Chong Ji · Fang Yu Rou

  Because of Yue Qing's previous words, everyone took action to collect the flying thunder beads. Linglingzi took 10 pieces of Gui Shui Shen Lei, and the four people from Chunyang Sect collected nearly a hundred according to their needs. The Liu brothers were not seen outside, but they collectively collected nearly three thousand. The remaining ones were all taken away by Liu Quan with Qingceng bottle. Xu Fei'niang also prepared a bottle for each of the Kunlun Four Friends. Zhī Fēi Chánshī and others did not take any.

  The Heavenly Thunder had just finished, and Yue Qing opened the orifices of the various halls below. First, many blue-white and black-silver flying swords flew out, like a school of fish emerging from an ice cave, filling the air with their flight. Xu Fei Nang and Liu Quan set up a method to collect them, and first brought them in front of the guests: "These are the Thirty-six Heavenly Punishment Swords and the Seventy-two Earthly Fiend Swords. The quality is still passable. Fellow Taoist friends can take some back to give to their disciples, and it will also save you the trouble of refining them again."

  Mr. Zhong took out a Tianxia sword because his new disciple, Huo Renyu, didn't have a suitable flying sword yet. No one else reached for it, but Xu Fei'niang had previously inquired about the situation of each family with Yue Qing and had recently taken in a child named Zhuang Yi to join the sect. Water Cloud's two disciples had their flying swords destroyed in a recent battle with someone, so Xu Fei'niang took out three more to give to them. The remaining ones were stored in the sword case, to be given to new disciples who would enter the Xiantian Pavilion in the future.

  After the flying sword, a large number of elixirs flew out, including the Three-Yuan Pill for treating internal injuries, the White Jade Pill for treating external injuries, the Yin-Yang Pill for detoxification, the Foundation Establishment Pill for changing one's physique, and the Foundation Establishment Pill for nourishing one's primordial energy... A total of over 300 pills shot out from the cave, filling the entire summit of North Tai Mountain with a refreshing fragrance.

  With that, the first firing came to an end. The furnace door slowly closed, the earth fire rose, and the clear flame descended. Continued tempering, waiting for 365 days before opening the second time.

  Si Kong Zhan never showed up, but beforehand, Yue Qing and Xu Fei Nang predicted that he would definitely come, maybe now he is already lurking around to spy. Linglingzi, as the half-master of Wudang Sect, couldn't stay here all the time, so he went back to the mountain first. The Kunlun Sect is similar to the Wudang Sect, after the ancestor's ascension, no new master was appointed, and the nine great elders jointly managed the sect's affairs. Among the nine great elders, half of them were old nuns who were invited to Wudang Sect, and several others were not suitable for the position, mainly because the Kunlun Four Friends took charge, so they also couldn't stay here all the time. The Taiyi Heaven Furnace had been fully opened, and it could continuously extract spiritual energy from heaven and earth to operate on its own, so they went back to Kunlun as well.

  The rest of the Pure Yang Sect's Zongxuan Xianfu is located in Taihang Mountain, which is just a stone's throw away. Moreover, there are only four disciples, while the Mao Shan Sect has already formed a stable structure with three palaces and five halls. The leader can be present or absent among the eight great disciples, and they can all do their jobs well, so they and the Wudang Four Friends have stayed behind.

  The second firing was a year later, and more than 300 days passed in a hurry. Just as the day of the firing arrived, a silver light suddenly flew across the sky and landed in front of the North Pole Immortal Palace. A beautiful girl about sixteen or seventeen years old, wearing a white palace dress, appeared. Xu Fei recognized her as Fang Yurou, the disciple of Si Kongzhan and also his concubine. Since she had appeared, Si Kongzhan was probably not far behind.

  Xu Fei's wife stepped forward and said: "Fang Shi Mei, that day my husband and Yue Shi Di sent a flying sword to deliver a letter to our Shifu, asking him to take charge of the situation. How come there is no news from him at all? Do you know anything about this?"

  Fang Yu's eyes were like autumn waves, and she walked into the palace with a gentle tone: "My master said that the fifth generation of the Wudang Sect has already passed away. Naturally, he is the most respected among the remaining ones. You disciples have obtained the heavenly book and the mountain-settling treasure of our sect, but you didn't personally go to invite him to come down from the mountain. Instead, you just used letters to summon him, which is very impolite and doesn't put him in your eyes."

  Xu Fei's daughter said: "The Five Platforms Sect has been abandoned for a long time, and we are short-handed with insufficient skills. Therefore, we were unable to personally go to Yunmeng Mountain to invite Master Shu to come to the Five Platforms. When you return, please also ask him to explain a few sentences on our behalf."

  Fang Yurou walked into the immortal palace, looked around and found a chair to sit down: "If you really want to repent, hand over the Taoist scriptures left by your master, as well as the Taiyi Wuyan Luo and the treasure you are currently refining in the furnace. Today, I have come under the orders of my master to take the Xiantian Four Spirit Flag and the Qixing Xuanguang Sword. Will you comply?"

  Xu Fei Nang smiled and said: "Master Shu is the only elder of our Wudai Sect, if he is willing to come out of retirement and take charge of Wudai, we will naturally welcome him with open arms. However, since he neither wants to repay kindness nor is willing to oppose Emei Sect, but instead asks for what's already ours, this is simply too unreasonable. Please forgive us for not being able to comply!"

  "You've eaten the gall of a fierce leopard! How dare you defy my master's orders?" Fang Yurou raised her elegant eyebrows and shouted in a delicate voice, "My master sent me to give you an opportunity to reform yourselves. If you don't know what's good for you, wait until my master arrives, and you'll regret it!"

  As they spoke, the primordial true energy at the back of the ice cave surged forward, and a celestial sword flew out from within. The surface of the sword was wrapped in over ten feet of dazzlingly bright light, illuminating the entire hall brightly. Moreover, seven bowl-sized starlights revolved around it, flying about - this was precisely the Seven Stars Mysterious Light Sword that Fang Yu Rou had just named as her desire. She didn't stand on ceremony either, and with a flick of her wrist, sent out a strip of red silk gauze to wrap around the celestial sword.

  "Sister, wait!" Xue Fei's flying sword shot out, a flash of blue light cutting off Fang Yurou's red tassel.

  Fang Yurou angrily shouted, releasing her own flying sword to wrap around the Seven Stars Xuan Guang Sword. Suddenly, a five-colored light flew in from the side and wrapped around the immortal sword, reversing its direction and pulling it back. Fang Yurou didn't recognize Liu Quan, so she looked at him and asked: "Who are you?"

  Xu Fei Nang said: "That is our newly admitted junior fellow apprentice, Bai Shui Zhen Ren Liu Quan."

  "Alright, you're so reckless and arbitrary, taking in disciples behind my master's back. Don't you truly put my master in your eyes? Aren't you afraid that he'll find out and unleash his thunderous wrath, killing all of you?"

  Xu Fei's face sank: "I and Yue Shidi are in charge of teaching the next generation, it's our branch's affair, so Master Uncle doesn't need to worry about it!"

  "Xu Fei Niang! How dare you speak to me like that? Are you really tired of living?" Fang Yu Rou was furious. Si Kong Zhan was the junior brother of Tai Yi Hunyuan's master, and his Taoist skills were extremely high and unfathomable. His temper was also bad, and even though he had a master to protect him, none of the disciples dared to offend him. Now that Tai Yi Hunyuan was gone, Yue Qing and others of her generation saw him but didn't dare to resist, they all kept silent like cicadas in winter. In those years, Tuo Tuo's master was able to become the leader smoothly because Si Kong Zhan didn't compete with him. After Tai Yi Hunyuan died, he went to Yun Meng Mountain Sheng Guang Cave to live in seclusion.

  Xu Fei Niang ignored Fang Yu Rou, and four small flags flew out of the entrance of Hunyuan Temple again, each wrapped in a ball of true energy, as if animals were playing and chasing each other. Fang Yu Rou took out a spiritual symbol from her bosom and shot a beam of light to capture the four small flags, intending to forcibly retrieve them. Xu Fei Niang suddenly released a flying sword, cutting towards Fang Yu Rou's wrist. The sword light flashed and was about to reach her body. Fang Yu Rou never expected Xu Fei Niang to release a flying sword at her, and she let out a sharp cry that pierced the eardrums. She didn't dare to retrieve the treasure again and quickly transformed into a gentle breeze to escape. Xu Fei Niang still ordered Liu Quan to take back the treasure.

  Fang Yurou stood at the gate of the immortal palace, her face flushed with anger: "Xu Fei'niang, you dare to hurt a single hair on me? Believe it or not, my master will make sure all of you die without a place to be buried!"

  "Little girl, you're so arrogant!" Liu Buxu walked out of the side hall, "Go and bring Xiāo Kōng Zhàn here, I want to see how he's going to make us all die without a burial place!"

  Fang Yurou recognized Liu Buxu: "You Maoshan Sect, stop meddling in other people's business! Otherwise, if you provoke my master to anger, with just a slight movement of his finger, he'll turn your Three Palaces and Five Organs into dust!"

  Liu Bu sneered coldly: "If Si Kong Zhan really has such great abilities, why has he been hiding in the Yun Meng Mountain Shenguang Cave all these years and not daring to show his head? You go back and tell him to hurry up and move that finger a bit more, first turn Donghai Diao Ao Jiao into dust!"

  "You!" Fang Yujiao stomped her foot in anger, took out the Zhutian Camera and snapped a photo of Liu Buxu, "You're looking for death!"

  All that was seen was a cold and clear light shining towards Liu Bu Xiu, Liu Bu Xiu was dazed by the light and his soul was overturned, his body went soft and he fell to the ground.

  Fang Yurou coldly laughed and said, "Is that all there is to the Taoist methods of Mao Mountain?" At this time, another treasure flew out from the entrance of the Hunyuan Temple. Fang Yurou raised her treasure mirror towards Xu Feiniang, who was caught off guard and was trapped by the mirror's light. After struggling for a moment, she also fell to the ground. Liu Quan shouted loudly and released his flying sword to slash down, but it was first blocked by her flying sword, then she shone her essence light, capturing his soul and causing him to fall to the ground.

  Fang Yurou released the red silk to retrieve the flying treasures, when suddenly she heard Si Kongzhan's voice by her ear: "You've already entered the enemy's illusory realm, why don't you hurry back!"