Chapter Fifteen: The Fat Kid Who Loves Face

  Ye Feng spread his hands and shrugged, making a gesture that left Song Meng and the others bewildered. He said calmly, "So, if this senior brother doesn't want to spend the rest of his life feeling uneasy, it's best he doesn't come looking for trouble with me. Otherwise..."

  "You! How arrogant this little kid is, I thought Meng Shidi's words were somewhat exaggerated, but what he said was far from your current arrogance." Song Renjie was indeed cowardly and shameless as Meng Changjun, but Ye Feng's naked threat also infuriated him.

  "Yè Xiǎo Zǐ, come to the Dan room for me. It's been days since you last came to take over my shift and let me see if your skills have improved." Just as both sides were on high alert, Zi Xiao Tian's voice suddenly came, summoning Ye Feng to the Dan room.

  "Hmph, wait till you come out, and then we'll settle the score." Song Renjie said with a hateful tone.

  "Yeah, that's what I was thinking." Ye Feng casually responded and walked towards the Dan room. Originally, he still planned to break through the Qi Refining stage and reach the Golden Body stage before leaving his seclusion, but with this timed bomb by his side, he really couldn't calm down to continue cultivating. He didn't want to be blasted into the sky while in seclusion, after all, what was being refined inside that Dan furnace was the Star Sword Hong Tian Dan; if it exploded, the entire mountain peak would be flattened.

  Ye Feng walked into the Dan room, his eyebrows furrowed involuntarily. It seemed that this fat old man still hadn't solved the problem. He turned his head to look and saw Zixiao True Person sitting in front of the Dan furnace with a serious face. "True Person, it seems that it's not yet time to shake the fan. I wonder if you have any instructions for calling me here." He walked straight over and sat down on the cushion beside Zixiao True Person.

  Zi Xiao Zhenren's eyes twitched slightly. This little brat really doesn't know how to be polite, but this personality is what I like. Unlike the other disciples from various sects, who are respectful on the surface but secretly cursing in their hearts. "You little brat, what have you gained from your recent closed-door training?" Zi Xiao Zhenren clearly wanted to ask about alchemy, but changed his words at the last moment.

  "Little guy is embarrassed, today just reached the ninth layer of Qi Refining stage." Ye Feng's face showed a hint of embarrassment.

  "Load, continue to load, grandma's, you little stinker's cultivation speed is still shameful, won't others be so ashamed that they'll want to kill themselves?! Zixiao True Person's face twitched twice, strongly suppressing the urge to burst into a loud scolding, and said: "Then what problem have you encountered in your cultivation now that you've come out of seclusion?"

  "Hmm..." Ye Feng hesitated, unsure of how to say it. He couldn't just blurt out that he was afraid of being blown up by the dan furnace again when he went into closed-door training. Besides, what if the other person had other considerations? After all, they were a Yuan Shen stage expert, and maybe they intentionally made the dan furnace like this.

  "If there's anything you don't understand, just ask, don't be shy," Zixiao said with a smile, narrowing her eyes as she waited for Ye Feng to ask her questions.

  "True person, it's like this, there's no problem with cultivation, but in terms of refining the elixir... I have some doubts and would like to ask for guidance." Ye Feng said somewhat hesitantly.

  Here is the translation:

  "Ah, you're here! You're here! I was worried about how to bring this up, and this little brat really knows how to read people's minds! Zixiao True Person quickly blinked twice, a hint of satisfaction flashing across his face. Calm down, can't let this little brat see anything, Zixiao True Person steadied himself, and only spoke after a moment: "Oh, although you should focus on cultivation for now, with your personality, I'm afraid you won't be able to calm down and cultivate unless you ask all the questions you have. Alright, go ahead and ask whatever you want."

  "With a huge bomb together, it's only with a clear conscience that there's no ghost. Ye Feng secretly grumbled to himself and opened his mouth to say: "True person, according to what I know, this Star Sword Hong Tian Dan requires 81 main materials such as thousand-year-old Bai Jiao sharp tips, Di Mai Yu Jing, Tian Wai Yuan Ci Xin, etc., matched with 360 auxiliary materials. The ratio of each pair is different... Then use the Nine Yang True Fire as the main refining fire, the Earth Heart True Fire to assist, 36 days for one cycle, and nine cycles to complete the elixir. After another 49 days, the elixir will be formed... I don't know if there are any omissions in the elixir formula I mentioned."

  Ye Feng spoke at length, and Zi Xiao Zhenren was initially skeptical, but as he listened, his eyes grew wide with wonder, his nostrils flared, and his breathing became heavy and audible. His mouth hung slightly ajar, and his entire body trembled with suppressed excitement. How is this possible? How could this stinky little brat know the formula for the Xingjian Hongtian Dan? Although there were some discrepancies in the proportions, everything else was identical.

  Ye Feng saw Zi Xiao's strange expression and hastily stopped, softly calling out: "True Person?"

  "Oh! Hmm," Zi Xiao Zhenren regained his composure, clearing his throat twice to cover up his momentary loss of dignity, and said in a low voice: "I didn't expect that you little scoundrel would know the formula for Xingjian Hongtian Dan. However, your method of proportion is slightly off; the ratio of Qian Nian Jian Zhu and Chi Xiao Xue Xing Sha should be 1 to 3, not 1 to 2 as you said."

  It's you who is being unreasonable, I'm here for this very reason! Ye Feng pretended to be deep in thought, and after a long while, he finally spoke up: "However, True Person, the Thousand Year Sword Bamboo and the Crimson Calamity Blood Sand were the first to merge in the cauldron. One portion of Thousand Year Sword Bamboo exactly combined with two portions of Crimson Calamity Blood Sand. If it was one to three, there would be leftover Crimson Calamity Blood Sand, which would then combine with the Thousand Year Earth Dragon Blood. Although they are both auxiliary materials, under this continuous chain reaction, not only will the medicinal properties of the Star Sword Hong Tian Dan in this cauldron fail to reach their best, but an additional substance used to refine the Di Calamity Great Destruction Divine Thunder will also be produced. Does True Person have some profound intention behind doing things this way?"

  Is there any profound meaning? Is it that I'm tired of living and want to kill myself! The Earth's destructive power is absolute! Zi Xiao, the true person, was shocked by what he heard and wanted to deny Ye Feng's statement. However, based on his own experience in refining elixirs, he knew that Ye Feng's description of the chain reaction was not wrong. The current problem lies in the ratio of Qian Nian Jian Zhu and Chi Xiao Xue Sha, whether it is 1:2 or 1:3.

  "Hmm, my intention is not something you can fathom, little one. You may leave first." Zixiao True Person suppressed the shock and turmoil in his heart, his face calm as he waved his hand to dismiss Ye Feng from the Dan room.

  Ye Feng walked out of the Dan room, and couldn't help but scratch his head. Looking at the fat old man's appearance, he wondered if he had been overthinking things. It made sense, after all - the other party was a master in the Yuan Shen stage, how could they not know about such a small issue? There must be another reason behind it.

  Zi Xiao Zhenren had no idea that as soon as Ye Feng left the Dan room, he jumped up from the ground without any image of a master, as if there was a nail under his butt. Zi Xiao Zhenren's eyebrows were tightly locked, his face was twisted together, his teeth were gritted, and his mouth was open, circling around the Dan furnace twice. Ah, Di Jie Da Mie Xue Shen Lei, that's a long-lost ominous thing, could it really have run into Lao Fu's Dan furnace?