"A genius in alchemy?"
Lan Hua asked, "Is Jiang Xinghai's alchemical fire also a top-grade alchemical fire?"
Kong Xuan shook her head. "No, but his alchemical fire is also very special. It's light purple, and its level is between high-grade and top-grade!"
Lan Hua thought to herself, "Could this be another mutated pill fire?"
On her way back to her room, Lan Hua thought about Jiang Xinghai.
Jiang Xinghai was a prodigy and was once considered the hope of the Pill God Temple.
Even the Palace Master wanted to hand over the Pill God Palace to him after his death.
However, he was so engrossed in alchemy that he turned a deaf ear to human relationships and worldly affairs.
"Genius is on the left, madman is on the right; the difference between genius and madness is just a thought!"
Several days later, at night.
After finishing her cultivation, Lan Hua's sleepiness gradually dissipated, so she simply went out of her room and strolled around.
He has been feeling sleepy lately, and whenever he feels sleepy, he practices meditation, which helps him feel a little better.
As he passed by the alchemy room, he noticed that it was brightly lit and that shadowy figures were moving around inside, which he found rather strange.
Ever since Jiang Xinghai returned, Lan Hua has felt that something is strange within the sect, as if something has changed, but she can't quite put her finger on it.
He asked Kong Xuan and Zhou Yu, among others, but they all felt it was the same as usual.
There is more than one alchemy room, but almost no one uses it to refine pills at night.
"Could it be Sister Xuan'er?"
"No, she should be asleep by now!"
"Going to bed early replenishes her energy; she pays the most attention to health!"
When Lan Hua looked, she was surprised to see that it was Jiang Xinghai, still refining pills in the middle of the night.
He decided to go in and say hello to Jiang Xinghai.
Before they even went inside, Lan Hua heard Jiang Xinghai mutter to himself:
"No, this formula is wrong; it won't produce the Longevity Elixir!"
"What went wrong? Could it be that we're missing a crucial ingredient?"
"Where exactly did things go wrong?"
Jiang Xinghai seemed to have gone mad, pacing back and forth in the alchemy room.
Sometimes he would consult ancient books, and sometimes he would stare blankly at the medicinal herbs.
His cultivation was already quite strong; he was a master of the Transformation Realm, but he completely failed to notice Lan Hua outside the door.
Lan Hua knew that Jiang Xinghai was at a critical moment and could not be disturbed by others, so she stood quietly by the window to see if a miracle would happen.
Jiang Xinghai murmured, "Could it really be as that person said, that only by adding that thing from the forbidden area can one refine the Longevity Elixir?"
"Forbidden area? Could it be the forbidden area behind the Pill God Palace?" Lan Hua was slightly taken aback.
Jiang Xinghai's expression suddenly changed, and he muttered, "For the sake of the Longevity Elixir, we can no longer care about the forbidden area being restricted!"
After saying that, Jiang Xinghai rushed out of the alchemy room and ran towards the back cliff, completely unaware of Lan Hua outside.
Lan Hua quickly caught up.
Jiang Xinghai, as expected of someone familiar with the Dan Shen Palace, knew the terrain inside very well and avoided the patrolling disciples along the way.
The Danshen Temple is located on Danhua Mountain and covers a large area. The back cliff is far away from the Danshen Temple and is also very remote.
Normally, almost no one goes to the back cliff.
There is only one way to get to the back cliff, but this way is guarded by Elder Guo, who has extremely high cultivation.
Without the temple master's order, no one dared to trespass into the back cliff.
Elder Guo can kill any trespassers without prior authorization.
Jiang Xinghai arrived at a dense forest near the back cliff and wandered around in the forest for a long time before stopping at a place with thick thorns.
Lan Hua used her clairvoyance skill, fearing he would discover her, and followed from a distance.
Jiang Xinghai simply pushed aside the thorns, revealing a hole in the ground, and then crawled inside.
A moment later, Lan Hua arrived at the place where Jiang Xinghai had disappeared and found that the cave was very narrow, only wide enough for one person to pass through.
It's more like a dog hole than a hole in the ground.
He also noticed that the surface of the cave entrance appeared to be covered with fresh soil, as if some wild animal had just dug it out.
"Sister Xuan'er said that no one is allowed to enter the forbidden area of the back cliff without permission!"
Should I go in, or not?
Lan Hua hesitated for a moment, but curiosity killed the cat, and she decided to go in and explore.
"At worst, I'll just pack my bags and get out!"
The tunnel is long and has few bends.
Judging from the direction of the cave, it does indeed lead to the back cliff.
"Oh my god, who dug this hole? It's so long!"
After a long while, Lan Hua finally emerged from the hole and entered an underground space.
"So the so-called forbidden area behind the cliff is actually an underground palace!" Lan Hua thought to herself.
Upon entering the underground palace, Lan Hua lost track of Jiang Xinghai and had no choice but to wander around aimlessly.
The underground palace was not as oppressively gloomy as Lan Hua had imagined; instead, it was filled with an unusual atmosphere.
After racking his brains, Lan Hua suddenly realized, "It's demonic energy, a very faint demonic energy!"
"Strange, why is there demonic energy in this underground palace?"
"Could it be that a powerful demonic beast is being suppressed in this underground palace? That's why it's become a forbidden area?"
The underground palace is enormous, resembling an emperor's mausoleum, and it seems to have hollowed out the entire back mountain.
Lan Hua had been wandering around the perimeter of the underground palace when she inadvertently stumbled upon a stone chamber.
Inside the stone chamber, cobwebs were everywhere, and a thick layer of dust had accumulated.
In the very center of the stone chamber, there was something that looked like an alchemy furnace, but much larger.
Lan Hua approached the stove, waved her right hand, and a gust of wind swept away all the dust on the surface of the stove, revealing its original appearance.
A dark, ancient furnace, radiating an extraordinary aura!
The inscription above reads: "Earth Refining Furnace".
"Earth Refining Furnace?"
"Could it be the earliest furnace in the Pill God Palace, used for refining and forging weapons?"
"It's such a waste to just leave it to gather dust in this forbidden area!"
Lan Hua circled the refining furnace again and again, her heart itching with desire.
He felt that arrows forged in this furnace would be the most powerful.
"What a fine refining furnace! It would be such a waste not to use it!"
"Forget it, since it's just gathering dust here, it means it's unclaimed!"
"Since I've run into this, I'll reluctantly accept it!"
With a flash of light, the refining furnace disappeared from its spot and was stored in Lan Hua's storage ring.
Only three stove footprints remained on the spot.
Lan Hua thought to herself, "Since there is a weapon-refining furnace here, shouldn't there also be weapon-refining techniques?"
After searching the entire stone chamber, Lan Hua found nothing related to the art of weapon crafting.
"Fine! Let's look around elsewhere!"
The deeper Lan Hua went into the underground palace, the stronger the demonic aura became, and the more mysterious the forbidden area seemed to Lan Hua.
Lan Hua was curious about what caused the appearance of demonic energy and decided to trace its source.
He would head towards wherever the demonic aura was strongest.
After winding and turning like a maze, Lan Hua finally arrived at an open space.
In the very center, there was a mirror-like object that shimmered with a silvery light.
Lan Hua could sense that the demonic aura was emanating from the mirror.
He moved behind the mirror, where the back was as smooth as a stone wall.
"That's strange, what exactly is this mirror-like thing?"
Lan Hua reached out and touched the silver light, only to find that her hand disappeared into it.
"Could this be an entrance to another dimension?"
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