Chapter Fifty-Four Discovery!

  Whether they can get the Divine Furnace smoothly, neither Qin Zheng nor Yan Tingyu has a ten percent guarantee. The simpler things seem, the easier it is to go wrong.

  So they chose the most cautious approach.

  Even if they knew that the Divine Furnace was not far from them, and there might be no powerful masters in the Dragon Lion Court who could threaten them, they still did not act rashly.

  Regarding Qin Zheng's demonic cultivation technique, Nine Turns Return to Dragon Scripture, Yan Tingyu firmly demanded that Qin Zheng not use it until he was at a critical juncture of life and death. This coincided with Qin Zheng's intentions, as using it once would mean exposing himself to risk, especially since Gu Luo, the former crown prince of the Great Flame Empire, already knew about it, and in his current situation, even more caution was needed.

  At this time, the urge to find the divine furnace was a kind of torture for both of them.

  Yan Tingyu pins her hopes on the Divine Furnace for revenge.

  Qin Zheng's policy towards those martial arts that are even more miraculous than the Divine Soldier Domain is also filled with endless anticipation.

  But still have to endure.

  This is a kind of tempering for both of them.

  Tempering of one's state of mind.

  To survive in the Divine Martial Continent, where the strong are respected and bloody killings can happen at any time and place, and to reach the pinnacle, one's state of mind is undoubtedly the most important factor.

  They also calm down and go do what they want to do.

  Swallow listens to the rain, quietens her mind and contemplates her swordsmanship.

  The policy of Qin is to focus on covering up the evil spirit.

  For this month, apart from cultivating, he mainly thought of ways to cover up his demonic aura.

  As long as he can cover up his demonic aura, then his combat strength is truly transcendent and should be measured across realms; if he cannot cover up his demonic aura, then it can only be measured by his actual realm.

  It's extremely difficult to cover up the eerie atmosphere.

  His bloodline and aura can cover up the Nine-Colored Divine Lotus Martial Vessel and the Nine-Turned Reversal Dragon Bone Body Martial Vessel, but it just so happens that he cannot cover up the divine dragon's power when displaying his bone body martial vessel.

  There is a swallow listening to the rain, displaying its secret method, isolating the external world's perception.

  Qin Zheng once again began to study diligently.

  He also set a time limit for himself, taking out one hour every day to think of ways to cover up the demonic energy, and using the rest of his time to cultivate diligently.

  "The best way to cover up the demonic aura is with the demon tribe's unique aura-concealing technique."

  "Unfortunately, this sealing technique has been heard of by even five generations of demon emperors, but none have truly witnessed it."

  "As for those ordinary methods of covering up the demonic energy, they are useless to me. According to some subtle mysteries left behind by the Five Dynasties' Demon Emperor's memories, I will continue to study and find a way."

  These five generations of demon emperors did not care about the method of suppressing their aura, as they were demons and had broken free from human shackles. As strong individuals since youth, they had no interest in hiding their demonic energy, so there were very few memories left in this regard.

  Qin's policy is to remember this point and continuously create his own method of gathering momentum.

  An hour has passed in the blink of an eye.

  Still no substantial progress has been made.

  Qin Zheng put aside his research on the Introspection Method and began to cultivate martial arts.

  As for the art of absorbing energy, he didn't have high hopes that it could be created quickly. If creating such a martial arts secret technique were simple, Qin Feng would have doubted its practicality.

  A night without words.

  The next morning, the city master's mansion sent a message that Zhuang Daojing agreed to have a life-and-death duel with Qin Zheng.

  The duel is scheduled for five days later.

  Qin Zheng and Yan Tingyu walked out of the Longshi Arena, in the city of Mingluo, searching for some materials to refine their troops. They found that everywhere they went, people were discussing the life-and-death duel, so they knew that this news had spread throughout the entire city of Mingluo. However, not many people recognized Qin Zheng, who was actually participating in the battle.

  They entered the largest store in Miroku City that sold everything related to warriors.

  The store is very large and divided into different areas.

  There are places that specialize in selling arms, and there are also those that sell items related to the demon beasts. There are also treasures, and many people select things from each area.

  Qin Zheng and the other person walked past the place where military equipment was sold, and they had a general understanding of these weapons.

  There are some fine things, but it's hard for two people to appreciate them together.

  Especially with the Qin policy, having a guardian shield with huge growth potential, and also having the divine weapon's earth-shattering hammer in hand, no matter if it's a top-grade or extreme-grade weapon, none of them would be of interest.

  They arrived at a place where various goods were sold, and there were many things in this area that could be used to forge weapons.

  In a short while, Yan Tingyu had bought over a dozen things. This time, he was going to study the most difficult part of the art of war, which was the refining of battle robes.

  The war clothes have always been the direction of Yan's family efforts in refining defensive weapons.

  Nowadays in Shenwu Continent, also known as armor, shields and other defensive equipment, wearable combat clothes that are like ordinary clothes, no one has ever researched them.

  Qin Zheng was also very interested in measuring things here.

  There is a wide variety of goods, all sorts are available.

  "Huh?"

  Qin Zheng and Yan Tingyu's eyes both fell on a rhombus-shaped metal piece that resembled scales.

  "This metal piece seems to be on par with the materials used to forge divine artifacts." Qin Zheng was viewing the material based on the Divine Artifact Domain, and this feeling was very subtle.

  "This is..."

  Yan listened to the rain, staring blankly at the metal piece, her pupils constricted, and her breathing was a bit unstable.

  Qin Zheng gently pushed Yan Tingyu, reminding her not to lose her composure.

  Swallow listening to the rain lowers her head, biting her lips, calming her mind.

  "Hand me that metal piece." Qin Zheng interrupted the salesperson's strange gaze at Yan Tingyu.

  The salesperson handed over the metal plate and said to Qin Zheng: "If you like this dragon scale, it can be cheaper, two thousand gold coins."

  Dragon scales?

  The Qin policy is in hand, heavy and not made of gold, with a warm feeling when entering the hand, as if it has been burned by flames, but judging from its appearance, it has been placed here for some time, how can it be burned.

  "Two thousand gold coins, I'll take them. How many more do you have? I'll take them all." Yanzhi Yu had already calmed down and no longer showed any unusual expressions on her face.

  The salesperson immediately led them to the second floor upon hearing this.

  The second floor is specially arranged for distinguished guests, with individual luxurious rooms, and they are arranged in a room.

  "Is that dragon scales?" Qin Zheng asked in a low voice.

  "En, it's the dragon scales on top of the Divine Furnace." Yan listened to the rain and nodded.

  Qin Zheng suddenly understood why Yan Tingyu had lost her composure.

  How could the dragon scales on the Divine Furnace be spread outside? Doesn't that mean the Divine Furnace has already been discovered by someone?

  The owner of the store arrived soon after.

  They were both stunned as soon as they met.

  The owner of the shop turned out to be Zhao Nan, the elder of Longshi Daochang, who was in charge of the Zhaoxian Hall.

  "What is yours." Zhao Nan felt slightly surprised, and smiled to explain, "This store is the property of our Longshen Taoist temple, and it's also one of the main sources of income for the temple. Usually, the temple will arrange for disciples to go out and try their skills, and they'll select some of the things they get and sell them here."

  "This is really unclear." Qin Zheng could also understand, after all, Longshendao had more than a thousand people, and the daily expenses for food, drink, and other things were a huge cost.

  Zhao Nan briefly explained that the entire city of Ming Luo, some shops controlled by Long Shi Daochang, and the logo were all dragons and lions.

  All shops with a signboard next to it and a dragon lion logo are industries of Longshen Taoist Temple.

  Qin Zheng thought for a moment and it seemed that there was indeed a pattern on the sign above the entrance of this shop, but he hadn't paid attention to it at all and didn't notice what the pattern was.

  Zhao Nan is mainly in charge of the Longshen Taoist Temple, and the Zhaoguan is just a part-time job. The main reason is that no one goes to apply for the position even after half a month.

  "After saying so much, I forgot to tell you that as the elder of our Taoist temple, buying things from shops belonging to our temple has great discounts." Zhao Nan said with a smile.

  "It seems we can save a lot of money now." Qin Zheng had some gold coins in his hand, as well as those obtained from killing Luo Yunping and Yun Dongyang. There were also the ones accumulated from selling the refined weapons by Yan Tingyu before. The two of them had around 1.8 to 1.9 million gold coins, which seemed like a lot. However, when they really needed to spend it, it was like flowing water, especially with the high price and large quantity of dragon scales.

  Zhao Nan took out those dragon scales from the spatial bag and placed them on the table.

  The number of dragon scales is not many, about twenty or thirty.

  "What makes you think of these dragon scales?" Zhao Nan asked.

  "Listening Rain is a master of refining soldiers, she found that these dragon scales can be used to refine soldiers and even create quite extraordinary weapons." Qin Zheng made an excuse.

  Yesterday, when Zhao Xi, the host of the Dao, was treating everyone to a banquet, he also asked about Yan Tingyu and knew that she was a Lianbing Master, but these people didn't pay much attention to it and didn't think that Yan Tingyu would be a Lianbing Master who had the potential to become a Grandmaster.

  "These dragon scales are indeed extraordinary, many people have used top-grade swords to try and destroy them with all their might, but they can't even scratch them. But that's also what makes it difficult to melt and reforge into a new weapon." Zhao Nan picked up the dragon scale, not without some emotion, "This is also why we decided to sell it, keeping it would be useless anyway."

  Qin Zhengdao said: "These dragon scales, how many gold coins are they worth?"

  Zhao Nan smiled and said: "You are treated as elders, originally it would take 70,000 gold coins, but for you, I'll make it 50,000."

  "Then thank you, elder." Qin Zheng immediately took out 50,000 gold coins to pay the bill and collected all the dragon scales before asking, "Elder, where did these dragon scales come from?"

  "It's from our Longshendao." Zhao Nan's face was somewhat strange.

  Qin Zheng and Yan Tingyu exchanged a glance, even more certain that Long Lin was on top of the divine furnace.

  Then Zhao Nan detailed the origin of Long Lin.

  Three months ago, the Divine Furnace suddenly emerged from underground and shook the Longshen Arena. Of course, they didn't know the identity of the Divine Furnace, but only confirmed that it was a Refining Furnace. Since the Divine Furnace had emerged on its own, they also knew it wasn't an ordinary Refining Furnace.

  The surface of the Divine Furnace looks very ordinary, at first glance it seems like a rusty broken furnace, even with pits and dents all over, but inside the furnace is carved a golden five-clawed dragon pattern.

  Who would have thought that when Zhao Xi and others checked the Divine Furnace, the five-clawed dragon pattern actually came to life, emitting a dragon's roar, shaking the entire city of Ming Luo, automatically flying out of the furnace, circling above the city, causing everyone's shock, causing unprecedented crowds, but later this five-clawed divine dragon suddenly exploded on its own, and all the objects on its body surprisingly solidified into reality, scattering in various parts of the city of Ming Luo.

  This matter also caused a great sensation, attracting countless people to rush into Mingluo City, and it didn't subside until after a long time.

  After listening to the story, Qin Zheng found that Yan Tingyu was excited and a bit abnormal. His hand stretched out from under the table and patted Yan Tingyu's thigh to remind her.

  Yan Tingyu also stretched out her hand and grasped Qin Zheng's palm, tightly clasping it and trying to suppress the turmoil in her heart.

  "The elder thinks that if we offer two thousand gold coins for a dragon scale, would anyone be willing to take it out," Qin Zheng asked.

  Zhao Nan smiled and said, "This is certain. Even our Longshi Martial Arts School can't do anything about this dragon scale. Others will definitely not be able to either. Two thousand gold coins for the buyout, they'll definitely be happy to take it out. However, the number of dragon scales is quite astonishing. I'm afraid no matter what, it'll have to be around 7 or 8 million gold coins."

  Qin's expression turned serious, "This is indeed a problem."