On the outskirts of the divine capital, there is Yingtian Temple.
The shadowy Taoist temples are hidden among the green trees and jungles, and they look like fairy palaces and pavilions. Taoist priests wearing Taoist robes can be vaguely seen walking among them.
There is a huge underground palace hundreds of feet underground in Yingtian Temple. Deep wells penetrate into the ground, and blazing underground fire is drawn out, turning this place into a place for alchemy.
An old Taoist with his feet bare, holding a fly whisk, sat in front of a burning alchemy furnace.
The three-foot-high alchemy furnace means the three hundred and six heavens. There are three legs under the alchemy furnace, which represent heaven, earth and people. In this way, the whole world is perfect. There is a red gold inscription engraved on the surface of the alchemy furnace, which implies the nine orifices, and has an ancient and simple temperament.
This is Tianzhou Danding.
It is an important transportation weapon of the Danyuan lineage in Yingtian Dao. I don't know when it has been secretly transported to this place.
After a while, there were footsteps.
A middle-aged Taoist walked in from outside, came not far behind the old Taoist, and bowed down: "Master."
"What's the matter?"
After a long time, the old man opened his eyes, and his eyes opened and closed with a faint light.
The middle-aged Taoist whispered: "Report to Master, what you want..."
Before he finished speaking, a look of ferocity suddenly flashed across his face, and one hand under his wide robe instantly turned into a giant thorn of scales, stabbing hard at the old man's back!
"Supernatural power: Hidden Dragon Thorn!"
Whoosh!
A stab that was as fast as thunder, and the air made an explosion.
"Brush off all the dust!"
However, the old Taoist just waved the dust with his hand, and the dense white tails instantly wrapped around the giant scale thorns, and then wrapped the middle-aged Taoist into a rice dumpling and hung him in the air.
Click.
The whisk was tightened suddenly, and the sound of bones and muscles exploding suddenly came from the middle-aged Taoist's body.
After a while, the whisk was withdrawn, leaving only a layer of white powder in place.
With another flick of the whisk, the white powder was blown away.
"My birthday is coming, and this place is getting more and more unsafe. Has even the Earth Fire Palace underground been invaded by outsiders? I don't know what's going on with other people there..."
The old Taoist's face looked ugly.
This person is one of the founders of the Danyuan lineage, Zhong Yan.
What he was practicing was one of the nine elixirs of the Dingshou Tiandan.
When the nine pills are combined, the one with the strongest power will swallow the eight pills and turn them into the real longevity pill!
If the elixir is completed, it can stabilize the lifespan and last forever. The most important thing is that it can assist the emperor to bear part of the erosion of the imperial dragon energy, so that his reign can be greatly extended!
With this thought in mind, he waved his fly whisk again, causing the bell on the eaves of the alchemy room to ring softly.
Not long after, Ling Xiaozi appeared outside the door.
"I've met the ancestor."
"no."
Master Zhong Yan turned around and glanced at Ling Xiaozi, "How many copies of the elixir sent by the imperial court are left?"
"There are still more than thirty copies."
"That's enough. Go and start the furnace again and refine hundreds of auxiliary pills for consumption."
"Yes, Master."
Ling Xiaozi responded respectfully and turned around to retreat.
However, Master Zhong Yan suddenly spoke again: "Ling Xiao, do you have any complaints against the ancestor?"
"No."
Ling Xiaozi paused, his face changed slightly, and he quickly turned and bowed down.
However, Master Zhong Yan smiled and said: "After decades of suppressing cultivation and failing to become a heavenly master, I wanted to refine a furnace of holy elixirs in order to reach the sky in one step, but a group of old people who were rumored to have been dead for many years climbed out and snatched away the results. In other words, Even though I am an old Taoist, I am also dissatisfied."
"Ancestor, I..."
Ling Xiaozi was still about to speak, but Master Zhong Yan waved his hand and interrupted: "It doesn't matter, this is human nature. However, we are obedient to nature and people, and pay attention to fate and nature, but I have to explain things clearly to you. .”
"All you did was cover up the matter of the Longevity-Defending Heavenly Pill! The real refining of the Heavenly Pill had started many years ago. It was an agreement made by the Emperor Ming with Dao Ancestor when he was still the crown prince!"
"You don't have to hold grudges!"
"However, what you have done is not without merit. Your Taoist lineage has given you the qualification to Qingtian Yudao. As long as you cultivate to the Ancestral Heavenly Master, you can inherit the Daotian of a deceased ancestor!"
Master Zhong Yan said slowly.
Hearing this, Ling Xiaozi's eyes flashed with a trace of uncontrollable joy, and he bowed down and said, "Thank you, Patriarch!"
"No need to thank me, you deserve this."
Old Taoist Zhong Yan said lightly, "In addition, before the elixir is completed, this place will become more and more unstable. Even if it is illuminated by the imperial dragon's energy, changes may occur. After you return, you can gradually arrange for the disciples to evacuate this temple."
"Yes, Patriarch!"
Ling Xiaozi took a deep breath and said solemnly.
"By the way, I heard that Fu Lu's lineage also has disciples in the capital?"
Old Taoist Zhong Yan asked casually.
Ling Xiaozi nodded: "Yes, the leader is named Cheng Shuyue. He became a great heavenly master in his early years and is now close to the realm of the ancestor heavenly master. What plans does the ancestor have?"
"Oh, it's okay, go ahead!"
When Old Taoist Zhong Yan saw him leaving, he glanced at the alchemy furnace that was still burning in the earth fire, formed an idea into a human figure, and left here quickly.
His incarnation soon left the city of God and came to a Taoist temple outside the city of God.
As soon as I entered, I saw a Taoist priest.
"Brother Zhong Yan is here, how are you doing there?"
"The alchemy is progressing as usual, but someone has already sneaked into the underground palace, and the place is no longer safe."
Old Master Zhong Yan replied.
"Oh, I didn't expect you to be like this in the divine capital..."
The Taoist sighed.
Not long after, Taoist incarnations appeared one after another. They were all the ancestors of the Danyuan lineage. There were nine of them in total. Each of them was responsible for refining the elixir of a Dingshou Tiandan.
During the conversation, Old Taoist Zhong Yan realized that his situation was good. Several other Patriarchs had almost destroyed their alchemy furnaces, not to mention that there were still people who wanted to steal the elixir secretly and swallow it.
Even if someone from the court assists in guarding, they can't stop the thoughts of these villains.
"Don't these idiots know that before the elixirs are combined, the divided elixirs are highly poisonous? Only when the nine elixirs are combined can the erysipelas poison be resolved and transformed into perfection!"
Old Taoist Zhong Yan had an ugly expression.
"Brother Zhong Yan, don't be upset, they just don't want to see us refine this elixir. During this meeting, we planned to go to the capital of Gods to join you, but it seems that this method will not work."
Everyone was silent.
Obviously, as their birthday approaches, the threats they face will become greater and greater.
Not only the Dao lineage, but also the Tianshi Dao and the True Dao are also watching them, not to mention the Buddhism, the Martial Alliance and other large and small forces!
If it hadn't been for Dao Ancestor's order, they would have given up on picking their own sons.
After a moment of silence, Master Zhong Yan raised his head, looked at everyone, and said with a slight hesitation: "I have a strategy here to deal with the current situation, but it may hurt Tianhe..."
"Fellow Taoist, there is no need to worry, just say it clearly!"
"That's fine."
Old Master Zhong Yan sighed, "Then I'll be blunt! I once excavated an ancient ruins and obtained a forbidden alchemy technique. According to the method recorded in it, I can use people as a furnace to cultivate true elixirs..."
