The Furnace
Translator: Cinder Translations
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After finally selecting her ideal husband, Yan Yiwen was at a loss when her master killed him. She confronted Tai He directly.
It was then that Tai He revealed the reason for taking her as his disciple.
Yan Yiwen possessed a special physique known as the Profound Yin Body, an exceptional furnace body.
Tai He's pretense of accepting her as a disciple was merely a facade; his true intention was to cultivate her as a furnace.
He aimed to seize Yan Yiwen's Yin essence to break through the bottleneck of the mid-stage Nascent Soul and advance to the late stage.
However, Yan Yiwen's current cultivation was too low, and her Yin essence was weak and powerless, insufficient to help him break through the bottleneck.
Upon hearing this, instead of feeling any panic, fear, or sorrow, Yan Yiwen was filled with unexpected delight.
She told Tai He that she was willing to be his furnace, even if it meant being drained of her Yin essence and cultivation to the point of death; she would have no regrets.
But Tai He needed to help her take revenge on the Corpse Demon Sect and 'Ji Yin.'
To her surprise, Tai He informed her that although the Corpse Demon Sect only had one Nascent Soul Supreme Elder, that elder was at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage, one of the strongest figures in the Tianyuan Continent.
Even Tai He himself would not be a match for that elder.
Her desire for revenge against the Corpse Demon Sect was nothing but a delusion.
Thus, Yan Yiwen could only settle for seeking revenge against 'Ji Yin.'
'Ji Yin' was merely an outer disciple of the Corpse Demon Sect; killing him would be a trivial matter for Tai He.
After the righteous-evil war ended, the Nine Palaces Sect and the Corpse Demon Sect maintained close ties. Tai He sought out the upper echelons of the Corpse Demon Sect, hoping to deal with 'Ji Yin.'
However, he discovered that 'Ji Yin' had already defected.
As a result, the trace of Song Wen's soul left in the Corpse Demon Sect ended up in Tai He's hands, which he then handed over to Yan Yiwen.
Tai He also dispatched three trusted subordinates to accompany Yan Yiwen into the righteous territories to hunt down Song Wen.
These three would protect Yan Yiwen's safety while also monitoring her to prevent her from escaping.
Using the trace of Song Wen's soul, Yan Yiwen investigated his general location and followed his trail. Ultimately, she discovered that Song Wen was hiding within the Beastmaster Sect.
Yan Yiwen dared not set foot in the Beastmaster Sect, but after coming so far, she felt unwilling to return empty-handed.
Thus, she decided to wait outside the Beastmaster Sect.
Surely 'Ji Yin' would eventually step out.
This wait lasted over two years.
From the memories of the three men, Song Wen also learned that the silver talisman Yan Yiwen used to escape was called the 'Small Teleportation Talisman,' which could randomly teleport her two or three hundred miles in an instant.
The teleportation distance was somewhat related to the user's cultivation strength, but it would never exceed three hundred miles.
The Small Teleportation Talisman was given to Yan Yiwen by Tai He for her safety.
The colorful shield around Yan Yiwen was also a spell formation that Tai He had left within her body, at the cost of depleting his own cultivation.
After devouring the souls and essence blood of the three men, Song Wen stored their bodies away.
He took to the skies on his sword, swiftly heading toward the Beastmaster Sect.
Yan Yiwen's escape meant that the Beastmaster Sect was no longer safe.
After returning to the Nine Palaces Sect, she would undoubtedly summon Tai He to hunt him down.
Although the Nine Palaces Sect and the Beastmaster Sect were at odds, there were no eternal enemies or friends in the cultivation world, only eternal interests.
As long as Tai He was willing to pay a certain price, the Beastmaster Sect would likely be willing to hand him over.
For the Beastmaster Sect, Song Wen's only value lay in his expertise in corpse refining techniques.
The Nine Palaces Sect had a good relationship with the Corpse Demon Sect, which was never short of people skilled in corpse refining.
Furthermore, Yang Yu might also protect Song Wen and refuse to hand him over to Tai He.
However, Song Wen did not dare entrust his fate to others.
His life and death must be in his own hands.
But for the time being, he remained safe.
Yan Yiwen was severely injured, and returning to the Nine Palaces Sect, which was millions of miles away, would take considerable time.
Since she was determined to escape from the Beastmaster Sect, she naturally made long-term plans, gathering various spiritual materials to meet her future cultivation needs.
When she arrived at the Beastmaster Sect, it was not yet dawn.
Song Wen returned to his cave dwelling.
Over the years, in order to speed up his cultivation progress, he had added quite a few valuable items to his cave.
For example, a second-tier Spirit Gathering Formation and a mid-grade spiritual tool-level meditation mat, which helped cultivators focus and meditate.
Inside Song Wen's cave, there were a total of eight snake pits, each equipped with a set of formation flags for the "Six-Hexagram Demon-Locking Array."
All eight sets of "Six-Hexagram Demon-Locking Array" were second-tier formations capable of trapping demon beasts of the second tier or below.
Apart from two snake pits that held Serpent hybrids, the formation flags from the other six snake pits had all been collected by Song Wen.
He did not take the Serpent hybrids with him, as they were of little use.
As dawn broke, Song Wen went to the Alchemy Peak, scattering spiritual stones, and a variety of spirit herbs fell into his hands.
Having decided to leave the Beastmaster Sect, he no longer worried about attracting attention.
Furthermore, as he was now an elder in charge of the sect, ordinary people truly did not dare to harbor any covetous thoughts about him.
The majority of the spirit herbs he bought were used for refining beast skins.
In recent years, the Sacred Gu had been feeding on beast skins and occasionally managed to consume the meat balls that Song Wen had been rationing.
The meat balls were made from rotten flesh soaked in blood, which significantly boosted the strength of the Sacred Gu.
All six Sacred Gus had now reached the late second-tier strength.
Leaving the Alchemy Peak, it was already the hour of Chen.
Song Wen headed directly to the main peak to request an audience with Fang Pengyi.
This time, after the guards relayed his message, Song Wen smoothly met with Fang Pengyi.
"Elder Wu, coming to see the sect master so early in the morning, did you encounter any difficulties in corpse refining?" Fang Pengyi asked with a smile.
Song Wen replied, "Reporting to the sect master, the progress in refining the Mystic Qi is going smoothly, but several kinds of spiritual materials have run out. Worried that it might affect the progress of refining the Mystic Qi, I specially came to report to the sect master."
Fang Pengyi smiled and said, "So it's this matter. Ten days ago, after you reported the shortage of materials, I had someone start preparing them. They are already ready now, even if you hadn't come, I would have sent someone to deliver them to you."
As he spoke, Fang Pengyi handed a storage ring to Song Wen.
He continued, "The Supreme Elder is pressing urgently, so I specially prepared some additional spiritual materials. You must keep them safe and not lose them."
Song Wen accepted the storage ring and used his spiritual sense to explore its contents.
A vast quantity of corpse-refining spiritual materials appeared in his perception.
There were no less than a thousand bottles of Yin Fiend Dew.
Song Wen estimated that the total value of all the corpse-refining materials in the storage ring exceeded one hundred twenty thousand spiritual stones.
Indeed, it was a large sect, easily able to provide over a hundred thousand worth of materials.
Fang Pengyi waved his hand, and four jade boxes appeared out of thin air, floating towards Song Wen.
"This is the four Star Soul Flowers I promised you last time. Here they are."
Song Wen received the four jade boxes and opened one.
A silver spiritual grass appeared before his eyes.
This Star Soul Grass had an age of about two hundred years, making it perfectly suitable for refining Golden Pills.
Song Wen put away the four jade boxes, bowed deeply, clasped his fists, and with a sincere expression said, "Thank you, sect master, for your generous gifts. I deeply appreciate your great kindness and will definitely do my utmost to serve the sect."
Fang Pengyi nodded with a smile, his expression filled with praise.
"The urgent matter now is to complete the Supreme Elder's arrangements. You just need to give your all and quickly refine ten Serpent hybrids brimming with Xuan Qi, and you will not disappoint my high expectations."
"Yes!" Song Wen cupped his fists in reply.
"I will head to the Serpent cave now and focus on refining the Mystic Qi."
"Go ahead!" Fang Pengyi said.
(End of the Chapter)
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