Chapter 57

Chapter 56: The Furnace God (Part 2)

Now, Li Qiyi's words had revealed his condition, which couldn't help but shock him. When he was in the Nirvana Bathing realm, he had strived for success, leaving behind a small flaw. He had never told anyone about this, and he never expected that Li Qiyi could discern the entire story just by looking at his foundation. What a sharp and piercing gaze!

Such a gaze, such insight, should not belong to a teenager around thirteen or fourteen years old. Even as an elder, his gaze was not as sharp, and if they were at the same Heroic realm, he would not be able to discern the other's depth and flaws just by looking at their life wheel and destiny palace! This kind of gaze and insight required time to accumulate and a very high realm to achieve!

However, the young disciple in front of him, who was around thirteen or fourteen years old, was clearly not one of these two types of people!

As Elder Sun was shocked, Li Qiyi gave him a final glance and said, "Elder is of the Red Smelting Body, also known as the Red Smelting Snake Body. Elder Sun, you want to cultivate your Red Smelting Body into a Red Dragon Body, right?"

Hearing Li Qiyi say this, Elder Sun couldn't help but blush, and he laughed dryly, saying, "I was just trying it out."

Elder Sun had a congenital constitution, the Red Smelting Snake Body, but he wanted to cultivate his constitution into the highest form of this constitution—the Red Dragon Body!

"The problem lies with Elder's Furnace God," Li Qiyi said confidently and calmly.

"My Furnace God?" Hearing Li Qiyi's words, Elder Sun immediately shook his head and denied it, saying, "That's impossible. My Furnace God has followed me for hundreds of years. Since I obtained it in the Body Essence realm, I have used it until now. It has accompanied me in refining countless elixirs and has nurtured my body for hundreds of years. It has never had any problems."

"Elder's constitution is fiery, with yin energy absorbed, and the blood flows through the tendons and bones, sometimes not continuing, right?" Li Qiyi said calmly. "If Elder doesn't believe me, let me examine your Furnace God."

Li Qiyi's words made Elder Sun's expression change. He hadn't mentioned his symptoms, yet Li Qiyi had pointed them out. How could he not be shocked?

In a state of shock and uncertainty, Elder Sun finally took out his Furnace God. Elder Sun's Furnace God was the size of a fist, with three snakes intertwined, their mouths open and tongues flicking, jointly holding a furnace!

"Three Snake Fire Furnace, I've seen many of these types of Furnace Gods," Li Qiyi said with a smile as he took Elder Sun's Furnace God.

A Furnace God is essential for every alchemist. Even if one is not an alchemist, most cultivators would have a Furnace God.

To put it simply, a Furnace God is a pill furnace for refining elixirs. However, mortals use metal and stone to cast furnaces, while cultivators' elixirs have spiritual properties and cannot be refined in metal and stone.

Cultivators must use a Furnace God, which is essentially a natural pill furnace. However, this furnace has spirituality and even life. This is why cultivators' pill furnaces are called Furnace Gods.

There are many theories about the true origin of Furnace Gods. One theory suggests that in the distant and untraceable mythological era, Furnace Gods were deities who stoked the fires for immortals to refine elixirs.

Of course, this theory is not credible. More people believe another theory, which is that Furnace Gods are the essence of heaven and earth, transformed from metal, stone, and plants. They are imbued with the essence of heaven and earth, becoming mountain spirits. After enduring the trials of heaven and earth's lightning and fire, they contain a source of fire and eventually transform into a precious furnace, achieving what cultivators call a Furnace God.

Therefore, each Furnace God is a precious furnace imbued with the essence of heaven and earth, containing a source of fire. After being nurtured by cultivators or alchemists with spiritual medicines and precious herbs, the Furnace God develops a medicine repository within its body. Using the fire source to refine elixirs and the medicine repository to nurture the medicines, alchemists can use the Furnace God to refine body ointments, longevity elixirs, and life pills!

Li Qiyi carefully examined Elder Sun's Three Snake Fire Furnace. Finally, he placed his hands on the fist-sized Three Snake Fire Furnace and shouted, "Open!" As he spoke, he activated the Three Snake Fire Furnace.

When the Three Snake Fire Furnace was activated, it was no longer the size of a fist. A huge precious furnace appeared in the hall, as large as a table. The precious furnace was coiled by three spiritual snakes formed from the essence of heaven and earth. Although they were not real snakes, they looked vivid and lifelike.

The three spiritual snakes opened their mouths wide, jointly holding the furnace mouth. At this moment, waves of heat surged from within the furnace mouth, and the three snakes' open mouths also emitted a fragrant aroma of medicine.

The Three Snake Fire Furnace was Elder Sun's Furnace God, and he had used it to refine countless body ointments, longevity elixirs, and life pills!

The waves of heat surging from within the furnace mouth were the fire source within the Furnace God, which was crucial for refining elixirs. The fragrant aroma of medicine was the medicine repository within the Furnace God, and the quality of the elixirs largely depended on the medicine repository within the Furnace God!

Li Qiyi looked into the furnace and said, "Elder's furnace is naturally imbued with fiery energy. This fire is the source, a common fire source." As he spoke, his gaze moved, and he continued to observe.

"Elder's furnace is often fed with earth fire to strengthen the fire source, and various spiritual medicines to build the medicine repository. Although Elder has fed the Furnace God with various spiritual medicines, from what I can see, the most common one is Yin Flame Iris Grass. Am I right?"

"How do you know that?" Li Qiyi's words made Elder Sun's body tremble!

"Just a quick calculation," Li Qiyi said calmly, continuing to look into the furnace. "However, it's clear that Elder hasn't been feeding the Furnace God Yin Flame Iris Grass recently. If I'm not mistaken, Elder has been feeding the Furnace God Fire Dragon Grass recently. Am I right, Elder Sun?"

"You, you, how do you know that?" Elder Sun was stunned, and his speech was faltering! Recently, he had been trying to achieve a qualitative leap in his constitution to lay the foundation for cultivating the Red Dragon Body. He had spent a lot of money to buy Fire Dragon Grass and feed it to the Furnace God to strengthen the medicine repository!

Many cultivators, even if they are not alchemists, carry a Furnace God with them. This is because the Furnace God naturally contains a fire source, which can be strengthened by feeding it fire seeds. At the same time, each Furnace God is fed a large amount of spiritual medicines and precious herbs. After being fed, the essence of the refined medicines and herbs is stored within the Furnace God, forming a medicine repository.

A suitable Furnace God is very beneficial for cultivators. For example, if a cultivator with the Lesser Yang Body, one of the Twenty-Four Royal Constitutions, has a Furnace God with a fire source of solar essence, they can use the solar essence to refine their constitution.

At the same time, the medicine repository within the Furnace God can nurture the constitution, replenish blood and qi, and even treat injuries and illnesses.

Because of the various uses of the Furnace God, even if one is not an alchemist, they would still carry a Furnace God with them.

As for Elder Sun, it goes without saying. He was an alchemist and one of the two alchemists of the Ancient Xianyan Sect. He would certainly carry a Furnace God with him.

For an alchemist, what spiritual medicines and precious herbs they feed their Furnace God is generally not something they would easily tell others.

However, now, Li Qiyi just needed to look once to know what spiritual medicines and precious herbs were fed to the Furnace God. How could this not shock Elder Sun? What a profound understanding of the properties of medicines and the refinement process of the Furnace God!

Li Qiyi did not answer Elder Sun's question but said, "The problem lies here. If you want to cultivate the Red Dragon Body, Fire Dragon Grass does have some benefits. However, Elder Sun, your Furnace God has been fed Yin Flame Iris Grass for hundreds of years, and the medicine repository within the Furnace God has accumulated a large amount of the essence of Yin Flame Iris Grass. The essence within the medicine repository is yin fire energy, while Fire Dragon Grass belongs to the yang energy...

"By suddenly feeding the Furnace God Fire Dragon Grass, the yang energy of Fire Dragon Grass will impact the medicine repository within the Furnace God. If the situation is severe, it could damage this precious furnace, seriously affecting the quality of elixir refinement! More importantly, your constitution has been nurtured by this precious furnace, and it has become accustomed to yin fire energy. Now, the precious furnace suddenly emits yang energy to nurture your constitution, which will suppress the yin fire in your constitution and obstruct the flow of blood and qi!"

Li Qiyi spoke calmly and knowledgeably, like a great master in this field. This not only left the nearby Protector Mo speechless but also left Elder Sun in awe.

Finally, Li Qiyi said calmly, "Elder Sun, as one of the two alchemists of the Ancient Xianyan Sect, you should understand that an alchemist must not only focus on their alchemical skills but also take good care of their Furnace God. The natural fire source of the Furnace God and the type of fire seed fed to it are profound studies. Once the medicine repository of the Furnace God is formed, the spiritual medicines and precious herbs fed to it later have a crucial relationship with the properties of the medicine repository...

"Whether refining life pills or body ointments, the quality of the life pills and body medicines depends not only on the alchemist's skills but also on the quality of the precious furnace. Equally important is whether the fire source and the essence of the medicine repository of the precious furnace conflict with the materials of the life pills and body medicines. The combination of medicines and the Furnace God is a profound study that requires long-term accumulation. Only an alchemist who treats their Furnace God as their second life can be considered a qualified alchemist."

Li Qiyi's discourse on the Furnace God left Elder Sun speechless. At this moment, the young disciple in front of him no longer seemed like a teenager around thirteen or fourteen years old but rather like a great master in the field of alchemy, speaking knowledgeably and confidently, far from being a braggart.

"What, what should I do then?" Unconsciously, Elder Sun, as an elder, could not help but ask Li Qiyi for advice, having been convinced by him.

Li Qiyi smiled and said, "Elder Sun's problem is not serious and is easy to solve. Elder Sun should stop feeding the Furnace God Fire Dragon Grass. If Elder Sun is truly determined to cultivate the Red Dragon Body, I suggest feeding the Furnace God Yihe Fire Tree. The properties of Yihe Fire Tree are close to those of Yin Flame Iris Grass, and its properties are a higher level. More importantly, Yihe Fire Tree is more compatible with the Red Dragon Body!"

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