Invincible Divine Sword

Chapter 278: 278

Over ten thousand years ago, Celestial Burial Academy obtained the Heavenly Buddha Cauldron.

The Heavenly Buddha Cauldron was used for alchemy by the Ancient Thousand Buddhas Medicine God.

The Thousand Buddha Medicine God was the first Medicine God of the Buddha Source Empire and the strongest among the three Medicine Gods of the Empire, as well as the one with the highest alchemy level.

The value of his Heavenly Buddha Cauldron was, as one might imagine, immense.

However, this very Heavenly Buddha Cauldron was encased in Purple Cold Ice.

Purple Cold Ice was the most terrifying ice in Heaven and Earth; the longer it existed, the more astonishing was its capacity to devour the chill of Heaven and Earth. Celestial Burial Academy had tried every possible method but couldn’t melt the Purple Cold Ice.

If the Purple Cold Ice could not be melted, then the Heavenly Buddha Cauldron was useless, nothing more than a scrap cauldron.

Therefore, Celestial Burial Academy issued a task: if anyone could melt the Purple Cold Ice, not only would they keep the elixir within the Heavenly Buddha Cauldron, but they would also receive a reward of ten thousand contribution points.

Yang Xiaotian planned to take on this task of the Heavenly Buddha Cauldron.

“What, you want to take on the Heavenly Buddha Cauldron task!” The steward managing tasks was so surprised upon hearing Yang Xiaotian wanted to accept the Heavenly Buddha Cauldron task that he raised his voice quite a bit, instantly drawing the attention of all the students in the great hall.

“Who is this kid? He actually dares to take on the Heavenly Buddha Cauldron task!”

“It’s been several hundred years, hasn’t it? No one has dared to take the Heavenly Buddha Cauldron task for ages!”

There was a sudden buzz of discussion in the great hall.

At that moment, Xiao Qiang also arrived at the Mission Hall. Seeing Yang Xiaotian accept the Heavenly Buddha Cauldron task, he laughed to the others, “I know this kid; he just came in through the Heaven-Penetrating Stele test. However, his talent value is just one hundred and one.”

“A piece of trash with a talent value just over one hundred dares to accept the Heavenly Buddha Cauldron task, it’s simply laughable!” Right then, a domineering and arrogant voice sounded.

Everybody looked and saw a tall youth walking in from outside.

The youth had two horns on his head and an exceptional aura, with an intimidating might of a Demon God, making him a fearsome sight to behold.

Seeing the young man, many experts in the great hall changed expressions, including Zuo Qiu.

“It’s Senior Brother He Zhen!”

“Senior Brother He Zhen!”

Many students in the great hall bowed with faces full of awe.

“Senior Brother He Zhen is born with the body of a Demon God!” Fearing that Yang Xiaotian would offend He Zhen, Zuo Qiu quickly said, “His talent test value is over two thousand, surpassing even Senior Sister Mu Yunchun.”

A talent value measured by the Heaven-Penetrating Stele that exceeds one thousand is extraordinarily monstrous.

Yet He Zhen’s talent value reached over two thousand, which was startlingly impressive and powerful!

“Moreover, he’s from the He Family of the Eastern Desolate!” Zuo Qiu added.

The Eastern Desolate He Family!

It was definitely one of the strongest and most ancient families in the Buddha Source Empire.

Yang Xiaotian ignored everyone and said to the steward managing tasks, “The academy hasn’t stipulated that students with a talent value of one hundred cannot accept the Heavenly Buddha Cauldron task, has it?”

“That’s not the case.” The steward looked Yang Xiaotian up and down, “You’d better think it through; to accept the millennial task, one must pay one million gold, and if it can’t be completed, the one million gold cannot be returned, and no other tasks can be accepted within a year.”

Previously, many students, simply out of curiosity to see the legendary Heavenly Buddha Cauldron, would recklessly accept the task, which is why the academy set a one million gold fee to undertake the millennial task.

Of course, if one actually completed the task, the academy would refund ten million gold.

Without another word, Yang Xiaotian handed over one million gold to the steward and then accepted the Heavenly Buddha Cauldron task.

Seeing that Yang Xiaotian still took the Heavenly Buddha Cauldron task, He Zhen snorted coldly, “Overestimating one’s abilities, ignorant of life and death!”

In the past, there were students who took the Heavenly Buddha Cauldron task and not only failed to melt the Purple Cold Ice within the cauldron but were invaded by the chilling aura of the Purple Cold Ice and ended up frozen like a dead chicken.

In He Zhen’s eyes, Yang Xiaotian would undoubtedly end up frozen like a dead chicken as well.

Following that, the task steward led Yang Xiaotian to the Medicine Hall where the Heavenly Buddha Cauldron was kept.

Seeing this, the crowd followed suit.

Mu Yunchun also followed.

She was curious as well, wondering if the abnormal fire within the youth was indeed one of the top hundred.

Upon seeing Mu Yunchun follow, He Zhen couldn’t help but speak, “Junior Sister Mu, is there anything worth seeing here? In a moment, this kid will definitely be frozen into a dead chicken by the Purple Cold Ice.”

However, Mu Yunchun ignored He Zhen and continued to follow suit.

He Zhen, watching Mu Yunchun’s captivating figure, felt a surge of heat in his eyes and followed as well.

Before long, Yang Xiaotian and the others arrived at the Medicine Hall where the Heavenly Buddha Cauldron was placed, and the task steward opened the door to the cauldron.

The Medicine Hall was spacious, with a golden Cauldron Furnace placed in the center.

However, this Cauldron was completely covered in a layer of purple ice.

Affected by the cold air of the Purple Cold Ice, the entire Medicine Cauldron looked like an ice cellar that had stood for ten thousand years.

Even some of the weaker students, just by approaching the door to the Medicine Hall, were shivering from the cold.

As Yang Xiaotian entered the Medicine Hall, he felt a bone-chilling cold. As he approached the Cauldron Furnace, his hands and feet stiffened from the cold, and he had to circulate his True Yuan to feel slightly better.

Even so, when he reached the front of the Heavenly Buddha Cauldron, the blood in his body was nearly frozen solid.

Now, Yang Xiaotian’s True Dragon Tyrant Body had reached completion, but even that couldn’t withstand the chill of the Purple Cold Aura, let alone the other students. After entering the hall, they dared only to watch from afar.

“He managed to walk up to the Heavenly Buddha Cauldron, it seems he has some skills,” said a family expert who came with He Zhen.

He Zhen sneered, “Just walking up to the Heavenly Buddha Cauldron is nothing special. Many students in the academy can do that. If he dares to touch the Heavenly Buddha Cauldron, the Purple Cold Ice’s frigid air will burst out like a tsunami and instantly engulf and devour him!”

“I don’t believe he would really dare to place his hand on the Cauldron Furnace of the Heavenly Buddha Cauldron.”

Under the gaze of everyone present, Yang Xiaotian reached out his hand towards the Heavenly Buddha Cauldron, and at the moment his hand touched the cauldron,

Suddenly, the Heavenly Buddha Cauldron glowed brightly with purple light, and the terrifying Purple Cold Aura, like an enraged tsunami, furiously burst forth from the inner world of the cauldron, eager to devour Yang Xiaotian.

Upon seeing this, He Zhen’s face broke into a grin.

But just as the Purple Cold Aura was about to engulf Yang Xiaotian, suddenly, starlight surged up from within his body. The multitude of starlight scattered the Purple Cold Aura that was filling the grand hall.

The hall, previously filled with shocking cold air, suddenly became as warm as spring.

Streams of the Flame of Star kept emerging from Yang Xiaotian’s body.

The space above the hall instantly turned into a world of stars.

Yang Xiaotian’s right hand, which was about to be frozen into an ice sculpture, erupted even more violently with the Celestial Flame.

The Purple Cold Aura that had just burst forth from the Heavenly Buddha Cauldron like a tsunami was completely incinerated.

“Abnormal Fire, the Flame of Star!”

Seeing the flames emerging from Yang Xiaotian, everyone, after a moment of shock, exclaimed in astonishment.

With over ten thousand kinds of Spiritual Fire and hundreds of kinds of Abnormal Fire, taming a Heaven and Earth Abnormal Fire was rare even in the Celestial Burial Academy, let alone one of the top hundred!

Zuo Qiu was stunned as well.

He Zhen’s smiling face suddenly stiffened.

Mu Yunchun felt immense relief; it turned out just as she had guessed—the young lad had tamed one of the top hundred Abnormal Fires.

However, she then shook her head, feeling a profound sense of disappointment. Although the young lad possessed one of the top hundred Abnormal Fires, melting the Purple Cold Ice of the Heavenly Buddha Cauldron was simply impossible.