A layer of white mist separated the outer and inner regions.
As they entered this white mist, the world before their eyes instantly transformed, as if stepping from one realm to another.
Just moments ago, they were in a forest. After crossing the white mist, they found themselves in an endless desert.
Chang Le'an couldn't help but take a deep breath.
Putting everything else aside, the spiritual energy in this inner region was noticeably richer than in the outer region.
"Third Senior Brother, let's hurry and find treasures," Ye Zhaozhao urged.
Chang Le'an readily agreed.
The two began to trek through the desert.
Ye Zhaozhao continuously calculated the distance between herself and Li Shuang.
She still had nine breaths of time before her full power would be unleashed.
With her Nascent Soul stage cultivation, she could eliminate Li Shuang in an instant.
This time, Li Shuang was doomed!
On the map, the red dot representing Li Shuang hadn't moved for some time.
She must have been delayed by something.
No matter what it was.
With overwhelming power, she had nothing to fear.
Now, to kill Li Shuang, the final step was to temporarily get rid of Chang Le'an for a while.
Ye Zhaozhao's eyes flickered.
Suddenly, a faint beast roar echoed from a distance.
Chang Le'an's body instinctively trembled.
They had been in the inner region for less than two hours, and they were already encountering demonic beasts?
He wondered if it was a demonic beast born from the secret realm, or a demon race member!
Ye Zhaozhao's eyes gleamed; an opportunity had arrived!
She looked at Chang Le'an with a determined expression: "Third Senior Brother, to find enough resources this time, we still have to rely on you. I'll go investigate that beast roar. No matter what the situation, I'll lure the demonic beast away to avoid affecting you, Senior Brother. Once I've lured it away, I'll come back to meet up with you."
This...
Chang Le'an was instantly moved.
Li Shuang had deliberately used the Lionwing Beast to frame him.
But what about his junior sister?
She was willing to risk her life to voluntarily lure away the demonic beast for him!
Li Shuang still complained that they were biased.
Faced with such a junior sister, who wouldn't be biased?
Chang Le'an quickly said, "Zhaozhao, don't go. We can just change direction."
Ye Zhaozhao's expression was firm: "What if that demonic beast chases us? Wouldn't that affect Third Senior Brother's treasure-hunting plan again? Don't worry, Third Senior Brother, I have the Dragon Chant Sword. Although Long Yan is a useless sword spirit, he can still play some role here. If I truly encounter a fatal crisis, I'll forcefully activate him!"
With Ye Zhaozhao saying that, Chang Le'an felt much more at ease.
Right.
He was already a useless sword spirit anyway. At worst, he could just let Long Yan continue to burn his soul body.
He was about to say something.
Ye Zhaozhao, fearing Chang Le'an would ask more questions, had already swiftly flown into the distance.
Chang Le'an indeed did not chase after her. He looked at Ye Zhaozhao's retreating figure with a moved expression, vowing in his heart that he must not betray his junior sister's trust and find the treasures as soon as possible!
Chang Le'an cautiously continued his exploration.
As soon as she was out of Chang Le'an's sight, Ye Zhaozhao's expression turned cold. She had no interest in finding the source of the beast roar; she flew directly towards Li Shuang's location.
As soon as she saw Li Shuang, she would immediately unleash her power and kill her without a second thought.
Otherwise, who knew if this Heavenly Dao's chosen heroine would rise from the ashes again!
The boundless desert.
A hint of joy flashed in Li Shuang's eyes.
She held a strange red stone in her hand, which she had just sifted out of the sand.
In this boundless desert, there was a unique mineral called Fire Gold. This ore would randomly appear in the endless sand layers, making it extremely difficult to identify.
But with her Heaven and Earth Furnace, finding Fire Gold was like a fish in water.
After entering the inner region, she had successively collected quite a bit of Fire Gold.
With this newly found piece, the progress bar of the Heaven and Earth Furnace had already reached 100%.
This meant that as soon as she truly absorbed these ores, the Heaven and Earth Furnace would officially open. The Heaven and Earth Furnace was related to her mother, so for Li Shuang, the opening of the furnace was a matter of utmost importance.
Li Shuang did not hesitate and silently chanted in her mind.
"Absorb!"
As her words fell.
These Fire Gold ores were thrown into the Heaven and Earth Furnace.
The furnace's progress bar instantly shot to 100%!
Under Li Shuang's expectant gaze.
In her sea of consciousness.
The Heaven and Earth Furnace, which had been slowly rotating, suddenly stopped at this moment.
A peculiar light emanated from its body.
A piece of information appeared in Li Shuang's mind.
"Heaven and Earth Furnace (Activated). All things can be refined, even heaven and earth."
Li Shuang's heart trembled slightly.
All things can be refined, even heaven and earth?
What a grand statement!
But as more information emerged, Li Shuang no longer doubted the furnace's claim.
This furnace... was truly defying the heavens!
"Refine what you possess to obtain what you desire in your heart."
"Refinement rules are as follows."
"1. The item to be refined and the desired item can be exchanged. All things in heaven and earth are within the scope of refinement.
2. If the items are of equal value, the exchange will be 100% successful.
3. If the value of the item to be refined exceeds the desired item, the exchange will be 100% successful.
4. If the value of the item to be refined is less than the desired item, there is an unequal chance of success depending on the difference in value. If it fails, the refined item will not be returned."
Refining all things...
Equivalent exchange...
A thoughtful look flashed in Li Shuang's eyes. She always felt that these rules were not as simple as they appeared on the surface.
Equivalent exchange seemed fair, and she wouldn't gain any particular advantage from it.
But...
Was the "equivalent" of the furnace the same as the "equivalent" in the real world?
For example.
Theoretically, the value of a first-grade spirit herb and another first-grade spirit herb should be similar.
But in reality, while both are first-grade spirit herbs, some are mass-produced and easily obtainable, while others are extremely rare, even extinct.
Could the value of these two types of first-grade spirit herbs be the same?
If an ordinary first-grade spirit herb could be exchanged for a rare first-grade spirit herb...
Then she would never lack spirit stones just by profiting from the price difference!
The fourth rule also stated that if the value of the refined item was less than the desired item, there was still an unequal chance of success.
Theoretically, she could use low-value items to gamble for high-value items based on probability.
As long as there was a chance of success, with an absolute quantity, that chance would be infinitely close to 100%.
Li Shuang was about to study the rules for using the Heaven and Earth Furnace.
Suddenly.
She raised an eyebrow.
In the Langya Secret Realm, spiritual sense was severely restricted, but she possessed the Grand Forgetfulness Art, making her spiritual sense range wider than ordinary people.
She sensed that someone was approaching her direction in a straight line.
For some reason.
This time, she had a strong sense of crisis.
Lili was also quite sensitive. Although she was still in the sword spirit space, she inexplicably felt anxious.
Li Shuang did not hesitate and quickly departed.