Inside the furnace was a soul artifact, but this soul was too timid. From beginning to end, the chaotic space never activated its divine power, yet it was so frightened it didn't even dare to resist.
It was like those beings from the underworld encountering the three-eyed monster, letting it eat them without daring to resist.
This was far beyond Long Chen's expectations. He had thought it was a royal artifact, the exclusive divine artifact of the Realm King, with the power to destroy heaven and earth.
Chu Yingxiong had no ability to activate the royal artifact. Even if he used the power of faith, he could only make the pill furnace a meteor hammer, unable to unleash even one ten-thousandth of its power.
However, the pill furnace was truly terrifying. When Long Chen's black blade struck it, it shattered instantly, causing him a heavy blow.
"Clang, dang, dang..."
Long Chen kept tapping the pill furnace, but no matter how much he provoked him, the spirit inside the furnace refused to show any fluctuation. This troubled Long Chen.
If he didn't kill the spirit inside the furnace, how could he control it? You have to know, this is the Heavenly Night Furnace, imprinted with Luo Tianye's exclusive mark.
If Long Chen used it and Luo Tianye found out, nothing else would be needed—just order the artifact spirit to self-destruct. Even if Long Chen had a hundred lives, it wouldn't be enough.
But no matter how Long Chen tried to tempt him, the artifact spirit just played dead, refusing to release any wave.
"So useless. How did Luo Tianye create a coward like you?" Long Chen couldn't help but curse angrily.
But no matter how much Long Chen cursed, the artifact spirit wouldn't move. Long Chen gritted his teeth in hatred. This was a supreme treasure, but unless the artifact spirit was killed, he wouldn't dare use it.
"What should we do now?"
Long Chen was at a loss; he didn't dare let the Moon Refining Star Furnace devour its soul.
It's like releasing an ant to bite an elephant to death—if the Night Furnace resists even a little, the spirit of the Molten Moon Star Refining Furnace will vanish into thin air.
"Brother Long Chen, let me do it!"
Lei Ling'er volunteered, transforming into a thunder rune that attached to the pill furnace. Immediately, the thunder rune covered the entire furnace like a spiderweb.
"Brother Long Chen, it's so pitiful. It said it wouldn't harm you, please don't kill it." Soon, Lei Ling'er sent a voice transmission to Long Chen.
Long Chen was stunned. Lei Ling'er could actually communicate with the spirit of the pill furnace's artifact—this was truly a very strange thing.
"Ask where it came from." Long Chen asked.
Soon, Lei Ling'er sent word: it turned out this pill furnace was forged by a disciple of Luo Tianye.
After experiencing the heavenly tribulation in the Immortal Realm, the pill furnace developed intelligence and gave birth to a spirit artifact. Once the spirit was born, it was branded with the mark of Luo Tianye.
To put it bluntly, this artifact spirit is nothing more than a slave, because it was newly created, less than a thousand years old, extremely weak, and was gifted to an outstanding devout follower of the Great Brahma Heaven.
That believer was an alchemist; only through alchemy and nourishment could the pill furnace grow rapidly.
In fact, this pill furnace was borrowed by Empuda from that person, using a huge temptation to trick the Chu family into doing everything they could to eliminate Long Chen.
If it really succeeds, Empuda only needs to use a little trick to get the furnace back and give the Chu family some other compensation, and then the matter will be settled.
If it failed, it didn't matter. As long as the alchemist activated the summoning talisman, the furnace would sense it, and the channel could be directly constructed to teleport to the master.
Unfortunately, they miscalculated—any treasure that entered Long Chen's pocket would never get out again.
Lei Ling'er was able to communicate with the artifact spirit because it had the body of a thunder spirit, but it was still very weak and unable to communicate with the outside world. Because Lei Ling'er was also a thunder spirit, she could read its soul fluctuations.
After hearing Lei Ling'er's account, Long Chen couldn't help but be speechless. Empuda, you damn it, you're a realm king at least a powerful realm king. How can you eat the crap without a word? I, Long Chen, have never respected anyone in my life, but I truly respect you.
The Chu family and Enpuda are each more shameless than the last, with no bottom line. Needless to think, that Great Brahma and Luotian Ye are probably all in the same cloth.
"Lei Ling'er, tell it I don't want to kill it, but the soul imprint on its body must be removed.
Ask it if it is willing to merge with other artifact spirits, two souls as one, living and accompanying each other. Long Chen asked.
After a while, Lei Ling'er came out and stood in front of Long Chen, saying, "It said as long as you don't kill it, anything will do." "
Are you sure it's reliable?" Long Chen said seriously to Lei Ling'er. This was no small matter and had to be taken seriously.
"It's still young, its intelligence isn't fully activated yet, and it can't lie yet." Lei Ling'er answered with certainty. After she finished speaking, a strange smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.
Long Chen gave a bitter smile: "You little rascal, are you saying that only humans love to lie?" These
souls born into heaven and earth are always the purest from the start; following good people leads to good learning, following bad people leads to bad ones.
Lei Ling'er giggled, "No, you're just overthinking it!" "
She said no, but her eyes already spoke for her. Still, she wasn't wrong—the only thing in the world is truly skilled at deceiving humans.
"Alright, do me a favor by injecting Yaoyue's soul into the pill furnace and fusing with it." The spirit of the Yaoyue Furnace had been nurtured by Long Chen all along, hoping to find a suitable pill furnace for it to control.
Now that Lei Ling'er could ensure safety, Long Chen felt at ease. With her help, the spirit of the Yaoyue Furnace slowly poured into the pill furnace.
Even with Long Chen's composure, his heart still raced wildly, afraid it would come out and harm people, leaving no chance to save him.
Fortunately, Lei Ling'er was still very reliable. The spirit of the pill furnace did not reject the soul of the Yaoyue Furnace, but instead wrapped it with its own power, allowing the two souls to share all the furnace's power.
When the two souls merged, Long Chen could clearly feel the soul fluctuations belonging to Ling'er, and he let out a long sigh of relief.
The Moon Melting Star Refining Furnace has awakened, and Ling'er is about to wake up too. Once Ling'er wakes up, he'll have two helpers to help him refine pills. He wonders if Ling'er will be able to refine demon pills after waking up.
"As for its slave seal, Lei Ling'er, you can handle it, right?" Long Chen asked.
"No problem. We all have thunder bodies. We just need to absorb the slave mark into my body and slowly erase it. Without external interference, it will only take a few days." Lei Ling'er replied.
Long Chen nodded. That way, Huo Ling'er wouldn't need to intervene. Conveniently, he had important matters to arrange for Huo Ling to attend to.
Long Chen took out a massive magic crystal from the head of the Bone Blade Flame Demon. Runes flowed on the crystal, and from the runes, one could almost see a sea of lava power within.
As soon as the crystal core was removed, the fire dragon immediately sensed it and lunged forward, wrapping around the massive flame demon crystal.
Long Chen smiled. Within the demon crystal of this Bone Blade Flame Demon was a terrifying power of flame. After all, this was a fire-attribute being, and an Immortal King at that, with the fire power contained within it was truly terrifying.
According to Long Chen's estimate, Huo Ling'er had begun absorbing the demon crystal, while Long Chen looked at the massive bone blade over a hundred zhang long.