Chapter 1042: It’s not so simple after all (2/2)

Both Long Feiye and Gu Qishao were surprised by the sight.

“That’s the Earthly Fire Kun Furnace? How can it compare to the Celestial Fire Qian Furnace?” Gu Qishao found it inconceivable.

Long Feiye glanced at him in silence before jumping off the tree.

“What are you lookin’ at?” Gu Qishao was unhappy, but followed after him. By now, Han Yunxi had already set the furnace on the edge of the spring’s ruins and was walking towards them. Because it was giving off poison waves, it was best to keep it away from everyone else.

“That’s really it?” Long Feiye asked.

“Can’t be wrong. That’s the Earthly Fire Kun Furnace,” Han Yunxi was certain.

“Then we need to ignite it,” Long Feiye declared. They weren’t after the furnace itself, but the toxic earthly fire it gave off, the so called phosphorescent flames. Han Yunxi nodded.

“We can’t confirm it’s the Fire of Ten-Thousand Poisons unless we get the fire.”

“Poison lass, try that old loony’s[1] refining technique. Celestial fire and earthly fire have to work the same way!” Gu Qishao cried.

“It’s worth a try,” Long Feiye agreed.

Han Yunxi nodded and doubled back. For some reason, she felt like this was too easy. Something seemed off. Once she reached the Earthly Fire Kun Furnace, she used Pill Furnace Master’s method to draw out the heatwaves from inside and convert into fire. Long Feiye and Gu Qishao were tense as they watched, but Han Yunxi didn’t get a speck of flame after trying for ages. At last, everyone grew uneasy and realized things weren’t so simple.

Han Yunxi tried a bit longer, but still didn’t succeed. She refused to accept it and used the Phoenix energy to coax out the flame, but that didn’t work either.

“Looks like it’s gonna be troublesome!” Gu Qishao muttered to himself.

“Big bro, did we find the wrong one? How could something so tiny be the Earthly Fire Kun Furnace?” Tang Li asked.

Long Feiye only looked at Han Yunxi without a sound. Aunt Ru watched as well. She didn’t have full knowledge of the situation and was filled with doubts. Han Yunxi finally gave up and approached the group again. “Looks like we’ll have to find another way to light the fire.”

“Xu Donglin, send a letter to the Medicine Hut,” Long Feiye ordered immediately. Pill Furnace Master was probably the only man in the world familiar enough with the topic. Gu Qishao’s eyes flickered as he started to speak, but thought better of it and shut up. This was the Tang Clan’s turf, so they naturally wouldn’t lose anything. Moreover, not just anyone could approach the Earthly Fire Kun Furnace. Han Yunxi left it where it was and went back with the rest of the group.

The Tang Clan wasn’t far from the Medicine Hut, so Pill Furnace Master replied within a day. Everyone was stunned by the contents of his message.

“Pill Furnace Master says there’s only one way to coax out the fire of Earthly Fire Kun Furnace, and that’s by using heavenly lightning!”As Long Feiye finished speaking, Aunt Ru laughed.

“Is there really such a thing as heavenly lightning igniting a flame?” she chuckled, but quickly felt awkward when no one else laughed.

“What is heavenly lightning?” Han Yunxi asked. She wasn’t naive enough to believe it was simply lightning from the skies!

Long Feiye kept reading before he replied, “Spring lightning lured down by celestial fire. It’s basically spring now, so looks like we came at the right time.”

“Then we’ll have to take the Earthly Fire Kun Furnace to the Medicine Hut?” Tang Li asked.

“No can do, that thing’s poisonous. We mustn’t take it out of the mountain woods,” Han Yunxi replied. “We can only have Pill Furnace Master deliver the celestial fire to the Tang Clan.”

At this, Aunt Ru laughed again. “Princess…”

1. So while “Old Loony” was Pill Furnace Master’s nickname it’s also a general term like “crazy old coot” or “madman.” It’s not clear whether Gu Qishao is using the name as a refernece to his old master, or just as a regular noun + adjective.