novelraw Chapter 417 - 227, Yang Heart Technique
Chapter 417 - 227, Yang Heart Technique
Elder White Eyebrow’s lecture lasted for about three days, covering some basic Dao of Pills knowledge and tips for refining one’s Natal Spirit Fire.
No wonder Green Vine Tokens and Green Cloud Symbols are priced so high. It turns out even Outer Sect Disciples can listen to the Great Dao... Xu Xing stood up, following the crowd of Outer Sect Disciples as they surged towards the exit, all the while pondering the differences between the Outer Sect Disciples of the Pill Cauldron Sect and those of other schools.
Outer Sect Disciples from other places were truly just that—outer disciples, not permitted inside the sect proper and thus unable to receive the true lineage, being taught only very superficial things. For example, in the Flying Feather Immortal Palace, Outer Sect Disciples were those who had not yet built their Immortal Base. The Outer Sect Disciples of the Pill Cauldron Sect, however, were different. They mostly consisted of Foundation Establishment Cultivators of varying aptitudes, many of whom had paid their way in.
The person who established this cultivation system in the Chu Kingdom is truly capable, plundering resources and manpower from other nations to support their own... Xu Xing couldn’t help but feel impressed upon hearing that his neighbors in the Dan Lu, where he resided, were mostly from cultivation families outside the Chu Kingdom or were princes and nobles from other nations.
Curiosity piqued, he spent some of his wealth to visit the Book Collection Building in the Lingzhi Courtyard, specifically to look through the records of major events in the Chu Kingdom’s cultivation world. Knowledge is wealth. To establish such a cultivation system, inadvertently plundering the wealth of other nations—that’s great wisdom. And there’s no need to worry about antagonizing other countries.
From the ancient books, Xu Xing quickly extracted two key pieces of information: "The Pill Cauldron Sect’s Sage Monarch of the Vast Seas supervised the construction of Xuan Turtle City and Dragon Lake City 23,000 years ago..." and "The Pill Cauldron Sect’s Sage Monarch of the Vast Seas, in alliance with various sects, established the Chu Kingdom’s boundary formation 22,000 years ago to repel foreign invaders..."
The Chu Kingdom differed from the North Yue Country and the South Yue Nation; it had no Royal Family. Instead, it was jointly governed by various sects, which collectively managed all affairs, both major and minor, within the country.
Clearly, a system of joint rule by various sects is superior to having a royal family. So why do North Yue Country and South Yue Nation still retain theirs? A question arose in Xu Xing’s mind. Just a few days ago, when he assassinated Xi Yunling in North Yue Country’s Cloud Capital, he had leaked the Smoke Cloud Stone clue. This immediately caused the True Monarchs of various sects to become deeply suspicious of the North Yue Country’s Royal Family, fearing someone from the Royal Family might achieve a breakthrough to the Dao Lord realm and disrupt the established order of the sects. If they’re so afraid of the Royal Family, they should just learn from the Chu Kingdom and abolish the Royal Family in North Yue Country. There must be some hidden reasons behind this. When I return to the Immeasurable Sect, I’ll ask Yan Luanqing. Perhaps she knows something.
Xu Xing put down the book, ceasing his aimless speculation. After all, the information he had encountered was too complex. He left that floor and ascended to the third floor of the Book Collection Building to study the Pill Cauldron Sect’s basic Spirit Fire Secrets for refining one’s Natal Spirit Fire.
Disciples of the Pill Cauldron Sect, whether Outer Sect Disciples or Inner Sect Disciples, focused on both cultivation and alchemy. And alchemy was inseparable from Spirit Fire Secrets. Without a Natal Spirit Fire refined using Spirit Fire Secrets, the fierce, naturally occurring Spirit Fires could not be used for alchemy, nor could one master the subtle changes in medicinal properties during the process.
The collection on the third floor differed from the ancient books on the first; these were all jade slips used to transmit the methods. Beneath each jade slip, the number of times it had been borrowed by Outer Sect Disciples was recorded. However, most of the thousands of methods were gathering dust on the shelves, having been borrowed only once or twice, or even not at all. Only three methods, placed in the most prominent position, had been borrowed far more often, reaching tens of thousands of times each:
"Minor Three Solar Fire Technique."
"Jia Wood Six Soul Yin Fire Technique."
"Red Sun Golden Fire Technique."
Xu Xing noted down their names, then took the corresponding jade slip for each, placing it against his forehead to read its contents. As expected, the jade slips only contained an introduction to the methods and their first level; the remaining parts of the cultivation methods were sealed. Xu Xing glanced at the seal on the jade slip, noting it was merely a minor prohibition. With my proficiency in array techniques, I could break this, but there’s no need, he thought. He began to read the basic information of these three methods, comparing their advantages and disadvantages.
「An hour later.」
After comparing the three methods, Xu Xing shook his head in disappointment and continued browsing the bookshelves, searching for a Spirit Fire Secret suitable for refining his own Natal Spirit Fire. The main reason these three methods had been borrowed tens of thousands of times was that they required very few external spiritual objects for cultivation. Even if they did require supplementary resources, these cultivation resources were not precious and were easily obtainable. For example, the "Jia Wood Six Soul Yin Fire Technique" required only two types of auxiliary resources: a one-hundred-year-old Yang-attribute wooden heart and the divine souls of six demonic beasts.
However, these were beneath Xu Xing’s consideration, as the Natal Spirit Fire refined by such methods was too low-level and had limited growth potential. Only the "Red Sun Golden Fire Technique" reached the Dao Pill Level. The other methods, at their peak, only reached the Returning Core Level.
Yang Heart Technique? After sorting through nearly three hundred jade slips, Xu Xing finally saw a Spirit Fire Secret that slightly intrigued him—the Yang Heart Technique.
"Capture external Spirit Fire—be it Heavenly Fire, Earth Fire, or Human Fire—and refine it into a Yang Heart..."
"The Yang Heart is the pill’s pivot, commanding the transformations of fire, and supporting the Dao of sovereign and minister..."
Xu Xing was deeply moved by this introduction. He possessed the Sun True Fire, which would make refining his own Yang Heart remarkably easy. When capturing external Spirit Fire and refining it into a Yang Heart, the Spirit Fire could easily go out of control. However, Xu Xing’s Sun True Fire was completely subservient to him, so he had no such concerns. It could be said that this Spirit Fire Secret was almost tailor-made for him.
Upon reading the final sentence of the Yang Heart Technique’s introduction, Xu Xing became even more determined to cultivate it.