My system is three thousand years ahead of schedule

In the empty hall, the voice of the Taoist boy in red echoed.

Cheng Guang faced the slightly strange body of a Taoist boy dressed in red in front of him. He was so shocked that his whole body went numb for a moment, and he didn't know what to say.

At the same time, around Cheng Guang, even the well-informed Cheng Shiyuan behaved in the same way.

The Taoist boy in red didn't get a response from Cheng Guang, and his cries became louder and louder. The slightly sharp cries penetrated into Cheng Guang's ears, causing his eardrums to feel a stinging pain.

Cheng Guang frowned slightly and had a bad premonition in his heart. Just when he was about to say something, he saw the Taoist boy in red in front of him shrugging his shoulders and sobbing softly.

"That's all. Even if senior brother doesn't tell me, I still know that master will probably not come back."

"Hongyi has been abandoned, but even if Hongyi is abandoned, he cannot leave this palace, nor can he disobey the master's orders."

"Hongyi doesn't know what to do, senior brother."

The red-clothed Taoist boy sobbed and whispered. After a while, his crying gradually subsided.

Slightly hollow eyes stared at Cheng Guang.

"Senior brother..."

"Are you coming back now to light the fire with Hongyi?"

Cheng Guang's lips moved slightly and he felt his throat was a little dry. He laughed dryly and said, "We don't have any firewood anymore. How can we still burn it?"

The sad mood of the Taoist boy in red subsided slightly at this time, and a smile appeared on his pale face: "There will be a way."

"The fire in the alchemy furnace cannot be extinguished. If there is no more firewood, you can put some useless things in it and use it as firewood."

"Useless things?" Cheng Guang seemed to realize something when he heard this, and cast his gaze into the raging fire burning under the alchemy furnace.

The flames burning under the tall alchemy furnace were extremely hot. Even if they were far away and isolated by the alchemy furnace, Cheng Guang could feel how high the temperature was in the flames in the alchemy furnace.

Even if his current spiritual and martial arts cultivation has reached the fourth level, if he were thrown into this alchemy furnace, he would still be instantly refined into a pile of ash.

Cheng Guang looked at the orange-red flames dancing in the heat wave, and could vaguely see some phantom-like humanoid figures in the orange-red flames in the alchemy furnace.

It's just that those human figures are a little more distorted than normal people, thinner, and weirder.

At first, Cheng Guang just glanced at the human figure in the flames of the alchemy furnace, and then withdrew his gaze without thinking too much. However, after being reminded by the red-clothed Taoist boy in front of him, he suddenly felt that these people in the alchemy furnace were As firewood, the things that the Taoist boy in red calls "useless things" may be living people.

A person who is accidentally involved in a secret realm.

Thinking of this, Cheng Guang's scalp instantly went numb.

He suddenly realized why the Tushita Palace looked so quiet, and he didn't find many dangers while walking in it, and why Qin Yanqiu died here in the system mission prompts.

It turns out that all of this was the work of the slightly strange Taoist boy in red.

He caught it, used it as firewood, and threw it into the alchemy furnace.

Cheng Guang realized this, and Cheng Shiyuan next to Cheng Guang also realized this. His old face was slightly condensed, and the look in his eyes looking at the red-clothed Taoist boy in front of him became more vigilant.

The aura on his body began to surge. As long as he found something amiss, or if the red-clothed Taoist boy in front of him showed signs of taking action, he would be ready to send Cheng Guang out of the secret realm as soon as possible.

Cheng Guang looked at the red-clothed Taoist boy in front of him and felt the hairs all over his body stand on end.

For so many years, the Taoist boy in red has been lighting the fire.

It is conceivable that over the years, the Taoist boy in red has used many people who were accidentally involved here as firewood and thrown them into the alchemy furnace.

Many of them may have extremely advanced cultivation and strength, and there may be some who have reached the realm of gods and humans, but they failed to make any waves in the Tusita Palace.

The Taoist boy in red in front of me is very powerful!

The strength is not ordinary and terrifying!

Cheng Guang was a little doubtful at this time whether Cheng Shiyuan was no match for the red-clothed Taoist boy in front of him.

In addition, Cheng Guang was inexplicably worried at this time. He didn't know what was happening to Qin Yanqiu at this time. If he was caught by the red-clothed Taoist boy and thrown into the alchemy furnace as firewood, he would be burned in the hot high temperature of the alchemy furnace. If burned, it is basically impossible to survive.

Thinking of this, Cheng Guang asked: "Where did you find all the useless things you mentioned, and they have already been put into this alchemy furnace?"

After listening to Cheng Guang's question, the red-clothed Taoist boy tilted his head slightly to one side as if thinking, and then shook his head and said: "Most of the useless things I put into the alchemy furnace are those that broke into the Tusita Palace. Mortals, I don’t know where those mortals come from. Logically speaking, it is impossible for a mortal to enter Master’s Tushita Palace.”

"However, junior brother, I did not directly throw all of these mortals into the alchemy furnace."

"Most of them are imprisoned. Just burn them a little every day. The master is not here at this time, and there is no elixir refining. There is no need to increase the firepower, so just keep the fire going."

"Brother, you have become stupid."

At the end of the sentence, the Taoist boy in red pointed at Cheng Guang and laughed.

When Cheng Guang heard this, he already realized that the mortals mentioned by the Taoist boy in red might be Qin Yanqiu and his party who were involved in the secret realm.

Although the cultivation level of Qin Yanqiu and his party was not particularly high, it was definitely not low. Cheng Guang did not expect that in the mouth of the Taoist boy in red, they could still be called mortal beings.

At this time, Cheng Guang was even more unable to see through the strength of the Taoist boy in red.

Cheng Guang took a deep breath and tried to calm down his inner emotions. After calming down, he asked aloud, "Then...where are those mortals imprisoned by you?"

Although the Taoist boy in red was terrifying in strength, he seemed to have a very innocent temperament. When faced with Cheng Guang's questions, he did not hide anything. Instead, with a little child-like complacency, he pulled Cheng Guang with one hand and grabbed Cheng Guang's dress. , pulling Cheng Guang towards the inner room like a show off.

"Senior brother, come with me, they are all here."

The moment the Taoist boy in red stretched his hand towards Cheng Guang, Cheng Shiyuan's scalp went numb and he immediately wanted to pull Cheng Guang back.

But Cheng Guang shook his head again, with a calm expression and no trace of panic.

Cheng Shiyuan's heart calmed down a little.

He felt inexplicably that his child seemed to be extremely familiar with this secret realm. He first made him wear such a slightly weird outfit, and then told him not to use his vitality.

Although Cheng Shiyuan didn't quite understand all these operations, he could sense it. Perhaps it was because he was wearing such weird clothes, so when the Taoist boy in red appeared, he just glanced at him without showing much hostility. .

If not, he would have been gone by now.

As a result, Cheng Shiyuan didn't understand why the Taoist boy in red in front of him called his grandson senior brother.

As a heavenly being, even if he did not use his vitality, there was a high probability that his strength would not be hidden from the eyes of the Taoist boy in red.