Chapter 538: Flaming Furnace

Chapter 538: Flaming Furnace

Hui cast around, glancing all around for a hint, anything. Water didnt work Ice didnt either what else, what else?

Death qi?

Cant hurt!

Hui gathered his qi, then sent it outward in a fierce pulse. The flames around him died for a moment, only to surge back a second later.

Catching his breath, Hui nodded. Thats not a solution, but it is a chance! I can use the death qi to suppress the flames, then escape during that momentary reprieve.

Here we go!

He gathered his death qi again, circulating it inside the lotus seed, gathering more and more just under the surface. The lotus seed began to emanate a dark aura, and the flames around it grew lower, suppressed by the death qi. More and more, until the seed trembled with it. Desperately, it desired to sprout, but Hui suppressed it just as desperately. No! Dont sprout now. This qi isnt for sprouting, its for suppressing the flames. Hold back, Hui! Hold back! Push it to the edge, but dont push over! A little closer a little closer. Right there and now! New novel chapters are published on

Hui released his qi all at once. It burst out from the seed. All around it, the flames flattened, dying out. In the same moment, Hui grew from the seed and leaped off the blazing-hot pill furnace, flying for the gap at the very top. Come on! Let me out!

As he zoomed upward, the gap slowly closed. Huis eyes widened. He pushed himself faster. His limbs withered, and flames licked at the edges of his clothes. The gap grew smaller and smaller. By the time he reached it, it was barely the width of a hand.

Thats enough for me! Hui shed his body and threw his lotus seed core through the gap. Hurtling out, he bounced down to the floor and skidded away, tumbling into a corner. Smoke gently curled from his charred seed casing.

From his seed, he once again surveyed the area. Pill furnaces stretched to the ceiling all around him, each one as large as a room. Their bronze sides glistened in the light of the flames that burned beneath each of them, though many also glowed from flames within. A thick medicinal scent hung over the room. One or two of the pill furnaces belched dark fog. In the corner, one of the furnaces let out a delicate, sparkling medicinal mist that beckoned anyone nearby to come over and try its pill. The pale pinkish-purplish mist wafted on a wind of its own, circling slowly around the furnace.

Hui scanned the room again, but again found no one. Is no one watching the furnaces? Is there no pill master here? Whats happening? Usually, pill furnaces cant be left unwatched like this! In the worst case, theyll explode, but even putting that aside

Higher-realm

Who would have a higher-realm version of phoenix fire than Han Qin, the lover-slash-disciple-slashIm actually not sure what his relationship is, come to think of it. Anyways. The point is, who would have a higher-realm version of phoenix fire than Han Qin, the associate of unknown description of the phoenix-fire female cultivator? Obviouslythat female cultivator!

So what are these furnaces using this fire for? I was inside one of them, but I didnt see anything in particular certainly not a furnace-sized pill. There were some ashes and charcoal, but nothing that looked like pill-making materials, demonic, humanoid, or otherwise.

Curious, Hui flew up toward the top of the nearest furnace. He peeked inside.

Nothing. Bits of glowing charcoal and overbearing heat. He reeled back instinctively, wiping his face. Phew. Okay, but theres no smoke on this one. Maybe I should check one of the ones with smoke? And definitely the one with the medicinal mist that just turned into smoke!

He flew over to one of the smoky ones. Before he could peer into it, the thick smoke assaulted his face. His eyes stung, and his nose and lungs burned. Waving his hand in front of his face, he coughed and backed up.

Whew. That is fierce!

Taking a deep breath of the clear air, Hui held his breath and plunged his face toward the crack.

Black gunk clung to the walls of the furnace and coated the furnaces bottom, inches thick. Dried and sticky, it had burned into the furnace to the point of becoming flaky. Hui backed up and grit his teeth, taking a breath of the fresh air again. I would hate to clean that. Thats a multi-day soak with some dish soap in the sink if Ive ever seen one! Hell, that might be the kind of burned-in filth where you just throw away the whole damn dish!

I mean, ahem. Truly, this furnace is ruined. A pill will never be made in this furnace again.

But how about the one that just burned? Surely that one wont be as disgustingly charred in like this one is.

Hui flew over to the furnace that had just burned. With a deep breath, he plunged his head into the smoke.