I picked up skill fragments in the demon world.

Chapter 238 Lighting the Fire
Zhang Chen was just taking precautions in advance. As for whether any strange phenomena would appear, he couldn't say for sure.

Xie Lingyun smiled when he heard this: "This is simple. I will dispatch 300 martial arts masters who have cultivated qi and blood to come here to guard you later. With 300 martial arts masters who have cultivated qi and blood, as long as the Yangshen masters don't come out, you should be able to handle it, right?"

Most of the powerful Yangshen warriors in the north have been destroyed by Dugu Qiu. How could they have the energy to interfere with Zhang Chen's treasure refining business?

When the twelfth level mysteriously erupted before, although the demon king Zhao Lie was the first to bear the brunt of the attack, the rest of the powerful men were also inevitably affected and suffered heavy losses.

"Thank you, sister." Zhang Chen was not polite to Xie Lingyun.

The two of them came to the Bagua furnace. Zhang Chen shouted at Zhong Xiang in the furnace in a bad mood: "Mr. Zhong, have you seen it? If you have, come out quickly. I have to do some serious work."

Hearing Zhang Chen's words, Zhong Xiang jumped out of the furnace in delight, his eyes full of joy: "What a great harvest! My application of flames can be increased by at least 10%."

Then Zhong Xiang saw Xie Lingyun, and his expression changed. However, the Fifth Master of the Zhong Family was an ally of Xie Xuan before, so the relationship between the two sides was quite harmonious. "It turned out to be Commander Xie. I am Zhong Xiang. I am honored to meet you."

"Mr. Zhong, there's no need to be polite. Thank you for helping my brother." Xie Lingyun said with a smile.

"Brother?" Zhong Xiang was stunned when he heard that. He looked at Zhang Chen and Xie Lingyun, and his face suddenly became gloomy. He inexplicably felt uncomfortable in his heart. Looking at the other sister and brother, an inexplicable anger slowly rose in his heart.

This anger came out of nowhere, and Zhong Xiang wanted to tear Xie Lingyun's beautiful face apart.

Especially when he saw Zhang Chen standing beside Xie Lingyun and smiling apologetically, looking at that frivolous smile, he felt an inexplicable irritation rising in his heart.

"How do we light the fire?" Zhong Xiang asked gloomily.

“Young Master Zhong only needs to drop a wisp of flame into the center of the Bagua Furnace, and it will naturally ignite the energy of creation gathered in the Bagua Furnace. At the same time, it will activate the innate runes on the Bagua Furnace and guide out the innate power of the Bagua Furnace.” Zhang Chen said.

Zhong Xiang did not waste any time. He just flicked his finger and the flame burst out and landed in the Bagua furnace.

It's strange to say, there seems to be an unknown substance in the Bagua furnace. The flame fell into the Bagua furnace just like a spark falling into gasoline. In an instant, the spark turned into a raging fire and ignited the entire Bagua furnace.

Zhong Xiang's Qilin flame was originally a red flame, but after being transformed by the mysterious runes on the Bagua furnace, it turned into a golden flame, filling the entire Bagua furnace.

The most important thing is that although the flame is burning in the Bagua Furnace, no heat leaks out, and all the burning force is confined in the Bagua Furnace.

Zhang Chen looked at the raging flames burning in the Bagua furnace, a hint of joy appeared in his eyes, and then he activated the Five-Colored Divine Light. The next moment, a ball of colorful light flashed in his sleeves and floated in front of his eyes.

"That's Mr. Wu Liu's flying sword!" Xie Lingyun was a connoisseur of goods. He knew all the famous figures in the North. "How come you have his flying sword? Mr. Wu Liu spent decades refining and nurturing this flying sword with his blood and sweat. It can be said that these nine flying swords are equivalent to Mr. Wu Liu's incarnation. If he loses these nine flying swords, Mr. Wu Liu will lose half his life. There is no hope for him to become a Yang God in the future."

Zhang Chen smiled upon hearing this: "That mere Mr. Wuliu saw that I had gained an advantage, and actually controlled nine flying swords to stab me. It just happened to be a coincidence that I obtained a method to restrain flying swords and took his flying swords."

"You can even collect Mr. Wu Liu's flying sword? This is incredible! You should know that even Yang Shen Zhenren had to retreat when facing Mr. Wu Liu's flying sword. How can you have the ability to collect Mr. Wu Liu's flying sword?" Zhong Xiang couldn't help but exclaimed at the side, and his eyes were full of fear when he looked at Zhang Chen.

However, Zhang Chen did not reply. He just shook his hand and threw the flying sword into the Bagua furnace.

"Why did you throw this peerless flying sword into the Bagua furnace to be refined!!!" Seeing that Zhang Chen actually threw the flying sword into the Bagua furnace without hesitation, Xie Lingyun could not help but exclaimed, and was about to rush forward to retrieve the flying sword. However, who knew that the flying sword fell into the Bagua furnace and directly fell into the sea of ​​fire, and was wrapped in the sea of ​​fire without any trace.

"Each of these nine flying swords is priceless. Even if you were offered a first-rank official position, they would not be exchanged for anything. Why did you throw them into the Bagua furnace to be refined?" Xie Lingyun was a little anxious. "Those nine flying swords were refined by the ancient gods and demons using Taiyi refined gold. Not to mention that Taiyi Gengjin itself is indestructible and invulnerable to all kinds of attacks, even the refinement and blessing of the ancient gods and demons is a rare fortune. Why did you refine them? Once the Bagua furnace fire refines them back into iron lumps, their value will be almost halved."

Zhong Xiang at the side couldn't help but swear: "What a waste of resources! One of these flying swords is enough to make Yangshen Zhenren break his head, let alone nine? Now you throw all of them into the furnace to melt, it's a waste of good things. No matter how good the treasures you refine are, can they be as good as those refined by the ancient gods and demons?"

Hearing Xie Lingyun's words and Zhong Xiang's sad face, Zhang Chen smiled and said, "This flying sword has been cultivated and nurtured by Mr. Wuliu for decades. It has long been integrated with his mind. The imprint of his spirit, energy and spirit has penetrated into the sword. Unless he takes back the spiritual imprint that has penetrated into the sword, I will not be able to control the sword even if it is in my hands. He can summon it back with just a thought. Even if Yangshen Zhenren wants to refine the imprint of his spirit, energy and spirit in the sword, it will probably take sixty years. I don't have that much time to wait. It's better to throw it into the furnace and stew it. No matter what treasure can be refined by then, at least I can use it without any hidden dangers."

As he said this, there was suddenly a scream from inside the Bagua furnace. The spiritual imprint of Mr. Wuliu wailed in pain in the flames. As the Taiyi Gengjin was melted by the flames, the essence, energy and spirit of Mr. Wuliu stored in the Taiyi Gengjin were naturally all refined out as well.

"Boy, if you dare to destroy my flying sword, I will fight you to the death! I will fight you to the death!"

Mr. Wuliu's spiritual imprint resounded in the Bagua furnace, and before Zhang Chen could reply, his spiritual imprint had already turned gray.

Calm was restored in the Bagua Furnace. Facing the blazing flames of the Bagua Furnace, what could even a peerless divine weapon do?

"You have made a mortal enemy with Mr. Wuliu this time. You have completely ruined Mr. Wuliu's path. This flying sword was his hope to become a Yang God. Now that it has been destroyed by you, he will not be able to find the divine object to fulfill his hope without sixty years. By that time, he will be old and weak, how can he have a chance to reach the Yang God realm?" Xie Lingyun's eyes were full of seriousness.

"So what if we have a mortal feud? Mr. Wuliu stands with the Pingbian Palace, but I am born to be the mortal enemy of the Pingbian Palace. I disfigured Zhang Xiaohua, and the hatred between the two sides has always been an irreconcilable hatred." Zhang Chen's voice was full of nonchalance.

Zhong Xiang and Xie Lingyun were speechless after hearing these words, because what Zhang Chen said was so reasonable. They just silently mourned for Mr. Wuliu in their hearts. They could only consider themselves unlucky to have met a guy like Zhang Chen who did not play by the rules.

Just when Zhang Chen was smelting the innate Geng gold, a scream suddenly came from the Pingbian Palace. Mr. Wuliu vomited blood and a shrill voice spread throughout the Pingbian Palace: "My flying sword! My flying sword!" The voice was so sad that anyone who heard it could not help but feel sad. The Pingbian King and others rushed over and saw Mr. Wuliu slumped on the ground wailing.

Mr. Wuliu is a world-renowned Confucian scholar and an important figure in the Prince Pingbian's Palace. He is equivalent to Prince Pingbian's aide and brain, and is the one who gives advice and suggestions to Prince Pingbian. Seeing Mr. Wuliu in such a miserable state, Prince Pingbian, Zhang Xiaohua and others were shocked and hurried to meet him.

"Sir, what happened to you? Did someone sneak into the palace to assassinate you?" King Pingbian hurriedly stepped forward to check Mr. Wuliu's body.

Mr. Wuliu grabbed the hand of King Pingbian, his eyes showing a trace of sorrow, and his voice full of determination: "Your Highness! That little bastard Zhang Chen melted my natal flying sword! He destroyed my natal flying sword."

"What!!!" King Pingbian's face changed drastically when he heard this.

Mr. Wuliu is not only his aide, but also the top master of Pingbian Palace. He is the one who protects the safety of the entire Pingbian Palace. With such a mistake, the future of Pingbian Palace will be even more difficult.

"Zhang Chen! It's Zhang Chen again! I must eat this little beast alive!" King Pingbian was furious.

In front of the Bagua furnace, Zhang Chen was talking while holding the twelfth-order mystery in his sleeve. The origin of this object was mysterious and unpredictable. It was the body of the god Hou Tu, and possessed great fortune and great power. If it was combined with the flesh, he would definitely become a twelfth-order god in the future and master the power of the twelfth order. But Zhang Chen was on the road of Qigong. Although the twelfth-order mystery was good, it was time-consuming and laborious to use mana to sacrifice it, and it also involved the fallen god Hou Tu. Zhang Chen always felt that this was a hidden danger. What if Hou Tu was revived again in the future?
So it is better to just smelt it directly and eliminate all hidden dangers.

Thinking of this, Zhang Chen made up his mind. He slammed out a beam of yellow light from his palm and flew directly into the Bagua furnace, not giving Zhong Xiang and Xie Lingyun time to see clearly. If Zhong Xiang and Xie Lingyun saw that he wanted to smelt the twelfth-level mystery, they would probably try their best to stop him.

As the ball fell into the Bagua furnace, the entire Bagua furnace emitted a muffled sound, and the power of wind and thunder flowed inside it. A mysterious power flowed in the Bagua furnace, and the flames in the entire Bagua furnace became three times more intense.

"What kind of treasure is that? You threw it into the Bagua furnace in a sneaky way. I'm afraid it's not an ordinary thing and its origin is also not legitimate." Zhong Xiang said from the side. He knew Zhang Chen too well. It was very abnormal for this guy to throw things in in a sneaky way.

Zhang Chen smiled and said, "It's just a little bit of good fortune I got in the past."

Zhang Chen spoke casually to fool Zhong Xiang, then stretched out his hand to touch the barrier of the Bagua Furnace, and his magic power poured into the Bagua Furnace. At the same time, he also used the power of magic power to sense the situation inside the Bagua Furnace.

As magic power was infused into it, Zhang Chen sensed the situation inside the Bagua furnace. He saw that the nine flying swords in the Bagua furnace had been forged to a deep red, but they did not yet appear to be melted.

The ochre-colored bead was flying up and down in the Bagua furnace, emitting a faint yellow light, as if resisting the calcination of the Bagua furnace.

“In order to completely melt the two treasures, we need to use nature as charcoal, yin and yang as workers, and the five elements as carvings.” Zhang Chen did not hesitate when he thought of this. He directly extracted a strand of his own five elements and five qi origin and sent it into the Bagua furnace. The next moment, colorful light emerged from the Bagua furnace, and the flame also turned into colorful colors. Its power was more than ten times stronger.

Zhang Chen showed joy when he saw this, and the Yin and Yang Qi that were sealed in his left hand flew out and poured into the Bagua furnace. Then he saw that the Five Elements Qi was entangled with the innate Yin and Yang Qi, and the Five Elements evolved into Yin and Yang. The power of the flame increased dozens or hundreds of times, and even the Taiyi Gengjin began to soften gradually. The bead began to flash ochre beams of light, and runes continued to flow. The laws of the order of the Dao were burned off, and along with the collapse of the laws of order, it gradually dissolved in the Bagua furnace.

At this time, the color of the flames in the Bagua furnace also changed. It has evolved from five colors to seven colors. In addition to the five colors of flames, black and white colors are constantly derived.

Yin and Yang, and the Five Elements transform into each other, and combined with the innate Bagua in the Bagua furnace to complete a grand cycle, it already has incredible power and incredible creation.

"Interesting." Zhang Chen said to himself.

"It not only involves the functions of innate yin and yang, the five elements, and the eight trigrams, but also the two materials of gold and earth as the skeleton, which accommodate and complement each other, and it contains a creation that I don't know about." Zhang Chen thought thoughtfully.

The next step was to wait for smelting. Zhang Chen formed talismans in his hands, which continuously fell on the Bagua furnace, controlling the mysterious creation inside the Bagua furnace and continuously blessing the Bagua furnace.

"How boring! It's nothing but a trick. My mission has been completed and I'm leaving!" Zhong Xiang watched Zhang Chen continuously making hand seals and couldn't figure out what was going on, so he turned around and left, not wanting to waste time here.

Zhang Chen did not stop Zhong Xiang from leaving because Zhong Xiang had already fulfilled his promise.

"Is this what you call refining treasures?" Xie Lingyun looked at Zhang Chen's actions and said thoughtfully, "Is this the so-called immortal method?"

"Not bad." Zhang Chen nodded.

Xie Lingyun fell into deep thought after hearing this: "I remember that some fragments of Qigong practitioners refining magic weapons were unearthed from a large tomb in the past. It said that in ancient times, there were Qigong practitioners who seized the fortune of heaven and earth, the mysteries of ghosts and gods, and possessed incredible abilities. They could refine incredible treasures. Could this be the method you use to refine treasures now?"

“If nothing unexpected happens, this should be the method of refining treasures.” Zhang Chen said.

Xie Lingyun looked at the Bagua furnace without saying anything. After a moment, he suddenly asked, "Did you notice it?"

"What did you notice?" Zhang Chen looked at Xie Lingyun in confusion.

"Your Bagua furnace actually uses the dragon veins of the entire northern land as fuel, and continuously draws the power of the dragon veins and mountains and rivers of the northern land to ignite it." Xie Lingyun's voice was full of horror: "You are draining the lifeblood of the Pingbian Palace."

(End of this chapter)