Zhaoyang City was located in the Western Wasteland. It was similar to Heaven Sword City, a commercial and trade center under the jurisdiction of the Beauty Sect.
Nearly half of the shops in Zhaoyang City were brothels, most of which were controlled by the Beauty Sect. The cultivators in charge of these shops were usually backed by high level cultivators from the sect.
Yi Tian was also very curious about this. He accompanied Yan Zhaoxue on a stroll on the streets of Zhaoyang City, but he had a lot of questions in his heart. But when he saw the proud expression on Yan Zhaoxue's face, he could only hold back his words and wait for the right opportunity to ask.
A few days ago, after Yan Zhaoxue finished refining the Mind Pill, the three of them roughly divided it. However, when he saw that the pill furnace in front of Yan Zhaoxue was deformed by the pill fire, Yi Tian still had a lingering fear. The blue flame used to refine pills was actually so powerful. No wonder she was looking for rare materials everywhere. It seemed that she treated pill furnaces as consumables.
After seeing Yan Zhaoxue's worries, Yi Tian suggested that he could refine a pill furnace for her to return the favor. Who knew that the other party would not accept it and just nodded out of courtesy.
It could be seen that Yan Zhaoxue was still a bit hesitant, but under Dugu Ao's suggestion, she reluctantly agreed. The condition was that Yi Tian would follow her to Zhaoyang City to be the assistant of a refiner and help refine a pill furnace.
Yi Tian could not accept this result, but he could not take back his words. Moreover, Yan Zhaoxue clearly still had doubts about his ability.
In the end, the two sides compromised and agreed to go to Zhaoyang City to find the refiner of the Beauty Sect to see how to help refine tools.
The two of them walked for nearly an hour in Zhaoyang City before they finally arrived at a place called the Alchemy and Tool Pavilion. Along the way, Yi Tian noticed that when the patrolling guards saw Yan Zhaoxue, they all bowed slightly in greeting. It seemed like her status in the sect was not low.
After walking into the Pill and Tool Pavilion, he found that there were many cultivators in the lobby, most of them were cultivators who were bargaining for raw materials. The shop assistants in the pavilion were all female, but Yi Tian did not dare to look down on them.
Along the way, he passed by several cultivators who were in the middle of trading. He saw that the female prostitutes were able to make comments about the materials they were purchasing. Moreover, they were basically able to describe the materials to the best of their abilities.
Yi Tian had never seen such a scene in Heavenly Sword City before. The Beauty Sect was truly capable. Even some late-stage artefact forging cultivators could possess such knowledge. Yi Tian could not help but feel his understanding of the Beauty Sect being refreshed.
It was obvious that Yan Zhaoxue was the resident alchemist here, and her status seemed to be quite low. Along the way, he led Yi Tian to the second floor with ease, attracting the attention of the Foundation Establishment cultivators in the Pill-Refining Pavilion.
For a moment, everyone turned their heads and looked over. Their eyes were filled with envy, and the sounds of bargaining in the hall gradually decreased.
Only after Yi Tian released a bit of the spiritual pressure of a Jin Dan cultivator did the surrounding noise return to normal. No one wanted to provoke a Jin Dan cultivator.
After entering the room on the second floor, Yan Zhaoxue simply said, "Wait here, I'll be back soon."
"Do as you wish." Yi Tian could only reply with a smile. Since entering the Pill-Refining Pavilion, he had discovered that there were at least three Divine Senses secretly probing him. They should be the Jin Dan cultivators of the Beauty Sect stationed here.
Yi Tian could only laugh it off. In any case, he had come here to return a favor. At worst, he would just give a perfunctory greeting to the artefact forging master and leave.
Just as he was thinking, he suddenly noticed two people walking towards him from the corridor. He was already familiar with Yan Zhaoxue's spiritual pressure. Just by feeling it, Yi Tian could tell that the other person's cultivation was not weaker than his. He should be the shop's resident refiner, but he didn't know how strong he was.
With a 'ya' sound, the door was opened. Next to Yan Zhaoxue was a beautiful middle-aged woman of about 30 years old. The spiritual energy fluctuations on her body indicated that she should be a middle Jin Dan cultivator.
After the three people sat down, Yan Zhaoxue said to Yi Tian, "This is the number one artefact forging master of the Pill-Refining Pavilion, as well as the number one artefact forging master of the Western Wasteland, Hong Luanjing of the Beauty Sect."
Hearing this, he came back to his senses. No wonder Yan Zhaoxue wanted him to be an artefact forging assistant. It turned out that there was such a person here. Not daring to slight Yi Tian, he cupped his hands and said, "I'm Yi Tian. I didn't know that the number one artefact forging master of the Western Wasteland was in the Beauty Sect. I'm sorry for the disrespect."
Hong Luanjing, who was sitting in the seat of honor, smiled and said: "What number one or not, this is just a false title given by the Heavenly Fate Sect. Moreover, after ten years, this number one title will have to be handed over to someone else, it might be true."
This seemed to have touched Yan Zhaoxue's soft spot. She hurriedly replied, "Martial Uncle Hong, what do you mean? Could it be that some powerful artefact forging master has appeared in the Western Wasteland in recent years?"
Hong Luanjing nodded and said, "I heard that thirty years ago, a rising star appeared in the Heavenly Devil City. He actually refined a 'Black Devil Blade'. I heard that its grade reached the peak of the fifth level. If it weren't for the limitations of the materials used, it might have been an early sixth level spirit tool."
"So what? Can't Martial Uncle Hong also refine a peak fifth level spirit tool?" Yan Zhaoxue said with an unconvinced look.
"But he refined it when he was in the late stage of Foundation Establishment. I heard that this person successfully formed his Gold Core more than ten years ago and is now in closed-door cultivation. Moreover, he once said that after coming out of closed-door cultivation, he would refine a spirit tool and compete for the number one position on the Pill-Refining Earth Wasteland. "
At this time, Yi Tian quickly went through these clues in his mind. It seemed that only Huo Chilian had this ability. It seemed that after that incident, he also knew that he couldn't hide it, so he could only hide in the Heavenly Devil Sect's territory.
However, Huo Chilian's cultivation speed was really fast. It seemed that he didn't form his Gold Core much later than him.
Fortunately, he and Huo Chilian weren't the same kind of people. Huo Chilian wanted to stand out and strive for more cultivation resources for himself. On the other hand, Yan Zhaoxue wanted to conceal his identity and avoid attracting too much attention.
After thinking about it, he remained silent and waited for the two to continue their conversation. Hong Luanjing turned to Yi Tian and said, "I heard from my martial nephew that Your Excellency is also an artefact forging master. Moreover, it seems that Your Excellency's attainments aren't shallow. That's why you dared to boast about refining an alchemy furnace."
At this point, Yi Tian had no choice but to bite the bullet and reply, "I have little talent and knowledge, and I have cooperated with Fellow Daoist Yan twice. This time, I owe you a favor, so I wanted to use the alchemy furnace to express my gratitude. If I had known earlier that there was an artefact forging master like Fellow Daoist Hong, I wouldn't have made such a promise. "
These words dispelled Hong Luanjing's doubts. Then, she sighed and said, "In fact, I won't hide it from Fellow Daoist. My martial nephew is refining the 'Extreme Yin True Fire' secretly passed down in my sect. Because the flame is of the yin attribute, it can easily corrode the alchemy furnace when refining pills. Ordinary alchemy furnaces usually can't be used, and the inscriptions inside are often burned away. Therefore, those alchemy furnaces have become consumables. "
After this explanation, Yi Tian understood that the problem lay with the blue flame. The three major sects of the Western Wasteland each had their own heritage. The 'Extreme Yin True Fire' of the Beauty Sect should have a great origin. The last time Yan Zhaoxue used it, the Profound Yang True Fire in his dantian had reacted. Although it wasn't very strong, that feeling was indeed there.
This time, a large part of the reason he agreed to help Yan Zhaoxue was to learn more about this matter.
After lowering his head and thinking for a moment, Yi Tian laughed and said, "Can Fellow Daoist Yan show me the blue flame during alchemy? I already have a little idea, but I still need to confirm it."
Seeing Yan Zhaoxue's difficult expression, Hong Luanjing said, "It's fine. Since you want to try, maybe Brother Yi will suddenly have a creative idea." After saying that, she urged Yan Zhaoxue to start. She wanted to measure the skill of this artefact forging master in front of her.
Yan Zhaoxue nodded and then stretched out her right index finger. With a 'sou' sound, a wisp of blue flame appeared on her fingertip. However, this wisp of flame unexpectedly emitted a trace of coldness. In an instant, the temperature in the room dropped, and a trace of frost slowly appeared in the area close to the blue flame.
The previous two times, he was in a hurry, so Yi Tian didn't get to the bottom of it. This time, after seeing the 'Extreme Yin True Fire' at close range, the Profound Yang True Fire in his dantian suddenly became active. Yi Tian was so scared that he hurriedly suppressed it, so as to not make a fool of himself in front of others.
Hong Luanjing thought that this was the first time Yi Tian saw the cold flame of the Cha Nu Sect, so she said, "Although the 'Extreme Yin True Fire' is the secret manual of the Cha Nu Sect, it is not considered a secret in the Western Wasteland. The disciples of the Immortal Sword Sect and the Heavenly Demon Sect are already used to it. I'm afraid that Fellow Daoist is too inexperienced."
At this time, Yi Tian was already sure that the Cha Nu Sect was related to the 'Yin Sunflower Sect'. Otherwise, the Profound Yang True Fire in his dantian would not have been activated for no reason.
But if he wanted to obtain the 'Extreme Yin True Fire' secret manual, it would not be an easy task. Originally, he wanted to return to Eastern Ao after forming his core, but it seemed that he would have to spend more time.
Ever since he fell from the first grade Jin Dan to the eighth grade, Yi Tian had been constantly looking for ways to remedy the situation. Fortunately, the sect's Jin Dan Nine Grade Secret Manual also mentioned a secret technique to raise the level of the Jin Dan. But if he wanted to practice it to the peak, he would have to fuse the Profound Yang True Fire and the Sunflower True Fire together.
Originally, he was worried about where to find the Sunflower Sect, but now, it was just right in front of him. Now, Yi Tian felt that he was powerless. He knew that the thing he was looking for was right in front of him, but he was unable to directly take action.
A thought flashed through his mind. Could it be that he really had to kidnap Yan Zhaoxue and force her to tell him the secret manual of the Sunflower True Fire? He was afraid that if Yi Tian really did that, the Yuanying cultivators of the Cha Nu Sect would be the first to disagree. At that time, they would be hunted down and would have no place in the Western Desolate Continent.
In an instant, Yi Tian put down these unrealistic thoughts. He was still prepared to take it step by step. Looking at Yan Zhaoxue, he guessed that she definitely had not obtained the 'Extreme Yin True Fire' secret manual of the Jin Dan stage.
Since he knew the details of the other party, it would be easy to handle. Yi Tian quickly went through the pill furnace section of the Profound Yang Tool Refining Scripture in his mind and thought of a few solutions. He pretended to think for a moment and said, "I have a method, but I don't know if it will work."
Hong Luanjing smiled and said, "There is no harm in saying it."
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