The next day.
Celestial Treasure Palace, Dan Hall.
Busy with smoke and fire, inside the fire room of the Dan Hall.
Zhang Qingzhi brought some food and gift items he had purchased and lightly knocked open a heavy iron-wrapped wooden door in the corner of the fire room.
The fire room is one of the major subdivisions of the Dan Hall and also one of the most important departments.
Zhang Qingzhi carried his items and slowly entered the room.
The room was not large, and inside, shelves were stacked with various stones and wood items.
In the corner, there were neatly stacked boxes of various fuels.
At the center of the room, beside a simple table and chair set, lay a stout man with a full beard.
This man wore a robe covered in soot, with patches of smoke-blackened areas everywhere, and his hair and beard seemed long untended—disheveled and graying.
