When Chu Xisheng arrived at the Heavenly Artifact Academy, a force forcibly drew him into a stone building with an enormous chimney.
It stood south of the Threefold Divine Refining Cauldron, which was roughly a hundred and seventy zhang tall and seventy zhang in both length and width.
Yu Yunxiang sat cross-legged there. Before him stood one of the Threefold Divine Refining Cauldron's eighty-one subsidiary cauldrons, itself over seven zhang tall and five zhang across.
"You're back just in time."
Yu Yunxiang pointed at the three-legged golden cauldron before him. "Don't waste time. Put your essence blood into it, quickly. These nine Blood Pine branches keep devouring the firepower. The surrounding cauldrons can't refine anything anymore."
This had left many of their Heavenly Artifact Academy's refiners without cauldrons to use, holding up several million taels of Demon Silver in business.
Chu Xisheng dared not delay. He immediately forced out nine drops of lifebound essence blood and sent them inside.
Yu Yunxiang had notified him beforehand, and he had consumed many nourishing supplements.
Thus, even after forcing out nine consecutive drops of lifebound essence blood, his face was only slightly pale, and he remained full of energy.
Yu Yunxiang was pleased, but also astonished. "I never imagined that, despite looking so frail and deficient in yang qi, as though you'd overindulged in wine and women, you were still a virgin. This primal yang essence blood is incomparably pure, brimming with primordial qi!
"Excellent! Excellent! Sixteen-year-old pure yang virgin blood is truly extraordinary. With these nine drops of Divine Sun essence blood, the nine swords inside can gain another tenth in power. That's no small benefit. Utmost yang, utmost strength, utmost purity, utmost cleanliness-they can restrain every evil spirit and demon in the world. Xisheng, you must preserve this well. Don't let