si-mexico Chapter 486 Hahahaha... Jinglian, do you want to go into the alchemy furnace to warm up?
Chapter 486 Hahahaha... Jinglian, do you want to go into the alchemy furnace to warm up?
Inside the Alchemy Pavilion.
The aura of the cinnabar was as woven as brocade.
Colorful lights swirled around the dome.
Xu Wan was led into this world by the Nine Yang Immortal.
The jade bricks beneath my feet exuded a chill.
Every step felt like walking on ice and frost.
Suddenly, everything became clear:
Dozens of alchemy furnaces were arranged in a staggered pattern.
Ancient runes are engraved on the furnace body.
The furnace flames, a deep blue or crimson, pulsed ceaselessly under the focused control of the senior disciples.
The elixir energy is constantly rising!
Blue as a deep pool, red as the morning glow, and purple as the evening clouds, intertwining to form a hazy, dreamlike halo.
The light reflected off the nearby walls, making them appear to flicker between light and shadow!
She shrank her neck, her fingertips unconsciously digging into her palms.
She had only been to this place once.
That time, she finally managed to beg her master, Master Jiuyang, to let her refine pills, and she even claimed to be a master alchemist.
As a result, her soul left her body and went to find the Emperor.
This caused the alchemy furnace to explode!
However... the alchemy furnace behind it miraculously recovered after being stained with her blood.
At this moment!
She caught a glimpse of a senior student in the corner, intently controlling the fire.
Sweat rolled down his forehead, but he was completely unaware...
The elixir energy in the furnace suddenly turned emerald green, and condensed into the phantom of a spirit bird about to take flight.
She exclaimed inwardly!
wow!
This senior brother is quite skilled at alchemy!
Hmm... I'll ask him for advice another day.
"Jinglian, stay close."
The deep voice of Master Jiuyang rang in my ears.
"I'm coming!"
She walked briskly.
The Taoist robe swept across the scattered fragments of spiritual herbs on the ground.
A bitter medicinal scent wafted into her nose, mixed with the scorching smell unique to alchemical fire, causing her stomach to churn.
Master Jiuyang did not stop, but walked straight through the alchemy area and pushed open an ebony door engraved with cloud and thunder patterns.
The quiet room behind the door suddenly became dark, with only a huge cauldron standing tall in the center, more than ten feet high!
The bronze cauldron was covered with the patina of time.
The mouth of the tripod is adorned with yin-yang fish, and the Bagua symbols shimmer and flow within its belly.
Xu Wan gasped!
This...this is the Yin-Yang Eight Trigrams Furnace!
This furnace can refine the essence of all things, even the remnant souls of ancient demon beasts have been refined into elixir catalysts.
Master...
He really was going to throw me in!
She staggered back half a step, her throat tightening:
"Teacher...Master!"
"Please don't throw me in to refine pills, okay?"
Master Jiuyang stood with his hands behind his back, his beard and hair gleaming with golden light in the furnace fire, yet he remained silent.
Alarm bells rang in Xu Wan's mind.
The image of Sun Wukong being refined for forty-nine days in "Journey to the West" flashed through my mind.
Do not……
I'm not as powerful as that monkey, who can forge a pair of fiery eyes in the alchemy furnace!
If he were truly thrown into the furnace...
Let alone breaking through the bottleneck, I'm afraid not even a grain of ash will remain.
"Hahahaha... Jinglian, would you like to go into the alchemy furnace to warm up?"
Suddenly, Master Jiuyang burst into laughter.
Pfft!
Xu Wan fell to her knees with a thud, her forehead slamming heavily against the blue bricks:
"Master, spare me! I'll never do it again!"
“I know you’re angry that I always go to the Emperor’s place…”
"But his image is etched in my heart, and I can't erase it!"
She started rambling incoherently!
Tears welled up in her eyes, but she bit her lower lip tightly to stop them from falling.
The Nine Yang Immortal lightly flicked his robe sleeves.
A jade bottle made of mutton fat appeared out of thin air.
"Drink the Dew of Forgetfulness."
His voice was gentle.
Xu Wan hurriedly took it!
The bottle felt slightly cool to the touch.
He hurriedly uncorked the bottle and brought it close to his nose.
The delicate fragrance of the herbs wafted towards us.
Upon closer inspection, it was found to carry a faint smell of blood, mixed with the burnt smell of burning talismans.
A chill ran through her as she silently pondered:
Is there something wrong with this dew?
Could it be that it was mixed with...?
The liquid in the bottle remained as clear as ever, but when shaken, it produced very faint golden threads.
In a trance!
Xu Wan saw runes jumping around.
She raised her hand to rub her eyes, and then looked again.
The liquid was also very transparent.
She forced a smile and shoved the jade bottle back into her master's palm:
"Master, this Forget-Me-Not Dew seems to be expired; it tastes really strange!"
"Or... why don't you just give me the Forgetfulness Pill?"
"After I took that pill last time, I completely forgot about the Emperor!"
She blinked, clearly testing the waters!
If the master is truly willing to give the pill, it means he has a soft heart.
Then I'll eat it and then secretly force it out with my internal energy.
Master Jiuyang shook his head and sighed softly:
"The Forgetfulness Pill only treats the symptoms, not the root cause; taking it again will be of no use."
"This dew is made from the essence of a three-hundred-year-old forget-me-not and supplemented with my master's blood essence, and is specially designed to resolve obsessions."
Upon hearing this, Xu Wan's eyes widened.
No wonder he has such a strong constitution...
It turns out that the master used his own blood essence to draw and refine the talisman.
She abruptly took two steps back, waving her hands repeatedly in refusal:
"Master!"
"This expired dew will give the kitten a terrible stomachache if it drinks it!"
"My life is in danger, and my body is already too weak to survive."
"You're like this... I... I..."
"Uh...that...Master!"
"You...you might as well have Senior Brother Baiyuan take me to the medicinal herb field in the Spirit Plant Garden..."
"Uh... the forget-me-nots there are so fresh!"
Master Jiuyang shook his head in refusal.
Xu Wan persisted, saying in a sweet voice:
"Master~~"
"Could you ask Senior Brother Baiyuan to accompany me to pick them?"
"It works even better if I chew it directly!"
"Bai Yuan is teaching a class, he doesn't have time to fool around with you."
Master Jiuyang stroked his beard and chuckled, but a knowing look flashed in his eyes.
Xu Wan's heart skipped a beat, and she quickly leaned closer with a playful smile:
"Hehe, Master, don't be angry!"
"Why would I abduct your eldest disciple?"
"At worst, I'll just be punished by chopping wood again!"
The words have not yet been spoken!
Xuan Qing's image flashed through her mind:
That day, when we went up the mountain to chop firewood, Master sent Xuanqing to supervise the work.
She, however, slacked off and made Xuanqing do the work.
Watch as Xuanqing wielded his axe, splitting the thick pine logs one by one.
Xu Wan felt a sudden pain in her chest.
Xuanqing was her disciple whom she had taken in a hundred years ago.
Now he is a disciple of Master Jiuyang.
He himself entered the Taoist path late, yet he became his junior brother.
He can only be treated as an apprentice in private.
……
Xuanqing's weak appearance flashed before my eyes again.
She clenched her fists so tightly that her nails dug into her palms, but the pain was nothing compared to the pain in her heart.
Can't fall!
She chanted silently.
If I can't even protect myself!
How could you possibly help Xuanqing break through his limitations?
Xu Wan's eyes welled up with tears, and her throat tightened with emotion.
"Master...I..."
Master Jiuyang interrupted her and placed the jade bottle back into her palm:
"Jinglian, drink it!"
Xu Wan trembled violently, her fingertips turning icy cold.
She took the jade bottle and, with trembling hands, uncorked it!
The fragrance of the Dew of Forgetfulness suddenly became pure.
The smell of blood vanished without a trace, leaving only the faint fragrance of the medicinal herbs.
After hesitating for a moment!
She took a deep breath!
Finally, he closed his eyes, tilted his head back, and drank the liquid in the jade bottle in one gulp.
In an instant!
A warm current spread from my throat to every part of my body!
She felt as light as a feather, her toes barely touching the ground!
The chill of the jade bricks was no longer biting, but rather felt like walking on clouds.
The Taoist robe fluttered without wind, and her skin shone with a pearly luster!
Her ears turned into snow-white cat ears.
A section of snow-white cat tail quietly peeked out from her waist.
The downy feathers swayed gently in the misty air.
A familiar yet unfamiliar voice rang in my ears:
"Wanwan, come home with me."
The voice was exactly the same as her own, with a seductive gentleness.
It's like...
It was she from a thousand years ago calling to herself.
She involuntarily floated into the air.
Seven-colored elixir energy wrapped around his body like ribbons.
The silhouette of a half-human, half-cat swayed in the halo of light.
He bowed his head and smiled at Master Jiuyang, his eyes gleaming with a blue light that conveyed a sense of relief.
"Goodbye, Master, I'm going home."
The words have not yet fallen.
She flew toward the Yin-Yang Eight Trigrams Furnace.
Master Jiuyang's expression changed drastically, his hair and beard stood on end, and he roared:
"Jinglian! No!"
He leaped forward, his robe sleeves billowing in the wind, his fingertips barely catching the hem of her Taoist robe.
tear!
The robe was torn into shreds.
Xu Wan, like a kite with a broken string, broke free of her restraints and crashed straight into the bronze cauldron.
The yin-yang fish runes on the cauldron suddenly flashed brightly.
The Bagua symbols are circulating rapidly.
She transformed into a snow-white cat and smashed fiercely onto the alchemy furnace.
boom!
A muffled sound!
Blood trickled down from the white cat's forehead, staining the ancient runes red.
Her petite body plummeted like a falling leaf!
The cat's tail swept weakly across the belly of the cauldron, bringing with it a wisp of burnt smell.
Master Jiuyang hurriedly caught it.
The white cat in my arms was barely breathing, its snow-white fur soaked in blood!
But suddenly she spoke in a human voice, her words barely audible:
"Master...I think I can see the capital!"
"...The entrance to the Grand Hyatt Hotel...is so bright..."
The words have not yet been spoken!
The cat's tail drooped limply!
Her blue eyes, reflecting the firelight, gradually dimmed.
Master Jiuyang's fingertips trembled slightly as he gazed at the faint light shining through the crack at the mouth of the cauldron, and murmured:
"In the end, it's still because my obsession ran too deep..."
"If you can't let go, it means the pain isn't intense enough..."
He gently stroked the cat's blood-stained forehead.