Vol 1 Chapter 19 (1/2)

Volume 1, Chapter 19 – Steam Cleansing the Marrow and Bones into the True Primordial Qi Establishment

Zhang Yan carefully looked at this ancient bronze cauldron. There was—‘Impurity Purification Cauldron’— engraved on its surface. He scrutinized and waited near the cauldron and could vaguely sense traces of peculiarity, from other cultivators’ Qi from it.

According to that child servant, this big cauldron was sent to him as per Grandmaster s.h.i.+ Shoujing’s order.

Not only did he sent him a Dao manual, he also sent this bronze cauldron to him intentionally. What was his true purpose?

Most Daoist masters’ actions had some kind of hidden profound meaning. s.h.i.+ Shoujing would never have had sent all these things here without a reason. He certainly wanted to convey a message to him with this cauldron.

“Cauldron, cauldron…”

Zhang Yan walked back and forth as he deeply immersed himself in figuring out the hidden message. Suddenly, he abruptly stopped as some possibilities crossed his mind. Grandmaster s.h.i.+ had once referred to… was it possible that he said… become a ‘strong warrior’?

‘Strong warrior’… Although these words sounded very impressive, few knew the true details or meaning about what a strong warrior meant.

Many powerful cultivators usually stemmed from prominent backgrounds, and never unknown disciples with no background.

Had cultivators reached the Primordial Qi Condensation, they should not stay for too long in this realm or delay in opening their meridians. Once they became too old and pa.s.sed their youth, their meridians, which the Qi should be circulating within, would no longer be strong. In this light, their cultivation path would then be completely blocked.

So, when some disciples realized that their chance to tread on the immortality path was hopeless, they would simply scatter their Qi to the limbs and bones to strengthen their body, becoming a strong mortal.

If they wished to improve their cultivation further, they could only rely on the sect’s method with secret drugs and insert the Gold Divine Sand into the body to make their body more powerful.

The so-called ‘Tripod Lifter’ was particularly referred to a person who was in the process of becoming a strong martial artist only.

And in the Upper Court, these terms referred to these cultivators’ different levels such as ‘Mountain Seizer Warrior’, ‘Sea Toppler Warrior’, ‘Sky Flipper Warrior’ and so on. Although the t.i.tles were seemingly powerful and domineering, in fact, they completely relied on external objects. And since their path to immortality had been cut off, their status had degenerated into the sect’s goons.

It could be said that they only became other’s cannon fodders and tools.

Zhang Yan had heard about these people. Because they had a huge appet.i.te, they must cook food in a large cauldron for each meal. s.h.i.+ Shoujing sent him this cauldron. Was this metaphor his secret message to remind him to choose to this path for his future? Hoping that he chose to become a warrior?

The more he thought about s.h.i.+ Shoujing’s secret message, the more he suspected this possibility.

s.h.i.+ Shoujing’s intention was very obvious. He wanted him to concede on his own initiative. This should be related to the resources given to outer disciples, which meant he must give his share to other outer disciples and not to fight over it with them.

This was also to remind him that everyone’s path was different and that this was the safest way to keep him safe.

Zhang Yan snorted, this was sufficient to explain that s.h.i.+ Shoujing didn’t think that he had enough qualification and was not optimistic about his prospects, despite receiving him as an outer disciple. He only received him as outer disciple due to some reasons or pressures.

He glanced at the bronze cauldron. He believed that many people must have seen this cauldron being sent here. s.h.i.+ Shoujing might even have done this intentionally to inform numerous disciples. This was also intended to send a clear message about his standing on his matter to the outside. Although the three Grandmasters had received Zhang Yan as an outer disciple, they had no intention to provide any resources for his cultivation but had arranged another path for Zhang Yan instead.

Thus, by sending this cauldron, although it would appear like a tactful persuasion, but in reality, the three Grandmasters’ decision had been decreed and cannot be changed!

Zhang Yan sneered, was his cultivation path the subject for others to decide?

He could never allow himself to only become a warrior. That was only an elite security guard, a servant. What was the point of him trying to seek the path to immortality?

Cultivating oneself to become immortal was exactly to transcend and stand aloof over the mortal world. And being a servant under other people, could that be called the path to immortality?

s.h.i.+ Shoujing had said that his achievement would be limited. He didn’t care about it. He was only an unknown novice disciple with no background, but hadn’t he successfully become an outer disciple now?

Obviously, the future was not set in a stone. The fact that he can arrive at this step was the undeniable proof!

He would not act like the previous dead teenager Zhang Yan who only waited for others to bestow on him a chance. If he were like that, he would have been locked up by the Zhou Family and be under his wife’s command right now.

Only to constantly promote his cultivation was fundamental, everything else was unimportant!

While circling around the cauldron twice, Zhang Yan grimly laughed. But, suddenly a bold idea crossed his mind.

He could clearly feel from the traces of Qi emanated from this cauldron, that this thing was unusual. This cauldron could be regarded as a rare Daoist tool. Without even testing its function, he also knew that this cauldron would purify every food put into it, was.h.i.+ng away the food impurities and leaving only its essence.

At this moment, Zhang Yan actually saw the cauldron’s other function.

The cauldron itself should have the function to purify impurities, preserving only the essence!

When he thought about it, his eyes s.h.i.+ned brightly. He immediately went out, calling many child servants to collect a lot of dry firewood.

He was now an outer disciple. Even though the treatment he received was different than that of those ancient families’ juniors, he was still an outer disciple in status. He even had the privileges to have his own servant. So, when his words were being conveyed, how could those child servants dare to disobey his order?

Not only were they obeying his words, but those servants were also trying hard to get Zhang Yan’s attention. In the eyes of these child servants, if they could be his personal attendant, they might perhaps be like Bian Qiao, who lorded over people.

In less than an hour, a huge pile of firewood worth half a month’s use had been piled up in Zhang Yan’s cave mansion. Some smarter child servants even caught some wild games and gave it to him. Zhang Yan didn’t refuse it and accepted all of them. He then asked the child servants to go out as then closed his cave’s stone door.

He divided the firewood into fifteen piles, of which indicated half a month’s time to fuel the bronze cauldron steamer. It was fortunate that his cave mansion was quite s.p.a.cious. He could still sleep here.