HPDBC Chapter 690: The Strange Alchemy Furnace!
Chapter 690: The Strange Alchemy Furnace!
Chapter 690: The Strange Alchemy Furnace!
"What happened?"
Ling Feng's pupils shrank. The black cat Ye Yi was always with Mu Qianxue, so for it to make such a loud screech meant Mu Qianxue was in danger.
But how could there still be hidden dangers within this alchemy room?
Immediately, Ling Feng followed the sound, and everyone else in the room also sprang into action. In just a few quick movements, Ling Feng discovered that in the deepest part of the alchemy room, there was a broken wall covered in a massive spider web.
On the web crouched an enormous spider, over six feet tall, with eight extended legs and a row of cold, sinister eyes surveying the room. It emitted a chilling, intimidating aura.
To make things worse, from the cracked wall within the web, fist-sized spiders were crawling out continuously. The black cat Ye Yi had transformed to the size of a panther and was busy dealing with these smaller spiders.
Ling Feng's eyelid twitched wildly; the aura from the spider was different from that of ordinary demonic beasts. It seemed tainted with a trace of demonic qi and carried a strong medicinal scent from spirit pills.
"This creature!"
After pondering for a moment, Ling Feng realized what had happened. This spider likely swallowed a medicinal pill in the alchemy room, underwent a mutation, and then continued devouring various spirit pills. Gradually, it transformed from an ordinary creature into a monster comparable to a demonic beast.
Seeing the growing number of people gathering, the giant spider's eyes gleamed with a strange blood-red light. Suddenly, a wave of smaller spiders surged forth like a tide, as though aiming to engulf everyone in a sea of spiders.
"How long has this monster been alive to produce so many baby spiders?"
Jiang Xiaofan drew his sword and unleashed a mighty strike, but although he shattered a wave of spiders, another quickly replaced them. The group was forced to retreat continuously, as the spiders were highly venomous and couldn't be touched recklessly.
"Thunder Incarnation: Thunderstorm!"
Li Bufan summoned his wind and thunder powers, unleashing rolling thunder upon the spider swarm. The violent thunder energy spread out, electrocuting the spiders into heaps of charcoal and slowing the spider tide's advance.
"Scorching—Sky Blaze!"
Ling Feng seized the opportunity, activating the Mystical Yellow true fire within him. With a powerful swing, he unleashed the Scorching Sky Blaze.
If this medicinal spider guarded this nest so fiercely, there had to be something valuable inside.
"Let's go in and see."
Without hesitation, Ling Feng led the way and jumped into the spider's lair.
With the spider's size, its lair was large enough for several people to stand upright and walk side-by-side.
Yue Yunlan and the others exchanged looks. While the dark and foul-smelling space wasn't exactly inviting, the potential for a huge opportunity inside outweighed their discomfort.
Inside the lair, winding passages seemed to have been dug through the walls of the entire Tiandan Pavilion, even leading underground.
Ling Feng kept his Mystical Yellow true fire burning, using it both for illumination and to deter any hidden spiders lurking in the darkness.
Following the twisting tunnel, they walked downward for nearly half an hour before they arrived at the end of the lair. There, amidst a pile of empty pill bottles, stood a huge alchemy furnace about six feet tall in the center of the cavern.
Underneath the furnace, a six-pointed star-shaped magic array had been drawn with mystical materials. It released a faint blue flame, appearing to be actively refining a medicinal pill.
"Whoa, that's... impossible!" Jiang Xiaofan shouted in surprise. "Big Brother, how could this be? Did the spider become enlightened and learn alchemy?"
Ling Feng shook his head with a laugh. "It's not that the spider became enlightened; it's that this alchemy furnace has likely been sitting here for tens of thousands of years."
"What kind of pill needs to be refined for tens of thousands of years?"
Jiang Xiaofan took a deep breath, asking in disbelief.
Everyone was transfixed, including Yue Yunlan, Mu Qianxue, Tuoba Yan, and Li Bufan, staring at the massive alchemy furnace before them. They could feel the faint warmth radiating from it.
This furnace was still in operation!
But what kind of fuel could sustain it for tens of thousands of years and keep the array functional? That was almost beyond belief!