The origin of the Cloud Sky Sect's seven Heaven Stealing Cauldrons was very mysterious. Rumor has it that there were originally nine cauldrons and they were personally made by the founder of the Cloud Sky Sect. They were then sealed under the Cloud Sky Mountain Range, waiting for a fated disciple to summon them.
Normally, no matter how powerful the founder of the Cloud Sky Sect was, he couldn't have surpassed the Soul Formation stage. After all, the country of Chu was only a rank 3 cultivation country.
As a result, a cauldron made by such a person, even if he had some abilities, he wouldn't be very strong.
However, the power of the Heaven Stealing Cauldrons was very confusing. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that they were Heaven Stealing.
In the ancient scrolls of the Cloud Sky Sect, there was a legend that the nine Heaven Stealing Cauldrons were all fakes. The founder of the Cloud Sky Sect encountered a real cauldron, memorized its appearance, and forged it from memory.
The reason there were nine cauldrons was because with the founder's cultivation level, he couldn't merge all of his memories into one cauldron. He had to divide the cauldrons nine times before he could remember all of them.
As a result, the nine Heaven Stealing Cauldrons were created.
In fact, there was another mysterious thing about the Heaven Stealing Cauldrons. They couldn't leave the Cloud Sky Mountain Range. Once they leave, they will immediately turn into scrap metal.
This kind of phenomenon attracted the attention of some high ranking cultivation countries, but they couldn't find anything. However, because of this, they gave up on the idea of asking for it and instead decided to support the Cloud Sky Sect.
This was why the Cloud Sky Sect was able to develop so quickly and gain the title of the number one sect in Chu.
Li Muwan's expression was very serious. She raised her head and stared at the seven black dragons on the cauldron. She softly said, "The method to open the pill seal requires the right time and the right place. Tonight is the time when the Cloud Sky Sect is refining pills. We need to steal some spiritual energy from the Heaven Stealing Cauldron so that we can open the moon seal."
Wang Lin's expression was calm as he arrived next to Li Muwan. After carefully looking at the cauldron, he calmly said, "The Cloud Sky Sect needs to refine pills every month?"
Li Muwan nodded and said in a gentle and pleasant voice,
"This Heaven Seizing Cauldron can only be used at the right time of the month in order to display its full effect. In fact, using the Heaven Seizing Cauldron to refine pills once a month is a privilege that only the elders of the Cloud Sky Sect can enjoy. Generally speaking, some very precious pills need to be refined with the Heaven Seizing Cauldron in order to increase the success rate."
Wang Lin nodded and pointed at the Seven-Dragon Cauldron before him, "This cauldron is also the Heaven Seizing Cauldron?"
A proud smile appeared on Li Muwan's face.
"Although this cauldron isn't the Heaven Seizing Cauldron, its effect isn't much different. This Ascending Cauldron was secretly refined by Wan Er while she was at the Cloud Sky Sect. She originally planned on using it as a last resort. If the Cloud Sky Sect forces me to do something, then I'll use this cauldron to activate the seven Heaven Seizing Cauldron. When the time comes, the spiritual energy accumulated inside the cauldron will explode, causing all the Nascent Soul cultivators in the Cloud Sky Sect to be busy cultivating.
They won't have the time to chase after me.
After all, the importance of this cauldron is far greater than anything else. "
Wang Lin faintly smiled and nodded. He no longer spoke. His eyes lit up as he stared at the cauldron. After a long time, he suddenly said,
"You said that this is the seven Heaven Seizing Cauldron outside the main hall?
And that the cauldron contains spiritual energy that has been stored for thousands of years? "
Li Muwan was startled. She nodded and said, "There is no anchor. The cauldron contains spiritual energy that has been stored for thousands of years. Bi Mo has used the seven Heaven Seizing Cauldron to refine countless pills. Naturally, there will be spiritual energy accumulated inside the cauldron.
Wang Lin's eyes suddenly lit up. He walked around the Seven-Dragon Cauldron and gently touched it with his right hand. Suddenly, the cauldron let out a crisp sound.
He didn't turn around and asked, "Can this cauldron attract the spiritual energy from the Heaven Seizing Cauldron above?"
Li Muwan's eyes widened. She immediately reacted and said, "You want to cultivate inside the cauldron?"
Wang Lin turned around and smiled. "There is no anchor. If I cultivate inside the cauldron, it will be much easier. However, it won't be with this body, but with my original body."
Li Muwan's expression was strange. Just as she was about to say something, the mist in the mouths of the seven black dragons above the pill cauldron suddenly intensified. Large swathes of black mist gushed out from their mouths and fused together, almost forming a black cloud.
Within the black cloud was the pill cauldron with the seal on it. There was a flash of red light on the surface of the pill cauldron. At the same time, the moon seal moved without any wind and slowly moved up and down.
At this moment, outside the main hall above the main hall, several elders of the Cloud Sky Sect were staring at the sky and calculating the time in their hearts.
These elders were all six alchemists of the Cloud Sky Sect. One of them was one of the three rank 5 alchemists, Ouyang Zi.
This Ouyang Zi was originally the head disciple of the previous head of the Cloud Sky Sect. He was supposed to be in charge of the inner sect, but he was willing to give up his position and focus on alchemy.
This person's dedication to alchemy had reached a crazy level. He didn't care about cultivation, didn't care about power, and didn't care about anything in the world. The only thing he cared about was the Soul Pill.
Ouyang Zi's goal in life was to refine the legendary rank 9 god pill.
However, this goal was too remote and almost impossible to achieve. It has to be said that even rank 6 cultivation countries can only refine rank 6 pills. Even if there were some geniuses, they could only refine low rank 7 pills.
It was because of the difficulty of alchemy that the Cloud Sky Sect was sheltered by the rank 4 cultivation country's Giant Demon Clan. It has to be said that the Cloud Sky Sect being able to refine rank 5 pills was already the limit of a rank 4 cultivation country.
This shows the status of the Cloud Sky Sect in the Giant Demon Clan.
Ouyang Zi was a rank 5 alchemist and had reached the early stage of Nascent Soul. If it wasn't for the fact that he was completely focused on alchemy, he would have reached the late stage and become one of the ancestors.
Although he was only at the early stage of Nascent Soul, his status was very noble. Compared to Li Muwan, who was an outsider, he was even more respected by the Cloud Sky Sect.
On this day, he was preparing to concoct a grade-5 spirit pill. He had been preparing for years for this pill concoction. This time, other than himself, the other six people were all called over by him to concoct the pill.
The so called pill sacrifice was a unique method of alchemy that Ouyang Zi created.
In his alchemy philosophy, refining pills was a heaven-defying matter, so he needed a sacrifice. This was similar to the sacrificial ceremony in ancient times, but the sacrifice he prepared was a pill.
Ouyang Zi's hair was white and he looked very old, but his eyes were filled with a ghostly light that gave him a very strange temperament. None of the six alchemists behind him dared to look at him directly.
It has to be said that this kind of ghostly light had the ability to steal someone's soul. At the same time, when it was used during alchemy, it allowed one to see through the pill furnace and see what was inside.
This had to do with the Netherworld Pill that he had consumed when he was young.
This Netherworld Pill was a rather strange medicinal pill. Only one out of ten people who consumed it would succeed. Once it failed, the consequence would be blindness in one's eyes.
Such a vicious pill had a very good effect. If one absorbed the Netherworld Pill, their eyes would automatically turn into the Netherworld Eye.
The Netherworld Eye was one of the reasons why he was able to reach his current position on the path of alchemy.
At this moment, Ouyang Zi was wearing a large grey robe. He raised his head and looked at the sky. After a long time, he frowned and shouted, "When the Old Man is refining pills, no one is allowed to watch. Junior apprentice brother, don't you know?"
Three people walked out from the main hall behind Ouyang Zi. The one in front was the Cloud Sky Sect's inner sect head. He let out an awkward smile and bitterly said to the two people beside him, "Look, I already told you that when senior apprentice brother is refining pills, no one is allowed to watch."
With that, he clasped his hands at Ouyang Zi and loudly said,
"Senior apprentice brother, these two are esteemed guests from the rank 3 cultivation country of Sky Martial Country. They want to watch senior apprentice brother refine pills. Senior apprentice brother, what do you think …"
The two people behind him were both tall and skinny, but their bodies gave off powerful auras. Their cultivation levels were clearly not low.
Ouyang Zi frowned and coldly said, "Scram!"
The sect head's expression remained the same, but the expressions of the two esteemed guests from Sky Martial Country changed. They sneered, but the two of them didn't make a move. They just turned around and left.
The Cloud Sky Sect's inner sect head let out a sigh. He had already talked to the two messengers from Sky Martial Country, but the two of them insisted on watching.
After letting out a sigh, he chased after the two messengers and began to talk with them.
From his point of view, the two of them were here to buy pills and the price they offered was very tempting, so he had to act a bit rashly.
After the three of them left, Ouyang Zi calculated the time in his heart. After about 10 breaths of time, his eyes lit up. His hand formed a seal, then he jumped into the air and formed seven seals on the seven Heaven Stealing Cauldrons.
At this moment, his loose clothes fluttered in the wind, giving him a very mysterious temperament.
The eyes of the six Alchemists on the ground revealed a look of reverence at the same time.
After the seals were formed, the seven Heaven Stealing Cauldrons began to move. It was as if there was an invisible hand moving them and they formed a circle.
Six of the cauldrons formed a circle around one of the cauldrons in the center.
At the same time, in the secret chamber under the square, the seven dragons on Li Muwan's cauldron sensed something and let out bursts of whimpers.
Li Muwan took a deep breath and immediately bit the tip of her finger. Her hands formed a seal, and her blood turned into seven symbols that fell on the seven friends. Then, the seven black dragons seemed to come to life. They roared and flew up from the pill cauldron, circling around each other in the air of the secret room.
Soon, the seven dragons turned into the cauldrons. Six of them formed a circle in the air and the one in the middle slowly sank down and merged with Li Muwan's cauldron.
Wang Lin's eyes lit up. Without a word, he waved his right hand and created a circle of illusions that landed on the ground. His hand formed a seal and he shouted, "Original body, appear!"
Silently, Wang Lin's original body appeared from the illusions on the ground. He had a head full of white hair and a purple star between his eyebrows.
As soon as he appeared, the secret chamber became as cold as winter. Even the seven black dragons that formed the cauldron couldn't help but become blurry.
Li Muwan stared at Wang Lin's original body in a daze. Her eyes revealed a look of reminiscence, but soon, they shined brightly. In her opinion, this was the figure she had been waiting for 200 years. Compared to the original body, the avatar was far too inferior.
After the original body appeared, his eyes were cold as he walked forward. When he approached the cauldron in the center of the secret chamber, he turned his head to look at Li Muwan. Li Muwan felt a chill in her heart.
She was too familiar with this gaze. From the moment she met him 200 years ago, he had always had this gaze. Now that 200 years had passed, the coldness in his eyes was even stronger than it was back then!
Li Muwan took a deep breath and quickly formed a seal with her hands. Under her control, the lid of the cauldron slowly moved to the side.
Without any hesitation, Wang Lin's original body jumped up and sat down inside the cauldron. Shortly after, the lid of the cauldron closed.
At this moment, in the square above the secret chamber, Ouyang Zi spread out his hands and muttered to himself. After a while, his eyes lit up as he stared at the main cauldron. Suddenly, a thick, green smoke came out from the main cauldron. This green smoke turned into a giant, poisonous hand that spread out horizontally.
Ouyang Zi took a deep breath and took out a bag of holding. He poured the contents of the bag onto the giant hand, causing countless rare treasures to pour out and merge with it.
Then the giant hand clenched, turned into green smoke, and returned to the cauldron.
Ouyang Zi's eyes lit up and he shouted, "Sacrifice the pill!
First rank 4 demon blood pill! "
As soon as he finished speaking, one of the six people on the ground took a few steps forward and slapped his storage pouch. A white jade bottle flew out. He crushed the wax seal on the bottle and came to the side of a pill cauldron.
He secretly poured out a blood red pill. The moment this pill appeared, the surrounding area was filled with the smell of blood.
This person's face was a bit pale and his right hand was trembling. However, he still clenched his teeth and threw the demon blood pill into one of the six pill cauldrons.
The moment the pill entered the cauldron, a roar came from the cauldron. Shortly after, a blood-red light came out from the cauldron and formed a blood-red pillar that seemed to pierce through the sky.
The same scene was happening in the secret room below the square. One of the pill cauldrons formed by the black dragon suddenly shone with a red light. Then, a red pillar shot out from it. Aside from its size, it was exactly the same as the blood pillar that reached the sky above the square.
Wang Lin's eyes lit up as he looked at the scene before him. He asked, "What kind of alchemy technique is this?"
Li Muwan revealed a look of respect and whispered, "This is Ouyang Zi's own alchemy technique.
"This is Ouyang Zi's self-created Pill Sacrifice Refining Technique. Simply put, it uses multiple rank 4 Spirit Pills to create a rank 5 Tribute Pill. Although the success rate of this method is not high, it is much higher than normal refining."
At this moment, Ouyang Zi's eyes lit up and he shouted, "Second sacrifice, rank 4 Luo Lin pill!"
Another person on the ground arrived next to a pill cauldron. He took out a dark blue pill from his bag and carefully placed it inside the pill cauldron.
Suddenly, a blue pillar of light appeared inside the pill cauldron.
Next, Ouyang Zi didn't hesitate and threw out four rank 4 pills. Six different colored pillars of light came from the six pill cauldrons. This scene could even be seen from outside the Cloud Sky Mountain Range.
Ouyang Zi was very nervous. He stared at the pill cauldron in the middle and muttered, "It must succeed!
It must succeed!
If it succeeds this time, the Old Man will have three rank 5 pills. If he takes the remaining three from the sect, he will have six. At that time, the Old Man can sacrifice a rank 5 pill and try to refine a rank 6 pill! "
His eyes lit up like never before as he stared at the pill cauldron in the middle. After taking a deep breath, he clenched his teeth and said, "The six of you, begin the refinement!"
The six alchemists all revealed excited expressions. If this refinement succeeded, then the six of them would be witnesses to the creation of a rank 5 pill. This kind of glory was the life goal of an alchemist.
The six of them leapt up and sat cross-legged on top of the six pill cauldrons. Their bodies melded into the Six Paths of Light and they formed hand seals, circulating the spiritual energy in their bodies.
Ouyang Zi didn't hesitate at all. He slowly landed on top of the pill cauldrons and closed his eyes without saying a word.
At this moment, in the secret room below the square, the pill cauldrons formed by the black dragon were the same as the ones on the square. They were all shining with different colored light beams.
Within the light beams was the pill cauldron with the pill seal on it. Below the pill cauldron was the pill cauldron made by Li Muwan, and inside the pill cauldron was Wang Lin's original body.
Although his original body was inside the pill cauldron, he didn't absorb any spiritual energy. All of his preparations were to open the pill seal. As for absorbing spiritual energy, that could wait until the pill seal was opened.
Li Muwan's expression was serious. Her hands quickly formed seals and landed on the six light beams. Shortly after, countless threads of light flew out from each of the six light beams. These threads slowly extended until they all gathered on top of the pill cauldron with the pill seal on it.
Using this method, Li Muwan secretly extracted the spiritual energy obtained from the sacrifice of the fourth grade spirit pill. This was why she had to open the pill seal in a place with abundant spiritual energy, where there was no need to worry about it.
In truth, the method that Li Muwan obtained to open the pill seal only had two requirements. The so-called location was to find a place with abundant spiritual energy and no roots.
Ouyang Zi had already solved this problem for her.
Now, she just had to wait for the right time to open the pill seal.
Aside from the location, the second requirement was timing!
The so-called timing was to find the time when the pill seal was placed. Only by opening the pill seal at the same time could the timing be met.
The smaller the time difference, the smaller the chance of the pill being damaged. On the other hand, if the time difference was too large, then the pill would definitely be damaged.
From what Li Muwan said, Wang Lin already knew all of this. Now, the question in front of him was when the pill seal was placed on the lamp!
Li Muwan looked through a large number of ancient books and finally found a time, which was the hour of the Yin, the hour of the Yin.
The hour of the Yin was the hour of the Zi, and the hour of the Yin was the three quarters of an hour.
As a result, the time was the hour of the Zi. This was the best time to refine the pill and seal the pill. It had to be known that whether it was refining the pill or sealing the pill, they all chose the time when the Yin and Yang separated.
Of course, this method of refining pills was usually chosen when roasting a very precious pill. If it was an ordinary Zhou medicine, there was no difference.
However, this kind of guess was not very accurate. In reality, there were some alchemists who, in order to prevent others from stealing the Pill Sealing Cauldron, purposely changed the time. This way, even if the other party obtained the Pill Sealing Cauldron, they would not be able to obtain the pill inside in the end if they did not have the exact time.
The method that Li Muwan obtained solved this problem. She used a large amount of spiritual energy to slightly lower the quality of the pill to activate the pill furnace, thus causing the pill seal to fall off.
This way, as long as the time difference wasn't too big, the pill would be able to be steadily opened. The damage to the pill inside would also be much less than if it was opened normally.
However, if the difference between A and A was too big, then the pill would still become a waste pill.
"Because of the existence of this pill furnace, Ouyang Zi's success rate is not high. With my understanding of him, there is a chance that he will use the blood sacrifice. After using the blood sacrifice, his spiritual energy will reach a peak and he will attack the pill furnace!" Li Muwan's expression was serious as she whispered to Wang Lin.
Time slowly passed. At this moment, on the square, Ouyang Zi opened his eyes. He could clearly feel that the spiritual energy created by the blood sacrifice was rapidly decreasing. This way, it was not enough to complete the refinement of a rank 5 pill.
This was the first time he had encountered such a thing, and it had never happened in the past. At this moment, he was at a critical moment in his alchemy, so he had no time to care about anything else. A cold light flashed in his eyes as he shouted, "Blood sacrifice!"
The faces of the Alchemists in the six pillars of light changed. But very quickly, their eyes were filled with determination. Without any hesitation, they detonated their Inner Cores. Under a series of explosions, a bloody mist instantly filled the entire plaza. At the same time, the chaotic Spiritual Energy crazily roared around them.
The spiritual energy in the square suddenly reached a peak. Ouyang Zi's eyes lit up and his hand formed a seal in the air. The pill furnace under him was like a vortex as it crazily absorbed the surrounding spiritual energy. At this moment, the six pillars of light suddenly moved and all of them rushed toward the pill furnace in the center.
Ouyang Zi's expression became even more serious. At this moment, he couldn't afford to make any mistakes. Success or failure depended on this. He had failed many times before, so he wasn't sure if he would succeed this time.
At this moment, Li Muwan, who was in the secret underground room, pointed at the space between her eyebrows with her right hand and spat out a mouthful of pill blood. The blood landed on the six pill cauldrons in the air, and all of the pill cauldrons suddenly trembled. The pillars of light they emitted immediately collapsed, turning into specks of multicolored starlight that surged toward the pill cauldrons.
The pill furnace shined with a seven-colored light. The moment the spiritual energy surged out, the yellow pill sealing paper slowly rolled up until it was completely rolled up and fell off the pill furnace.
At the same time, the pill furnace emitted a heavenly pressure. The pill furnace suddenly exploded and a longan-sized green pill appeared.
At this moment, a crisp cracking sound came from the green pill.
But just at this moment, a crisp cracking sound came from the green pill and cracks appeared on it.
"A rank 7 pill!!"
Li Muwan's eyes suddenly widened. Although she was prepared, she still couldn't help but cry out.