Xian Aotian chose a medium-sized refining room, paid five days' worth of spirit stones first, and made an agreement with the disciple in charge of leasing at Qifeng that if the time exceeded, the spirit stones would be paid when he came out.
The deacon disciple of Qifeng brought Xian Aotian to the weapon refining room No. 4 of Yizi, then respectfully handed him a jade token and left.
Xian Aotian entered the refining room and inserted the jade token into the groove on the wall. The door of the refining room slammed shut. A three-foot-wide crack appeared in the center of the ground, and a raging fire gushed out.
The formation in the refining room was activated. Although the temperature of the underground fire was extremely high, the refining room was not hot at all.
Xian Aotian set up restrictions and formations around the refining room before releasing Yan Xi and Lai Siyu.
Lai Siyu took the sleeping red squirrel out, and Yan Xi hugged it and jumped into the fire. Originally, Lai Siyu wanted to throw the red squirrel in, but Yan Xi was worried about its safety and insisted on taking it in.
Lai Siyu was somewhat excited about her first encounter with underground fire. She simply sat cross-legged at the edge of the crack and began to practice. Although the Fiery Blade she practiced wasn't a high-level technique, she had already mastered it to perfection. Now was a good time to use the underground fire to comprehend the meaning of fire and see if the Fiery Blade could be further improved.
Xian Aotian also sat down cross-legged. He spread out his spiritual sense and paid attention to everything around him.
Two days passed, and Yan Xi and the red squirrel still hadn't come out, but the underground fire showed some signs of weakening.
Danfeng, the disciples who came to refine pills these past two days were all covered in dust and dirt. I don’t know what’s going on, but the success rate of using earth fire to refine pills these past two days is almost zero. So many spiritual medicines have been wasted. If Danfeng’s disciples were not short of spirit stones, they would have gone bankrupt long ago.
Qifeng, the disciples who are refining weapons have been working particularly hard these past two days. The forging that could have been completed in three hours now takes a whole day these past two days. It's really weird!
In the No. 1 refining room of Tianzi, the old man was concentrating on forging a flying sword. His brows were deeply furrowed. For some reason, the power of the earth fire suddenly weakened. At this rate, this flying sword would not be able to reach the standard of a second-grade magic weapon.
Amidst the underground lava, a ball of transparent flame fled in terror, a squirrel and a fire phoenix, the same color as the lava, chasing it fiercely. Whether it sank into the lava or soared into the air, the squirrel and fire phoenix followed it like maggots on its tarsal bones, unable to shake them off.
The chase has been going on for three days. The two sides are in a stalemate and neither side has gained any advantage. Although Huo Luan may have given up the pursuit because she was tired, the speed of the strange squirrel is getting faster and faster. If this continues, Transparent Flame is worried that he will be caught up sooner or later.
The squirrel seemed tired of this game of chase. It seized its opportunity and pounced at the transparent flame at 3:30. The transparent flame was startled and immediately took to the air. Suddenly, Yan Xi appeared in the air. With a flap of her wings, she fanned the transparent flame in front of the squirrel. The squirrel immediately opened its mouth like a sack and swallowed the transparent flame into its stomach.
The moment the transparent flame was swallowed, it realized that the disappeared Fire Luan had been waiting for it here...
After the transparent flame was swallowed, the fire vein lost its spirituality, the flames gradually extinguished, and the magma gradually cooled. Yan Xi quickly returned to Room 4, holding the red squirrel. Xian Aotian immediately put Yan Xi and the red squirrel into the storage bag and wrapped Lai Siyu in leaves.
The door to the training room opened, and he, like the other disciples, rushed out and shouted, "What's going on?"
For a moment, Qifeng and Danfeng were in an uproar. The sudden disappearance of the underground fire was undoubtedly a huge event for Qingyun Sect.
The elders of Qifeng and Danfeng immediately went down to the fire vein to investigate, but the result was that the entire fire vein was extinguished, the magma had slowly solidified, and not even a tiny spark could be seen in the entire fire vein.
The flying sword that the old man was refining was abandoned halfway. He walked out of the refining room, but met Xian Aotian's gaze in the crowd.
"Grandpa Gu, we will meet in your courtyard tonight to discuss important matters." Xian Aotian said to the old man.
Upon hearing this, the old man nodded slightly to Xian Aotian to show his agreement, and then left Qifeng.
The fire vein disappeared, and the elders of Danfeng and Qifeng issued a gag order to the disciples who rented the earth fire at that time, and then went to the meeting hall to discuss countermeasures.
At night, a leaf fell in front of the old man's courtyard gate. After a transparent ripple, the leaf passed through the restriction and landed in the courtyard. The old man had already been waiting there with his hands behind his back.
"Grandpa!" Lai Siyu came out from the leaves and threw herself into the old man's arms and started acting coquettishly.
The old man rubbed her head and said softly, "It's only been a few days since we last met, and you've grown taller, little Laizi!"
"Let's go inside and talk." The old man said to Xian Aotian while holding Lai Siyu's hand.
After the three of them entered the main hall, the old man set up a few more restrictions and asked, "Erniu, what's the matter? Tell me!"
"Grandpa Gu, someone wants to see you." After Xian Aotian finished speaking, a red light flashed from his waist, and Yan Xi stood in front of the old man with tears in her eyes.
The old man was startled and slapped himself hard, muttering, "Junior sister? Am I dreaming?" When he raised his hand again, Yan Xi grabbed his wrist and said with a sob, "Senior brother, it's me, Xi'er..."
The brothers and sisters reunited after a long separation. They all had a lot to say to each other, but they didn't know where to start. Their eyes met, tears welling up...
"Grandpa, aunt, please sit down and talk. Brother Erniu, please compensate me by boiling water and making tea." Lai Siyu broke the silence. She pulled Xian Aotian to the kitchen, leaving time and space to the two brothers and sisters who had reunited after a long separation.
"Yan Xi, it's useless to forgive my senior brother. Although I have been looking for you all these years, I didn't know that you were actually imprisoned in Qingyun Sect by my junior brother Tie Zhong. If it weren't for the little Lai Zi who accidentally saw you, I don't know how long Tie Zhong would have kept it a secret..." The old man said with a wry smile, his words full of guilt.
"Brother, none of this is your fault. I caused all this trouble, all this sin. If I hadn't agreed to Tie Zhong's marriage out of spite, and then fled Qingyun Sect on the wedding day because I couldn't bear to commit to him... In short, all of this is my own fault."
"It's all my fault. If Tiezhong had come to me and told me how much he loved you, and that you loved him as well, I wouldn't have said that in front of Master... Junior Sister, I'm sorry."
Yan Xi waved her hand to interrupt the old man and said with a smile: "If it weren't for that, I wouldn't have met Tian'er's father, and I wouldn't have had those three wonderful years..." When Yan Xi thought of the man who met her when she disguised herself as an ugly woman, but didn't dislike her at all because of her appearance, a strange light bloomed in her eyes.
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