Chapter 0824: The Second Layer of the Heavenly Sacred Cauldron
After speaking, Huang Long formed a magic seal and waved it repeatedly in the void. After a while, with a loud rumble, he dashed forward and disappeared into the void, with Huoyang following closely behind.
When Huang Long lifted the restrictions on the second layer and entered that space, just like the first layer, a pleasant fragrance filled the air. However, unlike the first layer, where the scent was that of pills, this layer had a different fragrance.
At a glance, Huang Long saw a scene filled with dazzling brilliance and vibrant colors—everywhere were exotic flowers and plants!
Each of these exotic plants emitted a faint glow—some in light red, some in light purple, some in blue, and some in black and white.
This was already a sign of spiritual essence!
Some even exuded a powerful aura, showing signs of even forming deities!
True treasures of heaven and earth!
These exotic flowers and plants were all crucial materials for crafting top-tier, king-tier, supreme-tier, and innate divine pills!
Some of them were even more precious than an innate divine pill!
“This… is the Tianyou Tree?!” At that moment, Huoyang stared in shock, pointing at something in the distance.
Following his gaze, Huang Long saw a towering green tree standing among the flowers, surrounded by clusters of green light—light as bright as the sun’s rays, golden and radiant!
It was the Hongmeng Spiritual Treasure that Huoyang and the Nine Divine Kings had fought over back in the Time Beyond Heaven—the Tianyou Tree!
The Tianyou Tree! The one the Nine Divine Kings had fought so fiercely for! It was even more brilliant and powerful than the green light from the Time Beyond Heaven! Even Huang Long was astonished.
If such treasures existed, then?!
Huang Long immediately opened his Heavenly Eyes and scanned the area with golden light.
“Ice-Fire Grass! It’s Ice-Fire Grass!” Thousands of miles away, he saw a plant covered in ice-like and fire-like greenery, constantly absorbing spiritual energy from its surroundings.
Ice-Fire Grass was one of the materials needed to craft the Nine-Turn Golden Pill!
One of the more than thirty materials still missing to Huang Long!
“Phoenix Flower! It’s actually a Phoenix Flower!” Then, on a patch of sand, Huang Long discovered another strange flower. Its petals unfurled like a phoenix’s wings, with streaks of red light flashing within.
This Phoenix Flower was also a material for crafting the Nine-Turn Golden Pill!
One of the more than thirty materials Huang Long had been searching for!
“Yin-Yang Soul Fruit!”
“Heavenly Net Vine!”
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One after another, Huang Long recognized these treasures of heaven and earth. His heart was filled with surprise time and again, until finally, his joy was overwhelming, leaving him unable to calm down for a long time.
Even hundreds of millions of miles away, Huang Long discovered pile after pile of ores! Extremely rare ores! There were even those kinds of precious stones that Huang Long had purchased from the Fengming Auction House! The more than thirty materials missing for crafting the Nine-Revolution Golden Elixir, namely the Supreme Divine Elixir, appeared one by one as Huang Long gathered them all—only two materials remained missing! Originally, gathering such rare treasures to craft the Nine-Revolution Golden Elixir would likely take millions or even tens of millions of years. Now, he had saved tens of millions of years of hard work! After a while, Huang Long suppressed his excitement. Of the two missing items, one was gold and jade, and the other was True Iron of Unyielding Softness! As for gold and jade, Huang Long knew they were in the Demon Realm, so he could find them there. Thus, only True Iron of Unyielding Softness was left! Although Huang Long had absorbed the spirit of the Chaotic Fiery Red Stone, greatly enhancing his magical power to the point where he could now slay two corpses, it was not guaranteed that slaying two corpses would allow him to reach the peak of Quasi-Saint status. It was extremely dangerous—hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of times harder than when he had slain one corpse to reach the early stage of Quasi-Saint! If anything went wrong, Huang Long would be utterly destroyed, both in body and spirit, with all his cultivation from both lives lost! Therefore, Huang Long absolutely could not allow even the slightest mistake or accident! He had to ensure 100% success! Huang Long still needed to accumulate more power! Only when his magical power was strong enough to give him complete confidence in slaying two corpses and reaching the peak of Quasi-Saint status would he attempt the breakthrough! If he crafted the Nine-Revolution Golden Elixir and consumed it, his magical power would be refined and enhanced once again. Then, Huang Long believed he would have 100% certainty of succeeding in slaying two corpses and reaching that peak. Now, with treasures like the Heavenly Earth Sacred Cauldron, Huang Long was confident that as long as he gathered all the necessary materials, he would surely be able to craft the Nine-Revolution Golden Elixir. “So many rare treasures! I doubt even all the collections of the three thousand Hongmeng races in the entire Hongmeng Realm over billions of years could equal half of this amount—no, not even a fraction!” Fire Yang couldn’t help but exclaim in astonishment. Huang Long nodded in amazement as well. With so many rare treasures, even just a tiny fraction would be enough to refine all his current immortal artifacts and elevate them to a higher grade! With these treasures, he could craft any kind of immortal elixir, except perhaps the supreme Nine-Revolution Golden Elixir! “The first layer is medicinal elixirs; the second layer is rare treasures. I wonder what the third layer is?” Fire Yang mused.
Huang Long shook his head. “The third layer of restrictions is too strong! With my current strength, I can’t break through it!” Huang Long was mentally connected to the Heavenly Earth Sacred Cauldron and knew that to unlock the third layer, he must reach the peak of quasi-saint status! As for layers beyond the fourth, even greater strength would be required. For the very last layer, one had to achieve enlightenment and become an Immortal Saint! However, Huang Long wasn’t in a hurry. Being able to unlock these two layers was already sufficient! What lay within them had transformed Huang Long from a simple country bumpkin into the world’s richest man—the richest man in the Hongmeng World! “Someone is coming. Let’s go outside!” Just then, Huang Long sensed someone approaching outside Naisi Mansion—it was Elder Leipeng, Botah! Huang Long and Huoyang swiftly left the Heavenly Earth Sacred Cauldron. Then, the cauldron transformed into a stream of light and entered Huang Long’s ancestral aperture between his eyebrows, joining the Ancestral Aperture Void alongside the Immortals Pavilion. Now, every aperture in Huang Long’s body was a small world. “Reporting to the Elder, Elder Leipeng, Lord Botah, has arrived outside and requests to see you!” As soon as Huang Long retracted the Heavenly Earth Sacred Cauldron into his body, a servant from Naisi Mansion rushed in in a panic to report this. “Oh, I see. Let him in!” Huang Long said with a thought. “Botah coming here must be on Felix’s behalf. He probably doesn’t want to invite you to a wedding, does he?” Huoyang sneered at that moment. Huang Long nodded. Tomorrow was the day when Leipeng and Tianfeng would get married. If Botah had come now, it might indeed be as Huoyang said—inviting him to attend the wedding of the two clans. Sure enough, when Botah entered, he didn’t even greet Huang Long. Instead, he spoke condescendingly, “Our Divine King wants you to attend the wedding of our clan and the Tianfeng clan. Here’s the invitation!” After saying that, he threw a bright red wedding invitation at Huang Long and then added coldly, “I hope Elder Sander will arrive on time. Our Divine King will treat you well. Of course, if you’re afraid, you don’t have to go! Hehe, but let me tell you in advance—no matter how you try to escape, you won’t be able to leave Hongmeng City!”