Chapter 8: True Dragon Flame

  "Yè Yáng, after Qingdi Fú Xī, how did the earth change?"

  Qin Fang was already quite familiar with this descendant of a later generation and finally asked the question he had been holding back for a long time.

  Ye Yang murmured to himself, he wasn't very familiar with history, after all many ancient historical events had already merged with myths, making it hard to distinguish fact from fiction.

  "Grandfather Qin Fang, after Fu Xi, there were several emperors such as Huangdi and Shaohao. 5000 years later, it was the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties. After that, the Central Plains experienced frequent wars during the Spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period, and finally unified by Qin State. Now is the era of the Great Qin Empire."

  Qin Fang nodded, his eyes filled with a deep sense of melancholy: "I never thought that in the blink of an eye, several thousand years would pass, and the Azure Emperor would no longer exist. I am now left with only a wisp of soul... Alas..."

  Ye Yang finally couldn't help but ask: "Grandfather Qin Fang, why were you sealed in this furnace?"

  "Cast soldiers!"

  Qin Fang looked up at the sky and let out a long sigh, saying: "To be honest with you, as early as 7,000 years ago, I was already the number one divine craftsman in the world. I had cast divine weapons for Emperor Fuxi, but later, when the war between gods and demons broke out, I was sealed inside the Tripod Furnace!"

  Qin Fang still didn't say who sealed him, and Ye Yang didn't ask again.

  Yao Yang walked around the tripod furnace and patted it, laughing: "This thing is still good for use as a smelting furnace to cast weapons..."

  Qin Fangdao said, "Ye Yang, do you know that this Divine Dragon Cauldron was the very instrument I used to forge weapons back in the day? Now, after absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth for thousands of years, it has already developed a spirit of its own. Using it to cast weapons is indeed an excellent choice."

  "Can you forge a 9th-grade weapon?" Ye Yang asked excitedly.

  Qin Fang was taken aback and couldn't help but burst out laughing: "Wha... what kind of joke is this? Do you think my Divine Dragon Cauldron can only refine 9th-grade sword blades?"

  "What... kind of weapon can be forged?"

  Qin Fang sank into thought for a moment, then said: "In this Divine Dragon Furnace, I have forged 14 first-grade divine weapons, 7 second-grade divine weapons, and 3 third-grade divine weapons. As for fourth-grade and fifth-grade divine weapons, there are too many to count. Do you think it's possible to forge a ninth-grade weapon?"

  Ye Yang's eyes widened in shock, in this good city, a seventh-grade military weapon was already considered a divine sharp instrument, and even the family-transmitted war axe Yao Yang was only third-grade. This Shen Long Ding had actually produced countless second-grade and third-grade military weapons, and had also produced the legendary Di Shen Bing and Tian Shen Bing?

  Upon hearing this, Ye Yang couldn't help but ask: "Master Qin Fang, can you teach me the art of casting soldiers?"

  Qin Fang stroked his beard and laughed: "Kid, you don't say it, I also want to teach you the unpredictable art of casting soldiers. So many years have passed, I don't hope that my ultimate skill will be lost from now on. Moreover, you are the descendant of the Fire God clan, you are my later generation, Qin Fang, and I will naturally teach you wholeheartedly!"

  Ye Yang was excited beyond measure.

  Qin Fang said: "First, you must hide the Divine Dragon Cauldron, the Divine Dragon Cauldron is my host, if the Divine Dragon Cauldron is lost, I will also be at a loss as to where my soul should go."

  Ye Yang looked at this enormous divine dragon cauldron and suddenly felt a headache: "It's so big, it must weigh at least two tons, how can we hide it?"

  Qin Fang couldn't help but laugh and said: "You'd better put your hand into the stove to take a look, it seems that I lost a bag in the stove at the moment before my death."

  "Oh?"

  Ye Yang stretched out his hand into the cauldron and felt around, after a few seconds he grabbed out a small green bag that looked ordinary, but could vaguely feel the energy fluctuations contained within.

  "This is..."

  "This is a storage bag, many years ago, people called it the Qiankun Bag, its actual purpose is to send items to another spatial dimension, and retrieve them at any time."

  Space bag?

  Ye Yang's heart skipped a beat, this was indeed a good thing. He had seen it being auctioned off at Wu Feng Tang before, and the price of one spatial bag was at least over 10,000 two silver coins. It seemed that he had picked up a treasure today.

  Qin Fang smiled and said: "Ye Yang, use your mind to control the Fire God's power, infuse the Fire God's power into the bag, and you can put away this Divine Dragon Cauldron!"

  "Hmm!"

  Ye Yang tried it out, and indeed, after infusing his power, the spatial pouch continued to expand, and he poured the Divine Dragon Cauldron into it. When Ye Yang withdrew his Fire God True Qi, the pouch returned to its original state, hanging at his waist, with the Divine Dragon Cauldron inside being no larger than a soybean. This was indeed a great item!

  Qin stroked his beard and laughed: "This way, I'll be by your side at all times to guide you on how to cast soldiers! By the way, Ye Yang, didn't you originally cultivate the Fire God Clan's equipment refinement technique?"

  "Hmm!"

  Ye Yang was somewhat disheartened: "However, the weapons I carefully crafted were all subpar, not even reaching the level of a 9th-grade artifact. After infusing them with Fire God's power, they became scrap metal."

  Qin Fang nodded: "That's natural, you've cultivated the Fire God's residual scroll, and the fire god's power in your body has long been extraordinary. Those scrap metals can't withstand the vast power."

  "Alright, let's get started!"

  "Hmm!"

  Arriving at Ye Yang's room, he closed the doors and windows, took out the Divine Dragon Cauldron, and Ye Yang casually threw the original scrap iron into the furnace, starting to infuse it with Fire God's power.

  Qin Fang floated in mid-air, looking at Ye Yang's focused expression, and showed an approving smile.

  "Ye Yang, do you know what's most important in casting soldiers and refining equipment?" Qin Fang asked.

  "Fire!"

  "That's right!"

  Qin Fangdao said, "The higher the quality of the fire used to forge a sword, the higher the grade of the sword that is produced. In my case, I use True Dragon Flame, so any sword I forge will be at least a 5th-grade sword."

  "Ah? True Dragon Flame?"

  "Yes!" Qin Fang murmured, saying: "The flames in the world are divided into 15 types. The most mysterious flame is the first-ranked Jiutian Xuanming Fire, and the lowest-ranking flame is the charcoal fire burned by wood. As for the True Dragon Flame I use, it ranks fourth. Fierce flames are the most important prerequisite for casting soldiers."

  "What ranking is my Flame God's power?"

  Qin Fang couldn't help but smile, and said slowly: "The 15 kinds of fierce flames are: Xuanming Fire, Star Flame, Ten Sides Heaven Fire, True Dragon Flame, Ice Departure Fire, Floating Thunder Flame, Taotie Angry Flame, Flowing Star Flame, Qingyu Fire, Beidou Angry Flame, Refining Hell Fire, Qiankun Flame, Fire God Power, Refined Fire and Charcoal Fire."

  Ye Yang asked: "My flames..."

  "Rank 13, also known as the third from last Fire God's power."

  Qin Fang's one sentence made Ye Yang's heart cool down by half.

  Looking at the young man's disappointed look, Qin Fang couldn't help but laugh and say: "Kid, don't be discouraged. You are a cultivator of the Fire God's residual scroll. So, when your Fire God bloodline awakens, your Fire God power will automatically transform into True Dragon Flame, just like my flames back then!"

  The mountain road turned, Ye Yang was excited again and asked: "Grandfather Qin Fang, can I still forge weapons now?"

  "Of course!"

  Qin Fang smiled and said, "Forging weapons is a process of cultivation in itself. Mastery over the Fire God's power will mature and be gained through the forging process. Moreover, I will impart to you a unique art of refining equipment called 'Hundred Refinements'!"

  "Hundred Refinements?"

  "Yes, once you immerse yourself in the Hundred Refining Realm, your cultivation speed will be several times that of ordinary people, which is very helpful for improving your own strength. However, before entering the Hundred Refining Realm, you will experience all kinds of suffering, but as long as you can endure it, there won't be any more problems."

  Thinking of Peng Feng's overbearing manner, thinking of Peng Yue'er's arrogance and domineering behavior, without absolute power, it is impossible to restore his status in the family. Ye Yang absolutely cannot tolerate that kind of insult, he didn't even frown as he responded with a single word: "Good!"

  After making up his mind, Ye Yang began to cultivate under Qin Fang's guidance.

  This is a very arduous method of casting soldiers, the flames in the furnace not only refine the metal but also temper the soul of the practitioner, the pain can be imagined!

  In the small room, Ye Yang floated above the furnace, his limbs stretched out, his upper body exposed, his robust muscles glistening with a golden glow, covered in sweat. After the fire god's power was injected into the furnace, it blazed fiercely, scorching Ye Yang's body and soul. Only flames danced around him, as the true energy of the fire god automatically circulated to protect him.

  "Hmph..."

  Sweat dripped into the furnace and was immediately evaporated, filling the room with a high temperature.

  Looking at Ye Yang's focused expression, Qin Fang couldn't help but nod again, secretly amazed in his heart. What was this child hiding? What made him willing to endure such painful training?

  ……

  In the blink of an eye, a night had passed. As the east began to dawn, Ye Yang floated gently down to the ground, with a faint flame hovering on his skin. The Heart Method of the Fire God's residual volume seemed to have refined his body. Clenching his fist, he felt a majestic power of the Fire God contained within. Intuitively, Ye Yang sensed that his realm had been elevated and had reached the standard of the third level of the Grand Earth!

  Qin Fang's soul had sunk into the cauldron, Ye Yang softly called out: "Grandfather Qin Fang, Grandfather Qin Fang?"

  "In his heart, a voice sounded: 'Ye Yang, have you finished your cultivation?'"

  "Hmm, where are you?"

  "I am recovering my spiritual power in the seal, you should know that I am just a soul body, every time energy appears, a lot of it will be lost, from now on, you only need to silently recite me in your heart and I can communicate with you."

  "Alright, you continue resting! By the way, that piece of metal from yesterday has been fully refined. What should I do next?"

  "Add in the gems or ores you want to add, the more precious the material is, the sharper the weapon you cast will be!"

  "Uh-huh."

  Qin Fang fell asleep, while Ye Yang didn't have much sleepiness, and once again infused some fire god power into the Divine Dragon Cauldron. He then walked out of the courtyard and searched around in his own warehouse, eventually obtaining a broken black gemstone and two green stones, which were just ordinary forging materials.

  Back to the room, throwing all the materials in, then taking out a mold and throwing it in, pouring in a large amount of molten metal, and then quenching with water!

  "Hmph!"

  A large amount of cyan smoke rose, and the mold was instantly destroyed, leaving only a hilt with a cold light iron sword in Ye Yang's hand. The sword body emitted a clear sword hum, this time, Ye Yang clearly felt that this sword was very different from others!

  "Cheers!"

  With a low shout, the fire god's power began to infuse into the sword body. The blade turned bright red and floated with a layer of flame color, but it did not melt. This increased the sharpness of the blade greatly, extremely high temperature and sharpness, undoubtedly becoming the biggest advantage of this sword!

  "Come in, Lianxiang!"

  Outside the door, Xiaojia Biyu's concubine walked in and asked: "Young master, is there anything?"

  "Bring me a piece of cloth!"

  "Yes!"

  Before long, Lian Xiang left and returned. Ye Yang took the cloth, wrapped up the newly forged sharp sword heavily, held it in his hands, bid farewell to the housekeeper and went out.

  ……

  Qing Lei Auction House, one of the two largest auction houses in Liang City, was packed with people. A group of wealthy young men and robust big men were gathered together.

  The things auctioned off by Qing Lei Auction House are nothing but two kinds ——

  Woman.

  Weapons.