Miao Yi and Xue 'Er couldn't see Yao Ruoxian's reaction from where they were standing. They only felt that Qian' Er's reaction was a little funny, or perhaps she was angry out of humiliation.
Originally, Qian 'Er was the one who placed the pair of stone lions at the entrance of Miao Yi's sleeping quarters. She seemed to think that they looked impressive, but in the end, Charcoal wasn't happy that they were taking up his sleeping spot. Back then, Miao Yi didn't even know that it was Qian' Er who placed them there. He simply commented that those bootlickers in Raincloud Manor didn't even have a good eye for flattery. How could they be so shameless as to offer such an old-fashioned thing as a tribute?
As such, Qian'Er quickly moved the pair of items away without a word. Later on, Xue'Er secretly told Miao Yi that Qian'Er had bought them from the capital city as a token of her sincerity. Miao Yi then realized that he had made a slip of the tongue, so he praised Qian'Er and asked her to bring them back. However, Qian'Er didn't bring them out again. He didn't expect that she would place them at Yao Ruoxian's doorstep again.
He guessed that Qian'Er was trying to regain some face from Yao Ruoxian, but who would have thought that Yao Ruoxian would come up with an uncouth remark. Even a sloppy old man like him would say that it was uncouth? It was no different from everyone saying that Qian'Er's taste was uncouth. Charcoal, that bastard, Miao Yi, and even the sloppy old man were disgusted. How could this woman endure it? It would be strange if she didn't fly into a rage out of humiliation!
Yao Ruoxian didn't pay too much attention to it. Instead, he turned around and walked over. Widening his eyes, he stroked the head of the Qilin carved from crystal. Then, he lay on top of it and sniffed it. Astonished, he asked, "Girl, where did you get this thing? Was it a tribute from the people below? "
Qian 'er raised her head and looked at the sky, not saying a word.
Seeing how concerned he was about it, Miao Yi realized something. He walked over and said, "I gave it to her. Is there a problem?"
Out of the large pile of items he brought back from the Sea of Constellations, he gave the two ladies the items that were inconvenient to carry around. For example, several thousand storage rings. He also asked the two ladies to hand over the countless daily necessities to Yan Xiu to distribute to the commoners in the vassal cities.
"You gave it to me?" Yao Ruoxian turned around and asked, "Don't you know what this is?"
Miao Yi stroked the head of the Crystal Qilin and said, "This thing is unusual. It can repel fire. I asked Qian'Er to find a craftsman to cut it up and make a few pieces of it into fire-repelling accessories. Just in case, it might come in handy. It can protect them."
Yao Ruoxian waited for him to continue. In the end, Miao Yi only knew this much, and didn't say anything else. Yao Ruoxian saw that he was speaking so casually. His expression twitched as he asked, "Where did you get it?"
"From the Sea of Constellations." Miao Yi paused for a moment, then added, "The decorations at the entrance of the Supreme Fire Palace in the Sea of Constellations. I chopped off one of their heads and brought it back."
"Supreme Fire Palace?" Yao Ruoxian asked curiously, "What kind of place is the Supreme Fire Palace?"
"Even you don't know about the Supreme Fire Palace?" Miao Yi was surprised.
Yao Ruoxian rolled his eyes. "Do you think I know everything? The world is so big, and there are so many things I don't know. Cut the crap. Where did you get it? It's just a head. I'll find a way to get the whole one later. "
Miao Yi immediately looked him up and down with a shocked expression. He clicked his tongue and said, "Old Devil, are you sure you can get the whole one?"
Yao Ruoxian scoffed, "If you can barge into a place, I can naturally barge into it as well. Looking at the size of this head, it shouldn't be hard to carry it back."
"That's true. Your cultivation is so much higher than mine." Miao Yi nodded repeatedly. With a welcoming look on his face, he encouraged, "Go on! The Western Star Sea's Western Constellations Master, Fu Qing, has nine Supreme Yao Kings under his command. One of them is called Lie Huan, and his residence is called Skyfire Mountain. Within Skyfire Mountain, there is a palace known as the Supreme Fire Palace. It is Supreme Yao King Lie Huan's personal residence. Also, let me tell you, there's more than one Qilin. There's one on each side of Supreme Yao King Lie Huan's palace entrance. Oh, right. The entire Supreme Fire Palace is made of this thing. Moving one or two Qilin statues will be boring. You better bring the entire Supreme Fire Palace here. "
"…" Yao Ruoxian was a little dumbfounded. His mouth was agape for a long while before he muttered to himself, "Supreme Yao King Lie Huan …" As he spoke, he even shuddered. It was obvious that he was shivering. It seemed like he had heard of Supreme Yao King Lie Huan's name before.
He snapped out of his daze. Then, with a furious look on his face, he shouted at Miao Yi, "Kid, are you messing with me? Supreme Yao King Lie Huan is someone who could fight Ghost Sage Situ Xiao and escape unscathed. He's a Golden Lotus cultivator, and you want me to steal from his palace? Any one of his subordinates can easily kill me. Are you trying to get me killed? "
Miao Yi teased, "You were the one who said you were going to bring the whole thing back. Why are you blaming me now?"
"…" Yao Ruoxian was speechless. Waving his hand, he said, "Cut the crap. How did you manage to barge into Supreme Yao King Lie Huan's palace?"
Miao Yi sighed, "The Sea of Constellations Subjugation Crusade!"
Yao Ruoxian was taken aback. Then, realization dawned on him. "That's right. He cleared the area! No, even if there wasn't anyone, Supreme Yao King Lie Huan's residence isn't a place anyone can just barge into. There must be a protective formation around it. How could you have gotten in with your cultivation?! "
He didn't want to talk about this, but he still ended up asking about it! Miao Yi couldn't bear to look back and said, "I didn't want to barge in. I was being hunted down at the time, so I fled to Skyfire Mountain. You have no idea how miserable I was back then. I even had one of my legs chopped off. Left with no other choice, I could only jump into the mouth of the Skyfire Mountain. I didn't know that the sea of fire below was actually a formation, so I lost consciousness the moment I jumped in. When I woke up, I found myself in the Supreme Fire Palace, and my entire body was almost burnt to a crisp. That was also when I used up that immortal herb. That feeling of hovering between life and death still makes my scalp go numb when I think about it! "
The two girls covered their mouths as tears welled up in their eyes. They didn't even need to think to know how much suffering he had to go through!
Yao Ruoxian couldn't help but sigh, "It looks like you really suffered a little in the Sea of Constellations."
He hadn't just suffered a little. Given his cultivation at the time, it was pure luck that he was able to return alive. If he hadn't calmly dealt with the situation and dragged a group of people with him, he would have been killed by the three major sects as soon as he got off the ship. If he hadn't brought the tiny mantids with him and broken the Demon Refining Gourd, he would have died at Bai Ziliang's hands as well.
Miao Yi smiled bitterly and said, "It's a good thing that I fell into the Supreme Fire Palace. Outsiders won't be able to get in. I spent most of my time in the Sea of Constellations cultivating inside the Supreme Fire Palace. If I had stayed outside, who knows what else I would have run into. In that damned place, as soon as I bumped into someone, it would be a fight to the death. I might not even have made it out alive."
Truth be told, Miao Yi was glad that the Six Sages had sent someone to participate in the Subjugation Crusade as well. Otherwise, even if he managed to survive the early stages of the Subjugation Crusade, he might not be able to survive until the end even if he joined forces with Gu Sanzheng and the others. It didn't matter how good one's spear arts were. He could already imagine what kind of tragic scene it was when the Subjugation Crusade was about to end. Everyone would be gathered together, and there would be no escape. Either you die, or I live. Everyone would be willing to pay any price and resort to any means necessary to survive. How terrifying that scene must have been. It was only because the people sent by the Six Sages had changed the rules this time that he was lucky enough to survive.
Everyone knew that the Sea of Constellations Subjugation Crusade was a terrifying battlefield of slaughter to begin with! Yao Ruoxian shook his head and didn't want to talk about it anymore. He didn't want the two girls to cry endlessly. He turned around and removed the Qilin head from the stone lion. After examining it for a while, he suddenly stared at the hollow inside and exclaimed, "Huh? Why is the carving inside so crude?"
Miao Yi replied, "It's not that the carving is crude. It's a solid object. I dug out the inside."
"What?!" Yao Ruoxian immediately stomped his foot and shouted angrily, "You dug out such a huge piece inside? Where did you dig it out? "
Miao Yi casually replied, "I threw it away."
"You …" Yao Ruoxian had the urge to smash his head into Miao Yi's face, but he quickly returned it to the stone lion and pointed at Miao Yi's nose. He trembled in pain and said, "Kid, do you know what this is? It's the Supreme Fire Crystal that most people can't even get their hands on! You wastrel! You almost lost your life to get your hands on this, and you threw it away? Why didn't you burn a bastard like you to death in the Supreme Fire Palace? "
Seeing how furious he was, Xue'Er quickly stepped forward to stop him and asked, "Father, what's a Supreme Fire Crystal?"
Yao Ruoxian stomped his feet in pain and replied, "It's the crystallized essence that's formed from fire!"
"Fire can form crystals too?" Xue'Er touched the transparent Qilin head in surprise. "Why does it feel so cold to the touch? It's more like an ice cube! "
"Little girl! Haven't you heard that things move in the opposite direction when pushed to the extreme? This is a product of extreme fire. That's why it's called the Supreme Fire Crystal. The opposite is the Ice Flame. "
"Ice Flame? Ice can form fire too? "
"Little girl, I've already told you that things move in the opposite direction when they reach an extreme. If a land of extreme fire can form ice, then a land of extreme ice can naturally form fire as well. However, it's different from other types of fire. The most common type of fire is known as Yang Fire, while those similar to Ice Flame or Ghost Fire are known as Yin Fire."
Miao Yi's heart skipped a beat. He could absorb spiritual essences from Yang Fire to speed up his cultivation. He wondered if he could absorb spiritual essences from Yin Fire as well. If he could, then he wondered what would happen if he put two different types of fire spiritual essences together. Miao Yi couldn't help asking, "What would happen if you put Yang Fire and Yin Fire together?"
Yao Ruoxian snapped, "Of course it would be Yin Fire and Yang Fire. You're just a fire-type cultivator!"
Miao Yi rubbed his nose sheepishly. He knew that the old man was still upset about the Supreme Fire Crystal he dug up and threw away. He didn't even know how valuable it was. Back then, when he saw the Supreme Fire Palace on the verge of collapse, he couldn't care less about anything else.
Qian'Er and Xue'Er couldn't bear to see Miao Yi get criticized. She quickly interjected, "Father! What's the use of this Supreme Fire Crystal then? "
"It's very useful! Didn't you hear this kid say that it can repel fire? Have you heard of the Fire Repelling Bead? It's a bead carved out of this thing. "Yao Ruoxian pointed at the transparent Qilin head.
Xue'Er smiled. "I've heard of it. I've even heard of the Water Repelling Bead and the Dust Repelling Bead."
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