Chapter Thirty-Nine Approaching One Zang Already

  Seeing Kong Fang and others' shocked expressions, Qing Fan's elderly face, which had turned slightly red due to the insufficient materials not bringing out his true refining skills, returned to normal.

  Qing Fan Zuo Lao walked to the frontmost futon and sat down, a hint of a smile on his rugged face as he waited for Kong Fang and the others to fully digest this news.

  Kong Fang quickly regained his composure, looking around at the people who were staring at him with fierce eyes, their faces red with excitement. Kong Fang hastily put away the True Fire Ring into his storage ring. Before others could react, he swiftly ran to the front and sat down on a nearby cushion.

  The mid-grade Houtian Treasure suddenly disappeared from their sight, and Sun Hao and the others couldn't help but reveal a hint of regret on their faces. A weapon of this grade was worth taking a look at, after all.

  Looking at Kong Fang sitting cross-legged on the straw mat, Sun Hao's expression was somewhat complicated. Qing Fan could send out a medium-grade Heaven and Earth Treasure, which showed how much he valued Kong Fang. However, in an instant, Sun Hao's face revealed a confident smile, "One day I will be able to refine a Heaven and Earth Treasure with my own abilities, no need to envy Brother Kong." Sun Hao regained his composure and sat down on the straw mat beside Kong Fang.

  Sun Hao was able to calm down, but others couldn't do the same. A mid-grade Heaven's Gift, if exchanged for sect contributions, would be worth a full 50,000 points. With 50,000 sect contribution points, one could exchange for many precious treasures, including even a set of Fifty Star Soul Refining Arts.

  Yin Wanshui, Qu Han and Ge Sheng had mixed feelings of admiration and jealousy in their hearts, with a hint of discontent.

  Why should Kong Fang get such a precious acquired treasure, while they got nothing? They felt that Qing Fan Lao was too biased towards Kong Fang. Although Qing Fan Lao had also been biased towards Sun Hao in the past, he had never given away such a precious treasure so readily.

  Among the four people still standing, Li Sen's expression was the calmest. He walked over to a nearby cushion and sat down with an unchanged face. Underneath Li Sen's seemingly calm expression, his heart was wildly raging, "All of this should be mine, mine! You stole my things. One day, I will make you pay back double... what you owe me."

  Yin Wanshui and the other two had some discontent in their hearts, but they didn't dare say anything in front of the elder. They each found a seat and sat down.

  Looking at Li Sen's four different performances, Qing Fan elder slightly shook his head.

  "They only discover unfairness, but never think about why they are treated differently. They don't reflect on their own problems, only knowing how to blame others. How long do you want to walk down this wrong path?" Elder Qingfan sighed in his heart, "Forget it, even if I tell them directly, they will only respond with their mouths, but still be disobedient in their hearts, let them go."

  At a glance, when he saw Sun Hao with a confident smile on his face and Kong Fang with a calm expression, Qing Fan's mood improved instantly, and he nodded in satisfaction. "Sun Hao is indeed a good seedling, it was worth my two years of investment. As for Kong Fang, after obtaining the middle-grade Heavenly Treasure, he can still remain calm, it seems that his temperament has also grown a lot in these six months."

  Sun Hao was enlightened about himself, so he could confidently smile and not be disturbed by Kong Fang's gain of treasure. But behind Kong Fang's calmness, it was no longer just a matter of temperament, but rather because Kong Fang had obtained something even more precious.

  Not to mention the Thousand Star True Shadow destroyed by the endless stars, the Thousand Star Cultivation Technique passed down by the Secret Mansion Master and two extremely powerful Earth Element Dao Methods far surpass the True Fire Ring. Moreover, Kong Fang's body still contains many precious items in his Boundary Heart.

  "Kong Fang, you first take out the True Fire Ring and let it recognize its master with a drop of blood." Qing Fan elder instructed.

  "Yes." Kong Fanglian took out the pair of true fire rings from the storage ring, and after dripping blood to recognize the master, Kong Fang was slightly surprised in his heart. "There is a large amount of earth fire in this true fire ring, and the earth fire in the true fire ring is much stronger than that in the yellow-level furnace room."

  Elder Qingfan nodded and smiled, saying: "You don't have the innate talent for fire manipulation, so I've refined this pair of True Fire Rings for you. Now that you've also condensed your divine soul, and with the True Fire Rings being recognized by your blood, you can control the earth fire within them using your divine soul's power just by wearing them on your arm. This is much easier than using the earth fire in the refining room. In this way, your inability to manipulate fire will be somewhat made up for."

  Kong Fang was overjoyed in his heart, for although his equipment refinement skills had been rapidly improving over the past half year, the drawback of being unable to control the fire attribute's power had also become increasingly pronounced. Although he could use the earth attribute's power from the land to remove impurities and create the equipment blank, he still needed to use the earth fire before quenching it, and at this time, if the earth fire was not controlled properly even slightly, the subsequent quenching would be greatly discounted, directly affecting the quality of the weapon and armor.

  The emergence of Zhenhuo Ring not only makes up for Kong Fang's deficiency but also allows Kong Fang's alchemy level to reach a higher level.

  "This pair of True Flame Rings can recognize its master with a drop of blood, just like a weapon, and I can naturally control it with ease. Unlike the Earth Fire in the Alchemy Room, without the Fire Attribute Talent, I could only control it simply with arrays." Kong Fang's face was filled with joy, and then he solemnly put on the pair of True Flame Rings on his wrists.

  Elder Qingfan smiled slightly, "Although the True Fire Ring has a large amount of earth fire, it will eventually be used up one day. Therefore, I have set up several small arrays in the True Fire Ring. When not in use, these arrays can automatically absorb the power of heaven and earth and convert it into fire attributes. If you think this speed is too slow, you can also go to the Xuan-level Refining Chamber to directly absorb the earth fire."

  "It's actually possible to do it this way." Kong Fang was even more delighted in his heart, "And the earth fire inside is actually of the same level as the earth fire in the Xuan-level refining room, no wonder I feel that it's much stronger than the earth fire in the Huang-level refining room." Looking at the True Fire Ring on his wrist, Kong Fang liked it more and more.

  However, there is one thing I want to remind you of. Although the True Flame Ring is good, if you want to control it as easily as moving your arm, you must have a strong soul. Fortunately, your soul was born strong and now half a year has passed, I wonder how high your soul has reached? Elder Qingfan's thick eyebrows jumped slightly, and a hint of expectation arose in his heart.

  Kong Fang was taken aback, and in his heart, he thought: "Now my divine soul has approached four zhang, but this is because of the infinite starry sky. With the two-star soul refining method bestowed by the elder, it's impossible for me to grow so fast. I remember asking Fang Tou some time ago, and within half a year, his divine soul had only grown less than one chi. Although he obtained a one-star soul refining method, while I openly received a two-star soul refining method, the more starry shadows there are, the speed of the divine soul's growth is not doubled. Otherwise, my divine soul would have already broken through the sky. However, the elder mistakenly thought that my divine soul was naturally strong due to the true fire boundary half a year ago, so..."

  Kong Fang's mind flashed with various thoughts, and he replied without hesitation: "The earth attribute divine soul of my disciple has now reached a height of nearly one zhang."

  "Bang", a muffled sound came from beside, Kong Fang turned his head to look, and unexpectedly it was Ge Sheng who had entered Huo Yun Tang with him lying on the ground.

  Ge Sheng scrambled up from the ground in a flurry, his face red with anger, and his gaze towards Kong Fang was as if he didn't recognize him.

  Sun Hao and others also looked at Kong Fang with some surprise.

  Qing Fan's elderly face twitched with a raised eyebrow, and his gaze at Kong Fang also showed some slight surprise. However, afterwards, Elder Qing Fan burst into hearty laughter in his heart.

  "In just half a year, his spiritual soul has approached one zhang, I suppose that half a year ago, Kong Fang's condensed spiritual soul was not far from one zhang either. Indeed, he is a person with extraordinary talent." Qing Fan's expression remained calm, but his heart was extremely excited. "Haha, I didn't expect that I really picked up a treasure. Well, I'll go visit some old friends later and see what expressions they will have when they hear this news."

  Then, Qing Fan asked Ge Sheng again and got the answer that Ge Sheng's divine soul had only grown by more than one foot, now barely reaching two meters, still far from one zhang.

  Ge Sheng's speed wasn't slow to begin with, but who let Kong Fang be in front? Compared to others, his soul growth rate not only didn't give people a sense of inferiority, it even gave off an unbearable and unpalatable illusion.

  Ge Sheng felt a surge of sadness and anger in his heart, secretly regretting why he had chosen Huo Yun Tang in the first place. This was purely seeking stimulation.

  Qingfan Elder, who had been thinking of going to several old friends' places to show off, only answered some questions about alchemy and Taoist methods for a few people, and then flashed away. However, before leaving, Qingfan Elder instructed Kong Fang and Ge Sheng to go to the Tianji Hall to see if there were any suitable tasks to take on, in order to accumulate some contributions to the sect.

  In the sect, whether it's treasures, cultivation techniques, Taoist methods, or even the most precious soul-refining techniques, they can all be exchanged for sect contributions. Accumulating sect contributions early on has only benefits and no drawbacks.