Chapter 913: Chapter 124: Forging the Nine Cauldrons
Li Guanyi watched as Old Wen’s shovel, bearing the memories and experiences of a lifetime, melted away, and as each tool liquefied into a golden-red fluid, all merging together.
That shovel accompanied Old Wen from his youthful days at fifteen to now, through all the experiences—the joyful, the painful, the struggling ones—and ultimately those that meant survival.
And here, like Old Wen, there were tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands of such items, deeply connected to this land, laden with deep emotions and profound grief.
They came from every corner of Jiangnan, spanning two thousand miles.
The needle for sewing clothes for children, the shovel for tilling the land, the sword to protect the family, the broadsword—all symbols of this world in turmoil, yearning for peace.
They represented the people and memories of this land, the emotions between earth and humanity.
Only such materials are worthy for forging the Nine Cauldrons!
Nothing else, not even Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, rare golds or jades, could serve as vessels for the Nine Cauldrons.
Within Li Guanyi, the Nine Cauldrons roared.
Li Guanyi exhaled deeply, and beside him, the Red Dragon Dharma Form reappeared, with its scales clearly visible, swimming slowly, opening its mouth to spew dragon fire, while around the array, hundreds of Murong Family’s smiths collectively assisted Li Guanyi in operating this Earth Core Furnace.
Boom!!!!
The fierce flames, like a volcanic eruption.
Yet the might of the eruption was forcefully contained within, transforming it into a forging furnace.
Li Guanyi used Inner Qi as a hammer, stepped half a step forward.
Clenched his fist.
Struck horizontally!
Mobilized the Qi Fortune of mountains and rivers, using dragon flame and earthly fire to forge the cauldron.
Boom!!!
The cauldron wasn’t yet formed, but its sound already rang true.
Li Guanyi felt his Inner Qi consumption, then revitalized, continued forward, forged the cauldron with the foundation of Inner Qi as a heavy hammer.
The Inner Qi struck repeatedly.
Imitating the divine charm within Li Guanyi’s Nine Cauldrons, transmitting this charm outward.
Gathered the overpowering force drawn by the Ancient Red Dragon’s incantation, then hammered it repeatedly into the metal and iron, the roaring sound growing ever louder, ever more grand; Old Siming’s expression slowly froze, his eyes shifting.
The Whale Hunter who was drinking froze in his expression, said:
“Use me as a hammer, temper the Divine Weapon.”
“Isn’t this the [Emperor’s Divine Skill]??!”
Suddenly, a series of dragon roars were heard, as the Ancient Red Dragon arrived here, perceiving the shifting Qi Fortune of Jiangnan, came to fulfill the ancient promise, utilizing ancient dragon power to soar above the Nine Heavens, aligning fortunes.
Boom!!!
With this fierce blow.
The metal and iron waters gathered, transformed into a cauldron shape.
Golden-red light gleamed on its surface.
The cauldron body encompassed heaven and earth, embodying the Three Talents, reinforced with the Four Symbols, each ray of light imprinting upon it, running back and forth, yet suddenly a rumbling sound was heard.
The Murong Family’s Earth Core Furnace, capable of forging mystical weapons, began to tremble violently.
Then layers of cracks appeared.
Seemingly unable to withstand such massive confrontation, the three-century old unbroken furnace of the Murong Family’s sword-smithing grounds began collapsing, the array originally containing the flames began to fracture under the impact of Qi Fortune.
The flames spread outward.
The Whale Hunter sneered coldly, saying: “I said, Murong Longtu’s ancestors, despite fortune, found this location where earthly fires converged, settled here, thus creating the Murong Family’s swordsmith legends.”
“Hey! Young man!”
He shouted at Li Guanyi:
“Call me brother and I’ll help you.”
Though offering help, there was still a taste of beggar’s bluff.
Li Guanyi ignored him.
Old Siming jumped onto the Mystic Turtle’s back, evading the earthly fire, hurriedly said:
“The formation has shattered, how can you help?”
“Shattered?”
“In my presence, there’s no shattered formation.”
The Whale Hunter knew the crux of the problem, merely sneered several times, removed his wine gourd, threw it into the sky, the Thousand-Day Drunk within it tumbling down, transforming instantly into formation imprint marks.
The sword-smithing ground’s formation extinguished here.
The silver-haired man raised his head to drink, laughed wildly:
“Let it be, let it be, our matters can wait for another time.”
“Young man, go forge that cauldron yourself!”
“I’m here!”
“Before you forge the cauldron, this formation will not perish!”
In the wild laughter, the formation revived!
The final speed of collapse and destruction could not even match the Whale Hunter’s pace of repair, the enormous cauldron slowly coalesced, a massive one, its color gloomy, gather golden flowing light, transforming into Jiangnan’s geographical map.
Li Guanyi was exhausted, gasping heavily, his palm pressed upon the great cauldron.
“River Map and Earth Diagram” states: [Heaven has Nine Paths, Earth has Nine Provinces. Heaven has Nine Departments and Eight Periods, Earth has Nine Provinces and Eight Pillars. Kunlun’s Ruins, below the cavern occupation; Red County’s State, constitutes the center]
[Its southeast is Shen Zhou]
Thus this youth named the first place he established accordingly.
On this day, Marquis Qin Wu decreed.
Jiangnan comprises eighteen states, united as one, collectively referred to as one state’s land.
Called——
Shen Zhou.
No one knew the emotion behind these two words, the thousandfold yearning, the myriad unwillingness.
So forged a cauldron.
When the cauldron was completed, fortune gathered, surged fiercely towards the sky, the Ancient Red Dragon coiled above the Nine Heavens, cloud energy churned, pressed downward, dragon roars, and the cauldron’s chime merged together, thundering like lightning.
Lightning sped across the entire sky, among grass and wood, insects trembled.
On this day, Jingzhe.
Mao, Mid-Spring month, hexagram in the Zhen position, all things emerge from the Zhen, embodying the sign of growth.
The heavens are high, the earth is thick, peace prevails in the human world.
Children hand in hand, skipping along the roads of Jiangnan, joyfully singing songs, the songs say: “Jingzhe has three waitings, first waiting for peach to start blooming; second waiting for gray shrike to sing; third waiting for flying eagle to transform into a dove.”
Li Guanyi gasped heavily, his palm trembling.
The cauldron finally completed.
The cauldron body was deep and weighty.
Then, indescribable airs began to rise.
Falling upon him.