Chapter 1572: Chapter 650: Sincerity

Ning Zhuo shook his head, expressing his insistence: "If it can’t help me defeat the Three Brave of Xiang Sect, it’s difficult to agree to this collaboration."

Tie Kuang seemed to have anticipated his response, a confident and certain smile appearing on his face: "Ning Zhuo, you might not be fully aware—the repair of the Nanming Fire Furnace by me is your best choice right now, bar none."

He leaned forward, his gaze intense: "As long as the Nanming Fire Furnace remains unrepaired, you cannot use it, and you cannot truly settle those debts. All the Nascent Souls and Golden Cores in Nanming Village revolve around you, yet the furnace remains damaged. Are you truly not anxious?"

Ning Zhuo did not reply.

Tie Kuang added with a smile: "As for why it is most suitable for me to repair it, I can demonstrate it to you on the spot. Give me the Nanming Fire Furnace."

Ning Zhuo’s eyebrows slightly raised.

He pondered for a moment, eventually raised his hand, and took out the Nanming Fire Furnace.

A wave of scorching yet feeble aura slowly emerged in the room.

The Nanming Fire Furnace had undergone a small test and was much improved from its initial shattered state. Though less than half its original structure remained, it was relatively intact. The scalded scars crisscrossed on the furnace body, with edges densely patched with red-gold patterns.

The Vermilion Bird Artifact Spirit was hidden, concealed deep within the furnace body.

Upon seeing the Nanming Fire Furnace, a flicker of flame passed through Tie Kuang’s eyes.

It was natural for an artifact refiner to be stirred and pained by a Spiritual Treasure. Just like a sword cultivator seeing a peerless sword broken before them, their heart wrenched, they can’t resist the urge to personally reforged it!

Tie Kuang slowly stood up.

He did not touch the Nanming Fire Furnace but took a smoke furnace from his waist.

The smoke furnace, only the size of a fist, was entirely cast in black iron. The furnace body had nine apertures, and around each aperture were intricately carved fire patterns, glowing a dark red under the lamplight.

As soon as the smoke furnace appeared, the fire-attribute spiritual energy in the cave mansion was drawn to it, transforming into ripples of red that spread all around.

Tie Kuang gave a low cry, slamming his palm onto the smoke furnace top!

Buzz...

All nine apertures of the smoke furnace opened at once. The fire patterns on the black iron furnace body shifted from red to blue, from blue to purple, transitioning in layers like ninefold blooming flowers. Nine fine threads of smoke gently flew out from the apertures, like nine lively fiery serpents curling toward the depths of the cracks in the Nanming Fire Furnace.

The Vermilion Bird Artifact Spirit was startled, curling even tighter. Ning Zhuo’s eyebrows slightly moved, forcing it to calm down.

The Vermilion Bird Artifact Spirit buried its small head deeper into its wings.

The nine fine threads of smoke penetrated through the cracks into the furnace body.

Initially, there was no reaction, but after a few breaths, a faint sizzling sound emerged from deep within the Nanming Fire Furnace.

A wisp of pale purple aura was slowly drawn out from the deepest part of the furnace belly by the nine threads of smoke.

This aura was extremely faint, yet it carried an indescribable cloying sweetness. It was a pill fragrance from overcooked elixir pills due to excessive fire control, sweet to the point of being cloying, so cloying that it made one’s throat tighten and chest feel stuffy.

The moment the pale purple poison aura appeared, the lights in the cave mansion dimmed for an instant.

Ning Zhuo’s face turned slightly pale. He immediately stood up, retreating half a step.

He quickly held his breath, staring at that wisp of poison aura, genuine surprise emerging in his eyes: "Pill Poison?"

Tie Kuang gave him a deep glance, his spell gestures uninterrupted.

The nine threads of smoke gently drew the pale purple pill poison, integrating the poison’s aura into themselves, then carried it out of the furnace body, eventually drawing it back into the black iron smoke furnace.

The smoke furnace trembled slightly, and a layer of purple spots appeared on its surface, spreading like snake scales.

A crimson flame burst from the palm of Tie Kuang, quickly suppressing and refining it, dissipating it into nothing.

Ning Zhuo instantly felt the tense bird body of the Vermilion Bird Artifact Spirit relax slightly.

Ning Zhuo’s eyes were fixated on the smoke furnace, brilliance flashing in his gaze: "What a fine furnace! It can extract pill poison! Such a treasure is worth a fortune!!"

Tie Kuang put away the smoke furnace, smiling as he looked at Ning Zhuo: "Little friend Ning Zhuo, your Alchemy Dao is not lacking. Your innate talent allows you to see its value at a glance. Though your cultivation level is shallow, you are proficient in many cultivation techniques. I’m curious—did you start cultivating and comprehending the Dao from your mother’s womb?"

Ning Zhuo restrained the shock on his face, cupping his fists: "This junior just works hard at stupid efforts. There are countless cultivators more talented and gifted than this junior, as numerous as stars."

Tie Kuang laughed heartily, shaking his head repeatedly: "You’re too modest with your words."

Ning Zhuo’s gaze returned to the Nanming Fire Furnace, expressing heartfelt admiration: "Hall Master’s strength is unfathomable, to be able to extract pill poison from the Nanming Fire Furnace! Such means truly amaze this junior."

This is the crux.

Pill poison is extremely stubborn.

Cultivators taking pills over time accumulate pill poison inside, causing the efficacy to decrease gradually, eventually harming the body, soul, meridians, and Dantian. Many cultivators in the late stage find it hard to advance due to the harm of accumulated pill poison.

Though there are numerous methods to eliminate pill poison, very few are genuinely effective.

The Nanming Fire Furnace has a long history, refining countless spirit pills. The pill poison in the furnace has settled over hundreds and thousands of years, deeply entangled with the furnace wall fire veins, spiritual patterns, and the Artifact Spirit state. Extracting it with ordinary means is almost like a pipe dream.

Yet Tie Kuang accomplished it—extracting even just a wisp is enough to prove the rare finesse and precision of his methods!

Tie Kuang was very satisfied with Ning Zhuo’s reaction.

He sat back down, for the first time leisurely sipping from the teacup.

"Extracting pill poison has many benefits." Tie Kuang spoke unhurriedly.

"Firstly, the old poison in the Nanming Fire Furnace is heavy, the Artifact Spirit is already skittish, and the pill poison suppresses it, making it more and more weak. Removing the pill poison is like relieving a thousand-pound burden from the Artifact Spirit’s shoulders."

"Secondly, during repairs, the pill poison interferes with the fusion of treasures and pollutes the new fire veins. Eliminating it first makes the furnace remolding cleaner and purer."

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