Chapter 755

Chapter 755: Wanmiao Treasure Furnace

When Fang Lie was about a hundred miles from the meteorite’s landing point, he sensed the terrifying nature of the giant, as the metals that made up the earth were glowing red hot.

As he walked another several dozen miles forward, the metal had transformed from solid to liquid, meaning what appeared in front of Fang Lie was a vast lake of molten metal.

The temperature in the air had risen to a shocking level, and even Fang Lie felt it was a bit unbearable. If an ordinary Wind Tribulation Immortal were to show up, they would likely suffer from the heat.

Under normal circumstances, metal cools down easily, but this time, even after seven or eight days had passed, such a large area of molten metal remained, clearly showing the meteorite’s extraordinary power.

Fang Lie estimated that even a Semi-Immortal present at that moment would likely be crushed to death without a doubt.

However, this only piqued Fang Lie’s curiosity further, for according to the armored man’s guide, the explosive power generated when a meteorite lands is usually fixed; it would merely create a dent in the metal surface. Only those defying heavenly treasures could land with such overwhelming force, even turning metal into liquid.

Clearly, the current situation was a sign of a great treasure appearing! Fang Lie was overjoyed and quickly sent out ten clones to fly to the center for a closer look.

At such a moment, Fang Lie had to be extra cautious. Many treasures that fell from the Immortal Realm were harmful, and if luck wasn’t on his side, he could lose his life. He didn’t want to risk all his clones in this situation.

When the ten clones arrived in the center of the molten metal lake, they vaguely saw a hazy circular outline submerged in the metal.

It was a massive object, at least several dozen yards in diameter. Fang Lie immediately thought of the gigantic round stone he had bet on when purchasing the Glazed Nascent Fetus. He wondered, could this also be such a stone? But the force upon landing was far too great!

With that question in mind, one of Fang Lie’s clones carefully tossed a piece of low-grade material, which landed on the lake surface without causing any unusual reactions.

After this test, Fang Lie felt that this object didn’t seem to be dangerous, so he boldly began to retrieve it.

Since his magic could not be externally exerted, it was quite challenging for Fang Lie to pull this giant object out.

After thinking for a moment, Fang Lie took out a Seventh-Rank Treasure, the Ruyi Golden Rope, a special auxiliary treasure designed specifically to bind items. Fang Lie had acquired it, intending to upgrade it to an Eighth-Rank treasure.

In this place, treasures faced great limitations, and external magic and divine skills could hardly be used.

However, the Ruyi Golden Rope was an exception, as its restrictions only targeted itself, enhancing the rope’s flexibility, strength, and toughness while possessing the special effectiveness of sealing magic.

Besides sealing magic, it had no external Dao techniques, so the Ruyi Golden Rope could still be used here.

Thus, Fang Lie controlled the Ruyi Golden Rope to extend downward, aiming to bind this object. Soon, he felt through the rope that this was not a standard sphere but a round treasure with three legs, resembling a Pill Furnace.

Fang Lie’s eyes lit up; a Pill Furnace over thirty yards tall could be considered a large treasure and likely an Immortal Artifact. How precious could that be?

Thinking of this, Fang Lie wasted no time, quickly wrapping the Ruyi Golden Rope around one of its short legs, and then dozens of his clones swarmed in, using sheer force to pull it out of the lake.

Of course, this thing was incredibly heavy, and even with so many clones relying on their wings, they could only sustain their effort for half a tea time; it was impossible to carry it away easily.

However, Fang Lie was well-prepared. After the Pill Furnace flew out, the remaining clones quickly threw out pieces of Wan Zai Xuan Bing. Although they were valuable Sixth-Rank materials, Fang Lie couldn’t afford to be concerned about that now.

With the help of Wan Zai Xuan Bing, the temperature dropped rapidly, quickly freezing the surrounding lake back into a metal surface.

Then, the dozens of clones placed the Pill Furnace on this surface.

After cleaning off the dirt on the Pill Furnace, its true form appeared before Fang Lie.

It was a thirty-six yard tall spherical Pill Furnace, entirely gray, as if carved from stone, looking rather unremarkable.

Its most striking feature was the large tightly closed mouth in the center, resembling the powerful mouth of a Divine Beast, almost taking up half of the furnace.

Standing beside it, the dozens of Fang Lie clones felt streams of pure Spiritual Energy being released from the Pill Furnace. The amount of energy was tremendous, almost forming a storm, causing the garments of the dozens of Fang Lie to flutter wildly.

Fang Lie knew that this was the Immortal Energy stored in the Pill Furnace being worn down into Spiritual Energy by the Heavenly Dao.

All treasures of Ninth-Rank and above possess the ability to store magic or Immortal Energy. They can automatically activate their own restrictions without needing a master. Coupled with an intelligence comparable to humans, the power of these high-level treasures becomes terrifyingly strong.

However, in the Mortal Realm, the retreat of the Heavenly Dao laws disallows the appearance of Immortal Energy; once it appears, it will be worn down into ordinary Spiritual Energy. Thus, this situation arises. Once all the Immortal Energy inside the Pill Furnace is worn out, its grade will drop to the Ninth-Rank peak unless it returns to the Immortal Realm; it will never recover.

While the Immortal Energy exists, no one can take this treasure, so Fang Lie was not in a hurry. He simply smiled and observed, waiting for the time when the Immortal Energy would be exhausted.

However, just then, a strange voice suddenly rang out: "Hahaha, it’s actually the Wanmiao Tiantian Immortal Furnace! What luck, what luck!"

Fang Lie turned around and saw four Semi-Immortals, three men and one woman, flying over from a distance. Surrounding them were thousands of large Poisonous creatures that had already surrounded Fang Lie and the Pill Furnace.

Fang Lie recognized all four Semi-Immortals; they were the very ones who had threatened him at the Gambling Pavilion. Among them, the one resembling a young girl was the Ageless Immortal Child who had pursued Fang Lie for several days.

The four old scoundrels, having hurried from afar, finally arrived just in time. Upon seeing the gray Pill Furnace, their eyes filled with greed, almost forgetting about Fang Lie, the one they wanted to hunt.

The Ageless Immortal Child excitedly exclaimed, "I’ve seen some legends from ancient times that mention this Wanmiao Tiantian Immortal Furnace, which can not only refine pills but also refine treasures, even allowing one to absorb enemies and directly refine them! It is a treasure that excels in both offense and defense, thus named the Wanmiao Tiantian Treasure Furnace!"

Immortal Jade Toad continued, "What you said isn’t comprehensive enough. This treasure is unlike other treasure furnaces; it can devour anything and refine anything—whether into treasures or spirit pills, it’s capable of refining almost anything! It is also very famous in the Immortal Realm!"

"Hehe, your explanation is still not complete!" Immortal Hua Yi chimed in. "Its greatest advantage is that it can perform multiple tasks simultaneously. Even though it’s only thirty-six yards in size, it contains a vast internal space, allowing it to refine dozens of large treasures and even more at the same time!"

"Hahaha!" the Ageless Immortal Child joyfully remarked, "So this is an incomparable treasure?"

"Absolutely priceless!" Immortal Jade Toad replied excitedly. "Unfortunately, being in the Mortal Realm, no one can truly afford it. However, if we suffered some losses, we could trade it for two or three Ninth-Rank treasures!"

"Are you serious?" exclaimed the Ageless Immortal Child in shock, "How could it possibly be worth that much?"

"Hmph, it allows the Xuan Sect to possess the refining abilities of the Mo Sect and lets the Mo Sect hold the alchemy skills of the Xuan Sect—such an astounding treasure! Don’t you think it’s valuable?" Immortal Jade Toad sneered. "Trading for three Ninth-Rank treasures would be a huge loss for us; if we truly calculated the value, it would be worth over a dozen of the Ninth-Rank treasures!"

"Considering that, if we include the Glazed Nascent Fetus, are we four not able to each get a Ninth-Rank treasure?" the Ageless Immortal Child exclaimed with excitement.

"I think this is the best choice, achieving our goals without fighting!" Immortal Jade Toad nodded in agreement.

"Yes!" Immortal Hua Yi instantly agreed. "Who would want to fight for their life with peers just to safely obtain a Ninth-Rank treasure for ascending?"

"I agree too!" Shadow Immortal said flatly.

"Haha, since that’s the case, let’s reach an agreement!" Immortal Jade Toad laughed joyfully, while the other Semi-Immortals wore relaxed smiles.

At that moment, however, Fang Lie, who had been ignored by them, was furious and coldly remarked, "You scoundrels, what makes you think you can have it all?"

"What?" the Ageless Immortal Child suddenly roared in anger, "Brat, do you want to die?"

"Hmph, the Mo Sect Fang Family is indeed a one-track-minded clan!" Immortal Hua Yi sneered. "Do you think having an undying nature is impressive? I can tell you, we have countless ways to let you live, but it’d be better if you were dead!"

"Be sensible—hand over the Glazed Nascent Fetus and scram, or I won’t hesitate to feed you to my little babies!" threatened Immortal Jade Toad.

As they spoke, the thousands of Poisonous creatures around began to slowly close in, intent on devouring Fang Lie directly.

But Fang Lie remained unafraid, sneering, "You old fools really think you have me at your mercy? I tell you, in this Land of Star Fragments, even with all of you combined, you might not even be my opponent!"