I didn't waste much time and moved directly to where the cauldron was and weirdly enough I saw that Liu Ru Yu wasn't even a little bit bothered by all that was happening in front of her and even didn't looke to be aware of the fact that the cauldron is about to explode .
The reason was simple, she was closing her eyes, she was actually doing alchemy with closed eyes, if any sane person were to get told of this, he would very much think of it as nothing but a joke, even more experienced and formidable alchemy Masters and even Grandmasters can't do something this reckless, but here this girl was trying to pull this off .
I directly slapped the cauldron and the forbidden method was directly activated and instantly I felt my consciousness getting projected in the flames and I was shocked to see that the flames inside the cauldron was now completely out of control .
But this wasn't what shocked me, what shocked me was the fact that inside the cauldron there was raging waves of fire, something that even with the array ability to pull fire from underground, it still shouldn't be something possible to achieve .
Seeing that safe lines had not just been crossed but it was completely incinerated and at any second now, this cauldron should explode and it would be nothing short of a miracle if the room is the only place that might end up getting affected by the explosion .
My senses was telling me that at least the whole floor would be engulfed in flames, I hurriedly tried to control the flames and I actually sensed some powerful resistance that was no lesser than mine and might even be stronger .
It was pulling the control from me just as I was trying to strip her of hers, whatever that force was, it was quite formidable, but now wasn't the time to admire or dwell much on this, I needed to diffuse the situation as quickly as possible .
I opened my eyes and told Wi Jon to pull Liu Ru Yu to his side, he did as I asked and then once again my consciousness sunk into the now boiling cauldron, weird enough that force obstructing me from diffusing the situation before had actually disappeared .
And with it disappearance, there was no longer a problem with controlling the flames, but the issue laid in how to release this much Fire Qi from the cauldron without risking an explosion, all I can think of was to absorb as much as possible from this Fire Qi by using the Force Sapling .
Wasting no time, I directly siphoned the fire energy inside the cauldron and after I managed to siphon enough to make the cauldron stable again, I opened my eyes and removed my hand and released a long sigh .
Looking at the girl who was still closing her eyes but wasn't asleep or anything like that and saw that the second the Fire was put out, she finally opened her heavy eyes and regained conscious of her reality .
Had the cauldron exploded ? .
She was quite alarmed and hurriedly asked about this before she suddenly clutched her head and soon her face become quite sickly pale, leaving her with me, Wi Jon nodded his head and went to see what or who was causing all the ruckus outside .
I hearing the voices coming from outside was already able to guess who was making that much of a fuss outside, the one responsible was none other than Liu Ru Yu's uncle who was worried about her safely according to what he was saying at least .
But I had already acquired more insight about what he truly wanted, he wanted to prevent her from getting accepted as a Disciple by Wi Jon, so he now was retorting to causing as much trouble as possible and make a scene that could end up with the two of them getting kicked out .
I briefly told Wi Jon on what he was after and how should he deal with him and he directly made the arrangements needed, he opened the door and went outside for a few minutes then came back and said that everything was dealt with .
I had Wi Jon go and kick that guy out of the whole pavilion, I also made Wi Jon forbid anyone from the Liu family other than Liu Ru Yu from ever stepping one foot inside the pavilion, he also declared her as his recently accepted disciple and Alchemy Apprentice .
Then he came back and went inside the room and his dignified face suddenly become ugly as he seemed a bit unwilling to accept such arrangements, especially him taking her as his Disciple .
" You shouldn't feel wronged like this, I can tell you now that in the future you might be the one who keep boasting about her achievements in the future and how they were attributed to your so-called efforts in guiding her .
As I said this, I felt two intense gazes fell on me, one came from the girl laying down on the seat beside me and the other came from the guy who was still looking at me with disbelief .
But before he ask any more questions about what could I possibly mean by what I just said, I said something that neither he nor the girl with expectant but tired eyes expected me to say, I said :
" You need to leave another set of materials here and you can go ahead and leave the room, I wanted to speak to her about something that whether she wanted to share with you after this is completely up to her, she is already your disciple, isn't she ? .
He didn't wait for the girl to even force herself to stand up and greet him before he got out of the room, but only after he gave us both a quite deep look, somehow I felt that the look in his eyes was quite wrong, but recalling his personality I just let this matter go .
He left the pill materials beside the door and as the door closed behind him, I was able to still see him standing outside the room, not directly outside the room, but in far enough distance to stop himself from hearing whatever that we might talk about .
Him doing this made me respect him even more, if there was a chance in the future, I will try and help him acquire a 2nd grade pill recipe, mastering it should allow him to rise even more in rank and let his name and fame spread worldwide .
But for now there was a need for me to focus on the matter at hand, I withdraw a Blood Qi Recovery Pill and handed it to her, she first said that she didn't want to cost me and that she had some on her, but after seeing my insistence, she ended up accepting the pill .
After a few minutes, she fully absorbed the pill, which was in itself a bit abnormal to begin with, normally it would take from 10 to 20 minutes for the energy inside the pill to be completely absorbed and turned into Blood Qi, but how long it took her, less than 5 minutes .
The scene become deathly quiet as I was unable to bring myself to ask and she didn't seem to have that much to tell me as well, or so I at least thought, but then I heard her soft voice sounding in my ears and saying :
Is it true that I had been accepted by Senior Wi Jon as a disciple ? .
She was both excited and at loss at the same time, it seem that even though she got what she wanted, she still have some tough times organizing her thoughts, but since she was asking me that question, I still nodded at her and answered her question .
She getting my confirmation didn't show much enthusiasm or excitement as I expected, instead she asked me a peculiar question, she said :
Even if I had failed the other tests earlier and even if I had succeeded in the pill making test, he wouldn't have still accepted me as disciple, but with your involvement he agreed easily to not only give me a chance, but to actually accept me as a disciple even after I failed, am I wrong ? .
She said this and intentionally or not, she had already reduced the distance between us to a few inches away from one another, our eyes and I saw that her eyes were both tender and quite sharp .
After locking eyes with her for a few times already, I understood that she wanted nothing but the truth and so I once again answered her by shaking my head in dismay, once again giving her an answer to her question, then as if the temperature in the room suddenly dropped below zero, she asked with a cold voice about the reason to why I was helping her .
" Well, believe it or not, but we do share a mutual acquaintance, he was the person who had told me plenty about you, seeing you earlier I didn't expect you to be the Senior Sister he kept mentioning before and since it wasn't much of a trouble anyway, you don't need to take it to the heart .
Can I ask which junior brother is senior referring to, if possible and although this might be a bit late, but I hope to know senior's name as well ? .
I shouldn't have said this, even a silly reason like liking her or anything of that sort would have sufficed, but now I have entrapped myself in my own wep of lies, but luckily Wi Jon wasn't here so there should be no much of an issue, if I continued to lie, right .
Well, here goes nothing and everything at the same time, seeing that she won't be content unless I give her some info, I said :
" Well, I'm not sure whether you are aware of Tian Long having a Spiritual Master, well this would be me Lin Aotian, but if possible I would like you to keep the name for yourself, otherwise danger following me might endanger you as well .
As I introduced myself through the identity of my made up Master, I saw that her face and the mood had for some reason turned quite sore in a few seconds, but realization then hit me and seeing her awkward expression I continued to say :
" I'm aware that the two of you had ' disputes ' with one another, I had no intention in interfering with what you little guys do, but you should know that I had reprimanded him for what he did as well and he promised to apologize to both of you .
As I said this, I saw her expression become even more awkward and she was momentarily at loss of what to say, for all different kinds of reasons, she was more ashamed than anything else .
I seeing her like this felt a little bit good about myself, but after that feeling hit me momentarily, I almost slapped myself back to reality, since there was nothing good that might come out of this feeling I was having, nothing at all, I really need some time with myself to recognize everything that had let to the current changes to my personality in these past few days .
It didn't matter to me at first but I kept having some weird urges and feelings, it may be just my imagination, but even so, I need to check throughly for myself, but for now I should focus more on calming the girl in front of me down first .
After what I had said, the girl raised her guards up and she seem to become quite cautious of me, she didn't respond for a long time and the first thing she did when she came back to her senses was to make some distance between us, then she bowed in salute and said :
Junior Liu Ru Yu greet Senior Lin Aotian, I hope that Senior won't take any offense in what I did before .
Seeing her becoming so formal, I shook my head and said :
" Don't worry, as I said before, whatever that happened between you guys, you can solve it among yourselves, but with the state the Dojo is in, one would think that it would be for the better if these kinds of problems were dealt with as quickly as possible .
" After all dangers are lurking around the Dojo now, don't you think, especially with what was going on with your Master, you have my condolences .
As I finished saying this, her eyes fluttered a few times at me and her shock was clearly written all over her face, she didn't respond to me for a while as she was most likely trying to assess the situation she was in .
I felt a bit angry with myself to use Master's death like an excuse for her to trust me, but in the end it was something crucial for her to understand that I was aware of the whole situation, as for whether she was going to report me to uncle Li once she went back, I had no clue .
Junior understand, I thank senior for his guidance .
" You don't need to worry much about that, but if possible I want to ask you something ? .
Please go ahead, I would be happy to help ? .
Her formal tone was there, but her vigilance towards me was reduced by a lot, she sat opposite to me as before and taking advantage of this, I asked her a personal question :
" I did indeed helped you by recommending you to him, but you should be aware as much as I do that he didn't appreciate the idea of you being his disciple much, so what do you think about this situation ? .
She lowered her head and seemed to be indeed contemplating on what she could do to turn the situation around and as if she had finally found a satisfactory answer she said :
I will try to convince him through my own work and diligence .
Involuntarily she said this and looked at her hands and the cauldron that stood in the corner, seeing her like this and hearing her answer, I said :
" Could you let me check your pulse, I have a suspicion that I wanted to confirm ? .
After I said this, the girl hesitated for a few seconds and right before she extended her hands towards me, she said :
Can I know what kind of suspicions do senior have ? .
" If I'm not wrong, you some times had uncontrollable anger and there should be some troubles with your body when you wash yourself with cold water, am I right ? .
Shock appeared on her eyes and face as she heard me saying this, then she blushed slightly and began describing that she indeed did have those symptoms, not willing to waste much time anymore, I directly took her hand in mine and activated True Eyes .
Then instantly I felt the heat around us began to rise quickly until even the water buckets in the room started to boil, I retracted my hand and soon everything returned to normal and she looked at me with even more shock and puzzlement .
" I know you have a lot of questions, but before I answer any of your doubts, all me to tell you this piece of good news, you failing to control the cauldron and performing alchemy isn't completely due to your own shortcomings .
Hearing me say this, the girl's eyes lit up brightly and her face showed untamed curiosity, so I continued to say :
" I already suspected that something was wrong with your body, but I didn't expect you to harbor such a big gift, this is the reason I had your new Master leave us alone for a while, to tell you that the cauldron explosion from before and even the recent one, all weren't your fault .
" You might find my words to be a bit vague, but bear with me for a while, try to circulate your Blood Qi in similar way to mine .
I moved my Blood Qi inside her body and she sitting across legged on the ground before me was suddenly engulfed in flames, but the weird thing about those flames was that even though they looked raging, they actually didn't even burn even a piece of her clothes, not to mention even inflicting any harm to her body .
She looked at herself like this and for a second, she couldn't help but gasp in surprise, as a result her focus was lost and if not for my quick intervention, sealing a few nodes and meridians in time, she would have suffered a backlash .
After she came back to her senses, she stared at her hands then she looked at me and her bewilderment was stronger than ever, she had many questions in her mind and all of them could be answered with one simple answer, I said :
" You had exceeded my expectations and I'm glad to tell you that every word I had said before about him boasting in the future about your achievements is indeed correct, if you focused on the Alchemy Path and put some effort, I can see you becoming a 1st grade Grandmaster alchemist .
" This raging fire of yours is an extension of your dormant power, I initially thought that you are lucky and was born with a Fire Source or your body had Spiritual Flames or something like that, but now I understood that the truth was very much beyond that .
" You actually possessed a unique body constitution, it's called SPIRITUAL FIRE BODY .