"Heave-ho—heave-ho..." From the large and small caves surrounding Empty Mountain Belly came a perfectly synchronized chant, like boatmen hauling a towline. Then the sound of "whoosh, whoosh" rose and fell without end. From the rubble-strewn ground glowing red at the center of the mountain belly, countless red flames spurted from between the cracks, as though something beneath the earth were blowing them out. As the flames rose higher and higher, they gradually changed from red to a blue-white color, sharp as fierce rays.
Yue Qianchou and Ancestor Nanming were both curious. They extended their divine sense into the surrounding caves and saw large iron chests embedded into the stone walls below each cave. Air currents surged rapidly as groups of Giant Strength Fire Apes pushed and pulled enormous piston rods before the iron chests. They were actually bellows!
There was naturally more than one such bellows. Every cave, large or small, had one. Yue Qianchou and Ancestor Nanming looked at each other. Yue Qianchou immediately transmitted, "Did you also do this when refining artifacts?" After a pause, Ancestor Nanming replied, "This is the most primitive method. Are you sure his artifact-refining skill is truly exceptional?" Yue Qianchou was speechless for a moment before replying, "Let's wait a little longer! Perhaps he has blazed a different trail and has some new trick up his sleeve."
The two then saw the two Giant Strength Fire Apes carrying the Giant Spider's corpse suddenly hurl it into the hundred-meter-wide formation of blue-white blazing flames at the center. With a bang, shattered stones flew everywhere with sparks trailing behind them.
The whooshing did not stop. Clearly, those Fire Apes were still pushing and pulling with all their might. The three of them stared at the Giant Spider's corpse burning in the blazing flames for nearly