45 Superior Pill Flame (1/2)
Lu Fengyi entered a dark room with the attendant showing the way, clutching at the cauldron by his side. His hand felt hot against the surface of the cauldron even though he knew that a metallic object like the cauldron would usually feel cold to the touch. It was almost as if energy was being transmitted to him through contact.
”Store attendant 2, requesting access into the pill forging demonstration room.”
A burly man walked out of the shadows before taking the cauldron from Lu Fengyi and placing it in the centre of the room, ”You don't usually bring customers to test cauldrons. What's different about this guy?”
The store attendant stepped closer to the man before whispering into his ear. While it was true that Lu Fengyi possessed the cultivation of a Zhizun realm expert, he could not make out the attendant's words at all, only able to see the slight movements of his mouth.
Silently releasing a subtle aura, Lu Fengyi attempted to scout out the boy's cultivation, however he was met with the weak aura of a Dantian realm primary cultivator. Even among the young adults of the village, most of them would have reached the following realms by the age of twenty, however, this young man who looked in his mid to late twenties had such a weak cultivation. If that was the case, then there was no way that he would be unable to hear the boy's words.
There was only a single explanation, and that was the boy was not talking at all!
Suddenly, the burly man stood up abruptly before reaching out towards Lu Fengyi, ”So it is an official apothecary. It is my honour for such a renowned figure to visit my humble store.”
Lu Fengyi took the handshake before answering, ”You mustn't speak that way. Your store is one of a kind and strikes a completely different aura compared to the other cauldron stores. My name is Lu Fengyi, however I still do not know yours...”
”Ahh, I have been rude. My name is Kan Kai, Kan for seeing and Kai for open. Thank you for apothecary Lu's praise.” the man clasped his hands.
Lu Fengyi mentally creased his brows as he heard the name. While there was a large variety of Chinese names and each would have their own unique meanings to them, the man's name was quite weird despite this.
Nodding slightly, Lu Fengyi asked, ”So, what are you planning with the cauldron?”
This time, the attendant stepped forwards, ”As you heard from the boss, I do not usually bring customers in to test their cauldrons as that would slow business efficiency too much, however your technique that you told me about piqued my curiosity. Most of the reason why I made an exception was simply because I wished to view the technique and try and correct some of the more obvious flaws.”
”I don't mind of course. Do I just have to forge pills?” Lu Fengyi reached into his robes, prepared to feign taking out the herbs from there instead of the Internal Storage.
”Since I was the one who was curious, I'll provide the ingredients.”
Lu Fengyi looked up to the attendant before thanking him. It wasn't that Lu Fengyi was lacking in herbs, but if he could get free goods, why the hell would he not?
Lu Fengyi stepped up to the cauldron before staring blankly inside. He had learnt that one would have to light a pill fire, however he had no experience on doing such. Was he supposed to summon it out of his body? Or maybe he was to induce it using his cultivation.