"Little friend Lin, hurry up with whatever you want to concoct. The reactivation of this Heaven and Earth Pill Furnace might trigger some unpredictable events. You'd better hurry up. Otherwise, I'm afraid something might happen if you delay." The Old Lord said solemnly.
Lin Jin had no idea what Old Lord meant by 'things might go awry' but judging from Old Lord's expression, he didn't seem to be joking. Lin Jin immediately reacted and quickly fed an empyrean golden pill to Xiao Huo before instructing him to rush into the furnace.
Lin Jin had already buried the Purple Thunder Divine Needle inside Xiao Huo's body. Once Xiao Huo was inside the Heaven and Earth Furnace, Lin Jin would have to perform his trick inside. With the help of the celestial golden pill and the Heaven and Earth Furnace, Xiao Huo's advancement to Rank 8 was almost certain.
Xiao Huo was excited too. He transformed into a ball of flame and dove into the furnace.
Lin Jin closed his eyes and sat down cross-legged, beginning the Spirit Casting Needle.
Lin Jin had already gathered all the prerequisites for Xiao Huo's evolution method given by the pet beast. Now that he had the assistance of the heaven and earth furnace, he was confident he could succeed this time.
It was a spectacular scene. The heaven and earth furnace was operating at full force as if a blazing sun was right before them, emitting a blinding brilliance and heat.
The surrounding clouds began to recede, rolling away like waves in a sea of clouds.
The immortals who came with Lin Jin felt the unbearable heat and could only use their pet beasts to withstand it. If they couldn't, they could only retreat. By now, they had retreated a thousand feet away and were still retreating.
Only Lin Jin and Old Lord remained calm.
Even though they were all mortals, the difference in strength was like night and day.
Lin Jin was finally able to divert his attention. He was curious about what Old Lord meant by 'something bad might happen' so he couldn't resist asking.
Just as Old Lord was about to speak, he suddenly saw a massive dark cloud drifting toward them. In a breath's time, it was about to reach them.
"That's what you wanted to ask." Old Lord's expression was solemn as if a great enemy had arrived.
Lin Jin studied the rolling darkness and saw a figure standing among the dark clouds. This person was dressed in black robes and had an evil glint in his eyes. His aura was eerie.
This wasn't human, nor was it a monster, nor was it an immortal.
It looked familiar.
Lin Jin turned to look at Old Lord, then at that thing. Both of them looked exactly the same.
Clearly, there was a story behind this.
However, this wasn't the time to ask questions. The Old Lord had already rushed towards the Heaven and Earth Pill Furnace.
"Don't let him enter the furnace." Old Lord shouted. Even without his reminder, Lin Jin knew that he couldn't let the man enter the furnace. No one was allowed.
Now was the crucial time for Xiao Huo to advance to the eighth level, so how could he allow anyone to disturb him?
Lin Jin would fight anyone who dared to cause trouble.
With a thought, the Hundred Beasts Monster charged forward like a bolt of lightning, blocking the black-robed old man.
The Hundred Beasts Monster was the strongest of the sixth level. In other words, it was the strongest of the Pseudo Immortals. Even if it were to go up against a True Immortal level expert, it would still be able to put up a fight. In fact, it might even be able to do so without fear.
However, against the black-robed Old Lord, it only took a moment for him to retreat.
Clearly, the black-robed old man was very powerful.
Fortunately, Lin Jin had more tricks up his sleeves.
The Clear Wind Demon Sword also flew over with a wave of sword qi, cooperating with the Hundred Beasts to fight against the black-robed Elder Supreme Lord.
To be on the safe side, Lin Jin even released his ghostly blood beast clone, bringing the spirit-devouring ghost bug along with it. With this, it was now a three-on-one battle.
Old Lord wasn't idle either. He took out a chess piece from his pocket.
The word 'Army' was written on it.
"Go!"
Old Lord casually tossed the Army chess piece out. With a golden flash in midair, the Army landed on the ground in the form of a nine-foot tall soldier clad in golden armor and wielding a long sword.
This soldier was similar to casting beans into soldiers. It was a manifestation of a spell. Despite being a golden-armored soldier, it wasn't weak at all. From what Lin Jin could see, it was definitely stronger than most Hollow Immortals.
Now, it was four against one. This was a balance.
Lin Jin could tell that the black-robed Elder Supreme Lord wasn't that strong so he calmed down a little. However, since the man looked so similar to Old Lord, there must be something going on.
"Old Lord, this is …" Lin Jin suddenly asked.
"Back then, when I was refining pellets, I accidentally got distracted and ruined a cauldron of pills. After thinking about it for seven days, I realized that I was affected by an inner demon so I forced it out and killed it. To think that this inner demon, despite its mediocre cultivation level, was immortal. Even I couldn't kill it. Hence, after every pellet refinement session, this inner demon would come and cause trouble out of resentment. This time, the furnace hasn't been opened for more than a thousand years so I thought it wouldn't come again.
After a pause, he added, "But Young Friend Lin, don't take it to heart. It's just a small problem. In the past, I could crush it with one finger."
Lin Jin was even more concerned after hearing his words.
"What about now?"
"Now?" Old Lord was stunned before replying, "Of course not now. I'm just a mortal now. Although I still have some tricks up my sleeves, I can't do anything to it anymore. To be honest, I'm surprised that this immortal devouring beast hasn't devoured it yet. It's inexplicable."
Lin Jin understood now. The reason why Old Lord hadn't opened the furnace for nearly two thousand years and even put out the fire was because of this.
Although Old Lord didn't seem to feel guilty and behaved normally, why did Lin Jin feel like he had been tricked by Old Lord? Inexplicable?
The immortal devouring beast wanted to kill immortals. This inner demon wasn't an immortal so the beast obviously wouldn't pay attention to it.
Also, when Old Lord was still an immortal, his cultivation level was definitely no weaker than an immortal emperor. If even he couldn't kill this inner demon, it must have reached the pinnacle of the term 'immortal body'.
To put it more bluntly, when the Grand Supreme Elder's cultivation was extremely high, he could not do anything to his inner demon. He could only cut it off, drive it away, and kill it again and again. However, the inner demon came back again and again, and there was nothing he could do. Now that the Grand Supreme Elder had become a mortal, he could not do anything to his inner demon.
It was no wonder Old Lord said that things might change if he delayed.
But even if he was tricked by Old Lord, Lin Jin would accept it. Moreover, he couldn't retreat now, nor could he back down. Xiao Huo was at a critical juncture. Forget one inner demon, even if there were a hundred, Lin Jin wouldn't hold back.
'Since I can't kill it, I won't kill it. Let's freeze it for now. 'With a plan in mind, Lin Jin flipped his hand and took out the Demon Slayer from the museum.
This weapon was rarely used. It had been used to slay a few obsession demons before being used to seal zombies who had turned into demons in the painting realm. It could be said that this weapon was specially used to deal with grindheads.
Old Lord's inner demon was powerful and he had an immortal body. However, Lin Jin had no intention of killing him. Just as he said, he would freeze it for now and wait for Xiao Huo to finish his evolution.
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