Above the Great Dao

Chapter 1245 582: Post-processing Immortals_2

Chen Shi's heart stirred slightly, "Could it be... West Ox New Continent is also my Daoist Field?"

He was a bit unsure. The Dao Realm is a Harmonization Land, a small world for immortals. Harmonization Land can only be one place, this is common knowledge among cultivators. If West Ox New Continent is also his Harmonization Land, doesn't that mean he has two Harmonization Lands?

"But if it's not West Ox New Continent, where does this Dao Power come from? It seems my other Dao Realm is indeed West Ox New Continent!"

Chen Shi's gaze flickered, wanting very much to return to West Ox New Continent to see if there had been any changes there.

Zhong Lin stepped forward and bowed, saying, "Zhong Lin is grateful to you, Daoist, for sparing my life."

Chen Shi smiled and said, "No need to be polite, Daoist Zhong. We work together to face the current predicament. You covered my back, and as you have given me wood, I shall return jade to you."

Zhong Lin's expression was uncertain, caught in a dilemma about whether to report that Chen Shi is a Golden Immortal.

"He saved my life, but how can I act on personal feelings? Wouldn't that be unfaithful to the Heavenly Dao's nurturing? But then again, Daoist Chen doesn't seem like a full Golden Immortal; he has the Golden Immortal Realm but lacks the Golden Immortal's Magical Power."

Zhong Lin thought, "Moreover, there are other peculiarities about him, such as the increasingly intense Heavenly Dao aura around him, and every move and strike of his when he uses the Primordial Sword Scripture bears the comprehension of the Heavenly Dao... I'll observe him for a while longer and decide after unraveling the mystery around him!"

He made a decision and felt a wave of relief.

The Black Pot came forward, patting him on the shoulder. Zhong Lin met the gaze of the Black Pot and this time did not resist its consciousness.

After a moment, Zhong Lin shielded the Black Pot's consciousness again, thinking, "It talks too much."

After resolving the "misunderstanding" with Chen Shi, Wu Guanyun immediately organized the Fire Camp, treated the wounded, and admonished everyone not to divulge today's events.

He repeatedly reminded them to treat Chen Shi as usual and not to expose Chen Shi's identity, and also had them take an oath on their Tribulation.

This curse was an oath to the Tribulation. If they broke the oath, they would face Tribulation during the Opening Tribulation, with a significant chance of falling in the Tribulation.

The immortals of the Fire Camp solemnly took the curse.

The immortals had just made their vows when a few strange people appeared outside. These people were dressed entirely in dark black clothes, black shoes, black belts, black sashes, their faces covered with black hoods, only their two pitch-black eyes exposed.

Each carried a wooden box, passing by everyone and heading towards the large three-legged furnaces.

Chen Shi looked and saw these black-clad people open the boxes, and out jumped a group of big-headed, small-bodied people, dressed in yellow clothes, almost identical, with unruly hair, speaking incomprehensible gibberish, holding various measuring tools, measuring the three-legged furnaces.

There were many of them, continuously flowing out of the boxes, quickly covering the surface of the furnaces, with some running onto the chains, measuring their dimensions.

Some fearless ones pulled out large iron hammers, striking the furnaces forcefully, causing the hidden Dao Patterns within the furnaces to appear. Many big-headed little people were knocked flying, some even dying from the impact. Others rushed over, kneeling by the corpses, wailing loudly, while others quickly brought coffins, wiped clean the blood, tidied the remains, and laid the dead to rest.

More big-headed little people carried the coffins and jumped back into the boxes, presumably for burial.

Meanwhile, other little people took the opportunity to copy the Dao Patterns on the three-legged furnaces.

Chen Shi and the others were stunned, watching as tens of thousands of disheveled big-headed little people crawled out of the wooden boxes, bustling around, quickly measuring the Demon Refining Cauldron's dimensions, proportions, and surface Dao Patterns.

The big-headed little people lined up orderly and jumped back into the boxes, disappearing from sight.

Then came the sound of metalwork from within the boxes, along with the whoosh of bellows.

Chen Shi was increasingly curious about the boxes, quietly moving closer, craning his neck to look inside.

The eyes of the black-clad immortals flashed with cold light, exuding a trace of murderous intent. Wu Guanyun quickly stepped forward, pulling Chen Shi back, whispering, "Young master...Daoist Chen, they are not on our side; they are post-processing immortals sent from above. If we pry into their secrets, they might 'post-process' us as well."

Chen Shi was chilled by the intent of the black-clad immortals, knowing that their cultivation abilities were extraordinary, beyond his capabilities, so he did not act rashly.

In a hurried glimpse, he only saw that inside the not-so-large box, there was the sun, moon, and universe, along with volcanoes spewing lava, resembling a complete world.

Thousands upon thousands of big-headed little people were by those volcanoes, setting up furnaces, smelting minerals, and many little people pushed small mine carts, transporting minerals, while others vigorously worked the bellows, and many others swung large hammers, forging something with great effort.

"The world within this box must be the Dao Realm of these post-processing immortals!"

Chen Shi realized, thinking, "And these big-headed little people are the creatures raised by the post-processing immortals, adept at cleaning, surveying, forging, and other affairs. The post-processing immortals rely on them for post-processing, cleaning up corpses, and erasing traces."

Each box was a small world, all living beings within the small world worked for the post-processing immortals with high efficiency, a spectacle indeed.

While Chen Shi was marveling, a head of a chain emerged from the box, followed by many yellow-clad little people climbing out, exerting themselves to drag chains out of the boxes.

Soon, chains were also dragged out from other boxes.

A moment later, a three-legged furnace flew out of the box, landing with a clang, almost identical to those in the Three Pure Ones Demon Refining Well!

"Dangdangdang!"

One after another, three-legged furnaces flew out of the box, those yellow-clad little people also crawled out, severing the chains of the Three Pure Ones Demon Refining Well, replacing them with the chains they had forged, attaching them to the newly-made three-legged furnaces.

They lifted the three-legged furnaces that suppressed great demons, successively stored them in the boxes, leaving their own forged chains and furnaces behind.

Tens of thousands of yellow-clad little people tidied the traces of battle on the walls of the Demon Refining Well, swiftly cleaning the area and arranging various rocks to make it look as if there had been no battle here.

After finishing these tasks, they each jumped back into the boxes, and the last yellow-clad little person raised a hand to close the box with a click, the box closing with a snap.

The black-clad, masked post-processing immortals remained silent, each lifting a box and turning to leave.

From the time they entered the Three Pure Ones Demon Refining Well to their departure, only about an hour had passed.

The post-processing immortals cleaned everything thoroughly, making it look like no battle had occurred here, and the traces left by Wu Guanyun and Chen Shi cutting the chains were also cleaned, turned into traces left by other spells.

Their imitation Demon Refining Cauldrons were almost indistinguishable, except for direct inspection, showing no flaws.

Chen Shi watched these post-processing immortals leave, silently thinking, "They took away the Demon Refining Cauldrons that suppress the great demons; surely, they have ulterior motives. If they release the great demons in the Heavenly Court..."

He involuntarily shivered, as even one great demon could assault the Heavenly Court and shatter the Heavenly Dao Treasure Heavenly Mechanism Strategy. If hundreds of great demons were released together, what a terrifying scene it would be!

The mysterious immortal organization behind Wu Guanyun, with its immense scale and power, made him shudder.

And the master of the Heavenly Venerate, the owner of the Great Wilderness Ming Dao Collection, was the leader of this organization.

They hid in the shadows, wielding tremendous power, biding their time to overthrow the current Hao Tian Heavenly Court!

"Daoist Chen, we should return to the Heavenly Court to report."

Wu Guanyun interrupted his drifting thoughts, raising a hand to invite, smiling, "This way please."