“Senior Brother, you don’t visit me very often, what brings you here today? Just tell me if you need me, Bai Xiacohun, to do something for you.” For Bai Xiaochun, Zhang Fatso One was really like a big brother. Every time he recalled the many scenes from the Burning Stoves Kitchen filled Bai Xiaochun with warmth.
As Zhang Fatso One cleared his throat, Bai Xiaochun could clearly see the pride and excitement in his eyes. Taking a look at Bai Xiaochun, he patted his stomach and a smack suddenly sounded out instead of the slap produced when he still had his fat belly.
“Ninth Junior Brother, let me tell you a great secret!”
Upon hearing the word secret, Bai Xiaochun’s eyes opened wide and his ears perked up. He felt that these words were a bit familiar.
“From today onwards, I, Zhang Fatso One, will be receiving great respect in the Spirit River Sect. Oh, the amount of disciples who’d seek to curry favors with me, perhaps even the Foundation Establishment elders will be polite to me.” Zhang Fatso One proudly announced.
“Ah? How come? Are you the Little Turtle too?” Bai Xiaochun was stunned.
“What Little Turtle? Junior brother, you know that my master is the head of Purple Cauldron Mountain, Xu Meixiang, right?” Zhang Fatso One was in high spirits as he looked at Bai Xiaochun and spoke in a low voice.
Bai Xiaochun nodded. He knew about it, and also understood why Zhang Fatso One had lost his fat. It was because of his master’s dislike for fatties, to the point where some weird ideas sprung in her mind.
“You know what my master’s best known for? Spirit refinement! And guess what I have been learning from my master? Spirit refinement!”
“Haha, turns out I, Zhang Fatso One, have been blessed by the Heavens with a talent for spirit refinement. Even my master showers me with praise! Just today, she told me that with my talent, it shouldn’t take me too many years before I become the first great master of spirit refinement from the Spirit River Sect!” Standing up, Zhang Fatso One excitedly raised his head to the sky, his voice booming as he stood as if atop of the world.
“Spirit refinement?” Bai Xiaochun blinked, and after his posture and boasts, he put on a face filled with respect.
Seeing Bai Xiaochun’s display, Zhang Fatso One became even merrier as he patted him on his shoulder.
“Ninth Junior Brother, I can already see it. When people come to me to refine their things, I’ll only accept the requests I like, anything that displeases me can bug off! And for the ones I agree on, it’ll be expensive. But for you though, and Fatso Three, and anyone from the Burning Stoves Kitchen - I won’t take a single Spirit Stone from any of you! We’re brothers! Just prepare your materials and I’ll refine it for you!” Zhang Fatso One was having his moment. He had been quite troubled after going up the Purple Cauldron Mountain, but after the discovery of his spirit refinement talent, he had become wild with joy and his first thought was to go and share it with Bai Xiaochun.
“Nice, Big Bro!” Bai Xiaochun also exposed a gleeful expression and cheered.
“Come, come, take out an item for me, anything at all, and I’ll refine it right before your eyes. Give me a weapon now, and I guarantee you’ll qualify for the war in a few months, I guarantee you’ll rank in the top ten of the South Bank and go represent it against the North Bank in the Heaven’s Chosen War!” Zhang Fatso One happily shouted.
“Uh…” Bai Xiaochun blinked as he stared at the excited Zhang Fatso One. Seeing how excited he was, he took out an ordinary flying sword of the Spirit River Sect from his storage pouch. He had quite a few of these swords and expectantly handed one to Zhang Fatso One.
Taking the flying sword from him, Zhang Fatso One took a deep breath as he patted his own storage pouch, sending tens of ores out, hovering next to the sword in midair.
With his yes closed, Zhang Fatso One’s cultivation exploded after a moment. It wasn’t as strong as Bai Xiaochun’s, and it seemed to be just at the peak of the sixth level of Qi Condensation. With his hair whipping about, Zhang Fatso One raised his left hand and a strong silver glow suddenly appeared.
As the light grew brighter, gusts of wind were formed, causing the Qi in the air to roil as faint streaks of glowing Qi shockingly gathered from the surroundings. They charged straight at the ores, passing through them again and again, before finally nesting themselves in Zhang Fatso One’s left hand. In the process, the ores quickly disappeared, half of them vanishing in less than a blink of an eye.
Bai Xiaochun’s eyes glowed with amazement, it was the first time seeing someone else refine. It was very different from his spirit refinement with the Turtle-shelled Pot. It was as if the refiner himself communed with the skies and the earth, drawing upon the majestic and violent forces of nature and channeling them through the ores, transforming them into a gentler energy.
It wasn’t long before Zhang Fatso One’s body sta