[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-great-jin-s-most-iron-rice-bowl":3,"chapter-the-great-jin-s-most-iron-rice-bowl-the-great-jin-s-most-iron-rice-bowl-chapter-362":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Great Jin's Most Iron Rice Bowl",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1897136,2531,"Chapter 362: The Five Elements Fire Virtue Furnace","the-great-jin-s-most-iron-rice-bowl-chapter-362",362,"\u003Cp>Hua Changxi forcibly \"annihilated\" the two Fire Qilins to prevent the manifestation and external release of Zhu Que, lest she expose the fact that she possessed the Zhu Que bloodline.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, after the Fire Qilins vanished and the fiery domain collapsed, Hua Changxi realized she had been mistaken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No Zhu Que totem manifested above her dantian's sea of Qi; instead, a rapidly spinning vortex appeared. Simultaneously, vortices began emerging one after another within her meridians, acupoints, and internal organs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first, Hua Changxi did not understand what was happening to her body, until all the vortices merged into one, manifesting as the illusory image of a furnace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her flesh and blood, with the dantian as its root, the meridians as its veins, and the organs as its hub, transformed into a furnace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did she realize that the Earth Mother Qi had not strengthened her Zhu Que bloodline, but had instead granted her a bodily divine ability—the Five Elements Fire Virtue Furnace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Due to the Earth Mother Qi's nature of bearing and encompassing all things, this furnace of hers could refine the five elements, and even refine all things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By activating the \"Five Elements Fire Virtue Furnace,\" one could simultaneously bear the energy of Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth; using Fire as the core to encompass the other four, the physical body became a \"Five Elements Furnace,\" converting energies of other attributes into Fire-attributed power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi had never expected that absorbing the Earth Mother Qi would result in the attainment of a bodily divine ability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, activating this divine ability was not easy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike \"Ten Thousand Fires Paying Homage,\" which could be activated wherever fire existed, activating the \"Five Elements Fire Virtue Furnace\" required a disposition capable of bearing and encompassing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What constituted a disposition capable of bearing and encompassing?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi almost instantly recalled the scene where the flames on the Fire Qilin merged with the flames she emitted: you within me, I within you, harmonious yet distinct.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was this Fire Virtue?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi was still completely bewildered as to what \"Fire Virtue\" truly was. After the bodily furnace manifested and then vanished, she retracted the overflowing fire spiritual energy and opened her eyes in confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment she opened her eyes, she saw Qin Feng standing not far away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi gave no further thought to the departure of Lu Zhenting and the other three; looking at Qin Feng, she said, \"General Qin, I have a confusion; I wonder if you could offer some guidance?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Feng was actually curious to hear what Hua Changxi wanted to ask, so he nodded. \"Speak.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi asked, \"What is Fire Virtue?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Surprise flashed across Qin Feng's face. Although Hua Changxi had used domineering means to \"annihilate\" the Fire Qilin, revealing her impatience for quick success, he had not expected her first question to be about \"Virtue.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Although your clash with the Qilin was brief, the fact that you can ask this question shows you have gained some insight.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Virtue means attainment.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"All things fall within the five elements, and all five elements possess virtue.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fire Virtue... you can understand it as the inherent laws and order by which Fire operates.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi still did not quite understand. \"Then how does one judge whether a person possesses Fire Virtue?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Feng thought for a moment before speaking. \"What do you think Xuan Yuan City represents?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi replied, \"The center of the Central Continent, bearing the fortune of the human race.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Feng asked again, \"On what grounds does Xuan Yuan City bear the fortune of the human race?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi pondered, then tentatively said, \"Because it possesses virtue?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Feng smiled. \"Xuan Yuan City gathers the five virtues into one, thus it can bear the fortune of the human race. Great virtue inevitably gains its position, its emolument, its fame, and its longevity.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi listened with thoughtful consideration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Feng continued, \"Virtue within oneself, virtue toward others; its essence is cultivating oneself to bring peace to others.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you wish to see whether a person possesses virtue, simply observe whether they have perseverance; in their perseverance, one can see a person's virtuous conduct.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi murmured softly, \"Seeing virtuous conduct in perseverance?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Feng said, \"Where there is perseverance, there must be action. You work in the Medicine Bureau and have encountered no small number of cultivators; do you think they possess any virtuous conduct?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi did not answer, seriously contemplating the cultivators she knew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Feng explained further, \"After the resurgence of spiritual energy, all cultivators have been busy fighting over resources to improve their own strength; with this as their goal, naturally anything can be done. But if one proceeds from virtue, there are things one must do and things one must not do.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Hua Changxi lost in silent thought, Qin Feng considered for a moment and added, \"When virtue does not match one's position, disaster inevitably follows; many genius cultivators have fallen because of this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi felt these words were aimed at her and couldn't help but glance at Qin Feng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Feng said, \"Enough; this General has matters to attend to. Hand over the keys to the Fire Qilin Pavilion.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi asked no further questions and handed the black and white fish-shaped keys she had obtained to Qin Feng. \"When can my family join the Xuan Yuan Prefecture?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Feng put away the keys. \"Anytime. Let's go; I will escort you out.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi said, \"Since the General has busy matters to attend to, I can leave on my own.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Feng looked at her with a smile. \"That will not do.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi paused, then realized that Qin Feng was guarding against her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the way out of the prefecture, Hua Changxi made conversation out of nothing. \"General Qin, once I leave, I will notify my family. In a few days when they enter the Xuan Yuan Prefecture, I hope you will look after them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Feng asked curiously, \"Why don't you arrange for the Hua family to go to Danyuan Peak?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi replied, \"The Medicine Bureau is too chaotic; I cannot protect them there.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Feng looked over. \"But I feel as though you are trying to dump a burden.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi looked at him. \"The General's perception is mistaken.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Feng smiled without confirming or denying. \"I hear you rarely contact your family; do you think cultivators should sever all emotional ties and love?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi denied it. \"I have no such thought.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Feng said, \"Yet that is exactly what you are doing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi frowned; she did not like this stranger, Qin Feng, criticizing her actions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The prefecture gate had already come into view for both of them. Qin Feng stopped, looked at Hua Changxi, and spoke one final sentence. \"Those without emotion rarely travel far. Hua Changxi, take care of yourself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1150,"2026-06-12T02:51:23.636Z",1,"Qwen3.5 397B","67096aac014414e5356d95ebdcba9062ad5f6efab4329d06bfe153418cde8655","the-great-jin-s-most-iron-rice-bowl-chapter-363","the-great-jin-s-most-iron-rice-bowl-chapter-361",558,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-great-jin-s-most-iron-rice-bowl-cover.jpg"]