"I thought I had defied the heavens." After all, I had no soul power and yet inexplicably summoned the ancient divine beast Phoenix. Moreover, I was a demon.

She had read in ancient books that demons were powerful beings from birth, with a status equivalent to immortals.

Demon cultivators follow the demonic path, but unfortunately, I am currently in the spirit realm and do not know how to cultivate as a demon.

When I asked the system, it knew absolutely nothing. It truly is the worst system ever, bar none.

System chirp "..."

I'm being shot even though I'm just lying here?! This is so unfair to the system, waaaaah!

Gu Dong was amused by Bei Yan's words, but the thought of being able to eat food made with phoenix fire later made him extremely happy.

I have no regrets in this life! Hahaha!

...

After eating and drinking his fill, Gu Dong squinted and picked his teeth. "Little Yan'er, once you've recovered, I'll take you to the Third Elder's place, and you can learn alchemy and such from her."

Bei Yan was taken aback. "Alchemy? Isn't it said that you need to have qualifications to learn alchemy?"

With eyebrows like an antique's, he exclaimed, "Your Phoenix Flame is your greatest asset!"

This innate fire is extremely rare, one in a million, let alone one whose disciple possesses such pure phoenix fire.

Bei Yan looked at his palm, slightly surprised. He hadn't expected the Phoenix Fire that Jun Lin had given him to have this effect.

"Oh, I just wanted to use it to make cooking easier."

Gu Dong was drinking tea when Bei Yan's startling remark caused him to spit out the tea he hadn't had time to swallow.

Bei Yan patted his chest with lingering fear, thank goodness he wasn't sitting opposite his master.

"You, you, you, how dare you say that? You think you're so great because you're defying the heavens?"

This little brat only wants to use the phoenix fire to start a fire and cook rice. You should know that this is something that thousands of people dream of!

My own apprentice is doing well, using the fire to cook! It's a good thing he has a master like me, otherwise the perfectly good phoenix fire would be wasted on cooking.

If the world finds out, I wonder how many alchemists will be so angry they'll jump out of their coffins!

“Come on, take a deep breath, Master. Getting angry all the time isn’t good; it can easily cause liver fire to build up,” Bei Yan earnestly advised.

"Don't you even know who's to blame? It's a pity that your old master is so old and still has to be angered by you three little brats every day. Poor old bones of mine."

Beiyan "..."? ? ?

Didn't you say that kids raised freely grow up better? Didn't you say we could do whatever we wanted with them? Didn't you say that if we could outsmart you using what you taught us, we'd win?

“Master, you yourself said that if we can trick you, we will pass the test.”

Antiques... "...that seems to be the case."

After all, if someone can trick you with what you've taught them, they must have mastered it, right?

"Ahem, ahem, just pretend I never said what I just said." He poured himself another cup of tea, picked it up, and took a sip.

Bei Yan nodded and said calmly, "Alright, after all, Master is getting old and is prone to forgetfulness. We will understand."

The antique man's beard trembled with anger, but he had to bear the consequences of his own disciple's actions. "Go, go, go sweep the fallen leaves in the backyard. Don't use your soul power!"

Bei Yan curled his lip, "That old man who uses his position to settle personal scores!"

Oh well, I've already eaten too much, so I might as well sweep the floor and help digest my food.

He got up, picked up the large broom, and walked towards the backyard.