Seekers Without Bounds

Chapter 17: Starting from Sweeping the Floor

The broom that Old Man Zhang gave to Shi Xunfei was too heavy. He could not lift it at all and could only drag it slowly.

Old man Zhang ignored him and continued sweeping. He swept in an interesting way, making a large circle at a very fast speed.

The dust, dead branches and fallen leaves on the ground seemed to have grown legs and gathered like waves following behind Old Man Zhang.

Finally, they formed big balls and disappeared into the tree holes. When I looked back, the road I came from was spotless.

Shi Xunfei watched Old Man Zhang's advanced operations and encouraged himself to pick up the broom.

This bamboo broom is very strange. The harder you use, the heavier it becomes.

Each swing was like swinging an iron rake, and it sucked all of Shi Xunfei's strength away. When he tried to move again, he couldn't move at all.

Old man Zhang glanced at Shi Xunfei and continued to scan without saying a word.

While Shi Xunfei was struggling with the broom, Old Man Zhang had already sat down on the tree trunk. The dust and dead branches on the ground had gathered into bundles and flowed into the tree hole.

In the utility room, only Old Man Zhang is extremely special. Although he is a top-grade gifted warrior, he is the only Wind Whisperer Warrior.

His inability to enter the realm of transformation has prevented him from leaving the utility room and moving to the next level, and it is his eternal pain.

Once you enter the Huasheng realm, you will have the opportunity to enter the inner gate. Only by entering the inner gate can you learn the inner gate's high-level skills, and only then will you have the possibility of entering the grandmaster realm in the future.

According to legend, there is a book of top-level martial arts of the ancient Feiling tribe's Wind Whispering Warriors in the Sacred Tree Temple - the Art of Uniting Heaven and Earth.

Now the only Wind Whisperer Warrior uses wind spells to clean up dead branches and leaves every day.

He spends most of his time wandering around aimlessly, and when you think about it carefully, Old Man Zhang is also very sad.

For several months, Old Man Zhang took Shi Xunfei to clean up dead leaves every day without teaching Shi Xunfei any martial arts.

He was cleaning on his own and didn't even notice how Shi Xunfei was using the iron broom in a clumsy way.

But Shi Xunfei is stubborn. He started out by dragging the broom along, but now he can actually swing the bamboo broom a few times.

Because he found that if he only used brute force, he would run out of strength after just dragging it for a while.

If the weight of the bamboo broom can change significantly along with the wind, the slightest movement will cause the leaves to flutter.

Today, they were able to gather the dead leaves in a circle. Old man Zhang watched, but remained calm.

He just obviously increased the speed of sweeping the dead leaves, and the dead leaves seemed to gather into a small river and flow directly into the tree hole.

"Crazy Zhang, hurry up and stuff it in. You're almost blocking my tree hole!" An angry voice suddenly came from the tree hole.

"Old Liehuo, if I don't give you more ingredients, how can the fire power be increased?" Old man Zhang said with a smile.

"Crazy Zhang, get the hell down here, or I'm going to burn down your shabby little house!" The man under the tree hole became even more annoyed when he heard what old man Zhang said.

"Calm down, old Liehuo, I'll be right there." After saying that, Old Man Zhang jumped down, taking Shi Xunfei, who was exhausted from waving the broom, with him.

Following the wind, he jumped directly down from the level where they were, and then turned around and entered the next level of branches.

There is a large square below, surrounded by silver maple leaves and the temperature is comfortable.

At the end of the square is a big mountain. There is only one road. After walking along the road, you will see a cave with the words "Danhuofang" written on the door. Two guards are standing at the door checking your token.

As soon as he stepped into the cave, Shi Xunfei only felt the heat wave coming, which was much cooler than the outside.

It feels like the hottest summer day here, and your skin feels strongly burning when you walk deeper inside.

"Just wait here for me to come back and don't run around." After saying that, Old Man Zhang walked inside.

"Yes".

"Crazy Zhang, are you in a hurry to reincarnate? You sucked so many dead leaves from the sacred tree at once." A bald old man was standing next to the big stove.

Two little kids nearby were constantly using palm-leaf fans to add wind to the stove. They were Xin Yilie, the head of the Danhuo Room in the mercenary camp.

"Old Liehuo, it's just that you sucked a few more fallen leaves. I asked you to speed up the process of refining the elixir. Why are you so angry?" Old man Zhang looked at Xin Yilie and said with an apologetic smile.

"The number of sacred leaves needed for a furnace of elixir is fixed. You added so many ingredients, which made the fire more powerful. The time and materials needed to be readjusted. How can I take care of so many furnaces here!" The temperature is extremely important for refining fire elixirs. One more or one less will not do.

Old man Zhang knew about this, but he had a request to make today so he deliberately gave Old Liehuo some tricks.

"Now I want to add some ingredients. The wind power of my two disciples' cattail fans is not enough. Since you are the one who added the ingredients to me, come and add some wind for me now." Xin Yilie said

"Okay, okay, we're brothers. You can have as much wind as you want, but just give me two more of these Fire Refining Pills." Old man Zhang said with an apologetic smile.

"The Fire Refining Pills are distributed uniformly by the camp owner in the mercenary camp. You and I have no right to divide them privately." Xin Yilie refused directly.

"Seeing how stingy you are, I won't take advantage of you. I'll prepare the materials and the extra ones will be yours. I only want two per month." said Old Man Zhang.

"You are so poor that you almost have to sell your broom. How can you have the materials to refine the fire pill? Besides, refining the fire pill is of little use to you." Xin Yilie said.

"It's not for me, it's for my apprentice." said Old Man Zhang.

Xin Yilie was surprised by Old Man Zhang's answer and glanced at him.

"Did you really take in that leyline kid? Is it worth it for a leyline?"

“Old Liehuo, I am the only Wind-talking Warrior in the entire Divine Tree Temple. For all these years, there hasn’t been a Wind-talking Warrior with a Heavenly Vein in the Divine Tree Temple. After me, perhaps there won’t be another Wind-talking Warrior. Now there is one, even though it’s just an Earth Vein, there is at least a glimmer of hope for inheritance.” Old Man Zhang was a little dejected.

"Hehe, it's rare that you, Crazy Zhang, can think of this. For the sake of your inheritance, these two Fire Refining Pills are a gift from me to you." Xin Yilie said.

"Really? Old Liehuo still hasn't forgotten my old friend. That's not right. Everyone knows that you, Old Liehuo, are notoriously stingy in the mercenary camp. Can you give me two Fire Refining Pills for free?" Old man Zhang said with a grin on his face.

"There is a small matter. The two Fire Refining Pills are not given for free. Wait until the fog in the Valley of Broken Souls dissipates, then you can go to the Valley of Broken Souls with me." Xin Yilie said in a low voice.

"Do we have to go to the Cliff of Broken Souls again? We were able to come back last time, so we should just consider it as saving our lives." Old man Zhang's face changed drastically.

"Are you scared? Since you, Crazy Zhang, are scared, then just pretend that I didn't say anything. The demand for Fire Refining Pills will be allocated by the mercenary camp on demand." Xin Yilie said coldly.

Old man Zhang looked very unhappy. He hesitated for a while and said, "Afraid? When have I ever been afraid? I will go with you and refine six Fire Pills a month. Otherwise, forget it. I am too old to do that."

"Four." The two men bargained.

"Five." said Old Man Zhang.

"Deal." Xin Yilie made the final decision. Old Zhang didn't expect Xin Yilie to agree so readily.

"We have finished discussing your matter, hurry up and blow the air for me. If the combustion is not complete, there will be no fire refining pill at all." Xin Yilie said.

"Watch this." Old man Zhang concentrated his magic to create wind, the fire in the furnace became stronger, and the fire spiritual power in the cave became more and more intense.

Shi Xunfei, who was outside, felt it was getting hotter and hotter, and even the floor felt hot on his feet.

Shi Xunfei endured it with all his willpower.

From the perspective of an onlooker, Shi Xunfei's entire body had turned red and his eyes were bloodshot.

If you continue to endure it, your skin and flesh will be separated by the fire spirit power.

"Crazy Zhang, your little disciple is in a bad situation outside." Xin Yilie reminded old man Zhang.

"The training of a gifted warrior is just like your fire-refining pill. How can it grow without being tempered by fire? Come, let me add the final fuel to the fire." Old man Zhang called out to the wind even more vigorously.

"You are such a fucking old lunatic." Xin Yilie cursed and said nothing more, continuing to concentrate on casting the spell.

At this moment, two people came in from outside. They were young, tall, and had handsome faces.

One of them had a green longbow on his back, and the other had two axes hanging from his waist. The shape of the axe heads was very special, resembling red maple leaves.

The two were also very curious when they saw Shi Xunfei, whose whole body was burned red by the heat wave.

"Boy, where are you from? If you can't stand the fire power in the Danhuo room, get out quickly." The young man carrying a longbow reminded.

"Brother... I followed my master." Shi Xunfei answered with great difficulty. Without systematic practice of Wind Language, he had no way of resisting the invasion of fire spiritual power.

"Who is your master?" asked the young man carrying a longbow.

"Zhang Chensu." Shi Xunfei said.

"When did Crazy Zhang, the sweeper and chores guy, get an apprentice?"

The young man holding the axe laughed loudly, as if he had heard the funniest thing.

"The spiritual power from the fire is almost burned into a sweet potato. Didn't Crazy Zhang teach you how to dissipate the heat?" The young man with the axe hanging continued to tease Shi Xunfei.

Shi Xunfei's face turned even redder with anger. If it weren't for the iron broom supporting him, he would have fallen to the ground.

“Haha, what else can a Wind Whisperer Warrior do if he can’t even hold a broom and sweep the floor? Just be a good boy.” The young man with the axe hanging looked at Shi Xunfei who wanted to swing the broom but couldn’t.

"Senior Brother Huang, we are here to get the Fire Refining Pill today, so let's not make things complicated." said the young man carrying a longbow.

"There was only one useless Wind Whisperer before, but now there are two." The young man carrying an axe walked in with a laugh.

The two young men walked in and happened to run into Crazy Zhang.

"Who did you just say was a waste?" Old man Zhang asked calmly, suppressing his anger.

"Uncle Zhang is here too. We are just joking with the new fellow. Don't take it seriously." The young man with the axe hanging could see the anger in old man Zhang.

"Oh, I was just kidding. When you go out to do things next time, joke less or you'll have a seizure easily." said Old Man Zhang.

Two evil winds appeared out of nowhere and slapped the young man Huang twice on the face.

Crazy Zhang's two powerful blows were so powerful that the boy's face became red and swollen.

"Look at him, he's having a seizure." Old man Zhang walked away without looking back.

"You!" The young man surnamed Huang was furious, but was held tightly by the young man carrying a longbow.

"Brother Huang, it is important to get the elixir. We cannot delay Master's business."

The young man surnamed Huang gave Crazy Zhang and Shi Xunfei who was not far away a vicious look, spat out a bloody tooth, turned around and walked towards the alchemy furnace.

Crazy Zhang looked at Shi Xunfei, whose head was steaming with heat, and tried his best to endure without saying a word. He picked up his broom.

"Let's go." The moment Crazy Zhang picked up the broom, the heat accumulated in Shi Xunfei's body seemed to be gradually dissipated by a gust of wind.

The heat dissipated and the feeling of relaxation in the body returned.

Crazy Zhang intentionally or unintentionally tested Shi Xunfei's tolerance to the wind and fire spiritual forces.

If one wants to become a true celestial warrior at the earth vein level, one can only desperately break through at the edge of the limit, otherwise, it is better to leave early and live a mediocre and stable life.

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