Chapter 1: Refining the Demon Furnace

  The sun was shining brightly, and it happened to be the weekend, so there were many people out and about, having fun. The antique market in the city center was particularly lively, packed with people of all shapes and sizes. Some had come to buy goods, others to sell them, but most were just there to enjoy the commotion.

  The antique market is a mixed bag, with genuine goods alongside fakes. If you're not an expert, it's easy to end up buying a fake. Nevertheless, this doesn't dampen the enthusiasm of those who come to dig for treasure. Among them are some who aren't here to buy anything, but just to have fun and browse - these are the so-called "window shoppers", who take a look and then leave without spending any money.

  Zhang Feiyang was one of the onlookers, a college student who loved collecting ancient coins and other antiques. Most of the things he collected were fakes, but he just liked them that way. Even if he knew they were fake, as long as they looked authentic and he really liked them, he would still buy them to play with.

  Now, Zhang Feiyang took out 500 yuan and bought a finely crafted pure copper stove. The boss who sold the stove initially asked for 3,000 yuan, but Zhang Feiyang pointed out that the stove looked brand new, shining brightly under the light, and was obviously made in modern times. The boss had no choice but to shout out 500 yuan and sell it to Zhang Feiyang.

  This stove was like a censer, only as big as an ordinary rice bowl, made of pure copper, with relatively fine workmanship. The furnace wall was engraved with the five ancient Chinese characters "gold", "wood", "water", "fire" and "earth". The rest of the position was carved with strange flower patterns. Zhang Feiyang knew it was a fake, but he was attracted by the pattern on the stove wall and liked it at once. He asked the boss where it came from, and the boss just said that it was collected from elsewhere, and didn't know anything else.

  Zhang Feiyang brought the copper stove back to his rented house, placed it on the table, and carefully admired it. The more he looked at it, the more he liked it, and his hands couldn't stop caressing it. Suddenly, he felt hungry, and there was almost no food left in the house, only a basket of apples remained. Zhang Feiyang took out a fruit knife to peel an apple, but when he looked down, he found that the trash can was gone.

  "Damn, the trash can broke yesterday and I forgot to buy a new one when I went out today. It's all because this copper stove is too good-looking, I was in a hurry to bring it home and forgot to buy a trash can... No choice, I'll just use this copper stove as a temporary trash can!"

  Zhang Feiyang was born with a carefree nature, not bound by trivial matters. Although he understood worldly etiquette and the like, he wouldn't rigidly adhere to them. He believed in doing things in the most convenient way possible. So, with an apple in one hand and a fruit knife in the other, he slowly began to peel it.

  Perhaps the copper stove was too new, and the edge of the copper stove suddenly flashed a light that directly shot into Zhang Feiyang's eyes. In the time it took Zhang Feiyang to blink his eyes, the fruit knife in his hand accidentally cut a small wound on his finger, and fresh blood immediately dripped out, coincidentally dripping into the copper stove.

  "Oh no! It's bleeding!"

  Zhang Fei Yang quickly sucked his finger with his mouth, fortunately the wound was not big, and the bleeding stopped immediately.

  Just as Zhang Fei was secretly calling for bad luck, a strange phenomenon occurred.

  The copper furnace suddenly emitted a brilliant golden light, illuminating the entire room with a dazzling splendor, and there seemed to be a faint humming noise coming from all around.

  A strange voice followed: "After thousands of years, I have finally been reborn, haha! Blood fusion, blood fusion!"

  "What happened?!"

  Intense golden light dazzled the eyes, Zhang Feiyang immediately closed his eyes tightly, only to hear that strange voice laughing loudly in his ears. Just as he was shocked in his heart, a dozen or so golden hands made of light stretched out from the copper furnace, grasping every part of Zhang Feiyang's body and pulling him into the furnace with force.

  "Oh no! Don't pull it! It hurts!"

  Zhang Feiyang let out a mournful cry, his body and the golden light quickly disappearing into the copper furnace, which also shook violently on the table before vanishing into thin air.

  This is how things happened, to put it bluntly, Zhang Feiyang and Tonglu crossed over together. Where did they cross over to? A world of cultivating immortals, this world was full of demonic beasts, humans in this world relied on their weak bodies and were unable to contend with the demonic beasts, so they invented a method for strengthening their bodies, cultivating immortals. After cultivating to a certain level, one could swallow clouds and spit out fog, live forever and never die, and eliminating demonic beasts was not even a problem.

  This world is called Divine Land of Vast Territory.

  At this time, Zhang Feiyang had just crossed over and was sitting in a forest, staring blankly at the copper stove in the emerald grass. It was this copper stove that brought him to the divine land of Shenzhou. As for how he knew this place was Shenzhou, it was from the mouth of a small god beast standing beside the copper stove.

  That little divine beast was about the size of a copper stove, its whole body yellow like an orange, with two long horns growing on top of its big head, like two braids. Its round and plump big head and body were tightly connected together, seemingly without a neck. Its hands and feet were very short but very sturdy, the little divine beast looked very cute, but Zhang Fei Yang knew that this lovely little divine beast was actually a thousand-year-old demon.

  The little divine beast's name was Bai Lian Yao Zun, the soul of this copper furnace, also known as the spirit of the artifact. And this copper furnace wasn't an ordinary one, but a supreme artifact from the Divine Land Wotu: the Tian Di Feng Yun Lian Yao Furnace. The name was very domineering, Zhang Fei Yang directly called it the Lian Yao Furnace, and even directly called Bai Lian Yao Zun "Orange". Regarding this, Bai Lian Yao Zun was very angry, but also had no way to deal with it, because returning to the Divine Land Wotu had consumed almost all of its magical powers, and for now, it couldn't do anything to Zhang Fei Yang.

  This article is from "Wikipedia".