It's no exaggeration to say that for weapon crafters, the allure of a superb refining material is comparable to the temptation of a bone to a dog.
Gu Xiaochui's biggest wish in this life is to achieve something in weapon crafting.
Now that he'd only ever heard of the Mystic Fire Turtle in rumors, his hands were itching to get one.
Cai Niu immediately flew into a rage, flapping her limbs as if she wanted to rush to Gu Xiaochui's face and scratch him to death. "You unfilial disciple! I am your master's contracted spirit beast, and you actually want to refine me?!"
Gu Xiaochui had a hard time catching it.
His hand slipped, and Cai Niu immediately scurried back onto Rong Zi's shoulder, staring at him warily, afraid that this guy would actually refine it.
Gu Xiaochui scratched the back of his head. "I would like to, but I don't have the ability right now. Ordinary people can't refine a spirit beast of your level. At least a cultivator at the Mahayana stage would be able to refine you."
These words did nothing to quell Cai Niu's anger; in fact, they made her even angrier.
In other words, if this thing had that ability now, it would actually use it as a material for refining weapons.
Cai Niu stretched out her tortoise claw and pointed angrily at Gu Xiaochui, "You...you really want to refine me?!"
Gu Xiaochui waved his hand, "How could that be? You said it yourself, you are my master's contracted spirit beast. Even for my master's sake, I can't really do anything to you."
He enjoyed crafting artifacts and was also very interested in the Xuanhuo Turtle, but he knew what it meant to respect one's teacher and the Way.
Cai Niu finally breathed a sigh of relief and snorted with her neck stiff.
"Hmph, at least you still have some conscience!"
Gu Xiaochui stared at Cai Niu for a while, then couldn't resist leaning down to get close to it, asking expectantly, "But, can we discuss something?"
Seeing his expression, Cai Niu timidly hid herself in Rong Zi's hair.
"What's up?"
"After you die, can I keep your body?"
Cai Niu: "..."
"Aaaaaah!!! I'm going to scratch you to death!" Cai Niu completely erupted, screaming as she lunged at Gu Xiaochui.
Seeing this, Rong Zi reached out and grabbed Cai Niu back at the opportune moment.
She held it in her palm, stroked its head, smiled at Gu Xiaochui, and said something very straightforward.
"I agree."
Cai Niu's eyes immediately welled up with tears of grievance, "Master..."
Rong Zi nodded reassuringly at it, then added, "If you can outlive it and live longer than it, you can use its corpse to forge weapons."
Gu Xiaochui was stunned for a moment.
I almost forgot, the Xuanhuo Turtle is an extraordinary creature that can survive.
I reckon it'll still be alive and well even when the grass on his grave is swaying in the wind...
"Alright." Rong Zi put Cai Niu back on his shoulder, then tossed a Crimson Flame Fruit into Gu Xiao Chui's arms. "Eat this, then sit cross-legged and try to successfully establish your foundation before tonight."
Gu Xiaochui possesses both fire and metal spiritual roots, making him eligible to consume the Crimson Flame Fruit.
Cultivating in this spiritually rich chamber, with the aid of the Crimson Flame Fruit, even though his current cultivation level is not yet at the peak of the Qi Refining stage, he can still quickly establish his foundation.
Moreover, the spiritual energy of the Crimson Flame Fruit is very pure.
Even if the user's cultivation level increases too quickly in a short period of time, it will not cause instability in their foundation.
This is why cultivators with fire elemental roots are so eager to obtain the Crimson Flame Fruit.
Gu Xiaochui was dumbfounded as he held the Crimson Flame Fruit in his hands.
How come Master really has the Crimson Flame Fruit?
Could it be that she really did steal Yun Qin's Crimson Flame Fruit, just as those cultivators had said?
But that's not right!
Didn't those people just say that his master had already eaten the Crimson Flame Fruit?
They even returned the core to Yun Qin.
But the one in his hand was clearly intact.
Just as Gu Xiaochui was racking his brains, Yun Jing suddenly patted his arm, pointed in a direction, and said, "Look there."
Gu Xiaochui looked in the direction he was pointing.
When he saw what was happening in front of him, he was so shocked that his jaw almost dropped.
In a corner of the spirit chamber, there were many Crimson Flame Fruits scattered about, each one bright red, round, and full of juice.
Gu Xiaochui silently counted.
One, two... six, seven...
Not counting the one in his hand, there were actually seven more Crimson Flame Fruits there!
What's going on?
Seeing that Gu Xiaochui's eyes were glazed over and his brain seemed to be overheating, Rong Zi briefly explained the whole story to him.
"This Yun Qin is simply too much! She stole someone else's things, yet she's trying to shift the blame!" Gu Xiaochui was furious after hearing Rong Zi's words.
Rong Zi stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder, saying earnestly, "Disciple, remember, people who like to steal other people's things are the most terrifying. If you ever see her again, stay as far away from her as possible."
She couldn't prevent Gu Xiaochui and Yun Qin from meeting forever.
I just hope this kid will be more careful and not be easily manipulated like in the original story.
Gu Xiaochui was still somewhat indignant, "But, are we just going to let this go like this?"
"Of course not! Once you break through to the Foundation Establishment stage, we'll settle the score with them!"
Rong Zi is not the kind of person who would willingly suffer in silence.
It's one thing to slander her, but to actually only price her at one hundred spirit stones!
That's outrageous!
This time, she was determined to make Yunqin understand why the flowers were so red!
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