101 Heaven and Earth as The Furnace (2/2)

After all, these ancients would have plenty of opportunities to learn alchemy, but Feng Lin who was someone from the future, only had this single opportunity.

The mental gene gave a boost to his mental capabilities, granting him an extraordinary memory. He would be able to remember everything he had seen with just a single glance.

Feng Lin gradually grew clearer about the origins of alchemy.

So it turned out that in the Ancient Era, there were many schools of thought for alchemy. This group of people before his eyes were all from the same sect. It was called Furnace Immortal Sect and the key trick to their cultivation arts could be summarized into four phrases.

Heaven and Earth as the furnace, fate as the worker. Yin and Yang as the charcoal fire, the multitude of lives as the ingredients!

These four simple words shouldn't be looked down upon! They contained a supreme profound truth within them, a heroic spirit that could envelop every living thing in the world.

Just from these words, he could tell how imposing the spirit of this sect was—majestic to the extreme!

And at that time, the Furnace Immortal Sect was also considered one of the most famous pill concoction immortal sects. Because it was stationed on Yinghuo Planet, its fame spread through the cultivation world.

Feng Lin's heart thumped. Wasn't Yinghuo Planet how Mars was referred to in the ancient myths and legends?

In the ancient starry skies, Mars was a brilliant red star that attracted the attention of everyone. Because of how bright it was in the night sky, gleamingly brilliant and also because of how its position was constantly changing which caused people to be confused, it was given the name of Yinghuo Planet.

In ancient chinese astrology, the moment the Yinghuo Planet appeared in the night sky, it was a symbol that great chaos would soon occur in the world. It was known as an ominous star.

Feng Lin didn't expect that in the Ancient Era, there were actually sects stationed on Mars.

Doesn't this mean that in the ancient cultivation world, humans were already able to break past the restriction of Earth and wander the galaxy?

Feng Lin felt that he was looking at an ancient truth, but this truth was still shrouded in fog. He wasn't able to see clearly or speculate on anything.

There were myths and legends saying that in ancient times, humans were able to soar through the sky and fly to other worlds. Were the stories trying to say that humans could already wander through the universe then?

Did humanity have a different civilization in the past? One so brilliant and advanced that they could already leave the solar system?!

But why did it eventually decline?

...

Feng Lin's imagination soared wildly. He was thinking that everything in the mysterious mythological era was beyond their current understanding. He felt that everything was possible.

But it was useless to overthink things now. He temporarily let go of his puzzlement and continued to pay attention to the lecture.

The old man continued to explain, ”Our Furnace Immortal Sect has a total of 483 pill concoction methods. Out of them, 365 are low-graded techniques that correspond to 365 days in a year. There are also 72 mid-grade techniques that correspond to the 72 earthly fiends. The other 36 high-grade techniques correspond to the 36 heavenly dippers. Above high-grade techniques are the saint-grade ones. There are a total of 9 saint-grade techniques which correspond to the nine palaces. And above saint-grade pill concoction techniques is the immortal-grade. Our sect only has a single immortal-grade pill concoction technique and its name is...Furnace Alchemy Art! This technique enables the user to use heaven and earth as the furnace, capable of refining everything in the world to extract their essence. The master of this technique can refine an immortal pill that would allow one to become an immortal and soar through the skies!...”

The old man explained things very clearly, telling the origins of the Furnace Immortal Sect and the theory of the more basic pill concoction techniques while providing a detailed analysis of them. Feng Lin was completely enthralled.

However, those disciples seating below the old man had looks of puzzlement on their faces as they mumbled, talking to each other.

”How strange! Why would esteemed teacher explain the common knowledge of the sect so detailedly today? We all already knew about this before we enter the sect.”

”That's right. Esteemed teacher's cultivation allows him to even see through fate. It's impossible for him to forget that we already know of this.”

”He shouldn't be going through all of these again!”

...

Upon seeing that the old man continued in this vein for half a day, there was finally a student who couldn't bear it any longer.

A handsome male student stood out. His face had a puzzled look on it as he respectfully asked, ”Esteemed teacher, you have already told us the origins of our sect and explained these basic pill concoction techniques to us long ago. Why are you telling us all of this again today?”

The old man smiled a mysterious smile. ”Today is different from the past. Today, the number of people attending the lecture is a total of eighty-one, a product of nine upon nine. Although all of you have heard this before, that 'one' person doesn't know about it yet. This is why I'm speaking of this again today.”

As his words rang out, some of the disciples started to discuss with each other, glancing about left and right.

The puzzled look on the handsome male student's face didn't vanish, and his confusion increased instead. ”Esteemed teacher, there are only eighty people here on the field. Where did the extra 'one' person come from?”

He emphasized the word 'one'.

The old man with the air of immortality smiled as he folded incantations gestures as though he had already seen through everything. ”That person is not among you. He is in an indescribable place. I don't know his origins or how he would choose to walk his future path!”

The speculations of the disciples increased as they didn't know what the old man meant by this.

Only the puzzled look on the handsome male face student had vanished as though he understood somewhat.

Thunderous explosions went off in Feng Lin's mind as his thoughts became blank.

That old man merely smiled and didn't say anything. His eyes seemed capable of seeing through the vast river of time, reaching through millions of years, slowly staring at Feng Lin.