Published: February 24, 2025
Chapter 83: Observing the Celestial Phenomenon at Night
After speaking, tears streamed down Shen Subing's stunning face.
Just as Tan Yun was about to say something, the teleportation array on the summit lit up. Soon, Dantai Zhongde appeared, beaming with glory and looking at Tan Yun inside the hall, smiling, “Senior, I’ve come to bring you something good.”
Wiping away her tears, Shen Subing looked at the flickering figure of Dantai Zhongde appearing in the hall and forced a smile, saying, “Elder De, hello.”
“Shen Girl, what happened?” Dantai Zhongde noticed Shen Subing's red-rimmed eyes and retracted his smile.
“It's nothing; you and Master can talk first.” Shen Subing replied, bowing slightly to Tan Yun, “Master, I’ll head up first.”
“Hmm, go ahead. I will talk to you later,” Tan Yun said.
After Shen Subing left, Dantai Zhongde's Qiankun Ring glimmered, and then, a foot-tall purple-black flame ignited in his right palm, wrapped in a barrier of forbidden light.
Tan Yun was overjoyed, exclaiming, “Inferior fire element sub-respect grade fire seed: Purple Profound Black Flame!”
His eyes were fixed on the fire seed, filled with a hungry wolf-like green light.
“Senior, you truly are a senior; you recognized it at a glance.” Dantai Zhongde bowed and handed the Purple Profound Black Flame to Tan Yun, saying, “Senior, your alchemical formula has been verified to be true.”
“This fire seed was originally going to be auctioned off by the Huangfu headquarters soon. Fortunately, I went to the Huangfu headquarters four days ago; otherwise, it would have fallen into someone else's hands.”
Tan Yun stored the Purple Profound Black Flame in the Qiankun Ring and clasped his hands in gratitude, saying, “This fire seed came at just the right time. I am immensely grateful to Elder De.”
“Not at all. Senior, you are too polite.” Dantai Zhongde replied, “I noticed that Shen Girl seems troubled. You should accompany her; I will take my leave now and continue searching for fire seeds.”
“Alright, I’ll see you off,” Tan Yun responded.
“No need, no need. Senior, please stay.” Dantai Zhongde said, turning to leave.
At this moment, Tan Yun contemplated, “Now that I have the Purple Profound Black Flame, after consuming the primordial flame, I can at least advance from the initial third-order to great achievement of the third-order. In four to five years, I should be able to refine the Outer Purple Meteoric Iron into a sword embryo.”
“However, in just eleven months, the inner sect nine meridians grand competition will begin. With my strength, it will be easy to compete for a spot in the eternal land, but the eternal land is fraught with danger. I need to refine the Flying Sword as soon as possible…”
Suddenly, Tan Yun seemed to think of something, and his eyes brightened, “Now, it has been over a year since I last entered the Supreme Mustard Seed Time-Space Pagoda’s 108th layer. If I enter again for three months, where one day inside equals eighteen days outside, I should be able to refine the sword embryo.”
“Once I succeed in refining the sword embryo, I can also try to infuse eleven types of attribute refining materials into it before entering the eternal land!”
“And also, since Subing is in a bad mood, why not take this opportunity to gift her something significant?” A smile appeared at the corner of Tan Yun's mouth as he headed straight to Shen Subing's room.
“Subing, come out! I have two great gifts for you!” Tan Yun said with a warm, elderly voice.
“Creak!”
Shen Subing walked out of Tang Xinying's room with a slight smile and said, “Master, what gifts? Come in and tell me.”
As she spoke, Shen Subing pulled Tan Yun into her room.
“Master, what is it? Did you find out who the murderer is?” Shen Subing’s beautiful eyes sparkled with anticipation.
“Ahem.” Tan Yun coughed awkwardly, “How would I know who the murderer is? I’m not a deity.”
“Oh… then what are the gifts?” Shen Subing seemed somewhat disappointed.