Chapter 100

Explain……

Xiaoxiao thought, what’s there to explain? Isn’t it just refining pills?

But these words were obviously something he couldn’t say. The old man was already furious; it was crucial to calm him down first.

“Calm down……”

Xiaoxiao gently pushed his hand forward, but Old Sang’s eyelids twitched violently, almost making Xiaoxiao’s heart stop. He quickly added, “I succeeded!”

Old Sang was indeed taken aback, “What did you succeed in?”

Phew, he managed to fool him……

Xiaoxiao let out a light breath. If what had opened was “Flame Mastery,” he could confidently say, “I successfully compressed the fire seed.”

But that damned “Cooking Mastery”……

Sigh, don’t even mention it, it’s all tears.

“Take a look!”

Xiaoxiao himself was also unsure. He spread his hand, and the Ashen Sky Flame appeared in his palm.

Puff puff!

A subtle feeling emerged, as if……

He could sense the joy of the flame in his palm?

“Something’s different!” Xiaoxiao’s heart stirred, and he recalled the initial heat in the illusionary world.

Cooking Mastery……

Cooking with fire?

Fire?

Thinking about it this way, it seemed to have some connection with flames?

Xiaoxiao’s lips twitched. Although that was the case, it felt a bit off……

“Just this?” Old Sang looked at his palm, his eyebrows raising.

Xiaoxiao gave him a “don’t rush” look, and with full concentration, the flame in his palm shrank.

Puff puff!

A spherical flame spun rapidly, the space around it slightly curved, and a wave of heat rushed out.

Old Sang remained silent. After being away for just a short while, Xiaoxiao could compress the flame to this extent, which was already quite impressive.

But if that was all, it still couldn’t explain the earlier explosion.

He looked at Xiaoxiao, signaling him to continue.

Sweat appeared on Xiaoxiao’s forehead. He could feel a mysterious connection between himself and the spherical flame, but just this level……

Wasn’t enough!

In his mind, he still had over five thousand passive points.

“Should I put them all in?”

Xiaoxiao was a bit hesitant. If “Cooking Mastery” was a combat-type mastery passive skill, he definitely wouldn’t put all the points in, but would instead level it up gradually like “Sword Mastery.”

Who knew how poor his aptitude was. If he relied on learning other spirit techniques, he would probably only master the “White Cloud Sword Technique” in his lifetime.

But if he leveled up skills during combat, the sudden influx of knowledge could be compressed into a sword technique.

Like the “Draw Sword Technique” and the “Pull Sword Technique,” both came from this method.

This was a path of self-created spirit techniques he had deduced from mastery passive skills, very clever, but undeniably effective.

With such poor talent, he could only create his own skills to use.

However, “Cooking Mastery”……

From the name, it didn’t seem like a combat skill!

He wasn’t sure if his cunning method would work……

Looking at Old Sang’s stern face, Xiaoxiao seriously doubted that if he couldn’t pass this test, his future might be bleak.

“Fine!”

After some thought, he decided to convert all his passive points into skill points and put them into “Cooking Mastery.”

“Cooking Mastery (Acquired Lv.6).”

Instantly, a flood of knowledge surged into his mind. This was the first time Xiaoxiao had tried to level up a mastery passive skill by five levels at once, and he clearly felt the strain.

His head was about to split!

Even the fireball in his palm wobbled, making Old Sang’s face twitch.

“Can’t even control this level?”

Xiaoxiao didn’t respond. His mind was suddenly filled with information about ingredients, recipes, and fire control techniques.

“This is it!” His eyes lit up.

Simmering, baking, and cooking……

All sorts of knowledge appeared, but that didn’t matter!

The main thing was that he clearly felt a much tighter connection between himself and the flame in his hand, as if he had been immersed in it for years.

Masterful!

Xiaoxiao chuckled and placed his hand in front of Old Sang. Before the old man could react, the fireball in his palm “whooshed” and grew to the size of both hands clasped together.

The flames flickered, and a powerful heat wave lifted Old Sang’s straw hat, making Xiaoxiao’s clothes flutter.

Old Sang was shocked. In such a short time, Xiaoxiao could control the Ashen Sky Flame so skillfully?

But……

“What the hell is this?” He said irritably, “Can this thing refine pills? It might melt even the sturdiest cauldron!”

Xiaoxiao shook his head, “You don’t understand, this is the Great Jade……”

“Cough, the Great Fire Cooking Technique!”

He chuckled, and with a pinch of his hand, the large fireball instantly disappeared, leaving only a small fire seed quietly lying in his palm.

No wildness, no agitation, its energy was extremely stable, like a tamed beast, motionless in his palm.

Xiaoxiao didn’t even need to use the “Breathing Technique” this time. He directly relied on the fire control technique to complete the difficult operation he had failed at repeatedly before.

Hmm……

The Simmering Technique!

Thinking about it, he felt a bit amused.

He had thought “Cooking Mastery” would be a useless skill, but after discarding the miscellaneous knowledge, the fire control technique alone was almost enough to perform all the operations he had longed for in “Flame Mastery.”

Thinking about it this way……

It seemed “Cooking Mastery” was even more powerful than “Flame Mastery.” At least, he could cook when he had nothing to do……

Xiaoxiao felt a toothache. What the hell, how bizarre!

Old Sang was stunned. He had only been away for a short while, and Xiaoxiao had actually managed to compress the fire seed?

From the sound of the explosions, it was only three times!

He had to remember that even when he condensed this thing back then, it took him a whole day and night, and he was fried to a crisp during the process.

Looking at Xiaoxiao……

He was fine, but the Spirit Treasury Pavilion had suffered……

“This……”

Old Sang composed himself and said slowly, “So, the last explosion was really caused by you?”

Even if this kid had mastered compressing the fire seed in such a short time, he still didn’t believe that a mere Spirit Ninth Realm could unleash such damage, enough to breach the Spirit Treasury Pavilion.

Xiaoxiao was a bit anxious.

The Spirit Treasury Pavilion wasn’t destroyed by him, but he couldn’t reveal everything that happened in the illusionary world.

He slightly loosened his control, and the compressed fire seed immediately became unstable and trembled.

“I was testing my newly created ultimate move, the Small Fireball Technique!”

“The Small Fireball Technique?” A suspicious look flashed in Old Sang’s eyes.

The power of the fire seed in front of him was clearly visible. It could barely break the protective barrier, let alone shatter the windows.

“Doubt, passive value, +1.”

Sure enough……

Xiaoxiao didn’t even look at the old man and said to himself, “But that was just the prelude.”

“Hmm?” Old Sang picked up his straw hat from the ground and said, “Could it be that in this short time, you’ve also developed a more powerful move?”

“Indeed!”

Xiaoxiao smiled confidently and said solemnly, “The Five Finger Flame Seed Technique!”