The Heavens: A Qing, the Yue Girl at the beginning

Countless people looked up and saw the furnace of heaven and earth condensing into shape from the hidden outline of the symbol lines, emitting infinite light. They were shocked by its majestic appearance, mistakenly thinking that it was a disaster or blessing from heaven, and they bowed down while reciting prayers.

I saw that the walls of the furnace of heaven and earth were engraved with dense array patterns, including the Li Fire Suzaku formed by the true fire of the sun, and the Kan Water Black Tortoise formed by the true water of the moon. The sun's aura expanded while the moon's aura contracted, and the two offset each other, naturally maintaining the furnace wall where water and fire complemented each other.

These two completely opposite forces actually coexisted in miraculous harmony within the furnace, jointly maintaining the operation of this purgatory, and even intertwined and fused with each other, deriving more mysterious symbols, which not only demonstrated endless heat, but also revealed a hint of deep chill.

These talismans echoed with the stars in the sky and lit up one by one as Zhao Qing pinched his fingers to create spells. They were like ignited star maps, drawing the energy of the stars down through the air and transforming it into streams of light about ten feet thick that were cast into the furnace.

At the same time, in the higher outer sky, there is a dazzling river in the sky, and the river water is a gorgeous fiery red color, just like a raging flame burning in the void, rushing and surging, accompanied by lightning and thunder, and it also continuously flows into the furnace.

The furnace of heaven and earth appears, and divine fire refines the sky!
The magnificence of this scene was beyond everyone's imagination. Even the people of Yingdu, who were accustomed to seeing all kinds of magical powers of practitioners, could not help but be stunned and dumbfounded at this moment.

Zhao Qing stood under the huge furnace with an indifferent expression. Her figure seemed so small against the backdrop of the huge furnace, but the aura she exuded could not be ignored. The air was filled with vitality like water, and she was like a fish swimming in the water, able to go anywhere with the flow of water without any hindrance.

As the huge furnace turned on, even the sky seemed to be burned through and collapsed by it. Metal vapors of lead, mercury, tin, silver, and other metals generated by the fires in the workshops in Yingdu, poisonous mist containing sulfur and phosphorus, and dusts of copper, iron, magnetic crystals, etc., all poured into the furnace and were all refined and purified bit by bit.

Under Zhao Qing's exquisite control, these substances that were originally mixed together began to gradually separate and reorganize, becoming docile and pure. When the furnace wall became transparent, one could clearly see that thumb-sized golden pills were condensing into shape.

This process seemed to last for thousands and millions of years, yet it also seemed like only a moment. Finally, when the last trace of impurities was removed by the True Fire of the Sun and the True Water of the Moon, the fluctuations of the vital energy in the furnace also reached its peak.

"Open the furnace!" Zhao Qing shouted softly, and with his hands he formed a complicated formula for collecting the elixir.

The furnace mouth instantly turned upside down, and an irresistible suction force was generated from the outside, pulling out thousands of glittering gold and stone pills. They drew golden arcs in the air, like a grand golden rain, extremely gorgeous.

The properties of these golden elixirs were similar to those of the "Five Stone Pills" that she had "fed" to the magic weapons to increase their sharpness, toughness, and spirituality, but they were also somewhat different. They had an indescribable spirituality and breath of life, as if they had "come alive".

Thousands of practitioners involved in the arson case were killed in a short period of time, their souls were scattered, and the air was filled with negative energy and death. A group of demon embryos were cultivated and merged with the mercury and gold evil spirits.

Then, Zhao Qing referred to the spirit recasting method in dragon alchemy and refined it into a large amount of "regenerated metal" that was first killed and then reborn, imprisoning it to form an almost living spirit.

Rich spiritual elements flow through these liquid "recycled metals", forming complex high-level alchemical circuits, combining foreign alchemy with traditional methods of refining talismans, and creating a large number of "golden men" with simple intelligence and the ability to absorb vitality on their own.

According to her recent research results, the extremely powerful Disha Golden Men and Yuanchen Golden Men of the Gushan Sword Sect should have adopted a similar refining method. At least the outer shell is condensed from mercury and gold gas, so they can change freely and be reorganized and repaired.

Although the "golden man" that Zhao Qing is refining at this moment is far inferior in level, the principle is not much different.

It looks like a small golden pill on the surface, but in fact it is just the initial form of a "liquid intelligent robot". It has inherent magnetism, can regulate its temperature by itself, and can switch and transform between liquid and solid states.

When the elixir was completed, golden rain fell from the sky. Some of it went towards the river near a workshop in the west of the city, some flew to the area of ​​several wealthy and powerful people's mansions, and the rest, at her wave of the hand, fell around Zhao Qing and soon piled up into a small hill.

Ji Tianxue casually took a golden pill and felt the strange aura in it. He was shocked and could not help but inject a few strands of true essence into the pill. Then, with a slight thought, he transformed the pill into a small sword with gold and silver, which floated in the air, flashing a faint light.

"Mercury sword? Turning beans into soldiers?" Seeing such a novel method of refining weapons, he naturally immersed himself in it and soon thought of some related ancient secret techniques.

The former is a method of cultivation that was inadvertently discovered by alchemists during the You Dynasty. It uses heavy mercury to refine elixir mercury, which is then taken into the body and refined into a sword. It is between the natal and non-natal, the invisible and the visible. It is a secret method that can simulate the changes of a flying sword before the five realms of divine consciousness, and even the nature of a natal flying sword.

All the alchemists of the You Dynasty gathered in the imperial palace, so this method of practice was not passed on to outsiders. It was lost after the fall of the You Dynasty. At that time, it was also considered an unconventional method of practice that was not good for the practitioner's health, so there are only related records in very few ancient books.

The latter is a legend that is almost like a myth, but if we look into its possible principle in detail, it should be the use of some special beans that can carry the life energy of some practitioners, and then refine them into magical instruments to store the true energy, which can be used to fight against the enemy or set up formations.

However, both of these secret techniques have been lost for many years and are only a brief flash in the history of cultivation. Even those sects with a long history of inheritance have only a few words of records, let alone restoring them.

But the method Zhao Qing used at this moment seemed to have integrated these two secret techniques into one, and he made great improvements and innovations to them.

These golden elixirs can not only carry true essence, but also change into various forms according to the owner's wishes. Their flexibility is far beyond the reach of single elixir swords and beans-turned-soldier weapons.

After trying it, Ji Tianxue was basically certain that this kind of flying sword transformed from golden elixir could be controlled freely with only the fusion of the four realms, and the sword could be controlled within a hundred steps. If one took the golden elixir and endured the pain to refine it into the meridians in the body, perhaps even the upper-grade third realm could be tried to use it.

The changes and speed of the flying sword technique are far beyond the ability of most conventional sword techniques to counter before the fifth realm. Therefore, practitioners in the third and fourth realms who have mastered this kind of new type of dan mercury sword with extremely low toxicity have the potential to fight across levels.

Except for a few people who are born weak and frail, or have problems with their internal organs and meridians, anyone who has the aptitude to practice and can sense the existence of the vital energy of heaven and earth, after practicing for twenty to thirty years, can basically enter the third realm of true essence.

By the time they reach old age, most of them can reach the peak of the third realm, and a small half can eventually break into the fourth realm. As for those with extraordinary talents, they can achieve this achievement much earlier than expected, when they are still young.

Therefore, the mainstream practitioners in the army are those at the second level of Qi Refining, the third level of True Essence and the fourth level of Fusion Essence. The new recruits at the Qi Refining level are mostly stationed in the rear, the fifth level of Divine Mind belongs to the middle-level captains and colonels, and the sixth level of Divine Mind is already the level of generals or priests.

As for the Seventh Realm Grandmasters, they were all great generals who had ruled a region and were famous for several dynasties. Therefore, this golden elixir that could allow practitioners of the Third and Fourth Realms to possess the art of flying swords was of epoch-making significance to the military of Da Chu. It was enough to train a large number of elite soldiers in a short period of time, and even change the form of war between low-level practitioners!
Thinking of this, Ji Tianxue couldn't help but be agitated. He looked at Zhao Qing deeply and said in a deep voice:

"Since the Qin people have launched a spy network, causing many workshops in our dynasty to fall into chaos and division, and paying a large number of chess pieces as a price for this, they must have a great conspiracy, and we must be on guard."

"Considering that if we can reorganize the weapon refining industry and eradicate many of the cancers, our dynasty will not only no longer have to worry about the Qin spies stealing the talisman weapon technology, but we can also break it and then rebuild it, and our strength will increase. In my opinion, I am afraid we have to consider the possibility that the Qin Dynasty will tear up the treaty and immediately declare war on the Great Chu."

"If a war really breaks out between Qin and Chu, these special 'Flying Sword Pills' may be an important means of rapidly improving our military strength and putting pressure on the enemy. The Lord has carefully considered this, and it can be said to be thorough."

Zhao Qing nodded, indicating that he also agreed with this judgment on the war issue. After all, in the original work, Yuan Wu and Zheng Xiu launched a war against Chu with millions of corpses in order to confirm the true existence of the descendants of the Nine-Lives Silkworm and make the Nine-Lives Silkworm appear.

A great war involving the lives and deaths of millions of people, the real purpose was not to weaken the power of the Great Chu Dynasty and thus destroy it, but just for one person.

This seems extremely crazy, but if you think about it carefully, apart from the descendants of the Nine-Death Silkworm, it will completely destroy the Bashan Sword Field and the hopes of many opponents in the Qin Dynasty. From then on, the world will be "peaceful" and Yuanwu and Zheng Xiu will no longer have any real opponents who can contend with them.

Even if they paid an extremely heavy price to achieve their goal, the Qin Dynasty, which was the largest among all nations, could still withstand the attack and slowly recover. Coupled with the advantages of the two in cultivation, unifying the world would only take a few more years or even more than ten years.

But now, Zhao Qing's threat to the Qin Dynasty seems to be even greater than Ding Ning's at that time. After all, one has not really grown up yet and has not been confirmed to be the reincarnation of Wang Jingmeng, while the other is imminent, his cultivation is not much different from the eighth level, and he is also highly valued in the Great Chu Dynasty and is at the peak of power.

What Yuan Wu fears most is the emergence of new Eight Realms combat power in the world. Therefore, he is quite wary of all the grand masters at the peak of the Seven Realms and will never allow the birth of another Eight Realms power from other dynasties.

Because there is a dynasty ruled by a strong man of this level, he would probably have to go into battle personally to have a chance of killing the opponent. Otherwise, no matter how large the army is, it would most likely be limited to a confrontation, and there might be no hope of unification in his lifetime.

Therefore, for Yuan Wu, doing his utmost to kill the possible Eight Realms is obviously more beneficial than harmful, even if it means starting a full-scale war - in addition, he obviously also has some means of identifying the probability of grand masters breaking through the Eight Realms and becoming enlightened, which is quite reliable.

However, if the Qin Dynasty really wanted to attack Chu in advance and invade the homeland of a big country, it would have to mobilize at least more than half of its forces and mobilize the entire country to prepare supplies and recruit soldiers. It would be impossible for this to go unnoticed.

Therefore, the Chu Dynasty will also have some time to prepare, but it won’t be too long.

Now that I have been targeted, there is no need for me to keep a low profile any longer. I must immediately start showing my true strength. I should not be limited to being a spokesperson for a group, but I should become a banner that wins the support of the people.

He made countless people willing to follow and serve him, and he used the spread of the teachings and the use of force to unite his own forces, and even used some forbidden methods that were previously restricted for this purpose.

Many thoughts flashed through his mind, and Zhao Qing looked towards the other two places where the golden elixirs fell. With a flick of his fingers, tens of thousands of golden elixirs that were passing by the river dozens of miles away turned into flying swords, forming a sword formation as heavy as a mountain, locking up the entire section of seemingly empty waters.

He felt as if there were mountains of lead, tin, silver and mercury pressing down from above, and the mixed breath of various metals filled the flowing vital energy of heaven and earth all around him. Under the river, a Qin master who had been buried in the mud and sand was forced out unexpectedly.

Faced with this sudden change, he did not dwell on what went wrong, nor did he investigate why he was discovered in this way, nor did he suspect whether someone had leaked the information.

He simply turned over and stood firmly on a hard rock in the middle of the river. His face was calm and resolute, and a pale golden seven-foot sword naturally condensed between his hands. His true energy rushed out of his acupoints like a waterfall, drawing a huge amount of the energy of heaven and earth to merge into the sword body.

Even though the environment here was filled with a strong aura of golden evil, which was also integrated into the sword and fiercely impacted the master's spiritual thoughts and flowing true energy, he still swallowed the blood that was about to overflow from his teeth, raised the sword, and pointed it to the sky!

Then, a mountain of vitality that was getting bigger and brighter slowly rose from the water, like the rising sun over the sea. There was even a golden glow on the peak of the mountain, piercing the sky like thousands of sharp swords.

In a flash, all of them collided with the same number of golden elixir swords!
This is the "Tifeng" sword style in the "Mingshan Sword Classic". The mountain is condensed with sword intent, and the sword light is the tip. Once the sword is out, it has the power to drive the terrain of mountains and rivers, as if even the entire world is about to collapse towards the enemy, unmatched and unstoppable.

However, the small golden elixir sword refined by Zhao Qing is not a flying sword known for its unparalleled sharpness, but an "intelligent machine" that carries a part of her spiritual will. On the surface of the golden elixir, there are miniature magic arrays flowing, which can absorb vitality from the outside world to replenish the loss and maintain the operation of the sword array.

Therefore, at the moment of contact between the two sides, these small golden elixir swords automatically formed larger compound sword formations, like golden spider webs, entwining and binding the mountains of vitality condensed by the "Ti Feng" sword style layer by layer, constantly consuming its upward momentum until it collapsed with a loud bang.

"Bang——" a dull explosion sounded, and the river water was instantly blown up into a water column nearly a hundred feet high. The cloud layer above was torn open by the shock, and the figure of the Qin master was also thrown out from it.

Before he could land on the ground, thousands of sword lights shot out from all directions, completely blocking all possible directions for him to dodge.

However, compared with the previous half-attack and half-defense conservative strategy, although thousands of the tens of thousands of Jindan small swords were shattered on the spot, the remaining sword blades were all covered with a layer of glazed star fire, which was actually the long-range blessing of the Starfire Comet Sword.

Countless sword lights gathered and condensed into huge golden torrents, which naturally swept out colorful silver fire lines with a gloomy atmosphere. The starlight flowed and easily penetrated the opponent's second sword move "Jingyuan" that had just been used, burning the person to ashes. Only the big sword remained!
Then, the golden light in the sky rolled back. Except for a dozen golden elixirs that were tightly attached to the Grandmaster's sword, with the edges turning into thin wings that kept flapping, carrying the two or three hundred kilograms of trophies, the rest of the elixirs were spinning and activating formation patterns, collecting and absorbing the dust of the small sword that had just been shattered.

These dusts are originally particles that escaped after the liquid metal was shattered. Under the influence of a specific magic array, they can condense and fuse again and restore their original form. Although there will inevitably be some loss of vitality and spirit, it can also be called an alternative form of "regeneration".

Almost at the same time, after receiving Zhao Qing's attack order, a large number of miniature golden men, only a few inches tall, who had fallen into the mansions of the powerful, also broke into different courtyards in parallel and began their charge.

...(End of chapter)