"Look, the Weapon Refining Pavilion is just ahead!"
Yu Tu pointed to a building shaped like an alchemy furnace.
The Refining Pavilion is one of the six side halls. Because the entire Epang Palace is laid out with strict axial symmetry and has a structure of three courts and five gates, with a temple on the left and an altar of the land on the right, the front hall, side halls and main hall are not in any particular order. Just go to whichever is closer to you.
"Neither of us are from the Nine Li clan, so we need to be extra careful when entering, especially you. Don't force your way in!" Jiang Yuan instructed before heading towards the weapon-refining pavilion.
Yu Tu muttered something under his breath, then followed closely into the weapon-refining pavilion.
The doors to the weapon-refining pavilion had been pushed open, and sharp fragments of spiritual energy remained on the ground, clearly indicating that the attack here had been shattered.
"It seems that both Xu Yuan and the Holy Spirit's group came prepared!" Jiang Yuan was extremely wary of the previous attack, but now that the other party had the ability to annihilate such an attack, it was no longer something to be underestimated.
"This time it was a miscalculation on our part, the Northern City Alliance. We never expected the Xu family to collude with the Holy Spirit!" Yu Tu said indignantly.
The invitation to the Xu family was merely to better explore the palace left behind by Xu Fu. After all, as descendants of Xu Fu, the Xu family had advantages in every aspect. However, instead of enjoying these advantages, they were now being interfered with by the Holy Spirit, causing them various difficulties.
"Welcome, Purple Robe!"
As soon as Jiang Yuan stepped into the gate of the Weapon Refining Pavilion, a familiar and cheeky voice rang in his ears.
"Dianling, what are you doing here?" Jiang Yuan was astonished to see a cloud of mist. He didn't expect to see Dianling in the weapon refining pavilion.
“I am the spirit of the Epang Palace, not the spirit of the Yangxin Pavilion. Why can’t I be here?” the spirit retorted.
Jiang Yuan's movements attracted the attention of Qiao Ling and the others, but they did not seem to notice the presence of the Palace Spirit. They just looked at Jiang Yuan and the Desire Rabbit following behind him with murderous intent.
“We agreed beforehand that we would keep to ourselves, but we found this weapon-refining pavilion first. Isn’t it rather impolite for you two to barge in like this!” Qiao Ling tried his best to suppress his killing intent. He knew that offending a purple-robed disciple here would be unwise.
"The Epang Palace is unclaimed land. If you think that finding it first will make it yours, then I can only say that you are more naive than I am!" Jiang Yuan said sarcastically. He wished the other party would kill him, only then could he make good use of the rules of the ruins.
Qiao Ling took a deep breath and said sarcastically, "I hope you can still be this tough when you leave the Epang Palace!"
"That depends on whether you're willing to wait. Anyway, I don't mind hiding here for the rest of my life!" Jiang Yuan continued to mock shamelessly. He didn't mind playing dumb to fool others a few more times.
Qiao Ling snorted a few times, and finally ordered the others, "Keep searching, ignore them!"
"Aren't you curious why other people can't see me?" Dian Ling stepped forward and looked at Jiang Yuan with a smile.
Jiang Yuan composed himself and pretended that he couldn't see the spirit at all.
"You're quite sensible, kid. Since you're so understanding, I'll be your guide for free!" the spirit said with admiration.
"You're going to be the guide?" Jiang Yuan asked, looking puzzled.
“I’ve lived in this wretched place for over a thousand years. I know exactly which nook and cranny has cockroaches and which corner has rats!” the spirit of the palace said indignantly in the face of the questioning.
"Unsolicited kindness is either a sign of ulterior motives or theft!" Yu Tu whispered in Jiang Yuan's ear.
Jiang Yuan: "..."
"You little girl, you're carrying a body, why do you always do such low-class things!" The spirit was very unhappy about the rabbit talking badly about it behind its back.
"What do you mean by 'stuffing celestial bodies'? I'm talking about the Planet Cup!" Yu Tu muttered.
"Little girl, you'll understand how lucky you are to possess a celestial body when your cultivation level rises!" The spirit of the palace seemed unwilling to reveal too much, simply brushing it off with a casual remark.
The conversation between the two did not last long. After speaking, Dian Ling led Jiang Yuan toward the storage room of the weapon refining pavilion.
On the other hand, Qiao Ling and the others did not seem to be looking for ordinary items. Each of them wandered around the weapon refining pavilion, but they did not seem to take anything.
"Spirit Hall, what are they looking for?" Jiang Yuan couldn't contain his curiosity and asked the Spirit Hall.
"Them!" The spirit of the palace looked over with a smile. "What else could they be looking for but the twelve golden statues left behind by the Lord of War!"
"What are the Twelve Golden Men?" Jiang Yuan asked, puzzled.
"The Twelve Golden Men have an extraordinary origin. They are treasures forged by Qin Shi Huang from weapons collected from all over the world. Each of them is a top-tier puppet at the peak of the Spirit Realm, comparable to the peak of the Heavenly Spirit Realm!" The spirit of the palace said with a strange expression. "By the way, the Twelve Golden Men are the masterpiece of the first tomb guardian. In other words, if you want to become the tomb guardian, the trials you have to go through are no simpler than those of the Twelve Golden Men."
Jiang Yuan was dumbfounded when he heard the words "comparable to the peak of the Heavenly Spirit Realm". According to the information that the Heavenly Eye had accidentally revealed during this period, the Spirit Realm is divided into at least three levels: Void Spirit Realm, True Spirit Realm, and Heavenly Spirit Realm. But now the Palace Spirit told him that the twelve golden men were all puppets comparable to the peak of the Heavenly Spirit Realm. Who could accomplish this?
"But don't rush. Becoming a tomb guardian takes decades or even centuries. Anyway, there are enough resources in the tomb of the Lord of War to help you become stronger. When the time comes, you will naturally achieve success!" The spirit of the temple saw that Jiang Yuan was silent and thought he was worried that he would not be able to complete the test, so he specially explained it to him.
"Decades or even centuries? Are you sure you're not joking?" Jiang Yuan was speechless. He had taken becoming a tomb guardian too lightly. If what the spirit of the palace said was true, then he would not be able to complete the test of the Lord of Soldiers in this period of time.
"Is a hundred years an exaggeration? You have to understand that this was a plan that the Lord of War had been laying out for five thousand years. Your hundred years is nothing!" The spirit of the palace shook his head.
"Where are the twelve golden statues now?" Jiang Yuan suppressed his surprise; he was now more interested in the twelve golden statues.
"Don't overthink it. Although the Twelve Golden Men were made in the Refining Pavilion, they were sent to the Tomb of the Lord of War to guard him long ago. It would be a miracle if we could find them here!" The spirit of the palace scoffed at this.
Jiang Yuan murmured, "They've been sent to the Tomb of the War Lord! It seems this Tomb of the War Lord really is a place where hidden talents reside!"
"I remember now, the Weapon Forging Pavilion actually has something that is no weaker than the Twelve Golden Men!"
The spirit of the temple was startled, its expression turning strange, but it finally shook its head and said, "No, no, that thing has been sealed away for a long time. Let alone whether it can be dug out, even if it is, not many people will be able to use it!"
"Hmm?" Jiang Yuan frowned, his intuition telling him that what the spirit of the palace was talking about was not simple.
"Don't look at me, don't look at me! I'm only responsible for taking you to get those junk materials!"
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