Chapter 1580 - 581: The Third Elixir Furnace (Part 2)
"Since they’re all so similar, does the Ancient Buddha he produced count as real or fake?"
Everyone: "..."
Zhao Wuya’s casual words carried a certain philosophical depth, rendering everyone speechless.
In their hearts, they pondered— in Zhou Xuan’s dreams, being able to summon a genuine Ancient Buddha, how terrifying such a dream realm must be?
Zhao Wuya asked again, "With all your experiences, can anyone tell me what Brother Xuan’s law is called?"
"No one knows the name."
If Yun Ziliang hadn’t been exhausted by the Ancient Buddha’s aura just now, he would have wanted to leap up and give Zhao Wuya a knock on the head,
This is the tenth law to appear in Jing Country, everyone was just watching the spectacle, who knows what this law is called?
At this moment, the Eternal Life Sect Leader responded to Zhao Wuya: "This law is currently referred to as ’Nameless’."
"Nameless Law?" Zhao Wuya asked.
The Eternal Life Sect Leader shook his head and said, "What I mean is that newly born laws don’t have names. The name of a law has to be found during subsequent practice."
Zhao Wuya seemed not to be listening, muttering only: "The great form is without shape, the wonderful method is nameless."
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The Golden Body Slave and his four junior brothers, tormented by the fiery ordeal, felt as if the flames were burning into the depths of their souls,
"Future Buddha, please don’t burn us, don’t burn us anymore."
The Ancient Buddha Mirror Image that the Golden Body Slave transformed into, though it was the Vajra Unbreakable Body, couldn’t withstand Zhou Xuan’s fire which didn’t harm the body but only burned the Divine Soul, so he had no choice but to desperately beg for mercy.
"We, the Five Slaves, are willing to follow Mr., to serve you to the best of our abilities in any capacity."
"Expressing my loyalty to you as you’re on the Golden Terrace, willing to die for you with a jade dragon."
"We are willing to be Mr.’s slaves from now on, only wishing to serve you."
This was the ultimate solution for the Golden Body Slave and others; if they indeed couldn’t defeat Zhou Xuan who had comprehended the law, then... surrender.
Surrender was the final tactic they had decided from the beginning, but little did they expect this tactic to be deployed so quickly,
Zhou Xuan had merely used the Demon Suppression Seal, and the Five Slaves were left without any will to resist.
Honestly, if these Five Slaves could muster the war intent to engage in a life-and-death battle with Zhou Xuan, they surely wouldn’t be unable to withstand even a single "Demon Suppression Seal,"
But they were too timid, their war intent was very weak, and after crossing paths with Zhou Xuan, they believed "defeat was certain," hence no possibility of counterattack remained, so they collectively begged for mercy,
Zhou Xuan, however, sneered and said, "Five Slaves, if you had surrendered earlier, I might have indeed taken you in as my future support, but now, it’s already a life-and-death struggle, how can I take you in?"
"Future Buddha, I truly believe you’re the Future Buddha now, it’s me, the Golden Body Slave, who lacked perception."
"The fight has reached this point, a mere ’lack of perception’ can’t allow you to withdraw unscathed?"
Zhou Xuan once again formed the "Lotus Hand Seal" with his hands, and the Ancient Buddha’s gigantic figure behind him executed the Lotus Seal of the Five Seals.
Immediately, the Red Lotus that had been roasting Zhou Xuan for so long continually shrank, and those Erlang’s infantry who had been refined into elixirs gradually reverted, from elixirs back to Divine Souls, re-entering Zhou Xuan’s body.
With the return of Erlang’s infantry, Zhou Xuan Nuo God’s shadow’s body radiated even more brilliantly.
And that Red Lotus also kept shrinking, ultimately condensing into a "Red Lotus Bud" the size of a palm.
Zhou Xuan pointed his right hand towards his chest and abdomen, and the Little Red Lotus entered Zhou Xuan’s Secret Realm.
This Red Lotus was an elixir furnace once used by the Ancient Buddha; Zhou Xuan "personally tested" it, discovering that the furnace’s firepower was extremely vigorous—after all, if it could refine even his Nuo God’s shadow, what Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures in Heaven and Earth couldn’t be refined?
Zhou Xuan would need to perform Alchemy in the future, he had Green and Red Fish in his possession, and also had the "Supreme Pill Technique" to channel Perception into the pill furnace, but he simply lacked good furnaces,
so, after consecutively refining two batches of good elixirs, he hinted to the Changsheng Palace Master Qing Yangyu that his reward would be to get a few sizable good Fire Pits.
Now, with this Red Lotus, no matter what kind of Fire Pit or the specifications of the pill furnace, none could compare.
Zhou Xuan had stored away the Red Lotus, and the Ancient Buddha’s figure also condensed the "Lotus Seal," instantly transforming the land of flames that trapped and burned the Five Slaves into the shape of a Red Lotus, burning the Five Slaves.
"Mr., Mr... please don’t refine us..."
"I’m willing to swear loyalty to you unto death."
"We were slaves that served the Ancient Buddha, Mr., how can you treat us this way..."
The Red Lotus Karma Fire became a massively spanning furnace in Heaven and Earth, regardless of how the Five Slaves struggled or wailed, the fire inside the furnace burned just as vigorously, and the progress of the Alchemy continued like a rolling wheel, persistently advancing.
Observing the excitement, Zhao Wuya felt a bit strange and asked Yun Ziliang, "Great Master Grandfather, why did Brother Xuan only take the small fire lotus from the Five Slaves—why didn’t he also take the big fire lotus that refined the Five Slaves?"
"Are you stupid?"
Yun Ziliang had already recovered much of his Primordial Energy and immediately berated Zhao Wuya, "The current Big Red Lotus was condensed by Xuanzi using the law driven by the Nuo God’s Shadow,
If he took the Big Red Lotus, then does every time afterwards, the Zhou Family’s Troupe members have to first perform a Nuoxi, then transform into the Nuo God’s Shadow, and only then start Alchemy?"
"That Little Red Lotus was a magic artifact once used by the Ancient Buddha, and those Five Slaves were the ones managing the artifact for the Ancient Buddha, since it’s a magic artifact, it can be easily activated."