Tang Changsheng noticed that Fang Weizong had said "anything," not "anyone." He understood at once and smiled. Pill Refining often drew all manner of External Demons.
On Yin-Yang Mountain, he had the Mountain-Guarding Grand Array and hundreds of Yin Soldiers to protect him while he practiced Pill Refining. Here, he had no such luxury.
Once Fang Weizong left, Tang Changsheng shut every entrance to Jinghong Temple, then set out the Formation Banners of the Reversing Sun and Moon Heavenly Mechanism Formation.
Next, he released all the Yin Soldiers he had brought with him to patrol inside and out. Only after putting these defenses in place did he relax and light the fire for Pill Refining.
Having come from the General's Temple, he was hardly an expert at Pill Refining in a furnace, but he could still fool outsiders. If he was putting on a show, he might as well play the whole part.
He let the charcoal burn however it pleased and began examining the furnace instead.
"Huh? This thing's base looks like..."
A thought struck Tang Changsheng, and he lifted the entire furnace. The White Jade Alchemy Furnace was not particularly large, but it was certainly heavy.
Four young men had carried it in when it was delivered. Tang Changsheng, however, wrapped his arms around it and lifted it without the slightest strain.
He strode out of the Pill Chamber with it. Elder Yuan and the others had sent people to convert that room; it probably was not where the furnace had originally stood.
Tang Changsheng had explored Jinghong Temple inside and out several times, so he knew his way around. He carried the furnace straight into a rear hall and placed it on a raised platform.
The platform bore marks left by something heavy pressing on it year