The furnace's surface was mottled with rust. The furnace lid trembled and released clanking sounds, as if it would be opened at any time.
Everyone couldn't help but back up. This was a bronze furnace sealed by the Quasi-emperor Shakyamuni. Only heaven knew what was inside, but its shape was similar to a demonic refinement furnace.
If nothing unexpected happened, it might very well be suppressing an ancient demonic saint!
"Why is it so fragrant?"
The only unexpected thing was that there was a fragrance wafting out from the furnace from time to time. Komatsu was the first to discover it. He was incomparably infatuated and not the slightest bit scared. His small purple diamond-like nose moved as if he was floating on clouds.
"What exactly is going on?" Ye Fan asked.
The masters carefully studied the inscriptions. Their faces changed from shock to excitement, and then they became incomparably happy. They were almost dancing with joy.
This didn't match their identities. They were normally quite steady, famous monks. It was clear that the bronze furnace was related to great things, making them lose their composure.
"This is a medicinal furnace!"
"It's a great medicine personally refined by Shakyamuni Buddha!"
When these words were spoken, there wasn't a single person here who didn't reveal a look of shock. A furnace of medicine left behind by the Quasi-emperor was truly astonishing, exceeding their expectations.
"This is a great medicine left behind by the buddha!"
A master continuously chanted buddhist names to hide his excitement and loss of composure. This was related to great things, leaving everyone's hearts shaken.
The inscriptions on the inscriptions were extremely ancient, requiring careful study to understand. The masters slowly translated them and read them out for everyone to hear.
More than two thousand years ago, Shakyamuni had refined medicine here. He wanted to use the spiritual mountain's dragon vein as the fire to slowly mature a great medicine for his descendants.
However, this medicine was too rare and precious. The amount of time it took to refine it was unimaginable. Even on the day Shakyamuni Buddha left, it still hadn't formed a pill and was still being nurtured.
"This is a buddhist great medicine. Since ancient times, almost no one has successfully refined it. Its divine effects far exceed that of a medicine king!" A master said.
After several hundred years of nurturing, using the dragon vein's essence energy as the fire to slowly refine it, even the saint level medicinal furnace's spirituality was used up. The deity within died, but the great medicine still hadn't formed.
Later on, Shakyamuni entered the starry skies, instructing his descendants to continue watching over it. One day, it would definitely succeed.
Another few hundred years passed, and the Spirited Mountain slowly dried up because of a shocking change. The Great Virtuous Holy Monks of the later generations could not wait any longer, and they also entered the starry sky.
However, the Buddhist Great Medicine was not complete. If he forcefully took it away and changed the Earth Vein Dragon Fire, all his efforts would be for naught. He might even blow up the cauldron and destroy it.
In the end, the Bodhisattvas of the Buddhist sects all retreated. They left behind this inscription to explain that the entire spiritual mountain was sealed, hoping that one day the great medicine would be formed.
Everyone looked at each other in dismay. This great medicine was just too time-consuming, actually needing several hundred years of time. Even the many holy monks couldn't wait any longer and could only leave.
"This stalk of medicine was refined from the Undying Divine Tree's essence." A master said in shock. He pointed at the last line of characters on the tablet, his fingers even trembling.
The main material was actually the only Bodhi Divine Tree Essence of Buddhism!
In the past, Lord Buddha had used a section of the main trunk of the Tree of Immortality to refine it into a copper cauldron. It was obvious that he wanted to refine a cauldron of supreme treasured medicine.
This caused everyone to be moved. Shakyamuni was testing things out. He had a divine tree that was completely different from an ordinary Bodhi Tree. He didn't hesitate to use up a section of the trunk to refine an Undying Medicine!
If he succeeded, then that meant that this Undying Tree could refine four cauldrons of great medicine in the future, and the medicinal strength would increase several times.
"It belongs to whoever can obtain it!" Longma was the first to move. He changed his mysterious attack and spat out a mouthful of essence energy, opening that cauldron lid.
"Chi!"
A streak of green multicolored light immediately rushed into the sky, its speed extremely fast. Everyone had a premonition that the situation was far from reassuring. This great medicine's spirituality was too great, immediately running away as soon as the cauldron lid was opened. They all rushed into the sky, chasing after it.
Even Ye Fan was shocked. His feet moved with the Row Character Art, turning into a streak of lightning. He reached out a large hand and covered it. Longma's flames even more so overflowed into the heavens. When he opened his mouth, it could devour a mountain.
However, contrary to everyone's expectations, this great medicine was extremely special. What rushed into the heavens was only a medicinal cloud, and not the true body. This green cloud also possessed powerful medicinal properties. Even experts like Ye Fan, the divine knight, and Longma were fooled. The true great medicine was below.
When the great experts sensed it, they hurriedly swooped down. However, they saw that the little purple guy was extremely happy as he hugged a dark green little tree in an infatuated manner. Longma came up with a hoof. He wanted to seize it, but in the end, he was sent flying by a slap from Ye Fan.
This was a pill with an extremely special shape. It wasn't a perfectly round immortal pill, but rather a small Bodhi Tree. It was as tall as a palm, and its entire body was dark green and resplendent. It shone brilliantly with the little stone buddha.
"The pill is complete!"
"This might be the second great medicine refined by the Buddhist Sect in recorded history!"
The first furnace was made in the ancient times, and it surpassed people's understanding. It had long since become unverifiable, but this furnace was right in front of their eyes. It was refined using the essence energy of a spiritual mountain's veins after exhausting the deity of a holy weapon.
Ye Fan carefully observed it and discovered that the medicinal properties of this pill were too powerful. Komatsu had already left the ground just like that while hugging it. It floated in the air, and the multicolored light entered its mouth and nose, making it look as if it was ascending.
"It has seventy to eighty percent of the medicinal strength of an immortal medicine!" This was his judgment. This was definitely a divine treasure.
"Quickly seal it with a jade artifact, or else the medicinal energy will scatter." The divine knight reminded.
Ye Fan took out a white jade cauldron and sealed this small tree-shaped divine pill inside. Then, he handed it over to Komatsu and told it to store it properly.
The little purple guy shook his head with all his might. His long eyelashes blinked, and his large eyes were as black as gems. He wanted to give this to his master as a gift.
"It has always been the master who gives medicine and weapons to his disciple. How could there be such a thing? This medicine was discovered by you, and in the end, it was also obtained by you. Put it away."
Ye Fan shook his hand and scattered the medicinal cloud. He distributed it to the people present. It also possessed an immortal divinity, and its value was extremely high.
Komatsu insisted on giving it to Ye Fan, but it was rejected in the end. Ye Fan made the decision and sealed the divine pill inside the "pine pagoda".
"There is an immortal medicine on the other side of the starry sky. Your master doesn't lack these things, and I have used it several times to shed my mortal body and exchange my bones. You just happen to need it, so you can use it to transform and refine your dao body."
Ye Fan took out the droplets gifted by the Ancestral Ginseng of Mount Changbai and distributed a drop to everyone present. These were originally prepared for Komatsu, but now that it had obtained this furnace of great medicine, it no longer needed it.
On the other side of the starry sky, the eldest disciple Tong Tong and Little Que 'er had the Nine Apertures Divine Elixir of Holy Spirit, which was extremely beneficial to their cultivation. Ye Fan always felt that it was a pity that he didn't build a similar solid foundation for Komatsu. Now, he finally had one less thing to worry about.
Longma opened its mouth, but it couldn't say anything. This was discovered by Komatsu, and in the end, it was also obtained by it. This made this evil horse feel that its luck was not good.
They went around the spiritual mountain, and the masters copied many scriptures from some precipices. They were all excited, and many of them were lost scriptures.
They swept through this place and only left after several days. Although they didn't find any other precious artifacts, this trip was not in vain.
In the end, they returned to the mortal world.
"Master, from where do we enter the starry sky?" Zhang Qingyang asked.
"To find Hangu Pass," Ye Fan said.
Back then, Shakyamuni and Laozi both entered the starry sky and descended to the Big Dipper Star Region. There were no starry sky coordinates on the spiritual mountain, and the road map of Buddhism couldn't be obtained.
Now, they could only find the path that Laozi had taken. This was also the answer that Ye Fan obtained from the old Taoist on Mount Fangzhang. Laozi had indeed left behind an ancient road for future generations, but it was very difficult!
Hangu Pass was famous since ancient times. It was the most famous and impregnable fortress in ancient China. Because it was locked in a valley, it was as deep and dangerous as Hangu, so it was called Hangu Pass.
In the past, this place was filled with the neighing of war horses and corpses. It was once an ultimate battlefield where one man held the pass against ten thousand enemies.
Back then, the allied forces of the six countries attacked the pass, but in the end, they ended up with "rivers of blood and millions of corpses". Qin relied on Hangu Pass.
To cultivators, this place had an extremely special status. Laozi rode a bull to the west, and purple energy came from the east, mighty and mighty. In the end, he left Hangu Pass in the west and left behind many immortal secrets.
For thousands of years, many Taoists and Taoists from home and abroad had come here to worship their ancestors. It had already become the most important place of Taoism!
Hangu Pass was located in Wangduo Village, fifteen kilometers north of Lingbao City in Henan Province. Ye Fan, the divine knight, Longma, Komatsu, Flower Buddha, Zhang Qingyang, and Long Yuxuan had arrived.
"Komatsu, go back." Ye Fan rubbed its head.
The little purple one cried again. Its big eyes were red, and tears rolled down its cheeks. It begged him to leave with it more than once, sobbing softly.
Ye Fan couldn't bear to see it either. His heart ached. Parting was always frustrating, but he couldn't bear to part with the other side of the starry sky. There were also things on this side.
"Master is doing this for your own good. We'll meet again in the future. For now, you should stay away from this whirlpool and cultivate in peace. Jumping out of the battlefield is the best choice."
"I'll wait for master to enter the star passage before leaving. I'll watch you leave with my own eyes." Komatsu said timidly, choking with sobs.
Ye Fan nodded and didn't say anything else. Each ancient star could only have one person who could prove their dao. He had many considerations and could only harden his heart and leave the little one behind.
"I don't know how many decades, centuries, or millennia it will be …" He sighed in his heart.
The ancient Hangu Pass of the mortal world no longer existed. Even with Ye Fan's divine abilities, it took him half a year to open up an ancient path and enter a world surrounded by ancient formations.
In front of him, ribbons of black fog pervaded the air. Ghostly aura filled the air, corpses were everywhere, and ghostly flames were everywhere. There wasn't a single bit of light between heaven and earth, and it was incomparably dark.
This was an ancient battlefield. Ghosts cried and gods howled. Who knew how many Yin spirits roamed this place, and all of them were the souls of soldiers who died in battle in the past!
At the end of the horizon was a mountain valley, and there stood a huge city. This was precisely the cultivation world's Hangu Pass, and it was famous since ancient times!
"According to legend, after passing through Hangu Pass and opening the west gate, there is a boundless starry sky. Back then, Yi Xi was responsible for guarding this place. I wonder if there are still saints guarding this place." Ye Fan muttered to himself.
Within this ancient battlefield, there were all kinds of Yin soldiers and horses. Tens of thousands of them roamed about, and there was simply no such thing as reincarnation. The cries and howls made one's scalp go numb. Black fog surged, and from time to time, malicious spirits would rush over.
Ye Fan sat on Longma while reciting the 'Expiation Scripture'. All evils retreated, and all types of Yin spirits were purified into clouds. The entire world was illuminated.
When they arrived in front of this impregnable pass, a loud shout rang out, shaking everyone's ears to the point where weng weng sounds rang out. In front of the city gate, demonic aura overflowed into the heavens, and bloody light filled the entire ancient battlefield.
"Who dares charge into Hangu Pass?" This was a great ancient demon. Bloody light surged like the sea, and magic power overflowed into the heavens as it stood guard in front of the pass.
"It's you!" Ye Fan was startled. He didn't think that before leaving, he would still encounter the unparalleled demon lord that had manifested in the mortal realm during the second world war. This figure matched the blurry silhouette in the photo.
"We want to pass through Hangu Pass." Ye Fan stepped forward, indicating that he wanted to pass.
"I am under the orders of Guan Yinzi to guard this pass. If you want to pass, then you must rely on your own strength." This great demon was a Dao Severing King. Demonic aura surged all over his body, and his eyes were resplendent. His body was sturdy, and his skin was like jade. He was extremely demonic.
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