Ninth Refining Equipment

  Kun Peng paused for a moment and then said to Wudao: "Alright, you gather your things and wait for me in front of the laurel tree."

  Kunpeng finished speaking and returned to the You Shi Palace to gather some of his belongings, then came under the bay laurel tree. A moment later, Wudao also packed up everything and arrived under the bay laurel tree.

  Only to see, the laurel tree hung a three-inch-sized treasure tripod, this tripod was specially cast by Emperor Jun for refining the Star Flag, the whole body is cast from the fire essence, it is a rare postnatal spiritual treasure. After the Star Flag was refined, it fell into Kunpeng's hands, and Emperor Jun did not want to make things too awkward with Kunpeng, so he tacitly approved Kunpeng's move.

  Kunpeng named the tripod 'Divine Fire Tripod' after obtaining it. The entire body of the tripod was crimson red, with nine coiled dragon patterns on its body, which were very delicate. Although this tripod was cast from the essence of the fire, due to the urgency of time, the casting was not perfect, so Kunpeng had been hanging it under the laurel tree, using the Taiyin gas to refine the tripod and improve its quality.

  Kun Peng said to Wu Dao: "Later I will open the tripod and refine the instrument, you must observe carefully, how much you can understand depends on your own good fortune."

  Kun Peng took down the 'Divine Cauldron' from the laurel tree, holding it in his hand. Then, using the Xiantian Lingbao 'Moon Essence Wheel', he cut off a section of the laurel tree branch and put it away.

  "Wudao asked in doubt: 'Teacher, what's the use of cutting this branch?'"

  "This is for you to forge your weapon."

  Wudao said: "Teacher, are you sure? You want to use this broken tree branch to refine equipment?"

  Kunpeng snorted and said, "You really have eyes but no pearls. You actually called the Osmanthus tree a broken branch! Although the Osmanthus tree is not one of the three great spiritual roots from the beginning, it's not as bad as you think. It's on the same level as the Fusan tree. Just in terms of refining equipment, the three great spiritual roots from the beginning can't compare to it. This Osmanthus tree has gone through countless yuan gatherings since Pangu opened the sky, absorbing the essence of the moon emitted by the entire Taiyin star. Without an extreme-grade primordial spirit treasure, you can forget about cutting off a single branch from it."

  The Taoist doubted and asked: "Teacher, why is this Osmanthus so precious that no one picks it?"

  Kunpeng said, "It's not that no one wants to take it, mainly because this is a heavenly place, and ordinary people don't have the ability to take it. Those who do have the ability are unwilling to create karma with the Heavenly Court for just a small branch, so no one has taken it all along."

  The Way asked again: "Why didn't Emperor Jun and Donghuang Taiyi come to take it?"

  Kun Peng said: "Dong Huang Tai Yi and Yao Huang Di Jun are both three-legged golden crows, they are fire attributes themselves, what do they want with this Osmanthus tree. Alright, don't ask so many questions, I'm about to refine the equipment, you watch carefully. After I've refined a weapon for you, we'll leave Tai Yin Xing and go to the human residence, far away from Tian Ting, to avoid unnecessary trouble."

  Kun Peng spoke, and a stream of immortal yuan entered the "Divine Fire Tripod" from his palm. The "Divine Fire Tripod" slowly rose from his hand, and when it reached about one meter high, the body of the tripod began to rotate. Kun Peng raised his hand again and shot out another immortal yuan, and the "Divine Fire Tripod" emitted a low rumble, starting up.

  As the "Divine Cauldron" was activated, Kunpeng's entire body of immortal energy surged towards the "Divine Cauldron" like a tidal wave. In an instant, the "Divine Cauldron" emitted a dazzling light, its body began to shake violently, and it started to gradually enlarge, with its brilliant radiance visible throughout the entire Taiyin Star.

  The 'Divine Cauldron' finally transformed into a giant cauldron over five meters tall, standing under the laurel tree. The Southern Ming Fire emitted by the 'Divine Cauldron', if not suppressed by the lunar essence released by the laurel tree, would have enveloped nearly half of the Taiyin Star.

  Kunpeng simultaneously laid down a restrictive protection for his disciple to comprehend the Tao, while operating the Xianyuan to control the 'Divine Fire Tripod', transforming the Nanming Departed Fire.

  Wu Dao was the first to get close and watch the 'Divine Fire Cauldron' refine equipment. Although he had Kun Peng's forbidden protection, he still felt the scorching heat of the Nanming Li fire emitted by the 'Divine Fire Cauldron'. Just a moment later, he felt overwhelmed. At this time, he was already shocked to the extreme and hastily threw out the Xiantian Lingbao 'Xuan Shui Zhao' he had just obtained to protect himself. He could only barely resist the heat emitted by the Nanming Li fire. At this point, Wu Dao finally understood how great the gap between him and a master was.

  About ten minutes later, the 'Divine Cauldron' began to shrink, and soon its body shrank to about two meters in size. At the same time, the crimson glow on its body also continued to contract, and the temperature around it dropped sharply.

  Kunpeng stood in front of the 'Divine Fire Cauldron', closing his eyes and quietly adjusting the cauldron fire. After more than ten minutes, the cauldron fire completely retracted into the cauldron, successfully opening the cauldron, only waiting for alchemy.

  At this time, Wu Dao let out a breath of relief, wiped the sweat from his face and said: "Master, this 'Divine Fire Cauldron' is too powerful, just opening it has caused such a big commotion."

  Kun Peng said, "This is not the 'Divine Fire Tripod' being powerful, but rather I haven't fully grasped this tripod. Any spiritual treasure that reaches its extreme will return to simplicity and truth, like the pre-heavenly supreme treasure 'Qian Kun Tripod'. Even if you don't fully grasp it, opening the tripod to refine equipment won't result in a situation like this, this is the difference in quality."

  Kunpeng then took out the laurel branch, wrapped it in Xianyuan and slowly put it into the 'Divine Fire Cauldron'. Kunpeng carefully controlled the cauldron fire, then took out a ball of star essence and put it into the cauldron. This ball of star essence was also left behind by him when he refined the Star Flag. Afterwards, Kunpeng struck out thousands of seal keys towards the 'Divine Fire Cauldron', which was the key to transforming the cauldron fire and starting to refine the instrument.

  "After doing all this, Kunpeng said: 'The first step is to purify the materials. Since the essence of the stars has already been refined once, this time we only need to purify the laurel tree branches. Then I cast out the refining tool's mantra, which is the most important step. Among these thousands of mantras, you can't make a single mistake, otherwise the refined artifact will also be inferior. After that, we just need to wait quietly for the spiritual treasure to take shape on its own. This step requires a very long time, and the better the quality of the spiritual treasure, the longer it takes.'"

  "Master, this 'Divine Fire Cauldron' can emit such a powerful flame when it's opened. Can it be used as an attacking spiritual treasure?"

  Kun Peng smiled and said, "You have this idea, I'm very pleased. Your thinking is correct. This 'Divine Fire Tripod' can not only refine equipment but also use the tripod fire to attack. In fact, most alchemy tripods have this function. The 'Divine Fire Tripod' has a high quality because its body is the essence of the fire element, making it a top-grade acquired spiritual treasure, even better than ordinary innate spiritual treasures. I don't have much use for it myself, so once you've finished refining your equipment, I'll give this tripod to you."

  "Wudao hastily said: 'Thank you, teacher.'"

  Kun Peng said, "Don't be in a hurry to thank me as your master. There's one thing I want to warn you about: although the spiritual treasure is good, it can't replace your own cultivation. Only when your own cultivation is strong will you truly be strong."

  "Wudao said: 'Teacher, please be at ease, I will definitely not miss my own cultivation.'"

  Kunpeng said, "It's best if you can understand. This time the material for refining equipment is of very high quality and may refine a top-grade acquired spiritual treasure. It will take about ten days to nurture this spiritual treasure."

  Ten days passed quickly for the cultivators, and when the tenth day arrived, Kun Peng took out the technique. In an instant, the 'Divine Fire Cauldron' emitted a dazzling red light, and a low rumbling sound began to rise. The rumbling sound grew stronger and weaker, and from afar, the 'Divine Fire Cauldron' seemed to change with the wind and clouds, transforming from crimson red to golden yellow, and then again to purple.

  The handprint changed continuously, and the immortal yuan shot into the 'Divine Fire Cauldron', each time a immortal yuan was shot in, the 'Divine Fire Cauldron' responded with a thunderous roar. The faster Kunpeng's handprint moved, the denser the thunderous roars became. After the last handprint was thrown out, Li Qiang let out a deafening loud noise, and the entire alchemy arena fell silent.

  The sudden quiet after the intense humming noise made Wudao feel a strange sensation, as if the universe had suddenly stopped moving, so quiet that it made people's hearts uneasy. A beautiful melody softly sounded, and he couldn't help but open his eyes wide to look at the 'Divine Fire Cauldron', only to see seven-colored light surrounding a bright red cauldron lid flying out of the cauldron mouth.

  In an instant, the sky darkened and then brightened again, with the entire sky turning a fiery red.

  Wu Dao stared blankly at the sky and couldn't help but sigh: "Alas, the winds and clouds are changing colors, even the heavens know that the Spiritual Treasure is about to be born."

  Suddenly a large patch of crimson clouds appeared in the sky, forming a huge whirlpool. At the center of the whirlpool was a dark and deep hole that was aimed directly at the mouth of the 'Divine Cauldron'.

  Wu Dao's expression changed slightly as he said uncertainly, "How can the Refining Equipment also encounter a Heavenly Tribulation?"

  Upon hearing this, Kun Peng raised his head to look at the sky and excitedly said: "It seems like a Great Heavenly Tribulation! I really didn't expect that this time's equipment refinement would be of such good quality. It looks like it should be an extremely high-quality acquired spiritual treasure!"

  The red cloud began to rotate rapidly, with dark green waves wandering in the cloud layer.

  Kun Peng continued, "This time the spiritual treasure that is born will definitely be extraordinary. If it's not well protected, even if the birth is successful, the spiritual treasure will still be destroyed by heavenly tribulation and the person who refines the equipment will also suffer heavy losses."