Chapter 138: Chapter 138: Alchemy
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
At the western border of the State of Zhou, there was an endless stretch of flame mountains which would deter any mortals who saw them. In fact, even some cultivators did not dare to approach.
Due to the fact that smoke was rolling over the flame mountains, the air was growing thin and those with low cultivation levels got lost easily.
If they did not leave the flame mountains, their spiritual power would be unable to resist the burning gas and they would eventually die.
"There is a Black Fire Ore at the bottom left, Black Fire Ore +1
"There's a Mystic Star Iron Ore at the rear of the right, Mystic Star Iron Ore +1"
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Using the system, Chen Chen had already collected a great deal of ore when he arrived at the flame mountain range. In his opinion, they were food rations for the future Omni Divine Gold.
Looking at the Flame Mountain Range, Chen Chen cringed, and after some hesitation, took out the phoenix feather robe that the Vermilion Bird Clan clan master had given him.
Although this clothing was a bit too fancy, the flame had a strong resistance to the power.
After putting on the phoenix feather robe, the burning sensation was reduced greatly.
Chen Chen could not help but sigh in his heart, 'There's no harm for me if Master has more lovers. At most, he'll be branded as scum.
'Hehe…'
Chen Chen chuckled twice and began to look for the 32nd volcano.
Although the flame mountain range was covered in blazing flames, the spiritual energy was scarce, and it was not a holy land for cultivators to practice fire cultivation methods.
Even Chen Chen, who had the Innate Spirit Body, found it hard to replenish his spiritual power with that of the air. Most of the time, he relied on the spiritual power that was stored within his body.
Soon, he found the 32nd volcano.
The volcano was only a hundred meters high, but the entire mountain was dark red, looking like a massive furnace that had a terrifyingly high temperature!
"System, where is the Omni Divine Gold?"
"48 meters in front of you!"
Hearing the system's answer, Chen was speechless. Forty-eight meters in front of him was where the volcanic mountain was. If he went there, he would definitely die!
The Omni Divine Gold obviously had no intention to let others pick it up, and even if one wanted to get it, they would have to pass through this extreme environment.
Thinking of this, Chen Chen sighed as a look of determination came over his eyes.
As the new Junior Clan Master of the Demon clan, it obviously wasn't difficult for him.
"System, tell me, which side has a lower temperature than the rest?"
"Thirty meters to your left."
Hearing the system's answer, Chen Chen gritted his teeth and his body gradually emitted a golden glow.
He was at the third level of the Nine Revolutions Golden Body, and with such a powerful robe, he was certain that he'd be able to defeat this tiny volcano!
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Ten minutes passed.
A figure covered in fire shot out from the crater and flew towards the east without saying a single word.
In the next second, the entire volcano cracked, and a terrifying flame crocodile that was a hundred meters long and with a mouth nearly 50 meters long emerged from the lava with a huge roar.
Hearing the sound behind him, Chen Chen did not dare to turn around at all.
It was too terrifying, and the flame crocodile was at least at the Nascent Soul realm. If not for the fact that he had taken out a few heavenly treasures from his storage ring to deceive it, Chen Chen probably would have died there.
Fortunately, he managed to get the Omni Divine Gold.
Sensing the cubical, purple object that was emitting a light in his storage ring, Chen Chen was satisfied.
Just like him, the Omni Divine Gold was rather straightforward.
Not only did it not hide, it didn't mutate into a strange form either. It was simply sitting on the top of that crocodile's head, as if it was telling others to just take it.
"No wonder it's my treasure. I like this personality. From now on, you shall follow me. I'll take you with me to explore the universe," Chen Chen smiled and said to the Omni Divine Gold in the storage ring.
The Omni Divine Gold barely reacted, but a moment later, it turned over and looked sluggish.
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It had already been two days when he returned to the first division of the Demon clan. After tonight, he would leave for the State of Jin.
Chen Chen was not eager to look for the division master of the Weapons Division, and instead went to look for Zhou Renlong to inform him about the Omni Divine Gold, as well as his plans to forge his personal treasure.
Zhou Renlong, who paid the price of being trapped there for a hundred years to find out the cause of death of several disciples more than a decade ago, was obviously a man of principle. He reckoned that Zhou Renlong wouldn't snatch his things away.
Besides, as the Clan Master, Zhou Renlong ought to give some response to his request for a personal treasure.
The truth was similar to what he thought. After hearing him mention the Omni Divine Gold, Zhou Renlong's eyes suddenly glistened, and he tossed a storage ring at Chen Chen.
"The environment in the Demon clan is harsh and we lack heavenly treasures, but we have a lot of materials and tools for refining. Here's my collection that I have had for decades. There are also the magic treasures that I looted after killing someone in the past. Take them all.
"I hope you do not let these divine materials go to waste. Not everyone in this world can find their desired personal treasure."
Chen Chen took the storage ring, looked at the mountain of refining materials inside, and couldn't help but feel touched.
'This Essence Soul realm cultivator is pretty rich! His wealth is almost a tenth of mine.'
After thanking him, Chen Chen was ready to leave but Zhou Renlong thought of something else.
Turning to Zhou Feng and Zhou Shan, who were not far away, he said, "You guys go with him to look for Tie Kuang, the master of the Weapons Division, to prevent accidents."
Upon hearing his words, Chen Chen's heart sank.
'Prevent accidents? What do you mean? Is the Weapons Division master going to rob me?'
However, now that Zhou Shan and Zhou Feng were following him, there was nothing for him to worry about.
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The three of them arrived at the residence of the Weapons Division master and Chen Chen briefly explained his purpose for coming.
When Tie Kuang heard the words Omni Divine Gold, he didn't have much of a reaction, but Chen Chen felt that his bald head glistened, though he was unsure if he was hallucinating or not.
When Zhou Shan and Zhou Feng saw Tie Kuang's lack of reaction, their faces turned grim and they kept their eyes fixed on Tie Kuang, not daring to move an inch.
"Division Master Tie, the first division also has a special refining pavilion. You'd better go there with us," Zhou Feng said at this moment.
Tie Kuang nodded, not bringing up any objections. Soon, they arrived at the alchemy pavilion of the first division.
There was some kind of special array formation arranged there, and the fire spiritual energy was extremely dense. In addition to that, there was a huge molten gold furnace that covered an enormous area.
Seeing this molten gold furnace, Tie Kuang smiled and then pointed his finger outwards, after which a surging flame began to appear in the furnace.
At the same time, a strange pot-like object appeared above the molten gold furnace. The mouth of the pot was slightly tilted, and the boiling liquid metal fell into the furnace like flowing water.
"This pot… It is a personal treasure."
Sensing the fluctuations, Chen Chen felt a little speechless. It was his first time seeing someone create such a personal treasure.
"Kid, stop looking and put the Omni Divine Gold into it," Tie Kuang said indifferently when he saw that the furnace seemed to be turning into lava.
At this moment, Zhou Feng and Zhou Shan also became more and more nervous as they stood beside Tie Kuang, looking as if they would strike at any moment.
"What the hell are you guys up to? You're making me panic!"
Looking at the three nervous Nascent Soul realm powerhouses, Chen Chen cursed angrily in his heart, 'You're just refining a treasure, must you do this!?!'
Nonetheless, he took out the Omni Divine Gold from his storage ring and placed it inside his furnace.
Soon, a strange scene occurred. The divine light in the magma quickly converged towards the Omni Divine Gold and soon, a massive amount of scrap material appeared at the edge of the furnace. Clearly, the residue of the Omni Divine Gold had been absorbed.
"Indeed, it is the Omni Divine Gold!"
Tie Kuang murmured, his storage ring lighting up while endless refining materials and magic treasures flew out. It didn't take long for them to fill the furnace to the brim!
"This…"
Chen Chen's eyes were full of disbelief.
The refining materials that the Clan Master had given him were probably not inferior to what Zhou Renlong had given him.
'This person is so generous? There can't be something fishy, right?'
While he was thinking about that, the light of the Omni Divine Gold glistened again, and the entire furnace tumbled violently. A moment later, the treasures and refining materials turned into black soot and residue.
The Omni Divine Gold, which was initially purple in color, had already turned orange and was emitting a fluctuation that would make one's heart throb!
"Kid, you have some treasures too, right? Put them all in. If you miss this opportunity, it won't be so easy for the Omni Divine Gold to devour other materials again in the future, because then it would already be indestructible, and no one within the State of Zhou nor the State of Jin can refine it!"
Tie Kuang's tone was calm, but his bald head became shinier!
Chapter 139: Chapter 139: Crazy Weapons Division Master
Hearing Tie Kuang's words, Chen Chen nodded as he replied with embarrassment, "Can the few of you stand back… I have very few treasures, I'm afraid you guys will laugh at me after seeing them."
Hearing this, Tie Kuang let off a slight frown, turned around, and left. He did not expect the new Junior Clan Master of the Demon Clan to be so prideful.
However, he did not bother to hold it against Chen Chen as he knew that it was only normal for the members of the Demon Clan to have eccentric personalities.
As the conversation continued, Zhou Shan and Zhou Feng focused all their attention on Tie Kuang and without hesitation, they chased after him.
After the three of them left, Chen Chen's eyes lit up. He then started pouring refining materials into the cauldron.
"Let's add the materials that were tracked previously."
"Let's add the materials that were found on the way to the Flame Mountain range."
"Let's add the refining materials from the ten storage rings that I snatched from the Wuxin Clan."
"The hundreds of treasures that I snatched from the Wuxin Clan are useless, so in they go."
"Let's add the treasures Zhou Renlong gave me."
"All in."
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Boom!
With a shocking explosion, the Universal Divine Gold immediately expanded in size a hundred times, suddenly turning golden-red in color!
Before Chen Chen could react, the entire cauldron turned into scraps!
After that, the Omni Divine Gold continued spewing out golden energy, directly blasting the Alchemy Pavilion into ruins! It even left seven or eight wounds on Chen Chen's body.
Upon sight of this scene, Chen Chen was dumbfounded. He then dropped the ten-odd storage rings onto the ground…
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"What happened!?!"
Tie Kuang darted back into the room and looked at the cauldron that had been ruined. He then looked at the golden-red Omni Divine Gold that was constantly quaking and emitting terrifying fluctuations. Immediately, a ray of light darted out of his eyes!
However, it soon disappeared, and Tie Kuang gained his composure once again.
By this point, Chen Chen was already close to collapsing.
Suddenly, the head of the bald Weapons Division master suddenly lit up, however, he still pretended to remain calm.
'Oh please, your head has long revealed your true emotions.'
'Can you tell me what exactly you want to do? Do you want to rob me or what?'
'I may be incompetent but I will take on a fight, so can you stop scaring me like this?'
Looking at the bald head of the Weapons Division master, Zhou Feng and Zhou Shan became filled with vigor as they crushed Tie Kuang.
Remaining indifferent, Tie Kuang took out a small cauldron from his storage ring and placed the Omni Divine Gold inside. He then looked at Chen Chen and said, "Drip some of your blood in it. Once this thing is tainted with your aura, it will become your personal treasure. The more blood you drip onto it, the easier it will be for you to use it in the future. It will become very hard for others to snatch it."
Hearing these words, Chen Chen made up his mind. At this point he had no idea of what Tie Kuang really wanted, but hearing the plausibility in his words, he had become convinced.
Without hesitation, Chen Chen cut his artery as blood spurted out like a fountain!
Today, he will teach the people present what a real ruthless person is!
He also secretly warned those who wanted to rob him! If they offended him, they would suffer heavy consequences!
As expected, watching Chen Chen spurting out blood, the three Nascent Soul realm powerhouses had a look of amazement in their eyes.
Only someone from the body refinement lineage could do such a thing. If someone from another division tried, they would have long been defeated.
Chen Chen stretched out his right hand that blood was spurting out of, while staring at Tie Kuang with a threatening gaze. At the same time, he took out a red ginseng from the storage ring.
Boom!
He bit down hard like he was biting a carrot.
Zhou Feng and Zhou Shan were shocked by Chen Chen's ruthlessness as he was bleeding profusely.
Tie Kuang remained still. Apart from the fact that his head grew shinier, there were no other changes in his appearance.
After a few moments, Chen Chen finally withdrew his hand, his face turning pale in fear. However, the ruthlessness in his eyes did not recede in the slightest.
In terms of ferocity, he had never been afraid of anyone!
Looking at the Omni Divine Gold that was completely stained with blood, Tie Kuang nodded and waved his hand, after which the pot-like treasure appeared again. Suddenly, a large amount of lava engulfed the Omni Divine Gold.
"This Omni Divine Gold does not need to be forged to transform into what you want. Instead, it must be placed here to quietly digest the divinity that it absorbed previously. It will take about seven days, and after that, it will become your personal treasure."
Hearing this, Chen Chen felt relieved.
At the same time, he also lowered his guard against Tie Kuang. It seemed as if he just had an eccentric personality and didn't really have many more thoughts.
Thinking of this, he subconsciously wanted to thank Tie Kuang, and he began brainstorming ways to compensate him, the master of the Weapons Division.
After all, he had used plenty of refining materials for him.
However, within an instant, the situation suddenly changed!
Three Nascent Soul realm auras emerged and blasted Chen Chen seven or eight steps away. By the time Chen Chen recovered from the shock, he realized that Tie Kuang was screaming at the Omni Divine Gold in the magma!
"Don't stop me!"
At this moment, his bald head had darkened, and his face became covered in a crazy expression!
Behind him, Zhou Feng and Zhou Shan grabbed his arm tightly, refusing to let him move!
The three Nascent Soul realm aura formed a storm that blew away the surrounding ruins. Clearly, at this moment, each of the three were using all their power!
"Don't stop me, you guys! Let me melt in the cauldron, I want to be the spirit of this divine artifact!"
Tie Kuang shouted madly. Hearing his words, Chen Chen's jaw nearly fell to the ground due to shock!
'What is this guy talking about? What Omni Divine Gold? Isn't that suicide?'
Hearing his words, Zhou Feng hollered, "Tie Kuang! Don't be impulsive! We still need you in the Demon Clan!"
Zhou Shan cursed too, "Wouldn't it be better to stay behind and work for the Demon Clan?"
You guys are clueless! Becoming the spirit of this treasure is a glory! The Demon Clan knows nothing! Let me off! I want to enter!"
Tie Kuang hollered while struggling.
Looking at the struggle from afar, Chen Chen shuddered as he continuously thought about the scene of Tie Kuang floating over at midnight and using his bald head as a source of light.
'Oh my god… this fool can't become the spirit of my artifact!'
"Clan Master has long expected that you'd do such a thing, so we came over to prevent accidents from happening. With us around, don't think of getting what you want!"
"Old Zhou! Let go of me if you're my friend! Let me do it!" Tie Kuang hollered furiously. At this moment, a terrifying aura descended and blasted his body. They were suppressing him and making him immobile.
At the same time, Zhou Renlong hollered furiously from afar.
"Tie Kuang, if you keep fooling around, I'll pull out your soul and melt it into the spittoon!"
Hearing these words, the madness on Tie Kuang's face instantly disappeared, replaced by resignation and agony. Warm tears flowed out of his eyes, staining his lapel.
"Clan Master… Why won't you fulfill my wishes? Ah…"
Seeing this, Chen Chen was speechless. It turned out that Zhou Renlong was preventing against that. He thought that there was going to be a robbery…
It seemed he had over-imagined.
'This Weapons Division master is really ruthless… he tried to commit suicide as soon as he got the idea too. There was no hesitation at all. I seem to be inferior to him.'
"Zhang Chen, I'll take care of this cauldron, don't worry. Hurry up and take this lunatic to the State of Jin. I don't have the time to hold him down all the time."
Hearing Zhou Renlong's instructions, Chen Chen nodded nervously and then looked at the Omni Divine Gold in the cauldron.
At this moment, the Omni Divine Gold was absorbing his blood slowly. The spirituality within it seemed to be becoming more and more sufficient, so much that he had detected it.
However, he didn't know what would be revealed after the divinity of the Omni Divine Gold was put in place.