Becoming an immortal against the will of heaven

“Although I have already sent that Fire Phoenix into reincarnation, before it left, I plucked one of its feathers as a memento. If you still have any doubts, senior, you are welcome to verify its authenticity!” Chen Tian said solemnly, holding the Fire Phoenix feather in his hands.

“Quick, quick, let me see it!” Upon hearing Chen Tian's words, the old apothecary urged him impatiently.

Chen Tian did not dare to delay upon hearing this. With a push of both hands, the feather burning with raging flames flew towards the waterfall.

The flames burning on this feather were extremely scorching. As soon as it touched the waterfall, the high temperature collided fiercely with the cold water, creating a 'hissing' sound and tearing a water hole about thirty feet in size in the waterfall, which was like a white cloth.

Through this water hole, Chen Tian could clearly see that behind the waterfall, a very spacious stone cave had been carved out, filled with various medical books, classics, and precious medicinal materials, as well as an ever-burning oil lamp.

Under the illumination of the oil lamp, a withered black shadow was projected onto the wall of the stone cave.

Clearly, this was the figure of the old apothecary.

Just as Chen Tian wanted to observe further, the feather had already passed through the waterfall, causing the torn water hole to be covered again by the cascading water, and everything inside the stone cave disappeared.

“It really is a Fire Phoenix feather!” At this moment, the old apothecary's voice sounded again, but his tone revealed a strong sense of helplessness as he sighed, “Boy, do you know that you have committed a fatal mistake?”

“A fatal mistake?”

Chen Tian's heart skipped a beat upon hearing this, and he immediately asked, “May I ask, senior, what do you mean by this?”

“Alas…”

The old apothecary sighed first, and then slowly explained, “Boy, in fact, your initial idea was correct. Phoenixes possess the most abundant vitality in the world. If they are willing to help, then even a dying person can be easily saved. However, unfortunately, this method cannot be used on this girl.”

“What?” Hearing this, Chen Tian was immediately shocked and exclaimed, “Why is that?”

“Alas, boy, I'm afraid you haven't realized that this girl's body is different from others. She is a Water Spirit Physique, a rare occurrence in ten thousand years!” The old apothecary's tone revealed a hint of helplessness and regret.

“Boom!”

However, after hearing this, Chen Tian's mind was as if struck by a thunderbolt, and he stood there stunned, unable to recover for a long time.

At this moment, Chen Tian completely understood what the old apothecary meant.

The Water Spirit Physique is one of the three great innate physiques in the cultivation world, along with the Fire Spirit Physique and the Lightning Spirit Physique.

People with these three physiques have a special attraction to the water, fire, and lightning spiritual energies in the world, respectively, and can easily absorb them.

Those with these three physiques are blessed in the initial stages of cultivation, and their cultivation speed is extremely rapid.

However, once they reach the Transformation Spring Realm, the drawbacks of these three physiques gradually become apparent.

Because they have too much spiritual energy of a single attribute in their bodies, they begin to reject the existence of spiritual energy of other attributes, so that after they reach the Transformation Spring Realm, their cultivation almost ceases to increase.

From ancient times to the present, there have been hundreds of cultivators with these three physiques, but without exception, they stopped progressing after reaching the Transformation Spring Realm, and none of them were able to cross the threshold of the凝海境 (Níng Hǎi Jìng - Coagulating Sea Realm).

Therefore, having these three physiques is both a blessing and a curse for them.

Furthermore, according to the principle of mutual restraint of all things, these three attributes all have their taboos.

For example, cultivators with the Fire Spirit Physique cannot have too much water attribute spiritual energy in their bodies, because water and fire are incompatible. At best, it will lead to damage to their Dao foundation, making them unable to cultivate again from then on, and at worst, it will cost them their lives.

Conversely, people with the Water Spirit Physique cannot touch anything with fire attributes.

At first, Chen Tian thought it was because Qin Yi's cultivation aptitude was not good, but after the old apothecary's guidance, Chen Tian realized that his idea was completely wrong, because how could Qin Yi, who possesses a Water Spirit Physique, have poor talent?

The real reason for her slow cultivation is actually because Qin Yi has been refining pills for many years.

Because during pill refining, some extremely fierce fire attribute spiritual energy will volatilize from the pill furnace and unknowingly pour into Qin Yi's body, forming restraint with her Water Spirit Physique, which makes Qin Yi's cultivation progress slowly, and she is always pale and mentally憔悴 (qiáo cuì - haggard).

Chen Tian had not realized this before, and he fantasized about using the Fire Phoenix's abundant vitality to treat Qin Yi.

But little did he know that although the Fire Phoenix possessed vast vitality, it also contained extremely thick fire power.

During the process of saving Qin Yi, countless fire powers poured into Qin Yi's body, causing a fierce conflict with her Water Spirit Physique, which caused such a strange phenomenon to occur.

Chen Tian had calculated everything, but he had not anticipated that Qin Yi was actually a Water Spirit Physique.

It was precisely because of this negligence that today's misfortune was created!

Now that he understood all this, Chen Tian's heart was filled with endless regret, and what remained was deep guilt. Chen Tian knew that it was because of his fault that Qin Yi had become like this.

Thinking of this, Chen Tian's heart couldn't help but become anxious, and he immediately shouted into the waterfall, “Senior, no matter what, please be sure to save Yi'er. As long as you can save her, no matter what price I have to pay, I will not hesitate!”

Chen Tian understood that since the disaster had already been caused, there was no use in regretting it. He could only try his best to make up for it.

And at the moment, the only person who can save Qin Yi is probably this old apothecary!

“Boy, don't worry, since I have already promised you, then I will naturally do my best to rescue her. However, before that, I have one more thing to say, I don't know if I should say it or not?” After a long silence, the old apothecary's voice came again faintly.

However, there seemed to be a rather intriguing hidden meaning revealed in this tone!