"Ye Feng!" "I knew it was you again!" Just then, Luo Qianxue's voice, filled with rage, came from afar!
"Is this the Furnace Cauldron that just released the Cauldron Spirit?" A white-robed Luo Qianxue slowly descended from the sky, her gaze landing directly on the Nine Dragons Burning Heaven Cauldron beside Ye Feng.
Hm?
When Luo Qianxue tried releasing her Spiritual Power, wanting to activate the Cauldron Spirit on the Furnace Cauldron, she found it didn't react at all.
"Drip blood to recognize master!""You've already become the master of this Furnace Cauldron?"
Considering a possibility, Luo Qianxue looked at Ye Feng, her eyes filled with shock.
A Furnace Cauldron possessing a Cauldron Spirit was vastly different from ordinary ones! Even for a Heaven-rank Furnace Cauldron in the Xuan Tian Continent, an ordinary person could drip blood to recognize its master. But for a Furnace Cauldron with a Cauldron Spirit, you absolutely needed the Cauldron Spirit's approval to successfully bind it!
Yet, what was Ye Feng's cultivation level? Merely the Ninth Layer Peak of the Foundation Establishment Realm! Even if the Spirit Lotus within his body was terrifyingly abnormal, so what? It was no exaggeration to say that if this Furnace Cauldron were taken to the Upper Realm, even the old ancestor of her Limitless Sacred Land might not succeed in binding it!
Forget alchemy; just being able to control the nine demon dragon Cauldron Spirits within this Furnace Cauldron meant one could dominate the Xuan Tian Continent.
"Yeah, already bound it. Master, you have no idea, this piece of junk really eats Spiritual Power! Just that little demonstration just now devoured all the Spiritual Power in my body!" Ye Feng replied casually.
Piece of junk?Really eats Spiritual Power?Do you freaking know, Luo Qianxue thought furiously, that in the short time you controlled it just now, those nine terrifying demon dragon Cauldron Spirits could have destroyed the Star Soul Sect ten times over!
A walking Great Killing Weapon! At this moment, looking at Ye Feng, Luo Qianxue had only this one thought in her mind. Even if an expert who had survived nine Heavenly Dao Thunder Tribulations arrived, Ye Feng could rely on this terrifying Furnace Cauldron to Obliterate them directly!
Hm?
Luo Qianxue noticed Xia Tianyu beside her suddenly tugging at her sleeve. Puzzled, she asked, "Elder Xia, is something wrong?"
"Sect Master, you have to control him!" Xia Tianyu exclaimed, filled with righteous indignation. "Your prodigal disciple plans to use that powerful Demon Soul Cauldron Spirit for Barbecue in the future! The demonic flames of that dragon Cauldron Spirit can burn space itself, yet he actually wants to use it to roast meat! We can't let him continue being prodigal like this!"
Hearing this, Luo Qianxue's facial muscles instantly twitched! Such a Furnace Cauldron would cause a reign of terror even if placed in the Upper Realm, yet her prodigal disciple wanted to use it to roast meat? If her old ancestor in the Upper Realm knew about this, wouldn't he directly faint from anger?
She knew Ye Feng was prodigal, even reaching an insane level, but only now did she realize she had still underestimated the bottom line of his prodigality!
"Ye Feng," Luo Qianxue took a deep breath, forcing a smile as she tried to persuade him, "do you know that with this Furnace Cauldron, you can basically do whatever you want in the Xuan Tian Continent from now on?"
"People are iron, food is steel; skip a meal and you'll feel the ordeal. I'm not interested in doing whatever I want. I just want to eat barbecue!" Ye Feng retorted directly, refusing to listen.
"Ye Feng," Luo Qianxue tried again, suppressing her anger, "this Furnace Cauldron is a supreme treasure! It can refine Pills of any grade, Obliterate any enemy! If you utilize it well, your future will be limitless!"
"I will only use it to kill Yao Beasts, because Yao Beast meat tastes good, human meat doesn't. I want barbecue sizzling with oil!"
Swish!
With a flash of white sword light, a sharp, slender, snow-white Long Sword appeared in Luo Qianxue's hand!
"Sect Master, you mustn't, Sect Master! No matter what, he's still your Direct Disciple!" Xia Tianyu desperately grabbed onto Luo Qianxue, who had completely lost control!
"Elder Xia, let go of me quickly! Watch me hack this Rebellious Disciple!" Luo Qianxue struggled furiously against Xia Tianyu's grasp, her eyes, fixed on Ye Feng, blazing with endless fury. She felt that if this continued, she would be driven to death by this prodigal disciple long before she could ascend to the Upper Realm for revenge!
"Master, Elder Xia, if there's nothing else, I'll be leaving first!" Watching the two struggling, Ye Feng felt somewhat helpless. He put away the Nine Dragons Burning Heaven Cauldron and left Xia Tianyu's courtyard. He didn't believe Luo Qianxue would actually strike him; it was just a woman venting her baseless grievances during Menopause¹.
If Luo Qianxue knew Ye Feng's current thoughts, she would absolutely break free from Xia Tianyu's hold regardless of anything else, slay him with one strike, and then curse furiously, "What the hell Menopause and baseless grievances! Don't you have any damn self-awareness about why I'm this angry?!"
Returning to his residence, Ye Feng saw the sky gradually darkening. He took the Nine Dragons Burning Heaven Cauldron out from the System Space, casually tossed it into the courtyard, and went inside to rest.
Ye Feng had no idea that a large contingent was currently rushing towards the Star Soul Sect, expected to arrive by early morning tomorrow!
"I wonder how that fellow Li Fei is doing. He should have returned to his sect these past few days," Ye Feng thought idly while lying in bed. He then shook his head abruptly, mentally scolding himself – how could he think of that damn fatty right before sleep? He should be thinking of the Seven Fairies!
...
Skyfire Realm, Profound Flame Sect, Sect Main Hall!
Li Fei's corpulent figure knelt within the hall, not daring to lift his head to look at the middle-aged man standing above.
"Master, this disciple knows his mistake!" After a long silence, Li Fei finally couldn't bear the mental pressure and was the first to admit fault.
Hmph! Sun Tianyou snorted coldly upon hearing this. Looking down at the kneeling Li Fei, he suppressed his anger and reprimanded, "Sneaking off to the Heavenly Dao Battlefield! Do you still have any regard for me, your Master?"
"Moreover, this isn't even the first time! If I hadn't discovered it this time, how much longer were you planning to hide it from me!" Thinking of this, Sun Tianyou looked at his precious disciple, wishing he could just slap him directly!
Ye Feng probably wouldn't have guessed that Li Fei, this seasoned visitor of the Heavenly Dao Battlefield, had actually been sneaking off behind his sect Master's back all along!
"Master, disciple knows his mistake!" Hearing Sun Tianyou's reprimand, Li Fei didn't dare offer any justification, only able to admit fault to appease his Master's anger.
"Starting today, until you break through to the Foundation Establishment Realm, you are forbidden from taking even half a step outside the sect!" Sun Tianyou declared.
Hahaha!
Just then, an old man emitting an invisible Sword Qi arrived at the Sect Main Hall, laughing heartily. "Which fellow Sword Daoist has come to visit my Profound Flame—"
Before he could finish, the old man noticed the person inadvertently releasing Death Sword Intent was actually the Sect Master's Direct Disciple, Li Fei! He froze on the spot, completely stunned.
The ultimate Death Sword Intent... someone on the verge of breaking through to the Realm of Death Sword Heart... was actually Li Fei?
Dumbfounded! The old man was utterly dumbfounded. He really wanted to grab Li Fei and demand loudly, "Old man here also watched you grow up! When the hell did you become a Sword Cultivator?!"
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¹ The term 更年期 (gēngniánqī - Menopause) is used here colloquially and insultingly by Ye Feng to dismiss Luo Qianxue's anger as irrational mood swings, not as a literal statement about her age or condition.