Chapter 521: The Highest-Level Alchemy Technique! The Second Blood-Qi Pill! The Mysterious Daoist Robe Jiangshi!

Outside the valley, Master Huizhen and the others had already taken cover in a safe spot, while the talisman armor transformed into a divine light, shooting toward the horizon.

They stared in astonishment at the strange scene unfolding within the valley.

“Master, do you think that Daoist can handle that demon?” one elderly monk asked anxiously.

Who could have expected that today’s disaster at Lingxi Temple was caused by a third-realm demon king? Even the Ancestral Master would have fallen if he had encountered such a beast!

“I’m not sure. But a battle of this magnitude is not something we can intervene in. We can only pray that Daoist Master Yanchu stays safe, otherwise, the consequences for us would be grave,” Master Huizhen said in a low voice.

“Amitabha!” The monks clasped their hands in prayer. Even for those who were third-realm experts themselves, facing a demon king like this would likely leave them powerless. Silently, they prayed for Li Yanchu.

Inside the valley, Li Yanchu was controlling the alchemy furnace, having completely contained the Fire Qilin’s body within it.

Clang! Clang!

The lid of the furnace shook slightly, but soon returned to stillness.

The ancient furnace, only about two meters tall and modest in scale, had somehow just swallowed a divine beast dozens of meters long!

To be honest, even Li Yanchu hadn’t expected this result. Earlier, he had only planned to use the furnace to strike someone...

Yet unexpectedly, the overwhelming blood and qi of the divine Fire Qilin caused the furnace to trap it completely.

“Does this furnace really have this function?” Li Yanchu murmured in surprise.

In truth, although he could establish a connection with the furnace, he hadn’t truly mastered it yet. Most of the time, it was the furnace responding to him.

For example, now it had taken the Fire Qilin, who was about to unleash a powerful attack, and the divine flames surged spontaneously as the furnace began operating on its own.

“Could the furnace actually be trying to refine a pill?” Li Yanchu raised an eyebrow.

Moments later, after careful sensing, he realized that the furnace was indeed attempting to refine the Fire Qilin into a single Blood-Qi Pill.

This reminded him of the giant Python God inside the Mount Taoyuan Blissful Land. It, too, had been refined into a Blood-Qi Pill by an alchemy furnace.

It was through that pill, combined with his previous cultivation, that he had broken through to the physical realm comparable to the third realm.

Li Yanchu stood before the alchemy furnace, thinking to himself,

If I’d known earlier, I would’ve just released this furnace right away and captured the Fire Qilin directly, it would’ve been over.

Yet he had a faint sense that if he hadn’t already severely injured the Fire Qilin, even releasing the furnace now wouldn’t have subdued this overwhelmingly proud and fierce beast.

At this moment, the valley was bathed in dazzling red light, a miraculous scene manifesting from his immense blood and qi and qi. Although Li Yanchu understood the art of alchemy, his own methods clearly weren’t as advanced as this furnace.

Click, click, click

. At this time, the furnace began its work.

Standing in the valley, Li Yanchu quickly sensed the arrival of great Daoist merit points.

+ 50,000 merit points!

He paused for a moment, then couldn’t help but smile.

“The Fire Qilin dying inside the alchemy furnace... truly ironic.”

He shook his head and calmly watched the mysterious furnace, waiting for the elixir to complete.

Meanwhile, the Eight Trigrams Mirror floated beside him, expressing its joy. This ten-thousand-merit-points treasure had developed a consciousness of its own, though Li Yanchu felt it wasn’t fully anthropomorphic. It was more like a companion, playful like a child.

From the horizon, a divine light flew over; it was his Daoist talismanic armor! Now transformed into a spiritual talisman, it hovered by Li Yanchu’s side.

The Jiaoslayer, however, remained quiet, maintaining its cold, aloof aura.

“I slew all those people just now!”

If it could speak, it would have shouted that aloud.

Soon, the heavens erupted in multicolored light, and thick elixir clouds enveloped the sky.

“Huh?”

“What’s happening? Why is there such an immense life essence?”

The monks from Lingxi Temple outside the valley exchanged astonished glances.

Weren’t they fighting? Weren’t they dueling a third-realm Demon King? Where was this intense medicinal aroma coming from?

A clear, ringing cry echoed through the heavens, and the spectral image of a Fire Phoenix slowly emerged from the valley.

𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

“Fire Phoenix?!” Master Huizhen’s pupils contracted in shock.

The next moment, a Qilin spectral image also rose from the valley. Its presence was magnificent and divine, far surpassing the aura of the previous Fire Qilin. Compared to this mythical Qilin, the earlier Fire Qilin seemed like a cheap imitation...

Yet the spectral forms of these two legendary beasts carried no malice, and shortly after appearing, they quickly vanished.

Still, the celestial phenomenon left the Lingxi Temple monks utterly astonished. Li Yanchu watched as a pill slowly emerged from the ancient, austere alchemy furnace, and a faint smile curved at the corner of his lips. It was comparable to the great Blood-Qi Pill previously refined from that enormous python.

“If I swallow this pill... I wonder just how powerful my blood and qi will become?” Li Yanchu murmured to himself.

He tilted his head back and swallowed the potent pill, thereafter a dazzling red light erupted. In an instant, it enveloped the entire valley and beyond!

The immense blood and qi and spiritual energy radiated outward relentlessly, leaving the monks of Lingxi Temple outside the valley utterly dumbfounded. They thought, as expected from a third-realm duel, there was simply no way to comprehend it.

Wave after wave of heavenly phenomena unfolded, beyond ordinary understanding. At the same time, Li Yanchu spread his arms wide and closed his eyes.

Thump, thump, thump!

His heartbeat resonated powerfully throughout the valley, like rolling thunder. At the same time, a shadow slowly appeared, undulating like rippling water, and a coffin materialized from thin air.

If Master Huizhen were present, he would immediately recognize it as the coffin that had wreaked havoc on Lingxi Temple before vanishing into the mysterious Mount Luofeng.

Then, the coffin slowly opened, revealing a mummified corpse inside. The corpse wore Daoist robes and a golden crown, its attire marking it as an extremely venerable Daoist spiritual master.

As it appeared in the valley, the coffin behind it crumbled like dust, vanishing into the void.

From beginning to end, the truly extraordinary thing was this corpse; the coffin itself was just ordinary wood. The only reason the corpse had been restrained was because it had willingly chosen to lie inside the coffin.

Its appearance caused no disturbance to Li Yanchu, not a trace of sinister aura leaking out. Ordinary jiangshi or vengeful spirits would normally be extremely wary of Li Yanchu’s overwhelming blood and qi at this moment. To be precise, lower-level jiangshi or spirits would be instantly incinerated by this surging blood and qi.

Yet this mummified Daoist corpse seemed entirely unaffected, and its eyes glimmered with a hint of greed.