Chapter 241: Xiao Yan's Shattered and Jiang Lin's Mending Path!
In the cave, Jiang Lin and Xiao Yan sat opposite each other, each focusing on their dantian and activating their cultivation methods. The dazzling crimson golden Dou Qi began to burn around Jiang Lin, slowly forming golden threads in the air that reached towards Xiao Yan's body.
'Dou Qi Condensation Threads... This kid's control over his Dou Qi has reached this level!' Yao Chen, who was guarding the two of them, watched the golden threads spreading from Jiang Lin's body, secretly astonished. Although a Dou Shi could separate their Dou Qi from their body, reaching the level of Dou Qi condensation threads was something even a Dou Ling might struggle to achieve!
Now, under Yao Chen's watch, the golden Dou Qi threads directly pierced into Xiao Yan's body, extending along his injured meridians. The threads passed through complex pathways in his body, and when they encountered branching meridians, the golden threads even split into two, as if they had a will of their own, seeking out different meridians. The terrifyingly fine control of the Dou Qi was so intricate that even Yao Chen felt deeply shaken.
This meant that in front of the man with the crimson golden eyes, Xiao Yan's meridians had no secrets. It was as though Jiang Lin had some sort of "x-ray" vision, observing Xiao Yan's veins and arteries, and with his terrifyingly precise Dou Qi control, he could create such a spectacular scene! Of course, Yao Chen had clearly misunderstood Jiang Lin. Jiang Lin hadn't activated any x-ray vision—he simply hadn't closed his eyes.
In the cave, Jiang Lin resembled a golden porcupine, as countless crimson golden light threads extended from his body, piercing into Xiao Yan's. The threads in the surrounding air formed a faintly glowing transparent cocoon, enveloping both of them as they meditated and cultivated.
With his increasing cultivation, Jiang Lin's control over his Dou Qi grew stronger, allowing him to break free from the crude bodily contact and directly use his Dou Qi to form threads, linking to others' meridians for 'dual cultivation.' Of course, Jiang Lin's dual cultivation was very much the literal meaning. One could even view it as a 'human-tool unity' type of cultivation.
Whoosh!
As the light cocoon formed, a faint flame began to burn on the crimson golden threads, and at the same time, Jiang Lin began to activate the Burning Technique. The terrifying crimson golden flames with a faint cyan-blue aura spread along the golden threads, connecting to Xiao Yan's body. Xiao Yan's face immediately changed slightly, feeling the familiar sensation of intense heat burning him again!
"Hiss! It's so similar! Brother Lin's Burning Technique feels almost identical to when I was absorbing strange fire!" Xiao Yan gritted his teeth, trying to endure the pain as his complexion alternated between pale and flushed, his body trembling slightly. However, after enduring the pain of being burned by strange fire twice before, Xiao Yan had gained some resistance to this level of suffering.
"If I hadn't experienced the Burning Technique with Brother Lin, I wouldn't have been able to endure the first time I absorbed the Blue Lotus Earth Core Fire!" Xiao Yan thought to himself, desperately trying to maintain his posture. Under the influence of the Burning Technique, Xiao Yan's entire body was lit up by the crimson golden flames, and the meridians in his body seemed to glow faintly! At the same time, tiny blue flames inside his meridians seemed to resist the crimson golden flames, but because of the accelerating speed of the crimson golden flames, the blue flames were dragged in before they could react.
"However, compared to the pure destruction of strange fire, Brother Lin's crimson golden flames have a sense of restraint... It seems to know the limit of the body, and when it reaches the limit, it chooses to stop—like forging iron, its purpose is to refine the impurities, not to directly burn the metal."
"Moreover, Brother Lin's crimson golden flames are different from before. If before they were purely about refining, now there's a touch of coolness and vitality."
While Xiao Yan silently felt the operation of the Burning Technique in his body, Jiang Lin was trying to introduce wood and water-type Dou Qi into his body. Then, using his crimson golden flames, he would burn away the cold energy in the wood and water-type Dou Qi, leaving only the vibrant yang wood and yang water.
"Ah, as expected, the wood and water-type Dou Qi contain life energy. This actually works." From Jiang Lin's perspective, Xiao Yan's meridians were rapidly healing at a visible speed under the influence of his special Dou Qi. Jiang Lin was slightly surprised. He had just thought of using wood and water-type Dou Qi to channel life energy, but he didn't expect it to have such an effect.
Why did alchemists prefer fire and wood attribute Dou Qi? Isn't it because wood attribute Dou Qi can activate the life energy in medicinal herbs?
"So... am I basically refining Xiao Yan like a medicinal pill?" Jiang Lin, dressed in the shimmering energy robes, entered a meditative state and couldn't help but let his mind wander and think.
"Well, when you think about it, the Burning Technique's feature is pushing limits, it can refine the human body's meridians to the point of their limit without causing further damage—this is just like the fire control that alchemists seek, and when you use wood-type Dou Qi to activate the life energy, it's like... hmm." If Jiang Lin weren't still in the cultivation process, he might have scratched his head. He hadn't realized the wonderful use of wood and water-type Dou Qi before, as he had been focusing on refining weapons, and weapons didn't usually require wood and water-type Dou Qi.
Unexpectedly, now he discovered that wood and water-type Dou Qi was quite effective in refining people.
"Of course, the greatest possibility is that the initial version of the Burning Technique was like a top-tier spiritual treasure from a cultivation novel, perfect for refining all aspects—combat, cultivation, and everything else."
"But one thing must be said..." After some time, Jiang Lin opened his eyes and looked at Xiao Yan, whose meridians were almost fully healed. He sighed in his heart: "Alchemy and weapon refining cultivation paths lead to the same destination, all methods come from the same source."
The Burning Technique, which originally seemed like a pure method for refining people into weapons, after incorporating wood and water-type Dou Qi, started refining people like a medicinal pill.
"Spiritual weapons, spiritual weapons... haha, what a spiritual weapon grandmaster..." Jiang Lin couldn't help but recall a line from the ancient weapon crafting blueprint he had once seen:
"A cook who cannot refine pills is not a good weapon craftsman."
With that thought, Jiang Lin couldn't help but smile faintly.
(END CHAPTER)
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