Danzun War God

Chapter Twenty: The Visitors Are Not Well-Intentioned

Time flew by. On that day, Han Qi put on the Taoist robe of the Xuantian Sect. Because he was going to see Situ Yuanhao today, Han Qi did not disturb Chen Wei and Lin Yuyao who were practicing their skills. He went straight to the Danling Hall where Elder Situ was. When Han Qi arrived, the other nine people had already arrived. They stood outside the Danling Hall waiting for Elder Situ to appear.

Before long, Situ Yuanhao arrived gracefully with his hands behind his back. He didn't say much when he saw everyone, but waved his hand to signal them to follow him and walked towards a large hall next to the Danling Hall.

As they approached the main hall, everyone could see that the plaque above the entrance bore the inscription "Fire Essence Hall." They knew that this was the important alchemy ground. The Fire Essence Pool possessed unique Fire Essence Stone resources. The Fire Essence Pool was divided into two parts, one half for use by the alchemy practitioners and the other half for use by the martial arts practitioners. The Fire Essence Pool was a resource upon which the Xuantian Sect depended for its survival.

In Fire Cloud City, a single Fire Essence Stone can take a person's life. But here, the entire Fire Pool, spanning several miles, is filled with Fire Essence Stones. The Xuan Tian Sect and the Situ family have always been entangled, and the Situ family's purpose in controlling the Fire Essence Stones is to protect the Xuan Tian Sect's position.

As everyone followed Elder Situ into the Fire Essence Hall, which was built directly above the Fire Essence Pool, the hall was divided into small rooms, each with an exit of a Fire Essence Stone for alchemists to use. In other words, each room was an alchemy room. There were nearly a thousand such rooms in the Fire Essence Hall, which could accommodate nearly a thousand people to refine pills at the same time.

As soon as Han Qi stepped into the Fire Essence Hall, the Five Elements Profound Qi in his Life Palace began to circulate automatically. The five streams of profound qi in his Life Palace began to fluctuate, but one of the five streams fluctuated abnormally violently. Han Qi quickly guided the profound qi in his body into his dantian and suppressed the circulation of the Five Elements Profound Qi in his Life Palace.

Han Qi was overjoyed. It seemed that the Fire Spirit Pearl should be in the Fire Essence Pool. Due to the Five Spirits Profound Veins obtained from cultivating the Primordial Five Spirits Sacred Technique, the Fire Spirit Pearl nearby caused a fluctuation in his body.

At this moment, Elder Situ stopped in front of a pill-refining room, turned around and looked at everyone before slowly saying, "This is the pill-refining stronghold of our Xuantian Sect, possessing unique earth fire resources. Furthermore, I will pass on to you all a pill-refining formula. You all have great talent in pill refining; I hope you will all diligently cultivate and strive to become pill-refining grandmasters as soon as possible. From now on, we will hold an exchange meeting at the Pill Spirit Hall every five days. You can discuss any questions you may have." After speaking, he walked towards the hall's exit, but after taking a few steps, he turned back and said, "Feel free to look around here for now. Later, go to the Pill Spirit Hall to collect your pill-refining formula." With that, he left without lingering.

Curious, everyone pushed open the door to a pill-refining room. The space inside wasn't large, but it was enough for one person to refine pills. A gleaming, high-grade red copper pill-refining furnace stood above the fire pit. The value of this furnace alone was considerable. Using this furnace to refine pills would undoubtedly increase the success rate. Everyone looked at the furnace and became even more eager to try.

At this moment, Li Ke in the crowd said, "With such a high-quality alchemy furnace and Master's alchemy formula, we will surely be able to refine high-level pills soon."

Li Ke's words reminded the others, and they began clamoring to go to the Pill Spirit Hall. Just as they reached the entrance of the main hall, a group of people walked towards them. The leader, with an arrogant air, swaggered towards the Fire Essence Hall. Upon seeing these newly joined disciples of the Pill Cultivation lineage, his eyes immediately lit up with excitement, and he shouted, "Which one of you is Han Qi? I heard he's the number one among this year's new disciples. Let me see him!"

Needless to say, the newcomer was none other than Elder Lu Hongsheng's nephew, Lu Yuanba, a notorious tyrant of the Xuantian Sect. Everyone had long heard of his name; he ran rampant in the Xuantian Sect, had many followers, and his style was: 'Those who obey prosper, those who defy perish.' His cultivation had even reached the late stage of the Tribulation Manifestation Realm. This group immediately surrounded the ten new disciples.

Han Qi knew this person had ill intentions and there was no way to avoid him, so he cupped his hands in greeting. As the saying goes, it's never wrong to be polite. Although Han Qi had no good feelings towards Lu Yuanba, he couldn't refuse him, so he said, "Senior Brother Lu, I am Han Qi. May I ask what business Senior Brother Lu has with me?"

Lu Yuanba rubbed his chin, a wicked smile on his face, and said, "Han Qi, right? Hmm, first level of the Qi Condensation Realm, not bad! I heard you have a servant who is quite exceptionally beautiful. Let her play with me for a couple of days, and I'll protect you from now on. What do you think?"

As expected, nothing good came out of a dog's mouth. Han Qi was furious upon hearing this. He hadn't expected this person to be so shameless. He said sternly, "Anyone who wants to touch me must pass through my dead body."

Lu Yuanba's henchmen, dressed in old clothes, looked eager to seize the opportunity to kill Han Qi and curry favor with Lu Yuanba. Lu Yuanba was no fool; he had also heard that Elder Situ was very fond of Han Qi. Han Qi was no ordinary disciple, and to harm him now would be to offend Elder Situ, which would be a serious matter. Even if his uncle Lu Hongsheng wanted to protect him, he would have to give Elder Situ face. So he said, "Hehe, it's not too late to deal with you after we leave the Xuantian Sect. Let you run wild for a few more days. I need to go out and take care of some business recently. You're lucky to be alive."

Having said that, he waved his hand and said, "Let's go!" Lu Yuanba and his group sneered and glared at Han Qi with disdain, following Lu Yuanba away with an attitude of "we'll see what happens." As they walked, Lu Yuanba instructed his henchmen, "Stay away from that girl for the next month while I'm gone. If anyone tries anything funny, you all know what I'm capable of."

Seeing Lu Yuanba walk away, they continued towards the Danling Hall. Everyone looked at Han Qi with a sense of schadenfreude. Most people were very jealous of Han Qi and wished that something would happen to him. Only Li Ke said angrily, "This Lu Yuanba is too much. If Brother Han wants to deal with him, call me. Others may be afraid of him, but I am not."

Han Qi said calmly, "Brother Li, your words are enough. I alone am enough to destroy him." While saying this, Han Qi was also calculating in his mind: 'For the next month, no one will dare to bother Lin Yuyao. I need to seize the time to improve my cultivation; after all, this is a place where the strong are respected.'

Seeing Han Qi's serious expression, Li Ke didn't know what to say. After all, he, a ninth-level Qi Condensation Realm cultivator, couldn't defeat a fifth-tier Flame Winged Tiger, yet Han Qi defeated him in one move. He didn't know Han Qi's true strength; perhaps Han Qi really had the ability to defeat Lu Yuanba.

The group arrived at the Pill Spirit Hall, where the chief disciple, Sun Yaozu, was already waiting. Upon their arrival, he distributed the prepared alchemy formulas to everyone and said, "Our master instructed that you be ranked as fellow disciples according to your previous test scores. That is to say, Han Qi is the senior brother among the ten of you. Before you, there were already 30 generations of disciples in the Pill Cultivation lineage, totaling 612 disciples. You are the 31st generation disciples of the Xuan Tian Sect, and Han Qi is the 613th disciple. The others follow the same pattern."

After speaking, Sun Yaozu glanced at everyone and continued, "The rule within the Xuantian Sect is that no conflict is allowed between disciples; otherwise, one will be expelled from the sect. Serious cases will be handed over to the Elder Council for punishment. Please strictly abide by this rule." He paused, then continued, "Everyone is free to enter and leave the Fire Essence Hall. If you need to refine pills, simply register with the Hall Master and obtain the key to the Earth Fire Gate. We will distribute medicinal herbs to everyone monthly according to the established system. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me. If I cannot resolve them, then consult our master. If there are no further issues, please return home."

After saying that, everyone dispersed. Then Sun Yaozu pulled Han Qi aside and said, "Junior Brother Han, come here. I have something to tell you." He then pulled Han Qi aside and said, "You have to be careful of Lu Yuanba, the martial arts practitioner, here. He is ruthless and has a lot of influence. Listen to me, don't mess with him, or you'll be in big trouble."

"Thank you for the reminder, senior brother. I have my own plans." After saying that, Han Qi walked out without looking back, thinking to himself, "This Sun Yaozu must have been sent by Lu Yuanba to deliver a message." He couldn't help but despise Sun Yaozu in his heart once again.

Watching Han Qi leave, Sun Yaozu snorted and muttered to himself, "When the time comes, don't blame me for not warning you; you'll get what's coming to you."

Han Qi left the Danling Hall and went straight to the Huojing Hall. He found the hall master and got the key to seal the earth fire. He then entered a pill refining room, closed the door, and at this moment, the profound energy in his life palace began to fluctuate violently again. Han Qi slowly circulated the Hunyuan Five Spirits Sacred Technique and felt that the speed was much faster than usual. Han Qi slowly used his divine sense to examine the inside of the earth fire opening.

The cave was ablaze with fire, with countless fire essence stones swimming in the fire essence pool. The presence of the Fire Dragon Pearl could not be detected, but a force could be faintly felt pulling at the profound energy in the life palace. As the Primordial Five Elements Sacred Technique was activated, the influence on the profound energy became more and more obvious, and the profound sea in the dantian was surging. Just then, several loud cracking sounds came from Han Qi's body, and the vortex of profound energy in the life palace increased even more. That's right, Han Qi entered the second level of the Condensation Realm.

Ten days later, Han Qi slowly opened his eyes, a wicked smile on his lips, because he had successfully broken through to the seventh level of the Condensation Realm during these ten days. At this time, there were three drops of essence blood, two large and one small, in Han Qi's life palace, and his body was full of profound energy.

Han Qi slowly stood up. He once again tested his divine sense power, slowly entering the Fire Essence Pool. This time, he clearly sensed a strong light at the bottom of the pool, surrounded by Fire Essence Stones that were rapidly rotating around the light. Han Qi determined that this light was emitted by the Fire Spirit Orb. However, at this moment, Han Qi still did not know how to remove the Fire Spirit Orb.

Han Qi withdrew his divine sense and walked out. It was already high in the sky, as today was the day of the Danling Hall exchange meeting. Han Qi handed the Earth Fire Sealing Key to the Hall Master to erase his name before rushing towards the Danling Hall.