Chapter 363: The Long Corridor

Chapter 363: The Long Corridor

Chapter 363: The Long Corridor (Monthly Ticket Plus 2)

In the huge warehouse, various iron materials and weapons were piled up like small mountains. Liu Zheng had purchased countless amounts of iron materials in more than a year.

Li Yuan was in the middle of it, pressing down lightly with his right hand.

hum~
In an instant, light burst out.

Li Yuan concentrated his mind so much that he only saw a flash before his eyes.

Cold iron, silver, gold, red gold, refined gold...all kinds of iron materials disappeared in an instant.

"My gold..."

Various iron materials worth more than 800,000 taels of gold disappeared in an instant. Li Yuan suddenly felt a stir in his heart, but he did not have time to feel the pain and immediately sat down.

Rumble~
The next moment, a loud noise that seemed to explode from the depths of his soul followed, and the horrible vibration spread from the inside out, making Li Yuan's scalp numb and his whole body tremble.

"puff!"

In just a moment, Li Yuan spat out a mouthful of dirty blood. In a trance, he saw himself sitting cross-legged on the ground. He was actually shocked to the point of his soul leaving his body?

"The noise gets louder and louder."

Even though his soul had left his body, Li Yuan could still feel the huge vibration. He felt as if he had been thrown into a boiling sea, or fallen into an endless abyss. A great fear rose in his heart.

Woohoo~
It was unknown how much time had passed before Li Yuan came back to his senses from his trance. His spirit was still wandering outside, and his body, which was sitting cross-legged, was still shaking violently.

Not only the mouth and nose, but all the seven orifices also gushed out large amounts of dirty blood.

"Shh!"

Li Yuan's heart tightened, and his spirit immediately returned to his body.

Then, a pain as if the soul was being torn apart surged up, and he could not help but scream and hammer the floor of the warehouse.

"It hurts so much."

Amidst the smoke and dust, Li Yuan gasped for breath, and it took him a while to come back to his senses. The medicinal power of the Dragon and Tiger Pill spread throughout his body, his injuries healed quickly, and the severe pain gradually subsided.

“It’s getting louder and louder.”

Li Yuan was in a daze for a long time before he closed his eyes.

[Eighth-rank Military Master: Li Yuan]

[Number of weapons you can control: 8]

[Already opened: Divine Fire Weapon Furnace (Level 8), Divine Fire Weapon Forging Platform (Level 8), Long Corridor (Not opened)]

hum~
The gray stone platform expanded rapidly, and the military talisman shone brightly.

It was like a galaxy covering the stone platform, with eight large stars shining brightly.

"If the noise was this loud when I was first promoted, I would have died at that time..."

Looking around at the surging darkness, Li Yuan's heart was throbbing. The loud noise that came from nowhere made him feel an indescribable sense of fear.

After several promotions, the stone platform that originally seemed crowded even for two hammers now has a diameter of over 150 meters and is extremely spacious.

The Divine Fire Weapon Forging Platform and the Divine Fire Weapon Combining Furnace were placed on both sides, with the Listening to Sound Wooden Scroll in the middle. Li Yuan looked around and had already seen the new items that appeared after the Weapon Control Scroll was promoted to the eighth level.

"The long corridor."

Li Yuan looked forward and saw a circular archway similar to a bridge hole appearing on the edge of the stone platform. It was about three meters high and dark in color. Its outline was only revealed under the starlight of the Weapon-control Scroll.

"This thing..."

Li Yuan approached cautiously. The arch was at the very edge of the stone platform. Both sides were filled with extremely deep darkness, which made people feel uneasy.

There was darkness inside the archway and no one knew where it led to.

hum~
Li Yuan reached out and picked up a long sword, touched the arch with the tip of the sword, and knocked it gently. He seemed to hear the sound of a bronze bell being struck.

He knocked around and tried, and he found that there was indeed a path in the corridor, level with the stone platform, but it was really dark, and he could not sense the sword body at all within the corridor.

"Where does this thing lead to?"

After a long time, Li Yuan tried to reach out and touch the arch. In the past, when the forging platform and the combining furnace appeared, he would feel some residual information when he touched them, but this time there was none.

"Maybe it's because it's not turned on?"

Li Daoye was very afraid of the unknown and tried many times. He even threw a weapon in it and then hooked it out with a spear.

Finally, he was sure that he would not fall into the abyss if he walked into the corridor, but it was absolutely impossible for him to go in. God knew whether he would fall into darkness after taking a few steps.

"Can it only be activated after the Weapon Control Scroll is promoted to the ninth level?"

After pondering for a long time, Li Yuan still had no idea. He thought about it and moved an incense burner to block the archway.

“Could that loud noise have come from behind this arch?”

Li Yuan was puzzled, but he didn't notice any unusual sounds for a while.

"Next time when the Military Commander is promoted, I want to see..."

With a plan in mind, Li Yuan put aside his thoughts for the time being. However, when he thought about the materials needed to upgrade the Weapon Control Scroll to the ninth level, he couldn't help but have a headache.

"Five thousand jin of gold, three thousand liang of pure gold, three hundred liang of pure gold, and one liang of the finest of a hundred golds."

After the silver and iron were eliminated, the total amount was much less, but Li Yuan felt a little depressed. He was not afraid of large numbers such as thousands or tens of thousands, but he was afraid of small numbers.

Li Yuan still remembers clearly the scene in Gaoliu County when he almost turned gray with worry over a tael of fine gold.

"Essence of a hundred golds, what is this?"

As a quasi-divine craftsman, Li Yuan did not dare to say that he could recognize all the iron materials in the world, but he still had some impression of most of the natural materials and treasures needed to forge divine weapons.

He had never heard of the essence of a hundred gold coins.

"It's a bit troublesome."

Li Yuan calmed himself down and felt the changes after his promotion to the rank of Military Commander.

The interval between changing the controller was further reduced to less than an hour. He could change 30 controller combinations a day, which fully met his needs. In addition, the weapon forging platform and the divine fire furnace could also combine to produce an eighth-level weapon.

Then, there is this secluded corridor.

There was no substantial change from the seventh to the eighth level, but the price was so much higher. He was somewhat depressed. He felt that this was very much like the style of his ancestors in previous lives.

If you want to believe it, believe it. If you don’t, get lost.

"Better than nothing."

Li Yuan discovered that, perhaps because the money came easily, he didn't feel that bad about spending hundreds of thousands of taels of gold.

But after thinking about it, he felt relieved.

With his current status in martial arts, if he wants to make money, he no longer needs to work hard as a blacksmith.

"There can't really be a statue of the founder sitting at the end of the long corridor, right?"

Although he kept talking about the ancestor all day long, Li Yuan felt that if there really was an ancestor at the end of the corridor, he would be scared to death.

"Well, if they leave behind a treasure trove of relics and inheritance, then that's fine..."

Changing his mind, Li Yuan came to the other side, lit the divine fire furnace, and combined the boots he had accumulated, three by three, into one. Soon, accompanied by a slight sound,
A flash of pure yellow light flashed at the bottom of the furnace.

"Failed sixteen times, that's not bad. I just wasted one more sixth-level incense stick."

After putting together all kinds of boots, with this success rate, Li Yuan was quite satisfied.

[Divine Fire Beast Boots (Level 6)]

[…The skins of hundreds of beasts, the best spiritual boots forged with divine fire, slightly magical]

[Control conditions: Control the bloodline of the main force]

[Control Effect: Level 7 (Gold): Speed

Level 6 (Yellow): Swift as Thunder
Level 5 (light yellow): Taking root instantly, as light as a feather]

Quasi-divine weapon?
Li Yuan was stunned, and the depression in his heart was immediately relieved. He immediately threw his boots into the air, filling the vacancy after the military command talisman was promoted to the eighth level.

……

"Shu~"

In the warehouse, Li Yuan tapped his feet lightly, and in the next moment, he was ten feet away.

"Eh? These boots..."

Li Yuan's eyes lit up.

With his current physique and lightness skills, this distance is naturally nothing, but he did not use any strength just now, he just took a normal step.

"Shu~"

Li Yuan stepped forward, using a little more strength this time. The next moment, he was at the door of the warehouse. He turned around and gradually exerted strength.

After a few steps, there was a gas explosion in the warehouse, blowing all the iron materials and weapons flying out.

"The blessing of this pair of Hundred Beasts Spirit Boots seems to be based on my own speed... the increase is huge!"

After several attempts, Li Yuan felt the benefits, which were based on the increase in his own speed, and could be superimposed with the Shenzu Meridian.

With just this pair of boots, his speed could be many times faster than before!

"nice one!"

This unexpected surprise immediately made Li Yuan in a good mood. The blessing of this pair of boots was much greater than that of the five pairs of famous-grade boots he had controlled before.

"If I had these boots, Zhongli Luan wouldn't even be able to catch up with my back. With this speed, it's impossible for an ordinary master to catch up with me, right?"

Li Yuan thought about it for a moment.

If Zhongli Luan didn't have any hidden means of instantaneous burst of speed, then he would definitely not be able to catch up with him, but it was different for Lao Longtou.

With the help of true energy, he could travel several miles in an instant, as fast as a meteor. He thought he couldn't do it at the moment.

“If I can cultivate the Cloud Dragon Nine Presents to perfection, perhaps I can avoid Wan Zhuliu’s first sword to subdue the demons.”

Li Yuan opened his eyes and tidied up the messy warehouse, mainly putting away the various iron materials. The main reason why he built this warehouse was to cover up his promotion to the position of the Military Administrator.

The iron materials worth hundreds of thousands of taels of gold were all moved into the small courtyard and then disappeared abruptly, which was somewhat eye-catching.

"Whoo~"

After a while, Li Yuan took out a few bottles and jars, which contained the blood of the five spiritual animals. Of course, not the blood of the spiritual beast king.

He sprinkled his blood everywhere according to the ritual of bestowing ordination from heaven.

Every time after he was promoted to the Military Scroll or the Music Scroll, he would hold a ceremony to bestow the Scroll from Heaven. The key to success was nothing more than a few jars of spirit beast blood.

"No response... Perhaps, we should wait until the Palm Sound Talisman is promoted to the seventh level?"

The ceremony failed, but Li Yuan was not disappointed. He pondered for a while before pushing the door open and walking out. The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and the sky and the earth were covered with mist.

Walking in the rain, when his mind calmed down, Li Yuan turned and went into the house.

Inside the house, Liu Zheng prepared wine and food, as if he had been waiting for a while. He poured Li Yuan a glass of herbal wine, took out the account book, and talked about the various income and expenditure items.

After more than a year of opening, the weapon forging shop had already made considerable profits.

This was due to the upcoming martial arts performances and the arrival of hundreds or thousands of martial arts sects, which brought a large amount of business, with the sale of weapons second only to that of elixirs.

After finishing the meal, Liu Zheng cleared the dishes and bowed to say goodbye.

Li Yuan closed the door, listened to the sound of rain outside, sat cross-legged on the bed, and with a thought, he entered the Mysterious Whale Realm.

He was ready to take on the Xuanjing Sect's true trial.

(End of this chapter)