"Little Phoenix, you need to exercise more now. Hurry up and grow big, and then big sister will have a proper play session with you."
Gu Yuena said.
"Got it, Sister Nana," Phoenix King said.
"Phoenix King, you should practice Baji Fist more for now. First, build yourself a strong body. Then I'll personally teach you some techniques."
Medicine Elder said.
The Baji Fist Medicine Elder was talking about was the set of boxing techniques Phoenix King had practiced in his previous life. It really was very suitable for training the body. At least, it was a good fit for Phoenix King, and for many young people who had yet to fully embark on the path of cultivation.
When Medicine Elder first saw Phoenix King practicing this set of boxing techniques, he was curious how Phoenix King had come up with them. In the world of medicine, this set of boxing techniques was considered a way for cultivators to train their bodies before beginning cultivation.
But it was also a complete set of training exercises, one that someone had to come up with. How had a three-year-old child like Phoenix King thought of it?
Phoenix King had practiced in secret at first. Later, when he was discovered, he said he didn't know either; the set of exercises had simply been in his head.
Medicine Elder had said nothing when he heard that.
Then Medicine Elder asked Phoenix King to demonstrate the entire Baji Fist routine.
Phoenix King agreed and performed it. After watching the whole routine, Medicine Elder realized that Baji Fist was suited to people whose bodies had already finished growing. It wasn't very suitable for children like Phoenix King, who were still growing, so he made some improvements to it.
That turned it into a set of boxing exercises suited to Phoenix King's developing body.
"Got it. By the way, teacher, which techniques are you planning to teach me? Is it that Flame Mantra?"
Phoenix King had always coveted the Flame Mantra Xiao Yan practiced. In his previous life, while reading the Battle Through the Heavens novel, he had always hoped he could cultivate a technique like that too. It was incredibly powerful, capable of fusing all kinds of Heavenly Flames. Just imagine how mighty Buddha Fury Fire Lotus would be!
"Although I'd like you to cultivate it, there's one thing you haven't considered: this isn't the Dou Qi Continent. I've often explained Heavenly Flames to you. This technique requires all kinds of flames, and it's best to have a Heavenly Flame.
"But the problem is, the Douluo Continent doesn't seem to have anything like Heavenly Flames."
Medicine Elder had explained the power of this technique to Phoenix King, but it required Heavenly Flames, and the Douluo Continent didn't seem to have any.
"Little Phoenix, I don't want to discourage you either, but the Douluo Continent... really doesn't have any of those things. If it did, big sister would've sent people to collect them long ago and put them to use against the Divine Realm."
"..." Hearing Gu Yuena say this, Phoenix King suddenly remembered. Right, the Douluo Continent didn't seem to have anything like that. It might have Beast Fire, since there were so many fire-type Magical Beasts here. Collecting Soul Beast flames probably wouldn't be a problem, but the problem was that there were no Heavenly Flames!
In other words, this technique had no way to show off its true power on the Douluo Continent.
What a blunder! He'd watched Xiao Yan cultivate this technique and become so powerful, and forgotten that this wasn't the Dou Qi Continent.
"But don't worry. There are plenty of other techniques. Your teacher doesn't have only this one. I have lots of other techniques and Dou Techniques for you to cultivate."
Medicine Elder then brought out two more techniques.
Three-Flower Fire Gathering Technique (Yellow Tier): Requires no resources, but cultivation is extremely slow. It builds a solid foundation; once mastered, Battle Qi, the body, and the soul all surpass those of others at the same level. (This was the technique Medicine Elder cultivated in his early years.) One of the Yao Clan's three great techniques.
Fire Building Technique—A foundation-building technique exclusive to the Yao Clan.
This technique favored both fire and wood attributes. Practicing it gave disciples an edge over ordinary cultivators in every regard, greatly increased their sensitivity to alchemy, and tempered their soul perception. It was the foundation for the Yao Clan's abundance of alchemists.
As for resource consumption, each advancement by one tier required vast quantities of heavenly treasures to nourish the cultivator. It traded resources for quality—and in return, brought a comprehensive transformation in Battle Qi control, the body's affinity for fire and wood, and soul perception.
Its accompanying Dou Technique was the basic defensive technique Fire Building City (condenses Battle Qi into a defensive wall).
"Actually, there's another technique in the Yao Clan I come from, but it also requires a lot of resources: the Fire Building Technique. When I was young, I had some resources to cultivate it, but then some things happened, and I could only choose to cultivate the Three-Flower Fire Gathering Technique instead. But with all the resources in this Lake of Life, there's no problem cultivating both techniques."
Medicine Elder said.
"That's all right, teacher. Having something to cultivate is already great. And I'll definitely become a great alchemist, just like you."
"As long as you're willing to work hard."
"Di Tian, what year is it in the Douluo Calendar?"
Phoenix King began asking at this point. He'd always wanted to find out about the timeline. If Tang San had already begun cultivating, then he would have to work hard too and make sure he didn't fall behind. After all, now that he was in the Douluo Continent, how could he not take down Tang San?
"It's the year 2624 in the Douluo Calendar."
Tang San was born in the year 2631 of the Douluo Calendar. I'm about ten years ahead of Tang San's birth!
"You're so concerned about the year. What's going on? Could there be an opponent who cultivates faster than you? You don't have any opponents, do you?"
Medicine Elder had never understood why Phoenix King cared so much about the date.
"I just want to work hard and get stronger as soon as possible."
Phoenix King brushed the question aside, but he understood the real issue. Since he was so far ahead of Tang San, he had to work harder and get stronger as quickly as possible. Only then could he defeat Tang San before he became a god.
At the very least, he had to cripple Tang San, then go after the Divine Realm.
Phoenix King understood that they had basically already allied themselves with the Soul Beasts. Tang San, who would join the Divine Realm and suppress the Soul Beasts, belonged to the opposing side. No matter what, they had to stop Tang San from becoming a god or cripple his talent. Even if Tang San was destined to inherit the Asura God's position, they would have to make him the weakest Asura God there was.
And he didn't need to fear Tang Hao either. Not one of the Ferocious Beasts in the Star Dou Forest was afraid of him.
Besides, Tang Hao was probably only around Soul Douluo level right now and hadn't become a Titled Douluo yet. Even if he did reach Titled Douluo level someday, the story would likely unfold as it had in the original: Tang Hao would be seriously injured and unable to fight at full strength. He might be able to use Ring Explosion, but a badly wounded Tang Hao could be worn down to death by the Ferocious Beasts of the Star Dou Forest.
There were far too many ways to deal with the Clear Sky Hammer.
After all, the Clear Sky Hammer was so heavy that they could simply wear Tang Hao down by attacking from the edges.
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