Talent

Several days later.

Inside the quiet chamber.

"[Shi Fire] is the fire at the tip of a tree, also known as 'Ember Fire.' It embodies the meaning of a fire that is about to go out but has not yet gone out, extinguished only to shine again..."

"This Rising Sun Parting-Flame Scripture consumes a fifth-grade True Qi—Tribulation Cloud Profound Baleful Qi. It truly is only a Dao Foundation cultivation technique."

"Yet [Shi Fire] carries the meaning of hidden embers reigniting... Though its beginning may be somewhat mediocre, if I refine some Heavenly Earth Spirit Fire in the later stages, I should be able to raise the grade of my source True Qi..."

Shi Taiyi sat cross-legged, studying the scripture in his hands, and gained quite a bit.

For some reason, his Dao Hui was remarkably high. He had merely read through this tome once, yet could recite it backward and forward.

Even the several secret arts and fire techniques appended at the end had been comprehended seven or eight parts out of ten. Flashes of inspiration came one after another, and he was almost impatient to start modifying them himself. Perhaps he could even raise the grade of one or two techniques.

"It is only a pity... I have yet to obtain Qi and enter the Dao. Tribulation Cloud Profound Baleful Qi is not of a high grade, but it is not something I can easily afford either... Wait, why should I buy it? All Qi beneath Heaven and Earth shares the same origin. So-called True Qi is merely the essence of a breath... Since that is so, if I directly ingest Qi from Heaven and Earth and temper True Qi within myself, would that not save much effort and expense?"

Shi Taiyi's eyes brightened slightly. He was not a