novelapdf Chapter 357 The Old Eunuch Who Forges Blacksmiths! The Long-Awaited Aokiko!
Chapter 357 The Old Eunuch Who Forges Blacksmiths! The Long-Awaited Aokiko!
After giving a few instructions, Pan Shan quickly left the place.
Chen Fan, left alone here, shook his head inwardly and began to familiarize himself with the surroundings.
Looking around, there were three other stoves next to his earthen stove.
Each furnace had a gaunt, ashen-faced disciple of the Weapon Sect, resembling a dried-up corpse.
They wielded hammers and forged iron, their bodies lifeless like puppets.
"Gentlemen..." Chen Fan subconsciously wanted to ask a few questions upon seeing this.
"Newcomer...you haven't even reached the Houtian realm yet, have you...keep quiet, or you'll die on your first day!" one of the Weapon Sect disciples warned.
"This underground fire is poisonous... Most people can't survive for long. The person in front of you died yesterday; their bones have been burned to ashes in the furnace..."
Chen Fan was taken aback.
He glanced back at the stove without thinking, a glint of shrewdness in his eyes.
Chen Fan then fell silent.
Following instructions, he began forging the iron essence.
This thing is made by hammering iron ore and then refining it into a fine powder.
With Chen Fan's strength, forging a thousand pieces of iron essence wouldn't have been a problem.
But having a keen understanding of this place, he seemed to have grasped something.
Therefore, Chen Fan began to quench the iron ore at an extremely slow pace.
He also noticed that the slower he moved, the better the expressions on the faces of the three people around him became.
And so Chen Fan became the last of the four who hadn't finished defeating the Iron Essence Stone!
"Newbie... take your time... I only succeeded after three days and three nights since I first arrived."
"Don't die... I hope to see you again tomorrow morning..."
"In my opinion... this guy won't live past tomorrow morning..."
……
Listen to the conversation of the three people as they left.
Chen Fan remained unmoved.
Bang bang bang!
He remained calm as he continued hammering the iron ore.
Occasionally, when disciples of the Weapon Sect passed by, Chen Fan would look as if he was about to lose his energy.
After everyone left, he continued to dawdle!
As darkness fell and all the disciples of the Weapon Sect left the valley, only Chen Fan remained, still forging iron.
With a smile on his face, he glanced at the earth fire, then spread his divine sense to cover the surroundings!
After confirming that there were no more people in the valley, Chen Fan probed the ground with his divine sense.
The fire rises from the bottom up, so it's not hard to guess that the fire element is underground.
Ten zhang!
A hundred feet!
Five hundred feet!
……
As Chen Fan's divine sense continued to descend, he quickly broke through to a distance of five hundred zhang.
He stopped abruptly as he approached the area.
He sensed an astonishing array aura here!
Chen Fan, who was not in a hurry to investigate, withdrew his divine sense.
With a squinting smile, he continued hammering and refining the iron.
……
Early the next morning.
Still half asleep, Pan Shan made his way to the depths of the valley.
When he saw Chen Fan still hammering and refining the iron essence, he nodded in satisfaction and said:
"That's how it is when you first arrive... Junior Brother Wei, keep up the good work! Once you get used to it here, you can go work at the furnace in the front!"
"Thank you for your guidance, Senior Brother..." Chen Fan nodded, his face pale and feigning weakness.
"These are your pills and cultivation techniques," Pan Shan said, tossing out two more items.
"You'd better watch yourself, I'm going down the mountain to recruit more people!"
Yes!
Chen Fan nodded slightly.
He took the pills and cultivation manual and couldn't wait to swallow the pills into his mouth.
Instantly, he felt a cool sensation in his dantian, and the burning sensation he had just felt disappeared!
This made the three people standing nearby burst into laughter.
"This pill... you took it while practicing your martial arts... if you take it now, you probably won't last until tomorrow!"
"Looks like I won... Pay up, you guys!"
"How stupid... Pan Shan never says anything, it's obvious he just wants people to give him money, it's just a pity..."
……
Listening to the three people discussing.
Chen Fan showed a hint of fear on the surface, but his heart remained as calm as a rock.
Gritting his teeth, he immediately said angrily:
"You...you're all from the same sect, why didn't you remind me?"
"Idiot!" said the outer disciple of the Weapon Sect closest to Chen Fan.
"Are you still immature...? That's human nature, everyone's calculating, you're just too stupid!"
"You..." Chen Fan was stunned, then pretended to be speechless.
The other two smiled, their faces revealing sinister expressions, and then continued hammering and refining the iron.
Chen Fan shook his head slightly after seeing this scene.
He feigned innocence, but couldn't help but sigh inwardly.
He thought that he had encountered too many similar things when he was working in the palace.
To avoid the intrigue and treacherous nature of human relationships, Chen Fan chose to raise horses at the Imperial Stables.
This care has lasted for eighty years!
By focusing on one thing, he was able to enjoy his later years in peace and comfort, living a happy and fulfilling life.
On the contrary, the eunuchs who entered the palace with him at that time have been dead for who knows how many years!
Thinking of all this, Chen Fan continued to forge the iron essence with deep emotion.
At the same time, without making a sound, he quietly probed his divine sense into the ground to break the formation!
You should know that after discovering the underground formation last night, Chen Fan began trying to break it!
However, this is a formation from the Weaponry Sect, and it is not so easy to break.
Even if he were to force it open, Chen Fan couldn't do it at the moment.
All he could do was slowly figure it out and eventually break the formation.
At this rate, Chen Fan estimated that it would break through in two days at most!
Then he'll be able to see what the fire element needed for the golden bowl looks like!
……
Meanwhile, in the main hall of the Weapon Sect.
Aokiko glanced at the commotion inside the door, a hint of anxiety in her eyes.
He waited here for a long time, but he still didn't see Senior Tieshizi!
Left with no other choice, Aokiko could only wait silently.
As time passed, noon soon arrived.
Footsteps were heard in the main hall, and then a boy came in:
"Fellow Daoist, Uncle-Master Tie Shizi is currently in seclusion and will not emerge for another three hours... What do you think..."
"I'll wait a little longer!" Aokiko said through gritted teeth.
"Fellow Daoist, this matter is of great importance. Please inform Senior Tie Shizi... Please hurry!"
"Fellow Daoist, how can there be a question of speed in seclusion?" the boy said calmly.
"Uncle-Master is at a crucial moment, please wait a little longer!"
After saying this, the boy, who was only at the Qi Refining Realm, turned and left!
Aokiko was stunned!
Standing there stunned, he felt a sudden urge to kill someone!
He thought to himself that he was sent by his master, but he didn't expect the Weapon Sect to be so disrespectful!
Feeling quite helpless, he could only swallow his anger and continue waiting.
Three more hours passed quickly.
Aokiko was almost asleep waiting in the main hall, but the person still hadn't arrived.
Suppressing his anger, he could only sit cross-legged and continue waiting.
Not long after, the boy came again!
With an arrogant expression, he glanced at Aokiko and said:
"Fellow Daoist, my martial uncle has had some urgent business to attend to and I'm afraid I won't be able to see you until tomorrow morning. What do you think...?"
"I..." Aokiko hesitated for a moment, then gritted her teeth and said:
"This matter has a lot to do with the Weaponry Sect. Are you really not going to listen?"
"Fellow Daoist," the boy said in a cold voice,
"What kind of attitude is this... I already said my martial uncle has something to do, didn't you hear me clearly!"
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