Keisuke was surprised
"It has attained spirituality!?!"
[Objects with Qi or spiritual power have a chance to attain consciousness after a long time of existing]
The fire was now still dancing on the spiritual lake
"I apologise for throwing you"
Kei picked up the flame
The flame glowed brilliantly and had a white hue just like the condensed Qi lake
"You are 'that' right? A Heavenly Flame! I never thought I'd have the chance to...wait.."
Kei thought to himself
'There are heavenly flames in this world? No, this cannot be! I would have already known! I told John to tell me everything about cultivators and their past! There's no way he would have... He could have totally forgotten to mention this to me. Damn it John. Thank god I was a murim manhua junkie in the past.'
The Heavenly flame was dancing happily as it was recognised
"Can you speak little guy?"
The flame stopped dancing indicating a negative answer
"So it's a no? Then, do you want to be my comrade and let me refine you?"
The moment Kei asked that Question, the White flame jumped up and down and then jumped towards Kei
"WHA-!"
The Heavenly Flame covered every nook and cranny on Kei body
"WHAT IS THIS-!"
But soon after it started entering Kei's body slowly fading from outside and making its way inside of Kei's body
~GAAAAAAAAA~
Keisuke's irises whitened and veins all over his body started popping out like he was a body builder as he started feeling immense pain
'AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA'
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"
~AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA~
Kei thought of screaming
Kei screamed
and Kei's sound effects were that of screaming
'I CAN'T LET GO OF MY CONSCIOUSNESS, I MIGHT DIE! THIS FIRE. IT'S PURIFYING MY BODY! DAMN THIS IS WAY MORE INTENSE THAN THE BONE MARROW PILL'
Kei sat down in his favourite lotus position in order to suppress the pain
'GOD DAMN IT!'
*
*Hours later
~Huf..huf..~
"It... it is over."
The heavenly flame stopped purifying Kei's body
'What the... why is the heavenly flame here?'
The heavenly flame had made its way into Kei's divine sea and sat there comfortably
"So you made my divine sea your home?"
The Heavenly flame conveyed its feeling to Kei spirituality
"What! I can totally understand your feelings now- MY ASS!"
Kei was a little stupefied as he looked back at how the situation unfolded
"DOESN'T THIS LOOK LIKE YOU REFINED ME INSTEAD OF THE OPPOSITE?"
The flame danced up and down
"I guess you are right, it doesn't really matter, from now on we are one"
The flame swayed
"So you can grow stronger as I use you and achieve higher cultivation realms and soul Rank? That's why you burned away all of my body's impurities?... nevermind... I'll leave dealing with you for later... my body, it feels too fatigued."
After Kei's adrenaline stopped flowing, his body's natural needs were being transmitted to Kei
~hup~
Kei got up as he stumbled on his feet
~huf~
and started stepping away from the middle of the lake
"I will rest first..."
The pressure Kei was feeling was slowly going away as he stepped away from the centre and towards the exit of the dragons den
but the fatigue was becoming more and more imminent
Kei was a few steps away from the door
~step~
"...then we will talk."
Kei was able to hear two voices from outside the door
~step~
but they weren't clear
~huf~
~step~
as Kei got closer he could hear it clearer
"I'm telling you, if he doesn't come out in time I'm going to take him out of there by myself!"
"But he was in the process of breaking through while i was getting out!"
"I'm sorry but rules are rules. I can't let him stay there for longer, this place is sealed and not used for many years for a reason! If we want to be able to keep using this place we have to take good care of it and let it gather its Qi again after use!"
~step~
Kei had finally reached the door
"!"
"!"
The two people were surprised, they were so immersed in their conversation that they had failed to notice that the subject of their talk was already coming out
A hand reached out from inside the dragons den grabbing the side of the circular opening(door) that led to the outside
~step~
And a disheveled Kei stepped out
as soon as he did, he recognised the two people right away and a smile formed on his face
"Master Ming..."
It was Master Ming and Yang Ming, and they were both speechless
"... I don't feel so good"
And as Kei stepped out of the dragons den he immediately collapsed as he lost consciousness
"Kid!"
*Thud*
Thankfully Master Ming caught him in time before he fell to the ground
*
*Hours later
Kei wakes up and opens his eyes only to see an unfamiliar ceiling
"This unfamiliar ceiling again."
Kei lifts himself up laying on the bed
"Is it a new trend to end up in an unfamiliar nurshing room when you lose consciousness?"
Kei took a look at his surroundings only to find out that he was alone in the same room he was at when he fainted while fighting Da Zhan in the tournament
Then he felt something waver inside of him
'RIGHT! THE HEAVENLY FLAME!'
the flame bobbed up and down in his divine sea
'hold on..'
Kei went inside of his divine sea to greet the flame
the Heavenly flame was the size of two fists
"Hey little guy, what are you doing? You are small here as well huh?"
The heavenly flame bobbed up and down angrily
"What! It is my fault for being so weak that you are small?! And just because you look small doesn't mean you are weak?"
The heavenly flame grew brighter in affirmation to Kei's word
"Fine, how do I use your power?"
The flame swayed
"What do you mean I already know how to instinctively!?"
The heavenly flame stayed still
"Fine."
Kei looked around the room looking for a target and he found a wilting flower
'Hah...here goes nothing'
Kei raised his hand towards the flower
and with a ~fuwooshh~ sound a strange white flame started shooting at the flower like a flame thrower, albeit a little small because Kei was limiting his output in order not to ruin this place
and it hit the flower
"Hah! Bullseye!"
'The Heavenly flame was right, I can understand how to use this power, it seems that this flame uses spiritual power'
Kei immediately stopped using the heavenly flame and took a look at the flower
"What..? Oh my god."
The wilting flower was now blooming and filled with life, rather than being incinerated it was saved
"Hah... I shouldn't have stopped reading murim manhua."
From Keisuke's memories, Heavenly Flames were flames that ruled over all other flames, flames that were extremely rare and extremely powerful, but he didn't remember any Heavenly Flame that healed others
"AMAZING! WITH YOU I WON'T NEED TO WORRY AS MUCH WHEN IM FIGHTING!"
The flame was bobbing up and down in a happy manner
"There's more to your power than just healing!? I'll find out in time? Well I trust you"
Kei was getting ready to get out of bed as he heard the door open
~cluun~
"Kei are you talking to yourself? Are you alright? did you hit your head?"
It was Master Ming
"Master Ming! You won't believe it! I have made a contract with and refined a Heavenly Flame!"
Master Ming's face turned to shock
"WHAT!? A HEAVENLY FLAME!?"
But it soon turned into a disinterested look
"What the hell is that?"
Kei was confused
'what..? So John really didn't forget to tell me about them? Do they really not exist? But then...'
"Uhhh.. a heavenly flame is a super strong flame that rules over all other flames, wait you don't know about them?"
They both had a stupid look on their face questioning each other's words
"I've never heard of them boy, are you okay?"
Kei then spoke
"But they must exist! Heavenly Flames can't not exist!"
Master Ming now suddenly wearing glasses holding a notebook and writing in it while he is smoking a pipe
"So this "Heavenly fire" is it with us in the room right now?"
Kei quickly answered
"Yes! But technically it's inside me, nevermind, just take a look!"
Keisuke raised his hand in front of him with his palm looking at the ceiling and he materialised the Heavenly Flame
"See!?"
Master Ming's Jaw dropped and his pipe fell from his mouth
"What! This...!"
Master Ming was stunned
*To be continued