Chapter 1016: Very possible (1/2)

If the furnace fell over and the flames shifted, then it’d be burned up by its own flames. Moreover, any fire that leaked out of the furnace would reduce the Medicine Requesting Cave to ashes!

“No! You guys can’t do this!” Pill Furnace Master shouted, his eyes wide with fear.

He never thought that Long Feiye would be the most formidable, ruthless foe! Like a madman, he rushed towards the fissure and tried in vain to support the Celestial Fire Qian Furnace. The disciples hidden nearby all ran out to help, sending their internal energy to their master. With their assistance, the shaky furnace was steadied again. However, this was simply trying to put out a cartload of flaming firewood with a cupful of water. Their efforts wouldn’t last.

Long Feiye watched coldly while his blade glowed with energy.[1]

If they needed to wait five years before getting a Returning Dragon Pill, he didn’t mind finding a completed pill somewhere else. As for Pill Furnace Master, he was going to use his next slash to tell him that trying to toy with his woman would have severe repercussions!

The Medicine Requesting Cave floor had already caved in halfway, leaving the Celestial Fire Qian Furnace to totter in Pill Furnace Master and his disciples’ hands. If Long Feiye slashed with his sword again, then this legendary cave would be nothing more than a legend for good. Pill Furnace Master could sense the keen edge of the sword awn and whirled back to see Long Feiye preparing to slash down.

“No...don’t!”

If Pill Furnace Master had been furious at Gu Qishao scratching his furnace before, he was now filled with nothing but dread and fear! Long Feiye’s slash would ruin the furnace he’d protected for a lifetime, as well as this Medicine Requesting Cave.

“No...you can’t do this, you’re not allowed!”[2]

Pill Furnace Master even forgot to stop the furnace from falling over as he shot two fireballs at Long Feiye. Unfortunately, they were easily avoided. And because he’d let go, his disciples had no way to keep the furnace standing. It keeled to one side and let out a sonorous roar. All of the ingredients inside had shifted places and knocked against the metal.

Panicking, Pill Furnace Master quickly turned back to catch the furnace. But he couldn’t bear the load this time. Something so heavy, once it began to fall, had frightening momentum. The uneven floor, combined with its teetering, made it impossible to stop its fall without ample strength. Pill Furnace Master could even feel the ground beneath his feet giving way.

Finally, he admitted defeat!

“Long Feiye, this old man has a way to cultivate Returning Dragon Pill within one and a half months! You stop this! Stop it!” Pill Furnace Master howled.

But Long Feiye wasn’t easy to deal with as Gu Qishao or Han Yunxi. He neither replied nor stopped the movement of his sword.[3] Anyone would fear this man when he truly grew angry.

Pill Furnace Master didn’t dare to waste words and got to the point. “As long as you can combine your energy into flame and send it into the Celestial Fire Qian Furnace, you can use human flame to nourish the dan pellet. You and Gu Qishao can definitely manage it within one and a half months!”

Hearing this, everyone rejoiced. Gu Beiyue could still be saved! Before Long Feiye could retract his weapon, however, Han Yunxi stopped him and asked, “Old man, just what are the origins of this Celestial Fire Qian Furnace? Why can’t we see any flames inside?”

Pill Furnace Master dearly wished they could help straighten the furnace first, then ask their questions, but he didn’t dare to wrangle any more terms. He hastily explained, “As the Celestial Fire Qian Furnace, this is a heavenly furnace that is constantly burning inside since time immemorial! The fire has never gone out! Celestial fire cannot be seen, but one can use its strength to transform inner energy into flames. Human energy as fire is thus called ‘human flame!’ One needs human flame to create dan pellets, not celestial fire, although the latter can support the former! As long as inner energy is converted into flame and increases the human fires, then more celestial fire can be used to supplement it!”

Pill Furnace Master was almost at his limits as he shouted, “Hurry and help! If this furnace really falls over, you’ll really lose your chance to get the Returning Dragon Pill!”

But Han Yunxi still forbade Long Feiye and Gu Qishao from budging a step.[4] She continued to question, “Since there’s a celestial fire furnace, is there an earth fire furnace too?”

Ever since they started searching for Fire of Ten-Thousand Poisons, Han Yunxi had paid special attention to all sorts of special flames. Medicine Requesting Cave’s furnace was very peculiar, but she had eliminated it as a possibility long ago. For one thing, she had never detected anything poisonous about the thing; for another, if this furnace really did contain Fire of Ten-Thousand Poisons, then wouldn’t all the medicine it made be poisonous too? For a third, Gu Qishao had stayed here for so long that he would have told him about anything suspicious.

If celestial fire wasn’t poisonous, then what about earth poison?

Pill Furnace Master was pressured to a point that he’d definitely tell them anything he already knew.

“Yesyesyes! That furnace is called the Earthly Fire Kun Furnace, a pair with the Celestial Fire Qian Furnace. Celestial fire helps human flame just as earthly fire helps ghost flames. Human fire create dan pellets capable of becoming medicine, while ghost fire creates poison dan pellets capable of poisoning humans!”

Interested, Han Yunxi looked back at Long Feiye and said, “Could that be Fire of Ten-Thousand Poisons?”

“Very possible!” Long Feiye was thrilled. They hadn’t suffered any losses on this trip if they could find news like this.