The Sword God of the Universe

Chapter 2511: Dead End

Master Ru’s words carried not the slightest malice; that could be seen clearly from his eyes.

Master Ru Yueyi continued, “City Lord Jing Yan is definitely not a vicious, cruel man. On this point, this old man can still be certain.”

“It’s just that…” Master Ru Yueyi paused.

“Any words of warning from Master Ru are a good thing for me, and also my good fortune. Master Ru, please speak frankly!” Jing Yan cupped his hands toward Master Ru.

“Mm, I’ll say a few more words.” Master Ru Yueyi nodded and said, “City Lord Jing Yan’s strength is incomparably great; among Cultivators in the Immortal Venerable Realm, there are probably not many opponents for you in the entire Heavenly Domain. Ordinary people, even if they bear resentment toward City Lord Jing Yan, would not dare come to Hongmeng City to cause trouble. However, City Lord Jing Yan, you have offended Superpowers such as Yama Palace, Eight Gods Pill Sect, and Tianyin Building. Even if they have not yet launched a full-scale retaliation, they will take action sooner or later.”

“Master Ru, I understand. I also don’t believe they will let this matter go easily. Especially that Yama Palace; in fact, I have already received some information that Yama Palace is making preparations.” Jing Yan nodded heavily.

“It’s enough that City Lord Jing Yan has mentally prepared.”

“City Lord Jing Yan’s strength is overwhelmingly powerful, but after all, you are only one person. In your City Lord Mansion, there are indeed some Immortal Venerable Cultivators—for example, the Grand Steward of the City Lord Mansion should also be very strong. But once those Superpowers unleash their full retaliation, what Hongmeng City will face will be hundreds of Immortal Venerable Peak experts. They possess some methods that are extremely terrifying.” Master Ru Yueyi added.

The means of Superpowers are hard for ordinary people to imagine. The foundations of these Superpowers are exceedingly deep; some hidden methods may even have been left behind by Immortal Emperors.

“I know they will definitely retaliate, will definitely launch frontal action to annihilate Hongmeng City. Therefore, I must seize every moment to strengthen Hongmeng City. In this process, sometimes I have to use some forceful methods. For example, when I killed Sima Rongjie and the others, it was for the sake of deterrence. If I were too soft and let this matter slide easily, those people would only push further, thinking I’m easy to bully, and they would drag down Hongmeng City’s growth.” Jing Yan said.

“Mm, what you say is reasonable. In short, as long as you’re mentally prepared.” Master Ru Yueyi nodded.

“If, when the time comes—this is only if—Hongmeng City truly cannot withstand it, then City Lord Jing Yan, you should enter the Red Victory Secret Land. The Red Victory Secret Land is one of the most mysterious and perilous places in the Heavenly Domain; even if an Immortal Emperor personally took action, he might not be able to find certain people within the Red Victory Secret Land.” Master Ru Yueyi drew in a breath and spoke.

“Master Ru, when I chose to build Hongmeng City in this place, I had already taken that into consideration. Hongmeng City is only a hundred thousand li away from the Red Victory Secret Land. When the time comes, if Hongmeng City is truly breached and I truly cannot stop the enemy, I will not stubbornly cling to death!” Jing Yan smiled.

When Master Ru heard Jing Yan say this, he also smiled.

That Master Ru could say such words to Jing Yan showed that in his heart he was very unwilling to see Jing Yan fall. However, it was difficult for him to help Jing Yan any further. Though his family was respected by Cultivators of the Heavenly Domain, in terms of Combat Power, they still could not compare with the Superpowers. In the Heavenly Domain, the only family that can confront Superpowers head-on is the Sima Family.

Master Ru Yueyi left Hongmeng City the next day.

When he returned to his own family this time, he would select a group of outstanding young family members to come to Hongmeng City to study Array Dao. The Array Dao of Hongmeng City is simpler and easier to understand; under the same level of Power, the arrays of Hongmeng City are easy to set up and can also save much more resources.

At this moment, Jing Yan was in the Alchemy Room, attempting once again to refine Qianhe Zhenye.

This was already Jing Yan’s third attempt at refining Qianhe Zhenye. The Pill Formula of Qianhe Zhenye had only a tiny final portion left incomplete.

“I hope this time I can gain some insight and perfect the Pill Formula.” Jing Yan exhaled a long, gentle breath.

If he could refine Qianhe Zhenye, the significance would be utterly enormous. Even the Hongmeng Cultivation Tower and Hongmeng Pill Tower together would be far less important than Qianhe Zhenye. In the Heavenly Domain, the refining method of Qianhe Zhenye has long been lost. Moreover, in the entire Heavenly Domain and even the entire Mixed Element Immortal Domain, there seems to be no Elixir similar to Qianhe Zhenye—that is to say, there is no other Elixir that can fill the gap left by Qianhe Zhenye.

If Qianhe Zhenye were truly refined successfully, the whole Kunling Heaven would be shaken. At that time, Hongmeng City would very likely become the center of the Thunder Domain, and might even rival the main cities of the Superpowers.

By then, who knows how many powers would rack their brains trying every means possible to purchase Qianhe Zhenye.

After all… it is a special Divine Pill that can improve a Cultivator’s Divine Soul Body Purity!

In the refining of Qianhe Zhenye, Jing Yan was already very familiar with the earlier steps. He proceeded methodically, placing one precious material after another into the Pill Furnace.

The first three-quarters of the process of the Elixir went extremely smoothly. When he entered the final quarter, Jing Yan became extremely cautious; every movement had to be weighed over and over before he would carry it out. During the refinement, Jing Yan constantly compared himself against the Pill Formula of Qianhe Zhenye, considering the subtle differences, pondering what changes he could make to increase the success rate of refining the Elixir.

This consumed an enormous amount of Divine Soul Power.

If an ordinary Immortal Pill Master were to attempt the same thing, they would likely be unable to continue at all. There were simply too many factors to consider; in every single instant, there were over ten thousand possible variations. Among these ten thousand variations, perhaps only a few were correct. Ordinary Immortal Pill Masters simply couldn’t think through them; their Divine Soul Bodies couldn’t endure it. If they forcibly tried to deduce it, they might directly faint on the spot.

This is also why, though the Incomplete Pill Recipe of Qianhe Zhenye had always been in the hands of the Golden Toad Commerce, there had never been an Immortal Pill Master able to complete the Pill Formula. Moreover, even the wealthiest Immortal Pill Masters and the Superpowers could not possibly produce large quantities of Qianhe Zhenye’s materials just for experimentation. A single set of materials for Qianhe Zhenye is of extremely shocking value; if one were to fail dozens of times in a row, who could bear it? Even Superpowers could not!

Time passed bit by bit.

Jing Yan’s expression grew more and more solemn. The refinement of Qianhe Zhenye had reached its final stage. Jing Yan’s Divine Thought could sense the Elixir within the Pill Furnace. The Elixir at this moment still appeared quite normal. But with Jing Yan’s level of ability, he could already see many steps ahead that had not yet occurred.

“It seems it’s going to fail again!” Jing Yan sighed lightly in his heart.

Although the Elixir at this moment was still normal, Jing Yan already had a premonition. If nothing unexpected happened, this furnace of Qianhe Zhenye would be just like the previous two attempts, collapsing and disappearing at the final step.

“No matter how I walk around, I just can’t get out of this dead end.”

“Exactly where is the problem?” Jing Yan’s breath grew taut.