"Elder Xia, are you also here to help Senior Brother Ye Feng build the Thatched Hut?" When Leng Wufeng arrived at the courtyard and saw Xia Tianyu, he asked curiously.
"No, I came to dig the Latrine Pit!" Xia Tianyu replied. "Go ahead, but you need to be mentally prepared. Your Senior Brother's Thatched Hut isn't simple." Xia Tianyu sighed, looking at the naive Leng Wufeng, but still gave him a heads-up.
"Yeah, using a Heaven-rank Furnace Cauldron as a Latrine Pit container... Senior Brother is truly the Ceiling (Pinnacle) of the prodigal world!" Saying this, Leng Wufeng prepared to go build the Thatched Hut surrounding the Latrine Pit.
"Wait! You... you know about that Heaven-rank Furnace Cauldron?" Xia Tianyu stopped Leng Wufeng abruptly.
Something's wrong, very wrong! Leng Wufeng knew about using a Heaven-rank Furnace Cauldron as a Latrine Pit container but had absolutely no reaction! This was very wrong!
"I know!" Leng Wufeng explained, though he noticed Xia Tianyu's expression was a bit off. "Senior Brother just gave me one of those pieces of junk too. He just told me to throw it in my courtyard to use as a Water Vat." As he mentioned using the Heaven-rank Furnace Cauldron as a Water Vat, a smug look even appeared on his face.
He had attained enlightenment! He had accepted it! Leng Wufeng, after suffering repeated blows, had now completely accepted the situation. Forget what kind of item it was; just follow Senior Brother and be prodigal together!
"Elder Xia!" Leng Wufeng quickly rushed forward, extremely concerned, asking, "Elder Xia, what's wrong with you?!" He saw Xia Tianyu breathing heavily, collapsing onto the ground after hearing his words.
"Dragons beget dragons, phoenixes beget phoenixes, and a mouse's son knows how to dig holes!" Xia Tianyu cursed, pointing at Leng Wufeng. "Hanging around your Senior Brother, you've gone astray too! Prodigal, so prodigal!"
"Go! Get out of my sight immediately! Otherwise, I'm afraid I won't be able to stop myself from slapping you, this prodigal follower, to death!"
Hooo! As Leng Wufeng went off to build the Thatched Hut, Xia Tianyu took a long while to catch his breath. He had almost fainted directly from anger just now. The sect only has two Alchemists! He gave one to Leng Wufeng but not to me? Isn't this blatantly creating a wealth gap?!
"I'm leaving, leaving! Out of sight, out of mind! I should have listened to the Sect Master's advice; I shouldn't have stayed in the sect today!" Standing up from the ground, Xia Tianyu left the courtyard with a dejected expression. He needed to return to his residence to be alone and calm down!
Huh? A moment later, when Xia Tianyu discovered Chu Hongshan was unexpectedly in his courtyard, he was rather puzzled.
"Elder Xia, this... this is a Heaven-rank Furnace Cauldron!" Chu Hongshan, who had been observing the Heaven-rank Furnace Cauldron the whole time, asked with a face full of astonishment upon seeing Xia Tianyu return. "You... you just casually tossed it in the courtyard like this?"
???
Heaven-rank Furnace Cauldron? What Heaven-rank Furnace Cauldron? Hearing Chu Hongshan's words, Xia Tianyu was initially bewildered. But when he saw the Heaven-rank Furnace Cauldron lying tipped over in the courtyard, a wave of emotion surged through him. He thought excitedly, "That damn brat! He really knows how to mess with people!"
"Elder Xia, can we discuss something?" Chu Hongshan began, a hint of pleading entering his voice despite his status. "I've always wanted to personally forge a Heaven-rank Furnace Cauldron, but alas, the few Heaven-rank Furnace Cauldrons on the continent all originate from the Heavenly Dao Battlefield and already have owners. Even if I wanted to study them, there was no way."
"But now, with this Furnace Cauldron of yours, if you just give me some time, I can definitely uncover its mysteries!" By the end, Chu Hongshan, a Ninth Layer Peak Tribulation Crossing Realm expert who had survived five Heavenly Dao Thunder Tribulations, was practically begging Xia Tianyu, who was only at the Third Layer of the Tribulation Crossing Realm. If not for the Heaven-rank Furnace Cauldron, he absolutely wouldn't have lowered himself like this.
Since they were both sect Elders, Xia Tianyu naturally wouldn't refuse! But... he knew what kind of existence Chu Hongshan was. It was no exaggeration to say that if they weren't gathered in the Star Soul Sect, Chu Hongshan would be a big-shot level figure he could only look up to. Yet, such a figure was now humbling himself, adopting such a posture... Honestly, Xia Tianyu felt a little smug!
Just then, Xia Tianyu suddenly recalled something Leng Wufeng had said earlier.
"Elder Chu, if you want to study this piece of junk, just take it!" Xia Tianyu said dismissively. "Otherwise, I was just planning to leave it in the courtyard to use as a Water Vat anyway."
Exhilarating! Watching Chu Hongshan's eyes widen like copper bells, Xia Tianyu felt incredibly exhilarated! A mere Heaven-rank Furnace Cauldron? What was the big deal!
In that instant, Xia Tianyu also attained enlightenment! He felt the spiritual enjoyment brought by being prodigal. It was laughable that he had previously thought of enshrining one like an ancestor if he ever got one.
Stunned! Hearing this, Chu Hongshan was completely stunned! He had expected Xia Tianyu to refuse, knowing how important a Heaven-rank Furnace Cauldron was to an Alchemist. But what did he just say? Piece of junk? Planned to use it as a Water Vat?
"Birds of a feather flock together!" ("Not one family, don't enter one sect door!") Chu Hongshan thought. "Elder Xia, thank you!"
Saying this, Chu Hongshan hoisted the Heaven-rank Furnace Cauldron onto his shoulder and left Xia Tianyu's courtyard residence.
"Wait! I need to get back quickly! How can manual labor like building a Thatched Hut be done by a young kid like Leng Wufeng!" Xia Tianyu suddenly remembered something and turned, running back towards Ye Feng's courtyard residence!
...
"I should call Xiaoxiao over to study this together. It seems coming to this sect was indeed the right decision." Looking at the Heaven-rank Furnace Cauldron on his shoulder, Chu Hongshan was extremely excited. He felt that if he could thoroughly study this Heaven-rank Furnace Cauldron, his Way of Artifact Refining could definitely reach a higher level!
Hm? Passing by Leng Wufeng's courtyard, Chu Hongshan paused and then backed up again.
"Damn it! Just how rich are the people in this sect?! Even a 3rd Grade Alchemist uses a freaking Heaven-rank Furnace Cauldron as a Water Vat!"
Walking into the courtyard, seeing the Heaven-rank Furnace Cauldron filled with water, then looking at the Heaven-rank Furnace Cauldron on his own shoulder, Chu Hongshan suddenly felt that this Heaven-rank Furnace Cauldron wasn't so appealing anymore! So what if he studied it thoroughly? So what if he successfully forged one? Just for others to use it as a Water Vat?
Chu Hongshan stopped thinking about why there were two Heaven-rank Furnace Cauldrons in this sect. He only felt his lifelong pursuit had instantly become incredibly cheap!
Without going to find Chu Xiaoxiao, Chu Hongshan carried the Heaven-rank Furnace Cauldron and left the inner sect residential area directly. He felt he should probably study it alone first; studying a Heaven-rank Furnace Cauldron seemed like... maybe it wasn't such a big deal after all.
"This... this is..." However, on the way, Chu Hongshan saw Ye Feng sitting on the ground, deep in thought. But seeing the seven Heaven-rank Furnace Cauldrons lined up in a row before Ye Feng, he truly felt like he was going crazy!
These are freaking Heaven-rank Furnace Cauldrons, not common Chinese cabbage flooding the streets! Are you freaking wholesaling here?!
At the same time, Chu Hongshan understood. The Heaven-rank Furnace Cauldrons in both Xia Tianyu's and Leng Wufeng's courtyards had probably come from Ye Feng.
Peng!
Chu Hongshan walked over, placed the Heaven-rank Furnace Cauldron from his shoulder onto the ground, and then looked at Ye Feng, who had a worried expression, asking, "Ye Feng, what are you doing here?"