Chapter 904: The Incense Burner

After passing through the main hall, no more corpse guards appeared.

Behind the main hall was a side hall, and Ye Yuan led the group into it.

However, the side hall was empty, with nothing of value.

“Last time, they must have had someone enter here; whatever was here, they took it all.”

“There’s nothing worth seeing here. Let’s hurry to other places, or when they charge over, there won’t be anything left for us.”

With that, the group prepared to leave.

Shao Kai was about to leave when he noticed Ye Yuan looking around, with no intention of going.

“Ye Yuan, let’s go. This place should have been cleaned out by them long ago. There’s nothing to see.” Shao Kai said.

Ye Yuan smiled and said, “That may not be the case!”

“Hmm? Could it be… you’ve found something?” Shao Kai couldn’t help but scan the side hall again, but still found nothing of value.

The side hall was small, visible at a glance, with nothing to miss.

Ye Yuan slowly walked to the incense table in the corner of the side hall and picked up the incense burner on it.

The incense burner was old and shabby, utterly unremarkable. No one would take it for a treasure.

“This incense burner has no fluctuation at all; it can’t be a treasure.” Shao Kai said.

“Is that so?”

Ye Yuan smiled, scooped a handful of ash from the burner, and handed it to Shao Kai. “Eat it.”

Shao Kai’s face turned sour. “How can I eat this? Ye Yuan, are you joking?”

Ye Yuan said, “This is the ash of Heavenly Longevity Incense. Eating this handful will extend your life by five hundred years! If you don’t want it, I’ll keep it for myself.”

“Five… five hundred years?” Shao Kai’s eyes widened in disbelief.

After all, the Nine Yang Return Spring Pill that Ye Yuan had the Soul Martial God King refine only extended life by three hundred years. This handful of ash could extend life by five hundred years—how heaven-defying was that?

If anyone else had said that, Shao Kai wouldn’t have believed it. But Ye Yuan was different; Shao Kai had seen many miracles from him.

Ye Yuan’s words were highly credible!

“Heavenly Longevity Incense is an ancient formula, now lost. This whole burner of ash is priceless. You… really won’t eat it?” Ye Yuan smiled.

“I’ll eat it! I’ll eat it!” Shao Kai carefully took the ash from Ye Yuan’s hand and swallowed it in one gulp.

To his surprise, the ash dissolved on his tongue, with a faint sweetness, not unpleasant at all.

Soon, a refreshing sensation rose from the soles of his feet to his crown, giving him a feeling of rebirth. His face even looked many years younger.

“This… this is truly miraculous! This ash really has the effect of extending life!”

Feeling his vigorous vitality, Shao Kai was extremely excited.

“Brother Shao, is it really that miraculous?” Another killing general, seeing Shao Kai’s astonishing change, couldn’t sit still.

Too embarrassed to ask Ye Yuan directly, he used this remark to hint.

After all, the treasure was found by Ye Yuan; how to distribute it was up to him.

Ye Yuan smiled and said, “Don’t worry, everyone gets a share.”

Hearing this, the group was overjoyed.

Although some of them were not old, no one would complain about a longer life. Extending life by five hundred years—this was a tremendous opportunity!

After all, five hundred years was enough time for them to accomplish many things.

Moreover, with their bodies rejuvenated, their chances of breakthrough would increase.

Ye Yuan was generous, giving each person a share of the Heavenly Longevity Incense ash.

Since there was a whole burner of ash, he didn’t mind at all.

Of course, Ye Yuan wouldn’t tell them that the incense burner itself was the most precious treasure!

Others couldn’t recognize it, but Ye Yuan knew the origin of this burner.

As the top alchemist in the Divine Realm, Ye Yuan had deep research into cauldrons.

In ancient times, the dragon race once produced an extremely talented alchemist, who later attained the Dao and became the Divine Alchemy God.

The cauldron he used before becoming the Divine Alchemy God was called the Dragon Emperor Cauldron.

The Dragon Emperor Cauldron had a peculiarity: each time it was used for refining, a drop of dragon blood had to be added to activate its power.

After refining, the Dragon Emperor Cauldron would shrink into a small incense burner.

The small incense burner in Ye Yuan’s hand was precisely the Dragon Emperor Cauldron!

Legend had it that the Dragon Emperor Cauldron had been continuously refined by that alchemist, reaching the level of a top-grade saint artifact. However, due to material issues, the alchemist ultimately failed to refine it into a divine artifact.

Even so, the Dragon Emperor Cauldron was a first-rate alchemy cauldron.

Ye Yuan hadn’t expected to obtain the Dragon Emperor Cauldron here. Those who came before had ransacked the place but left behind the most precious item.

But aside from Ye Yuan, few in the Divine Realm could recognize the Dragon Emperor Cauldron and Heavenly Longevity Incense.

Ye Yuan quietly put away the Dragon Emperor Cauldron, while the others were still immersed in the joy of extended life.

As for the Heavenly Longevity Incense ash, Ye Yuan planned to study it later to see if he could reconstruct the formula.

This formula was extremely precious.

Exiting the side hall, they came to an open area. After walking a short distance, a road appeared before them.

Beside the road stood a stone tablet inscribed with three words: “Road to the Yellow Springs!”

“Ye Yuan, this…” Shao Kai said with a grave expression.

Just from the name, this road would not be easy to traverse.

Ye Yuan nodded. “This road has many ancient formations; it won’t be easy to pass.”

Just then, a large group suddenly burst out from behind—the people trapped by the corpse guards.

Ye Yuan’s group had spent some time in the side hall, and during that time, those people had broken through the corpse guards’ blockade.

“Haha, Ye Yuan, now where can you run? This time, we’ll settle old and new scores together!” Wu He’s arrogant voice rang out as he appeared before Ye Yuan in an instant.

The others also looked at Ye Yuan with hostility; clearly, they were displeased that his group had left on their own.

Ye Yuan glanced around and noticed that quite a few people were missing, likely lost in the main hall.

“Ye Yuan, you’ve gone too far! This time, no one can save you!” Even Mo Shang spoke up.

Ye Yuan’s earlier actions had aroused public anger.

The crowd quickly surrounded Ye Yuan’s group, intending to wipe them out.

Just then, Wu He suddenly noticed Shao Kai’s change and demanded, “Shao Kai, what good things did you get? Why do you look so much younger?”

Wu He’s words startled everyone.

They looked at Si Yin’s faction and saw that each of them had grown noticeably younger, and they were astonished.

Without a doubt, during the time they were separated, Ye Yuan’s group had obtained something remarkable.

Ye Yuan smiled and said, “Nothing much, just some Heavenly Longevity Incense ash that extended Shao Kai and the others’ lives by five hundred years.”