Chapter 144: Chapter 115: Perfection_3
"I understand now, completely understand. This child was born with an affinity for fire. The first time, he just didn’t realize it, so he made a mistake. But the moment he became aware of it, with his ’Fire Vein,’ grasping the appropriate level of heat is as easy as picking something up with his hands."
Shang Yunfang couldn’t say he had completely guessed wrong. Seventy to eighty percent of his assumptions were correct. At least in the aspect of ’Fire Control,’ not a single point of his speculation was incorrect.
So, when the transition from ’Literature Fire’ to ’Martial Fire’ took place, it was truly Chen Ku’s time to shine.
All one could see was that, accompanied by the display of Chen Ku’s Fire Beak Pot ability and under the guise of his hand movements fanning the flames, the Fire Essence within the furnace suddenly burst forth. It was like myriad fully-red suns unleashing a tremendous fiery power!
The Martial Fire raged!
The entire Pill-Refining Room was like the Red Abyss!
Outside, Nong Baosen and Huo Xiaoxia saw the flames in the furnace gradually turn azure. And it continued to maintain the state of azure flames.
"Perfection!" Huo Xiaoxia exclaimed in surprise.
Perfection represented the highest echelon of Martial Fire flames. She too could bring forth such flames through her Qi Power by fanning vigorously, but she had never managed to continuously maintain such exquisite control over the heat.
But at this moment, Chen Ku was actually able to continuously control the furnace flames in the ’Martial Fire’ state to maintain the ’Pure Azure Flame.’
Huo Xiaoxia sneakily glanced at her master. She subconsciously wanted to see his reaction—the master who had previously looked down on Chen Ku—now that he was witnessing this ’Perfection’ in fire control.
She saw it. Nong Baosen’s eyes lit up completely, reflecting the pure azure flames from the window. Unhidden excitement for something inside the room shone in his eyes.
Huo Xiaoxia understood. Definitely, her master wasn’t excited about seeing the furnace, and even less likely about Elder Shang. So, what then was he excited about...
Reflected in her pupils was the silhouette of the young man in front of the furnace.
The answer was quite clear. A person her master had misevaluated, but who was actually a natural Pill-Refining Holy Body.
Junior Brother Chen Ku... With such an ability to control the heat, I wonder how many Pills he managed to form?
Huo Xiaoxia secretly speculated in her heart: With this kind of heat control, as long as his subsequent Skill is the same, forming ten Pills should be no problem. But I wonder what the formation rate of Top Grade Pills will be? Surely he couldn’t surpass me on his first attempt at Alchemy, right? Will it be a rate of more than five Top Grade Pills?
Shang Yunfang was also looking forward to Chen Ku’s results from this second attempt at Alchemy with immense anticipation.
「As night fell, the cold wind howled outside, while the room was as warm as the blazing sun.」
Outside the window, the master and disciple pair stood without moving, not having shifted from their positions all night. They watched as Chen Ku effortlessly switched seven times between ’Literature Fire’ and ’Martial Fire’. He transitioned smoothly, firmly controlling the heat according to the standards dictated by the Pill Prescription.
「Thus passed another night.」
It was time to open the furnace.
CLANG!
When Chen Ku stepped forward to lift the lid of the furnace, Shang Yunfang bent down to take a look. A surprised and joyful expression appeared on Shang Yunfang’s face.
At that moment, Nong Baosen, who had been waiting outside the whole night, couldn’t contain himself. He pushed open the door and hurriedly asked, "What’s the Pill Formation rate? How many are Top Grade?"
Shang Yunfang already knew Nong Baosen was waiting outside; after all, he was the one Shang Yunfang had asked to come. But he hadn’t expected this old friend to be so impulsive...
He must have watched everything my good disciple did from outside last night. After enduring the cold wind all night, he must be anxiously waiting for the result.
Shang Yunfang first glanced at the Pills on the plate, trying his best to suppress his emotions. Even so, he couldn’t hide his extreme pride as he held the plate out towards Nong Baosen.
"Brother Nong, see for yourself."