Immortal God of War-Chapter 756 - 721: Stealing the Pill Fire, Breaking into the Imperial Palace_1
Alchemy Room No. 701.
Inside the ancient castle!
Qin Feiyang pocketed the black token, took out some medicinal herbs, and focused on performing alchemy. Lu Hong, the Wolf King, the Mountain-Drilling Beast, and the Black Dragon Snake stood behind him, their eyes filled with worry.
They very much wanted to dissuade Qin Feiyang. But they didn’t know how.
For a moment, a dead silence filled the ancient castle!
After dozens of breaths, a stream of light suddenly shot out from the Flood Dragon Cauldron. Qin Feiyang reached out and caught it.
When he turned and saw the expressions on Lu Hong and the others, he chuckled, "What’s with you all?"
Lu Hong asked, "Are you really going to deal with the Eldest Prince?"
Qin Feiyang didn’t deny it.
"This..." Lu Hong’s delicate brows knitted together; she wanted to speak but stopped herself.
"Forget it, don’t try to dissuade him," the Wolf King declared, standing upright on its hind legs and thumping its chest. "At worst, we’ll just go on the run. Xiao Qinzi, I support you!"
"Indeed!" the Mountain-Drilling Beast added, a fierce glint in its eyes. "I’ve long found him disagreeable. This time, we must ensure he meets his end."
"It doesn’t matter to me," the Black Dragon Snake said nonchalantly. "Anyway, now that we’re on this pirate ship together, there’s no getting off. We can only accompany you all the way to the bitter end."
"You all..." Lu Hong glared at them in annoyance. Finally, with a long sigh, she said, "Fine. I can’t be much help anyway. I’ll just watch you stir things up!"
"Thank you." Qin Feiyang looked gratefully at everyone, then left the ancient castle with the Wolf King.
「Just then.」
Fatty and Lu Xingchen returned.
Fatty said, "Everything has been taken care of regarding the burials."
"Good." Qin Feiyang nodded, then turned to Lu Xingchen and smiled, "Brother Lu, after I leave, please take care of Ren Wushuang for me."
Lu Xingchen remarked, "What’s this? Sounds like some kind of last words."
Qin Feiyang merely offered a faint smile.
With a wave of his hand, he opened the stone door of the alchemy room and strode out with Fatty and the Wolf King.
Watching the figures of the two men and one beast gradually recede, a sharp glint flashed in Lu Xingchen’s eyes, and he, too, vanished instantly.
「A moment later.」
Qin Feiyang stood before the stone door of Alchemy Room No. 1 on the first floor.
Fatty asked suspiciously, "Boss, what are you up to?"
"What am I up to?" Qin Feiyang gave a sardonic smile. "Of course, I’m going to steal the Elixir Fire." He then knocked decisively on the stone door.
"Steal the Elixir Fire?" Fatty and the Wolf King exchanged a look, instantly growing excited.
They had long coveted the Elixir Fire of the Elixir Palace. If not for Qin Feiyang’s prior instructions, they would have acted long ago.
Soon, the stone door quietly opened.
A youth in white robes came into the sight of the two men and one beast.
"Qin Feiyang?" The youth in white robes showed surprise upon seeing Qin Feiyang. He cupped his fists in greeting and chuckled, "Brother Qin, your visit is an honor. Please forgive me for not coming out to welcome you properly."
At the same time, a hint of hostility flickered in his eyes. This person was one of Feng Yun’s minions. As such, he was clearly displeased by Qin Feiyang’s presence, yet he dared not offend him.
Qin Feiyang sized up the youth in white robes and mentally asked the Wolf King, "Can you see his cultivation level?"
"A Three Star War Ancestor," the Wolf King replied mentally.
"Are you confident you can kill him in one hit?" Qin Feiyang asked.
"A piece of cake!" the Wolf King scoffed, instantly activating its Furious Rage. Its cultivation soared.
Before the youth in white robes could react, the Wolf King slammed a paw down, turning him into a bloody pulp. He didn’t even have time to scream before he perished, his blood splattering everywhere.
"Impressive." Qin Feiyang gave a thumbs-up and strode into Alchemy Room No. 1.
This alchemy room was about twice the size of Room No. 701 and contained a separate cultivation chamber and an alchemy workshop.
Fatty closed the stone door from behind. The two humans and the wolf then walked straight into the alchemy workshop, knocking vigorously on all four walls.
They were searching for a hidden door!
According to the layout of the Holy Temple and the Inner Temple, the Elixir Fire should be in this very alchemy room.
But, as it turned out, they found no hidden door.
"What’s going on?" the Wolf King grumbled, puzzled. Could it be that the Elixir Fire isn’t here?
Qin Feiyang frowned. "Go search the cultivation chamber."
Fatty and the Wolf King immediately ran into the cultivation chamber and began their search.
Qin Feiyang scanned the alchemy workshop with suspicion, then walked to a nearby metal rack. Dozens of jade bottles of various sizes were arranged on it, containing all sorts of elixirs.
Qin Feiyang grasped the metal rack, shook it, then pulled it forcefully aside. He knocked on the wall behind where the rack had stood. The sound that came back was full and solid, indicating no hidden compartment lay behind it either.
Where on earth is it hidden? Qin Feiyang knitted his brows and turned to leave the alchemy workshop.
But just then, because he had used too much force when moving the metal rack, a few jade bottles teetered and then fell, shattering on the ground with a SMASH!
Qin Feiyang, however, abruptly turned and stared at the floor.
The instant the jade bottles struck the ground, he had clearly sensed something different about the impact sound. Could it be underground?
With this suspicion, Qin Feiyang walked over and stomped his foot with all his might.
THUMP!!
An echo immediately reverberated from beneath the floor.
"It really is down here!" Qin Feiyang’s eyes lit up. "I’ve found it! Come quickly!"
Fatty and the Wolf King rushed in excitedly, chorusing, "Where?"
"Under here," Qin Feiyang said, pointing to the floor.
Fatty squatted down and slammed a fist onto the ground. Hearing the echo, his narrow eyes immediately gleamed with a covetous light.
"Don’t celebrate too soon," the Wolf King cautioned. "The hidden doors of the Holy Temple and the Inner Temple in Spirit State can only be opened with the blood of the Elixir Palace’s Hall Master. And the entrance here most likely also requires the blood of the Hall Master of the Temple’s Elixir Palace to open."
"You think that can stop us?" Fatty chuckled. "Don’t forget, Boss has a Divine Weapon."
"A Divine Weapon?" The Wolf King paused, slightly startled, then its eyes lit up.
「Simultaneously.」
Qin Feiyang also took out Blue Snow.
"I’ll do it." Fatty snatched Blue Snow and swung it down at the ground with all his might.
CRACK!
Blue Snow sliced into the floor as easily as a hot knife through butter.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk!" the Wolf King clicked its tongue in amazement nearby. "Awesome!"
The floor was thick, but Blue Snow was unstoppable. In less than ten breaths, a fist-sized hole appeared.
HUM!
A wave of heat and fire instantly surged out from the hole.
"It really is the Elixir Fire!"
Seeing this, Fatty became as energized as if he’d had a shot of adrenaline, and he maniacally continued to carve into the floor.
Within a few blinks of an eye, the hole in the ground was as large as an adult’s palm.
It was obviously impossible for Qin Feiyang and Fatty to enter such a small opening.
However, the Wolf King, who possessed the ability to transform, could come and go as it pleased.
WHOOSH!
The Wolf King immediately transformed into a streak of light and darted into the hole.
In less than half a blink, it shot back out, now clutching a cluster of burning flames in its claws!
"You two head to the ancient castle first."
With a thought, Qin Feiyang sent Fatty and the Wolf King to the ancient castle. He then immediately activated a teleportation gate and stepped through it without a backward glance.
「Meanwhile.」
Deep within the Temple, a quaint, antique courtyard residence was nestled in a secluded area.
A woman in white attire sat in the courtyard’s pavilion, engrossed in an ancient tome.
But suddenly, her gaze flickered. She rose, opened a teleportation gate, and instantly materialized high above the Elixir Palace.
"Greetings, Hall Master!" The white-haired old man guarding the Elixir Palace immediately rushed out and bowed deeply upon sensing her aura.
However, the woman in white didn’t spare him a single glance. She marched straight into the Elixir Palace and sped towards Alchemy Room No. 1.
The white-haired old man, surprised and apprehensive, followed her in.
Upon reaching the door of Alchemy Room No. 1, the woman in white, without a word, obliterated the stone door with a single palm strike.
The sight of the youth in white, who had been turned into a bloody pulp, immediately appeared before her, and her expression turned grim on the spot.
Then, the woman in white rushed into Alchemy Room No. 1. Spotting the hole in the floor, a terrifying pressure abruptly erupted from her!
"What happened?" The white-haired old man ran into Alchemy Room No. 1 and was aghast to see the youth’s corpse.
And when he stepped into the alchemy workshop within, he was utterly dumbfounded.
The Elixir Fire... it’s been stolen?!
The woman in white whirled around to face the old man, demanding, "Tell this Hall Master, who did this?"
"Hall Master, spare my life! I... I don’t know!" The white-haired old man trembled, sinking to his knees in terror.
"As the Guardian of the Elixir Palace, you didn’t even know the Elixir Fire was stolen? What good are you?!" the woman in white raged.
"I..." The white-haired old man felt terribly wronged. He was indeed the Guardian of the Elixir Palace, but it wasn’t as if he could stare at the Elixir Fire day in and day out, could he?
However, the woman in white was incandescent with rage, so no matter how aggrieved he felt, he could only suppress it.
The woman in white looked at the hole in the floor again. Such a small opening... a human couldn’t possibly pass through it. It must have been a fierce beast.
She turned to the white-haired old man and ordered, "Investigate immediately! Find out which of the Elixir Palace Disciples keeps a fierce beast by their side!"
"Yes, yes, yes!" The white-haired old man nodded repeatedly, scrambled to his feet, and hurried out.
"Useless trash," the woman in white muttered angrily, watching his retreating figure. She then squatted down, ran her fingers along the cut marks at the edge of the hole, her brows deeply furrowed.
Clearly, the floor was breached with some kind of sharp weapon. But the bricks and tiles of the Elixir Palace were all fashioned from an incredibly hard type of stone. Ordinary weapons couldn’t even leave a scratch. For someone to have actually carved such a large hole... it was truly unbelievable. What kind of sharp weapon could have possibly achieved this?
...
"What’s going on?"
"How did the Elixir Fire in my alchemy room suddenly vanish?"
"My Elixir Fire has disappeared too!"
「At the same time.」
The stone doors of the alchemy rooms on the first floor began to open one after another.
Disciples emerged from their alchemy rooms, their faces etched with confusion and alarm.
In an instant, the first floor of the Elixir Palace erupted into chaos.
...
Meanwhile, Qin Feiyang, the instigator of all this, currently stood before a tall, grand, and imposing palace.
This was none other than the Eldest Prince’s private residence!
In other words, he was now within the Imperial Palace grounds!
Having lived in the Imperial Palace for ten years, he still remembered the coordinates of the Eldest Prince’s abode. The palace before him looked much the same as it had over a decade ago, with few noticeable changes.
On both sides of the palace’s main gates stood ten guards in black armor, bolt upright.
They were the Black Iron Army!
"Are you... Qin Feiyang?" the ten guards asked, sizing him up with a hint of alarmed suspicion in their eyes.
"Indeed, it is this junior," Qin Feiyang replied with a nod.
"What are you doing here?" one demanded. "And how do you know the coordinates of this place?"
The ten men’s brows furrowed, a clear note of hostility in their eyes.
