The flame at the girl’s fingertip grew from faint to intense, its crimson glow gradually shifting closer to white—like… the sun.
A mere spark, yet it possessed such formidable heat!
Although everyone had planned to find an artifact refining furnace, claiming it was necessary to melt magic artifacts, the Cultivation World was not without powerful experts capable of melting artifacts directly without a furnace.
But that required at least a fire spiritual root expert at the Nascent Soul stage or above!
Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul…
Was Chi Miao’s flame intensity leaping three major realms?!
That couldn’t be possible, could it?
No one could say for sure, except Ying WuHuo, who narrowed his eyes, gauging the temperature before him and then glancing at Chi Miao.
“Hard to say, but it might actually be possible.”
An ordinary fire spiritual root cultivator certainly couldn’t achieve this, but what if Chi Miao wasn’t a fire spiritual root cultivator, but rather possessed a mutated Yang Spiritual Root?
Historical records contained very few descriptions of Yang Spiritual Root cultivators, as they were exceedingly rare—only two were known in cultivation history.
Both existed in ancient times and were dominant, supreme powerhouses.
The Yang Spiritual Root was not only far stronger than the fire spiritual root but also possessed the power to exorcise evil and purify, representing the ultimate pure force.
If Chi Miao could truly melt spiritual implements directly without relying on an artifact refining furnace,
Then she was almost certainly the legendary Yang Spiritual Root!
Which meant… his hope had appeared.
“Give it a try.”
When Ying WuHuo spoke these three words, his voice trembled almost imperceptibly.
The elders observing outside also held their breaths, their hearts in their throats.
“If she can really do it, can we confirm she’s a Yang Spiritual Root?”
“Yes. Even if she isn’t, the power within her should be sufficient to suppress WuHuo’s extreme Yin power—if not completely, it would at least buy him several more years without question.”
“Let’s hope she succeeds…”
Chi Miao obediently took out one of Jin Shengfei’s magic artifacts and began melting it.
Everyone watched with bated breath.
The flame licked at the spiritual implement, which slowly transformed until it began to melt.
“Holy shit, she really can do it!!”
The result was unexpected, and when they looked at Chi Miao again, their gazes weren’t as if looking at a person, but rather at a monster.
Ying WuHuo’s mind went completely blank.
He stared at Chi Miao before him, unable to utter a single word for a moment.
Yang Spiritual Root—she absolutely was the Yang Spiritual Root!
After all these years, he had finally found a trace of the Yang Spiritual Root!
He could live!
The elders outside nearly wept with joy—this was the best news for their Nine Swords Sect in nearly a century, without exception!
Ying WuHuo could be saved!
And after being suppressed by the other Ten Great Sects for so many years, they had actually gained a peerless genius!
A peerless genius with a Yang Spiritual Root!
They didn’t even dare imagine how sour the other sects would be when they had the chance to compete on the same stage in the future.
Heavens, just thinking about it felt exhilarating!
Just as everyone was either stunned or secretly thrilled, Chi Miao grew impatient.
“Will someone come and catch the molten liquid?! Don’t leave all the work to me—this thing is about to drip down!!”
Only then did they snap back to reality.
“Oh, right, right—I’ll do it, I’ll catch it.”
Jin Shengfei found a basin and quietly began collecting the molten spiritual implement.
Then, Chi Miao directed, “Without special techniques, figure out a way to shape this thing into a pagoda.”
“I can’t handle the next part alone—it’s up to you all now.”
“Don’t worry, leave it to us—absolutely no problem!”
Everyone began bustling about.
Those with Gold Spiritual Roots and wood spiritual roots helped with shaping, water spiritual root holders assisted in solidification, fire spiritual root bearers maintained the metal in liquid form nearby, while earth spiritual root users were responsible for resisting lightning.
Everyone had clear divisions of labor, working in an orderly manner.
By the time Chi Miao was smelting the third spiritual implement, she started sweating, causing everyone to worry.
“Chi Miao, can you hold on?”
Only Chi Miao here could smelt spiritual implements, and she was merely at the Qi Refining Stage—her spiritual power reserves couldn’t withstand such massive consumption.
Chi Miao said, “I can, but if any of you have spiritual pills and elixirs to restore spiritual energy for me, that would be even better.”
Not only did they have to provide spiritual implements, but also pills!
Their hearts ached! They wanted to cry!
But with things having reached this point, everyone truly had no choice but to go all in.
“You… you should eat sparingly.”
As they spoke, everyone gathered the pills into a small mountain-like pile beside Chi Miao.
Chi Miao grabbed huge handfuls and stuffed them into her mouth.
“Oh my god! These are pills, are you treating them like candy beans? Eat slower!!”
What a waste of precious things!
While you eat, our hearts ache!
Chi Miao: “What can I do? Otherwise, you come and smelt?”
Everyone was on the verge of tears: “It’s fine, you eat, you eat as much as you want!”
Watching Chi Miao both smelting implements in large batches and consuming pills in huge handfuls, everyone’s minds were filled with both heartache and shock.
Oh my god, she really can eat! And consume so much!
About an hour passed.
The tower was nearly complete.
Chi Miao’s smelting was almost done too, with only a few spiritual implements left.
But there were still pills remaining.
They found a little comfort in that.
Surely, they could keep the remaining pills, right?
Chi Miao also looked at the pile of pills; although most were for restoring spiritual power, there were other miscellaneous goodies mixed in.
Since they were almost finished anyway, wouldn’t leaving some be a waste?
These were everyone’s heartfelt contributions!
So, just as everyone was still scheming about how to divide the remaining pills.
Chi Miao suddenly grabbed huge handfuls with one hand, frantically stuffing them into her mouth.
Grab! Stuff!
Grab! Stuff!
The movements were seamless—before she even swallowed one mouthful, the next was on its way, the pills diminishing at an alarming rate!
Only then did everyone react.
“Sis! Sis, stop eating! You’re almost done smelting, don’t eat anymore, leave some!”
Chi Miao paid no heed, Chi Miao kept eating.
“No, she’s still eating, someone quickly tie her up, don’t let her eat anymore!”
As they spoke, someone stepped forward to restrain Chi Miao’s limbs.
Hearing this, Chi Miao thought:
What?
After all her hard work and exhaustion, eating a few pills, and you actually want to lay hands on her! How outrageous!
Even if they were going to act, she had to finish these first!
Chi Miao simply put down everything else, using both hands to grab pills and shove them into her mouth—several people pulling at her were useless.
“Chi Miao, stop! Stop eating!”
“Let me eat! I’m doing hard labor for everyone, what’s wrong with me eating a few pills? You heartless bunch!”
She shouted with her mouth full of pills, her words unclear.
With only the last handful left, she stuffed it right in.
“Don’t let her eat it! Pry her mouth open!”
Unfortunately, too late!
Right in front of the person trying to pry her mouth open, Chi Miao made a gulping motion with her throat and completely swallowed the pills.
“Burp, I’m full.”
Chi Miao patted her little belly, bulging from the feast, feeling wonderfully content.
At that moment, everyone was in despair.
“Ahhhhhhh! Chi Miao! You’re practically a gold-devouring beast!!!”
“Tell me, did you do it on purpose or by accident?”
Chi Miao blinked her big eyes: “I did it on purpose by accident. After all, it’s everyone’s kind intentions—we shouldn’t let them go to waste.”
Good!
What a perfect “on purpose by accident”! What a perfect “shouldn’t let them go to waste”!
“It’s like feeding ginseng to a pig!”
Chi Miao: “Nonsense! If you feed a pig, you can still eat it during New Year. If you feed me, you’ll never get it back in this lifetime.”
This remark was an even bigger blow.
So shameless, truly shameless!
So greedy and shameless—how could they have been fooled by her sweet talk, genuinely believing she was an upright, kind, and good girl?!
They must have been possessed!
Even Ying WuHuo couldn’t help but twitch the corner of his mouth.
He had seen greedy people before, but never one this greedy.
So taken for granted, so brazen.
“Aren’t you afraid of exploding from taking so many pills at once?”
Chi Miao was stunned: “That can happen??”