Through the transparent glass, they saw that beyond it lay an enormous circular hall, several thousand zhang across. And overhead, spanning the entire hall-
Countless gleaming metal components formed a colossal contraption. Its parts ranged from enormous metal tanks dozens of zhang wide to gears no larger than a fingernail, covered in countless tiny runes. Thousands upon thousands of scattered components came together into something resembling a gigantic puppet core, all of it constantly in motion. As the mechanical puppet operated, five pipes dozens of zhang wide shook continuously above it.
"Huh? What is that?" the Two-Headed Purple Phoenix Beast asked in astonishment. Although the beast possessed considerable intelligence, no different from cultivators of other races, the Artifact Refining Dao was something the beast knew little about...
"Is this a puppet core?" Li Xiaoya murmured. Something about the machinery seemed familiar. He looked up and saw that the hall also had a suspended metal ceiling, with enormous metal pipes connected to the gigantic puppet core. Suddenly, something came to mind... "Could this be a Spiritual Qi Refining Furnace?" he exclaimed in surprise.
"A Spiritual Qi Refining Furnace?" The Two-Headed Purple Phoenix Beast paused, then asked in bewilderment.
"Come on! Let's take a look!" Li Xiaoya said quickly, racing ahead. If his guess was correct, there should no longer be any danger here... Naturally, he stopped proceeding so cautiously...
"Yes, Master!" the Two-Headed Purple Phoenix Beast answered respectfully, hurrying after him...
Li Xiaoya and the Two-Headed Purple Phoenix Beast raced around the passage. Through the glass, they could vaguely make out more transparent windows on the opposite side of the hall. It seemed that two passages did indeed encircle it...
Before long!
Li Xiaoya and the Purple Phoenix reached the end of the passage. Sure enough, it joined the curved passage