Qi WuHuo's Daughter

In Doushuai Palace, Laojun looked at the Sea-Calming Iron Bodhi had brought him. This item had been used by the Primordial Human Race to measure bodies of water, but it had long since fallen into disuse. Now, to once again manage the rising water levels brought on by heat death, they needed it again. It had been made rather casually back then, though, so it would have to be reforged.

For that, Laojun of Doushuai Palace had even gone to borrow the Purple Gold Eight Trigrams Furnace from Great Master Xuan Du.

He had also once again suggested handing his duties as Laojun over to Great Master Xuan Du.

The latter had rejected him outright.

So Laojun had no choice but to suffer through it himself and obediently reforge the item. The young Daoist, Kill the Bandits Sword on his back and a horsetail whisk in hand, asked when it would be finished. Laojun was inspecting the Eight Trigrams Furnace when he heard the question. He clicked his tongue and said helplessly, "At least forty years."

"Back when Great Emperor Gouchen rebelled and fought his way here, Great Master Xuan Du held the line in front of Soaring Heavens Palace and clashed head-on with Great Emperor Gouchen, breaking his momentum. But the furnace was also damaged in the fight, and one of its corners was smashed off. That piece fell somewhere in the Human World, and the furnace itself was left with a flaw."

Laojun looked up and sighed. "I took a look. The problem is with the Xun trigram. The Eight Trigrams' qi doesn't circulate smoothly anymore. When the Six Ding Divine Fire reaches that spot, it'll probably weaken by a third."

"So, all things considered, forging this item will take much longer than it used to."

"About fifty-six