Free Web NovelChapter 415: Chapter 257: Breathing Fire Technique (Part 2)
After learning that Master Liu Ruheng had left Liu Yuhuan a Foundation Establishment Pill, the tall girl had a sudden change of heart. For a time, she acted like Liu Yuhuan’s closest confidante, all in the hopes that Liu Yuhuan would give her the pill.
After all, Liu Yuhuan had a hidden heart condition and was unable to reach Foundation Establishment.
Though Liu Yuhuan was gentle by nature, she was no fool and saw the girl’s intentions at a glance. Instead, she took a liking to Ren Xingzhou, who was always engrossed in studying Cultivation Techniques in the Library Pavilion, and gave the Foundation Establishment Pill to him.
This only made the tall girl, who had played the fool for nothing, grow even more malicious. She and the other four began to bully Liu Yuhuan relentlessly.
"Sister Shijuan, hold your tongue. Her useless husband is about to bring her medicine."
The petite girl’s words sounded like she was trying to placate her, but they were laced with sarcasm.
"Hmph. That good-for-nothing runs himself ragged every day, just to scrounge up enough Merit Points for a single Heart-Opening Pill. If you ask me, he’s probably hoping our dear Sister Yu Huan dies too," the tall girl sneered.
Ren Xingzhou, hidden behind a set of bookshelves, heard every word. His face flushed crimson with rage at their viciousness, his nails digging so deeply into his palms that they drew blood.
Every day his wife came home, she would tell him that her duties at the Library Pavilion were easy, that she got along well with her "sisters," and that he shouldn’t worry. He never imagined she was being tormented daily by these vipers. fɾeeweɓnѳveɭ.com
His heart felt like it was being torn apart. He wished he could strike those venomous women down right then and there.
Yang Jing grabbed his arm, holding him back and preventing him from doing something foolish in a moment of rage. This was the Library Pavilion, after all, a sacred repository of the Sect’s heritage. If he made a move here, he would face the harshest possible punishment, and not even Yang Jing could protect him.
"Don’t worry," Yang Jing said. "I’ll get justice for your wife."
He took out his Sect Jade Token and contacted the Chief Steward of the Library Pavilion.
A moment later, a middle-aged Cultivator in a brocade robe came striding over.
The moment he saw Yang Jing, his face broke into an obsequious smile.
"Junior Martial Uncle Yang! Why didn’t you let your nephew know you were coming to the Library Pavilion?"
As the Chief Steward of the Library Pavilion, his sources of information were far better than those of an ordinary Sect Disciple. He knew Yang Jing had mastered the Great Five Elements Divine Light—a feat no one in the Sect had accomplished in millennia. His standing within the Sect was far beyond that of any ordinary True Disciple.
"Nephew Chunyu, I came here today intending to redeem a Secret Technique. I never expected to witness such bullying among fellow disciples within our own Sect."
Yang Jing’s words made Chunyu Feng’s knees go weak, and he nearly collapsed. He’d never imagined that Yang Jing had sought him out to hold him accountable for something.
His eyes darted to Ren Xingzhou standing beside Yang Jing, and his heart sank. ’This plain-looking, live-in son-in-law who sponged off his wife to reach Foundation Establishment... he actually has such incredible connections?’
As the Chief Steward of the fourth floor of the Library Pavilion, Chunyu Feng was well aware of the situation with these female Cultivators. He had been in this position for nearly fifty years and had grown accustomed to the infighting and jealous squabbles among the female Cultivators from the branch lines of the Noble Families. Liu Yuhuan was meek, naive to the ways of the world, and offered no Spirit Stones as a "tribute," so he couldn’t be bothered to intervene in such a trivial affair.
He hastily wiped the cold sweat from his brow.
"How far does Junior Martial Uncle Yang wish to take this?"
"The others are to be expelled from the Library Pavilion and sentenced to five years of labor in the Spirit Fields. As for the ringleader, report her to the Precepts Hall. Let them decide the proper punishment for coveting a fellow disciple’s Foundation Establishment Pill and scheming to take it."
Yang Jing said, looking at Chunyu Feng. With his current Spiritual Sense, he could discern the thoughts of these Qi Cultivation-level female Cultivators with a single glance. The tall woman had made life difficult for Ren Xingzhou’s wife for one simple reason: she wanted that Foundation Establishment Pill.
But someone so blinded by greed would never have considered that while the Liu Family might permit one of their own to give a Foundation Establishment Pill to a live-in son-in-law, they would never allow it to be given to an outsider.
Chunyu Feng’s expression relaxed. He understood that Yang Jing didn’t want to make a huge scene, merely to vent Ren Xingzhou’s anger. However, for a person of Yang Jing’s stature, even a casual word was a cataclysmic disaster for someone like Jiang Shijuan.
He bowed respectfully, took out his Identity Jade Token, and summoned several Outer Disciples.
A moment later, sharp, panicked cries echoed from the female Cultivators’ location, with Jiang Shijuan’s wails being the loudest.
"I’m from the Jiang Family! How dare you do this to me! How dare you!"
The sharp cries were quickly silenced. As the female Cultivators were led away, quiet returned to the Library Pavilion.
"Let’s go."
Yang Jing then led Ren Xingzhou out from behind the bookshelves.
Although Liu Yuhuan was used to being bullied by the five young women, she was still badly frightened when they were suddenly dragged away. Her face was deathly pale.
"Yu Huan!"
His heart aching, Ren Xingzhou pulled Liu Yuhuan into his arms.
"It’s all right, it’s all right now," he soothed. "This is the Heart-Opening Pill I just redeemed. Here, take it quickly."
After Liu Yuhuan had given the Foundation Establishment Pill to Ren Xingzhou, her family had cut off her supply of Heart-Opening Pills.
After she took the Heart-Opening Pill, a hint of color gradually returned to her cheeks. When she looked up, she was startled to see Yang Jing standing not far away, examining a Jade Scroll.
Though she was introverted and didn’t socialize much, she knew of Yang Jing from hearing her five colleagues gossip, and had even seen the portraits of him they passed around.
"G-Greetings, Grandmaster Yang."
Liu Yuhuan struggled to her feet to offer a proper greeting.
"There’s no need for such formalities. Brother Ren is a good friend of mine, so we should interact as peers."
As he spoke, Yang Jing took out a bottle of Nine Revolutions Red Blood Pills.
"Your heart condition," he said, addressing her, "I believe it was caused by an invasion of Fire Element Magical Power while you were still in the womb. This elixir can fortify your qi and blood from within, which should help alleviate the symptoms."
He then exchanged a few more pleasantries with Ren Xingzhou and his wife.
Liu Yuhuan had worked in the Library Pavilion for five years. Because she was ostracized and forced to do all sorts of menial tasks, she had become intimately familiar with the Cultivation Techniques and secret manuals on the fourth floor. She quickly located the Breathing Fire Technique from within the vast sea of Jade Scrolls.
After receiving the Jade Scroll, Yang Jing also asked Liu Yuhuan to find the Sect’s Body Refining Techniques for him.
The Five Elements True Spirit Sect had a history spanning tens of thousands of years. Although very few Cultivators in the Sect practiced Body Refining Techniques, its collection still contained nearly one hundred of them.
Yang Jing selected a dozen or so of the more interesting-looking techniques, redeemed them with his Merit Points, and then rode his Tunneling Light back to his Cave Mansion.
The moment he entered his Quiet Chamber, he took out the Breathing Fire Technique.
This was a Secret Technique from the Five Elements True Spirit Sect used for refining True Fire.
True Fire was volatile and immensely powerful. If a Cultivator was careless while refining it, they could be incinerated. For this reason, every major sect had developed various Secret Techniques to allow Cultivators with weaker foundations to refine True Fire.
The Breathing Fire Technique required a Cultivator to hold a Spirit Water and Fire Talisman in their mouth. By using water to suppress fire, they could neutralize the volatile nature of the True Fire. The Fire Talisman would then contain the True Fire, allowing the user to swallow it. When facing an enemy, they would exhale the True Fire in a single burst, relying purely on its innate power.
The more powerful the True Fire, the more powerful the Secret Technique. However, it was far less convenient than simply refining True Fire directly with one’s Magical Power, as Yang Jing could.
The Five Fire Divine Thunder utilized a secret method from within the Breathing Fire Technique to seal five types of Divine Fire within the user’s five major organs. When facing an enemy, these five Divine Fires would be violently stimulated using the method for creating Five Elements True Thunder, combining to form the Five Fire Divine Thunder.
This thunder was far more powerful than the Five Elements True Thunder, but also far more dangerous. The slightest misstep could cause the Five Fire Divine Thunder to detonate inside one’s body before it was ever unleashed, leaving not even a complete corpse behind.
Yang Jing had already refined five types of True Fire. Combined with his practice of Body Refining Techniques, his physical body was far more resilient than that of an ordinary Golden Core Cultivator.
After studying the Breathing Fire Technique in detail for a few days, he borrowed Ji Feng’s Divine Fire Gourd and began his attempt at practicing the technique.
To be cautious, he chose the easiest of the five True Fires to control: the Nine Flames True Fire. He didn’t even bother holding Spirit Water in his mouth; he simply formed a Fire Talisman in his mouth and swallowed a mouthful of the Nine Flames True Fire.
The Fire Talisman instantly absorbed all of the Nine Flames True Fire. It then descended, settling upon his liver—the organ corresponding to the Wood Element—and merged with the Spiritual Light already dwelling there.
’The Breathing Fire Technique... it worked?’
The ease with which he succeeded in practicing this Secret Technique was beyond Yang Jing’s expectations.
