Chapter 1043: Long Feiye’s choice wasn’t wrong (2/2)

Long Feiye greeted him with hands clasped. “Old Pill master, you’ve suffered through a rushed journey.”

Pill Furnace Master seemed to be in fine fettle as he chuckled. “It wasn’t hard. This is a rare moment for this old man to go out, so take it as a spring tour.”

Han Yunxi noticed the small furnace in Pill Furnace Master’s hands. It was a cleverly wrought little copper thing, similar to a metal handwarmer but completely sealed. It was impossible to see what laid within. Pill Furnace Master was cradling the thing carefully in his hands.

Seeing Han Yunxi look his way, he slowly opened the lid and a flash of flame rushed out with a heatwave. Pill Furnace Master quickly caught it with the lid and smiled. “I only brought a few tongues of flame with me, but it should be enough.”

Han Yunxi finally felt relieved and took Pill Furnace Master directly to Fire Spring. They didn’t alert too many others since the hunt for Fire of Ten-Thousand Poisons was a top-secret mission. Pill Furnace Master didn’t ask after Gu Qishao’s whereabouts either, seemingly only here to help them. His head remained bowed as he held the little furnace and followed in Han Yunxi’s wake.

Xu Donglin had explained the issue with the Earthly Fire Kun Furnace in his letter, but Pill Furnace Master was still taken aback by the sight of the real thing.

“How is this furnace supposed to refine any dan pellets?” he asked.

If he didn’t know, how were Han Yunxi and Long Feiye supposed to have a clue?

“Old Pill master, this furnace doesn’t need to refine any dan pellets. We only need its poison flames,” Han Yunxi clarified.

Earthly Fire Kun Furnace could very well possess Fire of Ten-Thousand Poisons, but it wasn’t convenient to reveal their scavenger hunt details to others. It was likely Bai Yanqing was also concentrating his efforts on finding the same things. He probably knew about Jun Yixie’s poison pond in Medicine City and would have little difficulty recognizing it as Water of Ten-Thousand Poisons.

Han Yunxi had too many uncertainties about Bai Yanqing, but she could only set aside his enigma for now. In any case, they should try to get their necessary items as soon as possible. Although Pill Furnace Master felt it was a waste of the Earthly Fire Kun Furnace, he was here to help, so he didn’t comment. After observing it from a distance, he began to study the skies.

“Lure down the spring lightning with celestial flame to create heavenly lightning, then ignite earthly fire,” he muttered to himself. “We’ll need to wait for a thunderstorm.”

It was currently spring in the south, so that wasn’t a difficult request.

“Old Pill master, will this earthly fire be as potent as celestial fire?” Han Yunxi asked. She couldn’t figure out how to drip a drop of Perplexing Butterfly Illusion into the stuff if it was as potent as its kin. They didn’t have much poison left and still needed to save some for the poison beast and poison Gu blood.

Pill Furnace Master stroked his beard and shook his head helplessly. “This old man only knows the heavenly lightning is supposed to ignite the flame, not how strong it’ll be.”

Han Yunxi creased her brows. If the earthly fire is as strong as celestial flame, could I take a sample of it like Pill Furnace Master to use?

Xu Donglin brought people to set up a tent and Pill Furnace Master settled down by Fire Spring with Han Yunxi to wait for a thunderstorming day. Two days passed, during which Pill Furnace Master and Han Yunxi discussed all manners of questions related to dan pellets. Han Yunxi discovered for the first time that Pill Furnace Master was a very respectable old man who wasn’t crazy at all. Long Feiye made oblique queries into Phoenix energy on the sidelines; unfortunately, Pill Furnace Master really didn’t know much. In the end, Long Feiye dropped his questions.

Tonight was exceptionally stuffy inside the tent, so everyone went outside for some air. Han Yunxi saw that there were no stars in the skies. Either the moon was too bright, or clouds were rolling in.

“Today should be the seventh day of the second lunar month,” she remarked.

“Yes!” Tang Li responded instantly. He had never paid attention to the dates before, but for the past six months he was fixated on them. How could Han Yunxi forget? Gu Beiyue had already calculated that Ning Jing’s delivery date would be on the 27th day of the second month, about 20 days away. In other words, she was due to give birth anytime between now and then.

How was Tiger’s Den doing? Ning Nuo should have delivered news of the delay to them by now. Seeing Han Yunxi look gloomy, Tang Li smiled without misgivings. “In a few more days, Ning Jing’s going to give birth. Then I’ll be a real father!”

“Is there real and fake when it comes to fatherhood?” Han Yunxi smiled haplessly.

1. Translator: ...hahaHAHAHAHA ah geez this is going to be so pathetic for her in retrospect.