Chapter 602: Fire and Earth Cultivated Together, All Things Thrive with Great Virtue Cauldron

Pure Nine-Lantern Treasure Lamp

When Chen Mobai heard about this, he was startled at first, then he smiled faintly, nodding and then shaking his head.

"Junior Brother is truly remarkable. If I had to handle this, I definitely wouldn't have thought of so many aspects."

After listening to Zhou Bingyan, Zhuo Ming, who was standing nearby, genuinely felt the profound difference between herself and Jiang Zongheng.

This wasn't a difference in cultivation talent, but rather in their realm of understanding.

Zhuo Ming felt that she could never reach Jiang Zongheng's intellectual or spiritual realm in this lifetime.

"How is the ore selection progressing?"

At this moment, Chen Mobai asked Zhuo Ming, and she immediately picked up the last piece on the shelf that she hadn't yet acquired.

"Master, I report that I have examined all the ores in Beiyuan City. There are now a total of 176 different types of ores, which are more than enough to smelt the Myriad Virtue Cauldron."

Yan Nation certainly lived up to its name as the place with the most ore veins in the entire Eastern Wilderness. Before the master and his disciple arrived, Qi Rui had already been working on this.

He found a dedicated room for the ores collected in Beiyuan City and set up a shelf for their arrangement.

When Zhuo Ming entered, there were already 137 different types of ores present.

She used her Earth Mother Technique to examine each ore piece, selecting those that contained spiritual essence, met the requirements, and she hadn't yet collected.

"The spiritual vein of Beiyuan City is also earth elemental. Since you have collected over a hundred ores here, it seems you have a destined connection. You should smelt your soulbound artifact here."

As soon as Chen Mobai spoke, Zhuo Ming naturally had no objections.

Qi Rui, who overheard the master and disciple conversing, immediately went to arrange the cave dwelling with the most abundant spiritual energy at the very peak of Mount Beiyuan.

This dwelling was specifically reserved for Chen Mobai, boasting a spiritual energy concentration of Grade Three, High-Rank.

To ensure Zhuo Ming was in her optimal state, Chen Mobai also opened Beiyuan City's core Sumeru Nine Palace Array. He instructed E Yun to hand the array disc to Zhuo Ming, enabling her to commune with Mount Beiyuan's earth ley lines in the shortest possible time.

A month later, a confident Zhuo Ming informed Chen Mobai, requesting him to come and act as her protector.

However, as the fundamental artifact of the Earth Elemental Immortal Scripture, the difficulty of refining this Myriad Virtue Cauldron completely exceeded her expectations.

Her Earth Mother Technique was considered a high-grade earth-elemental cultivation method in the Eastern Wilderness. The spiritual energy it generated was known as the "Mother Qi of All Creation," and it was crucial for her enlightenment and Foundation Establishment, granting her the divine ability of "Spiritual Connection to All Things."

However, this Mother Qi of All Creation leaned towards aspects of vitality and creation, and ultimately, it was only a cultivation method that could reach the Golden Core realm. Compared to the Yellow Emperor's Virtue Scripture, which was sufficient for the Soul Transformation realm, it was no substitute at all.

Consequently, she expended the majority of her spiritual energy, and even with the active amplification from Beiyuan City's earth ley lines, she only managed to smelt ten ores.

Let alone a complete cauldron shape, even the cauldron legs were only half formed.

However, the refining of this Myriad Virtue Cauldron required completion in a single, continuous effort.

Zhuo Ming noticed that only three-tenths of her spiritual energy remained in her Dantian Qihai. She couldn't help but feel disheartened and opened her eyes. Just as she was about to give up for now and try again later, a figure, accompanied by a surge of fiery heat, suddenly appeared behind her.

"Master!"

With Chen Mobai guarding this place, no ordinary person could enter. Thus, Zhuo Ming instantly knew who was behind her.

"Open your Dantian Qihai. I will use the shared cultivation method to bolster your earth spiritual energy, so you won't have to worry about energy depletion. Just focus entirely on smelting the cauldron shape. Even if it fails, consider it as accumulating experience. Relax!"

Chen Mobai's gentle words sounded from behind Zhuo Ming. She then felt a warm palm press against her back, as if a vast mountain was supporting her. An unprecedented feeling of stability and reliability welled up in her heart, causing her to nod emphatically.

Just as she completely relaxed her body, a gentle spiritual energy, several times greater than her own, surged into her body. It easily transformed into what was, for her, a truly immense and boundless spiritual energy, utilizing the Five Elements Inter-Promotion method.

Chen Mobai had once consulted Granny Ming about the Two-Phase Cycle Art, wanting to know if True Monarch Yiyuan's Primordial Dao Fruit foundation was indeed based on this cultivation method.

But True Monarch Yiyuan was, after all, a mighty being capable of ascension. Granny Ming dared not speculate presumptuously about such an existence.

However, she taught Chen Mobai another application of the Two-Phase Cycle Art: the shared cultivation technique.

The Longevity Sect advocated mutual affection and assistance. Therefore, among the Five Great Immortal Scriptures, mutual cooperative cultivation actually yielded faster results.

This Two-Phase Cycle Shared Cultivation Technique followed the Five Elements Inter-Promotion cycle, selecting two inter-promoting attributes, with one assisting the cultivation of the other.

For instance, Chen Mobai's Fire elemental cultivation and Yin Qingmei's Wood elemental cultivation.

After assisting her in cultivation, he could place the Haotian Mirror in her hand, allowing her to guide its rotation daily with Wood elemental spiritual energy. This would cause the Haotian Mirror to automatically gather primordial solar energy and condense pure Yang violet qi.

Similarly, Chen Mobai's Fire elemental cultivation and Zhuo Ming's Earth elemental cultivation could also utilize the shared cultivation technique.

However, in this case, Chen Mobai would serve as the supporter.

But he didn't adhere to the Eastern Wilderness concept of masters needing to be stern and dominant. Seeing Zhuo Ming's insufficient spiritual energy for smelting the Myriad Virtue Cauldron, he immediately thought of this shared cultivation technique and stepped in to help.

With his vast Golden Core realm spiritual energy surging in, Zhuo Ming had no more worries. She placed the ores one by one into the earthy-yellow energy sphere in front of her, which was cradling half of the cauldron leg.

As time passed, the cauldron legs became complete, and then the cauldron body and ears gradually took shape.

Zhuo Ming used her divine sense to meticulously shape a perfectly square cauldron with four legs and two ears, following the patterns depicted in the Yellow Emperor's Virtue Scripture!

It was unclear how much time had passed, but Chen Mobai felt that six-tenths of the pure Yang spiritual energy in his Dantian Qihai had been consumed. Just as he was contemplating taking out a high-grade spirit stone to replenish it, a deep and distant Dao sound resonated in his ear.

"Master, one hundred ores have been smelted!"

Zhuo Ming's words, filled with surprise and joy, reached him. If they stopped now, the Myriad Virtue Cauldron could be fully formed and become her soulbound artifact.

Chen Mobai replied, "Smelt the remaining ores as well."

Zhuo Ming asked, "Wouldn't that be too much trouble for Master?"

Chen Mobai replied, "The spiritual energy consumed to smelt this Myriad Virtue Cauldron is less than what I, your master, expend in a single practice swing with the Violet Lightning Sword. Let's finish everything in one go."

Zhuo Ming exclaimed, "Master is truly amazing!"

What Zhuo Ming didn't know was that even at Chen Mobai's current realm, if the Violet Lightning Sword was wielded without restraint, a single swing could completely drain his spiritual energy.

The refining of the Myriad Virtue Cauldron became increasingly difficult as it progressed. Zhuo Ming felt that a hundred ores had already consumed ten times her entire spiritual energy, yet she never expected that for her master, this energy consumption was as effortless as drinking tea or taking a stroll.

Without her master, she simply wouldn't have been able to complete the Myriad Virtue Cauldron.

It was then that Zhuo Ming truly realized how fortunate she was.

Filled with reverence and gratitude towards Chen Mobai, Zhuo Ming fed the remaining 76 ores into the cauldron one by one.

Each ore piece, upon being placed into the energy sphere in front of her, was crushed and melted into patterns of various shapes, etched onto various parts of the Myriad Virtue Cauldron. They resembled inscriptions, yet also primordial markings of the earth, emitting a mysterious, ethereal glow.

Chen Mobai secretly activated his Myriad Manifestation Body, releasing the pure Yang spiritual energy stored within one of his vertebrae using the Reversion Secret Art, channeling it into his Dantian Qihai.

Soon, he was back to full capacity, and with a relaxed expression, he continued to help Zhuo Ming smelt the ores.

Finally, after all 176 ores had been smelted by the energy sphere, the square, four-legged, two-eared great cauldron emanated a serene, profound green radiance.

After Zhuo Ming's divine sense signaled the intent for its completion, the energy sphere completely merged into the cauldron, transforming into two ancient and mysterious inscriptions.

The great cauldron then landed heavily on the ground.

A deep and resonant chime from the cauldron instantly resonated throughout the entire Beiyuan City.

All cultivators at that moment involuntarily looked up at the highest mountain peak in the city. They felt as if the earth beneath their feet had awakened, as if opening its eyes from the mountaintop, observing them, the beings living upon its surface.

It was as if they were facing a colossal, sky-like gaze. Even Foundation Establishment cultivators like E Yun and Jiang Zongheng felt their own insignificance.

"Is it the Sect Master?"

In the perception of Eastern Wilderness cultivators, only Golden Core cultivators could instill such a terrifying sense of awe.

But what they didn't know was that even Chen Mobai, amidst that cauldron chime, had fallen into a meditative trance.

Although the Myriad Virtue Cauldron was Zhuo Ming's soulbound artifact, its refining relied ninety percent on his spiritual energy. Therefore, upon its completion, Chen Mobai discovered that he too had established a connection to this cauldron, akin to a soulbound artifact.

And at the moment the cauldron was completed, this artifact, which had not appeared in the Tianhe Realm for countless years, merged with Beiyuan City's spiritual vein through the divine ability "Spiritual Connection to All Things" of its second master, Zhuo Ming.

The Myriad Virtue Cauldron instinctively activated its ability, beginning to smelt and extract the Qi of Earthly Creation contained within the mountain range.

This was not the ordinary earth qi that spiritual plants usually absorbed, but rather the earth's core essence, the very source of all myriad life.

Zhuo Ming's Earth Mother Technique cultivation aimed to slowly absorb these and condense the Mother Qi of All Creation.

However, the Myriad Virtue Cauldron, at the moment of its formation, opened a passage to the very core of Mount Beiyuan's spiritual vein, extracting that trace of earthly essence and Qi of Creation that had been dormant for countless years.

Then, according to the effort expended in refining the Myriad Virtue Cauldron, one-tenth was directed to Zhuo Ming, and nine-tenths to Chen Mobai!

It automatically recognized Chen Mobai as the primary master and Zhuo Ming as the secondary master.

This Qi of Creation was also a high-grade spiritual energy, but it was of a purity and mystery Chen Mobai had never encountered before. After it merged into his body, he felt his five viscera and six bowels becoming active, and it seemed as if portions of his spiritual roots were continuously elevating.

However, it was inconvenient to use a spirit testing instrument at that moment, so Chen Mobai could only slowly circulate the Pure Yang Scroll cultivation method. While helping his body refine this stream of Qi of Creation, he also began to activate his Myriad Manifestation Body.

After all, he had never encountered this Qi of Creation before. It had been unpreparedly channeled into his body by the Myriad Virtue Cauldron, but now, for caution, he intended to expel it and integrate it into his Myriad Manifestation Body.

However, just as he was about to expel the Qi of Creation, he suddenly discovered something.

The pure Yang spiritual energy he had consumed while smelting the ores earlier began to recover rapidly. With a thought, his divine sense revealed the cause.

It was actually the Myriad Virtue Cauldron smelting Mount Beiyuan's spiritual vein, condensing the purest spiritual energy, and sending it into his body, seemingly compensating him for the energy consumed during the cauldron's refining.

The spiritual energy was undoubtedly harmless, so Chen Mobai didn't block it and immediately refined it with his pure Yang spiritual energy.

It was unknown how much time had passed, but Chen Mobai slowly opened his eyes, a wisp of clear, ethereal spiritual light flickering in them. He slowly stood up, feeling the pure Yang spiritual energy in his Dantian Qihai, which was already overflowing and on the verge of breakthrough. He couldn't help but reveal a look of joy.

If not for being blocked by the bottleneck and the unsuitability of Beiyuan City, he probably would have already reached the third stage of the Golden Core realm.

He never expected the Myriad Virtue Cauldron to be so effective. No wonder Granny Ming had mentioned that True Monarch Houde's cauldron was one of the Longevity Sect's three great supreme treasures.

He just wondered what that Qi of Creation truly was.

He would have to thoroughly investigate it when he returned to the Immortal Sect.

Chen Mobai turned his head to look for his beloved disciple, only to find her lying within the Myriad Virtue Cauldron with her eyes tightly closed, her entire body radiating a resplendent jade light, as if undergoing a profound transformation.

"Is this cauldron helping her refine the Qi of Creation?"

Chen Mobai walked over, took a glance, and instantly understood the reason.

He then recalled something, took out Granny Ming's Soul Nourishing Wood from his storage bag, and asked her about the matter.

"This Qi of Creation, in other words, is the Innate Earth Elemental Essence Qi!"

Indeed, as an elder of the Longevity Sect, Granny Ming did not disappoint Chen Mobai.