Mortal: My divine sense has mutated.

Chapter 71: The Curtain Rises

Chen Liang fed the golden silkworm with a stream of mixed spiritual energy to stabilize its vitality before speaking, "As I said before, my cultivation technique is remarkably effective in nurturing spirit pets. Saving these golden silkworms is no problem at all."

Qingyi Jushi asked with a curious expression, "Oh, could it be that Brother Mo's cultivation technique can repair the foundation of a spirit pet?"

Chen Liang: "If you spend more time on it, it will indeed have this effect. If no one has any objections, I will take these golden silkworms."

Upon hearing this, no one in the room objected. After all, aside from Chen Liang, the golden silkworm was useless to anyone else.

So Chen Liang put the golden silkworm in front of him and the other two golden silkworms into a new spirit pet bag, saving everyone the trouble of clearing the area.

Then, everyone turned their attention to the deep pit where the Void Heaven Cauldron was located. Chen Liang even walked forward and stood at the edge of the pit, looking down at the raging azure ice flames and the Void Heaven Cauldron that was faintly visible in the dark blue ice flames.

Qingyi Jushi walked to Chen Liang's side and said, "This Qianlan Ice Flame is the most Yin and cold thing in the world. Even if we Nascent Soul cultivators are touched by a trace of it, our Nascent Souls will be refined."

Legend has it that this fire is not something that should exist in our realm, and it is unknown how those ancient cultivators found it.

Ji Yin, who had also reached the edge of the pit, spoke up: "There are only a few kinds of strange insects in this world that are not afraid of this flame, and Brother Mo's Blood Jade Spider is one of the best among them. So Brother Mo is truly lucky to have even obtained such a strange insect."

Chen Liang then blatantly lied, saying, "It wasn't exactly good luck. I just found a few useless eggs in an ancient cultivator's cave, and one of them miraculously hatched. All I can say is that the Blood Jade Spider shouldn't have died out."

The bearded man standing to the side spoke up casually, "That's also Brother Mo's skill, isn't it? Speaking of which, shouldn't we get down to business?"

Chen Liang glanced at Manhuzi, Jiyin, and Qingyi Jushi, and seeing that they all seemed interested, he nodded to them and then released Xiaobai from the spirit pet pouch.

When the little white creature, about the size of a house, appeared before everyone, the bearded man and the others couldn't help but show a hint of amazement.

Barbarian Beard: "I didn't notice it in the spirit pet pouch before. I didn't know this Blood Jade Spider grew so big. Brother Mo, you're really something. It's not easy to make these strange insects grow so big."

The eyes of Qingyi Jushi and Jiyin were also filled with joy. With this Blood Jade Spider, the Void Heaven Cauldron would surely appear in the world today.

As Xiaobai looked at these unfamiliar Nascent Soul cultivators, although it was somewhat afraid, with Chen Liang and its second clone present, it simply shrank back and quietly waited for Chen Liang's instructions.

Then Ji Yin looked at Wu Chou, Xuan Gu, and Han Li and said, "Ordinary Core Formation cultivators shouldn't cause trouble here. Go wait under the altar."

Ji Yin then looked at the second clone and said, "Young friend Mo, what are your plans?"

The second clone said, "I'll just wait under the altar too, so my brother won't be distracted."

So the second clone, Xuan Gu, Han Li, and Wu Chou all flew to the edge of the stone hall, away from this grandest stage.

After landing, the second clone and Han Li were fine. But Wu Chou was a little depressed, while Xuan Gu had a smile on his face.

This prompted Wu Chou to speak up: "You're still laughing?! You've been dragged here to guard the door, and you can still laugh?"

Xuan Gu remained silent, only watching Chen Liang and the others at the edge of the deep pit with increasing anticipation.

On the altar, Ji Yin looked at Chen Liang and said, "Brother Mo, let's begin."

Chen Liang nodded and waved his hand, releasing a dark blue double-layered impeller.

This is a magical artifact that Chen Liang specially crafted to help Xiaobai pull the cauldron.

It is made entirely of deep-sea cold iron, which can resist the erosion of dry blue ice flames for a short time. It also has a pulley and a wheel that can be lowered, which makes it easier for Xiaobai to use spider silk to wrap around the Void Heaven Cauldron and to pull it up more effortlessly.

Upon receiving Chen Liang's instruction, Xiao Bai saw the double-layered impeller appear, leaped up, and landed on it.

It used its tail to shoot out spider silk, fixing the impeller in the air.

Chen Liang then set up an advanced array around the impeller to make it more stable.

Then, Xiaobai spat out spider silk, which was used to entangle the Void Cauldron in the deep pit via pulleys and a descending wheel.

After finishing all that, Little White, with a thick spider silk wrapped around its body, jumped off the impeller and slowly pulled the Void Cauldron below from the edge of the deep pit.

As a level 5 or even close to level 6 demon beast, Xiaobai, with the help of the Leaf Wheel magic weapon, easily made the Void Heaven Cauldron start to shake.

Qingyi Jushi and Manhuzi watched all this with great joy. Jiyin hurriedly released two level-three mutated fire pythons and fed them Tianqing flowers, using magic to forcibly raise them to the level of level-four demon beasts.

As the two mutated fire pythons spat out their thick, blood-red tongues, hooking them onto the two handles of the Void Heaven Cauldron, the combined strength of the three spirit pets lifted the Void Heaven Cauldron.

At the same time, the cold air suppressed by the Void Heaven Cauldron began to burst forth, and a biting cold wind rushed out from the deep pit, causing gusts of cold mist to fill the stone hall.

However, the dark blue light of the Qianlan Ice Flame became increasingly intense, so Han Li, Wu Chou, and Xuan Gu could all see the situation at the bottom of the pit.

Despite the chilly wind, both Qingyi Jushi and Jiyin used their spiritual energy shields, while Chen Liang and Manhuzi stood firmly.

Seeing this, Qingyi Jushi and Jiyin couldn't help but show envy. Body cultivators are often the best among cultivators of the same level, but the suffering of body tempering is truly unbearable for ordinary people.

The bearded man was tortured by his master to the point that his sense of pain was greatly impaired, so he has managed to survive all these years.

Chen Liang's body tempering mainly relied on the cultivation techniques, so he didn't experience much physical hardship.

Time passed slowly, and the Void Cauldron steadily rose, while the joy on the faces of Qingyi Jushi, Jiyin, and Manhuzi grew stronger.

But at that moment, Chen Liang turned his head to look at the entrance of the stone hall.

The next moment, the tortoise that Tian Wuzi brought burst through the door. The thornbird outside the stone door could only harass from the sidelines, not daring to directly block it.

The two Heavenly Capital Corpse Puppets of Ji Yin did try to stop them, but they were directly knocked away.

It was a golden light that flew out from the bearded man's body that stopped the tortoise.

Then, countless purple-gold sword beams flew in from outside the stone gate, sweeping away the flock of thornbirds released by Qingyi Jushi. This also prompted Manhuzi to set up a spiritual energy barrier to block the sword beams.

Immediately afterwards, Wan Tianming, Tian Wuzi, and Mu Tengzi transformed into beams of light and returned to the stone hall. The golden light returned to Manhuzi's side, revealing a golden three-eyed leopard spirit beast that roared fiercely at Wan Tianming and the others.

Wu Chou said with a look of astonishment, "How is this possible?"

Before the pulling of the cauldron began, everyone present carefully examined the stone hall with their divine sense. Apart from Chen Liang and his second clone discovering some things, Ji Yin, Wu Chou, and the others all assumed that the stone hall was clean.

Now that Wan Tianming and his group have seized the opportunity to return, it is clear that they have left some tricks inside the stone hall.

The next moment, a large-eyed rodent-like spirit beast flew out from a stone pillar and returned to Wan Tianming's side.

Qingyi Jushi couldn't help but feel indignant and said, "A fossilized beast?! You used this beast to monitor us, what a disgrace to you..."

Before Qingyi Jushi could finish speaking, Wan Tianming gave him a threatening look. Qingyi Jushi, whose strength was inferior, could only soften his tone and continue, "Still calling yourself a righteous person? Bah!"

This fossil beast is a kind of spirit beast that can perfectly blend into the rocks and soil, making it difficult to detect.

They weren't originally infamous creatures, until some cultivators used them to spy and steal secrets, which made these spirit beasts infamous and openly despised but secretly sought after by people in the cultivation world.