Chapter 237: The Upgrading of the Burning Technique!
The twenty-fourth strange fire?
No, the little chubby Jiang Lin on the Void Spiritual Platform shook his head slightly. He wasn't the twenty-fourth strange fire. Perhaps the mysterious fire seed that could be nurtured by the Strange Fire Lotus Platform within him had the potential to become the twenty-fourth strange fire, but in the end, it was still just a part of Jiang Lin's power and could not be directly equated to Jiang Lin himself.
In other words, the mysterious flame growing inside him was merely Jiang Lin's 'companion spiritual fire.' Unless Jiang Lin perished, this potential companion spiritual fire would never truly become the twenty-fourth strange fire.
"However, if a Dou Qi expert could really cultivate a strange fire and imprint their life's insights into the world through it..." Jiang Lin's red-gold eyes flickered slightly, and a bold hypothesis suddenly arose in his mind. "Some strange fires might be birthed by the world's will, but some... perhaps they are the life's insights left behind by top-tier experts after their fall!"
"And this hypothesis makes a lot of sense. After all, if we ask what a strange fire is—it's a divine flame carrying some rule of the world! And what is a spiritual tool? A spiritual tool that carries the imprint of the world's path! In some sense, they're two sides of the same coin!" Jiang Lin's calm mind was stirred by this wild conjecture, and it took a long time for his thoughts to settle down.
"Strange fires like the Sea Heart Flame, the Green Lotus Earth Heart Fire, the Bone Spirit Cold Fire, still possess the principles of the world that gave them their form, but flames like the Golden Emperor's Sky Burning Flame, and many others, have no clear origin—they seem to have appeared out of nowhere! For example, the Beast Spirit Fire, ranked twenty-two, explicitly states that it is formed by the spirits and bloodlines of all beasts!"
Buzz!
A tingling sensation spread from Jiang Lin's scalp down his body, and both his soul and body involuntarily shuddered. After the shiver passed, Jiang Lin felt as if he had heard a crisp crack—something inside his soul seemed to have shattered. Waves of pure spiritual power poured out from his spiritual platform, and Jiang Lin felt his mind lighten, as if his thoughts had broken through a prison, and he suddenly felt the ability to soar, flying toward a boundless starry sky. When he turned to look down, however, he found that the way back had become a blur of gray.
The little chubby Jiang Lin on the Void Spiritual Platform silently looked down at his chubby arms. A crack, shimmering with mysterious patterns, extended an inch from his forearm.
His soul realm had finally been elevated again, reaching the peak of the Mortal Realm and starting to transform toward the Spiritual Realm. His mortal body began shedding its limitations, transcending to a more extraordinary state!
But compared to these visible changes, the greatest benefit Jiang Lin gained was the shift in his thoughts.
In the cave, Jiang Lin slowly calmed the dazzling flames around his body from his cultivation and opened his clear red-gold eyes, gazing at the world before him with a new sense of observation and calm.
His perspective on the world had undergone a miraculous transformation.
He felt as if his soul had broken some kind of shackle. His mind was now more liberated, no longer shrouded in that vague feeling he had before.
"Has this been a moment of enlightenment, or what?" Jiang Lin gazed at the dark cave, his eyes flickering with hesitation as he murmured softly.
"Perhaps only the higher-ups of the Spirit Clan would know," Jiang Lin shook his head, pushing down his doubts. He had merely started to question the number of strange fires, their origins, and in turn, began doubting many of the "since ancient times" and "naturally" accepted things in this world.
Jiang Lin felt that the Spirit Clan might know something, but as he regained some memories from his infancy, he felt it was better not to get involved with them.
However, as the saying goes, the more you know, the more doubts you have. The clearer your thoughts become, the more painful it is to live with them.
While Jiang Lin was pondering and absentmindedly gazing at the Strange Fire Green Lotus inside his abdomen, he suddenly felt a powerful wave of energy coming from outside.
"Has the Strange Fire begun to devour itself and upgrade the technique?" Jiang Lin's eyes flashed with light as he stood up and walked toward the cave entrance.
At the edge of a steep cliff in the mountainous region, a young man surrounded by green, eerie flames sat cross-legged on the ground, his body cracking. His face contorted in agony as he operated his technique, desperately trying to control the Burning Technique to devour the Green Lotus Earth Heart Fire within him!
Sensing the threat, the Green Lotus Earth Heart Fire began to rampage. Even though Xiao Yan had already subdued it, the Green Lotus Earth Heart Fire still launched indiscriminate attacks, transforming into molten green lava, wreaking havoc on Xiao Yan's body. But, unlike the last time, Xiao Yan, having already tamed the Green Lotus Earth Heart Fire, had been tempered by it, thus giving him some resistance. He wasn't entirely powerless against the fire's resistance.
However, the rampaging blue fire again burned Xiao Yan's clothes and hair, and his body began to crack open in large areas, with layers of green cracks spreading across his body! The green fire Dou Qi that had been assimilated by the Green Lotus Earth Heart Fire in his body could only barely maintain the crucial heart and lungs, but his Dou Qi was far from enough to allow him to fully devour the Green Lotus Earth Heart Fire under its violent onslaught!
"Stop! We're not cultivating the Burning Technique anymore!" At this critical moment, Yao Chen, who had been guarding Xiao Yan, changed his expression. Watching Xiao Yan in front of the rampaging Green Lotus Earth Heart Fire was like seeing a small boat in a tsunami, at risk of being overwhelmed at any second. Looking at Xiao Yan's miserable state as he was burned by the strange fire, Yao Chen's heart trembled slightly. He had initially seen this young man as a tool to accomplish a certain purpose, but now, he finally understood. Over the past three years of adventure, he had already come to see Xiao Yan as his true disciple!
"I told you to stop!" However, Xiao Yan did not listen to Yao Chen's command. Instead, he continued to resist the Green Lotus Earth Heart Fire's retaliation and began to forcefully operate the Burning Technique with the little Dou Qi he had left!
Above the cliff, Jiang Lin stood silently, his red-gold eyes shining brightly under the sunlight. He watched the young man below, who was on the brink of death from the backlash of the strange fire, his eyes flashing continually.
"Once the strange fire enters the heart and lungs, you will die! Stop!" Yao Chen finally couldn't watch any longer. He gathered a terrifying cold-white flame in his hands and shot it directly toward Xiao Yan!
At this moment, Xiao Yan, engulfed in the strange fire, suddenly roared, "I can do it! I can do it!"
Buzz!
A powerful surge of pure green Dou Qi erupted from the young man's body. The terrifying pure Dou Qi, while damaging his meridians, also protected them!
(END CHAPTER)
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