Chapter 729 488: Innate Furnace
After the war, Chen Ku, as the Longyuan Major General, was specifically arranged a general's mansion behind the city gate, three entrances and three exits. It wasn't big, but it was already quite sufficient for him.
After this battle, according to Xie Xuanji's divination calculations, it seemed that there wasn't a second army quickly coming to continue the attack on Guzi Pass.
Chen Ku thus settled down in the mansion, sitting cross-legged in the quiet room, he looked at the three spoils of war acquired from Yuan Wutian.
Star Talisman, Ancient Star Dust, and Star Nebula Bracelet were all magical treasures used by Qi Cultivators, among which Ancient Star Dust was even a Tao Artifact, and the power of the Star Talisman was incredibly terrifying.
"With my Divinity Transformation cultivation level from Zhu Jianfu, I'm afraid it's difficult to easily refine these three treasures."
Chen Ku's gaze flashed, directly specifying the shape-shifting part of Yuan Wutian's transformation.
[Yuan Wutian Transformation·Shape-shifting]
[The Diagram Master performed 'Shape-shifting by Heart'...]
[Yuan Wutian's physique and learned qualifications include: Star God Bloodline, Unparalleled Talent, Star God Dharma Form, Little Star Technique...]
Chen Ku displayed each of these physiques.
He suddenly discovered the transformation content he needed.
[Star God Bloodline: A physique honed by the Washing Star Sea in the Holy Land of Three Star Cave, possessing the ability to harness many Mystical Techniques, Prohibitions, and Magical Treasures of Three Star Cave]
[Diagram Master chooses shape-shifting 'Star God Bloodline']
Boom!
Immediately, Chen Ku felt a burst of starlight erupting within him, almost overflowing from his Heavenly Spirit, linking to the star power in the universe above his head.
In the next moment.
The three treasures in his hand instantly became extremely harmonious with him, as if they were born to be his.
Chen Ku smiled slightly.
Using the Star God Bloodline to circulate mana, he directly probed into the three treasures, easily erasing Yuan Wutian's original imprint, covering it with his own Primordial Spirit Seal.
In another instant, he felt the Tao principles within the Star Talisman transform into rune messages falling into his mind.
"Great Star Technique!"
Chen Ku exclaimed softly, understanding the origin of this Star Talisman, which was unexpectedly a talisman drawn by the master of Three Star Cave operating the supreme Tao of Three Star Cave 'Great Star Technique'.
The talisman contained the power of the Star Tao, not a Tao Artifact, yet almost a Tao Artifact, capable of invoking star power to suppress everything.
"Good stuff indeed."
Chen Ku smiled, stored it carefully.
Swiftly, he looked at the amount of Evil Qi in the Transformation Diagram, primarily the Tenth Realm Evil Qi:
"Previously challenged Martial Arts Mark on Divine Martial Mountain accumulated over ten instances, then in the Sealing Origin Heaven and Earth of Destruction Tower also suppressed many Tenth Realm Primordial Qi Life, plus this time killed four Tenth Realm Qi Cultivators on the battlefield, altogether, enough to provide for my use of 'Innate Furnace' to temper myself with usable Tenth Realm Evil Qi, I have thirty-seven instances in total."
Chen Ku's gaze flickered:
"The usage condition for the Innate Furnace requires forty-five instances of Evil Qi of the same realm, I'm short by eight instances, it looks like I can only let the clone use the Evil Summoning Banner to go out for another journey."
Immediately summoned Zhu Jianfu this clone, handed the Evil Summoning Banner and Star Talisman as well as Ancient Star Dust this Tao Artifact, to let him go outside Guzi Pass nine thousand miles at 'Ten Thousand Demon Ridge' to help himself for a journey.
Ten Thousand Demon Ridge, originally belonged to Ji Country Liang Province territory of a treacherous demon land, inhabited by no people, it was a natural wilderness.
Even if Beiyuan Qi Cultivators invaded Ji Country land, that demon domain was rarely trodden by Qi Cultivators, going to that place, just right.
After sending off the clone, Chen Ku then began to refine the Primordial Qi from Yuan Wutian's post-mortem with left eye Six True Flames, to help the golden lotus bud within his Huntian Skill body in the Dantian to bloom.
...
While Chen Ku retreated to refine himself, honing the golden lotus of the Tyrant Body within.
After this battle, Chen Ku's fame not only rose behind Ji Country as he became a hero in the hearts of the military and civilians across all thirteen provinces of Daji.
But also received praise from the ministers of the court, claiming the Emperor's wise sight, Divine Martial Mountain's establishment reaped bountiful rewards.
On the other hand, in the enemy camp.
Within the alliance camp.
"This Chen Ku, initially just a commoner of Baojiao County of Qiu Dragon Mansion outside Two Realms Mountain, who would have expected, he turned out to be a youth prodigy comparable to the Champion Marquis of Ji Country back then!"
In the new alliance camp, one of the original leaders Sect Masters Qingxiao Cave Master lamented regretfully:
"Had I known his current achievements, this seat should have led troops to flatten Qiu Dragon Mansion, to smother this talent in the cradle. Now..."
"Who would have said it otherwise, a Tenth Realm Martial Practitioner, who could defeat the Twelfth Realm clone of Fire De Saint and then slay the Saint Heir of Three Star Cave, Yuan Wutian, at the front lines, such combat power... should we meet face to face, afraid a single finger could crush us." The female Celestial Master said tremblingly.
"Isn't his cultivation talent and speed the most terrifying? In just two or three years, achieved Tenth Realm Martial Practitioner—the cultivation speed more fearsome than Champion Marquis Yang Shou back then. Moreover, I heard he spent only three months in Destruction Tower, and mastered three of its four Forbidden Techniques!" Demon Spirit Island Master finished in silence.
"This prodigy-like youth character, given another three or five years, could he directly contend with the Saint Lords of major Holy Lands?"
Everyone fell silent.
The Saint Lords of major Holy Lands, at least are Fourteen Realm beings on the verge of ascension, just a step away from the Fifteenth Realm, human supreme.
"Wondering what views major Holy Lands have about this Chen Ku, will a Saint Lord be personally dispatched to the border, to personally extinguish this youngster?"
"Nothing to say, Fire Virtue Sect and Three Star Cave, surely will take action!"
........
Three Star Cave, a very ordinary little mountain, at its foot surprisingly were urban residences.
Yet it was one of Yuan Country's ten immortality cultivation Holy Lands.
At this moment, in front of a Taoist temple of Three Star Cave.
"Amazing, amazing, who would have thought a small Snake Fish Town herbal collecting Chen family could simultaneously produce two World-Surpassing prodigies."
A middle-aged Taoist in a robe, holding a horsetail whisk, looking at the intelligence in his hand, coldly said:
"The elder became our Three Star Cave's Third Saint Heir, the younger in Ji Country became Longyuan Major General, and even slew our Second Saint Heir Yuan Wutian! This matter... Chen Xin ought to come out and explain!"
"What's there to explain, each serves his master. Now in Ji Yuan war, Chen Ku is in Ji Country, hostile to my Yuan Country, what has it to do with my disciple?" At this time a purple robed Taoist elder spoke indifferently: "Unless, you plan to abolish my disciple, don't blame me for not reminding you, Three Star Cave's ten thousand years inheritance, Saint Heir is one of the future Cave Master heirs, Chen Xin is now already the Third Saint Heir, cultivation even reached great achievement Primordial Spirit Body, is there a precedent for abolishing such a Saint Heir?"
"I suspect he's a Ji Country spy!!" The middle-aged Taoist coldly said.
"A Primordial Spirit Body that can achieve great results in ten years, would you be willing to send such a naturally born Eleven Realm to another country as a spy?" The purple robed Taoist asked calmly: "If so, feel free to send more like him to me, I'll gladly revitalize Three Star Cave."
"No matter what, Yuan Wutian died at the hands of Chen Xin's brother, as Three Star Cave's Saint Heir, Chen Xin must come forward." Another white-bearded Taoist said slowly.
"Sorry, my disciple is now honing the Primordial Spirit Body in Washing Star Sea, if successful, it can transform into 'Primordial Star Body', quite a major matter, if you can get Cave Master's consent, perhaps you can interrupt him, but..." The purple robed Taoist smiled, "The importance of Primordial Star Body, I believe you are not unaware."
"I don't believe the Cave Master would..." The middle-aged Taoist gritted his teeth.
Suddenly, a young voice came from above the Taoist temple:
"Order First Saint Heir Xu Puti to capture Chen Ku, such a World-Surpassing prodigy, since his brother and family are in Three Star Cave, why not recruit him into our Three Star Cave?"
All the Taoists paused slightly, evidently not expecting the Cave Master would have such thoughts, unexpectedly setting sights on Chen Ku!
...
A week passed in a flash.
Still no intelligence of enemy forces attacking Guzi Pass.
In Chen Ku's general mansion.
His Divinity Transformation clone returned with the Evil Summoning Banner.
Chen Ku glanced in the banner, surprisingly containing fifteen Tenth Realm demons, enough for the requirement to activate the Innate Furnace, looking at the furnace summoned from the Transformation Diagram that resembled a Treasure Tripod.
He directly took the furnace into the Hero King Realm.
Hesitated for a moment.
Finally, directly opened the lid, jumped into it.