Path to Heaven

Dawn soon emerged. Wielding his destructively sharp broadsword, with the grand hall as his starting point, Wei Suo had bore deeper into the mountain; creating two tunnels and another two rooms of near identical size to his demon nurturing room. The two rooms were respectively for his Earth Furnace and a warehouse.

As for a cultivation and resting isolated quiet room, concoction and artificing room, martial skill technique and artifact might testing room, Wei Suo prepared to place them deeper in. Consecutively, he would drill out more tunnels that will stretch out in all directions like a labyrinth. Following that, he would install certain snare mechanisms within those tunnels, before devising for several back exits and others. In this manner, even if a redoubtable foe came barging in, it would still be difficult to locate Wei Suo.

In spite of the work, Wei Suo was feeling rather fatigued by this point. After retrieving a mattress crafted with Silver-thread Grass, he directly laid down and slept.

Nearing midday, the awoken Wei Suo wasn’t in a rush to proceed with the construction of his cavern abode. Instead, he pushed aside the debris blocking the entrance. After cautiously surveying around and ensuring the absence of any cultivator or demonic beast, he descended and begun scrutinizing the Immortal Exterminating Vine he planted yesterday.

Previously, the Immortal Exterminating Vine sapling was approximately the length of a Treasure Elemental Jade Case. Yet in a single night, this sapling grew by 1 metre; thus beginning its ascension up the mountain cliff.

It seems like the growing speed of an Immortal Exterminating Vine nurtured with spirit medicines and demonic beast fertilizer, couldn’t be compared with the famished Immortal Exterminating Vines of Sky Valley.

In a blink of an eye, Wei Suo produced a Low-tier level 2 Rot-meal Eagle carcass from his Treasure Receiving Pocket, and tossed it to the Immortal Exterminating Vine. Instantly, he drew in a breath of cold air.

Like a tiny prune serpent, the vine speared in with unbelievable pace and coiled around the Rot-meal Eagle carcass. Then, a branching vine of the stem drilled into the flesh of the carcass. Soon after, the carcass displayed clear signs of shrivelling and drying up.

That branched out vine swiftly turned blood red after consuming the flesh of the Rot-meal Eagle. An incense worth of time later, that portion slowly digested the nutrients and recovered its original prune luster.

At this moment, the metre long Immortal Exterminating Vine still clung around the shriveled Rot-meal Eagle carcass unyieldingly, as though it could still draw out much needed nutrients.

Wei Suo drew out Liu Sanbao’s broadsword again, and 3 metres away from this Immortal Exterminating Vine, he dug another pit. Similarly, he buried several carcasses and covered them with a layer of soil. Next, he heaved the broadsword and abruptly sliced down onto that branching vine, which was still coiled around the shriveled Rot-meal Eagle.

This broadsword forged with Taiyi Essence Metal could even cut through solid mountain rocks as easily as slicing tofu. However, when slashing down onto a finger-sized thick Immortal Exterminating Vine, it actually couldn’t leave even a single scratch.

Only when Wei Suo channeled in his true energy, completely unleashing the full might of the broadsword and chopping down an entire 20 plus times, did that Immortal Exterminating Vine branch severed into two.

Without pausing, Wei Suo immediately stabbed that severed Immortal Exterminating Vine into the pit, and followed up by irrigating its roots with that dark-red medicinal liquid.

According to what the Old Man informed him at Sky Valley previously, a severed Immortal Exterminating Vine would grow into a new stalk of Immortal Exterminating Vine. Only by adding a bottle of the same medicinal liquid, would it maintain its servitude to Wei Suo.

Wei Suo then observed for a long while, affirming that the spirit aura of this Immortal Exterminating Vine branch did not dissipate away, and would probably grow into a new Immortal Exterminating Vine. Then, Wei Suo returned to his simple and crudely fashioned cavern abode, and continued his excavations.

During the span of an afternoon, the Earth Furnace room, warehouse and several miscellaneous stone rooms were fully constructed.

To his surprise, while he was deliberately dissecting the tunnels and establishing several dead ends, the faint sound of flowing water drifted into his ears.

Tracing the sound, Wei Suo continued digging for roughly several metres. Soon, a clear mountain spring came pouring down in torrents from within the mountain body.

This scene delighted Wei Suo immensely. Mustering his strength, he hacked the surrounding terrain to isolate this area. Then, he discovered this clear mountain spring invading the crevice was unexpectedly as thick as several arms. It appeared that apart from the rain, the exterior lake was also replenished with the spring waters of this mountain belly.

After some contemplations, Wei Suo bluntly erected a stone room in this mountain spring area. Following that, he dug out a pond and carved out several crevices to allow the spring water to pour into the pond. After making slight adjustments, he maintained an equilibrium state of the pond.

The water quality of the spring was exceptionally outstanding. With this, Wei Suo could use it as clean water, and even the water necessary for concoctions was solved.

After touching up that stone room, Wei Suo returned to the room that housed the Earth Furnace. Next, he inlaid the blocks of Cold Jade he purchased in Moonfall City around the walls of that stone room.

When he finished installing a large quantity of Cold Jade, the temperature of this stone room declined exponentially. Even the breath that Wei Suo exuded would turn to countless mini ice flakes.

By now, the outer sky had darkened once again.

……

“Pretty remarkable preparations eh?” The green gowned Old Man hovered out from the Ghost Raising Jar, and scanned this stone room embedded with Cold Jade.

“Let’s begin then.”

Seated in a meditative position, Wei Suo slowly opened his eyes. Shuttling his vision around briefly, he finally announced to the Old Man. Although he had listened to the explanation of constructing an Earth Furnace, Wei Suo who had utterly zero experience didn’t dare to attempt this alone. Otherwise, if he couldn’t control the earth fame, he could very well go up in flames with his incomplete cavern abode.

Since it was approaching nightfall, Wei Suo was lazy to go out and decided to rest for a short while. Never did he expect, resting in this Cold Jade environment brought about great benefits to his spirit and physique. It seemed like such an environment suited Ice Spirit Root cultivators splendidly. It was no wonder Ice Spirit Root cultivators frequently loved to train in Ice palaces. Some even carried thousand year profound ice with them, as icy aura circulated around their bodies at all time.

“Of course it isn’t a problem for me. Start whenever you wish to start.” Watching the prudent Wei Suo, the Old Man very indifferently answered.

Nodding, Wei Suo produced a dish and placed it on the ground. Next, he retrieved ten crystals of various colors and 7-8 jade talismans, laying them on the holes distributed along the dish.

According to the Old Man, this dish had surfaced over 30,000 years ago. It could allow cultivators without much knowledge of formation arrays, to accurately place materials needed, and set up a complex formation array. Otherwise, It would be completely inconceivable for Wei Suo to construct a formation to link for earth veins.

“Alright, there shouldn’t be a problem.” The Old Man flashed a gaze of approval to Wei Suo. This brat truly demonstrates the zenith of prudency when it pertains to matters implicating his measly life. He actually managed to accurately arrange the 10 materials of this formation array.

“Then I shall begin.” Wei Suo inhaled deeply and channeled a wave of true energy into a yellow crystal.

Following the circulation of true energy, apart from that yellow crystal, all the other crystals and jade talismans within the formation array lit up.

Wei Suo didn’t stop as he incessantly streamed in his true elemental energy.

Seven red crystals in the formation array abruptly spat out seven fiery blazing streaks. Within a split second, they melted into the rocky ground beneath; repeatedly burning through the ground.

In no time under the unceasing pervasion of the blazing streaks, 9-12 metres within a circular arc beneath the formation array had been utterly melted through, subsequently forming into an incinerating magma pool.

Yet strangely, the few crystals and jade talisman of the formation array remained motionlessly floating atop the magma. Like pieces on a chessboard, they sparkled radiantly and formed a complete body.

After two full incense worth of time later, the entire mountain was emitting a low muffled rumbling. Faint tremors soon followed. It was as though a titanic dragon of astonishing might was charging out from the magma pool!

“Seal!”

Wei Suo’s expression changed and summoned out a black talisman, as though in preparation for a major foe.

Boom! When that skill talisman activated, an earth flame mixed with infinite black gas erupted. In that instant, his black talisman conjured out black rays that pressured the black gas. Simultaneously, a bronze circular furnace cauldron with its mouth decorated with a pattern of 72 golden toads surfaced from his Treasure Receiving Pocket. In a flash, it firmly settled atop the magma pool.

“Sou!”

As Wei Suo channeled in his true energy, the entire Earth Furnace Cauldron glittered splendidly. Beneath it, the conjured earth flame poured into the cauldron through the formation array beneath it.

Following that, a boiling erupted continuously within the cauldron, casting a brilliant red radiance onto the entire room. Soon, the magma pool beneath the ground solidified, leaving only a tiny patch of churning magma right beneath the Furnace cauldron.

Wei Suo then heaved a huge sigh of relief. After a daunting experience without mishaps, this 72 Gold-toad Earth Furnace was finally constructed!

With the completion of an Earth Furnace, it inaugurated the dawn of dwelling in this cavern abode.