What Counts as Family?

By the time you got your hands on the Eight Trigrams Alchemy Furnace, you discovered that its quality was not lacking in the slightest. Though it did not reach Mahayana grade, it could still be called a masterpiece among Third-ring alchemy furnaces, only a hair inferior to the alchemy furnace you had once borrowed from Han Ze.

The words "Qi Xuan" were engraved upon the Eight Trigrams Alchemy Furnace, confirming its name as the Qi Xuan Furnace and saving a complete novice like you quite a bit of time.

The items used to exchange for the Qi Xuan Furnace were a Third-ring Dao Pill, the Xuan Pin Body Transformation Pill; a Second-ring Dao Pill, the Clear Spirit Jade Dew Pill; and a Second-ring scene Dao painting, Cold Soul Abyss Snow Disaster - Three, which you had hurriedly painted after receiving news of Han Jing.

At first, you had not intended to bring out Cold Soul Abyss Snow Disaster - Three. However, the owner of the alchemy furnace entrusted to the Auction House did not think much of your initial offer. You had no competitive edge amid the fierce bidding, so in the end, you could only attach the painting in helplessness.

Even so, there were still quite a few people bidding against you for the top-grade Third-ring alchemy furnace, the Qi Xuan Furnace—four others in total. The furnace's owner was satisfied with all five offers. In the end, it was the Three-realm Immortal King presiding over the auction who gave the Cold Abyss Divine Palace some face and chose one offer for the owner from among the five. Only then did you obtain it. This was one of the conveniences brought by status.

The second item you purchased was also a Third-ring Dao Treasure. It was a sword-type artifact that