277: Alchemy Furnace Rare Treasure, Heavenly Sword Clone (2-in-1, please vote for me)

The fiery Fu Ling Fire Mulberry Tree was still swaying in the wind, emitting immense heatwaves.

Accompanying the heatwaves were rolling fire-attribute Spiritual Qi.

At this time, if a fire-attribute Cultivator were to Cultivate under the Fu Ling Fire Mulberry Tree, they would achieve twice the results with half the effort.

After using the Spirit Devouring Ant to scout and confirming there was no guardian Spirit Beast, Lin Shiming had already walked to the base of the Fire Mulberry Tree.

He carefully took out a Fourth-Order Spirit Jade box, then a jade hairpin, and used a spell to gently tap down the fire mulberry fruit from the tree, one by one.

With the enhancement of Spiritual Qi, the fire mulberry fruit fell into the jade box.

The dark green jade box was illuminated, making it resemble a beautiful red jadeite.

The immense Spiritual Qi emanating from it made Lin Shiming feel refreshed and invigorated.

Speaking of which, this Fourth-Order Spirit Jade box was Xiao Chen's Fourth-Order Spirit Jade box.

Otherwise, their Lin Family would not be able to buy Fourth-Order Spirit Jade; of course, even if they could, they wouldn't dare to buy it casually.

Fourth-Order Spirit Jade represented a Fourth-Order treasure, making it extremely easy to be targeted.

Lin Shiming first collected all five fu ling fire mulberry fruit, sealed them with a Spirit Talisman, and then applied several Spirit Sealing spells.

Only after ensuring no Spiritual Qi would leak did he place the Spirit box into his Grotto-heaven World.

For such a treasure, he naturally wouldn't put it in a Storage Pouch.

Only the Grotto-heaven World gave him peace of mind.

After securing the Spirit Fruit, Lin Shiming once again took out a Fourth-Order Spirit Jade box; this Spirit Jade box was larger and contained more abundant Spiritual Qi.

He then took some Fourth-Order spirit soil from beside the taiqing purple jade fruit tree in his Grotto-heaven World and meticulously began transplanting according to the Spirit Plant transplantation technique he had learned earlier.

While transplanting, he summoned both the Red-haired Demon Monkey and the Golden Winged Mantis, instructing them to be on alert.

The transplantation of a Fourth-Order Spirit Plant was a considerable challenge for Lin Shiming; he couldn't guarantee that the Fu Ling Fire Mulberry Tree would be completely unharmed, only that he would try his best to maintain its integrity.

As for any loss, he couldn't afford to worry about it.

In the future, he would inevitably have to upgrade Fangmu Mountain's Spiritual Vein to a Fourth-Order Spirit Vein, and then use Fourth-Order spirit water to irrigate and remedy the Spirit Tree.

As the Fu Ling Fire Mulberry Tree was collected, a crimson light vanished into the horizon, and the heatwaves, like the southward winds, disappeared without a trace.

Lin Shiming also let out a long sigh of relief.

At this moment, he suddenly discovered that the Spirit Control Seal in his Sea of Consciousness had moved.

The heart he had just settled down tensed up again.

The movement of the Spirit Control Seal also indicated that a new Cultivator had arrived at the Tai Bai Sword Palace.

The image of Immortal Master Qinglin instantly appeared in his mind.

The Qingxuan Sect, being able to control the Tai Bai Sword Palace and the Spirit Herb Garden, would naturally be among the first to arrive.

What puzzled him was that the Spirit Beast of the Spirit Control Seal in his Sea of Consciousness hadn't died at all.

Moreover, the Spirit Beast on the eighteenth floor didn't even react.

This indicated two possibilities: one, the newcomer was too weak and had escaped; or two, the newcomer possessed at least Purple Mansion cultivation, rendering his Spirit Beast incapable of any reaction before being sealed by the opponent into a Demon Binding Pouch or a similar Magical Artifact.

Lin Shiming naturally didn't believe it was the former. He quickly put away the jade box and then looked towards the most important main hall of the Alchemy Pavilion, searching for valuable treasures.

As for the other branch halls, he could only give up on them.

Upon stepping into the main hall, he saw a dual-eared, three-legged Pill Furnace, as large as a yellow ox, floating in the air. Four stone pillars around it continuously released flames.

These flames had been burning for an unknown duration, and the Pill Furnace was clearly a Magic Treasure, exquisitely decorated and radiating brilliant light.

As Lin Shiming walked in, the lid of the Pill Furnace suddenly began to twitch wildly, and the next moment, flames shot out.

The flames, like a spiritual fox, initially only revealed a small part. After seeing Lin Shiming make no move, they began to howl at him.

However, before the fire fox could make any further move, the Red-haired Demon Monkey in the distance immediately rushed over.

Spirit flames automatically manifested on its tail. Seeing the fire fox, it was as if it had spotted a beloved prey, and in the blink of an eye, it transformed into a ten-foot giant monkey.

It was about to move the dual-eared, three-legged Pill Furnace.

In an instant, the entire Pill Furnace was dislodged, and the entire Alchemy Pavilion began to shake violently.

Clearly, the weight of the Pill Furnace was beyond imagination.

It was obviously a heavy-duty exotic treasure, with more than just Alchemy as its function.

And the fire fox, in an instant, fully revealed itself, burning fiercely towards the Red-haired Demon Monkey.

However, the Red-haired Demon Monkey, having activated its own Spirit Fire, had extremely high resistance to flames.

Its entire body of fur also burned intensely, not only suffering no injuries but becoming even more extraordinary and peculiar.

However, the rolling heatwaves spreading out made it difficult for Lin Shiming to stand steadily. He quickly deployed his Spirit Shield to stabilize himself.

But the temperature of the flames continued to rise, threatening to completely burn down the entire Alchemy Pavilion.

Of course, what Lin Shiming was worried about at this moment was not the burning of the Alchemy Pavilion, but the arrival of someone.

After confirming that the Red-haired Demon Monkey was not in danger, Lin Shiming gritted his teeth, then with a wave of his hand, directly stored the Pill Furnace into his Grotto-heaven World.

Without any hesitation, he also put the Red-haired Demon Monkey into his Grotto-heaven World; only the Red-haired Demon Monkey could handle this furnace and Spirit Fire.

The Golden Winged Mantis, on the other hand, was put into his Storage Pouch.

Its entire body sliced through the Void Realm and disappeared into it.

Only a faint aura of flames remained.

And the next moment, within the painting, a small black Seal suddenly smashed out again, completely obliterating the Five Elements aura that lingered on the spot.

The small black Seal also quickly vanished into the Void Realm.

All these actions were extremely swift.

Less than three breaths after Lin Shiming disappeared, a refined sword Cultivator-like youth flashed into the Alchemy Pavilion.

He coldly swept his gaze around, his eyes becoming increasingly sharp.

He hadn't expected that someone had actually entered the Tai Bai Sword Palace ahead of him!

Especially when he saw the mess inside the Alchemy Pavilion and only a large hole left where a big tree once stood outside the pavilion, his fists involuntarily clenched.

"May I ask which Fellow Daoist is here? Please show yourself?" the sword-browed youth said, his hands not slowing down, as he took out an Eight Trigrams wooden plaque.

As the youth infused True Essence, the Eight Trigrams wooden plaque immediately glowed with various Spirit Lights and began to slowly rotate.

However, its rotation speed was surprisingly fast. The next moment, the Spirit Light flared and then dissipated.

The sword-browed youth's expression grew even worse.

Not a single trace was left.

And his Divine Sense couldn't find any trace of a Cultivator; one must know that even as an Incarnation, his Divine Sense strength far surpassed that of an ordinary Early Violet Palace Stage Cultivator!

The youth's sword-like brows furrowed. After sweeping his gaze around, he once again vanished from the spot.

The Alchemy Pavilion quickly fell into silence.

Only the still-smoking Alchemy Pavilion, a scene of ruins, and the somewhat empty four fire pillars remained.

After an unknown period, the next moment, a sword suddenly rose, and outside the Alchemy Pavilion, sword shadows instantly permeated the air.

In the Void Realm, sword lights rose and fell, overturning every inch of land.

Sword Qi surged, lingering for a long time, its terrifying extent even surpassing the previous Incarnation of the Immortal Master Sanjian!

The sword-browed youth reappeared, holding a small sword in his hand. He cast a cold glance around, then vanished again.

After another ten breaths, the sword-browed youth reappeared, accompanied by dozens of Qingxuan Sect Disciples.

"That person should have already left the Alchemy Pavilion. You all search the remaining few Alchemy rooms!"

"Yes, Senior Martial Uncle!" the Disciples responded in unison.

The sword-browed youth, however, took another step and vanished from the spot.

The remaining Qingxuan Sect Disciples, with somewhat gloomy expressions, began to search the remaining rooms of the Alchemy Pavilion.

It was obvious that someone had been here. For these Disciples, their gains would be significantly reduced, and they would still have to hand over a portion to Senior Martial Uncle Tianjian, leaving them with very little.

More than a dozen people divided into several groups and began to meticulously inspect every inch of the remaining areas of the Alchemy Pavilion.

An hour later, the expressions of the Disciples grew even uglier. All the Medicinal Pills in the Alchemy Pavilion were gone. They had only obtained some Pill Furnaces and some Jade Slips. The Pill Formula Jade Slips were good, representing a great contribution to the Qingxuan Sect, but ordinary Pill Furnaces offered significantly fewer contribution points.

As the Disciples sighed, on the roof of the Alchemy Pavilion, near the Cliff Wall of the Earth Fire, a transparent coffin flickered in and out of sight.

It was Lin Shiming, hidden there.

Even Yan Yang admired Lin Shiming for choosing this position.

"You're truly not afraid of death!"

Lin Shiming was almost at the edge of the Formation. One must know that a vital place like the Alchemy Pavilion would definitely be surrounded by various killing Formations.

Lin Shiming was so bold as to run to the very edge of the Formation!

If he really triggered it, even if he could calmly emerge from the Formation, the commotion would not escape the Purple Mansion Incarnation of Immortal Master Tianjian.

Lin Shiming merely hummed in response, not replying much to Yan Yang, the Spirit Communication Sword.

His gaze was still probing forward; he dared not use his Divine Sense.

Of course, he was hiding here not because he was truly bold and purely gambling.

Instead, the peach blossom river scenery painting was also a Formation, and for a Formation within a Formation to be formed, the Formation attainments required would have to be extraordinarily high.

More often, the two Formations would react and conflict.

And Lin Shiming's peach blossom river scenery painting was simply incomparable to the Formation of this Tai Bai Sword Palace.

Any area it couldn't cover was an unsafe area.

That's why Lin Shiming hid here; it was the fastest way to find a safe location.

However, what made it difficult for him now was that he couldn't leave. He couldn't be sure if Immortal Master Tianjian's Incarnation had truly departed.

He had to wait for the System's prompt.

The attire of these Disciples in front of him clearly belonged to the Danqi Peak (Pill and Artifact Peak) and Haoran Peak Cultivators of the Qingxuan Sect.

The Qingxuan Sect used the Cultivators of Shenji Peak and Tianjian Peak as a smokescreen, while actually using these inconspicuous Disciples from Danqi Peak (Pill and Artifact Peak) and Haoran Peak to harvest treasures.

Therefore, Immortal Master Tianjian's Incarnation had no need to search for treasures.

Along the six paths, there would naturally be people going to retrieve treasures.

Immortal Master Tianjian's Incarnation only needed to guard against Cultivators stealing them.

Suddenly, those Disciples seemed to receive a voice transmission, and the group hurriedly headed towards the mountain path they came from.

This scene left Lin Shiming utterly perplexed.

However, despite his confusion, he still didn't move.

"Kid, you can go out now. They should be heading to the Scripture Pavilion. Without the Sect Master's order, if they want to find Cultivation Techniques, they can only search one scripture wall after another, and a Cultivator can only obtain one Cultivation Technique!" Yan Yang spoke again, seemingly seeing that Lin Shiming still wasn't moving.

Lin Shiming finally understood why Yan Yang hadn't suggested he go to the Scripture Pavilion first at that time.

The Scripture Pavilion of a large Sect was not like those of their small families; the Formations on it were almost the most tightly guarded places in the entire Sect.

And for an ancient power like the Tai Bai Sword Palace, having Cultivation Technique protection was simply too normal.

However, even though he knew the reason, Lin Shiming still didn't move.

He could wait. With the System's prompt, that was when he felt most secure.

He didn't need to take risks.

His gains this time were already sufficient.

In fact, if things became impossible, he might even give up on the Kui Wood Sword Scripture.

However, as time passed, suddenly, fluctuations from a battle came from the sky.

Terrifying Sword Intent directly reached outside the Alchemy Pavilion.

And the battle fluctuations intensified, growing larger and larger.

This made Lin Shiming ponder.

These battle fluctuations clearly indicated that another wave of forces had entered the Tai Bai Sword Palace.

Of course, it was also possible that the forces of the several Golden Core True Person Incarnations from the Spirit Herb Garden had rushed out.

The schemes of the Immortal Master in the entire Small World were numerous. At this moment, he couldn't guess, but this was undoubtedly good news for him.

Before he could move, he saw a surge from underground. The next moment, a Cultivator from the Corpse Refinement Sect suddenly emerged from the ground.

Beside him, there were hundreds of refined corpses, quickly searching the remaining halls of the Alchemy Pavilion.

This Cultivator from the Corpse Refinement Sect was even more ruthless than him.

All the plaques and tiles of the Alchemy Pavilion were collected into his Storage Pouch.

Like a whirlwind, after collecting everything, he prepared to sink back into the ground.

However, before he could sink into the ground, a crack suddenly opened, revealing a transparent coffin.

"Senior Brother Golden Corpse!" the Cultivator exclaimed in surprise, apparently not expecting to encounter Golden Corpse's five-colored silkworm coffin.

As he spoke, more than a dozen refined corpses immediately became alert towards the five-colored silkworm coffin.

But his warning was too late!

The coffin opened, and a Crushing God Plate suddenly rushed out. The Soul Splitting Blade also simultaneously surged into the Corpse Refinement Sect Cultivator's Sea of Consciousness.

Making the Corpse Refinement Sect Cultivator instantly scream in agony.

All the Spirit Arts he had formed dissipated.

The refined corpses, however, seemed unaffected and blocked in front of the Cultivator.

However, a faint, ghostly light flashed, directly entering the Corpse Refinement Sect Cultivator's Dantian.

It was precisely the Nether Needle.

His spirit platform shattered, and his True Essence began to gradually dissipate.

A Demon Binding Ring flew out, firmly binding him.

"I'll give you three breaths to explain the battle below clearly!"

"One!"

"Two!"

..."Three!"

The Cultivator was also unyielding, refusing to speak, only glaring fiercely at Lin Shiming.

As if he had Lin Shiming at his mercy.

Lin Shiming's Divine Sense probed, and indeed, the opponent's Sea of Consciousness was protected by a Sect Jade Book.

Unless he still had the Blood Breaking Demonic Restriction.

But the next moment, Lin Shiming's finger moved slightly, and Sword Qi instantly arose, splitting the Cultivator's head in two.

His eyes were still wide open, clearly not understanding why Lin Shiming had killed him without even asking the question.

After killing the Corpse Refinement Sect Cultivator, Lin Shiming immediately gathered all his refined corpses.

Several powerful Spirit Corpses were put into his Storage Pouch, while the Early Stage Third-Order and Middle Stage Third-Order refined corpses were simply controlled by him using a basic Corpse Control Art he quickly formed.

His Corpse Control Art was not advanced; if any unexpected changes occurred, these refined corpses might even turn on their master.

But at this moment, he didn't need these refined corpses to attack, but rather to create a diversion.

He absolutely could not expose his identity, and within the five-colored silkworm coffin, even if discovered, the Qingxuan Sect Cultivators would only assume he was Golden Corpse.

Lin Shiming returned to his previous position, began refining the Spirit Corpses, and waited for the arrival of the next day.

The battle in the distance grew more and more terrifying; it seemed that many more Cultivators had appeared within this time.

As dawn broke the next day, Lin Shiming's Spirit Coffin also moved again, heading towards the passage entrance.

He moved extremely slowly, so that if the System prompt appeared, he could react immediately.