A Simple Question

With one hand carrying Meng Xiang, and the other holding

onto the Flaming Viper's burning tail, Tian Yi said, "What

Senior?! I am only 18 Years Old!"

"…"

"…"

"Eh? Ah… I am sorry…?" The blind girl did not know how to

answer him.

"…"

After a few more seconds of silence, she said, "S-Sir, your

hand…" She was worried about his bared hand that was

holding onto the Flaming Viper made of Divine Flames.

"Oh, this thing? I don't feel anything, so it's fine," He replied

with a calm voice, it was as if he wasn't even touching Divine

Flames but air.

"…" She was instantly speechless! What kind of Heavenly

materials was his body made out of to touch Divine Flames,

and an Enraged one at that like it's nothing?

*ROOOOOOAAAAARRRRR*

The Flaming Viper had a heart attack when it's fear suddenly

appeared out of thin air and grabbed its tail.

*RRRRRRROOOOOOOAAARRRR*

It twisted and squirmed around like crazy, but no matter how

much it struggled, it was unable to move its tail even an inch!

"Aiya, stop squirming around like a worm, you'll hit

somebody like that." Joked Tian Yi.

"?!?" The blind girl could not believe that he was able to make

a joke in this situation!

"Meng Xiang, let's start." Tian Yi said while putting her down.

"Un." She nodded.

"Remember what I taught you during the 4th day of training?

Do that," He said before letting go of the Flaming Viper.

*RRROOOOAAARRR*

The Flame Viper did not attack after being released. Instead, it

fled the other direction at max speed!

"Where do you think you are going?" Tian Yi flipped his

palm, and a wisp of Golden Flames shot into the sky before

spreading out. It formed a barrier made of Golden Flames

around the entire place that blocked out the sun.

"!!!!!!!" The Flaming Viper instantly halted in its tracks.

"…" It no longer roared or moved. Instead, it stood there

staring at the beautiful Golden Flames.

After a few more seconds, it slowly lowered its head to the

ground as if it was worshipping the Divine Flames that closed

off its escape route!

****

"…" Xuan Cheung and Xuan Yuming stupidly stared at the

Golden Flames that barricaded the entire stage. Their

trembling wide eyes were clearly showing disbelieve and

shock, unable to believe the scene they were witnessing.

"S-Such peerless Divine Flames…" Whispered Xuan Cheung.

That was how he felt the moment he laid his eyes on theses

Golden Flames. As a Pill Grandmaster, he has been around

Divine Flames long enough to understand any Divine Flames

he comes across, yet no matter how hard he looked at these

Golden Flames, he could not understand them. He was getting

the same feeling as when he was only starting the path of a Pill

Master, unable to comprehend anything!

The Golden Flames glittered as if it held countless of stars

within it. The Aura it was sending out made everybody there

feel comfortable and relaxed even though they were in such a

situation.

"…" Xuan Wanshan stood there with a weird expression on

her face. She was going through many emotions at this

moment.

What did it mean for Tian Yi to have Divine Flames? It meant

that her Disciple was also a Pill Master! Just a week ago she

was happy at the fact that her Disciple was not perfect,

meaning she still has something to teach him. She had also

planned on learning more about Pill Masters and Pills in

general when they get back to the Sect so that she can teach

him. However, now looking at him and his Divine Flames,

what else could she teach him as his Master? Although she

does not know how talented he was in Pill Concocting, she

knew one thing for sure, and that was these Golden Flames

were peerlessly beautiful. How can someone with such Divine

Flames be untalented in Pill Concocting?! How can someone

who can control Divine Flames so perfectly and make such a

huge barrier in a split second be an amateur in Pill

Concocting?!

'What a warm feeling,' The blind girl thought. She has never

had such a feeling before. It was as if she was being protected

by a mysterious shield, and felt that even if the World were to

collapse right now, she would be fine.

'Wha—?! This won't be a test if it just sits there…' Tian Yi

frowned.

He only wanted to trap it so that if it wanted to escape, the

only choice was to attack him and break the barrier, not such a

situation where it just gives up entirely.

'Return,' the Golden Flames suddenly got extinguished,

revealing the blue sky once again.

"…?" The Flaming Viper was confused at the sudden change

and looked back at Tian Yi who was looking away while

whistling as if he no longer cared about it.

'What the hell is he doing?!' The spectators cried inside their

heart.

*Whistle* *Whistle*

Tian Yi was looking around at the sky as if he was looking for

birds, completely ignoring the Flaming Viper.

"…" The Flaming Viper hesitated at first, but then it began

running away again.

"Tian Yi! What are you doing?! That thing has enough power

to flip the city upside down! Stop it!" Xuan Wanshan yelled at

him.

*Whistle* *Whistle*

But he continued to ignore the escaping Flaming Viper.

"Tian Yi! You–"

"Cauldron!" A cute voice cried out.

*Dong*

A 3 Meters tall Cauldron made of Pure White Jade appeared in

front of Meng Xiang.

"That's– IMPOSSIBLE!!!" Xuan Cheung's eye's popped out

of his eye sockets.

Since he was a kid, he has been reading books about rare

Cauldrons, and out of all the rare Cauldrons that existed, there

was three that he wished he had even if his death would be the

price of obtaining it. And these three that caught his attention

was the Three Ancient Divine Cauldrons, each with their own

Heaven Defying abilities that every Pill Master wished to

obtain.

Ever since he learned of the existence of the three Ancient

Divine Cauldrons, he has been studying them nonstop in

hoping to find one someday. But alas, no matter how far he

traveled and how much he searched, there was not even a

single clue about the three Ancient Divine Cauldrons.

However, in the most unexpected time and unexpected way, he

has finally graced his eyes upon one of the three Ancient

Divine Cauldron, the Taintless Jade Cauldron. The ancient

records that he read described the Taintless Jade Cauldron as a

peerlessly beautiful Cauldron made of an unknown kind of

White Jade. There were also many different kinds of drawing

that showed how it looked like, but none of them were reliable

as nobody has actually seen it before. But now out of nowhere,

the one in front of him looked exactly like that one painting he

saw back when he was a kid, the very first book that got him

interested in the three Ancient Divine Cauldrons!

"Open!" The lid came off the White Jade Cauldron.

"Swallow!"

*Whoosh*

Silver Flames suddenly poured out of the Cauldron's opening

and transformed into the shape of a giant hand.

*RRROOOAAARRR*

The Flaming Viper's instinctively looked back to see a giant

hand made of Silver Flames chasing after him.

"?!?!?!?!?!" It tried to increase its speed, but it did not matter

as the giant hand caught him within the next second and

dragged it into the Cauldron's mouth.

After confirming that the Flaming Viper was inside, Meng

Xiang closed back the lid, "Seal!"

*Dong* The lid closed, trapping the Flaming Viper inside the

Cauldron.

"Good, now use your Divine Flames to subdue it," Tian Yi

gave her instructions.

"Big Brother, how do I do that?" Meng Xiang asked.

"Hmmm, imagine that snake like it's tea leafs and purify it

without burning it," He said.

"Oh! Okay," She nodded and began repeating what she has

been doing the past week.

"…"

"…"

"Big Brother, I'm done." She said a few moments later.

"Good, open the lid and let me see," He nodded.

"Un," She opened the lid back up, and a ball of Orange Flame

slowly came out.

Tian Yi grabbed it with his bare hands and inspected it, "Un.

You did a fantastic job, you pass. I'll give you a reward later,"

He smiled at her.

Meng Xiang smiled brightly after hearing his praises and

hugged him vigorously, "Thank you, Big Brother!"

"Hahaha, wait until I return this thing back to its owner," He

laughed while rubbing her head.

"Back you go!" He suddenly threw the Divine Flames in his

hand, and it flew straight into the still unconscious Gin Seng

lying somewhere on the ground.

*Sssss*

The Divine Flames burned through his clothes before sinking

into his body.

*Pap* *Pap*

'All done,' Tian Yi smiled while dusting off his hands.

*****

"…" Xuan Cheung's eyes have yet to return to his sockets, and

he sat there with his jaws on the floor.

"…" Xuan Yuming had an expression like she just woke up

from some nightmare.

"…" Xuan Wanshan stood there silently. Nobody knew what

was on her mind.

"…" The contestants had their butts glued to the floor. Their

legs had given up on them long ago!

"S-Senior…" The blind girl accidentally whispered.

Tian Yi snapped his head back and glared at her.

"Ah!" She covered her mouth after realizing what she had just

said.

"…" However, he did not say anything and only stared at her.

"Tian Yi," A calm voice suddenly called out to him.

"Hm?" He looked to the direction of that familiar voice to see

Xuan Wanshan walking towards the exit with a calm

expression.

'She's not mad, is she?' He began to worry.

"What are you doing? Let's head back to our hotel; I have

something to tell you," She looked at him and said with a

casual tone as if what happened just now did not occur at all

and left the stage that was wrecked beyond recognition.

"Coming! Let's go," He said to Meng Xiang before starting to

walk away from the stage.

"Wait!"

A voice called out, and he felt someone tugging his sleeves.

"What is it?" He turned around to ask the blind girl who was

also the one grabbing his sleeves tightly.

"Sen– Sir, please accept me as your Disciple!" She said in a

wavering tone.

"Eh?" Tian Yi stood there with amazement. He did not expect

her to say something like that!

"But–"

"Please!" She interrupted him.

"I will do anything you want me to! If I have to crawl through

blades and swim through lava just to become your Disciple, I

will do it without a single complaint!" She was willing to put

her life on the line just to become his Disciple. It did not

matter if she was only one year younger than him nor did she

care if she had to go through hell. It would all be worth it if

she could become his Disciple!

"…" Tian Yi did not answer her and only looked at her

silently.

"You will die if you swim through lava, so unless I want a

dead Disciple, why would I ask you to do that?" He finally

replied, but what came out of his mouth was not an answer.

"I–I…" She did not know what to say!

"Let's see… If you can answer this question for me, then I'll

accept you as my Disciple. How about it?" He suddenly said.

"Really?! I will do it!" She said.

"Good, then–"

"Sir! If I answer it correctly, can you accept me as your

Disciple too?!" Someone jumped in.

"?" Tian Yi turned around to see an incredibly beautiful girl

with her head bowed. It was Huang Li who spoke that

sentence.

"Sir, I would like to answer that question too!"

"Me too!" The other contestants also bowed.

"…" Xuan Cheung and Xuan Yuming just recently returned

from their shock, but after witnessing such a scene, they went

back into shock again. Genius Pill Masters from around the

World was begging their Daughter's Disciple to accept them

as his Disciple! However, rather than looking down on them,

the both of them understood their feelings very well. After

seeing his Divine Flames, even they wanted to ask for

guidance! But due to their age and status, they did not have

enough face to ask him, not to mention that he was also the

Disciple of their Daughter. What kind of parents would ask

their Daughter's Disciple to become their Master?

"…" Tian Yi stood there thinking silently. Nobody there knew

what was on his mind.

'Pei. These Mortals want my Master to accept them as

Disciples? Do they even know how high the Mountain they are

trying to climb is?' Sneered Yan Yan.

"…" Yu Yue stayed silent.

"Sir?" Huang Li asked again.

"Un. Okay, if anyone of you can answer my question, then I'll

accept you as my Disciple!" He finally said.

"Thank you, Sir!" They all bowed with a huge smile hanging

on their face. They did it! They finally have the chance to

accept such a Heaven Defying Master!

"Then here's my question," He took a deep breath before

continuing, "Who are you?"

"Huh?" The people there were dumbfounded. That's it? That

was the question that's going to convince him to accept them

as Disciple?

Tian Yi noticed their confused face and thought they had

missed his question, "Did you not hear the question? I'll say it

again, so listen carefully."

"Who are you?"

'I didn't hear incorrectly... T-This is such a simple question,

yet it is so difficult to answer…' They all thought.

If they were in a normal situation, all of them would say their

name, but this was not one of these typical cases. Who among

them was stupid enough to throw away such a Heaven-sent

chance by answering with their name?

"…"

They began trying to figure out the real meaning behind that

question.

"…"

The entire place had turned silent.