[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-first-iron-rice-bowl-of-great-jin":3,"chapter-the-first-iron-rice-bowl-of-great-jin-the-first-iron-rice-bowl-of-great-jin-chapter-62":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The First Iron Rice Bowl of Great Jin",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},151748,261,"Chapter 62: The Reborn","the-first-iron-rice-bowl-of-great-jin-chapter-62",62,"\u003Cp>Watching Gu Jinfan disappear in the blink of an eye, Hua Changxi was stunned for a moment, then quickly chased out of the West Mountain, but unfortunately found no trace of Gu Jinfan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Was that a teleportation-type spell?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi frowned. The spells she knew were still too few; all she knew were some alchemy spells, and she was almost completely ignorant of attack and escape spells.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But thinking that Gu Jinfan couldn't resist the burning of the Fire Lotus, Hua Changxi truly breathed a sigh of relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ever since she stepped onto the path of cultivation, she had been worried that Gu Jinfan would come after her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though she had obtained the cultivation technique from the red stone by accident, who knew if Gu Jinfan would think she had stolen her opportunity?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since Gu Jinfan could be injured by the Fire Lotus, it meant her cultivation level was likely below hers, or even if it was higher, it couldn't be much higher.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If her cultivation level were far above hers, even if the Divine Annihilation divine ability was powerful, the Fire Lotus wouldn't be able to harm her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the biggest potential enemy unable to do anything to her, Hua Changxi's heart was finally at ease. But thinking about how Yang Chuan had almost just given her away, her mood turned gloomy again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind Gu Jinfan stood the Duke of Xin's Mansion, and she was also the disciple of the most powerful pharmacist in the Medical Department—she had both power and connections.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If she came to cause her trouble, she wouldn't be able to focus on cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And what's more, it could very well bring danger to the Hua family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of all this, Hua Changxi's face darkened as she headed to the West Mountain cave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To obtain the Genesis Pomegranate, Gu Jinfan had held back her strength; Old Man You and the other three were not too seriously injured and could still move freely, but Guo Yu was different—he had already fallen unconscious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Hua Changxi enter the cave, Old Man You's expression relaxed, and he called out anxiously, \"Changxi, take a look at Guo Yu quickly—he's badly hurt.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi stood still, looking at him expressionlessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Man You was taken aback by her stare, then seemed to realize something, opening his mouth as if to say something but appearing at a loss for words, looking very uncomfortable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi looked at Old Man You for a while, then shifted her gaze to Zhuo Fan and the other two.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhuo Fan, Jiang Ye, and Yang Chuan, meeting her gaze, all avoided her eyes slightly; Yang Chuan even directly lowered his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The atmosphere in the stone cave was somewhat oppressive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Chuan couldn't bear it first: \"Young miss...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have a name.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi said flatly, looking at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Chuan: \"...Just now, it was this old man's fault, but given the situation, I had no choice. I couldn't just stand by and watch Zhuo Fan and the others get beaten to death, could I?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi found a spot to sit down and looked at him: \"The four seniors share a deep bond; you couldn't bear to see your friends in trouble, so you chose to betray me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Senior Yang, did you ever consider my situation? What if I had been beaten to death?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Yang Chuan purse his lips and remain silent, and Old Man You and the other two also staying quiet, Hua Changxi let out a cold smile: \"The four seniors are seasoned travelers in the martial world. I'm very curious—when you cooperate with others, do you also betray your partners so readily the moment danger arises?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Old Man You looked seriously at Hua Changxi: \"Changxi, we're not making excuses for ourselves. It's just that this was our first time encountering a cultivator, and we had no power to resist. In panic and fear, we... we were forced to consider revealing you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Hua Changxi did not react.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to her former temperament, if she were betrayed, especially in a life-or-death matter, she would certainly cut off all contact with them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, she needed the manpower in their hands to help her seize the South Mountain Fire Spirit Mine. For this matter, she could only let this go lightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi looked at the four of them: \"Although I am young and haven't traveled the martial world like you seniors, I also know that when doing things, one must uphold trust.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To cooperate with you, I showed my sincerity. Strictly speaking, before the South Mountain Rift is secured, I shouldn't have given you the Creation Pills so early.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But I did. Why? Because I trusted you four seniors.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"However, the four seniors have disappointed me somewhat.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Trust is fragile; it requires everyone's joint maintenance. What do you think?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Hua Changxi say this, the four elders looked even more uncomfortable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi continued: \"As for this matter... let's consider it a trial run in our cooperation. Just this once, and never again.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she spoke, her eyes suddenly turned sharp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That I am a cultivator—only the four seniors and Guo Yu know. If it ever gets out, I will hold you all responsible.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When I interact with people, I don't listen to what they say, I only watch what they do. And I'm not very magnanimous—there's no such thing as making amends after the fact with me. Cross my bottom line, and I will never forgive.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sharpness and undisguised threat in her tone made You Lao and the other three a little frightened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They never expected a thirteen- or fourteen-year-old girl to have such imposing momentum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And when they thought about the female cultivator who had suddenly barged in today, also appearing to be in her teens, You Lao and the other three felt deeply unsettled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As grandmasters, they had witnessed the ups and downs of the court and the cycles of old and new in the jianghu. The four of them vaguely sensed that a new struggle for the overarching trend was about to begin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You Lao exchanged glances with his three friends and spoke up: \"That female cultivator today came for the pomegranate we gave you. If more cultivators come knocking, what do we do?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi: \"Where did you find that pomegranate?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You Lao: \"In Five Finger Mountain, Qingzhou.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi's eyes flickered: \"Five Finger Mountain?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The martial arts manual 'Five Finger Mountain' that she had copied from home was said to have been derived by a grandmaster who, passing by a mountain shaped like five fingers, comprehended it from observing the mountain's terrain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had thought the story was fabricated, but she hadn't expected there really was a Five Finger Mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A grandmaster merely looked at the mountain and comprehended a martial battle technique; You Lao and the other three found the Creation Pomegranate in the same mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This Five Finger Mountain feels very extraordinary!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi looked at You Lao and the other three: \"Does Five Finger Mountain have any special features?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye, the most well-informed among the four, spoke up: \"That mountain is especially sinister; you cannot go deep. According to the local people, anyone who enters the mountain never comes out alive.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course, that's an exaggeration by the common folk.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Actually, someone did go in and eventually came out alive. But that was a grandmaster, who stayed in the mountain for a full ten years.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Some say that grandmaster was trapped in the mountain for ten years; others say he deliberately went into the mountain to go into seclusion, because he comprehended a palm technique in the mountain, extremely powerful, and named it 'Five Finger Mountain'.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi listened quietly: \"Since you can't enter Five Finger Mountain, how did you get the pomegranate?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye: \"We did go into the mountain. Since we knew a grandmaster could go in and come out safely, the four of us grandmasters going in together probably wouldn't have any problem.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi asked again: \"How did you find the pomegranate?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye shook his head: \"No need to search. The pomegranate grows at the highest point of Five Finger Mountain, colorful and radiant, visible as soon as you enter the mountain.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi: \"How many people were competing with you for the pomegranate?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye: \"About a dozen forces.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi: \"Did you expose your identities?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Jiang Ye and the others exchanged glances.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You Lao frowned: \"Logically, we shouldn't have been exposed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhuo Fan nodded: \"That pomegranate was clearly extraordinary. We naturally knew that if we managed to snatch it, we would be targeted by others, so we deliberately disguised ourselves before appearing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi: \"But someone came looking for you. Could it be that you unintentionally revealed your identities?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You Lao and the other three exchanged glances again, then still shook their heads.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye: \"When we were seizing the pomegranate, we didn't even use our best skills. I really can't figure out where the problem lies?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After listening, Hua Changxi fell into thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the first time she saw Gu Jinfan, she had felt something strange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, she seemed to have known in advance that the red-robed demonic cultivator was going to sacrifice young boys and girls, and deliberately disguised herself to infiltrate, with the goal of going after the red stone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You Lao and the other three were seasoned veterans; it was highly unlikely they would leak their whereabouts, yet Gu Jinfan still found out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, her reaction upon seeing Yang Chuan was also strange—she seemed to think Yang Chuan should be dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why should Yang Chuan die?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, because he ate the Creation Pomegranate; without her, he would have certainly died.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Yang Chuan eating the pomegranate seeds must have happened after they snatched it and reached a safe place. This matter should logically be even more secret than You Lao and the others seizing the pomegranate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Jinfan shouldn't have known.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This Gu Jinfan harbors a huge secret!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old You looked at Hua Changxi with worry: \"That female cultivator who appeared today mentioned the Asura Gate. If people from the Asura Gate come to Medicine Valley...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi glanced at the four frowning men: \"Are you all that afraid of the Asura Gate?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhuo Fan: \"Aren't you a member of the Medicine Office? The Medicine Office is under the Heavenly Department, which has a Demon-Suppression Office under it. The Demon-Suppression Office's greatest enemy is the Asura Gate. Even the imperial court can't deal with the Asura Gate. Do you think we wouldn't be afraid?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi was silent for a moment: \"It's been nearly a month since you came back. The Asura Gate should have cultivators. If they knew the pomegranate was in your hands, they would have come looking for you long ago.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhuo Fan disagreed: \"Didn't that female cultivator just find us today?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi looked at him: \"I told you, if the pomegranate isn't sealed with spiritual energy, it will turn into an ordinary fruit within a few days. That female cultivator... probably didn't know about that.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhuo Fan's tone was aggressive: \"But what if the Asura Gate doesn't know either?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi gave a half-smile: \"Senior Zhuo, do you think I should be responsible for your safety?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhuo Fan choked on his words, was glared at by his three old friends, and turned away without speaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old You: \"Changxi, we're just worried.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi looked at them: \"If you're really worried, then start cultivating immediately.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhuo Fan spoke up again, grumbling: \"We'd love to start cultivating right away, but you haven't given us a cultivation technique.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi's expression suddenly darkened: \"Senior Zhuo, do you not understand the relationship between us? We are partners, not your nursemaid.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Being scolded like this by a young girl, Zhuo Fan's face couldn't take it. He wanted to retort, but Yang Chuan grabbed him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I suddenly feel a bit tight in the chest. Come take a walk with me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, Yang Chuan, without explanation, pulled Zhuo Fan out of the stone cave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as they left the cave, Zhuo Fan shook off Yang Chuan: \"What's wrong with you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Chuan looked helpless. Zhuo Fan's temper was truly a headache. He often offended people when he was young, and after becoming a Grandmaster, he grew used to everyone's flattery, so any slight opposition could make him explode.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I should be asking you: what's wrong with you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you really think of that Hua Changxi as just an ordinary young girl?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That female cultivator today, who beat us to the point where we couldn't put up a fight—she was the one who drove her off, didn't you know?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She's in Medicine Valley. Even if the Asura Gate people come, would she really just let us die? What was the point of what you just said?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhuo Fan usually listened to his old friends, but he still felt unconvinced: \"That girl needs us to seize the Flame Spirit Mine. What's wrong with a little complaining? Would she really dare fall out with us?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright, stop looking so bitter and resentful. I'm not going to offend that girl to death. I was just using the complaints to see if I could squeeze a bit more benefit out of her.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Chuan didn't approve: \"You should stop doing things like that from now on.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhuo Fan shook his head: \"How many years has it been since you managed the Beggar's Sect's affairs? Let me tell you, when dealing with people, you have to go back and forth like this. You can't just do whatever others say.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I dare say the pomegranate we gave her is worth far more than we imagine. What's wrong with squeezing a little something out of her?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Chuan had to agree with that. Knowing it would be hard to convince his old friend anytime soon, he stopped arguing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back in the stone cave, Hua Changxi went to check on the unconscious Guo Yu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking about how she and Guo Yu had gotten along pretty well over the past two months, she didn't take out her displeasure with the four old men on him. Instead, she helped force out the wood spiritual energy that was rampaging inside his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the injuries of Old You and the other three, she didn't bother with them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once they took the Creation Pill and formed spiritual meridians, they could go to the bottom of the stone cliff to pick a first-rank Green Fruit to eat, and their injuries would heal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the next month or so, Hua Changxi stayed in Medicine Valley to cultivate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was still worried whether the Asura Gate would find Medicine Valley.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She knew that in a life-or-death crisis, Old You and the others would definitely not keep silent for her sake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She needed to confirm whether the Asura Gate knew that the Creation Pomegranate had been snatched by Old You and the other three.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, even until September, the Asura Gate had not come looking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only did Hua Changxi breathe a sigh of relief at this, but Old You and the others also relaxed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the leftmost room on the second floor of the No. 1 Medicine Shop on Second Street of the Medicine Office, Gu Jinfan was grimly applying medicinal ointment to his feet and calves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She hadn't expected Fire Lotus's burn damage to be so strong; even after a month had passed, her injuries were still not fully healed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who exactly is that cultivator hiding in the Three Fork Medicine Valley?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This person didn't exist in her previous life at all!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After You Lin, Jiang Ye, Zhuo Fan, and Yang Chuan snatched the Creation Stone Pomegranate, Yang Chuan ate the pomegranate seeds, couldn't withstand the spiritual power, and directly exploded to death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not long after You Lin, Jiang Ye, and Zhuo Fan brought the Creation Stone Pomegranate back to the Three Fork Medicine Valley, the people from the Shura Sect followed the scent of the Creation Stone Pomegranate, found them, killed all three along with everyone in the valley, and took the Creation Stone Pomegranate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although in the end the Shura Sect people also failed to refine the Creation Pill capable of shaping spiritual roots, the news of the Creation Pill spread through their mouths, giving rise to delusions in many mortals who couldn't cultivate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Later, one often heard about Creation Fruits appearing here and there, triggering battles among various parties, but in the end they all turned out to be false news.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Creation Fruit...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This kind of heaven-defying spiritual fruit is not allowed to exist by the Heavenly Dao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She found it somewhat strange—how did You Lin and his four companions manage to snatch the Creation Stone Pomegranate? Shouldn't it have been directly blasted to nothing by heavenly thunder the moment it appeared?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was that Creation Fruit snatched by You Lin and the other four in the hands of that mysterious cultivator?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Jinfan's expression turned somewhat grave. The appearance of people and events different from her previous life—was that good or bad?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of how in her previous life the Four Spirit Realms were invaded and occupied by outside cultivators, she still hoped that the general trend of this life could undergo some changes.\u003C\u002Fp>",2890,"2026-05-29T04:10:26.746Z","2026-06-01T04:29:08.487Z",1,"deepseek-v4-flash","0e6455ea0df8a119e04dd698effa501e1a905454bb5d4c4f9b26b1ebff15d9bf","the-first-iron-rice-bowl-of-great-jin-chapter-63","the-first-iron-rice-bowl-of-great-jin-chapter-61",547,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-first-iron-rice-bowl-of-great-jin-cover.jpg"]