspended ingredients added too early, precisely timing their integration, while late additions prompted reminders.
Thrilled, Fang Lie decided to push its limits. He dumped all herb extracts into the furnace, focusing solely on maintaining the fire. Remarkably, Two Two Two autonomously orchestrated the entire process, producing flawless top-grade spirit pills.
Staring at the furnace-made pills, Fang Lie gaped in awe. He finally grasped the treasure’s true value. Even Eighth-rank Pill Furnaces couldn’t autonomously refine pills – they merely enhanced material processing and success rates under expert alchemists’ precise control. A single mistake could ruin priceless batches.
Yet Two Two Two operated independently using Fang Lie’s prepared Spirit Liquid, exhibiting near-flawless execution superior to human alchemists. This meant Fang Lie could mass-produce high-grade pills simply by preparing ingredients, exponentially boosting his spirit stone earnings.
While seeming merely labor-saving, the implications ran deeper. Currently crafting low-level pills for cultivators below Immortal rank took mere hours. But advanced pills required days, months, even years – time better spent cultivating.
This obstacle vanished. Fang Lie could now reap top-grade pills without time investments, amassing wealth critical for cultivation. As the saying went: cultivation’s four essentials were wealth, companions, methods, and territory – with wealth paramount.
In this realm of immortals and Buddhas, nearly everything could be bought. Failure meant only one thing – insufficient funds.
Even reviving the dead, a feat that could be called defying the heavens, posed no problem at all! With sufficient resources, anything could be accomplished.
Of course, these "resources" didn’t refer to mere spirit stones, but advanced cultivation materials—supreme treasures, ninth-rank spirit pills, rare immortal mansions, and similar valuables.
Possessing such a powerful self-operating Pill Furnace, Fang Lie naturally decided to make full use of it.
He spent hours personally instructing Two Two Two on refining several types of common high-grade spirit pills.
Finally, Fang Lie processed all low-grade medicinal herbs from the Warehouses into Spirit Liquid using his inherited true fire, entrusting them to Two Two Two for storage.
Having evolved into a Fourth-tier Magical Item, Two Two Two now contained an internal space spanning hundreds of zhang, with compartments for various Spirit Liquids.
The extraction process took nearly an entire day. Fang Lie estimated these supplies would sustain Two Two Two’s alchemy operations for several months.
Exhausted after completing the task, Fang Lie simply sat cross-legged to cultivate, Cycling Energy through his meridians.
During this meditation, Fang Lie discovered through internal observation that recent battles and assisting Two Two Two’s advancement had unexpectedly expanded his Qi Sea beyond six hundred zhang—despite the massive Magic consumption, the exertion had strengthened him.
Reaching a thousand zhang would allow him to learn the Guiding Mark Art from the Divine Phoenix Nirvana Scripture.
Under normal circumstances, expanding his Qi Sea to that size would require at least two years. But now Fang Lie remembered his unclaimed reward—three months of cultivation in the Jade Pool, where cultivation speed multiplied tenfold. Three months there equaled over three years elsewhere, guaranteeing his Qi Sea would surpass thousand zhang!
This realization made Fang Lie’s pulse quicken. After stabilizing his condition, he immediately ended his seclusion.
Emerging, he found Mao Mao waiting anxiously.
"Brother!" The girl rushed over. "The sect tried to reward you but left the items with me when you weren’t available. Here!"
She handed over two objects—a jade token and a pale beast bone fragment.
The oval token bore an Immortal Crane relief and "Jade Pool" inscription. Mao Mao explained: "This grants three months in the Jade Pool. The bone fragment is your reward for securing the Arhat Immortal Fruit tree."
Fang Lie studied the irregular, two-inch bone shard. Rough-textured and resisting both Magic infusion and divine sense probing, it appeared utterly worthless.
"What nonsense is this?" he scowled.
"They claimed it’s supreme material even a Thunder Tribulation Immortal’s inherited true fire can’t refine," Mao Mao sighed. "Brother, I think it’s just a broken toy. The higher-ups are mocking you."
Fang Lie immediately understood—this was retaliation for him killing nine inner gate disciples, including Bai First Young Master. Though the Bai heir’s death angered the sect due to his Thunder Tribulation Immortal potential, Fang Lie still felt outraged.
"Those bastards!" he spat. "After my contributions, they palm off this trash? Fine—we’ll sell future Arhat Immortal Fruits to Baibao Zhai instead!"
"But Brother…"
"Why not?" Fang Lie countered. "If they exploit sect rules to cheat me, I’ll use those same rules against them. No mercy for the merciless!"
"Fool boy!" Old Bird’s voice suddenly interjected. "Since when did the sect wrong you?"
"They gave me garbage for retrieving the Arhat Immortal Fruit tree!" Fang Lie shook the bone fragment furiously.
"Blind idiot!" Old Bird scoffed. "That’s an inheritance relic of the ancient Left Dao—a peer of the Tao Sect in its prime! This treasure rivals the Mo Ancestor’s Pill Scripture! Your whole tree isn’t worth this fragment!"
"What?" Fang Lie gaped. "This… is that valuable?"
