It’s done!
As Ye Qingchen slowly opened his eyes, the flames surrounding the Crimson Mist Cauldron quietly halted at this moment, revealing the alchemy furnace’s ancient and flawless exterior decorated with flowers, birds, fish, and insects.
Clearly.
This refining of the Eight-faced Buddha has drained the Crimson Mist Cauldron significantly.
After all, what was refined wasn’t something ordinary, but the most powerful leader among the Twelve Demon Sects of the Western Wilderness. Not to mention the eight divine soul puppets from the opponent!
Though Ye Qingchen’s eyes also showed a hint of weariness, there was even more joy.
"From now on, I will have my helpers! When I encounter strong enemies again, I can summon them directly!"
Thinking to himself, he had already stepped forward to uncover the alchemy furnace.
Clank! Clank! Clank!
The nine chains bound outside the Crimson Mist Cauldron suddenly snapped apart with a ’crackling’ sound, transforming into spots of light and dissipating into the void. Simultaneously, nine rays of escape light swiftly emerged, appearing before Ye Qingchen!
Leading the way.
Face-less, faceless, draped in a massive black robe, it was the true body of the Eight-faced Buddha.
Behind him.
Were the eight ghost god puppets that the Eight-faced Buddha once crafted.
In the alchemy furnace, Ye Qingchen had re-refined them, and their forms shrank from the original hundred feet to the current fifty or sixty feet.
Of course, this doesn’t mean the strength of the ghost god puppets has weakened; on the contrary, Ye Qingchen’s refining removed the impurities from their divine souls, solidifying their foundation, making cultivation easier!
Moreover, as long as there’s enough divine soul to devour, they can continuously advance their cultivation realm, and someday they might break through to Celestial Immortal!
"Nice, nice!"
Ye Qingchen nodded with satisfaction.
With these nine ghost god puppets, he wouldn’t even need to personally take action against some ordinary Celestial Immortals.
"Rest another half day, then directly go find Blood Sword Ancestor!"
Ye Qingchen waved his hand, intending to put away the ghost god puppets, but unexpectedly, instead of entering the Crimson Mist Cauldron as he anticipated, the ghost god puppets went straight into the yellow gourd hanging at his waist.
"Huh?"
Ye Qingchen raised an eyebrow, clearly surprised.
During the seven days of refining, all the consciousness on the ghost god puppets, including the Eight-faced Buddha, had been wiped clean by him, only relying on instincts to act.
And the fact that they chose the yellow gourd and didn’t enter the Crimson Mist Cauldron suggests that they know this jade gourd is beneficial to themselves!
"It seems my yellow gourd is not so simple..."
Ye Qingchen withdrew the Crimson Mist Cauldron, playfully taking off the gourd at his waist, unable to resist examining it. Ever since he obtained this jade gourd, he had been using it as a spatial-type magical artifact to store Heavenly and Earthly Treasures.
Who would’ve thought, there’d be such a sudden change today?
However.
When his divine sense covered it, the jade gourd still appeared ordinary, showing no trace of peculiarity.
"Could it be that I’ve overthought it?"
"Or is it that this gourd has surpassed my realm? With my current ability, I still can’t uncover its purpose?"
Ye Qingchen stroked his chin, secretly contemplating.
If it’s the former, so be it.
If it’s the latter, the origin of this jade gourd could be intriguing. After all, with Ye Qingchen’s current strength, he stands among the top tier Celestial Immortals in the Kunlun Realm.
Just as Ye Qingchen was deep in thought, a sudden voice came through:
"See, I told you, I really heard a voice on the mountain top, there’s someone here!"
Ye Qingchen turned around in surprise, seeing a girl standing on the mountain top, excitedly shouting. Behind her, quite a number of people were hurriedly coming over.
They appeared windblown and dusty, visibly showing excitement, surprise, shock, or vigilance upon seeing Ye Qingchen.
After all.
Mysteriously having a stranger appear on the mountain top, friend or foe, no one knew.
"Who are you?"
Ye Qingchen casually put away the jade gourd and asked calmly.
"That’s the question we should ask you. This mountain region has been sealed off by a grand array for over ten days, outsiders can’t get in, and we can’t get out! We’ve searched the entire mountain realm, not finding a single outsider, how are you here?"
With that, a young man had already stepped forward and shouted coldly.
The others also looked over.
"Oh?"
Ye Qingchen raised an eyebrow.
Thinking for a moment, he finally understood.
Initially eager to recover, his divine sense merely scanned roughly, discovering no powerful aura in this mountain domain, so he decisively sealed the mountain. Yet unexpectedly, he inadvertently trapped these people in.
"I borrowed this domain to cultivate, hence the mountain domain was sealed." Ye Qingchen nodded slightly, casually forming an imprint, "As for inadvertently sealing you, it was unintentional on my part. Now I’ve lifted the grand array, so you may leave!"
At Ye Qingchen’s level, he wouldn’t speak casually. If it were others, like Eight-faced Buddha or Daoist Monarch Bai Gu, how would they bother explaining to these ants and would just slap them directly.
After all.
Among these people, the highest cultivation is only Earth Immortal, which to Ye Qingchen, is no different from ants. Just like when an elephant passes by, it accidentally crushes an ant nest, would it bow and apologize to a group of ants?
"It’s you?"
"My heavens! It turns out, he’s the one who sealed the entire mountain region?"
"Indeed, we were trapped in the mountain, not even perceiving it, and the entire mountain domain was instantly sealed, what level of cultivation is this?"
With those words, the crowd exclaimed in surprise.
No one had expected that the culprit trapping them in the mountain domain for days was this young man before them. Some older ones, though failing to recognize Ye Qingchen, had their expressions changed drastically.
An existence with such divine techniques is absolutely not someone they could provoke, and with the grand array resolved, they naturally dared not linger.
However.
Ye Qingchen couldn’t care less about these people’s thoughts, he had planned to rest in the mountain for half a day before leaving, but he was interrupted by them. As such, he didn’t intend to stay any longer.
The nine ghost god puppets are already refined, with only the remaining Blood Sword Ancestor from the Twelve Demon Sects, he can go straight to confront.
Let him plot for all he’s worth.
With his strength, coupled with the nine divine soul puppets, he can sweep through most of the Western Wilderness, without a doubt!
Just as Ye Qingchen stood up and prepared to leave.
Suddenly, an arrogant voice called out:
"Sealed the mountain domain, trapping us for over ten days, without any explanation, and you think you can just walk away? I’m afraid it won’t be that easy!"
Ye Qingchen’s steps haltered slightly, turning back to see amid the crowd, a man dressed in luxurious robe, with his hands behind his back, coldly gazing over with hostility in his eyes.