Immortality from Taming Elephant

"Go!"

He shouted lowly, instantly linking his Divine Soul with General Wei.

General Wei, long poised for action, swung his massive trunk around Xu Guang. At the same time, a burst of earthy yellow light exploded beneath his four feet, unleashing the Divine Technique - Boundless!

This Divine Technique could induce changes in the magnetic field, and in General Wei’s hands, it had already been developed into a means similar to a teleportation technique.

Boom!

General Wei’s enormous body wrapped around Xu Guang and disappeared from the spot in an instant.

A sword pierced the air, and the lifeless sword intent blurred the afterimage left by Xu Guang and the surrounding space.

The man in black, with slightly gray eyes, glanced in the direction where General Wei disappeared into the dust, a flicker of surprise flashing through them.

"Roar!!!"

Behind him, the terrifying spirit shadow that had fused together let out an earth-shaking roar. Having lost the continuous interference of the bell and being drawn by the massive distraction caused by General Wei’s escape, its scarlet, single eye instantly locked onto Chen Yue, who was closer and holding the bone bell it detested!

Its massive body, carrying a purple-black demonic flame capable of burning mountains and boiling seas, lunged fiercely toward the man in black!

The man in black’s expression turned cold, yet he remained unflustered.

The rusted sword in his hand swung around, and a gray, seemingly lifeless sword beam that could sever vitality sliced through the air, meeting the charging spirit shadow.

The sword beam and demonic flame collided soundlessly, yet they obliterated a vast swath of space.

The man in black drifted back, using the interference of the Soul Bell to engage in a hit-and-run tactic, luring the frenzied spirit shadow to another side. He stared in the direction Xu Guang had vanished, the lifeless cold gleam in his eyes intensifying.

...

Using the ground vein’s short-distance teleportation burst, Xu Guang successfully broke away from Chen Yue’s lock and the chaotic battlefield.

After fleeing nearly a hundred miles in one breath and ensuring that the man in black hadn’t caught up, Xu Guang finally allowed General Wei to slow down.

At this moment, they had already delved deep into the heart of the second Fire Domain, where the surrounding environment grew increasingly harsh.

The charred rock on the ground took on a semi-molten, glass-like texture, and what floated in the air was no longer just simple sparks but strands of deep red heat flow visible to the naked eye, containing even stronger Power of Demonic Thought Erosion.

Xu Guang took an elixir, adjusting his breath while vigilantly observing the surroundings.

After traveling a bit further, a peculiar sight emerged ahead.

It was a relatively flat depression, and at the center, instead of a magma lake, there was a massive pit with a diameter of roughly a hundred feet, its depth unknowable.

The edges of the pit were regular, forming a perfect circle. The rock walls were smooth like mirrors, as if formed through prolonged scorching by intense flames into glass.

Even more striking was the air about thirty feet above the pit, where three dark red cauldrons, each roughly human-sized and with an ancient design, hung suspended!

The cauldrons were arranged in a "pin" character formation, rotating slowly. On their bodies were densely engraved complex and profound patterns, which were not static but flowed gently, emitting astonishing heat and a unique Dao rhythm.

Below the three cauldrons, deep within the pit, dim golden flames were faintly visible, as if connected to a terrifying sea of fire beneath.

This is...

There’s something unusual about these cauldrons. Could someone be there?

Xu Guang was shocked. Without a trace of magical concealment, he wrapped himself and General Wei in the Formless Magic Robe.

Divine Thought swept across, examining the surroundings.

Upon what seemed like a discovery, his pupils suddenly contracted.

At the edge of the pit sat an old man, wearing a ragged red robe, with hair and beard singed yellow, face withered like an old farmer.

The old man had his eyes closed, appearing to be in deep meditation, but his withered hands were continually forming intricate hand seals before his chest.

With the changes in his seals, the three suspended dark red cauldrons rotated at varying speeds, the patterns on their bodies flickering unpredictably, while the dim golden flames drawn from the pit surged and fluctuated.

A vast and steady Artifact Refining aura radiated around, centering on the old man.

This was indeed an in-use Artifact Refining ground!

And judging by the energy, cauldrons, and flames involved, the Artifact Refiner’s prowess was incredibly high!

Xu Guang was filled with dread and took his leave while still unnoticed.

This place is quite sinister. Even normal individuals, under the erosion of Demonic Thought, probably won’t maintain stable emotions.

If discovered, the other party would surely act.

Leaving early is the wisest course.

Just as he had just left.

The elderly figure’s tightly shut eyes suddenly snapped open!

His eyes resembling two flickering dark golden flames, filled with irritability and the anger of being disturbed!

The dark golden flames instantly swept across the entire valley, but found nothing.

The old man seemed unwilling, as if venting his own rage.

The dark golden flames swept three times before they completely subsided.

...

Xu Guang and General Wei, without looking back, galloped madly until they had completely distanced themselves from the scorching Artifact Refining Valley, only then did they stop, with lingering fear.

"In this Fire Domain, indeed crouching tigers, hidden dragons... That old man just now, no idea how long that old monster has been in this Fire Domain, his strength is unfathomable, perhaps even surpassing Murong Zhen," Xu Guang steadied his breath, pondering secretly in his heart.

Murong Zhen already possesses Semi-Saint strength, that old monster is stronger than Murong Zhen, his strength...

Unimaginable.

He waved his hand to disperse the intangible demon attire, which evolved from the coral of demonic thought, indeed extraordinary, making him like a fish in water in this Fire Domain.

He took out a white jade gourd, counted the harvest from this Fire Domain, mainly focusing on the Phoenix Glaze Gold, which had been tampered with by the man in black earlier, he needed to clean it up.

Divine Thought moved, the Red Lotus Karmic Fire induced the surrounding air’s wicked fire, continuously burning the Phoenix Glaze Gold.

This item, can be exchanged outside for a sacred Magic.

After resting for a moment, Xu Guang continued towards the depths of the Fire Domain.

He vaguely felt, in this Fire Domain, he could come in contact with things related to the Refining Pattern Master, perhaps a legacy, or perhaps something else.

Passing through a "Flowing Fire Desert" composed of countless burning crimson sands, the landscape ahead changed again, revealing a relatively stable hilly area composed of large blocks of dark red rock.

Just as Xu Guang climbed a hill, ready to look ahead at the path, a fierce energy collision, mixed with familiar chiding sounds, came from the other side of the hill!

Xu Guang’s heart was stirred, he restrained his breath, quietly sneaking to the top of the hill, looking down.

Only to see below, in a relatively open rock valley, two figures were engaged in intense combat.

One of them, in white attire with bare feet, graceful and elegant, surrounded by a cool and dreamy purple Moonlight, was the Chu Monarch of Moon God Manor.

And the person fighting Chu Monarch suddenly made Xu Guang’s pupils constrict!

It was a middle-aged man dressed as a scholar, wearing a coarse cloth robe.

His face was ordinary, but his gestures carried an unspeakable mystical rhythm.

He neither used any conventional Magical Treasure nor weapons, only his ten fingers flying like the wind, rapidly tracing in the void.

As his fingertips moved, threads of various colors, condensed as substantive lines, appeared out of thin air!

Those lines were complex and mysterious, containing the power of various Dao charm forces like gold, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, and thunder, intertwining and connecting, forming either fiery whips to strike, icy chains to bind, heavy earth walls to defend, or sharp metallic energy to pierce... infinite changes, wondrous uses in Ten Thousand Directions, blocking and resolving the powerful purple Moonlight of Chu Monarch one by one, even occasionally counterattacking, forcing Chu Monarch’s body to flicker, not daring to take them head-on.

This technique of manipulating multiple attributes of Dao charm power and compressing and refining them into lines for attack and defense...

Is clearly the same source as the Imperial Coffin Heavenly Patterns before, the remaining traces in the Fire Domain, and even the aura on the Bronze Fragment in Xu Guang’s hand!

Refining Pattern Master.

This person is using the true techniques of a Refining Pattern Master!

Xu Guang’s heart was surging with shock.

Unexpectedly, in the core Fire Domain of Celestial Venerable Han’s Secret Realm, apart from potentially existing legacy, he could encounter a living cultivator mastering Refining Pattern Master techniques.

However, as he observed the opponent’s actions, Xu Guang quickly discovered, the opponent was not a living person.

Just a soul shadow, but for some unknown reason, it was revived by demonic thought, yet carried little taste of demonic thought.

A very strange feeling.

From where did Chu Monarch find this person?

Chu Monarch clearly recognized the origin of the opponent’s techniques, her alluring face was full of seriousness, the purple moon suspended behind her, casting purifying Moonlight.

Colliding fiercely with the middle-aged scholar’s endless Heavenly Patterns Skill, the sound of roaring continued, energy turbulence cutting the surrounding dark red rocks into thousands of holes.

Xu Guang, for the first time, personally saw the battle style of a Refining Pattern Master.