Returning to his room in the "Inner Immortal Courtyard," Fang Han closed all the doors tightly, sat cross-legged in the alchemy room, and began to cultivate his spirit. His original room was in the "Sleeping Immortal Courtyard," but there was no luggage in there, and he didn't need to go pack; all his important belongings had been tossed into the Yellow Spring Picture.
The Yellow Spring Picture contained a massive hidden space, large enough to hold a mountain.
The rooms in this "Inner Immortal Courtyard" were different from those in the Sleeping Immortal Courtyard. They were built entirely of pure white stone—tall, spacious, deep, and fresh, resembling an immortal's cave dwelling. Especially since every room was fully enclosed; as long as the massive stone doors were closed, no one could disturb him.
The rooms were connected one by one. There were bookshelves, an alchemy room, and a spring water pool. Atop the tall roof of the house, dazzling luminous pearls were embedded.
These bright pearls were not night-luminescent pearls, but spiritual light pearls that could absorb the light of the sun, moon, and stars to store it, emitting a soft radiance at night.
Fang Han even saw in the alchemy room an alchemy cauldron taller than a person with a bulging belly. The outside of this cauldron was carved with many flame talismans, and beside the cauldron were various spring water eyes.
This was something outer court disciples could never enjoy.
The alchemy room.
That massive alchemy cauldron was neither of gold nor iron, neither of stone nor jade. Although it was not a spirited weapon, it was an excellent dharma artifact. It could be used to refine weapons and medicinal materials.
Most importantly, the room was extremely quiet and clean.
In fact, for the inner court disciples' own housing, independent cultivation was very important. No disciple could trespass into another's cultivation area without permission; otherwise, the sect rules were extremely severe, ranging from being sent to the Yuhua Sect's mines in various places to dig ore as hard labor for several months, to being sent to the gardens to plant rice, tend medicinal fields, and work as a farmer.
Therefore, when Fang Han cultivated, he chose to do beside the alchemy cauldron. He felt that beside this alchemy cauldron was truly a superior holy ground for cultivation.
"Beneath this alchemy cauldron lies a connection to earth fire, and above is a crystal dharma artifact that can condense the true fire of the sun. You can adjsut the size of the two types of flames from heaven and earth according to your own will, to refine various things. However, you do not know how to refine artifacts, the combination of various metals, or the primary and auxiliary coordination of medicines… But, you can use this alchemy cauldron to single-mindedly temper your body!"
"Use it to temper the body? How to exercise?"
Fang Han was stunned.
"You jump in yourself and treat yourself as an elixir to be refined, just that you need to control the heat well. Who says an alchemy cauldron can only refine elixirs and flying swords? Many senior experts temper their spirit and refine their flesh within alchemy cauldrons. The inner court disciples of the Yuhua Sect definitely have this kind of method, it's just that you haven't learned it yet. However, I know a method from the Yellow Spring Sect for tempering the spirit and flesh in an alchemy cauldron, called the Yama Golden Body. Cultivating the way you are now, even with elixirs, won't be very fast, nor can it achieve the effect of highly refining the spirit and flesh. You have to change to another cultivation method."
"Yan" said coldly. It knew of Fang Han and Hua Tiandu's ten-year agreement and understood that the matter was extremely urgent. Originally, even with the assistance of the Heavenly Devil elixir, it would take Fang Han one to three years to step into the Divine Ability Realm. Now it seemed they had to speed up.
Because even if he broke through to the Divine Ability Realm, in Hua Tiandu's eyes, he would still be just a small shrimp.
"Yama Golden Body?"
Listening to "Yan's" tone, Fang Han knew that the cultivation method for this "Yama Golden Body" was definitely extremely difficult to practice.
"To cultivate the Yama Golden Body, you need to endure the most cruel pain in the world. Can you bear it? The first step of cultivation can greatly enhance your spirit and flesh, but to truly successfully practice the Yama Golden Body, you must cultivate to the tenth level of the Divine Ability Realm, the stage of defying the heavens and changing fate," Yan asked.
"Whatever moves you have, just use them. I will cultivate according to your method." Fang Han was decisive and straightforward, too lazy to be wordy.
"Good." Seeing Fang Han like this, Yan couldn't say much. Suddenly, from within the Yellow Spring Picture, it waved its claw, and immediately a surge of magic power poured out, popping open the lid of that cauldron that was as tall as one or two people.
Gurgle gurgle, gurgle gurgle, a rapid stream rushed out from the Yellow Spring Picture and poured into the alchemy cauldron. Subsequently, raging flames ignited beneath the cauldron, while at the very top of the cauldron, a beam of sunlight poured down like flowing gold, shooting into several fire-entry points on the cauldron's belly.
In a short while, the Holy Water of the Yellow Spring in the cauldron began to emit steam.
"Yan" let out a loud roar, and eighteen Blood Pills, along with eighteen Great Biluo Pills, all flew into the boiling Holy Water of the Yellow Spring in the cauldron. Instantly, that holy water emitted a peculiar fragrance.
"Eighteen hells, eighteen kinds of suffering, Fang Han, jump in! Jump into the water! Temper your spirit and flesh within it, suffer all kinds of tribulations, but you must firmly remember these two incantations: 'Peaceful and enduring, unmoving like the great earth! Still in contemplation, profound and deep like a secret treasury!' No matter how much pain you endure, you must remain peaceful, enduring, unmoving, still in contemplation, profound and deep. Otherwise, if your spirit scatters, you are finished. You will be boiled until your skin splits and flesh tears, becoming rotten pork."
Yan shouted towards the alchemy cauldron that was like a boiling pot.
"Let me go in and be boiled?"
Only then did Fang Han know how this "Yama Golden Body" was refined—putting a living person into boiling water to boil! Even an expert of the Divine Ability Realm would die! After all, it was a physical body.
"This is the Holy Water of the Yellow Spring, different from other mortal waters." Yan said: "Only the Holy Water of the Yellow Spring can cultivate the Yama Golden Body; no other water will do. However, after you jump in, the pain will be the same, even more intense, equivalent to boiling a person alive. This kind of pain is called descending into the oil cauldron. Precisely because of this, back in the day, not many disciples of our Yellow Spring Sect chose to practice this method. Because once you can't endure it, all your martial art skills will be ruined, and your life will be in danger. Have you thought it through, will you jump or not? I will control the heat for you and boil you properly."
"Descending into the oil cauldron? I really want to try it."
Fang Han gritted his teeth, stripped off his clothes, curled his whole body up, first circulated the vitality and blood around his body, closed his eyes, and using the posture of a carp leaping over the dragon gate, viciously shuttled toward the inside of the alchemy cauldron. Splash, he fell into it, splashing up a wake of water and steam.
And as he leaped in, the Yellow Spring Picture that had originally become a tattoo on his body flew up and remained outside the alchemy cauldron.
Yan emerged from the picture, saw that Fang Han had leaped in, and waving its claw again, the alchemy cauldron's lid slammed shut fiercely, sealing tightly and completely enclosing Fang Han within the cauldron.
"So hot… I can't take it! But I still have to endure! If it is painful, I will endure it! This is what's called cultivation. Those soft and weak cultivations from before were too lukewarm; this is explosive. This is true strong medicine. Good, very good! Extremely good!" At this moment, Fang Han truly found the pain unbearable! His body was completely immersed in boiling water, surrounded by pervasive steam. The Holy Water of the Yellow Spring was completely boiled by the fire, scalding every pore on his entire body as if on fire, intensely agonizing. He had never imagined that such pain existed in the world.
A person, being boiled alive in boiling water!