In order not to disturb the rest of the guests in the mansion, the spiritual oil lanterns hanging high in the mansion were adjusted to a soft brightness by the maids.

Kong Ju opened the door to the courtyard and walked into the yard following the dim light.

In the center of the courtyard, Xianyu Yanhe's puppet was still standing next to the barrier of ice and snow, not moving an inch.

Inside the barrier, Dapeng showed no signs of recovery.

Kong Ju walked to the barrier and looked inside. The green egg was still lying there quietly, with a bright green light flashing from time to time.

Kong Ju did not expect Dapeng to wake up so quickly. After all, he had been in seclusion for almost half a year after absorbing the Yuehua Yinshuang.

No matter how compatible the phoenix blood in Dapeng's body is with the Blue Flame Fire Lotus, it will still take three to five months.

"That's good. It stays in this egg so it won't get into trouble all the time."

Kong Ju just took a glance and turned into the house.

As he stepped into the bedroom where he was staying.

Buzz! An invisible energy barrier immediately spread out from the house until it isolated the entire courtyard, and then stopped its expansion.

That was the protective barrier that Kong Jue had condensed with his cultivation.

Although it was not an array formation, with Kong Ju's current peak Taiguang cultivation level and earth-level Taoist foundation, it would still be difficult for ordinary Taiguang cultivators to break through that barrier and come in.

After doing all this, Kong Ju also sat cross-legged on the bed in the bedroom.

There was a golden spiritual light flickering between his eyebrows, as if he was mobilizing the power of his spiritual consciousness.

Following the golden light, a pitch-black alchemy furnace shaped like a black tortoise was placed on the ground next to the bed.

It is the basalt furnace.

It was affected by the black turtle sealed inside it. Once exposed to the air, water power flowed out and floated in the air, making the space a lot more moist.

Kong Ju was no longer surprised by this, and his eyes were fixed on the lid of the furnace when the Xuanwu furnace appeared.

As the black mysterious water surged, a fist-sized black turtle crawled above the furnace cover.

When Kong Jue saw it, the latter's pair of green eyes also glared at Kong Jue fiercely.

"You bastard! How dare you let your grandpa out? I'll eat you alive!"

Lao Gui's angry voice suddenly exploded in Kong Qi's ears.

As it spoke, it moved its limbs frantically, trying to break free from the restraints of the stove cover and rush towards Kong Ju.

Seeing this scene, Kong Ju did not move, but just watched the old turtle's actions with a smile.

He was certain that there was no way the old turtle could escape the constraints of the basalt furnace.

Not to mention the attack on Kong Ju, who was already the owner of the Xuanwu furnace.

This was indeed the case. The old ghost struggled for a long time, mobilizing all kinds of water powers to try to attack Kong Ju.

They were all offset by an invisible barrier.

The basalt furnace devoured the old turtle to death.

The old turtle made a fuss for half an incense stick of time, and realized that it was impossible for him to hurt Kong Ju, and his actions would only make him look embarrassing.

He could only accept this fact unwillingly, lying on the alchemy furnace, roaring to the sky with a look of resentment: "The heaven is unfair! Let Xuan Heng suffer this disaster."

"So your name is Xuanheng." Kong Ju narrowed his eyes. It was also the first time he heard the old turtle say his name.

"You grandson, you are not allowed to call your grandfather Xuanheng by his name."

"Don't think you can do whatever you want just because you've refined this broken furnace. Grandpa Turtle will come out sooner or later and scatter your ashes."

The old turtle had been trapped in the Xuanwu furnace for who knows how many years, and he didn't even know who his enemy was.

He immediately hated Kong Ju and vowed to scatter his ashes.

This was not the first time Kong Ju had come into contact with Xuan Heng, and he was already accustomed to his various threatening words.

Anyway, he knew that this old turtle could not escape from the Xuanwu Furnace no matter what.

"If I guess correctly, it has been refined into the 'spirit' of this basalt furnace."

Kong Ju looked at the old turtle with sympathy.

Lei Zun once said that the ancient cultivators had a method of refining spirits that could be used to infuse spirits into important spiritual weapons.

Apparently, this old turtle became the victim of this spiritual device and turned into its "spirit", becoming inseparable from the basalt furnace.

I'm afraid it will be difficult to get rid of it forever.

"The person who refined this basalt furnace is really a ruthless character." Kong Ju shook his head. He felt mostly sympathy for the old turtle.

If I were in his shoes, and if I were refined into a spirit that was infused with spiritual energy, I'm afraid my expression would be even more irritable than that of this old turtle.

So Kong Ju just let it scold him. After it scolded for a long time, the old turtle ran out of words and simply stopped talking.

A pair of eyes as big as green beans just looked at Kong Jue viciously.

"Senior Xuanheng, are you satisfied with your scolding?" Kong Ju smiled and politely called it "senior".

"If you haven't scolded enough, I can scold you for a while longer."

Kong Ju certainly didn't come here to be scolded tonight.

There is naturally a purpose for this false flattery.

No one knows what level of cultivation this old bastard had before his death, but he was definitely quite old.

He must know many secrets of the world of cultivation.

Kong Ju was ready to extract information from it regarding the Five Elements Mountain and the day when the moon appeared on the sun.

This is Kong Jue’s target tonight.

Let it curse and calm down, and then you can have a good chat with him.

"Hmph!" Upon hearing this, the black turtle simply sneered, with its green eyes full of sarcasm.

"Don't think that Master Turtle doesn't know what you are up to. If you are being nice to me, I must be asking for something."

"Master Turtle is telling you, don't even think about getting a single word out of Master Turtle today."

The old turtle's reaction made Kong Ju think highly of him. He secretly said, "This black turtle is also very cunning. He saw through my plan at a glance."

The truth was exposed, but Kong Ju was not annoyed. He spread his hands and said helplessly, "Senior Xuan Heng's hatred towards me is unreasonable."

"I did refine this furnace, but even if I didn't refine it, you wouldn't be able to get out."

"Grandpa Turtle can't come out, and you can't refine him. How can I, the dignified North Water Black Turtle, let a shameless boy like you refine me as an object?" The old turtle blew his beard and glared again.

"Moreover, the refining method of this alchemy furnace is obviously done by cultivators of your human race."

"Who knows what your relationship is with the man who harmed me behind the scenes? Maybe you are his descendant."

"So that's it!" After hearing this, Kong Ju finally realized the origin of the old turtle's hatred for him.

Come to think of it, I was the first person it saw when it woke up.

There is every reason to doubt one's identity.

As long as we know what's wrong with this old turtle, it will be easy to deal with.

Kong Ju's expression suddenly became solemn. He pointed his finger to the sky and said loudly: "I, Kong Ju, swear an oath to the heaven with my life and cultivation. If I have any blood relationship with the person behind the murder of Senior Xuan Heng. Or if my master's Cangwu sect has any relationship with his inheritance, I will be chased by the heaven and will never be able to reincarnate."

"This oath is the witness of heaven and earth, and it will be verified if violated!"

The sound was sonorous and powerful, echoing in the small space of the bedroom.

After saying this, Kong Ju looked straight at the old turtle with his eyes full of sincerity.

"Is Senior Xuan Heng satisfied?"

In fact, Kong Jue's oath to heaven also had a little thought behind it.

Only the Cangwu Sect was discussed, and the Guanghan Palace was not mentioned.

In fact, he felt guilty. What if, just by a one in a million chance, some elder from Guanghan Palace had tricked this old turtle? That would be really fun.

The oath to heaven is not something that can be spoken casually, especially with Kong Ju's current level of cultivation, there are causes and effects in everything.

Otherwise, Xiao Yuanshan of Dingyue Sect would not have allowed Han Dong'er and Ge Xia to escape to the Endless Sea because they were bound by the oath to heaven and earth.

This oath imposes extremely strong constraints on monks.

The higher your cultivation level, the less likely you are to make an oath casually.

Kong Ju racked his brains to gain the trust of the old turtle.

Sure enough, as Kong Ju finished his words, the hatred in the old turtle's eyes when he looked at Kong Ju dissipated a lot.

But it still refused to give in, revealing a hint of mockery: "So what!"

"Even if you have no connection with the bastard who harmed me, Grandpa Turtle will have to obey you?"

"Humph, with your level of Taiguang cultivation, you are not qualified to talk to Grandpa Turtle."

"This old bastard!" Kong Ju's face twitched, and he was very angry at this old turtle.

"No wonder the ruthless man in the alchemy furnace chose to attack it. With its behavior, I wonder how many people it must have offended in its lifetime."

Seeing that being soft was not enough, he simply stopped pretending and sighed with pretended regret: "If that's the case, then there's nothing to talk about."

"I can only give Senior Xuan Heng to my sect, and let the sect leader decide Senior's fate. After all, my cultivation level is still low, and I am not worthy of Senior's eyes."

The old turtle's face was full of sarcasm and mockery before, but he immediately froze after hearing Kong Ju's words.

It could still speak a little in Kong Ji's hand and had a glimmer of hope of escaping.

If he really threw this to his master, he would probably be trapped in this basalt furnace for the rest of his life.

He quickly shouted, "Wait a minute!"

"Why is that kid so impatient? Grandpa Turtle is not a stubborn monster. I just said it carelessly..."

The old turtle finally put down his airs and tried hard to force a smile on his face, but his smile was uglier than crying.

"Tell me what you want from Grandpa Turtle. Tell me first and Grandpa Turtle will consider it."

"Good guy, he is the kind of person who only responds to tough situations and not soft ones." Kong Ju sneered and roughly understood Xuan Heng's character.

There is no wrong version in the 1619 book forum!

He immediately cheered up and expressed his doubts about the Five Elements Mountain and the day when the moon appeared on the sun.

"Five Elements Mountain?" The old turtle narrowed his eyes and looked Kong Ju up and down. He did not ask whether he knew about the Five Elements Mountain. Instead, he asked, "Why are you asking this?"

"I found records about the Five Elements Mountain and the day when the moon appears on the sun in a cave of an ancestor. I asked all the elders around me but got nothing. I just happened to think of you, a senior with great knowledge, and asked out of curiosity." Kong Ju threw out the speech he had prepared long ago.

Sure enough, the old turtle did not doubt Kong Jue's statement.

I guess in its time, the Five Elements Mountain wasn't much of a secret.

He immediately sneered and replied: "Don't ask, you can't go to that place, and you will die if you go!"

Kong Ju didn't care about Xuan Heng's warning at all. Instead, his eyes lit up: "This old guy really knows."

"Of course I won't go, I'm just asking." Kong Ju said confidently.

He really didn't plan to go for the time being. Just like Gu Jiang, he sorted out the clues of opportunities and kept them for future use.

The old turtle didn't know whether he believed Kong Ju's words or not. He looked at the latter's face in silence for a long while, and then he said something meaningful.

"In our demon tribe, any information must be exchanged for a price."

"Grandpa Turtle knows about the Five Elements Mountain and the Moon and the Sun, but I can't tell you for nothing."

"What do you want in exchange?"

"I can refine some pills for Senior Xuanheng to satisfy your craving." Kong Ju was already prepared. With a wave of his hand, he took out several bottles of refined Ten Thousand Beast Pills.

This pill no longer has any value in improving the old turtle's strength.

But Kong Ju remembered that the formula for activating the Xuanwu furnace said that the black tortoise was greedy, especially had no resistance to elixirs.

This Ten Thousand Beasts Pill is attractive to monsters and is considered a supreme delicacy.

Sure enough, the old turtle's eyes brightened up after seeing the Ten Thousand Beasts Pill.

However, it was quickly covered up, thinking that Kong Ju would not see it.

But unexpectedly, when Kong Ju was talking to the old turtle, he carefully observed its every expression and had a very deep insight into it.

He secretly said happily: "Sure enough, this old bastard is greedy."

"Ahem, your pill is just so-so, second-grade quality. It's just a snack for Grandpa Turtle."

"It's still a little short of what we can get in exchange for information about the Five Elements Mountain."

The old turtle didn't know what he was up to. He suppressed his appetite, took his eyes off the pill in Kong Ju's hand, and said with a shake of his head: "For Grandpa Turtle, the most urgent thing now is to leave this broken furnace. If you can help me get out of this, I can answer you anything. I will tell you everything I know."

"Ha! The lion's mouth is wide open." Kong Ju was amused by the old turtle.

Let this old turtle out. This basalt furnace has no "spirit". Can it still be called a spiritual weapon?

Not to mention whether its information is worth the value of a spiritual weapon.

The soul-infused weapon is a magical treasure that can be destroyed by a cultivator like him?

Even if Kong Ju wanted to help him escape, he was helpless.

"Since Mr. Turtle doesn't want to talk, I won't bother you anymore."

"If I spend more time, I can also get information related to the Five Elements Mountain. After all, that place is so famous."

Kong Ju simply put away the Ten Thousand Beasts Pill and then pressed his fingers to his forehead.

Pretend to take back the basalt furnace.

"I can only use you to honor my ancestor. Maybe he will tell me."

"Slow!" The old bastard yelled again, his green eyes revealing a humane kindness.

"Grandpa Turtle knows about the Five Elements Mountain, but apart from this elixir, you have to give Grandpa Turtle a promise that you will not hand Grandpa Turtle over to your master."

"Deal!" Kong Ju had been talking about his master, but it was all a lie. Now he agreed without any hesitation.

"Swear!" Xuan Heng glanced at Kong Ju secretly, as if he did not believe the latter's promise.

Kong Ju's face suddenly darkened: "Since the senior doesn't trust the junior, there is nothing to discuss."

How could one take an oath to heaven as a joke? Besides, Kong Ju was certain that Xuan Heng would agree to his promise.

Sure enough, the old turtle yelled again: "Slow down!"

"Pay the deposit first!" The old turtle stared straight at Kong Ju, and this time his attitude was particularly firm.

Kong Ju threw two Wanshou Pills towards the Xuanwu Furnace without thinking.

The old turtle, which was only the size of a palm, opened its mouth and swallowed it in one gulp.

Crack! The two Wanshou Pills were bitten into pieces like beans in the old turtle's mouth.

The old turtle had an expression of enjoyment on his face, and while chewing, his saliva flowed from the corners of his mouth onto the stove cover.

"This guy is really greedy!" Kong Ju saw this scene with a smile in his eyes.

He was very happy to see this scene.

Among the second-grade elixirs, the Ten Thousand Beasts Pill is not difficult to refine, and the yield is very high, with seven or eight pills produced in one furnace.

Since I am an alchemist, I can have as much as I want.

After all, this is what Dapeng eats.

This old turtle is so greedy. Kong Ju will definitely be able to get a lot of useful information by using elixirs as bargaining chips in the future.

Kong Ju was silently calculating in his mind.

The old turtle had swallowed the two Ten Thousand Beast Pills, with a look of unsatisfied taste on his face. He muttered, "This pill is tailor-made for the taste of the demon race. It tastes crispy and delicious, and has an endless aftertaste. I haven't eaten such a delicacy in a long time."

Go ahead, the old turtle cheered up and began to reveal the news about the Five Elements Mountain as promised.

"Five Elements Mountain, also known as Five Elements Heaven, is a cave heaven in this world, gathering the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. It is the only cave heaven in the Xianyun Realm."

"The largest spiritual vein in the Xianyun Realm comes from the Five Elements Heaven."

“If there were no Five Elements Heaven, the spiritual power of this Xianyun Realm would be difficult to even form the essence of the Xuan-grade Heaven and Earth.”

"The Xianyun Realm that the senior mentioned is the name of our world?" Kong Ju had heard about it a long time ago. Beyond Yunmo, Gujiang, Wudong, Tianqi and even the Endless Sea and the vast wilderness, there is a wider world.

"You ask even though you already know the answer!" The old turtle glared at Kong Ju fiercely, seeming angry that he interrupted him.

This was the first time Kong Ju heard about the Xianyun Realm. He was not angry when the old turtle scolded him. Instead, he cheered up and continued to ask, "Besides the Xianyun Realm, how many other areas in this cultivation world are there like the Xianyun Realm?"

The old turtle could see that the boy really didn't know, so he could only say impatiently: "Do you know how many stars there are in the sky?"

"I don't know!" Kong Ju shook his head truthfully.

“Grandpa Turtle doesn’t know how many worlds like the Xianyun Realm there are.” The old turtle had a serious expression.

"When chaos first began, a tree rose up to support the sky, dividing the sky and the earth."

"The endless stars are the fruit of the tree that reaches the sky."

"One fruit, one world! The stars are boundless and cannot be counted. Our ancestors used 180,000 boundaries to count them."

With just these few words, Kong Ju's eyes sparkled with brilliance.

I just felt like a vast picture was unfolding before my eyes.

The ancient tree divides the sky and earth, and each fruit represents a world.

The Xianyun Realm where he was, was actually just a drop in the ocean in the endless world.

"How big is this world?"

Kong Ju muttered to himself, at this moment it seemed that Gujiang, Xihuang blessed land, and Guanghan Palace were no longer important.

"As cultivators, we should roam freely between heaven and earth!"

A sense of heroism rose in Kong Ju's heart.

Since God has allowed me to live this life in this world where I can cultivate immortality and seek the truth.

If you don't go and see the beauty of this world, you will be a coward. (End of this chapter)