Chapter 314 Deduction
Seeing Qing Dongzi walk away, the Poisonous Eye hanging on the tree breathed a long sigh of relief. She carefully approached Ji Rong, spun the vortex, bowed to Ji Rong, and then swam quickly towards the archway.
Ji Rong looked at the black snake and found it amusing. She followed it, grabbed the tip of its tail with one claw, and said seriously, "You junior, why did you just bow and leave without saying a word?"
Poison Eye, who had been captured, sensed something was wrong and tensed up, wanting to escape. But then Ji Rong said, "From now on, you two will have to bow to me when you see me. Vortex speaks slowly, so you don't need to say it. Poison Eye, you speak."
"Senior Brother Qingdongzi has entrusted you two to me. From now on, you two will guard this Shoudao Mountain for me, protecting the mountain and its formations, and running errands and delivering messages. Do you understand?"
Hearing this, Poison Eye would never agree!
She thought to herself, how could a dignified array cultivator like herself really be doing the job of a gatekeeper!
Just as her mind was racing and her body remained still, the vortex poked its head out and slowly said, "Yes, Master, Uncle, Ancestor."
Ji Rong then assumed that the two of them had agreed.
Overjoyed, Ji Rong took out the storage ring from under her wings. It was no longer particularly full, but it was still incredibly heavy.
After picking and choosing, she took out one and said, "Do you two have storage rings? What do you usually like to eat and use? You've been here for so long, and I haven't given you any gifts yet. I'll give them to you today."
After Ji Rong took out that heavy, multicolored storage ring, the Poison Eye snake went limp.
She hurriedly pried her storage ring out of her mouth, then transformed into a celestial being, respectfully holding up her storage ring with her claws and presenting it to Ji Rong, her eyes brimming with joy.
The vortex transformed into a magic snail, which slowly crawled out of its enormous shell. Then, shyly, it raised the massive shell and said, "Master, Uncle, Ancestor..."
“Grandmaster Uncle,” Poison Eye said quickly, “Vortex’s shell is used for storage. If you have anything to reward him, just throw it in.”
Ji Rong nodded. She took out a ten-foot-tall amount of materials she no longer needed from her storage ring, and another half-foot-tall amount of spiritual treasures she didn't like to eat. She also poured several bottles of unused pills into the vortex shell. She said, "That's all for this time. You two can divide it up when you get back."
"Guard the mountain gate well; if you do a good job, you'll have more opportunities in the future."
Upon hearing this, Poison Eye immediately raised his neck, and his eyes shone even brighter.
Although the materials given by this bird-like grandmaster were of average quality, who would give a junior a gift by the length of a foot?
Poison Eye immediately pressed down on Vortex's head with one claw, and together they bowed deeply, saying, "Thank you for bestowing this treasure upon us, Grandmaster Uncle!" Then they were about to put it away.
Ji Rong took out several spirit sacks and gave them to Du Yan. She bared her fangs and said, "Then use these to hold your food. You two should eat and refine them properly when you get back."
Look at the two of you, one is as thin as a black worm, and the other's shell is about to break.
Listen to your grandmaster uncle, eat more rare and precious foods, and who knows, you might be reborn and have an extraordinary appearance.
Poison Eyes immediately nodded happily, and then pulled Vortex to bow to Ji Rong again. She thought to herself, "Let him guard the gate. Guarding the gate doesn't require much work. We can practice array formations after Master goes down from Cloud Cliff, but it's not easy to find such a generous grandmaster!"
Seeing Du Yan happily carrying the spirit sack and rushing towards the archway of the Guardian Palace, Ji Rong felt that the Guardian Palace could now be moved, and the Rebirth of the Source Technique could be put on the agenda. She wanted to quickly find Jiao Jue to discuss it and go outside to search for some spirit veins.
Ji Rong returned to Shoudao Palace and happily pulled Jiao Jue aside to tell her about going to the Danxue Mountains to carry out the source stream reconstruction.
Jiao Jue was immediately excited upon hearing this.
The dragon and the bird looked at each other, then raised their necks and burst into laughter!
After laughing, Jiao Jue squinted and pondered for a while, then said, "This is truly a golden opportunity. Good bird, most of the larger spiritual veins already have owners, and the smaller ones are not suitable for use."
"Indeed, the Danxue Mountains are better. There are ready-made fragmented spiritual veins there. We can build the pools and repair the mountains at the same time, saving us the trouble of searching for spiritual veins outside."
Upon hearing this, Ji Rong took out the two storage rings containing the sediment of the source stream and said, "But we don't have much money right now. If we go to the Danxue Mountain Range, we will get a lot of treasures. It won't be enough to just ask Senior Brother Qingdongzi to go. We really need to recruit some people who know how to mine. If any senior brothers or sisters or junior disciples from the Weapon Pavilion can come up with ideas, that would be great."
Jiao Jue squinted and nodded, saying, "I heard that there will be a small banquet in Zhen Valley soon. Should I go there again?"
Ji Rong nodded, and the bird and the dragon then engaged in a long, private conversation.
After that, Jiao Jue left Gu Qingqing at the Shoudao Palace and took the bored Ji Zhuang to the Zhen Valley to study again.
"Time waits for no one!" Ji Rong thought to herself. She then asked Gu Qingqing to protect her. She squatted on the third floor of the Guardian Palace, transformed into a tree, and continued to deduce the reconstruction pattern of the Origin Flow Pool.
Two more months passed in this way. Ji Rong worked day and night to repeatedly adjust and circulate the meridians within the tree's body, and she managed to extract a drop of pale golden source fluid from the roots, although its purity was far inferior to the original.
Feeling like she had struck it rich again, Ji Rong immediately went to Zhen Valley to share this amazing news with Jiao Jue, but she only found Qing Dongzi.
Qing Dongzi told Ji Rong and Jiao Jue that a month ago, they met Qing Yangzi at a banquet and hit it off immediately. Qing Yangzi then warmly invited them to the Qilou (Craftsmanship Pavilion) to admire the blacksmithing skills of the Qilou cultivators.
When Ji Rong arrived at the Weapon Tower, she wandered through many twists and turns, and finally found the Horned Jade, which had transformed into a celestial body and whose muscles were bulging, next to her senior brother Qing Yangzi's iron-smelting furnace.
He held a huge piece of iron, and four small dragons, formed from his authority, surrounded him.
He said, "Fire!" and the red dragon spat out a mouthful of sparks. In a short while, the ordinary iron turned red like a burning cloud.
He said, "Smash!" Then the blue dragon shot out one lightning ball after another like spewing bean pods, which struck the iron and caused it to spark and clang.
He said, "Water!" Then the white dragon quenched a layer of water evenly on the iron. With a continuous "hissing" sound, white mist rose from the iron block, and it smelled strongly of iron.
He said, "Disperse!" Then the golden dragon transformed into a golden fan, and the wind surged rapidly toward the iron as the fan swayed. As the wind surged, the fragments on the giant iron block fell down in a flurry.
In just a short while, the giant piece of ordinary iron transformed into a solid piece of refined iron, which could then be used to make tools.
Jiao Jue felt quite pleased to see Ji Rong staring at him with wide, round eyes in shock.
He tossed the enormous iron essence to Qingyangzi, then squinted at Ji Rong, trying to suppress the upward curve of his lips, and asked, "Why did you come here? Is something the matter?"
Ji Rong immediately raised his wings and claws and slapped them in the air, saying, "Jue Jun, I have known you for many years, but I never knew you had such superb smelting skills."
Qingyangzi then said, "Everyone, disperse."
The cultivators from the artifact pavilion bowed to Ji Rong and took their leave, leaving only old cultivators like Qing Baizi lingering there.
Qingyangzi let them stay there to look at the iron essence. He led Jiaojue and Jirong out of the smelting room and towards his cave.
The cave in Qingyangzi is formed by natural stone marrow caves and auxiliary tools, and it is like a winding giant snake coiled between the mountains.
Inside, the cave is warm in winter and cool in summer, with a babbling brook, shimmering stalactites, and shining stalagmites. Old wood benches and large stones form the platform. Qing Yangzi led Ji Rong and Jiao Jue to the side of the cave.
He blew a breath into the cave, and a light appeared inside.
Ji Rong followed Qing Yangzi inside and found that every zhang (approximately 3.3 meters) there was a lampstand containing Ming Yaozhi. Although the place was large, there was not a single servant in sight, only some small puppet beasts doing some simple cleaning work.
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