Rebirth of the Supreme Immortal Emperor-Chapter 1194 - 1191: Golden Cauldron City
Eight thousand miles away from Tianyang City, there is a mountain!
Atop the mountain, a black cloud shrouds it all day long.
Hence the name, Black Cloud Mountain!
The headquarters of the old Golden Level sect, Black Cloud Sect, is situated atop this mountain.
On this day, Black Cloud Sect remained under the black cloud, as usual.
However, a sudden alarm came from the great hall where the soul tokens were placed.
"Not good, the soul tokens of Elder Du Huoyang and his disciple Tianye are all shattered!"
A shattered soul token means death! 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎
This incident, like a giant stone, was suddenly thrown into the calm and ripple-free pool of Black Cloud Sect, stirring up a huge commotion.
The emergency bell rang in the main hall for assembling the elders of each peak, like rain hitting banana leaves, sounding urgently.
Once all the elders gathered in the main hall, Sect Master Hei Bulin was already seated at the head position.
On the left and right below him were Vice Sect Master Zhao Ang and Chief Disciple Baili Jiang, respectively.
"Greetings, Sect Master!"
Each elder stepped forward to pay their respects.
Hei Bulin nodded slightly as a return greeting.
Then, he spoke: "Everyone, the news about the shattering of the soul tokens of Junior Brother Du Huoyang and his direct disciple Tianye, I assume you all have heard it?"
The elders exchanged glances, their expressions solemn and serious.
Hei Bulin looked around at everyone again and asked, "What are your thoughts on this?"
The first to speak was Vice Sect Master Zhao Ang.
"Sect Master, Senior Brother Du is a late-stage Nascent Soul expert, and his disciple Tianye has also reached Half Nascent Soul cultivation. To kill them, one would need at least two late-stage Nascent Soul experts."
"But as far as I know, the strongest cultivator in Tianyang City, where Senior Brother Du went, is City Lord Pu Yinglong, who is only at the Nascent Soul middle stage. Moreover, he has always been on good terms with Senior Brother Du, and his son Pu Yanqing has even been taken in as a disciple by him."
"Logically speaking, Senior Brother Du’s journey should have gone smoothly. But now, he has suddenly met with disaster; indeed, this is very strange!"
Before Zhao Ang could finish speaking, Second Elder Zhu Jun, in charge of enforcement, continued, "Sect Master, no matter what, Senior Brother Du Huoyang was our Black Cloud Sect’s Great Elder; now he has died unjustly, this vengeance, Black Cloud Sect must definitely pursue!"
"Yes, we must avenge him. We wish to volunteer to go to Tianyang City to investigate the truth about Senior Brother Du’s demise!"
Other elders were equally filled with indignation and all actively volunteered.
...
Hei Bulin pondered for a long time, looking at Vice Sect Master Zhao Ang and his direct disciple Baili Jiang.
"Junior Brother Zhao, Baili, you two will handle this!"
Zhao Ang and Baili Jiang both stood up in succession, bowed their hands to Hei Bulin on the throne, indicating that they would go all out and not fail in their mission.
Just as they were about to leave, Hei Bulin suddenly called again.
"By the way, in seven days, there’s an auction at Golden Cauldron Sect. I hear a treasure map from Beichen Emperor Cave will be revealed; you two can also drop by to gather information!"
...
After eliminating Du Huoyang and Pu Yinglong, Li Chen and Ji Lingling left Tianyang City together.
Li Chen asked Ji Lingling what her plans were now that her revenge had been fulfilled.
Ji Lingling vowed to follow Li Chen to the end, never leaving his side in this life.
Li Chen was speechless, but couldn’t get rid of her.
Moreover, seeing Ji Lingling’s possession of Abnormal Fire and her potential in alchemy, he considered teaching her alchemy.
But before that, he was intent on producing Spirit Refining Pills to cleanse and refine her bones, and temper her Divine Soul.
However, he didn’t have any spiritual materials on hand to make pills; he needed to find workshops to purchase them.
Upon hearing Li Chen intended to buy spiritual materials, Ji Lingling informed him that, three thousand miles away, lay Golden Cauldron City, the headquarters of Golden Cauldron Sect.
Unlike other traditional sects which prioritize cultivation and run workshops as a sideline, Golden Cauldron Sect does the opposite, which has allowed their business to flourish across Greedy Wolf Star.
In terms of overall strength among the Golden Level sects, Golden Cauldron Sect doesn’t rank in the top ten.
But their wealth stands out alone.
On Greedy Wolf Star, apart from the nine Holy Sects, Golden Cauldron Sect is the wealthiest.
Three thousand miles is barely half a day’s journey for Li Chen and Ji Lingling.
By that afternoon, they arrived at Golden Cauldron City.
The scale of Golden Cauldron City far surpasses Tianyang City and Red Sun City. Its splendor is incomparable to these two cities.
If Tianyang City and Red Sun City are like two ordinary prefecture-level cities in Huaxia, then Golden Cauldron City’s splendor rivals even that of Shanghai, or perhaps exceeds it.
Other factors aside, a giant golden cauldron built entirely from pure gold, standing eighty-one zhang tall and thirty-six zhang wide atop the city, is incomparable.
Additionally, Li Chen noticed a massive defensive barrier covering the entire city in the air above its walls.
Such a scale of city protection barrier likely stems from the hands of a Divinity Transformation expert.
Clearly, the foundation of Golden Cauldron City is truly terrifying. Even though they don’t have a Divinity Transformation expert stationed in the sect, they can at least afford to invite one!
It’s known that even offering a Divinity Transformation expert a mountain of gold wouldn’t attract them unless there were irresistible treasures involved.
"Wow, Golden Cauldron City is magnificent!"
Ji Lingling, shocked by the towering city before her, starred in awe and exclaimed.
It’s akin to a country girl who’s never entered a city, seeing provincial city splendor for the first time.
After a strand of exclamations, she sneakily glanced at Li Chen from the corner of her eye.
Yet found his expression remained calm and composed, undisturbed by the spectacle.
As if cities like Golden Cauldron City were ordinary scenes he’s long been used to.
And indeed, that was the case!
He’s visited places a thousand million times more magnificent than Golden Cauldron City, so this little Golden Cauldron City is truly beneath his sight.
"Let’s go, into the city!"
After tossing this sentence, Li Chen swaggered into the city.
Seeing Li Chen had gone far, Ji Lingling quickly pursued him.
"Young master, don’t walk so fast, wait for me!"
After entering the city, Li Chen headed straight to the central area.
There stood a towering pavilion shaped like a golden cauldron, reaching into the Nine Heavens Cloud.
At its very top hung a golden plaque.
A dragon soared on the left, a hundred birds revered the phoenix on the right, and in the middle, three large gilded characters of dynamic strokes read.
Golden Cauldron Hall!
This is the directly administered hall under the headquarters of Golden Cauldron Sect, inside resplendent with grandeur.
Li Chen strode briskly inside, directly expressing his intention to purchase spiritual materials.
He needed a total of forty-nine kinds of precious spiritual materials, but the Golden Cauldron Hall had only forty-eight, lacking the most crucial one—Phoenix Flame Grass.
Phoenix Flame Grass grows where the Divine Bird Phoenix undergoes fiery rebirth.
Yet, Divine Bird Phoenixes are extremely rare, undergoing rebirth only once every thousand years.
Therefore, Phoenix Flame Grass is exceptionally rare, existing only in theory rather than in the market.
The lack at Golden Cauldron Hall was hardly surprising.
The steward of Golden Cauldron Hall, seeing Li Chen spend lavishly, smiling warmly, said: "This fellow Taoist, in three days, our Golden Cauldron Sect will host its annual grand auction!"
"By then, treasures from all over Greedy Wolf Star will gather here, perhaps amongst them will be the Phoenix Flame Grass you seek. You can spare the time to take a look if you want!"
