novelraw Chapter 418 - 227, Yang Heart Technique_2
Chapter 418 - 227, Yang Heart Technique_2
*Once the Yang Heart is achieved, it is as effective as the Returning Core. If your Cloud Mist and Yang Heart are of the highest quality, you can enter the Upper Sect to obtain the Fire Cloud Escape Technique.*
He was looking for a suitable Cloud Mist escape technique to upgrade his Tenth Heaven Immortal Destiny, "Sui Yun."
This Fire Cloud Escape Technique suited him well.
However, to avoid missing any opportunities in the Book Collection Building, Xu Xing made sure to read all the Spirit Fire Secrets inside. By the end, he could accurately control his Divine Sense, barely touching a Jade Slip and immediately knowing its contents without needing to peruse it further.
"This Spirit Fire Secret technique..."
The manager of the Book Collection Building was slightly startled when he saw Xu Xing holding a Jade Slip containing the Yang Heart Technique, intending to exchange it.
"It’s hard to capture external Spirit Fire, and even if you do, the success rate of refining it into a Yang Heart is less than twenty percent, making it extremely dangerous."
"In the 450 years since the founding of the Lingzhi Courtyard, a total of 134 people have exchanged for this technique, but without exception, all of them have died."
The manager, without rushing to copy the Jade Slip’s content for Xu Xing, first gave him a warning to prevent him from going astray.
"Thank you for the reminder, Senior."
Xu Xing nodded and thanked the manager. Although he was confident that cultivating the Sun Heart Technique would not lead to disaster for him, the manager’s warning was a kind gesture, and he appreciated it.
However, his tone soon changed. "The Lingzhi Courtyard was founded only about 450 years ago, but the Pill Cauldron Sect has been established for tens of thousands of years. Since this Spirit Fire Secret is placed in the Book Collection Building and not removed by the Sect, there must have been cultivators who succeeded..."
"The first person who practiced it and died showed great courage; the second person demonstrated great determination. But for the third, fourth... up to the 134th person to still choose to practice this technique, it means either they were foolish, or this technique had indeed been successfully cultivated by someone who gained considerable benefits."
Xu Xing said solemnly, flicking his large sleeves.
The manager of the Book Collection Building had already informed him of the danger of practicing this technique and that no one had survived. Therefore, if he insisted on practicing this technique without drawing attention, he had to provide a reasonable explanation. Sometimes, being deliberately low-key can inversely attract attention.
As his words fell, the manager of the Book Collection Building nodded slightly. "You’re right. Indeed, quite a few people within the Pill Cauldron Sect have successfully practiced this technique, and the success rate is seventy percent."
"This is the difference in talent and cultivation resources between those in the Upper Sect and those in the Lower Courtyards."
"Some well-established Lower Courtyards, such as the Dan Shen Institute and Angelica Institute, have had many disciples achieve this technique."
After finishing his words, the Book Collection Building manager paused for a moment, pondered briefly, and then said, "As for the benefits, after mastering the Yang Heart... you can use the Yang Heart to refine pills, gather Elixir Qi, and eventually build the Thousand Medicine Yang Dan."
"The Thousand Medicine Yang Dan is a side-path pill; its lowest rank is Fifth Rank, and its highest is Second Grade."
Hearing this, Xu Xing understood why so many Pill Cauldron Sect disciples went to practice this technique. Although the death rate of practicing this technique was high, that didn’t matter because this technique offered a shortcut to condense a Dao Pill of the upper three ranks. Compared to this opportunity, death seemed less important.
"If the Yang Heart you refine is among the top three grades, and your ranking in the Outer Sect assessment is within the top 100, you can advance to the Upper Sect without examination," the Book Collection Building manager added.
"Thank you for the reminder, Senior."
Xu Xing thanked him again.
Then, the manager of the Book Collection Building didn’t waste any more words. After registering that ’Yao Dang’ had rented the "Yang Heart Technique," he copied the content of the Jade Slip and handed it to Xu Xing.
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Returning to his residence at the Lingzhi Courtyard, Xu Xing didn’t rush to practice the Yang Heart Technique immediately. Instead, he pondered its content several times in his mind. Only after thoroughly understanding the principles of this cultivation method did he begin to practice it.
The concept behind the "Yang Heart Technique" was, simply put, to build a central axis within the body capable of controlling external Spirit Fire. This central axis could both contain the external Spirit Fire and regulate the intensity of its flames. Once this central axis gained complete control over the external Spirit Fire, the cultivator’s Yang Heart would be formed. From then on, the external Spirit Fire would become the cultivator’s innate Spirit Fire.
"I’ve succeeded in my cultivation..."
After about half a month in closed-door cultivation, Xu Xing observed his own body. He saw a strand of golden flame slowly emerging in the right ventricle of his heart, swaying and dancing back and forth under his control.
And as expected, in his Immortal Destiny column, there was now an additional "Great Sun True Heart" Immortal Destiny.
[Great Sun True Heart (Tenth Heaven): The heart of the sun essence, containing the Sun True Fire.]
It seems a bit superfluous...
After solidifying his Immortal Destiny, Xu Xing frowned. Even before practicing the Sun Heart Technique, he could control the Sun True Fire. Now, after cultivating the Yang Heart, using it to master the Sun True Fire... It feels a bit like putting the cart before the horse.
However, the Yang Heart from the Sun Heart Technique is a prerequisite for cultivating the Fire Cloud Escape Technique, so my efforts were not in vain...
Moreover, the innate Spirit Fire cultivated by the Yang Heart can be used for alchemy.
Xu Xing thought to himself.
He mused for a while, then took out the benefit provided to Outer Sect Disciples by the Lingzhi Courtyard: three portions of spirit materials for the first-grade Hundred Grasses Pill.
When one path is understood, all methods become clear. In his eyes, the method of refining the Hundred Grasses Pill held no secrets. Moreover, this pill itself was a very easy-to-refine basic elixir. Dexterous disciples could master it with a little time, and the failure rate was not high.
Xu Xing flicked his sleeve, and a pill cauldron for alchemy soon floated in the air. Beside it lay various spirit materials.
Immediately after, Xu Xing opened his mouth and spat out a wisp of golden flame, controlling it to circle beneath the pill cauldron and begin alchemy. This was the innate Spirit Fire born from his Yang Heart.
One quarter of an hour later, more than a dozen quail egg-sized Hundred Grasses Pills rolled out of the pill cauldron.
"I succeeded on the first attempt. It seems my alchemy talent isn’t bad," Xu Xing smiled faintly.
After this batch of pills was refined, he didn’t stop the furnace but took out another portion of spirit materials for the Hundred Grasses Pill.
After adding the spirit materials, this time, he switched to using the Sun True Fire born within his body, controlled by his Golden Crow Immortal Body. This wisp of flame was also controlled by him with pinpoint precision.
However, the next moment, the pill cauldron gradually showed signs of melting, and the spirit materials inside turned pitch black.
Alchemy failed!
Is there some other subtle principle in the Dao of Pills? Xu Xing frowned, puzzled.
With the addition of the Yang Heart as a central axis, the innate Spirit Fire it controlled was so different.
Less violent and scorching, more gentle... Xu Xing carefully observed the differences between the two types of Sun True Fire and noted the subtle distinctions.
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The cultivation of the "Yang Heart Technique" required collecting external spirit fire. Thus, Xu Xing’s request for leave from the Lingzhi Courtyard to go out was reasonable and didn’t arouse anyone’s suspicion.
After leaving Dragon Lake City, Xu Xing changed his appearance and returned to the Lingzhi Courtyard.
"Where does True Monarch cultivate?"
The dean of the Lingzhi Courtyard, upon hearing that a True Monarch Freelance Cultivator was visiting, personally came to greet him. After exchanging names and a few pleasantries with Xu Xing, he began to inquire about Xu Xing’s origins.
"Just a small sect, not worth mentioning. I cultivated in the Illusory Cloud Mountain Range. Within the sect, only I have reached the Ancestor realm," Xu Xing casually fabricated a plausible origin and background.
The Illusory Cloud Mountain Range was a gathering place for small and medium-sized sects and freelance cultivators in the Chu Kingdom. There were at least eight hundred, if not a thousand, such sects. A small sect with seven or eight disciples was already considered prosperous, so it wasn’t worth mentioning specifically. It was no different from being a freelance cultivator.
"To be honest with the Dean of Literature, I have come to the Pill Cauldron Sect this time seeking a formula for Nascent Soul Spiritual Objects..."
"However, the Pill Cauldron Sect is a major sect, and I am just a True Monarch from a small sect. I dare not disturb them without permission, so I came to the Lingzhi Courtyard to ask for the Dean of Literature’s help."
Xu Xing was very direct, stating his purpose for coming to the Lingzhi Courtyard after only a few sentences.
This time he used the alias "Yao Xing." If necessary, he could acknowledge "Yao Dang" as a fellow clansman and sect member, giving "Yao Dang" a helping hand.
"So that’s the reason." The Dean of Literature nodded, continuing along Xu Xing’s line of conversation. "Having a good formula for Nascent Soul Spiritual Objects makes finding them much easier, preventing a blind search..."
"True Monarch Yao is in the middle stage of the Dao Pill. It is only right to plan ahead."
He heard Xu Xing’s stated reason and had no doubts.