“Master, what’s the difference between forging the Gold-Silver Fire and directly condensing it into a sword?”
Yan Zhen’s eyes blinked lightly, his long eyelashes fluttering like the wings of a moth.
Chen Xi loved seeing this expression on her disciple.
“Condensing fire into a sword is simply using the flames as they are. Its power is limited by your cultivation and the flame itself. But forging is a refining art that unlocks the Gold-Silver Fire’s hidden potential. Once formed, it becomes your lifebound weapon, evolving with your realm until it reaches the level of a sacred treasure worthy of the Sacred Treasure List.”
“A sacred treasure… Then why didn’t you forge your Gold-Silver Fire into a weapon, Master?”
“Who says I didn’t?” Chen Xi flipped her jade hand, and a exquisite little cauldron shimmering with five colors of light appeared in her palm. “I forged my Gold-Silver Fire into this cauldron, my lifebound treasure. I’ve used it from the Mystic Master Realm all the way to now.”
“Then where did my Gold-Silver Fire come from?”
“Hehe, before forging the cauldron, I set aside a wisp of Gold-Silver Fire as a fire seed. Then I nurtured it back to life inside the cauldron.”
—To think she nurtured it into a Heavenly Extreme Flame. As expected of the beautiful master—she’s incredible!
Though Yan Zhen had already known that!
“However, you can only do this after your divine soul cultivation breaks through to the Hidden in Manifest Realm. For now, the priority is drawing the Wind Talisman.”
The Ancestral Symbol Scripture’s nine great talisman patterns consisted of the five elements—metal, wood, water, fire, and earth—and the four seasonal phenomena of wind, rain, thunder, and cloud. They were slightly different.
The five elements were basic forces, relatively simple, and needed to be combined for maximum power. The four phenomena were atmospheric changes, inherently infinite in variation, so their talisman patterns were naturally more Mystic and complex.
The five-element patterns each used just thirteen strokes, but the four-phenomenon patterns required thirty-three strokes, dramatically increasing the difficulty. Ordinary yellow paper and cinnabar wouldn’t suffice anymore; better materials were needed.
Fortunately, the Golden Jade Chamber of Commerce had everything they needed.
“What about the ‘Phosphorus Fire’ I obtained?”
“Phosphorus Fire ranks too low and is too weak. It’s not suitable for you to refine right now. Keep it as a backup for now. If we can’t find the Evil Spirit Dragon Breath Flame later, then use it.”
Yan Zhen nodded thoughtfully.
With business taken care of, Chen Xi suddenly asked, “Zhen’er, how’s Ji Ya’s treatment going?”
“Sister Ji Ya has refined ninety percent of the medicinal power in her body. The remaining ten percent is deeply rooted and hard to deal with. It might take quite a while.”
“Is Ji Ya still holding up?”
Yan Zhen understood what his beautiful master meant. Blushing slightly, he shook his head.
“Honestly, two rounds of reverse nourishment aren’t enough.”
“Then give her three.”
“B-But…”
Three rounds on her? Yan Zhen wasn’t sure he could handle that. It wasn’t normal lovemaking; he had to focus during the process on refining the drug toxins in Sister Ji Ya’s body into pills. It was utterly exhausting.
“You can harvest yin to supplement yang from someone else first, Zhen’er, then treat Ji Ya. That way, you won’t deplete your own vital energy.”
Stunned by his beautiful master’s suggestion, Yan Zhen jumped when he realized what she meant.
“Harvest yin to supplement yang?”
“Doesn’t Ji Ya have those twin bodyguards? Have them help.” Chen Xi dropped the bombshell casually. “Or do you prefer that hidden Mystic King Beauty lurking in the shadows? She’s Ji Ya’s elder—best not to offend her.”
—Too late for that.
Yan Zhen coughed twice.
“Master, I don’t think we need to go that far. It can be ground down with a bit more time.”
Chen Xi shook her head gently.
“True, but I want you to head to the Demonic Dragon Mountain Range soon to find the Evil Spirit Dragon Breath Flame. It’s ranked thirteenth on the Extreme Flame List—a powerful flame with innate intelligence. Refining it will dramatically boost your spiritual power. You can’t miss it. And the sooner you find the next Extreme Flame, the sooner you can resume your cultivation.”
Yan Zhen scratched his head and muttered, “But I don’t want to prey on innocent girls.”
—Even if he’d halfway done it already, wasn’t holding onto that last line his bottom line?
Chen Xi said calmly, “Those twins were raised from childhood by the Golden Jade Chamber of Commerce as puppets and dead soldiers. They’re not normal girls. If you use them as dual cultivation cauldrons, they might even end up with a better fate.”
Yan Zhen felt his beautiful master’s attitude was oddly pushy, but he couldn’t figure out why she was so urgent.
“I-I’ll think about it.”
Chen Xi seemed about to say more but held back. In the end, she said gently, “Think it over carefully, then. Go on.”
Watching her disciple leave, Chen Xi let out a soft sigh.
Her urgency stemmed purely from not wanting Yan Zhen to encounter those master-disciple sisters from Cloud Heaven Palace in the Demonic Dragon Mountain Range.
Though she hated to admit it, in her previous life, the Cloud Heaven Palace Great Palace Lord had indeed been her disciple’s first love.
Even now, Yan Zhen felt a faint attachment to her, but Chen Xi wasn’t sure he wouldn’t fall for that woman at first sight, just like before.
It wasn’t jealousy. That affection hadn’t ended well for various reasons. Instead, it had left Yan Zhen heartbroken, and afterward, he’d never felt a stir for any other woman.
Yan Zhen returned to the bathroom, stripped off his clothes in a flash, and leaped into the bath. He swam a lap like a happy fish before surfacing.
He wiped the water from his face and grumbled, “What’s gotten into my beautiful master? She’s not acting like herself at all—actually encouraging me to harvest yin to supplement yang.”
Was that okay? No, it wasn’t.
Though Jin Tong and Yu Nu were practically his little slaves at this point, eagerly tending to him every day afterward like puppies lolling out their tongues, obedient as could be.
Emmm…
“What am I even thinking!”
“Nothing—wah!”
He turned and saw Yi Xian’er’s pretty face. Yan Zhen nearly jumped out of the water.
“Xian’er, when did you come in?”
Yi Xian’er wasn’t pleased. She rolled her eyes at him. “I’ve been here a while. You just didn’t notice.”
Yan Zhen turned away, avoiding the sight of her voluptuous body.
“Is that so? Sorry, I was distracted.”
“So, what were you thinking about? I think I heard ‘harvesting yin to supplement yang’ just now.” Yi Xian’er crossed her arms under her chest, lifting her E-cup peaks high and proud, a spectacular sight. “Don’t tell me you’ve gotten a taste for dual cultivation and plan to keep harvesting yin to supplement yang from now on?”
“I didn’t!” Yan Zhen denied it immediately. “It’s just that the later treatment stages are tricky, so I was reading some books and came across the term.”
“How is it tricky? Can’t handle four at once?” Yi Xian’er’s gaze drifted downward teasingly. “Looks pretty spirited to me.”
Yan Zhen’s face heated up. He quickly turned his back to her. “That’s not the issue. Sigh, it’s no use explaining to you anyway—you won’t help out.”
Yi Xian’er blushed too, thinking it was Yan Zhen’s “good big sister” who wouldn’t let her join. Not that she didn’t want to—this ungrateful little guy.
But her initial annoyance gradually settled.
Once the treatment ended, Ji Ya would be out of the picture. Then she and Yan Zhen could head into the Demonic Dragon Mountain Range together to hunt the Evil Spirit Dragon Breath Flame, holing up in some cave for a private world of two. Let that vixen sister stew in jealousy.
