Lu Yu had breakfast and lunch while looking over information from Jianghu Channel No. 77.

To assist Lu Yu, Jianghu Channel No. 77 spared no expense, providing Lu Yu with previously collected materials related to the Iron Tomb. Using Lu Yu's monthly search privilege, they enlisted all Jianghu Channel members to help find information about a year ago when the Huang Feng Bandit Group looted the Cyan Mountain Town branch of the Divine Weapon Pavilion.

Only by understanding what happened with the Huang Feng Bandit Group can one grasp how powerful a force the Iron Tomb might send against Lu Yu and their potential subsequent actions.

The enemies of the Iron Tomb are, to be honest, spread across the world. Wherever there are players, there are enemies of the Iron Tomb.

Moreover, in the Martial Realm, the Iron Tomb organization has absorbed numerous ruthless local Martial Cultivators, meaning their opponents include not only players but also numerous native forces.

The degree of danger Lu Yu might face depends on how much the Iron Tomb values the treasure hidden by the Huang Feng Bandit Group.

Based on the information from Jianghu Channel, the Iron Tomb's strategies against players are primarily in reality, exploiting the fact that players' powers are severely weakened in real life and targeting those whose real identities have been exposed for a double attack.

In the game, they send local Martial Cultivators to constrain players, while in reality, they send people to kill the players' physical bodies and seize their login devices.

Even if players forcibly log out to return to reality at critical moments, they cannot withstand the Iron Tomb's meticulous preparation. Moreover, forced logout results in a drastic drop in power, making them even less of a match for the Iron Tomb, and few survive.

Knowing the Iron Tomb's combat strategies, Lu Yu understands the importance of keeping his real identity hidden and ensuring the safety of his physical body.

Relying solely on ordinary means won't do; Lu Yu wants to use an Array to protect his home, so he decides to learn Array techniques.

Things from the game cannot be brought into reality, so Lu Yu can only find a way to acquire things that can be made in reality, like Arrays.

Buzzing sound~

Lu Yu's Identity Token vibrated, and inputting Spiritual Qi into it, he activated the Thousand-Mile Sound Transmission Array inside.

"The things you asked for are ready; want to come and check them out?" Kui Defa's voice came from the Identity Token.

"Alright, I'll be over right away." Lu Yu packed up the information and headed to the Heavenly Fire Furnace where Kui Defa was.

Using the teleportation Array from Heaven-Breaking City, Lu Yu was transported to the foot of the Heavenly Fire Furnace, costing him 20 contribution points.

If he ran, it would take about half a day to get from Heaven-Breaking City to the Heavenly Fire Furnace, as the distance exceeds a thousand miles.

The Heavenly Fire Furnace is where the Artifact Refiners of the Divine Weapon Pavilion are located; Kui Defa lives at the foot of the Heavenly Fire Furnace, giving him easy access to the furnace's fire for refining artifacts. Only elders can go up the mountain; disciples usually stay at the foot or mid-mountain.

Kui Defa is in a refining room halfway up the mountain. Lu Yu feels that the concentration of Fire Spiritual Qi around is several times higher than that in Heaven-Breaking City, making the Ice-Fire Sevenfold Heavenly Cultivation Technique run much faster, enhancing the effectiveness of practicing Fire Spiritual Power here.

The only drawback is that absorbing the Fire Spiritual Qi here for cultivation easily leads to burns from the Heavenly Fire Furnace's flames.

Practically no disciples from the Divine Weapon Pavilion practice near the Heavenly Fire Furnace, even though it would make cultivation much more effective.

When Lu Yu felt a burning sensation inside, he quickly sealed his Spirit Body's acupoints that absorb outside Fire Spiritual Qi, using Ice Spiritual Qi to eliminate the fire poison within.

Seeing steam rise from Lu Yu's head, his face as red as a boiled crab, Kui Defa cautioned, "Never recklessly absorb the Furnace's Spiritual Qi; the power of heavenly fire is beyond what low-level Martial Cultivators can withstand."

He handed Lu Yu an ice-blue pill. After Lu Yu took it, he felt the stubborn fire poison expelled from his body, the burning sensation disappeared, and his complexion returned to normal.

Perceiving that Lu Yu was guarding his own Spiritual Qi, isolating external Qi from entering his body, Kui Defa comforted him, "A small amount of Spiritual Qi entering the body isn't a big deal; just avoid deliberately using your Cultivation Technique to absorb Heavenly Fire Spiritual Qi for training."

Knowing this, Lu Yu turned off the auto-training feature of the Ice-Fire Sevenfold Heaven, sharply reducing the speed at which the Yin-Yang Fish of Ice and Fire rotated internally, while no longer absorbing Fire Spiritual Qi from the outside.

Kui Defa picked up a dismantled Explosive Device from the table and said, "These one-time Spiritual Treasures you gave were tampered with; inputting Spiritual Qi will cause an immediate explosion."

As he spoke, Kui Defa poured Spiritual Qi into the Explosive Device in his hand. Lu Yu instantly felt intense Fire Spiritual Qi fluctuations inside the device; it was about to explode just two meters away in front of him, leaving Lu Yu no time to react.

Suddenly, the intense Fire Spiritual Qi fluctuations disappeared, and the Fire Spiritual Qi incited within the Explosive Device was suppressed by Kui Defa, returning to calm.

Looking at the Explosive Device in his hand, Kui Defa said, "This thing hardly counts as a Spiritual Treasure; it's simply engraved with a few Arrays to ignite the core lava fragments inside. Real Spiritual Treasures aren't this crude."

"But the person who came up with this has quite an idea, but not much skill. Someone couldn't even draw a few simple little Arrays properly, and there's no link between the Arrays; it's likely a trainee Array-maker who made this toy."

A toy crafted by a trainee Array-maker could kill Qi Cultivation realm Martial Cultivators. Lu Yu was a bit embarrassed; are all Array handlers this adept?

Seeing Lu Yu's expression, Kui Defa explained, "The Arrays aren't the key; the key is the core lava fragments inside, dictating the explosive power. These things are quite costly."

Throwing the Explosive Device to Lu Yu, who caught it in a fluster, slightly alarmed; he was not Kui Defa, and if it exploded, he'd be done for.

"Don't worry, I've already fixed the tampered areas; you can use it now." Kui Defa's voice was reassuring, dispelling Lu Yu's anxiety.

Despite Kui Defa's shabby and careless appearance, his character was reliable. If he said it was fine, it probably was fine; any issues were minor ones he might forget to mention.

After searching for a while in a cabinet full of things, Kui Defa pulled out a black orb and handed it to Lu Yu.

"What's this?" Lu Yu picked up the orb and examined it, unable to perceive any Spiritual Qi fluctuations inside and unable to identify it.

"For your protection. I have only this one." Kui Defa said, "This is the Celestial Thunder; someone probably invented the crude version of the Explosive Device after seeing the Celestial Thunder."

"Celestial Thunder is a one-time Tier-Two Spiritual Treasure, powerful enough to kill Qi Manipulation realm Martial Cultivators."

Lu Yu widened his eyes upon hearing it, "Kill Qi Manipulation realm Martial Cultivators!"

Goodness gracious, is it that powerful?

Is this the mystical world's grenade?

Upon hearing Lu Yu inadvertently utter "grenade," Kui Defa considered briefly, then nodded and said, "A grenade is quite graphic; when Celestial Thunder detonates, it forms a three-meter diameter thunder realm, where those inside can only bear the damage, unable to move."

"Without a cultivation level above the sixth level of Qi Manipulation realm, they're dead for sure. But as a one-time Spiritual Treasure, the cost of Celestial Thunder is too high; making one Celestial Thunder requires nearly ten thousand gold coins, and it can sell for over thirty thousand."

"The thirty thousand plus gold coins are enough to buy a decent Tier-Five Spiritual Weapon, which in the right hands would be more powerful than Celestial Thunder. So, Celestial Thunder is rarely bought or crafted, generally purchased by large families for a core disciple's life-saving trump card."

"A few years ago, I needed some money, so I made a batch of Celestial Thunder to sell; this is the last one."

"But don't truly rely on this thing to kill Qi Manipulation realm Martial Cultivators, unless the opponent stands still and lets you detonate it; otherwise, you won't even catch the silhouette of a Qi Manipulation realm Martial Cultivator. Its deterrent significance outweighs its practical use."

"Having Celestial Thunder in hand, Qi Manipulation realm Martial Cultivators who recognize it won't really corner you, as for those who don't recognize it, they've already been killed by Celestial Thunder."

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