First Hearing of Spirit Fire (Revised)

"What do you mean? Of course the sect master has the final say!"

Fatty Lin looked at Yi Xuan in some confusion.

"Think again. I'm asking you who has the final say in the sect now!"

Hearing the emphasis in Yi Xuan's words, Fatty Lin suddenly remembered something.

He stared at Yi Xuan in shock and opened his mouth. "You mean... Li...?"

Before Fatty Lin could finish, he saw Yi Xuan nod.

"You're actually doing business with the law enforcement elder?"

Yi Xuan looked at Fatty Lin, somewhat speechless.

"What are you thinking? The grenade business does make money, but do you think the law enforcement elder is the sort of person who would work with me? Li Jingming is the youngest young master of the Li Household, the most powerful second-generation heir in the Azure Cloud Sect right now, and the law enforcement elder's favorite grandson! Do you understand now?"

Fatty Lin sucked in a breath of cold air. "That really is a deadly business!"

"Well? Do you still have any ideas about the grenade business? If you do, I can introduce you to Li Jingming!"

Yi Xuan asked with a smile.

After hearing Yi Xuan out, Fatty Lin did not refuse. Instead, he pondered for a moment.

"Forget the grenade business. I'd like to live a few more years. But I'd have no problem with you introducing me to Young Master Li! Getting to know someone like him might be a great help to our business!"

Fatty Lin was a business prodigy, all right. Even knowing the grenade business was beyond his reach, he did not pass up the chance to befriend the Azure Cloud Sect's most powerful second-generation heir.

Since Fatty Lin had this idea, Yi Xuan had no reason to refuse.

He agreed to mention it to Li Jingming and see what he thought.

Afterward, Yi Xuan did not leave. Fatty Lin insisted he stay and eat at his house.

During the meal, Fatty Lin kept talking about how well their air conditioner business was doing and how much money it had made.

But for Yi Xuan now, the money earned from air conditioners was no longer enough to stir his heart.

After all, the profits from the grenade business were simply too high.

It was not very obvious yet, but once Yi Xuan increased grenade production, a single day's profit might equal a whole year's profit from air conditioners.

Who would care about Fatty Lin's measly scraps then?

With no interest in listening to Fatty Lin's dreams for the air conditioner business, Yi Xuan ate while thinking over the technology involved in heating a 3D printer.

The usable technologies in the Book of Technology were practically countless.

Unfortunately, none of those technologies could be reproduced at this stage.

That left Yi Xuan with a vast store of technology but no way to put it to use.

Seeing Yi Xuan's distracted expression, Fatty Lin spoke up. "Brother Yi? Brother Yi? What are you thinking about?"

Fatty Lin's calls startled Yi Xuan awake, but he still had not quite collected himself. He murmured to himself, "How can I reach such a high temperature?"

"What temperature? What do you mean?"

Only when he heard Fatty Lin again did Yi Xuan come to his senses. "Ah! It's nothing. I've run into a problem with a treasure I have, and I don't know how to solve it!"

Hearing that Yi Xuan was making a treasure, Fatty Lin's interest was instantly piqued. "What is it? What problem did you run into? Brother Yi, tell me about it. Maybe I can help!"

Though Yi Xuan did not hold out much hope for Fatty Lin, he still said, "I've run into a problem. You've heard of the Raging Fire Formation, right?"

Fatty Lin nodded. "Of course I have. Isn't it one of the most common formations among you cultivators? Why? Don't tell me you can't use it? No, wait, if you can't use it, how did you make the Raging Fire Formation in the air conditioners?"

Yi Xuan shot Fatty Lin a sidelong glance. "How could I not know how to use the Raging Fire Formation? Even if I'm a Rootless Person, I'm still a cultivator, all right? The problem I've run into requires a very high temperature to solve, but the Raging Fire Formation can't provide enough heat. That's why I'm stuck!"

After hearing Yi Xuan's explanation, Fatty Lin asked curiously, "The temperature isn't high enough? Then why not use Spirit Fire?"

"Spirit Fire?"

At Fatty Lin's reminder, something buried deep in Yi Xuan's memory instantly surfaced.

That's right! Isn't Spirit Fire just what I need to solve my current problem?

Over the past twenty years, Yi Xuan had consulted countless cultivation texts in search of a solution to being a Rootless Person.

Naturally, he knew something about Spirit Fire.

It was only because it could not solve his problem as a Rootless Person that he had not thought of it immediately.

Spirit Fire, as its name suggested, was a kind of fire with spiritual nature!

Even without those cultivation texts, Yi Xuan could have roughly guessed what Spirit Fire did from its name alone.

It was said that nearly a hundred kinds of Spirit Fire were known to exist in the world.

Each of those nearly hundred kinds had different properties.

But as far as cultivators were concerned, their greatest features were their extremely high temperatures and the invaluable assistance they could provide once refined.

Refined Spirit Fire could not only be used to attack, but also to refine pills and artifacts!

Its temperature was also extremely high. Even the lowest grade of Spirit Fire was hotter than an ordinary Raging Fire Formation!

But he could forget about the Three Flavor True Fire from the myths of his previous life.

That thing was indeed mentioned in the cultivation world's records, but it did not fall within the category of Spirit Fire.

It was Immortal Fire!

Even if he turned the entire cultivation world upside down, he could forget about finding a single flame.

With Fatty Lin's reminder, Yi Xuan now had a general idea of what to do about the 3D printer.

The only question now was how to obtain Spirit Fire!

At that thought, Yi Xuan involuntarily turned his gaze to Fatty Lin, whose face was all smiles.

That was right. He was just an ordinary merchant, and even if he knew about Spirit Fire, hadn't his reaction just now been a little strange?

Yi Xuan had merely said he needed a way to produce high heat, and Fatty Lin had immediately suggested Spirit Fire.

And just look at his expression now, like a petty man who had gotten his way.

Yi Xuan could tell what he meant just by looking at him.

Fatty Lin was clearly saying, Ask me! Go on, ask me!

With his mind on the 3D printer, Yi Xuan could not be bothered to play along with Fatty Lin. He granted his wish and asked directly.

"Out with it! Looks like our Boss Lin knows something about Spirit Fire, doesn't he?"

Yi Xuan's stare made Fatty Lin a little uneasy. In the end, he scratched his head and spoke sheepishly.

"Hey, I just happen to have some news about it! There's an auction in the capital in two months. They say one of the final lots will be a kind of Spirit Fire, though it's a fairly ordinary one."

Yi Xuan nodded, unconcerned.

"The quality doesn't matter. Looks like you're going to this auction too? When do we leave?"

"One month from now!"

Hearing that, Yi Xuan stopped eating. As he headed outside, he said, "Don't disturb me for the next month. In one month, I'll go to the capital with you on time!"