fairy family

Chapter 220 Purifying True Fire
Yu Que put the two spiritual items into his pocket and coldly watched Bai Shi and the other person leave.

After the other person had completely disappeared, he turned around and immediately bowed towards the depths of the hall:
"I am still lacking in this position, and I thank the Peak Master for his leniency."

A calm voice echoed from the depths of the hall:

"Why thank me? You won those two things entirely on your own."

Yu Que's voice remained respectful: "This junior is grateful to Peak Master Xie for imparting knowledge and teaching me this time."

Upon hearing this, the Peak Master of Refinement Peak couldn't help but chuckle:
"Ruzi can be taught."

After a pause, the other party gave instructions to the group:
"This sermon ends here. If you feel you have gained something, you can try it out on the mountain."

If one truly possesses talent, one can stay on the mountain for a few more days.

After giving the brief instructions, the other party's powerful divine sense receded like a receding tide and quickly returned to the main hall.

Those listening to the lecture on Liandu Peak felt a sense of relief, but also a pity, especially those who had listened to the lecture in a daze and gained almost nothing.

However, the peak master of the Refinement Peak had already issued an order to leave, and after some deliberation, most people chose to respectfully withdraw from the hall and leave the Refinement Peak.

Only a few people remained in the main hall, chatting with those around them and discussing what they had heard.

They were perhaps hoping that the Peak Master of Refinement would return and say a few more words.

Yuan Wen also rose from the prayer mat. After bowing to Yu Que, he looked enviously into the depths of the main hall, gesturing for Yu Que to hurry inside.

"Congratulations on passing on your true teachings, Master Yu."

The Peak Master of Refinement Peak is a powerful figure in the palace; even my brother is just a junior in front of him.

"True disciple, hurry inside and pay your respects to the peak master!"

Yu Que looked at the boy, his gaze much more amiable than before.

Just now, on the entire Refinement Peak, only this boy spoke up for him, and he was not afraid of those three true disciples.

So he said slowly:

"Brother Yuan, why keep calling me the true disciple? Just call me Yu Que."

Yuan Wen's face immediately lit up with joy, and he quickly said, "How dare I address the true disciple by his name? In that case, I will call the true disciple 'Brother Yu'?"

Yu Que also smiled:
“Good, you and I should treat each other as brothers.”

After exchanging pleasantries, Yuan Wen secretly transmitted his voice to Yu Que, revealing all the information he knew little about the Peak Master of the Refinement Peak.

Then he urged Yu Que to step forward again, not to neglect the Refinement Peak Master:
"If Brother Yu could obtain an official position on the Refinement Peak, the benefits would not be much less than those of a true disciple."

Yu Que nodded solemnly, cupped his hands in greeting to Yuan Wen, and then walked straight into the depths of the main hall.

He continued straight ahead and soon disappeared into the darkness under the eaves of the palace.

The moment he disappeared into the darkness, all the murmurs and discussions behind Yu Que vanished instantly, and a burst of red light rushed towards him from the front, illuminating his face with a bright red glow.

Deep within this grand hall, the area was not as dark as it appeared from the outside; instead, it was unusually bright.

Various gilded buildings and utensils are displayed inside the hall, making the hall appear elaborate and majestic.

The beams and pillars inside the hall are engraved with birds, beasts, ghost faces and cloud patterns, making it a masterpiece of carved beams and painted rafters with flying eaves and brackets.

Yu Que shifted his gaze from the main hall itself to a bloated, obese figure within it.

The figure, bare-chested and wearing only a Taoist robe, sat cross-legged atop a tower-shaped bronze incense burner, casually fanning himself with a palm-leaf fan.

Upon seeing this person for the first time, Yu Que's eyelids twitched involuntarily.

He never imagined that the Refinement Peak Master, whose tone was so dignified and profound, would be so unkempt.

The Peak Master of Refinement noticed Yu Que's gaze and said in a low voice:
"What are you looking at? Hurry up and come forward to pay your respects to me!"

Yu Que dared not delay, and immediately stepped forward. With a thought, he prostrated himself without any pretense and bowed three times to the other party.

Since they had spent three days and three nights teaching and imparting knowledge, he was not at a disadvantage by worshipping the other party with the respect due to a teacher.

Moreover, perhaps this bow would establish the teacher-student relationship between the two, making it easier for him to act on the Refinement Peak.

Seeing that Yu Que remained polite, the Peak Master's gaze softened slightly. His second words were: "Summon your true fire and let me see it."

Yu Que did not hesitate at all and immediately reached out and breathed on his hand.

Yellow-red flames shot out of his mouth and formed a small fire crow on his palm.

The Peak Master of Refinement examined it closely, a hint of surprise in his eyes: "What that person said earlier was right. Your True Fire is indeed extremely similar to a True Fire at the foot of the mountain. They look exactly the same."

Yu Que hesitated for a moment, but still chose to tell the truth:

"Reporting to the Peak Master, to be honest, this seed of true fire I have comes from the fire of the three-headed snake crow in the Seventh Ward County School."

He briefly recounted how he obtained a ghost head from the Three-Headed Serpent Crow when he opened the temple, and how he later coincidentally obtained the true fire essence of the Serpent Crow.

He said that for some reason, after the Fire Crow God in his hand gave birth to such flames, it coincidentally refined an old ghost in a coffin, making the flames even more refined.

The Refinement Peak Master nodded: "So that's how it is. It seems you and that snake-crow are quite compatible, and because you are a Refinement cultivator, you also have good fortune, which is why you obtained this pure true fire."

"I suppose your supernatural abilities are also related to it. Try demonstrating them in front of me."

Yu Que had even told the other party about his true fire, and he would not refuse the request to demonstrate his innate divine power.

He immediately unleashed the Nirvana of Calamity Technique right in front of the other party.

A fiery cocoon appeared in a flash, flickering in the main hall.

The Peak Master of Refinement Peak stared at Yu Que's innate divine ability, his brows furrowing slightly as he commented:

"This technique is good, it can protect your life, but it is too complicated for you."

After saying that, the other party sighed and said, "However, before you entered the palace, you were just a poor scholar from the foot of the mountain with limited experience. It is already remarkable that you have been able to cultivate to this level."

Fortunately, you are still in the lower three ranks, so there is still a chance to change.

Yu Que was greatly moved, and he immediately bowed and said, "Please enlighten me, Peak Master!"

The Peak Master of Refinement spoke:
"The next time you break through your realm and condense your Yin Spirit, you must remember to remove all the spells from your innate divine power except for the True Fire. Even the spells carried by the sword energy you just used must be removed and not included in your divine power."

In this way, once you break through to the sixth rank, and are nourished by the killing energy, this fire will truly evolve into a natal true fire, and it won't be confined to that state; it will still have the opportunity to improve along with your cultivation level.

As the other person was speaking, their brows suddenly furrowed again:

"Wait, you're already at the lower seventh rank, and you only have one more chance to break through to the sixth rank to make changes."

"Didn't your master in the palace remind you when you broke through to the seventh rank?"

Upon hearing this, Yu Que was slightly taken aback, a helpless expression on his face.

How was he supposed to answer that...? He could just say that since he came up the mountain, he had only seen that Xuan Tu Shangren once, and the other party didn't even know what his supernatural powers and spells were.

When the Peak Master of Refinement saw Yu Que's embarrassed expression, he narrowed his eyes slightly, but his brows relaxed.

Clearing his throat, the Refinement Peak Master reassured Yu Que:
"It doesn't matter. As long as you can purify the true fire when you break through to the sixth rank."

This is the crucial hurdle in 'refining Qi into foundation building'; all other aspects of cultivation before this are relatively easy to overcome.

Yu Que breathed a sigh of relief: "Thank you for your guidance, teacher!"

He then asked some more questions about purifying the true fire, and the Refinement Peak Master answered them all patiently.

When there was nothing more to ask, Yu Que turned his gaze to the bronze furnace where the other person was sitting.

He volunteered:
"Please advise me, teacher, on how I should observe the furnace and monitor the fire, so that I can share your burden."

Seeing that Yu Que had not forgotten his mission, the Peak Master of Refinement was even more satisfied with him.

After thinking about it, the man immediately changed his mind.

He banged on the bronze stove he was sitting on, and said with a half-smile:

"This is simple. Yu Que, do you dare to go into the furnace?"

(End of this chapter)