Because Trouble Was Bound to Come Sooner or Later

Wu Lian stood in the very center of the ruins and burst into wild laughter!

The disciples of the Artifact Refining Pavilion, as well as those who came to purchase spiritual weapons and magical artifacts, were all utterly astonished upon seeing this.

"This????"

"What happened to Elder Wu Lian?"

"What is Master laughing at?"

"Could it be..."

At this moment, Wu Lian had no idea what his disciples were thinking; all he knew was that he had succeeded!

Of course, it wasn't that he had successfully cultivated the method of fusing Strange Fire, but rather that he had confirmed that the method of fusing Strange Fire was indeed usable and contained immense power!

The array formations within the Artifact Refining Pavilion are quite formidable! Especially in his weapon-refining room, how many arrays are there? If it were just a single type of Strange Fire, even if it burned fiercely, he wouldn't be afraid at all!

But now, the fusion of two Strange Fire has generated such power in an instant?!

Not only did it destroy all the formations in his room, it even blew up half of the Artifact Refining Pavilion!

What does this tell us?

This means that the power of the two Strange Fire increases dramatically after they are fused! If I could fuse several Strange Fire, wouldn't I immediately possess a super Strange Fire that is many times more powerful than my own true flame?

With this super-fusion Strange Fire, wouldn't my weapon-refining skills improve effortlessly?!

"Ha ha ha ha!!!"

The more he thought about it, the more excited he became. Wu Lian couldn't help but laugh wildly again, attracting the attention of all the disciples of the Artifact Refining Pavilion, as well as passersby and disciples who came specifically to check on the situation of the Artifact Refining Pavilion. However, no one dared to approach.

after all...

What if Elder Wu Lian goes berserk?

The current situation doesn't seem normal at all!

Wu Lian, however, quickly sat cross-legged on the ruins again, pondering where he had gone wrong...

"Wait, so that's where the mistake was!"

He suddenly clapped his hands.

"While the Divine Wood Flame is of the wood element and should theoretically have some compatibility with all flames, the Golden Dragon Divine Fire is of the Metal Attribute, which precedes the wood element. Metal overcomes wood, so it will naturally explode. How could it possibly succeed so easily?!"

"Let's try something different this time, again, again, hahahahahaha!!!!"

Buzz!

Before long, an even more terrifying energy began to brew, and the disciples who had been watching nearby were all terrified.

"It's going to explode again?!"

"Oh no! Run! Elder Wu Lian has gone mad!"

"He's going to blow up the entire Artifact Refining Pavilion!!!"

"Run!"

The disciples fled in a frenzy, running far away, too afraid to approach, and could only watch from afar, trembling with fear.

Boom!!!

Not long after, there was another loud bang, and the Artifact Refining Pavilion... was completely gone!

However, Wu Lian continued to laugh heartily.

"Alas, I made a mistake again. This time I used Nightmare Ghost Fire. Nightmare Ghost Fire has a strong corrosive effect and it is mutually restraining with Divine Wood Flame..."

"But its power, hahahahaha!!!!"

The disciples: "Σ(⊙▽⊙"a???"

Alchemy Room, Dan Chengzi was carefully watching the furnace when he suddenly felt the entire Alchemy Room shake violently!

"What's that noise?!"

He was astonished.

At the same time, Lin Fan had just arrived at the Alchemy Room.

Such a commotion naturally caught his attention; with a flick of his Sky Gazing Mirror, the scene appeared...

In an instant, the corners of his mouth twitched repeatedly.

"The Artifact Refining Pavilion... is gone?!"

"This..."

Especially when he saw Wu Lian laughing wildly in the middle of the ruins, Lin Fan felt even more guilty. "This has nothing to do with me, it has nothing to do with me..."

He dashed into the Alchemy Room to find the Dan Chengzi.

However, it turned out that Dan Chengzi had locked himself in the Alchemy Room to refine something, and could only take out his cell phone to "make a call".

Are you free?

"This..."

After answering the phone, Dan Chengzi hesitated for a moment. "I'm not sure, what are your instructions, Your Highness?"

"I need you to refine another batch of mobile phones."

"That's not a problem, but..."

"But what?"

"Your Highness, please come in and we can talk here..."

Dan Chengzi deactivated the formation, but Lin Fan immediately reactivated it after entering. Then, wiping away his cold sweat, he gave Lin Fan a wry smile.

What kind of expression is that?

Looking at the bright red alchemy furnace, Lin Fan kicked it. "What kind of pill is this being refined? Could it be another Supreme Void Refining Pill?"

"You should ship less of this stuff, otherwise it's easy to cause problems, and it's best to sell it around noon."

"Ah?"

Dan Chengzi was somewhat bewildered.

"Because something bad is bound to happen sooner or later!"

Dan Chengzi: "..."

"Your Highness, Dan Chengzi has only good intentions, so why should he be afraid of being slandered?"

"You're awesome!"

Lin Fan took out a jade chair, slowly sat down, and then said, "You still haven't explained why you're making that face."

"Your Highness, what's being refined here... isn't a pill."

Dan Chengzi sighed deeply.

He was helpless too!

He clearly meant well, going to deliver a cell phone to the Divine Calculator, but who knew this guy would immediately grab him and insist on coming along, even saying he wanted to "train" him again!

Dan Chengzi was practically scared to death!

I almost drove you insane in one go, and you want me to do it again? What if I really kill you? How am I supposed to explain that?!

To everyone's surprise, the Divine Calculator refused to do anything and even made him swear an oath. Helpless, Dan Chengzi had no choice but to bring him along to refine the medicine again.

Now...

The Divine Calculator is practicing inside!

Lin Fan was slightly taken aback, and then realized, "It's not a pill?!"

Recalling Dan Chengzi's furtive reaction earlier, he was startled. "Could it be that you've gone astray, using living people to refine pills?!"

"The person is indeed alive, but I really don't want to refine pills."

Dan Chengzi was almost in tears. "Your Highness, what exactly is this ' Fiery Eyes of Truth ' you have? The Divine Calculator is like he's possessed, insisting that I refine him, and saying he must persist for forty-nine days..."

"Although my cultivation level is not high, with the Samadhi True Fire bestowed by my master, plus this Cosmos Sun Moon Alchemy Furnace, I can even turn a Void Refinement stage cultivator into ashes!"

"You said the Divine Calculator is only at the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm, why would he seek death?"

Lin Fan: "(⊙o⊙)..."

Okay!

It turns out he was Divine Calculator who had been fooled by Qi Zixiao.

That's why she's called a Tigress. She probably only read a little bit of Journey to the West, not even the whole thing, and then she came here to fool people.

The Monkey King was born with a pair of "divine eyes," which were later turned golden by the smoke in the Alchemy Furnace.

There's even a theory that Sun Wukong's Fiery Eyes of Truth actually limited his pupil abilities...

Of course, the Divine Calculator doesn't have any divine eyes or anything like that. If he really cultivated the Fiery Eyes of Truth, it would definitely be a positive improvement, not a negative one.

But here's the problem...

He's not Sun Wukong!

Sun Wukong was transformed from a divine stone, was the Divine Calculator the same?

How many Immortal Pill in the human Eight Trigrams Furnace were swallowed by the monkey?

Do Divine Calculator even exist?!

Huh?

The Divine Calculator might actually have some elixirs, but not Immortal Pill, they might be more like spiritual pills...

Lin Fan pondered for a moment, "How long have you been refining it?"

"It's been almost two days."

Lin Fan: "..."

"Could it be that it died from the refining process?"

"No, there was some noise just now."

"..."

Then, the two of them stared at each other blankly.

What should we do?

Alchemy Furnace.

This time, the Divine Calculator has gone all in!

Spirit Stone? We've used them up pretty much. And lately, because of the rumors that he's gone 'crazy,' not many people have come to us asking for fortune telling or anything like that.

Without a source of income, yet still wanting to develop Fiery Eyes of Truth...

what to do?

This time, he swallowed the Supreme Void Refining Pill as soon as he went in!

then...

They discovered that a massive amount of spiritual energy surged out of their bodies instantly, the amount of which was simply immeasurable!

The Divine Calculator, sensing the terrifying spiritual energy, exclaimed repeatedly, "As expected of Supreme Void Refining Pill, even though I haven't reached the Spirit Severance Peak, I still feel its extraordinary nature."

"With such a massive amount of spiritual energy, this should be enough!"

However...

Two days later, now.

The spiritual energy is almost depleted.

The Divine Calculator strained to open his eyes wide, his eyes turning red from the smoke!

His body dried up and cracked time and time again. In order to prevent his physical body from being destroyed, he could only use his True Essence to repair it again and again.

How many times has it been repaired so far?

Even the Divine Calculator couldn't quite remember.

However... it is clear that the interval between each physical repair is getting longer and longer.

How long exactly? The Divine Calculator had no idea, but... it seemed that even the Samadhi True Fire inside the furnace wouldn't easily harm his body anymore.

Fearless?

It's not that exaggerated.

But compared to other cultivators of the same period, he was able to withstand the attack for a much, much longer time...

Finally!

The physical body was repaired once again, but the True Essence within the body had dried up, and the spiritual energy of the Supreme Void Refining Pill had been completely consumed.

"Well!"

"Alright, let's go out first and come back later, so we don't get mistaken for crazy again."

He gave the 'signal'.

Upon sensing the signal, Dan Chengzi immediately opened the alchemy furnace and captured the Divine Calculator.

He then said to Lin Fan, "Your Highness, would you like to leave for a moment? Last time this guy came out, he wasn't wearing any clothes."

Lin Fan: "..."

We absolutely must avoid that!

Even if that Tigress wants to look, she can only look at mine, okay!

He turned around, closed his eyes, and withdrew his Divine Sense...

The next moment...

"Holy crap?!?!"

Dan Chengzi's exclamation carried far.

"Could it be that it died from the refining process?" Lin Fan asked in a low voice.

"No, but... what's going on?"

"His physical body is crystal clear, with a glassy light surrounding him...???? This is the 'golden body' of Buddhism and Daoism?!"

Whoosh!

Dan Chengzi put the prepared clothes on the Divine Calculator, then stared at his bloodshot eyes, puzzled. "Aren't you supposed to be a master of the Fiery Eyes of Truth?"

"How did it manage to create a golden body? And is this Buddhism golden body?"

"No, Buddhism golden statue should radiate the eight treasures and lapis lazuli light, but yours only has lapis lazuli... Holy crap!!!"

Dan Chengzi suddenly took a step back, completely stunned.

"You... you're trying to achieve Body Refinement to Sainthood?!"

He was genuinely shocked!

The Body Refinement to Sainthood" does not literally mean that the Divine Calculator could become a saint and take charge solely through his physical body. Rather, it means that his physical body has transcended the ordinary and entered the realm of sainthood!

What does this mean?

To put it simply might seem a bit vague...

For example, even those Body Refinement Cultivator in the Void Refinement stage don't have this kind of physical prowess!

I'm so angry! Windows keeps updating automatically all the time. And after updating, it often causes problems. I've been messing with this computer from 7 AM to past 10 PM, I'm completely exhausted.

Luckily I saved three chapters beforehand, otherwise I really wouldn't have been able to update by midnight, which is frustrating.

I have to go to the hospital tomorrow morning, so I'm going to sleep now. Goodnight.