Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather.

Chapter 1031 Sealing Spirit Fire Furnace

Hua Gai fell silent after hearing Li Yan's words.

Although Wanhua Demon Court gave them face, it didn't mean they would willingly accept the humiliation from Tianji Pavilion.

Especially the Blazing Phoenix Clan, those guys are incredibly arrogant.

Hua Gai felt that the Chi Huang clan was arrogant, but wasn't he just as arrogant in the eyes of others?
"I wish to request an audience with the Phoenix Lord, is that possible?" Hua Gai said.

Li Yan shook his head, "Phoenix Venerable is cultivating and should not be disturbed. Moreover, Phoenix Venerable said that the matter of True Monarch of Destiny has nothing to do with my Blazing Phoenix Clan!"

A fierce glint flashed in Hua Gai's eyes. "Whether there is a connection or not, we need to investigate to find out. It's unlikely that your words alone will convince the public!"

Li Yan said coldly, "My Blazing Phoenix Clan would never lie about such a trivial matter!"

"This is no small matter!"

"It's a trivial matter for my Blazing Phoenix Clan!"

"You!" Hua Gai exclaimed angrily.

"Please leave, everyone!" Li Yan didn't give him time to get angry and directly drove him away.

Hua Gai's expression turned grim, and Jie Chen and Ding Chen's expressions also became somewhat unpleasant.

When they went to the Qingyuan Fox Clan, the Fox Lord at least allowed them into the cave, but when they came to the Chihuang Clan, the Phoenix Lord wouldn't even let them in, let alone into the cave.

Although some unpleasantness occurred with the Qingyuan Fox Clan, they knew they were in the wrong and naturally wouldn't be angry about it.

But here, the Blazing Phoenix Clan doesn't even have the most basic hospitality. How could they not be angry?
"Miss Li Yan, have you thought this through?" Hua Gai said sternly, "If we leave today, we won't be so polite in the future!"

"Whatever!" Li Yan said nonchalantly.

Hua Gai, his face ashen, flicked his sleeves as he looked at Li Yan, who remained unmoved. "Let's go!"

The group from Tianji Pavilion could only slink away. As for starting a war, don't be ridiculous. The Chihuang Clan is not a pushover, and the Chihuang Demon Clan is one of the three great clans of the Wanhua Demon Court. Starting a war with the Chihuang Clan is the same as starting a war with the Wanhua Demon Court.

Although the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion should be able to suppress the Myriad Flower Demon Court with its strength, the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion will inevitably pay a heavy price for it.

The Heavenly Mystery Pavilion will not go to war with the Myriad Flower Demon Court unless absolutely necessary.

"Senior brother, shall we go to the Demon Ruins next?"

The group from Tianji Pavilion flew silently through the air. Dingchen Zhenjun sensed the oppressive atmosphere and couldn't help but ask a question.

Hua Gai stopped, took a deep breath, and said, "No need, we can't enter the Demon Ruins!"

The Demon Ruins is the cultivation ground of the Myriad Flower Demon Emperor. The fact that the Myriad Flower Demon Emperor can be given the titles of Myriad Flower and Demon Emperor is enough to prove his status and strength among the demon race.

The fox clan of Qingyuan is alluring, but the fox lord is relatively amiable to outsiders.

The Blazing Phoenix Clan is arrogant, but at least they can be negotiated with.

As for the Demon Emperor of Ten Thousand Flowers, apart from the Fox Lord and the Phoenix Lord, it is extremely difficult for anyone else to even meet him.

"Besides, this was definitely not done by the Demon Emperor. There's no need for us to make things difficult for him!"

At this point, he turned back to look in the direction away from the volcano, a thoughtful look in his eyes.

……

In the Pill Hall atop Flaming Mountain, in the Land of Spiritual Origin.

Yang Zongyuan stood in front of the Sealing Spirit Profound Fire Furnace, carefully controlling the surging earth fire.

On his shoulder sat a tiny figure, no bigger than the palm of his hand, radiating a spiritual light and with a rather adorable appearance, like a little child.

This Sealed Spirit Mystic Fire Furnace is the alchemy furnace that Yang Zhengshan obtained in the Sun Cave Heaven, and this little man is the spirit of the Mystic Fire Furnace, Feng Ling.

Fengling is also an ancient artifact spirit, born more than 13,000 years ago, a thousand years earlier than the Golden Crow.

However, since the Sealed Spirit does not possess the True Fire of the Sun, it is not as powerful as the Golden Crow.

The Golden Crow excels at controlling fire, while the Spirit Sealing excels at sealing. It can not only perfectly control the transformation of medicinal power in the alchemy furnace during alchemy, but also seal enemies into the furnace during battle.

Although Fengling's combat power is far inferior to that of Jinwu, its auxiliary role in alchemy is not much less than that of Jinwu.

The key is that Fengling is extremely obedient. Yang Zongyuan only tried to refine it once, and Fengling recognized him as its master.

Of course, Fengling wasn't stupid. It wouldn't choose a master. The reason it was willing to acknowledge Yang Zongyuan as its master was twofold: first, it had been dormant for too long and didn't want to continue dormant; second, Yang Zongyuan had excellent aptitude, especially in alchemy, where his talent was absolutely outstanding.

Therefore, it did not resist Yang Zongyuan's refining process and directly chose to recognize him as its master.

Besides controlling the medicinal power, Fengling has another advantage over Jinwu: its understanding of alchemy.

Jinwu was just a fire-tending boy. Although he had followed his former master in refining many pills, he didn't know much about the theory of pills.

Fengling is skilled at controlling the medicinal and spiritual power within the alchemy furnace. This requires a thorough understanding of the properties of various medicinal herbs and a personal interpretation of the alchemy formulas being refined. Otherwise, it would be impossible for it to control the medicinal and spiritual power.

It can be said that Fengling itself is an experienced alchemist. Its only drawback is that it cannot participate in the entire alchemy process; otherwise, it could be used as an alchemist.

With Feng Ling's guidance and assistance, Yang Zongyuan's alchemy skills improved by leaps and bounds during this period.

Yang Zongyuan is now able to refine mid-grade demon essence pills, and his pill-refining ability is even better than Yang Zhengshan's back then.

At this moment, Yang Zongyuan was refining the Demon Essence Pill. He carefully controlled the earth fire while meticulously sensing the changes in the medicinal power within the furnace.

"Turn down the heat. This is a water-attribute demon core. If you turn the heat up too high, it will affect the water-attribute spiritual power contained in the demon core, and the quality will decrease after refining it."

"Yes, yes, that's it. You see, this makes the spiritual energy inside the demon core more active."

"We can add the Heart-Gathering Grass now. Heart-Gathering Grass is cold in nature, so when you put it into the alchemy furnace, the flame must not be too big, otherwise it will dissipate the medicinal properties of the Heart-Gathering Grass!"

The childish voice echoed in the hall, but the tone of voice was extremely mature, as if a master was instructing his disciple on alchemy.

Indeed, this is the case. Compared to Yang Zhengshan, a master whom they rarely see, Feng Ling is now more like a patient and guiding master.

Yang Zhengshan's teaching of his disciples was always casual. Except for the initial period when he would wholeheartedly guide them, once they were on the right path, he would start to let them grow freely, only occasionally giving them some pointers.

Yang Jizhen, Ma Qiuyan, and others all went through this process, and Yang Zongyuan was no exception.

Just as Yang Zongyuan was concentrating on refining the Demon Essence Pill, Yang Zhengshan quietly arrived at the entrance of the Pill Hall.

Yang Zongyuan did not notice his arrival, but Feng Ling did notice Yang Zhengshan.

Fengling wanted to pay its respects to Yang Zhengshan, but Yang Zhengshan waved his hand, indicating that it was not necessary and told it to continue guiding Yang Zongyuan in alchemy.

And so, Yang Zhengshan stood outside the door, quietly observing Yang Zongyuan refining pills. Watching Yang Zongyuan's incredibly skilled fire control and pill refining techniques, he nodded in satisfaction.

In alchemy, Yang Zongyuan has now surpassed Zhang Hexuan.

This is normal. Although Zhang Hexuan was also taught by Yang Zhengshan, his talent in alchemy was just so-so.

Given Zhang Hexuan's aptitude, it's highly unlikely he'll ever be able to refine a top-grade Demon Essence Pill in his lifetime.

This is not to belittle Zhang Hexuan, but rather because alchemy is a craft that relies heavily on talent. If one lacks talent, no amount of hard work will help.

Yang Zongyuan was now in the final stages of the process, and Yang Zhengshan only waited for a little over an hour before Yang Zongyuan opened the furnace to retrieve the pill. A luminous pill flew out of the furnace, and a bright smile spread across Yang Zongyuan's face.

"Spirit Sealing, it's top-grade, top-grade!" he exclaimed in delight.

"Hmm, not bad, keep up the good work!" Feng Ling said in a childish voice, sounding much older than her age.

After saying this, it turned around and bowed to Yang Zhengshan, saying, "Greetings, True Lord!"

Its body is too small, and its rigid appearance looks a bit funny.

"Ancestor!" Yang Zongyuan only then noticed Yang Zhengshan.

Yang Zhengshan walked in, looked at the Demon Essence Pill in the jade plate, and said, "Not bad, you actually managed to refine a high-grade Demon Essence Pill. It seems your alchemy skills have improved quite a bit!"

"Hehe, it's all thanks to the Fengling Sect!" Yang Zongyuan said modestly.

Yang Zhengshan gave Feng Ling an approving look. "Well done. I'm going to refine Dao Spirit Elixir soon, so I'll reward you with a bottle!"

Dao Spirit Elixir is a third-tier spiritual liquid that enhances the spirituality and Daoist charm of spiritual treasures. Although its effects are not outstanding, it is an extremely rare spiritual item for the spirit of the artifact.

Yang Zhengshan refined the Dao Spirit Elixir for two reasons: first, he needed it to enhance the spirituality of the Divine Wood Cauldron and the Azure Wood Purple Lightning Sword; second, he wanted to improve his alchemy skills in preparation for refining the Nine Cauldrons Divine Pill.

"Thank you for the reward, True Lord!" Feng Ling showed a joyful expression.

Yang Zhengshan smiled, casually waved his hand, and sent the Sealing Spirit Profound Fire Furnace aside. Then he released the Golden Crow Eight Trigrams Furnace.

"Caw caw~~" The golden crow started cawing noisily as soon as it appeared.

It not only squawked, but also flew to Fengling's side and flapped its fiery wings.

"Little Lingzi, you don't even greet me, your great master!"

"Idiot!" Feng Ling curled her lip and said disdainfully.

"How dare you insult me! Believe me or not, I'll burn you alive!" the Golden Crow said menacingly, spewing flames from its mouth.

Feng Ling looked at it with an expression as if it were an idiot.

Burn me to death?
Are you stupid?!

I am the alchemy furnace, why would I be afraid of being burned?

Of course, it didn't say these words aloud, because it didn't like arguing with idiots.

The Golden Crow's Solar True Fire is powerful, but even the most powerful fire cannot destroy a mid-grade spiritual artifact alchemy furnace.

Even if it could be burned, it wouldn't happen overnight. Even if Fengling let it burn, it would take at least ten days to half a month for it to damage the Fengling Profound Fire Furnace.

Besides, the Golden Crow needs Yang Zhengshan's magical power to unleash the True Fire of the Sun, so how could Yang Zhengshan allow the Golden Crow to act recklessly?

Therefore, Feng Ling was not afraid of the Golden Crow's threat at all.

"Alright, can't you be quiet for a second? I need to refine pills!" Yang Zhengshan said irritably.

"Uh, Master, this guy is too arrogant, I want to teach him a lesson!"

"I think you need to be taught a lesson!"

Yang Zhengshan gave it a sideways glance.

Feng Ling only looks like a child, while Jin Wu's personality is more like that of an immature, chuunibyou (middle school syndrome) teenager.

"Quickly start a fire!"

The Golden Crow was scolded and, feeling wronged, spat out a ball of true solar fire towards the bottom of the furnace.

"Be serious, this time I'm going to refine Dao Spirit Elixir. I'll give Fengling one bottle and you two!"

Yang Zhengshan transmitted his voice to Jinwu.

Upon hearing this, Jinwu's aggrieved mood vanished instantly, replaced by excitement.

Hehe, I knew my master loved me the most.

Dao Ling Jiang is a third-tier spiritual liquid, and it is quite difficult to refine. Fortunately, Yang Zhengshan's alchemy skills have improved a lot recently.

The Tongming Pill and the Jie Lei Pill he refined were both third-tier pills. Now, he was refining Dao Ling Jiang. Although he was not very skilled at it, he was not going to fail repeatedly.

Yang Zhengshan began refining elixirs, and Yang Zongyuan readily assisted him.

The Golden Crow controlled the flames, and Feng Ling was not idle either, explaining to Yang Zongyuan the medicinal materials and techniques needed to refine the Dao Spirit Elixir.

Even Yang Zhengshan listened attentively to Feng Ling's explanation.

After all, this was his first time refining Dao Spirit Elixir, while Feng Ling, although it had never refined it on its own, must have refined it many times with its former master, and had a very thorough understanding of the medicinal properties and formulas, and was even very familiar with the refining techniques.

With Feng Ling's guidance, Yang Zhengshan successfully refined a Dao Spirit Elixir after only two failures.

“It’s a bit of a waste for you to use Yin Spring Water to refine Dao Spirit Elixir!” Feng Ling said.

"There's nothing I can do, the only suitable Yin Spring Elixir I have!" Yang Zhengshan said helplessly.

There are many spiritual items that can enhance the spirituality of magical artifacts, but unfortunately Yang Zhengshan does not have any of them.

He only realized that Yin Spring Water was very suitable for refining Dao Spirit Water after he understood its properties.

Don't assume that just because he obtained a lot of Yin Spring Essence from the Water Halberd, it's not valuable.

In fact, Yin Spring Essence is an extremely precious item even among third-tier spiritual objects.

This means that the Minghai Xuan Palace has its own deep-sea Yin Spring, which is why it can accumulate so much Yin Spring Essence.

Human cultivators mostly live on land, so they rarely have the opportunity to obtain such deep-sea treasures.

Feng Ling didn't say anything more, but continued to guide Yang Zhengshan in refining Yin Spring Elixir.

Of course, nominally he was instructing Yang Zongyuan, not Yang Zhengshan, since Yang Zhengshan was a Golden Core cultivator, and he still had to consider Yang Zhengshan's feelings.

Yang Zhengshan spent a month refining the Dao Spirit Elixir, making a total of nine batches. He failed four times and succeeded five times, obtaining five bottles of low-grade Dao Spirit Elixir, four bottles of mid-grade Dao Spirit Elixir, and one bottle of high-grade Dao Spirit Elixir.

For his meritorious guidance, Feng Ling was rewarded by Yang Zhengshan with a bottle of low-grade Dao Spirit Elixir and a bottle of mid-grade Dao Spirit Elixir.

After Feng Ling bowed in gratitude, Yang Zhengshan asked, "How much do you know about the method of refining the Nine Cauldrons Divine Pill?"

The Nine Cauldrons Divine Pill that Yunxiao took came from the Fengling Pill Furnace. If it weren't for the Fengling seal, the Nine Cauldrons Divine Pill would not have been preserved to this day, with no loss of medicinal power.

Since the Nine Cauldrons Divine Pill originated from the Sealed Spirit Pill Furnace, Sealed Spirit naturally had some understanding of the Nine Cauldrons Divine Pill.

"You want to refine the Nine Cauldrons Divine Pill?" Feng Ling looked at Yang Zhengshan in surprise.

"Well, can't you?"

"With your current alchemy skills, you absolutely cannot refine the Nine Cauldrons Divine Pill!" Feng Ling said bluntly this time without any politeness.

(End of this chapter)