Chapter 655: It's a Girl
"I can guarantee that you will live past twenty-five and even longer, but from today onwards, you must obey me," Su Chen said, narrowing his eyes.
He initially thought this would be trouble.
But unexpectedly, Long Die turned out to be a Furnace Tripod.
Moreover, she was an exceptional one.
If someone cultivating Furnace Tripods devoured Long Die, they could at least boost their power by over twenty years.
It has to be admitted that such an Evil Technique is truly terrifying.
Spending twenty years to cultivate a Furnace Tripod, practicing Martial Arts for another twenty years, then gaining another twenty years of power from the Furnace Tripod – it's as if having forty years of power.
Moreover, one could cultivate multiple Furnace Tripods.
The reason Su Chen knew Long Die was a Furnace Tripod,
was because of the energy she emitted when she pushed him away – it was unmistakably that of a Furnace Tripod.
Had Su Chen not coincidentally encountered a Furnace Tripod in the past, he might not have realized that Long Die was one.
The image of that fragile figure evoked a strong sense of remorse in Su Chen's heart.
Typically, the cultivation of a Furnace Tripod starts at the age of eight.
Then, every three years, a transformation occurs.
Those who don't survive it get devoured.
Those who make it through can extend their lifespan by another three years.
Each time, it's akin to walking through the gates of Hell Gate.
The Furnace Tripod Su Chen met was 17 years old.
Meaning, she had already undergone three transformations.
Three brushes with death, three transformations.
Such Furnace Tripods are considered exceptionally top-tier.
Devouring her Cultivation could yield at least ten years of power.
But three transformations were her ultimate limit.
It was time for harvesting.
However, she discovered that she was a Furnace Tripod.
She chose to escape.
During her flight, she encountered Su Chen.
After learning about her situation, he immediately contacted his sister-in-law, who after three days and nights of research, finally found a solution.
Right when Su Chen was overjoyed and ready to save that Furnace Tripod,
She reached her limit.
He watched helplessly as she exploded into a cloud of blood mist right before his eyes...
The longing to survive, that desperate yearning for life in her eyes, Su Chen would never forget.
This is the fate of Furnace Tripods.
They either die when all their Cultivation and Life Force are consumed until the flame of life is extinguished,
Or due to the overload of Furnace Tripod energy within their bodies, they explode and perish.
Especially, before their death, they even experience the betrayal of their closest kin.
Thus, learning that Long Die was a Furnace Tripod,
He particularly wanted to save her.
Yet, he had his conditions.
With Long Die's noble identity, she surely knew many of Catherine's secrets.
She might even know about the Heavenly matters.
If Long Die was willing to help Su Chen, then his progression towards the Heavenly Noble Core would hasten significantly.
That was the fundamental reason he was willing to help Long Die.
"I don't need your rescue!" However, after being silent for a while, Long Die said just that.
Su Chen looked at Long Die in amazement.
He thought that once Long Die realized she was a Furnace Tripod, she would definitely beg him to save her.
But unexpectedly, Long Die refused his rescue!
"I cannot be certain if what you say is true, and even if I'm treated as a Furnace Tripod, I'm willing to accept it!" Defiance was written all over Long Die's face.
However, it's apparent that her eyes were filled with an indelible sadness.
Her plight was somewhat similar to Catherine's.
Yet it was more tragic than Catherine's.
Catherine was merely treated as a woman by someone like her own father.
And Long Die was being treated like a Furnace Tripod by someone who was like a father, like a master to her.
Once she matured, they would mercilessly harvest her life.
If it were an ordinary person, upon learning they were nothing but a tool.
Their existence, merely to boost someone else's cultivation.
They would surely deeply hate the person who treated them as a Furnace Tripod.
But there is another possibility.
That is, due to having too deep feelings, even if they knew they were being used as a Furnace Tripod, they would be willing to sacrifice themselves willingly to fulfill the other party.
And Long Die was such a person.
Even if she knew that her master had raised her and taught her martial arts all to enhance his own cultivation.
She still chose to stand by his side.
Su Chen felt somewhat pained.
Long Die's attitude made him feel as though his strength had nowhere to be exerted.
He had already thought it through.
Use this matter to control Long Die.
To make Long Die work for him.
But Long Die didn't need his rescue at all.
She was even willing to be the Furnace Tripod for the other party.
Having all her cultivation and even life sucked away by them.
No way around it; this was related to what Long Die experienced in her early years.
Before she met her master, she was always wandering.
Leading a life of hunger.
She was even almost sold into an inn.
Actually, Long Die had already been sold into an inn.
If she hadn't met her master, perhaps she would have...
Would have died in that inn by now.
Although her master raised her and taught her martial arts, in the end, it was all to enhance his own cultivation.
But at least, her master had given her a good life for over a decade.
One could say, her life was given to her by her master.
If say, to repay her master with her life.
She was willing!
"And, you said that to enhance cultivation through a Furnace Tripod, in the end, you need to become husband and wife with the Furnace Tripod, right?" Long Die squinted her eyes at Su Chen.
"That's right," Su Chen nodded.
Upon hearing Su Chen's words, Long Die said word by word: "Then let me tell you, my master, she is a woman!"
My master, she is a woman!
Su Chen was completely dumbfounded.
Long Die's master was actually a woman!
Could it be that he had been mistaken, and Long Die wasn't a Furnace Tripod at all?
Su Chen suddenly grabbed Long Die's wrist.
"What are you doing?" Long Die instinctively wanted to repel Su Chen.
But she didn't expect that her cultivation was not at all capable of shaking off Su Chen.
At this time, Long Die naturally also knew that Su Chen was not an ordinary person.
If Su Chen were just an ordinary person, he wouldn't have known about the existence of a Furnace Tripod.
Su Chen's True Qi directly entered Long Die's body.
After a few minutes, Su Chen let go of Long Die.
His gaze became somewhat puzzled.
Because, after his check just now.
Long Die, indeed was a Furnace Tripod.
The cultivation technique she practiced was exactly what a Furnace Tripod would cultivate.
Yet, Long Die claimed her master was a woman.
What exactly was going on?
Su Chen was somewhat confused.
Could it be that a Furnace Tripod also had other ways of cultivation?