Chapter 9: The Final Winner, Arrival of the Immortal Sect

"Roar."

The Immortal Deer-Tiger Beast let out a painful cry that filled the entire cavern, causing it to tremble.

Rocks fell from the ceiling of the cavern, crashing straight toward Senior Brother Kou.

Several deep gullies split open on the ground, from which a fiery red color emerged, followed by a wave of scorching heat.

Ordinary ground and stones were melted in an instant, turning into magma.

This kind of situation could be considered heaven-defying power for a Profound Immortal, something impossible to contend with.

Seeing this, Senior Brother Kou's expression changed drastically; he never imagined that a Mid-stage Profound Immortal beast could possess such methods, and his heart was filled with terror.

He hurriedly summoned his Immortal Artifact sword to fly away, intending to escape the cavern.

But how could the Immortal Deer-Tiger Beast let him leave so easily?

Immediately after, the Immortal Deer-Tiger Beast's body surged with Immortal Fire; at this moment, its entire body seemed to have transformed into Immortal Fire.

Ignoring the surrounding sea of lightning, it charged forward relentlessly, attacking Senior Brother Kou.

Bing Cheng, watching from afar, was stunned. She marveled at the terrifying methods of the Immortal Deer-Tiger Beast, but she also noticed that the Immortal Deer-Tiger Beast's Immortal Soul was rapidly fading, indicating that such methods required a painful price.

The Immortal Deer-Tiger Beast was preparing to trade its life for his.

"Why do this? We didn't take your Opportunity, why must you risk your life to fight me!" Senior Brother Kou exerted his full Immortal Qi, increasing his speed as he fled on his sword, while internally cursing the Immortal Deer-Tiger Beast as a madman.

Not only was he unable to understand, but Bing Cheng was the same; they had only taken some ordinary Ore, so why fight to the death?

But this answer was known only to the Immortal Deer-Tiger Beast itself.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh…"

As the Immortal Deer-Tiger Beast charged, it continuously absorbed the Immortal Qi from the surrounding magma, its aura rising rapidly until it was soon comparable to a Late Stage Profound Immortal, its strength truly terrifying.

The scorching heat wave felt like a strong gale, sweeping through the entire cavern.

Even the Puppet was affected, showing signs of melting; Immortal Fire could be used not only for Alchemy but also for Artifact Refining.

Bing Cheng hurriedly controlled the Puppet to retreat a distance.

At this moment, the entire body of the Immortal Deer-Tiger Beast had fully transformed into Immortal Fire.

It turned into a curtain of fire, moving with lightning speed, and instantly engulfed Senior Brother Kou.

"Ahhh…" Senior Brother Kou's screams lasted less than a breath before they ceased.

The Immortal Fire condensed into a ball, hovering in mid-air, with what seemed to be a pair of eyes staring at the Puppet.

But as if its Immortal Qi had been exhausted, it gradually dimmed, falling toward the ground and merging with a protruding rock.

After the Immortal Fire completely dissipated, that originally ordinary rock had turned into a huge piece of Ore, inside which the Ore Essence constantly squirmed, as if it had sentience.

Only now could Bing Cheng understand why the Immortal Deer-Tiger Beast had fought so desperately.

Each piece of Ore was formed after its clansmen had perished; as their leader, it must have felt extremely guilty, and this could be considered an answer to its clansmen.

"Sigh…" Bing Cheng sighed. Sentimentality aside, an Opportunity was before her, and she had to take it; she didn't want to let other Fellow Daoists benefit.

Furthermore, this place had already been exposed, and several people had escaped; she figured it wouldn't be long before they returned, so sealing this place was unrealistic.

Bing Cheng slowly stepped into the cavern. After the magma on the ground had solidified, she approached the huge Ore that the Immortal Deer-Tiger Beast had turned into.

She knocked on it; the Ore was as hard as iron and very difficult to break open.

Based on the characteristics of the Immortal Deer-Tiger Beast, she estimated that powerful Immortal Fire would be needed to smelt this Ore and extract the Ore Essence within.

Fortunately, the Puppet had collected quite a few smaller pieces of Ore earlier, and the Ore Essence within them could also raise the intensity of her Immortal Fire to the next level.

Working together with the Puppet, they pulled the two huge pieces of Ore from the ground. Although they couldn't be put into a Storage Ring, Bing Cheng possessed the eternal instant mirror, which could store living things.

Since her Ascension to the Immortal Realm, the eternal instant mirror had also been slowly absorbing Immortal Qi to repair itself; it was truly a treasure of the Heavenly Dao.

Moreover, the Heavenly Dao seemed to have granted her the right to use the eternal instant mirror, and she could now freely activate the eternal instant mirror to collect items.

Then, she swept away all the smaller pieces of Ore in the cavern that the previous Alchemist hadn't looked at, as well as those in the center; where she passed, nothing was left behind.

After finishing everything, Bing Cheng left the cavern, took several detours, and returned to Xiancha Town from another direction.

By doing this, even if The Woman in Elegant Attire suspected her, there would be no trace to follow.

Anyway, in four days, she would be free as a bird, and there would be no need to worry about being discovered.

Upon returning to the inn, she immediately began to absorb the Ore Essence.

As the Ore Essence dripped into the Immortal Fire, a sizzling sound rang out, and the originally weak Immortal Fire suddenly became more vigorous.

To explain it in simple terms, the Ore Essence was equivalent to a permanent combustion improver.

It took two days for Bing Cheng to absorb all the Ore Essence from the smaller pieces of Ore, and her Immortal Fire was several times stronger than it had been at the beginning.

However, it was still unable to smelt the huge Ore, so she had to leave it for later when her Immortal Fire became more powerful.

"I wonder how much of an improvement there will be in refining Immortal Pills this time?"

With that thought, Bing Cheng threw herself into Alchemy.

The improvement in the quality of the Immortal Fire had a significant effect; the first furnace of Immortal Pills yielded four High Grade ones.

One had to know that previously, she could only barely refine one High Grade pill; this was a leap in progress.

Two days passed quickly.

When there was light outside the window, Bing Cheng stopped Alchemy; now she could produce six High Grade Immortal Pills in one furnace, a huge improvement.

If today weren't the day the Luoxia Immortal Sect was recruiting Disciples, she would have wanted to keep refining pills until she produced top-quality Immortal Pills.

She stretched, cleaned herself with Immortal Qi, and then stepped out of the inn.

The sky was just beginning to brighten, and the streets were bustling with people, all rushing toward the central square of Xiancha Town.

"Big Brother, why are you running so fast? The Seniors from the Luoxia Immortal Sect haven't arrived yet."

"What do you know? If we go and grab a spot near the front, maybe we can leave a good impression on the Seniors from the Luoxia Immortal Sect, and then they might take me as a Utility Disciple! Hehehe…"

"The sky isn't even fully bright yet, Fellow Daoist, why are you already daydreaming?"

"…"

It was clear that everyone was highly enthusiastic; most of them had ordinary aptitude, and entering an Immortal Sect was like changing one's destiny, so no one wanted to miss this Opportunity.

Bing Cheng chuckled and slowly followed behind them.

When she arrived at the central square, she happened to see a large Immortal Boat flying in from the horizon.

The Immortal Boat was over a hundred zhang long and emitted a powerful aura; it was a Medium Grade Immortal Artifact.

Then, a group of people pushed through the crowd and arrived at the center of the square, all cupping their hands and bowing respectfully toward the Immortal Boat.

"Welcome to the Seniors of the Luoxia Immortal Sect." The person in the lead was an old man with white hair and a white beard, possessing the strength of a Late Stage Profound Immortal; he was the strongest person in Xiancha Town.

He was also the one in power in Xiancha Town.

"Mm." Dozens of people on the Immortal Boat poked their heads out, looking down at the square below.

Among them was a woman of peerless beauty; her appearance was extremely beautiful, her figure was fine, and her temperament was elegant and noble, as if she were a True Immortal.

"It's actually the Saintess Senior Sister Ning Zhiruo; to see her today, I have no regrets in this life!"

"This time, even the Saintess Ning has come along…"

"…"

As soon as the Saintess Ning appeared, the whole crowd was in an uproar, and some even shouted things like "Saintess, I love you."

Bing Cheng was momentarily dazed as she gazed at this stunningly beautiful woman.

Then she shook her head. "No, no, I'm not a scumbag."