Chapter 43: The Awakening of Life Flame

Seeing the flame flickering over Yun Shu’s palm, Senior Ye’s eyes suddenly lit up out of excitement. He could tell that the flame was from this boy’s Spirit Qi, instead of a fire martial art.

This meant Yun Shu had the potential to awaken his Life Flame!

Such extraordinary talent was extremely rare!

To achieve anything slightly remarkable in refining pills or making weapons, the awakening of Life Flame was indispensable.

Since time immemorial, the awakening of a Life Flame was crucial for master alchemists and artisans!

Such talent, however, was like gold dust. In the entire Fire Mystic Sect, few were able to awaken their Life Flame. However, there was one standing right in front of Senior Ye. No wonder he would feel so exhilarated.

“Boy, try to make the fire bigger. Do your very best!” Senior Ye said seriously.

Yun Shu slightly nodded and started circulating his Spirit Qi.

Bang!

The flame over his palm suddenly intensified and reached the height of more than seven to eight feet.

Watching his performance, Senior Ye’s eyes widened with amazement.

“Alright, stop!” Senior Ye said to Yun Shu.

Yun Shu did as told, and the flame instantly disappeared.

Senior Ye remained silent, weighing his words. After a while, he asked Yun Shu, “Boy, did anyone ever tell you that you can awaken your Life Flame?”

Yun Shu didn’t know what Senior Ye was talking about and shook his head.

Senior Ye bit his teeth angrily and swore right in front of him, “Those bloody blind dogs in the sect! There’s such a treasure in front of them, but they just cannot see!”

Knowing that Senior Ye was speaking highly of him, Yun Shu still felt a little embarrassed.

At this time, Senior Ye continued to explain, “The so-called awakening of Life Flame is, in fact, a kind of innate talent. A person born with it can not only turn Spirit Qi into flame but also have a much better understanding and greater strength than others when practicing fire-related martial arts!

“In addition, if one wants to attain some real accomplishments in alchemy or crafting, the Life Flame is vital! Not many have the talent, but you do!” said Senior Ye.

Yun Shu was left in a daze while listening to Senior Ye. For the first time ever in his life, he came to know that he was born with such a gift!

Senior Ye soon shook his head and warned him, “Boy, don’t get too excited too early. Your talent can only determine your upper limits, but it’s entirely possible for you to never even touch them. After all, it fully depends on how hard you are willing to work!”

“I understand!” Yun Shu hurriedly nodded.

“Now that you have no problem turning Spirit Qi into a flame, the most important thing for you right now is to find a way to awaken your Life Flame!” Senior Ye said.

“What should I do?” Yun Shu asked.

“The key to awakening one’s Life Flame is to try to burn up one’s own Spirit Qi. When all of your Spirit Qi is consumed, your Life Flame will be ignited naturally. But for a large majority, the most difficult part is to light a big enough fire, which requires consistent practice. But your flame before was really huge. Did you ever practice it?” asked Senior Ye.

Yun Shu was also confused when he heard this, but soon, he understood.

The reason why he was able to kindle such a tall flame was that he had been feeding the little chick for a few months. Every time he fed the little thing, it almost emptied out his Spirit Qi reserves.

This was, however, the best way for the awakening of Life Flame!

Before he knew it, he had done the motion of awakening his Life Flame multiple times.

“Senior, I tried to refine some pills on my own a couple of times before,” Yun Shu said.

He still didn’t want to tell someone else about the little chick, so he made up such an excuse.

“So the two pills you gave me were…” murmured Senior Ye.

Yun Shu nodded and said, “Yes. I kept trying and got really lucky!”

Hearing that, Senior Ye’s eyebrows slightly lifted.

In Senior Ye’s eyes, not only was this young man’s potential extremely high, but he also had a profound understanding of alchemy. Earlier, Senior Ye was only returning the favor by telling this young man about the pill called Huitian, but now, it seemed that the youngster could possibly take up his mantle! Deep in Ye’s heart, his attitude towards Yun Shu had undergone a considerable change.

“Very good! Then from now on, focus on burning your Spirit Qi!” Senior Ye instructed seriously.

“Yes!” Yun Shu answered. Meanwhile, he put his hands together and started circulating his Spirit Qi.

In an instant, a cluster of flame lit up over Yun Shu’s palm and grew more and more fierce. Soon, the flame completely enveloped him!

Almost there! Yun Shu clenched his teeth, trying his best to consume all the Spirit Qi he had.

Finally.

Puff!

A small tongue of black flames lit up between Yun Shu’s eyebrows. Though tiny, it was much hotter than the massive cluster of flame that enshrouded him.

“Done!” Yun Shu exclaimed cheerfully.

Bound to Nine-dragon Pillar, Senior Ye also shared the joy.

“It’s black fire, even a bit stronger than mine!” he murmured in a low voice to himself.

At this time, the flame covering Yun Shu faded, and the black Life Flame also disappeared between his brows.

“Very good! Now that you have awakened your Life Flame, we’ll try to refine some pills. You have a furnace, don’t you?” Ye asked.

Yun Shu quickly nodded and said, “Of course!”

He hurriedly pulled out that ugly-looking furnace out of his cosmic bag. Seeing it, Senior Ye’s eyes opened big. Today was a day full of surprises. “Boy, where did you get this Pill furnace?”

Yun Shu was somewhat stunned at Senior Ye’s reaction.

“I found it in a cave in this valley. You recognize this furnace, Senior?” Yun Shu asked.

Ye laughed and said, “Do I know it? Of course! This is the very furnace I used when I was young! It’s astonishing that we share such fate between us!”

What a coincidence!

He never expected that this old furnace actually belonged to Senior Ye.

“The furnace looks so ugly. Why did you decide to keep it?” Ye asked in great interest.

Indeed, in terms of appearance, it was very likely to be thrown into the trash.

“Although its appearance leaves much to be desired, I can tell there are two streams of Yin and Yang within it. I was curious, so I decided to keep it,” Yun Shu answered honestly.

“That’s not easy to tell at all. You’ve tried refining pills before, right? Now, show me!” said Senior Ye.

Yun Shu gave Senior Ye a palm-hold-fist salute and then sat on the ground. From his cosmic bag, Yun Shu took out supreme-grade ginseng and an ice grass and put them into the furnace.