Chapter 116 Storage Ring Stringed with Wind Chimes! Supreme Divine Cauldron Used as a Dog Bowl
Lin Yuan finished the last mouthful of rice porridge, set down his bowl and chopsticks, and wiped his mouth with satisfaction.
"Old Wan, you wash the bowls. I'm going to tidy up the storage room."
Lin Yuan stood up and stretched. "That petty thief from this morning left behind a pile of junk. It's taking up too much space in the storage room. I'll see if there's anything useful, and I'll sell the rest as scrap metal."
Demon Venerable Wanhua, who was clearing the table, felt his hand tremble, nearly dropping the porcelain bowl on the floor.
Junk?
That True Lord Stealing Heaven was a peerless thief who shook the Central Plains! The Storage Rings he carried absolutely contained peerless treasures from various Holy Lands and ancient clans!
But in the Young Master's eyes, it was likely just a pile of scrap metal.
Demon Venerable Wanhua dared not say more and could only nod respectfully. "Young Master, please take your time; it's very dusty inside."
Lin Yuan pushed open the wooden door of the storage room.
In the corner, a small pile of "stolen goods" left behind by True Lord Stealing Heaven was stacked up.
Lin Yuan walked over, crouched down, and poked at it a few times.
"What is all this random junk?"
Lin Yuan dug out a dusty little copper cauldron. The cauldron was only the size of a large bowl, covered in green rust, and had several dents; it looked utterly dilapidated.
If the old monsters of the Central Plains Alchemist Association saw this, they would surely vomit blood on the spot.
This was the treasure of their association that had been lost for tens of thousands of years—the [Creation Cauldron of All Things]!
Rumor had it that this cauldron was a Divine Artifact naturally conceived when the world first opened. It required no Spirit Fire; one only needed to toss in Spirit Medicine, and it would automatically refine peerless Immortal Pills! True Lord Stealing Heaven had narrowly escaped death to dig it out of an ancient ruin, only to have it snatched away before he could even warm it up.
"The rim of this copper basin is so shallow; it's not enough water for washing one's face, and it leaks if used for planting flowers."
Lin Yuan held the Creation Cauldron of All Things and examined it for a moment, then his gaze fell on Xiao Hei Gou, who was wagging its tail in the corner.
"Xiao Hei's old wooden bowl was chewed to pieces. This copper basin looks sturdy enough and won't be damaged by biting; it's perfect to use as its new feeding bowl."
Lin Yuan took the Creation Cauldron of All Things to the well, rinsed off the dust inside with water, and then tossed it onto Xiao Hei's designated spot in the corner.
With a crisp "clang."
Xiao Hei Gou had been napping on the ground, but upon hearing the sound, it lazily lifted its eyelids to take a look.
Just one look.
The eyes of the Ancient Devouring Beast instantly widened, and its tail wagged like a windmill.
"Woof! Woof!"
The Creation Cauldron of All Things?!
Xiao Hei was so excited it almost cried out. This was the supreme Divine Artifact capable of automatically refining the Origin of all things! In the future, even if its master tossed in a random bone, this cauldron could refine the Impurities out of the bone and turn it into the purest Origin meat!
Xiao Hei quickly ran over, hugged the copper cauldron tightly with its two front paws, and frantically licked the inside with its tongue, fearing that Lin Yuan would change his mind and take it back.
Lin Yuan watched Xiao Hei's possessive behavior over its food and couldn't help but laugh.
"Look how happy you are, making such a fuss over a broken copper basin. Alright, this is your designated spot from now on."
After dealing with the copper cauldron, Lin Yuan returned to the storage room.
He rummaged through the pile of stolen goods and pulled out a dozen or so rings.
These rings were made of various materials; some looked like jade, others like gold, but none were inlaid with any gemstones, looking quite plain.
In reality, these were all top-grade Storage Rings crafted from [Void Immortal Gold], each containing a Small World within, filled with the Spirit Stones, Immortal Plants, and Magic Treasures that True Lord Stealing Heaven had stolen throughout his life.
But Lin Yuan could not sense any Law fluctuations within them at all.
"This thief is too pathetic. He goes out carrying so many fake copper rings, and not even one is inlaid with glass."
Lin Yuan grabbed the dozen rings in his hand and tapped them against each other.
"Ding-ding-dang-dang—"
The collision of the rings produced a crisp, melodious sound.
Lin Yuan's eyes lit up. "This sound is quite nice, crisp and ethereal. Perfect, our courtyard under this big tree is lacking some sound. I'll string these rings into a wind chime and hang it under the eaves; it'll make a nice sound when the wind blows."
He acted immediately.
Lin Yuan dug out the remaining half of the [dragon-binding rope] left over from making the swing.
He tied the dozen top-grade Storage Rings firmly onto the dragon-binding rope, one after another.
To ensure the wind chime would strike better in the wind, Lin Yuan rummaged through the stolen goods again and found a palm-sized, pitch-black jade pendant to tie to the bottom of the wind chime as a clapper.
This black jade pendant was the [Soul-Suppressing Emperor Jade] left in the Mortal Realm by the Nine Nether Underworld, possessing the supreme power to suppress hundreds of millions of evil ghosts.
"All done!"
Lin Yuan carried the oddly shaped wind chime, walked under the Primordial World Tree, brought over a stool, and hung it high on a sturdy branch extending from the eaves.
A gentle breeze blew by.
"Ding—ling—ling—"
The Soul-Suppressing Emperor Jade swayed with the wind, gently striking the dozen Storage Rings crafted from Void Immortal Gold.
A crisp sound echoed throughout the Mortal Dwelling.
To Lin Yuan's ears, the sound was merely melodious and pleasing, making one feel relaxed.
But to the ears of Demon Venerable Wanhua.
"Boom!"
Demon Venerable Wanhua's mind went blank, and he stood frozen on the spot.
This was no mere wind chime sound!
This was the pure sound of the Great Dao triggered by the collision of the Void Immortal Gold and the Soul-Suppressing Emperor Jade!
Contained within that crisp ringing was the resonance of the Law of Space and the cleansing of the Great Dao of the Soul!
Demon Venerable Wanhua felt as if the sound pierced directly through his Physical Body and resonated deep within his demonic Soul. The violent Qi and latent Heart Demon accumulated within him from practicing Demonic Technique were, amidst this crisp wind chime sound, like snow meeting the scorching sun, rapidly purified until nothing remained!
"Supreme creation… This is the divine sound of the Great Dao capable of cleansing the Divine Soul and purifying the Dao Heart!"
Demon Venerable Wanhua fell to his knees with a thud, pressed his hands together, and listened to the sound of the wind chime with utmost piety.
And he was not alone.
Outside the courtyard wall.
The two stone lions on either side of the gate, the moment the wind chime rang, actually had a faint layer of golden radiance shimmer across their stone surfaces.
Cangqiongzi and Ancient Ancestor Yuanmo were moved to tears within the stone.
"This wind chime sound can actually trigger resonance with Heaven and Earth! Under the baptism of this sound, I feel my Dao Heart is incomparably clear. Even if I were to Ascend to the Immortal Realm immediately, there would be absolutely no risk of Qi Deviation!"
"The Lord must have seen how hard we work guarding the gate every day and specially hung this wind chime to preach the Dao to us day and night!"
The two old monsters were completely captivated, wishing they could perk their ears up like antennas, fearing they would miss a single note.
Meanwhile.
In the sky tens of thousands of miles away.
An incomparably huge Immortal treasure ship, carved with countless Alchemy array patterns, was tearing through the clouds, charging aggressively toward the Eastern Wasteland.
Standing on the deck of the treasure ship was an old man with crane-like hair and a youthful face, wearing a golden Alchemist robe.
He was none other than the President of the Central Plains Alchemist Association, a Ninth-Rank peerless Alchemy Venerable who was only half a step away from the True Immortal Realm!
"President, the pointer on the tracking compass indicates that our association's lost Creation Cauldron of All Things is in that Mortal city ahead!" an Elder reported respectfully.
"Hmph!"
The President let out an angry snort, his eyes filled with killing intent. "Whoever dares to lay a finger on my Alchemist Association's supreme Divine Artifact, I will extract their Soul and refine their spirit today, and toss them into the Pill Furnace to simmer for forty-nine days!"
"Pass the order! Seal off that city! Do not let even a single fly escape!"
The Immortal treasure ship radiated monstrous pressure, stopping over Qingyun City like a dark cloud pressing down.
The President stood at the bow, looking down.
Soon, his gaze locked onto the spacious residence in the northern suburbs.
The light from the tracking compass was emanating from that very courtyard.
"How bold! To steal something and then have the audacity to live openly in such a grand residence!"
The President laughed in extreme anger, and a terrifying Alchemy fire capable of burning mountains and boiling seas erupted from his body.
He leaped from the treasure ship, preparing to descend directly above the residence and kill the thief inside with thunderous force.
However.
Just as he had descended to mid-air, less than a thousand feet away from the Mortal Dwelling.
A gentle breeze blew by.
"Ding—ling—ling—"
A crisp, melodious wind chime sound drifted up leisurely from the residence below.
The moment the sound entered his ears.
The terrifying Alchemy fire on the President's body, capable of burning mountains and boiling seas, went "poof" as if doused by a basin of ice water, instantly extinguished without even a spark remaining!
He was struck as if by lightning, his eyes widened, staring fixedly at the residence below.
The sound of the Great Dao contained within the wind chime had directly pierced through his Soul defenses!
"This… what is this sound?!"
The President froze in mid-air. His Alchemy attainments, which had been stagnant for thousands of years, were suddenly enlightened with countless Alchemy principles he had previously been unable to grasp, all under the cleansing of the wind chime sound!
The barrier from First-Rank Medicinal Pill to Ninth-Rank Medicinal Pill was like nothing in the face of this wind chime sound!
But what made him feel fear was not the Breakthrough in his own Realm.
It was the terrifying existence hidden behind this sound!
An existence capable of stringing together peerless Immortal materials containing the Dao of Space and the Dao of the Soul to use as a wind chime for fun… how inconceivable was that?!
He tremblingly used his vision to carefully peer through the courtyard wall, looking toward the corner indicated by the tracking compass.
Upon looking.
This Ninth-Rank peerless Alchemy Venerable, who held the most noble status in the Central Plains, nearly toppled out of the air and fell to his death.
The supreme Divine Artifact he had searched for in agony for tens of thousands of years, the lifeblood of the Alchemist Association—the Creation Cauldron of All Things!
At this moment, it was being tossed in the corner of the courtyard wall!
Inside the cauldron, there were even a few meat bones covered in saliva!
A pitch-black mutt was burying its head in the Creation Cauldron of All Things, munching on the bones with a "smack-smack" sound, eating with such relish!
"Dog… dog bowl?!"
The President felt his worldview collapse.
A Divine Artifact capable of refining Immortal Pills that could bring the dead back to life was actually being used as a feeding bowl for a mutt!
"Thump!"
The President's legs went weak, and he knelt down directly in mid-air, his whole body trembling like a sieve.
He finally understood what kind of terrifying existence he was facing.
"Retreat! Retreat!"
The President scrambled back onto the treasure ship and roared miserably at the dumbfounded Elders: "Immediately activate the treasure ship's highest defense! Return the way we came! Flee at full speed!"
"President, are we not looking for the Creation Cauldron of All Things anymore?" the Elder asked, completely confused.
"Find it, my foot!" The President's eyes were bloodshot, his face full of fear. "That is the dog of that supreme existence eating! Who would dare to go and snatch a feeding bowl from that dog?! Do you want the entire Alchemist Association to be wiped out?!"
"Get out! Never come to the Eastern Wasteland again!"