Thump, thump, thump!
From within the pill furnace, deafening rumbling sounds could be heard continuously.
Feng Zhen was not surprised but delighted.
"Struggle, struggle hard. Only in this way can the power of all kinds of magical herbs in your body evaporate, fuse, recast, and truly integrate into one. Then, you can build orderly rune chains and make my Immortal Elixir."
He took out a piece of spiritual herb from the treasure chest.
The spiritual herb was arched like a bridge, which was very strange. It was sparkling and resplendent, its brilliance pure and translucent, like a piece of flawless jade. Upon closer inspection, all of the fluorescent green was a formation chain that was as thin as a strand of hair. It was formed naturally, and was filled with the beauty of nature.
"Divine Bridge Immortal Grass!"
Feng Zhen said to himself, "One herb can help a cultivator enter the Mortal Realm from the Worm Realm and build a life and death bridge. It's priceless. If it were in normal times, I wouldn't dare to give you such an herb, because it will help you improve your realm. But now … Haha!"
Feng Zhen's face showed that he had everything under control.
He deliberately said that to Li Mu in the furnace.
"Your body is already full of the energy of all kinds of magical herbs and precious medicines. You've reached your limit. If you add another Divine Bridge Herb, you'll be dead … Haha, it's obviously an immortal herb that you've been dreaming of. But now, it has become a poisonous herb that can take your life. Haha, are you angry?"
The pill furnace continued to rumble with the sounds of collisions.
No one responded to him.
Feng Zhen smiled cruelly and threw the Divine Bridge Immortal Grass into the furnace.
The moment the immortal herb entered the furnace, it was refined by the scorching heat in the furnace and turned into an incomparably pure green energy. Without any explanation, it rushed into the body of the howling Li Mu.
For a moment, Li Mu had an illusion that he was like a volcano that was about to explode, and he could no longer control the energy in his body.
He forcibly endured the sharp pain and calmed himself down. He no longer bumped or kicked randomly, but began to practice according to the moves of Zhenwu Boxing.
The Xiantian Skill and the Zhenwu Boxing were Li Mu's biggest trump cards.
They were also his last trump cards.
The two peerless Cultivation Methods cooperated with each other, and the magic gradually came out.
The fist technique revolved, propelling the energy in his body to circulate.
To forcefully cultivate in the midst of this inhuman pain that was akin to having one's bones broken and marrow extracted required an inconceivable mind and willpower. If it were anyone else, with the Pill Fire passing through their body, even if they weren't burned to ashes, just this sort of pain was enough to cause them to have a mental breakdown.
The human body was like a furnace.
Refining the world's greatest treasure medicine.
After a long time, Li Mu gradually entered a state of selflessness.
His eyes were empty and unfocused, as if his soul had left his body. But his body was still performing the Zhenwu Boxing. The breathing of his mouth and nose was well coordinated, which was the breathing rhythm of the Xiantian Skill. The elixir fire entered through his nose and exhaled through his mouth.
Upon closer inspection, one would be able to see that the color and brightness of the flames he inhaled and exhaled were completely different.
Sometimes, he would punch the walls of the furnace, and the furnace would let out a rumbling sound.
In Feng Zhen's ears, it was because Li Mu was dying.
The movements of his struggle gradually became weaker, as if he could not endure it any longer.
Time passed by slowly but quickly.
"Seven by seven, forty-nine days. Only three days left."
Feng Zhen had been staying by the furnace the whole time. He observed carefully and cautiously.
There was no sound coming from the furnace. It was dead silent.
Even Li Mu's aura of life had completely disappeared.
However, an obscure and peculiar energy fluctuation was constantly being emitted from the pill furnace.
"It must be the energy fluctuation of the Immortal Elixir. It's exactly the same as the description on the elixir prescription. Hahahaha …"
Feng Zhen was so excited that he could not restrain himself.
After decades of planning and coincidence, he was about to reap the harvest today.
He was trapped in the Soldier Realm and could not break through for a long time. This was the only hope for him to enter the General Realm. Once he succeeded, he would be able to compete for the position of the head of the Tianyi Palace without any dispute. At the same time, his status in the entire Brilliance Immortal Star Region would also greatly increase, and he would become one of the top few people in this star region.
As long as he thought of this beautiful future, Feng Zhen was so excited that he could not control himself.
"Finally, this is the Dragon Birth."
He took out the last dark black crystal from the treasure chest, and there was a trace of lingering fear in his eyes. Back then, in order to obtain this [Dragon Birth], he had almost lost his life. He had gone through untold hardships to kill his master and obtain it.
"The Dragon Birth contains dragon qi, which can make things turn into dragons. The last key of the Immortal Elixir is here …" Feng Zhen directly threw the Dragon Birth into the furnace and said, "I think you are already dead at this time. It's your blessing to be refined into an Immortal Elixir. In your next life, reincarnate as a good person."
He made the last gesture and injected all the fire qi in the Earthvein into the furnace.
Then, he waited.
For Feng Zhen, the last three days felt like a year.
But Li Mu, who was in the furnace, felt nothing.
At this time, Li Mu had stopped practicing the Zhenwu Boxing and the Xiantian Skill. His whole body was scorched black. His swollen body was like coke, and his face was no longer recognizable. The surface of his skin was carbonized and cracked. Like a huge human-shaped statue, he sat cross-legged in the center of the furnace.
The raging elixir fire wrapped Li Mu's carbonized body.
The flame of life seemed to have long been extinguished.
In the Chaotic Soul Consciousness Sea, in front of the ancient Mud-pill Palace, the fluorescent little man sitting motionlessly suddenly rose to his feet and stepped toward the Chaotic Soul Consciousness Sea in front of the Mud-pill Palace.
Every time he took a step, a divine bridge would appear under his feet.
Step by step, the divine bridge, like a blooming lotus, spread out and connected under the little man's feet.
Pieces of ancient bricks, tiles, and rocks flew up from the Chaotic Soul Consciousness Sea and formed the outline of an ancient bridge, which was as majestic as a mountain. As the little man walked, the bridge extended from the gate of the Mud-pill Palace to the end of the Chaotic Soul Consciousness Sea!
…
Forty-nine days passed.
The last moment of the last day finally arrived.
The star tactical deployment on the ground had stopped operating.
Feng Zhen stood in front of the furnace, feeling excited and uneasy.
"The elixir refining should be successful, right?"
He carefully observed and sensed the situation in the furnace. Finally, he took a deep breath and calmed himself down. Then, he opened the lid of the furnace and flew up. Floating in the air, he lowered his head and looked into the furnace.
It was pitch-black.
He could see nothing.
Even the wisps of medicinal fragrance that could be smelled before were gone.
Feng Zhen's heart skipped a beat. "Did I fail?"
"Impossible."
"It should be because after the elixir is formed, the divine nature is restrained, and there won't be any residual fragrance."
"Forget it, let's open the furnace first."
He pinched his ten fingers into a seal and sent it into the furnace. The huge brass gourd-shaped furnace slowly split to the left and right, and then split open. The copper-colored lightning flashed between the two halves of the furnace like a python. In the middle of the furnace, a human-shaped black charcoal statue more than three meters high came into Feng Zhen's sight.
"This is?"
He was stunned.
"How did it refine a big piece of charcoal?"
"It failed?!"
Feng Zhen's heart sank.
However, the next moment, he sensed a strange energy fluctuation coming from this human-shaped black charcoal. It was definitely not the energy of a failed elixir refining, but extremely pure, vast, and profound fluctuations.
"Yes, the Immortal Elixir must have been wrapped by this human-shaped black charcoal."
This black charcoal was the remains of the Immortal Body after it was refined to death.
Feng Zhen came to his senses and turned his sorrow into joy.
He couldn't wait to go forward, run his magic power, directly took this human-shaped black charcoal out of the furnace, and put it on the ground.
"As long as I cut this black charcoal, I can take out the Immortal Elixir."
He came to the front of the human-shaped black charcoal, with a sword light flowing on his fingertips. He was about to cut the black charcoal and take out the elixir inside.
At this time —
"Crack, crack!"
Suddenly, cracks appeared on the surface of the humanoid charcoal, and the carbonized pieces fell off with a rustle.
Feng Zhen was taken aback. He hurriedly stepped back and concentrated on running his Cultivation Method.
More and more cracks left.
More and more black charcoal fell.
The energy flowing out was also more and more intense.
"Haha, this energy … The Immortal Elixir, it's definitely the Immortal Elixir. Hahahaha, I made it, I made it." He could no longer contain his ecstasy and laughed to the sky.
At this moment, two beams of divine light suddenly shot out from the human-shaped black charcoal.
At the same time, the black carbonized layer fell in an instant, and a figure in flowing light jumped out.
It was as if a person had jumped out of the black stone.
"What?"
Feng Zhen was shocked.
"What's going on?"
"Who are you?" He looked at the figure and found that it was not the immortal body cultivator he had thrown into the furnace to refine, but … a little familiar. But under the great shock, he instinctively exclaimed.
"Aren't you racking your brains to kill me and get the reward?"
This figure was naturally Li Mu.
Before he was thrown into the furnace, his appearance had changed. Now, after the refining, he had returned to his original appearance, so Feng Zhen didn't recognize him.
But this expert in the Soldier Realm, after all, had been through a lot, so he reacted very quickly. "Are you Li Mu? That killing maniac? It turns out that that person is you … Why aren't you … "
"Not refined to death, right?" Li Mu laughed. "Speaking of which, you are really my lucky star. Haha, not only did I not die, but I also broke through a big realm and built the Life and Death Bridge. I have to thank you."
"You …" Feng Zhen almost spat out a mouthful of blood ten meters away.
He still found it a little hard to believe.
It was impossible. He had been refined in the furnace for 49 days. Even if he was in the Soldier Realm or the General Realm, it would be difficult for him to survive. The ancient elixir prescription said it clearly. How could this happen now?
"It's all fate," Li Mu said.
This time, Feng Zhen really spat out a mouthful of blood.
What Li Mu said was what he had mocked Li Mu before. Now that he had been slapped in the face, he directly slapped back.
"I'll kill you!"
Feng Zhen roared, displayed his Sword Qi, and pointed at Li Mu's forehead.
The Sword Qi was like a shield.
So what if he was not dead?
So what if he had crossed a big realm?
A Worm Realm cultivator was just in the Mortal Realm. In front of him, he was still as weak as a bug.
However, Li Mu directly raised his palm and struck it with the blade, directly smashing the Sword Qi.
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