It's late at night.
The spiritual oil lanterns hanging high in the mansion were adjusted to a soft brightness by the maid in the mansion in order not to affect the rest of the guests in the house.
Kong Jin opened the door of the courtyard where he stayed and followed the dim light into the courtyard.
In the center of the courtyard, Xian Yu Yanhe’s Lian Puppet was still standing beside the ice and snow barrier, never leaving.
Within the barrier, Dapeng showed no sign of recovery.
Kong Zhen walked to the barrier and took a look inside. Green Egg was still lying quietly on the spot, with a glistening blue light flashing from time to time.
Kong Chi did not expect Dapeng to wake up so quickly. After all, he had been in seclusion for almost half a year after absorbing Yuehua Yinshuang.
No matter how compatible the phoenix blood in Dapeng's body is with the green flame fire lotus, it still takes three to five months.
"It's okay, staying in this egg will save it from getting into trouble all day long."
Kong Zhen just glanced at it, then turned around and entered the house.
As he stepped forward into the bedroom where he was staying.
Buzz!
The invisible energy barrier immediately spread out from the house, until the entire courtyard was isolated, and then the speed of expansion was stopped.
That is the protective barrier that Kong Ji condensed with his cultivation.
Although it is not a formation, with Kong Ji's current Taiguang peak cultivation level and earth-level Taoist foundation, it is still difficult for ordinary Taiguang monks to break through that barrier.
After doing this, Kong Jiang also sat down cross-legged on the bed in the bedroom.
There was a golden light of consciousness flickering between his eyebrows, as if he was mobilizing the power of his consciousness.
Following the golden light, an alchemy furnace that was completely black and shaped like a black turtle was placed on the ground next to the bed.
It is the Xuanwu Furnace.
It was affected by the black turtle sealed in it. As soon as it was exposed to the air, water-based power overflowed and dispersed in the air, making this space a lot moister.
Kong Ji was already used to this. When the Xuanwu Furnace appeared, his eyes were fixed on the lid of the alchemy furnace.
As the black black water surged, a black turtle the size of a fist crawled on top of the furnace lid.
When Kong Jin saw it, the latter also glared at Kong Jin with a pair of green eyes.
"Grandson Turtle! If you dare to let your Grandpa Turtle out, I will eat you alive!"
The old ghost's violent voice suddenly rang in Kong Ji's ears.
As it spoke, it moved its limbs crazily, trying to get rid of the shackles of the stove lid and rush towards Kong Ji.
Seeing this scene, Kong Ji did not move, but looked at the old turtle's movements with a smile.
He was sure that it was impossible for the old turtle to escape from the shackles of the Xuanwu Furnace.
Not to mention attacking Kong Ji, who is already the owner of this Xuanwu Furnace.
This is exactly what happened. The old ghost struggled for a long time, mobilizing various water-based powers to try to attack Kong Ji.
All were offset by an invisible barrier.
The Xuanwu furnace ate this old bastard to death.
Old turtle made a fuss for half a stick of incense, and realized that it was impossible for him to hurt Kong Geng. Instead, his actions would only make him embarrassed.
I could only accept this fact unwillingly. I lay down on the alchemy stove and roared to the sky with an angry look on my face: "The sky is unfair! Let me, Xuan Heng, suffer this disaster."
"So your name is Xuan Heng." Kong Ji narrowed his eyes. This was the first time he heard the old turtle say his name.
"Grandson Turtle, you can also call your Grandpa Xuanheng by his name."
"Don't think that you can do whatever you want after refining this broken furnace. Grandpa Turtle will come out sooner or later. Let your ashes be raised.”
Old Turtle has been trapped in the Xuanwu Furnace for who knows how many years, and he doesn’t even know who his enemy is.
Right now, I hate Kong Jiang directly, vowing to raise his ashes.
This is not the first time that Kong Jiang has come into contact with Xuan Heng. It is already common for him to threaten him in various ways.
Anyway, he knew that this old turtle would never be able to get rid of the Xuanwu Furnace.
"If my guess is correct, it has been refined into the 'spirit' of this Xuanwu Furnace"
Kong Jin looked at the old turtle with sympathy in his eyes.
Lei Zun once said that ancient cultivators had a spirit refining method that could infuse spirit into important spirit weapons.
Obviously, this old turtle became the victim of this powerful spiritual weapon and became the ‘spirit’ in it, and has become inseparable from this Xuanwu Furnace.
I'm afraid it will be difficult to get rid of forever.
“The person who made this Xuanwu Furnace is really a ruthless person.” Kong Xian shook his head, and he sympathized mostly with the old turtle.
If he were to change places and be refined into a 'spirit' with a powerful spiritual weapon, he would probably be even more irritable than this old turtle.
So Kong Jin still let it scold him. After scolding him for a long time, the old turtle was also at a loss for words and simply stopped talking.
A pair of green bean-sized eyes just looked at Kong Jiang fiercely.
"Senior Xuan Heng, are you happy with the scolding?" Kong Ji said with a smile on his face, he called him "senior" politely.
"If you haven't scolded me enough, I can accompany you to scold you for a while."
Of course Kong Jiang is not here to be scolded tonight.
The reason for such false flattery naturally has its purpose.
This old bastard doesn’t know what his current level of cultivation is, but his age is definitely not low.
Must know many secrets of the world of cultivation.
Concerning the clues about the Five Elements Mountain and the day when the moon appears and the sun is dazzling, Kong Fu is ready to tell stories from it.
This is Kong Jiang’s goal tonight.
Let him scold him to calm down, and you can have a good chat with him.
“Hmph!” Xuan Turtle just sneered when he heard this, his green turtle eyes full of sarcasm.
"Don't think that Mr. Turtle doesn't know your plans. If you show your courtesy for nothing, you must ask for something."
"Master Turtle will tell you, you can't get a word out of Mr. Turtle's mouth today."
The old turtle's reaction made Kong Zheng look at him a little higher, and said secretly: "This turtle is also a cunning old man, and he can see through my plan at a glance."
Things are exposed. , Kong Ji was not annoyed, spread his hands, and said helplessly: "Senior Xuanheng's hatred for this junior is so unreasonable."
"This junior has indeed refined this pill furnace, but even if this junior does not refine it, You can’t get it out.”
“Grandpa Turtle can’t get out, and you can’t refine it either. How can I let you, a shameless kid, treat it like an object?” The old turtle blew his beard and stared again.
“And the refining method of this alchemy furnace was obviously done by your human monks.”
“Who knows what relationship you have with the person who harmed me behind the scenes? It’s probably him. The younger generation."
"That's it!" After hearing this, Kong Jiang finally realized the origin of this old turtle's hatred for him.
Presumably, I am the first person it sees when it wakes up.
There is every reason to doubt his identity.
As long as you know what this old turtle is thinking, it will be easy to handle.
Kong Ji's expression suddenly became solemn, he pointed his finger to the sky and said loudly: "I, Kong Ji, have dedicated my life to cultivating myself, and hereby make an oath of heaven. If I have anything to do with the people behind the murder of Senior Xuan Heng, Blood connection. Or if my sect, Cangwu Sect, has any relationship with his inheritance, he will be punished by heaven and will never be reincarnated."
"This oath is testified by heaven and earth, and any violation will be verified! ”
The sound was sonorous and powerful, echoing in the small space of the bedroom.
After saying that, Kong Jiang looked straight at the old turtle with his eyes, full of sincerity.
"Senior Xuan Heng, are you satisfied?"
Kong Xian actually made the oath of heaven with careful thoughts.
We only talked about the Cangwu Sect, but not the Guanghan Palace.
He actually felt guilty. What if, one in a million, some elder from Guanghan Palace tricked this old turtle, that would be fun.
The oath of heaven is not something to be said casually, especially with Kong Jiang's current level of cultivation, there is a cause and effect.
Otherwise, Xiao Yuanshan of Dingyue Sect would not have let Han Donger and Ge Xia wander away into the endless sea, just because they were bound by the oath of heaven and earth.
This kind of oath has strong constraints on monks.
The higher your cultivation level, the less likely you are to swear an oath at will.
Kong Jin tried his best to gain the trust of this old turtle.
Sure enough, as Kong Ji finished speaking, the hatred in Lao Gui's eyes when he looked at Kong Ji dissipated a lot.
However, it still refused to give in and showed a little ridicule: "So what!"
"Even if you have no contact with the turtle grandson who killed me, Grandpa Turtle will have to rely on you. You?”
“Huh, with your level of cultivation, you are not qualified to talk to Grandpa Turtle.”
“This old bastard!” Kong Zhi’s face twitched. The old turtle was very angry.
"No wonder the ruthless man at the alchemy furnace wanted to pick it. Its virtues offended many people during its lifetime." Kong Xian was furious, but his expression was indifferent.
Seeing that he was so weak, he simply stopped pretending and sighed with pretense of regret: "In this case, there is nothing to talk about."
"I can only give senior Xuan Heng to my sect, and the master of the sect will decide the fate of my senior. After all, my junior's cultivation level is still high, and I can't get into my senior's eyes."
Lao Gui was full of worries before. The sarcastic face immediately stiffened after hearing what Kong Xi said.
It can still speak a little bit in the hands of Kong Zhen, and there is a glimmer of hope of escape.
If he really throws this to the elders of the sect, he will probably be bound to this Xuanwu furnace for the rest of his life.
He quickly shouted: "Wait a minute!"
"Why is that boy so impatient? Grandpa Turtle is not a stubborn demon. It was just an unintentional remark..."
Old Turtle finally let go of his arrogance, and tried his best to put a smile on Turtle's face, which was even uglier than crying.
"Tell me, what do you have to do with Grandpa Gui? You tell me first and Grandpa Gui will think about it carefully."
"Good guy, he is a hard-edged person who doesn't take soft things." Kong Ji sneered and figured it out. Xuan Heng’s nature.
Immediately cheer up and tell the question about the Five Elements Mountain and the day when the moon appears and the sun shines.
"Five Elements Mountain?" Lao Gui narrowed his eyes and looked up and down Kong Geng's appearance. He did not say whether he knew about Five Elements Mountain. Instead, he asked: "Why do you ask this?"
“The junior found records about the Five Elements Mountain and the day when the moon appears and the sun shines in an ancestor’s cave. I asked the elders around but found nothing. I just thought of you, a knowledgeable senior, and asked out of curiosity. "Kong Jiang threw out the rhetoric he had prepared.
Sure enough, Lao Gui was not suspicious of Kong Geng’s statement.
Back in its day, Five Elements Mountain seemed to be no secret.
Immediately sneered and replied: "Don't ask, you can't go to that place, and you will die if you go there!"
Kong Jin didn't pay attention to Xuan Heng's warning, but his eyes flashed. Liang: "This old guy really knows."
"Of course I won't go, I just want to ask." Kong Xian said confidently.
He really doesn't plan to go there for the time being. Just like Gu Jiang, he is sorting out the clues and saving them for future use.
Lao Gui didn't know whether he believed Kong Xi's words or not. He looked at the latter's face and was silent for a long time, and then said something meaningful.
“In our Monster Clan, any information needs to be exchanged for a price.”
“Grandpa Turtle knows about Five Elements Mountain and the moon and sun, but he can’t tell it in vain. You."
"What do you want in exchange?"
"I can refine some elixirs for you, Senior Xuan Heng, to satisfy your craving." Kong Ji has already made preparations. , waved his hand and took out several bottles of refined Ten Thousand Beast Pills.
This elixir has no value in improving the strength of the old turtle.
But Kong Xian remembered that the formula for activating the Xuanwu Furnace once said that black turtles are greedy and have no resistance to elixirs.
This Ten Thousand Beast Pill is also attractive to monsters and is considered a supreme delicacy.
Sure enough, the old turtle's eyes brightened up after seeing the Ten Thousand Beast Pill.
However, it was quickly covered up, thinking that Kong Jiang would not see it.
However, when Kong Ji was talking to the old turtle, he carefully observed every expression of the old turtle with his eyes and gained insight into every detail.
Secretly said with joy: "Sure enough, this old bastard is greedy."
"Ahem, your elixir is just like that. The second-grade quality is just that for Grandpa Turtle. A snack.”
“It’s still a bit short in exchange for information about Five Elements Mountain.”
Old Turtle didn’t know what he was holding back, so he suppressed his appetite and turned his eyes away from Kong Ji. He moved the elixir in his hand away, shook his head and said: "For Grandpa Turtle, the most important thing now is to leave this broken furnace. If you can help me get out, I can answer you anything and tell you everything I know."< br>
"Ha! The lion opened his mouth wide." Kong Ji was very happy at the old turtle.
Let this old turtle out. This Xuanwu Furnace has no ‘spirit’, can it still be called a powerful spiritual weapon?
Not to mention whether its intelligence is worth paying attention to the value of the spiritual weapon.
The important spiritual weapon is a palm-born magic weapon. Can he, a monk who ascends the wheel, destroy it at will?
Even if Kong Xian wanted to help him escape, he was helpless.
"Since Mr. Turtle doesn't want to talk, I won't bother you."
"If I spend more time, I can also ask about information related to Five Elements Mountain. After all, that place is so Famous.”
Kong Ji simply put away the Ten Thousand Beast Pills and then pressed his fingers between his eyebrows.
Pretending to take back the Xuanwu Furnace.
"I can only use you to honor my ancestor. He told me if he couldn't tell me."
"Slow down!" the old bastard shouted again, his green eyes revealing his humanity. Be amiable and approachable.
"Grandpa Turtle knows about Five Elements Mountain, but in addition to this elixir, you have to make a promise to Grandpa Turtle, and you cannot hand Grandpa Turtle over to your sect."
" Deal!" Kong Zhi had been talking about the teacher's door, which was all deception, and he agreed without any hesitation.
“You swear!” Xuan Heng glanced at Kong Ji secretly, as if he didn’t believe the latter’s promise.
Kong Ji's face suddenly darkened: "Since the seniors can't trust the juniors, there is nothing to talk about."
How can the oath of heaven be justified, and Kong Ji is sure that Xuan Heng will definitely promise him .
Sure enough, Lao Gui yelled again: "Slow down!"
"Pay the deposit first!" Lao Gui stared straight at Kong Ji, this time his attitude was particularly determined.
Kong Ji casually threw two Ten Thousand Beast Pills towards the Xuanwu Furnace without even thinking about it.
The palm-sized old turtle opened its mouth and swallowed it in one gulp.
Crack! The two Ten Thousand Beast Pills were chewed up in the old turtle's mouth like beans.
The old turtle showed an expression of enjoyment. During the chewing process, saliva flowed from the corner of his mouth to the stove lid.
“This guy is really greedy!” Kong Jiang saw this scene in his eyes and smiled in his eyes.
He was very happy to see this scene.
The Ten Thousand Beast Pills are not difficult to refine among the second-grade pills, and the yield is very high. Seven or eight pills can be produced in one furnace.
As an alchemist, I can have as much as I want.
After all, this is what Dapeng eats.
This old tortoise is so greedy. If Kongji uses the elixir as a bargaining chip in the future, he will definitely be able to ask for a lot of useful information.
When Kong Xian was silently making calculations in his heart.
The two Ten Thousand Beast Pills have been swallowed by the old turtle, and there is still a lingering expression on his face, muttering: "This pill is simply tailor-made for the taste of the demon clan, and it is crispy in the mouth. The aftertaste is endless, I haven’t eaten such a delicious food for a long time.”
Let’s talk, Lao Gui cheered up and started to reveal the news about Five Elements Mountain as promised.
“Five Elements Mountain, also called Five Elements Heaven, is a cave that gathers the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. It is the only cave in Xianyun Realm.”
“The largest spiritual vein in Xianyun Realm is It comes from the Five Elements Heaven.”
“Without the Five Elements Heaven, the genius of the Xianyun Realm would not even be able to take shape.”
"The Xianyun Realm mentioned by the seniors is the name of our world?" Kong Zhi had long heard that beyond Yunmo, Gujiang, Wudong, Tianqi and even the Endless Sea and the Great Wilderness, there was a more extensive world. world.
“Asking even though you know it!” Lao Gui glared at Kong Ji, as if he was angry that he interrupted him.
It was the first time that Kong Jiang heard what Xianyunjie said. He was not angry even after being scolded by the old turtle. Instead, he cheered up and continued to ask: "Besides Xianyunjie, how many other realms of cultivation are there like Xianyunjie? The area? "
The old turtle could see that this young man really didn't know, so he could only say impatiently: "Do you know how many stars there are in the sky?"
" I don’t know!” Kong Zhen shook his head honestly.
"Grandpa Turtle doesn't know how many worlds there are like Xianyun Realm." The old turtle looked serious.
“Chaos first opened, and a tree stood up from the sky, dividing the gap between heaven and earth.”
“The endless stars are the fruits of the tree that reaches the sky.”
"One fruit, one world! The stars are so vast that they cannot be counted in detail. Our ancestors defined the number by one hundred and eight thousand."
With these simple words, the sparkle in Kong Ji's eyes already sparkled.
I just felt a vast picture unfolding before my eyes.
The ancient tree separates the world from heaven and earth, and one fruit is one world.
The Xianyun Realm where I am is actually just a drop in the ocean in an endless world.
"How big is this world?"
Kong Zhenna said to himself, at this moment, it seems that Gujiang, Xihuang Paradise, and Guanghan Palace are not important anymore.
“We monks should travel freely between heaven and earth!”
Kong Ji felt heroic in his heart.
Since God allowed me to live this life in this world where I can cultivate immortality and ask questions.
Wouldn’t it be too cowardly not to see what this world has to offer? (End of this chapter)