Fiery upgrade

The group quickly collected the materials from the black flame tiger and returned to victory city.

"Wang Wei, you have yet again done the family a huge favor." Wang Longwei said.

"It's not that much." Wang Wei said.

"The materials might not have a lot of value to them but your power has improved a lot with this third soul jewel." Wang Longwei said while all the other elders of the family nodded their heads.

"Thank you, elders. If that is all I will take my leave and refine the black flame tiger's beast core." Wang Wei said.

He then left the family hall to go back home.

When he came back home Mei Ying greeted him at the door. She was staying at his house before she would return to her own family.

"Welcome back." She said with a sweet and innocent smile.

"Hey." Wang Wei said in return with a smile as well.

"Since you're back so soon let's go into the city and get some ice cream or a nice dinner with your parents." Mei Ying said.

"I'm sorry but I am going to refine the beast core right now. So I won't leave my room for at least a day. After that, we can do whatever you want." Wang Wei said.

"Okay, just be careful. I will go and see if I can find someone else." Mei Ying said, she then left.

Wang Wei then went into his room and took out a black red orb. It was the beast core that belonged to the black flame tiger. He then swallowed it and went into a meditative state.

'Argh.' His body started to feel hot like he was being thrown into a pit of fire.

'I can't give up.' He thought to himself.

After a whole day of meditating Wang Wei finally left his room. He immediately went outside to perform his fire manipulation arts.

The fire this time was had a dark purple color. Wang Wei then thought of something.

'What if I infuse some poison into the fire? It would become cursed fire.'

So he experimented for a bit and eventually made a breakthrough. He could now use cursed fire. The level of his fire manipulation arts also improved he was now in the fire creation level. If he made a weapon he could infuse it with fire chi to make it a sword with an affinity to fire-type soul forms.

"Wang Wei, you've succesfully refined the beast core." Mei Ying said.

"Yes, I now have time to do anything you want." Wang Wei said.

"I want to take you to meet my family. It is only a two-day trip." Mei Ying said.

"Okay, I still have a month left before I have to go back to jade academy so let's go." Wang Wei said.

They packed their stuff and started their journey. Long Yue and Lee Zheng didn't join this time since it was a secret where Mei Ying her family had settled down.

After traveling for two days the two finally reached the pink dragon family. The entrance was between two mountains and it was a giant door which looked like not even a fifty-thousand-year-old soul beast could breakthrough. It had the images of a giant pink dragon on the front and the mountains around it all had smaller dragons carved into them. There was also snow laying all around them since they were pretty high up the mountains.

"Is this really the right place?" Wang Wei asked.

"Yes." Mei Ying said in return.

"Who is it that has traveled to our pink dragon family?" Someone spoke from above.

The two looked up and saw a man standing on top of the door.

"It is me, uncle Hao." Mei Ying said.

It was one of the elders of the pink dragon family Mei Hao.

"Little Ying? You're back, that's wonderful but who is that with you?" Mei Hao asked.

"I'll tell everything when all the elders are together, but I promise that you can trust him." Mie Ying said.

"Alright, come on in." Mei Hao said.

After Mei Hao spoke these words he disappeared and the giant door started to open very slowly. On the other side was a beautiful mountain village. Wang Wei was taken aback as to how beautiful this village was. The two made their way to the family hall where the patriarch would be.

"Hello patriarch, I have returned." Mei Ying said.

"I see, but who is that with you." The patriarch of the pink dragon family said.

"He is my fiancée." Mei Ying answered.

"Fiancée?" Everyone present said in shock.

"Yes, I have cultivated the dragon statue together with him. I am destined to be by his side." Mei Ying said.

"So there really was someone who could cultivate the fire god dragon statue." The patriarch said.

"Well then, if that is the case then I don't have any objections. So what will you do now?"

"I want to join him at his academy. I think I can learn a lot from him, he is very proficient in martial arts." Mei Ying said.

"Oh really, then I think it would be suitable to have a sparring session." A boy said who was around the same age as Wang Wei.

"Who is he?" Wang Wei asked Mei Ying.

"That is Liang Yu, his family and ours have a very close relationship. He has had an interest in me since the first time we met. His family even came up with a marriage proposal but I refused. He will probably hurt you a lot if you spar with him, he is a rank thirty-three chi master while you just broke through." Mei Ying said.

"Don't worry I will have a spar with him." Wang Wei whispered to Mei Ying.

"Okay, I accept your challenge. Even though this is a bit boring, just a spar." Wang Wei said to Liang Yu.

"Then how do you suppose we make it interesting?" Liang Yu asked.

"If I win I get to choose a treasure out of the treasury of your family and if you win you can do the same." Wang Wei said.

"I don't care about treasures. My family has more than enough. How about if I win you break off your engagement with Mei Ying." Liang Yu said with an evil smile.

"Sure but if that is how it's gonna be I get two treasure." Wang Wei replied.

"Deal, tomorrow at noon we will have our spar. I don't want anyone to say you didn't have the strength because you just came from a journey." Liang Yu said.

"Okay." Wang Wei said.

After that everyone returned to their home and Wang Wei stayed over at Mei Ying's place.

"Are you sure you're gonna win?" Mei Ying asked Wang Wei.

"Don't worry if I wasn't confident I never would've made this bet." Wang Wei said.