Fire!

  The essence of the "Chi Yan Jue" is to refine fire, and the alchemy furnace has a Li Huo Fu array inside. This is why Zuo Mo can refine the Da Li Wan. However, the "Chi Yan Jue" absorbs the essence of the sun, while the Li Huo Fu array in the alchemy furnace provides flames that are too low-grade. Originally, during the refining process, the Li Huo Fu array should be the main one, and the sun's essence absorbed by the "Chi Yan Jue" should be secondary. But now, the sun's essence is overpowering the Li Huo Fu array, which will naturally cause problems.

  Knowing the key to the problem, Zuo Mo immediately thought of several solutions. The most feasible one was to weaken the sun's essence absorbed by the "Blazing Fire Technique", and the least feasible one was to change the alchemy furnace and find one with a high-grade fire separation symbol array. The boldest plan was to reverse the primary and secondary relationship, making the "Blazing Fire Technique" the main focus and the fire separation symbol array as auxiliary.

  Zuo Mo chose the first one, he thought the first plan had the highest success rate.

  After figuring it out, he set about making preparations.

  First and foremost, he had to be able to accurately control the "Blazing Ember Technique". Before this, he had never thought of precisely controlling the "Blazing Ember Technique". In Zuo Mo's view, the more solar essence absorbed by the "Blazing Ember Technique" that was used for spiritual plants, the better. In reality, it seemed to be the case as well, and Zuo Mo had never discovered a situation where the "Blazing Ember Technique" was overused. Where would he have thought of how to accurately control the "Blazing Ember Technique"?

  This is a new attempt for him.

  Fortunately, compared to other techniques, the five basic techniques of Ling Zhi Fu were the most familiar to him, and he grasped the trick without spending much time.

  However, when Zuomo bought the materials for Beigumeng again from Xuqing, Xuqing's gaze towards him was somewhat strange. After buying a large pile of Beigumeng materials, Zuomo once again entered the Dan room and began his retry.

  Failure!

  Still failed!

  Failure!

  ……

  Zuo Mo didn't panic, he was calm, and he felt that he was getting closer to success! This feeling was so strong that several times, he thought the next time would be successful.

  The ninth time!

  Until the last step was completed, there wasn't a hint of burnt smell! Zuo Mo's heart couldn't help but beat faster as he swallowed his saliva and nervously opened the dan furnace.

  A pill with a faint golden color quietly lay at the bottom of the stove.

  No cheers, no jumping for joy. Left Mo's face was expressionless, his eyes dull and his mouth murmuring woodenly: "Brother can finally get rich!"

  After finishing speaking, everything went black in front of him, and with a thud, he fell to the ground, fainting.

  So tired!

  Wu Kong Tang, Pei Yuan Ran's face turned iron-green as he stared at the two people kneeling below.

  Luo Li and Hao Min were as silent as cicadas in winter.

  Shi Feng Rong's face turned even darker with anger, Cold Mist Valley's medicine field was something she had always taken seriously, and it was only handed over to Hao Min for management. She didn't expect Hao Min to be so neglectful of his duties. Xin Yan and Yan Le's faces also looked terrible, Wu Kong Sword Sect may be a small sect, but its rules have always been strict.

  Two people going out is no big deal, but since they both have responsibilities on their shoulders and still sneak out for such a long time, they are bound to be punished.

  Zuo Mo woke up and found himself still in the Dan room, he quickly got up. Only when he saw that perfectly refined Great Strength Pill did he let out a breath of relief, realizing it wasn't just a dream.

  He didn't even bother to return to his stone chamber and simply sat in the Dan room to meditate and recover his spiritual energy.

  After his spiritual power recovered, he started refining the Great Strength Pill again. It was unclear whether it was because of the many failures before, but this time he surprisingly didn't fail once.

  Feeling somewhat exhausted, Zuo Mo stood up. These days of racking his brains for a solution had left him mentally and physically extremely fatigued, and he urgently needed rest. Meditating to enter stillness could restore his spiritual energy, but it couldn't replace rest.

  He pushed open the door and walked out of the room, the sunlight piercing his eyes painfully. He raised his hand to shield them.

  However, the feeling of sunshine on his body was great. Zuo Mo, who had successfully refined the dan, was in a good mood. Suddenly, he saw someone walking over and couldn't help but stare for a moment - wasn't that Shifu's sister, Nuo Min?

  She and Luo Li Shixiong have returned?

  Zuo Mo turned over a few ideas in his mind and still decided to go up and greet her: "Shifu sister Hao..."

  Only when he walked closer did he realize something was wrong, Hao Min's eyes were red and swollen, clearly having cried.

  Hao Min, who had just been scolded, saw Zuo Mo and suddenly remembered that the Cold Mist Valley was handed over to this zombie-like person to manage. Thinking of the stern rebuke from the sect master and her master, her anger surged up. It must be this guy's doing, otherwise how would Master know about the Cold Mist Valley? As soon as this thought emerged, she felt more and more hateful towards the zombie-like face in front of her, and a bad feeling arose in her chest.

  An outer sect disciple, how dare you play tricks on me?

  She raised her eyebrows, didn't say a word, and slapped Mo's face with her hand!

  Zuo Mo's reaction was extremely quick, and with a swift motion, he grabbed Hao Min's wrist, his tone dark and serious: "Sister, what are you doing?"

  Zuo Mo's heart was filled with evil fire, and he couldn't help but feel a sense of resentment. In the past, when faced with such situations, he would have been helpless, but now that their statuses were equal, he wouldn't take the initiative to provoke trouble, but neither did he need to swallow his anger silently.

  "How dare you!" Hao Min gritted his teeth, clearly furious: "You useless thing also dare to be presumptuous with me!" Before the words had even fallen, he didn't give Zuo Mo a chance to speak, and slapped him in the face with his empty left hand!

  Zuo Mo's pupils suddenly contracted, his eyes icy cold to the bone. His right hand, which had undergone countless finger exercises, moved with a speed that was unmatched. Before Hao Min's palm could even reach Zuo Mo's face, he suddenly felt a flash before his eyes and -slap- received a slap on the face!

  Hao Min was stunned by this slap in the face, her face burning with pain, and she looked at Zuo Mo in disbelief.

  Xu Qing had just walked out of the yard when she happened to see what was in front of her, and was so shocked that she almost screamed out loud. She reacted extremely quickly, with both hands flying up to cover her mouth.

  Zuo Mo coldly looked at Hao Min, his tone icy: "Sister, are you awake?"

  He looked deeply at Hao Min, released his grip on her wrist and took a step back. For some reason, when Hao Min met Luo Mo's gaze, she froze, her whole body cold to the bone. She trembled all over, her face alternating between pale and red, fear, shame, anger and indignation mixed together, and she completely forgot how to speak.

  "Oh, right. Eldest sister just returned and doesn't know some things yet." Zuo Mo stopped in his tracks as he turned to leave, saying lightly: "This younger brother is fortunate, was accepted into the inner sect, and studies alchemy under Master's guidance."

  He turned his zombie-like face and revealed two rows of sharp white teeth: "Sister, take care."

  Xu Qing stared blankly as Zuo Mo calmly walked away, the scene before her eyes was too shocking. Before Zuo Mo, Hao Min was the only inner sect disciple of Qing Fang Yuan, arrogant and overbearing to the extreme, feared by all. For some reason, when Xu Qing saw the five-fingered red mark on Hao Min's face, she felt an indescribable sense of pleasure!

  Taking a glance at Hao Min, who was still standing there in a daze, Xu Qing decided to quietly leave. If Hao Min found out that she had seen this, she would be in trouble.

  She stepped back, and Xu Qing still felt a little unbelievable. She had a sense of awe for Zuo Mo, which arose spontaneously. The usually easy-going Left Shixiong actually had such a fierce and terrifying side!

  Zuo Mo walked out of Xiang Fang courtyard, his hand slightly trembling imperceptibly.

  His heart was filled with fear, not of Hao Min, but of himself! Just now, in his anger, it seemed as if a voice was telling him: "Kill her! Kill her!" The impulse was so strong and clear that he almost slapped her with the blade instead of his palm!

  When did I become so violent? This discovery made him extremely tense.

  It's said that all demons and monsters are extremely evil, bloodthirsty villains! Is it because I've been practicing the "Fetal Breath Spiritual Cultivation" technique, which has subtly changed my temperament? Or is this the work of the evil Pú Yāo?

  He stood still, closed his eyes, took a deep breath in, and then exhaled heavily. All the negative emotions seemed to have been expelled with that one breath. He opened his eyes, his gaze restored to clarity, and his hands steadied.

  I guess I'm just too tired lately.

  "Tai Xi Lian Shen" Left Mo had been practicing for a long time, but he had never encountered such a situation before. As for Pu Yao, this guy was a pervert, but he was absolutely a cautious pervert, and he would not take the initiative to provoke trouble. Left Mo found that Pu Yao was quite wary of his elders, especially Xin Yan Shifu.

  Back at the Xifeng courtyard, Zuo Mo decided to think of nothing and rest for a while. His heart was also secretly on guard, warning himself to be careful.

  He did nothing all day and fell asleep as soon as he lay down.

  He was awakened by pink paper cranes.

  "Grandpa, I heard that stars come out during the day where you are? Is it fun?" Still in the familiar cursive script of Zuo Mo.

  "I've never heard of it," Zuo Mo replied very certainly. Stars appearing during the day? How was that possible? Anyway, he was certain that he had absolutely never seen such a strange scene before.

  "Oh dear, but what others have heard is indeed true. You'd better be careful, seeing stars during the day is a bad omen, it's likely to be an evil spirit."

  Zuo Mo's heart skipped a beat, demon!

  "A very familiar smell." The pú yāo appeared beside Zuǒ Mò without warning, staring at the pink handkerchief in his hand, but soon laughed: "It's that little girl after all."

  Zuo Mo thought that Pu Yao's smile was very cold.

  "Do you know him?" he asked cautiously.

  "Do you know her?" Pu Yao's right eye narrowed into a slit, and he smiled with great pleasure: "Of course I do." His gaze fell on the pink sachet in Zuo Mo's hand, and he chuckled: "A demon? This little girl is interesting, I like her."

  Leaving behind a string of meaningful laughter, the pú yāo disappeared without a trace, leaving only Zhǎng èr and the monk scratching their heads in confusion.

  The owner of this paper crane, Zuo Mo, really lacks a good sense of feeling. Anything that is forced, feels extremely terrible, and chatting is no exception. However, it's also considered self-inflicted trouble, and Zuo Mo can't do anything about it either. What goes around comes around!

  For several days in a row, Zuo Mo felt that he had rested well and continued to devote himself to the great cause of making crystal stones. He made twenty large power pills in one breath, all of which were handed over to Li Yingfeng.

  Li Yingfeng took the opportunity to hand over the forbidden jade slip she had mentioned last time, and also reminded him that his conflict with Hao Min was now spreading throughout the entire household, telling him to be careful.

  Zuo Mo heard this and secretly thought it was bad, but after thinking about it, he immediately felt at ease. Anyway, for this kind of thing, hiding is useless.

  But when he returned to the entrance of Xifeng Valley, he saw the destroyed seal and Luo Li standing proudly at the valley entrance.

  He stopped in his tracks.