Seeking the Pill Furnace, First Entry into the Spirit Ascension Platform

"Looks like all I'm missing now is an alchemy furnace."

"Only, I didn't expect that even the Spirit Pagoda wouldn't have a single furnace for refining pills."

As Li Moxun spoke, he glanced once more at the ring in his hand.

There were many things inside. Apart from that level-five soul-guided longsword, there were quite a few other soul tools as well, but not a single alchemy furnace among them.

It was obvious that even in the Spirit Pagoda—or rather, in a branch like this one—

their cultivation methods mostly involved using spirit herbs directly, not medicinal pills. That left Li Moxun rather helpless.

From the look of it, if he wanted to refine pills, he would have to find someone to specially customize an alchemy furnace.

And he had no idea how much a custom-made furnace would cost.

As Li Moxun thought about it, however, his target shifted to the Tang Sect. Compared with the Spirit Pagoda, which only had ten thousand years of inheritance, the Tang Sect's legacy was clearly much older.

Even if the Tang Sect's inheritance had once been cut off midway, pill refining had also been relatively popular in the era ten thousand years ago. So just because the Spirit Pagoda did not have one did not mean the Tang Sect did not either.

Thinking this, Li Moxun raised his hand and tossed out the blue longsword. The moment the young man caught it, his figure vanished again.

After the young man left, Li Moxun sorted away the items, stood up, yawned, and slowly walked out the door.

The morning classes passed quickly. Most of what was taught here was basic knowledge about martial souls.

Li Moxun was equally unfamiliar with this knowledge, so he studied with exceptional seriousness.

After all, although he came from ten thousand years ago, he had spent his life hiding and fleeing since birth. He truly had not mastered much of this basic knowledge, nor did he understand it, so Li Moxun listened especially attentively.

When the morning classes ended, Wu Zhangkong's gaze turned to everyone, his eyes carrying a rare gravity.

"We've already obtained the qualifications this afternoon. We'll be entering the Spirit Ascension Platform again."

"I hope everyone takes this trip to the Spirit Ascension Platform seriously. This will be your third time entering it. You should already be fairly familiar with certain things, or rather, have grasped them quite thoroughly."

As Wu Zhangkong spoke, his gaze swept over everyone, lingering especially on Li Moxun.

As everyone nodded, Li Moxun also nodded calmly along with them.

Seeing them nod, Wu Zhangkong wasted no more words. He had everyone go eat, and in the afternoon, they would head to the Spirit Ascension Platform together.

Li Moxun was still somewhat curious about the Spirit Ascension Platform, but while they ate, the others gave him a simple introduction.

At present, after Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi had left, only Gu Yue, Xie Xie, Tang Wulin, and he remained here.

So the four of them ate together this time. Although Li Moxun's relationship with the other three was not as good as the relationships among the three of them, with Tang Wulin there, the other two naturally could not deliberately isolate him or anything of the sort.

"Student Li, you probably don't understand the Spirit Ascension Platform, so I'll give you a brief explanation."

"After entering the Spirit Ascension Platform, it can help us raise the level of our soul power and increase our practical combat experience. That's why, when we go in, we usually choose to stay together, because that gives us the greatest improvement."

When Tang Wulin said this, he carried a hint of seriousness. After all, because the Spirit Ascension Platform had to preserve a basic sense of pain, they would also endure ten percent of the pain.

If they were killed inside and forced out, it would also have a major impact on their minds, so Tang Wulin warned him very carefully.

Li Moxun simply nodded calmly.

Only, as the two of them talked, Xie Xie ate while occasionally cutting in with a few words. Gu Yue's gaze, however, was mainly fixed on Li Moxun, because as the two of them kept meeting, Gu Yue could increasingly sense that there was something unusual about him.

If, at the very beginning, Gu Yue had only caught a fleeting glimpse and felt a certain curiosity toward Li Moxun, then after their contact during this period, she might already have sensed the abnormality within his body.

As for this, Li Moxun did not hide it either.

Because he possessed Erii's template, and because his martial soul itself was the true White King, the current him was different from ordinary people. In truth, he himself was essentially a vessel for the White King.

Although his martial soul was currently completely under his control, it also contained the true will of the White King.

Once that will awakened, it might have a tremendous effect on him.

If others learned of this matter, problems might arise, but with Gu Yue, it did not matter.

As for the fact that he had a dragon-type martial soul, Li Moxun was not worried. After all, the White King martial soul was innately immune to any bloodline suppression.

This was true for the Black King, and it was also true for the Golden Dragon King and Silver Dragon King. Even the bloodline suppression of the Dragon God could not possibly affect Li Moxun's White King martial soul.

Moreover, because the systems were different, there was no so-called compulsory bloodline suppression between the two sides.

Under these circumstances, Li Moxun could hardly be said to care about the Golden and Silver Dragon Kings. All he needed to do was find a way to improve himself, find a way to become a god, and find a way to obtain a longer lifespan.

Only, seeing Gu Yue's gaze repeatedly fall on Li Moxun, Tang Wulin also tilted his head slightly and looked at Gu Yue in some confusion.

But Gu Yue did not speak. She simply sat there quietly and ate.

At this stage, Tang Wulin and Gu Yue were not close. At most, one could say Gu Yue paid more attention to Tang Wulin, so when Tang Wulin suddenly looked over at her, Gu Yue did not feel anything was inappropriate. She only ate quietly.

After the noon class ended, the other students prepared to leave, while their group had already boarded the soul-guided bus.

The others had all gone before, so they were very used to it with one another.

Everyone chatted as they talked, with only Li Moxun sitting quietly in the back.

First of all, he was not particularly familiar with these people. On top of that, his own personality was somewhat unsociable.

So apart from Tang Wulin saying a few words to him, neither Xie Xie nor Gu Yue took the initiative to talk to him.

When their group arrived, they swiped their cards to enter the Spirit Ascension Platform, then followed the reception staff inside.

The Spirit Pagoda was extremely difficult to enter at this time. After all, the Spirit Pagoda had been completely sealed off today, and the culprit was none other than Li Moxun himself.

It was just that, because he had been in the guise of the black-clad young man, even if the surveillance cameras had caught the intruder's appearance, they would only put out a warrant for the black-clad young man, not for him.

Of course, this time, the group did not come in through the main entrance either, but entered through a side door.

After the group went upstairs, Long Hengxu briefly spoke with the staff, and rooms were quickly arranged for them.

Inside the room, aside from Long Hengxu and Wu Zhangkong standing there, there was also a female staff member, while the four of them had already entered the incubation pods.

As the pod doors slowly closed, the female Spirit Pagoda staff member's calm voice came over as well:

"This probably isn't your first time entering the Spirit Ascension Platform, but I must still ask everyone to be careful. If you encounter danger, please press the red button in time to force an exit."

"Of course, if you encounter any fatal danger, we outside will also help you forcibly disconnect."

The female Spirit Pagoda staff member's voice was very soft. As her words fell, a sealed-off feeling came over them, followed immediately by a drowsy sensation.