Chapter 72: Promoted to Elder! Elder Jiang!

"Requested by the Liu Fengzhu?!"

Jiang Ye, who was sitting cross-legged in the Tiankui Herb Garden nurturing fire energy, slowly opened his eyes and looked up.

Outside the herb garden, a disciple wearing the Tianqing Sect robe stood respectfully.

Jiang Ye stood up, patted the non-existent dust on his robe, and walked slowly toward the entrance of the herb garden.

"Jiang Zhishi, congratulations on successfully embracing the pill!"

Seeing him walk over, the disciple hurried to greet him, his face full of polite smiles:

"This matter has reached the Liu Fengzhu's ears, so I was specifically sent to summon you."

Jiang Ye smiled faintly, his expression composed: "Since it is the Liu Fengzhu's summons, let us set off now, sorry to trouble you to lead the way, little brother."

Since entering the Tianyangfeng of the Tianqing Sect, he had never seen this Liu Fengzhu.

He had only occasionally heard a few words from Lu Ming and Chen Lili.

It was said that this Tianyang Liu Fengzhu was an old man with a very explosive temper.

Older than him, acting strangely, and with unfathomable strength.

"Jiang Zhishi, please this way."

The disciple led the way respectfully, and the two walked all the way up along the winding mountain path.

Under the guidance of this disciple, Jiang Ye came to the peak of Tianyangfeng for the first time.

The view suddenly opened up.

This was a wide and flat open space, fully several dozen zhang in circumference.

In the center of the open space stood a huge black-gold tripod furnace.

The furnace body was three zhang high, pitch-black like ink, yet faintly had dark golden patterns flowing.

Inside the tripod furnace, a raging fire was burning.

The flames shot into the sky, fully a zhang high, burning the surrounding air until it was twisted and deformed.

From a distance, Jiang Ye could feel the scorching heat wave rushing toward him.

The heat wave was like substance, striking his body wave after wave, as if to roast him.

The air at the peak was even hotter, and every breath felt like swallowing a mouthful of flame.

Fortunately, he had the Great Sun Heavenly Flame true qi protecting his body.

That scorching heat wave hitting him was like a spring breeze, posing no threat at all.

He could even clearly feel that the heat wave was faintly resonating with the true qi in his body, making the pill in his dantian slightly active.

But the disciple leading the way was suffering.

He was only at the Transformation of Force Mid-Realm and hadn't started nurturing Qi yet, so how could he withstand such scorching heat?

At this moment, he was like being put into a steamer, his face flushed red, sweat pouring down like rain, his clothes soaked through and sticking to his body.

"Jiang Zhishi... Jiang Zhishi..."

The disciple spoke with difficulty, his voice trembling, "The Liu Fengzhu is behind the tripod furnace. My strength is low, I can only bring you here..."

He cupped his hands at Jiang Ye, the movement somewhat deformed, then turned and almost crawled down the mountain, as if he would be completely melted if he stayed for another second.

Jiang Ye looked at his disheveled retreating figure, shook his head slightly, then turned and walked toward the back of the cauldron without haste.

The closer he got to the huge black-gold tripod furnace, the more scorching the heat wave became.

He could feel that the arrangement of this tripod furnace was by no means random, and the temperature distribution around it was extremely particular.

Clearly, there was a reason for the arrangement of this furnace.

He circled around the tripod furnace and finally saw the legendary Tianyang Liu Fengzhu.

It was a thin, dry old man with sparse hair, his face covered in wrinkles like tree bark, his whole person sitting cross-legged on the ground like a withered pine that had experienced wind and frost.

His eyes were tightly closed, his breath almost inaudible; if not for the extremely weak rise and fall of his chest, Jiang Ye would have almost thought this was a dried corpse that had sat to death.

For a time, even Jiang Ye couldn't distinguish whether this Liu Fengzhu was nurturing fire qi or... sleeping?

He didn't make a sound to disturb him, just stood quietly on the side, his gaze falling on that huge black-gold tripod furnace.

He wanted to see what kind of doorway this furnace had to make the temperature of the entire peak so strange.

Time passed second by second.

About a cup of tea's time later.

"Ah... ha..."

That old man finally opened his eyes and yawned sleepily, looking exactly like an old bear that had just woken up from hibernation.

He rubbed his eyes, and only then did his gaze land on Jiang Ye, just about to speak.

His expression changed abruptly!

The next instant, two clusters of flames suddenly rose in those turbid old eyes!

Those flames weren't illusory, but real, jumping, scorching flames burning in his eye sockets, yet strangely not harming his eyeballs.

"This is..."

The moment Jiang Ye's gaze met those two clusters of flames, he only felt a scorching sting coming from his eyeballs, as if being burned by a raging fire at close range.

He closed his eyes subconsciously, his brow furrowed tightly.

When he opened his eyes again.

"Eh?!"

The flames in the old man's eyes had already dissipated, but he was already standing in front of Jiang Ye, close at hand.

That speed was so fast that Jiang Ye didn't even see how he moved.

The old man was full of disbelief, his old eyes wide, staring fixedly at Jiang Ye, exclaiming:

"You actually nurtured Great Sun Heavenly Flame true qi? And successfully embraced the pill!"

Jiang Ye raised his hand to wipe his stinging eyes, his expression as calm as water: "Yes, Liu Fengzhu, broke through by fluke."

"Fluke? Impossible!"

The old man gave a hehe laugh, that smile carrying a hint of excitement and disbelief.

He shook his head repeatedly:

"Other Qi-Nurturing Methods in the sect might be flukes, but only..."

"This 'Great Sun Heavenly Flame Qi-Nurturing Method' absolutely cannot be a fluke to embrace the pill!"

"I spent three years bitterly practicing this Qi-Nurturing Method back then, and I still didn't succeed!"

"No one knows the difficulty of nurturing fire qi with this Qi-Nurturing Method better than me!"

As he spoke, he actually started circling Jiang Ye, shaking his head while circling, looking exactly like an old monkey that had discovered a treasure.

The more he looked, the more regretful he felt, sighing continuously:

"You kid are a talent! It's a pity you're a bit old..."

"Sigh, there's no way, the world is like this..."

"I don't know how many geniuses have had their talents buried because they were born in small places..."

Jiang Ye's eyes twitched, almost unable to hold it together.

No!

How many years had it been since he heard someone call him "you kid"...

Although he knew this old man was older than him, those three words coming out of his mouth still made a strong sense of incongruity surge in Jiang Ye's heart.

"By the way, almost forgot to tell you."

The old man seemed to have remembered something, stopped his circling, and laughed heartily:

"Old man's name is Luo Song!"

He sized Jiang Ye up, his eyes full of appreciation:

"Speaking of which, Jiang Zhishi, I've heard your name more than once from that girl Yueyao."

"Didn't expect to see you today, you are even more formidable than I imagined."

He paused, then suddenly slapped his thigh:

"If you could have come to the Tianqing Sect fifty years earlier, the Tianyang Liu Fengzhu should have been you!"

As soon as the words left his mouth, he shook his head violently again:

"No, no, I said it wrong."

"Should say the Tianqing Sect Sect Master should have been you!"

Hearing this, Jiang Ye was slightly stunned.

Didn't expect this old man's evaluation of him to be so high.

Just because he practiced the "Great Sun Heavenly Flame Qi-Nurturing Method"?

"Forget it, won't say these sad words to stimulate you."

The old man patted Jiang Ye's shoulder, shaking his head and sighing: "Everything is fate, nothing is up to oneself!"

"By the way, Little Jiang, tell you something serious."

He suddenly shifted the topic, his expression becoming a bit more serious:

"Since you have successfully embraced the pill, you should be promoted to Elder."

"Tell me, what do you want to manage on Tianyangfeng, old man I will try my best to help you arrange it!"

Hearing this, Jiang Ye's eyes lit up slightly.

Sure enough, as he expected, after stepping into the Embracing the Pill Realm, he was considered middle-to-high level in the sect, and his status would definitely improve.

He had heard Lu Ming and Chen Lili talk about the benefits of sect elders.

Just the contribution points that could be received every month were six thousand, and besides that, he could receive expensive medicinal pills every month.

As for the power in his hands, it was even more astonishing.

However, Jiang Ye had no interest in power; he only cared about the growth of his strength.

After pondering for a moment, he said: "Liu Fengzhu Luo, I'm still quite adapted to staying in the herb garden..."

"Oh?!"

The old man raised his eyebrows:

"Looks like you want to continue staying in the herb garden."

He suddenly laughed heartily:

"Exactly, that Qin Lie came to me several times saying he wanted to change places, almost annoying me to death!"

He patted Jiang Ye's shoulder and made the final decision:

"Then from today on, you will replace Qin Lie and serve as the Elder of the Herb Garden!" ===== CHAPTER 73 =====