Yan Chihuo and Feng Yi left Tong Hai's place and returned once more to Feng Yi's cave dwelling. Yan Chihuo asked probinglly, "Senior, I have already spent more than a hundred years in Jade Clear Hall and benefited greatly. I wonder if there is anything else I can do for you?"
Feng Yi laughed heartily. "I know what you mean, little friend. Once you advance to the Dao Integration Stage and your poison is cured, it will be time for you to return to the East Sea."
"Senior sees clearly," Yan Chihuo said. "That is indeed my intention. But I have received such immense kindness from you, Senior. If I cannot repay even a fraction of it, I will feel deeply uneasy."
"I do happen to have a matter for which I would ask your help, little friend," Feng Yi said.
"Please instruct me, Senior."
"Speaking of which, it is a long story. About eight thousand years ago, one of my patriarchs discovered a treasure during the Heavenly Sand Valley trial of Jade Clear Hall. It was called Fire in Ice. This fire is born within ten-thousand-year profound ice, exceptionally rare and exceptionally precious. Yet that patriarch of mine did not retrieve it. After he emerged, he told his disciples of this treasure. Alas, among our branch, no one has ever been able to take it out."
Yan Chihuo understood somewhat. "Could it be that Senior wants me to retrieve it? Even Senior was unable to do so—how could I manage it with my cultivation?"
"Little friend, listen carefully. The Heavenly Sand Valley trial is held once every five hundred years. Only Cultivators who have advanced to the Dao Integration Stage for less than ten years may participate, and they may not carry any treasures or spirit pets. Over these