Faced with Lei Qilong's desperate pleas, Shi Feiyang refused and had Fire Wuhai throw him out.
Lei Qilong returned to Mount Hua's courtyard and gathered the ashes and garments of all his elders. Shi Nanxi, Fire Heavenly King, Rabbit Gods Ni Jun, and Blind Celestial Master He Ming belonged to the same generation as Patriarch Blazing Fire and counted as his grandmaster's junior brothers. There were also more than a dozen uncles and aunts of his master's generation; the rest were fellow disciples of his own generation.
Unable to find enough boxes on such short notice, he asked Xu Feiniang for some cloth and stitched bags day and night without stopping.
Shi Longgu, finding him handsome, came over to visit and helped him sew. In the end, they made more than thirty bags, embroidered each person's name on them, then placed the ashes and garments inside and sewed them shut.
Once he finished, he went to beg Shi Feiyang to spare his master again. He knelt in the square without rising for two days and two nights, and even Shi Longgu came to plead on his behalf.
Only then did Shi Feiyang let him inside. "Your filial devotion deserves some consideration. I can give you your master's Primordial Spirit, but you must swear not to leave the Ming-Yu Immortal Market for thirty years, and to run your business here as a successor of Mount Hua, serving as the head of its courtyard."
Lei Qilong kowtowed in delight. "Reverend, so long as you return my honored master's Primordial Spirit, my life is yours. Whatever command you give me, I will obey!"
Shi Feiyang took out the Primordial Spirit of Reverend Jade Staff Jin Shenzi and handed him over.
Lei Qilong brought his master's Primordial Spirit back, and master and disciple wept