The Buddha is actually me

Chapter 184: Refining the Heavenly Eye in the Alchemy Furnace

"Hurry, keep adding firewood!"

In a secret room in the Shen Mansion, servants continuously threw locust wood and peach wood under the alchemy furnace. The flames grew stronger and stronger, burning fiercely. Red fire snakes spread all around, burning the black iron black.

When the temperature was right, Yue Ling waved her hand to let the servants leave. She was wearing a bright armor and standing in front of the alchemy furnace. Her eyes were like swords and she looked heroic.

Looking at the blazing flames, a trace of worry appeared in her eyes. After hesitating for a moment, she couldn't help but knock on the cauldron with her scabbard.

"Are you still alive?"

The next moment, a man's voice was heard from the alchemy furnace.

"It's OK. The stove is already heated. From now on, firewood will be useless. We must use heavenly fire."

If the group of servants heard this, they would be shocked. What was being refined in the cauldron was not a pill, but a person?

The stove was already blazing and extremely hot, but the man said that it had only just started to heat up and the flames would get even stronger.

It's simply appalling.

Yue Ling did not show any surprise. She took out the fire talisman that Zhang Jiuyang had given her from her arms and threw one into the fire.

The next moment, the flame jumped up as if it met boiling oil, and the color of the flame continued to deepen, with a hint of gold.

Yue Ling, who was practicing the "Thunder and Fire Sutra of Vajra King of the Three Generations", could clearly feel that as the fire talisman burned, the spiritual energy between heaven and earth quickly surged in, causing the flame of the alchemy furnace to undergo a strange change.

It changed from ordinary fire to a special spiritual fire.

The flame had a Taoist charm, with a pure yang energy, and was majestic and unparalleled. It was obviously the Taoist true fire, but she had never seen it before.

"Not enough, a few more."

Zhang Jiuyang's voice rang out from the alchemy furnace, undoubtedly with a hint of solemnity compared to the previous relaxed tone.

Yue Ling threw in three more fire talismans.

In an instant, the gold in the flames became increasingly intense, heat waves rolled in, and fire snakes surged, as if they had spiritual intelligence and drilled into the furnace through the vent.

The entire furnace was like a huge fireball, and the temperature rose rapidly.

There was no more sound coming from the alchemy furnace, and it became very silent.

Yue Ling gripped the knife handle tightly, ready to kick over the alchemy furnace to save people at any time.

……

heat!
too hot!
In the alchemy furnace, Zhang Jiuyang was wearing a water and fire Taoist robe woven with dragon gauze. This was a treasure that Yue Ling had exchanged for him with his own good deeds. It could keep from getting wet in water, from burning in fire, and could also resist ordinary weapons.

However, as Master Sa's fire talisman was burned, the power of the flame in the furnace suddenly increased dramatically, making this water and fire Taoist robe unable to withstand it.

Heat began to invade his limbs and bones, and his skin gradually became hot.

Fortunately, Zhang Jiuyang possessed the magical power of Jade Pivot Heavenly Fire, and had a high resistance to fire, so he was able to endure it. If it were someone else, he would probably have turned into charcoal by now.

Not enough, this flame is still not enough!

The Lingguan Heavenly Eye Method is to use the power of external heavenly fire to stimulate potential, and then use righteousness, anger, and evil in the heart as fuel to stimulate the liver fire, kidney fire, and heart fire. The three fires are fired simultaneously and rush straight to the Purple Palace, breaking open the dusty Heavenly Eye with the force of thunder!
But now the pressure from the external flames was not great enough. Even with the alchemy furnace gathering fire and vitality, it was still far from enough.

There is no doubt that his magical power is far inferior to that of Master Sa, and the fire talisman he wrote is naturally far inferior to the one Master Sa used back then.

So even if Yue Ling burned several of them in a row, the power of the flame was still far from enough and could not reach the level of heavenly fire.

Violence gathered in Zhang Jiuyang's eyes. He let out a low roar, and raging flames gushed out from the pores all over his body. They merged with the spiritual fire of the fire talisman, causing the temperature of the entire alchemy furnace to soar again.

Jade Pivot Heavenly Fire!

Beads of sweat began to appear on his forehead, hitting the bottom of the stove with a sizzling sound, and immediately turned into wisps of water vapor.

The entire alchemy furnace, under the blessing of the two spiritual fires, has been burned into a red-hot iron plate. If it were not made entirely of black iron and mixed with many precious metals that are resistant to burning, it would have melted long ago.

But even so, the power was still not enough, it still lacked that last little bit!

"Yue Ling, use your Ming Wang Golden Flame to give me a helping hand!"

He spoke out while enduring the burning pain.

Yue Ling didn't speak for a moment.

"Don't worry, I'm confident. This is only the first day. Trust me."

A moment later, another kind of flame poured into the alchemy furnace. It was a pure golden flame, extremely dazzling and overbearing, and was not inferior to Zhang Jiuyang's Jade Pivot Sky Fire.

The Taoist True Fire, the Jade Pivot Sky Fire and the Ming Wang Golden Flame, the three spiritual fires combined into one, the temperature was so high that Zhang Jiuyang immediately screamed, and his skin suddenly cracked rapidly, as if his flesh and blood were about to evaporate.

However, he is also a man of extremely strong mind, and he can still remain rational even in such intense pain.

He tried hard to maintain his cross-legged posture, stretched out his somewhat stiff palms, made the hand seal of Lingguan Jue, then closed his eyes and concentrated, silently reciting the profound words in his heart.

"The fierce official god of the Nine Heavens, with his mighty power over the Nine Heavens. He goes in and out of the Three Realms, and his loyal ministers help the emperor. He is brave and wears golden armor, and his angry face collects fire spirits. His red robe flashes like lightning, and his green boots walk on the ground. He wears a dragon rope, a thunder and fire belt, and wind and clouds surround him. He commands all the generals, and is a powerful Yaksha god..."

This is a passage from "The True Scripture of Lingguan, the King of the Fire Train, Spoken by the Great Supreme Yuanyang God and the Unbeginning Heavenly Venerable". The process of practicing Lingguan's Heavenly Eye Method is too dangerous. It is not enough to have the protection of Lingguan Jue alone. One must also recite this true scripture.

Only in this way can one obtain the protection of the true spirit of the Spirit Official and survive this extremely difficult process.

As expected, as Zhang Jiuyang began to chant, the flames around him seemed to undergo some mysterious changes, and the fire snakes began to intentionally avoid his body.

The excruciating burning sensation seemed to have eased a lot.

Strands of heat continuously flowed into Zhang Jiuyang's body, polishing his will and stimulating his potential. Zhang Jiuyang gradually fell into a magical state.

The mouth cannot speak, the eyes cannot see, the ears cannot hear, and the nose cannot smell.

It was as if all five senses were stripped away and I fell into eternal darkness. Even the fire from the outside world seemed to begin to disappear and slowly could no longer be felt.

I could only feel waves of heat rushing towards my eyebrows, but there seemed to be a natural moat there, eternal and strong as iron, which remained unmoved by the impact of the heat.

……

Outside the furnace, Yue Ling was wearing armor, his hand on the hilt of a sword, guarding the furnace like a door god. His eyes were as sharp as knives, forbidding anyone to disturb Zhang Jiuyang's practice.

She could hear that after the three fires merged into one, Zhang Jiuyang's breathing in the cauldron became rapid at first, but soon calmed down. Now it seemed as if he was asleep, long and continuous, like a deep valley.

She finally breathed a sigh of relief, which meant that Zhang Jiuyang was not bragging. He was indeed practicing and seemed to have entered the state.

Then what she had to do was to help him guard the gate and strictly prohibit anyone from disturbing him.

If such a dangerous method is disturbed by external forces, failure in practice would be the least of it. Zhang Jiuyang would probably suffer a serious backlash in an instant and his life would be in danger.

Just like that, one day, two days, three days.

Yue Ling, wearing armor and holding a sword, stood tall and heroic in front of the alchemy furnace for three days and three nights without eating, drinking, sleeping or resting.

It is like a solitary pine tree clinging to the rock of a green mountain, standing still and majestic.

At noon on the third day, a man suddenly broke in.

He was also wearing armor, with a tall and strong figure, holding a demon-subduing pestle in his hand, his hair and beard like a halberd, his voice was rough and heroic, and he broke the door lock with a wave of his hand and rushed in.

"Yue Jianhou, how long are you going to wait?"

"Although you are the chief investigator of this case, I am also the deputy chief investigator. You are hiding in your room making pills instead of doing important things. I cannot stand such behavior!"

Shen Tu Xiong strode forward, but suddenly stopped when he was three feet in front of Yue Ling. His hair stood on end and he subconsciously made a defensive move.

That is murderous intent!
Like a violent storm, the murderous intent is yet to be unleashed!
Yue Ling slowly opened his eyes, his long black hair flying in front of his forehead, as if he had transformed from a sculpture into a living person in an instant. His sharp eyes were like a dragon-sparrow sword being unsheathed, its cold light shining on the snow, and murderous intent soaring into the sky.

"One more step and you will die."

She clenched her jade hand holding the hilt of the knife slightly, her black hair fluttering, and her powerful aura made the armor on her body tremble slightly. It seemed as if she was going to draw the knife and kill someone in the next moment, sacrificing the knife with blood.

The fire behind her began to flicker.

Shen Tu Xiong's pupils narrowed and his face looked surprised.

Crazy, is this woman crazy?

She actually wanted to kill him?
Although the two had some differences of opinion in the past, and sometimes even slammed the table and quarreled, at most they just discussed with each other.

For people at their level, once they develop the intention to kill, it would be a very serious matter.

Shen Tu Xiong stopped in his tracks. To be honest, he had no confidence that he could defeat Yue Ling. Although he was more experienced than Yue Ling and had been a prisoner for almost ten years, Yue Ling had already entered the fifth realm several years ago.

With her qualifications, who knows how much she has improved over the years?

"Yue Ling, calm down!"

Shen Tu Xiong frowned and said, "You said before that you would go to Shenju Mountain to ambush and kill Yan Luo. I was already prepared, but as time goes by, why is there no follow-up?"

"Especially since Yan Luo actually has the magical power of painted skin, how can we let such an evil spirit go?"

"Or are you, Yue Ling, really frightened by the Yangzhou Lantern Festival?"

He deliberately provoked the general.

But Yue Ling was not moved at all, and said coldly: "I am refining the elixir, let's talk about this after I finish refining the elixir."

"Alchemy?"

"Why haven't I heard that you can make pills?"

When did this woman, who has always been only interested in fighting and killing, learn how to make elixirs?

Yue Ling stopped talking and flicked the knife handle with his thumb.

With the sound of the sword clanging, the Dragon Sparrow Sword revealed an inch of its edge, with red flame-shaped runes flowing on it. The sword energy was like a flood that surged like waves, making the red battle robe under her armor flutter like a flag.

"Go back first and wait for my order. Before that, no one is allowed to move rashly."

"This is a military order. Anyone who violates it will be executed."

Although her voice was not loud, it was as sonorous as iron, resounding and had an unquestionable majesty.

Shentu Xiong suddenly paused.

"Okay, you are the organizer of the Yan Luo case, I will listen to you, but I will report this matter to the Supervisor and report you!"

"Farewell!"

Shentu Xiong snorted coldly, put away the demon-subduing pestle, turned around and left angrily.

Yue Ling stared at his back with deep eyes. After a long time, she slowly closed her eyes, and the whole person seemed to have turned into a statue again.

Two more days passed.

fifth day.

Li Yan came and also asked about the matters of Shenju Mountain.

His apprentice Luo Ping died at the hands of the Huangquan evil spirit, and even his former wife and children died as a result of the Huangquan case.

Therefore, Li Yan couldn't wait to avenge this blood feud. His words were naturally not as overbearing as Shen Tu Xiong's, but he also showed some anxiety.

Yue Ling still gave the military order and asked him to go back and wait.

On the sixth day, Lao Gao came.

He collected a lot of information about Shenju Mountain and reported it to Yue Ling.

Lao Gao is indeed a capable person. He actually found the record of the corpse-reincarnated immortal in ancient books and deduced that Shenju Mountain might be the cave residence of the corpse-reincarnated immortal. There is still a chance left, so it is coveted by Yama Luo.

Although it is still some distance from the truth, the fact that Si Chen can find out this far is enough to show his ability.

He looks lazy, but he is actually wise, smart and capable.

When leaving, Lao Gao glanced at the alchemy furnace and suddenly asked, "Yuetou, have you seen Xiaojiu recently?"

"He's smart, and I wanted to discuss something with him, but I couldn't find him anywhere..."

Yue Ling raised her eyes and glanced at him, then said calmly, "I sent him on a mission, he won't be back for a few days, you go down first."

Lao Gao nodded, bowed and left.

Looking at his back, Yue Ling sighed softly, remembering the conversation between her and Zhang Jiuyang before he entered the alchemy furnace.

"After the Yangzhou Rebellion, the spy must have been paying close attention to your next move, wanting to know whether you would go to Shenju Mountain again, so..."

"Anyone who comes to spy on you could be a spy."

"What if all three of them come?"

"Then it depends on who arrives last. The person who arrives last is the most suspicious."

"why?"

"Because in this line of work, you must be patient. It shouldn't be hard for that spy to guess that you have already started to suspect someone inside during the Yangzhou Rebellion."

"So at this time, he must have repeatedly told himself to stay calm, be more steady, and not reveal any flaws."

"Of course, the other party may also deliberately do the opposite. In short, if you want to make a final decision, you should wait until I come out of seclusion and use my Heavenly Eye to take a look myself."

……

The seventh day.

The temperature of the fire reached its peak that day, and the entire room was covered by heat waves. Even Yue Ling, who had the power of fire, had his hair wet with sweat.

But she remained motionless, and instead became even more focused.

The last day is also the most dangerous day.

The flames had completely burned the alchemy furnace into a charred black color, and some parts even showed a tendency to soften. It was obvious that even a specially made cauldron could not withstand the burning of the heavenly fire for seven days and seven nights.

Time passed little by little, from Chenshi to Zishi, the night grew darker, but the flame in the furnace became brighter and brighter, like a golden sun that had fallen into the mortal world.

There was a hint of worry in Yue Ling's eyes.

Since yesterday, she could not hear Zhang Jiuyang's breathing. She tried to probe, but there was no response from the furnace.

It seemed to have been burned to ashes.

time flies.

Yue Ling, who was usually calm and composed, could not help but hesitate at this moment. He kept turning his head to look at the cauldron, and his hand holding the handle of the knife became stronger and stronger.

I don’t know how long it was before a rooster crowed.

Its daybreak.

Seven days and seven nights have passed.

A familiar voice sounded in Yue Ling's ears.

"Stand back, I'm coming out."

(End of this chapter)