Two Ways to Absorb the Earth Heart Fire Stone
"Phew! Finally, I've reached the Nine Star Dou Shi. There are still about ten days until the Inner Academy Selection Tournament, so I should have enough time," Lin Ming muttered to himself.
As for the registration for the Inner Academy Selection Tournament, Instructor Zhang Man had submitted Lin Ming's name to the academy more than half a month ago. These trivial matters were not something Lin Ming needed to worry about at all.
In this world where strength reigns supreme, if you have enough strength, then no problem is insurmountable. If problems still exist, it simply means that your strength is insufficient.
Lin Ming is in this situation now. Because his strength is unmatched among the freshmen, he can skip classes and ignore other trivial matters, focusing solely on improving his abilities and doing his own thing.
These advantages all stemmed from Lin Ming's own abilities.
With only about ten days left until the Inner Academy Selection Tournament, Lin Ming's current cultivation level and abilities make it virtually impossible for him to achieve a top-five finish in this competition.
According to the information Lin Ming has obtained, there are only three people in the Outer Academy who have reached the Da Dou Shi level. And the highest level among them is only Three Star Dou Grandmaster.
With such cultivation, Lin Ming figured he could defeat the opponent without even needing to use an Earth Tier Blade Skill Dou Technique. Even if he couldn't defeat him, a draw would be absolutely no problem.
As mentioned earlier, Lin Ming faces no pressure in placing himself in the top five of the Inner Academy Selection Tournament. Lin Ming current efforts to improve his strength are aimed at ensuring he doesn't end up at the bottom after entering the Inner Academy.
Although there are plenty of Da Dou Shi in the Inner Academy, they are still stronger than Dou Master. So for the next ten days or so, Lin Ming focused on cultivating Dou Qi and put everything else aside.
Tomorrow is the start of the Inner Academy Selection Tournament. After nearly ten days of training, Lin Ming has not only stabilized his Nine Star Dou Shi cultivation, but has also improved it a little further.
"After nearly ten days of compressing and stabilizing my Dou Qi is now very solid. It's time to absorb the Earth Heart Fire Stone." Thinking this, Lin Ming's Storage Ring flashed, and a blue stone the size of a human head with veins like roots appeared in Elder Huo's hand.
Looking at the Earth Heart Fire Stone in his hand, Lin Ming raised his other hand, and a golden flame rose from it.
After the Golden Flame rose in Lin Ming's hands, Lin Ming did not hesitate. He brought his hands together and put the Earth Heart Fire Stone into the flames to heat it.
After the Earth Heart Fire Stone entered the Flame Gold Flame, it floated in the flames, constantly tumbling, but without changing at all.
Lin Ming knew that it was impossible to refine the Earth Core Flame energy, which had already solidified into stone, in such a short time. So Lin Ming was not discouraged. Instead, he used his free hand to channel his Dou Qi to increase the flame and refine the Earth Core Flame energy.
Lin Ming learned about how to absorb and refine the Earth Heart Fire Stone from books during the years before he reached the level of Dou Zhe. At that time, because he knew about the Green Lotus Core Flame, Lin Ming also made a point of learning in detail about the Earth Heart Fire Stone, which shared the same origin as the Green Lotus Core Flame, including its formation and how to absorb it.
After giving Elder Huo Earth Heart Fire Stone to Lin Ming, Elder Lin Ming explained to him how to refine and absorb Earth Heart Fire Stone. Therefore, Lin Ming was very familiar with refining and absorbing the Earth Heart Fire Stone.
There are two ways to refine and absorb the Earth Heart Fire Stone. However, regardless of the method, the outer stone layer of the Earth Heart Fire Stone must be refined first before proceeding to the next steps.
There are different methods for absorbing the energy of the Earth Core Flame's Earth Heart Fire Stone after refining its Earth Heart Fire Stone layer. These two methods are determined by whether or not a substantial flame can be unleashed.
For those whose cultivation level is lower than that of Dou Ling, and who have not refined the special flames of fire and are unable to unleash substantial flames, once they refine the outer layer of the Earth Heart Fire Stone and are able to absorb the energy of the Earth Core Flame, they can only swallow the energy of the Earth Core Flame directly, just like swallowing Heavenly Flames.
Although the energy of the Earth Core Flame is not as hot and domineering as that of the Green Lotus Core Flame, it is, after all, something of the same origin as the Green Lotus Core Flame, and it is not something you can simply swallow.
The energy of the Earth Core Flame also has a very high temperature. Those who cannot even materialize a flame must have a cultivation level below the Dou Ling. Therefore, when facing the scorching energy of the Earth Core Flame, one cannot rely solely on one's own Dou Qi to withstand it. One must use a special elixir for protection in order to absorb the energy of the Earth Core Flame.
Furthermore, if one directly ingests and absorbs the energy of the Earth Core Flame, that energy will only transform into a stream of Fire Attribute energy, which will increase the person's Dou Qi and improve their cultivation. The ability of the Earth Core Flame energy to cause flame mutations will be completely lost.
Therefore, directly consuming the energy of the Earth Core Flame is a last resort for those who cannot unleash substantial flames, hoping to improve their cultivation level.
But Lin Ming wouldn't use that method. He wanted to use a method that allowed him to absorb the energy of the Earth Core Flame, enabling him to unleash real fire.
Lin Ming increased the power of the Flame Gold Flame to its maximum. After half an hour of burning, the stone layer on the outside of the Earth Heart Fire Stone finally began to melt gradually.
After more than half an hour of intense firepower, the outer layer of the Earth Heart Fire Stone Core Firestone finally showed signs of melting. Lin Ming immediately perked up and continued to maintain the flow of Dou Qi, allowing the Earth Heart Fire Stone to continue to be scorched by the Flame Gold Flame.
The outer stone layer contains melting Earth Heart Fire Stone, which, like paraffin wax, melts and cannot be stopped once it begins.
In less than the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, the Earth Heart Fire Stone, which was just the size of a human head a moment ago, had shrunk several times over, becoming only the size of a fist. Moreover, the Earth Heart Fire Stone could no longer be called a "stone"; it had completely transformed into a bluish-green liquid energy, like magma.
Lin Ming finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the stone layer of the Earth Heart Fire Stone had finally been refined, leaving only the Earth Core Flame Energy that could be absorbed.
The intense refining of the Earth Heart Fire Stone over the past hour has depleted Lin Ming's Dou Qi. He can now only operate the first level of the Chaos Spirit Five Elements Art.
The first level of the <Chaos Spirit Five Elements Art> is only equivalent to Yellow Tier High-grade skill. Although it is considered the best among Yellow Tier High-grade, it is still just Yellow Tier High-grade Cultivation Method, which has already hindered Lin Ming's cultivation and the accumulation of his Dou Qi.
This is also one of the reasons why Lin Ming wants to improve his cultivation level quickly. As long as Lin Ming's cultivation level reaches the Dou Ling, he will be able to open the meridians of the second level of the <Chaos Spirit Five Elements Art>, thus enabling him to cultivate the second level of the <Chaos Spirit Five Elements Art>.
The second level, the <Chaos Spirit Five Elements Art>, is equivalent to Profound Tier Mid-grade Cultivation Method. Moreover, according to the characteristics of the <Chaos Spirit Five Elements Art>, it is one of the top Profound Tier Mid-grade Cultivation Method, enough for Lin Ming to use until he reaches the Dou Wang stage.
After reaching the Dou King cultivation, Lin Ming refused to believe that he couldn't find a different kind of Heavenly Flames to absorb and refine.
As long as Lin Ming can absorb a different kind of Heavenly Flames, even one of the lowest-ranked ones on the Heavenly Flame Ranking, the energy it provides should be enough to open up the meridians of the third level of the <Chaos Spirit Five Elements Art>, thus allowing him to cultivate the <Chaos Spirit Five Elements Art> to the third level.
The third level, the <Chaos Spirit Five Elements Art>, is an Earth Tier Cultivation Method. Even if one cultivates it to the Dou Venerate, it can still meet their needs.
After refining the stone layer of the Earth Heart Fire Stone to reveal a fist-sized amount of Earth Core Flame Energy, Lin Ming dared not delay any longer. If he waited for the Earth Core Flame Energy to cool down and re-condense into stone on the outside, then all his efforts of more than an hour would be in vain, and some of the Earth Core Flame Energy would also be lost.
Therefore, even though he didn't have much Dou Qi left, Lin Ming began refining the energy of the Earth Core Flame after swallowing two Qi Replenishing Pills.
Inside his body, Lin Ming drew upon the Flame Gold Flame Seed Origin, which had created an empty space within the Dou Qi Vortex. Normally, the flames Lin Ming used to Pill Refining, fight enemies, and even just now when refining the Earth Heart Fire Stone were all flames generated by the Flame Gold Flame Seed Origin through Dou Qi; he had never actually used the Flame Gold Flame Seed Origin before.
If something happens to the source of the Flame Gold Flame, it can never be taken back. This means that Lin Ming will never be able to use this Flame Gold Flame again. Even if he refines other Flame Gold Flame in the future, they will be generated by other Flame Gold Flame Origin Fire Seed, not by the flame generated by this Flame Gold Flame.
The Flame Gold Flame Seed Origin was naturally reluctant to leave the place it had been in for so long. However, Lin Ming's body was something only Lin Ming could control, so even if the Flame Gold Flame Seed Origin was unwilling, it had no choice but to obediently follow Lin Ming's guidance, traveling along the meridians to Lin Ming's hand.
"Little guy, don't be reluctant. I called you out here to give you a great opportunity, so you'd better live up to my expectations later." Lin Ming said to the Flame Gold Flame Seed Origin in his hand. Although Lin Ming knew that the Flame Gold Flame Seed Origin had no consciousness and could not hear his words at all.
"Go!" Lin Ming said, tossing the Flame Gold Flame Seed Origin into the air. The Flame Gold Flame Seed Origin flew towards the Earth Core Flame Energy.
After coming into contact with the energy of the Earth Core Flame Gold Flame was like a fish returning to water, showing no sign of being unwilling to leave its home.
Watching Flame Gold Flame effortlessly enter the Earth Core Flame like a fish in water, Lin Ming's lips curled into a smile.
This is the second method by which those who can wield real fire absorb the energy of the Earth Core Flame: using the Origin Fire Seed to absorb the energy of the Earth Core Flame.
The Origin Fire Seed, being a type of flame, is not afraid of the high temperature of the Earth Core Flame energy. In fact, the high temperature and Violent Factor within the Earth Core Flame energy are exactly what the Origin Fire Seed needs.
After absorbing the high temperature and Violent Factor of the Earth Core Flame energy, the Origin Fire Seed has a high probability of undergoing a mutation, thereby increasing the intensity of the flame as if it were advancing to a higher level.