At this moment, Ning Zhuo recalled the advice of Buddhist Doctor Meng Yaoyin in his mind.
The latter had once told him that the reason for collecting spoils before leaving was due to a spiritual insight, predicting that these items would greatly aid Ning Zhuo.
"My mother also excels in the art of divination."
"I’m afraid what she predicted earlier is meant to be used here!"
This clue greatly boosted Ning Zhuo’s confidence.
Ning Zhuo manipulated the Light Goose to hold half of the Returning Silence Path Candle in its beak.
Accomplishing this step was easy, but the candle body couldn’t ignite, making it no different from holding a piece of stone.
"The power of the Light Goose seems to be separating everything, not lighting the candle."
"I need a wick and a flame."
"Do I have a wick?"
Ning Zhuo scanned the pile of spoils given to him by Buddhist Doctor Meng Yaoyin.
He didn’t find a wick.
"Did I fail to pick it up, or..."
The wick of the Returning Silence Path Candle was a yellow-brown shroud, coiled with a woman’s black hair.
After being affected by the power of the Taixu Disintegration Ruler, it was separated into the shroud and black hair.
Ning Zhuo saw a lot of scattered materials, including these two.
But he was not Sang Le Youling, and didn’t know which of these scattered materials were originally part of the wick.
"Even if I knew, it wouldn’t help."
"These materials must have been refined through some kind of spell."
"I don’t know this method of refining. Even if I did, do I have time to reforge it now?"
For a moment, Ning Zhuo was in a quandary.
"Am I supposed to plant the Fire Seed?"
Ning Zhuo possessed a Fire Seed [Wood Fire], a major spoil he gained while leading troops to attack the Forest of Flames for Ten Miles in the Thousand Peak Forest of Liangzhu Country.
With the Fire Seed, the candle body could certainly be ignited.
But any Fire Seed is extremely rare, not to mention that the [Wood Fire] is part of the Samadhi Divine Fire.
Ning Zhuo, being decisive, would not hesitate to make sacrifices at critical moments.
"But the issue is, the [Wood Fire] is a human fire, a fire from wood. In the Forest of Flames, human fire was used as a Fire Seed, superficially to refine various magic artifacts, but actually to refine the Fire Crown Divine Pine through collecting incense."
"The candle body of the Returning Silence Path Candle clearly leans towards yin and ghost attributes, vastly different from human fire, and may even conflict with it."
Ning Zhuo was caught in a critical decision.
Choosing wrong would not only fail to activate the candle body’s effect with the Fire Seed, but they would also deplete each other, causing a loss in both the candle body and Fire Seed.
Thereby making Ning Zhuo miss the last opportunity to thwart the plans of the Lord of Wangchuan Prefecture.
Seeing Ning Zhuo hesitate, Qing Chi said with concern, "Xiao Ma, are you trying to light this candle?"
"I can help. You can use my fire."
Ning Zhuo glanced at Qing Chi, a thought flashed in his mind: The latter’s Green Flame indeed held tremendous power and contained profound vitality. It was said to be profound because this flame could heal Ghost Clan cultivators.
This had shown several successful results on the battlefield before.
The Ghost Clan’s body contains both vitality and death energy. If general healing magic solely stimulates vitality, it might harm the Ghost Clan instead. Strong vitality could suppress and expel death energy, damaging the fundamental structure of the Ghost Clan’s body, resulting in worse outcomes.
Yet, the Green Flame could avoid this issue.
Ning Zhuo didn’t know the essence of the Green Flame either and had asked Qing Chi about it.
Qing Chi naturally didn’t hold back from Ning Zhuo, but she herself knew little about the Green Flame, only that it was a manifestation of her innate.
As for what innate it is, Qing Chi was unaware.
She told Ning Zhuo that since her innate was revealed, her father, Qing Yan, had been investigating in secret, finding no results. It was likely a completely new innate.
It is possible.
In the earliest times, the Cultivation World had hardly any innates.
Only at a certain stage did innates appear on a large scale.
While the various known innates became familiar to the world, new innates would also emerge.
Qing Chi might be in such a situation.
"Qing Chi is also of the Ghost Clan, her innate stemming from the root fits and harmonizes with the Ghost Clan."
"The Ghost Clan’s body contains death energy, and this energy occupies half of it. As such, the Ghost Clan can naturally exist in both the Mortal World and the Netherworld."
"Unlike the Human Clan, which under normal circumstances, is filled with vitality. Only those with severe illness or injury, or the dying, possess abundant death energy."
Ning Zhuo speculated silently, believing the Green Flame might be more suitable than the [Wood Fire].
"Which is truly the right choice?"
"Or are there other options?"
Ning Zhuo instinctively touched the Mechanical Ring on his index finger.
No matter which option he silently chanted in his heart, the Mechanical Ring gave no response.
"Can both work? Or perhaps..." Ning Zhuo instinctively looked skyward, his brows furrowed with heavier concern.
"Young Master." Luo Si gently reminded him at the side.
Ning Zhuo was startled, realizing that he was delaying his decision, procrastinating for quite some time.
If it drags on too long, changes will arise!
"Jiao Ma, let my girl do it," said Qing Yan suddenly.
Ning Zhuo focused on him, and the latter met his gaze, filled with unwavering confidence.
Ning Zhuo was moved, turning to Qing Chi: "It’s your turn."
Qing Chi giggled, leaped into the air, landed in front of Ning Zhuo, and directly extended her hand, releasing Green Flame onto the candle body.
The Green Flame burned brilliantly, initially a deep azure, but quickly transformed into white fire as it consumed the candle body, resembling frost, chilling the air around.
"It worked!" Ning Zhuo was overjoyed.
The others cheered as well. They had a vivid impression of this candle fire.