Li Yuan did not return to his residence. Instead, he headed for the wasteland outside the market.
The Fire Escape Technique manual from earlier was still on him, so he equipped it.
The next instant, a large amount of obscure yet clear circulation pathways flooded into his mind.
The Fire Escape Technique differed from both the Fireball Technique and Fire Arrow Technique. It was not about launching fire outward, but first spreading the fire beneath one's feet, then using the explosive force to burst forward.
Which meridian moved first, which acupoint followed after, even how heavily the spiritual energy beneath his feet had to be compressed—it all came pouring in at once.
Li Yuan closed his eyes and digested it where he stood for a moment.
The night wind blew, making his robe hem sway slightly as spiritual energy sank down along the meridians in his legs.
Sizzle.
A streak of fire scraped across the ground. Li Yuan shot forward, crossing more than three zhang in the blink of an eye, his robe corner snapping in the wind.
Li Yuan shifted his footing and forcibly stopped, his shoe soles dragging a half-foot-long black mark across the ground.
The initial burst was not slow.
It was even a little faster than he had estimated.
Li Yuan turned around and tried twice more.
By the third attempt, he had steadied it. When the fire burst beneath his feet, the driving force was more concentrated, no longer as scattered as it had been at first. The Fire Art Rapid Cast trait had also taken effect, greatly reducing the originally sluggish startup of the Fire Escape Technique.
He charged forward again.
A line of fire swept low across the ground, and Li Yuan seemed to be pushed out by a wave of heat, arriving