Way of Fire Control (Please Recommend)

After returning to the little hut, Lin Qingyun once again shut the doors and windows tight. Then he took off his shoes and socks and clambered onto the bed on all fours.

If breaking through to Dou Zhe was one surprise, then another surprise was still waiting for him.

His mind sank into his Dantian. Above the cyclone that resembled a spiral arm of the Milky Way, there was a cluster of Black Flame and a scroll, positioned like two horns, standing opposed to each other.

It seemed neither could do anything to the other.

His gaze fixed on that scroll. With a stir of his spirit, he opened his eyes, and the Taiyi Profound Pill Record appeared abruptly in his hand.

He opened the first page. The originally blank page now clearly showed a Medicine Mountain. Lin Qingyun was incomparably familiar with this Medicine Mountain. In the space of his consciousness, he had stayed on Medicine Mountain for more than a hundred thousand years.

Somewhat amazed, Lin Qingyun lightly touched the pattern with his finger.

Boom!

In an instant, everything in his mind shattered completely, leaving only that incomparably vast Medicine Mountain standing tall, majestic and divine.

With a trace of shock, Lin Qingyun withdrew his hand. Along with it, that Medicine Mountain also vanished.

He opened the second page. There were only a few lines of crimson words, like flames.

"Art of Fire Control. The lesser way: Control with Qi. The higher way: Control with Heart."

"Control with Qi: qi connects to heavenly fire, controlling it for use."

"Control with Heart: heart and intent communicate, acting as the heart wills, moving as the heart commands."

"Control with Qi! Control with Heart!"

Lin Qingyun murmured, his fingers lightly touching those lines of text as his eyes lowered slightly and closed.

His mind gradually settled into his Dantian.

He mobilized some Dou Qi and poured it into Chaotic Fire, but Chaotic Fire only grew a little more vigorous. After that Dou Qi was exhausted, Chaotic Fire once again fell into silence.

Lin Qingyun gradually gained some understanding. So-called Control with Qi meant using absolute strength to manipulate the flame, but this method was difficult to sustain, and it was even difficult to bring the flame's power to its maximum.

As for Control with Heart, he could not find any clue. His mind wanted to approach Chaotic Fire, but very quickly a scorching, burning sensation caused him unbearable pain. It felt as if his body were being torn apart.

This feeling was extremely painful, but his intuition told Lin Qingyun that if he wanted to gain Chaotic Fire's recognition, he had to do this.

He had to endure its burns, endure everything it had.

In his Dantian, Dou Qi surged and roared, firmly wrapping around a strand of Lin Qingyun's consciousness.

Whether it works or not, I have to try! Lin Qingyun thought to himself.

Under layer after layer of Dou Qi, that strand of consciousness charged into Chaotic Fire in an instant.

The Dou Qi was very clearly evaporating at a rapid pace. Inside Chaotic Fire, it was like a vast and boundless void, with no end, no light, and no hope.

"Looks like I'm going to fail!"

Lin Qingyun muttered to himself. He could still bear the cost of destroying a strand of consciousness, but not being able to find a way to control Chaotic Fire left him somewhat disappointed.

Very soon, Lin Qingyun's face suddenly twisted. That was the pain transmitted back as Chaotic Fire burned that strand of his consciousness, making his brows knit tightly and his teeth clench hard.

This pain did not last long, only three or four breaths. Lin Qingyun's expression relaxed for a moment, but then revealed a trace of distress.

That strand of his consciousness had been burned away.

"This... isn't right..."

Suddenly, Lin Qingyun's brows locked together. His tranquil mind seemed to see a vast white world. And in that very instant, within the vast white world, mountains rose from the ground one after another, green forests covered them, insects flew, birds and beasts roamed, and this world was filled with life.

But in the next instant, a cluster of flame burned. It seemed to represent destruction, and the entire world turned into a void.

Yet at the end of the void, a speck of light lit up. Very quickly, it covered the void, and once again it became that vast white world...

Lin Qingyun was like a spectator, watching all of this...

Lin Qingyun, immersed in it, did not notice that wisps of flame were darting across the surface of his body, burning away the clothes on him and destroying the bed beneath him.

Those wisps of flame quickly became vigorous. When they leaped about, they reached several feet high, sometimes black, sometimes utterly pure.

Inside a brightly lit little hut, a young man sat in a basin of water.

Inside the basin was a greenish liquid. The liquid carried a faint fragrance, and just smelling it seemed enough to make one feel a wave of comfort.

Xiao Yan leaned limply against the edge of the wooden basin. His rapid breathing gradually steadied, and in the end, low snores drifted faintly from his nose.

But during this period of deep sleep, it seemed he was also undergoing a quiet change.

An elderly figure drifted out from the ring on Xiao Yan's finger. He glanced at Xiao Yan, passed through the closed window, and floated up onto the roof of the little hut.

In his aged pupils, wisps of ghastly white flame danced.

"A strange flame. Life and destruction. Unheard of. You... just what kind of existence are you?"

Medicine Elder muttered to himself. His gaze pierced through everything and landed on Lin Qingyun.

When he saw that peculiar flame, he very clearly felt the exotic fire within his body tremble, transmitting an emotion of fear.

This had never happened in hundreds of years.

And that flame, filled with destruction and creation, was not on the Heavenly Flame Ranking, yet it was not inferior to any flame on the Heavenly Flame Ranking.

He had determined that Lin Qingyun was a magical beast possessing some peculiar ancient bloodline, but now he understood even less.

It was as if he had almost touched the truth, only for another layer of fog to suddenly appear before his eyes.

Shaking his head, Medicine Elder floated back into the little hut.

Lin Qingyun did not know how long he had slept. He only remembered that when he woke up, the scorching sunlight had already illuminated the room until it was extremely bright.

He lazily stretched, and the bones all over his body suddenly crackled. Raising his head, he could immediately feel an indescribable vitality and fullness throughout his entire body.

A casual swing of his fist could bring up a whistling, powerful gust of force.

He stood up and glanced at his surroundings. A pit had been left where he had been sitting. Clearly, this was Chaotic Fire's handiwork.

Fortunately, the Storage Ring on his hand was still there. He took out a set of clothes and put them on, then looked at himself in the bronze mirror placed beside the table. Lin Qingyun very clearly sensed a difference.

There was nothing much to say about the external changes, but the internal changes were astonishing.

After being tempered by Chaotic Fire, he felt as if he had endless strength, and his ability to take a beating seemed to have grown stronger as well.

Uh... take a beating?

Next, Lin Qingyun spread his palm, and a flame darted in his palm.

The black flame was filled with an incomparably tyrannical power of destruction, but in the blink of an eye, it transformed into pure clarity, carrying endless vitality.

This was Chaotic Fire. Lin Qingyun did not know how much time he had spent before he finally walked out from chaos and destruction and came into contact with Chaotic Fire's fire spirit.

Only after exhausting every method had he gained Chaotic Fire's recognition.

"However..." Very soon, Lin Qingyun revealed a bitter smile.

Chaotic Fire was the first flame born at the beginning of the universe. It sounded extremely awesome, but in reality...

This... damn thing was actually in its initial state.

In other words, ordinary fire!

If he wanted it to level up and become awesome, he had to keep searching for all kinds of Heaven and Earth Exotic Fire to feed it.

Damn... exotic fire!

Where am I supposed to find something that awesome?

With a trace of bad mood, he put away Chaotic Fire and turned to open the Taiyi Profound Pill Record.

As expected, the third page was not blank. On the contrary, there was an additional pill formula.

Whoosh!

At that moment, a transparent figure suddenly appeared in front of Lin Qingyun.

Clad in fluttering white robes, with the bearing of an immortal, he would have looked much better if those emotionless eyes of his had pupils.

Lin Qingyun was startled. After he recovered, he said, "Xuan Lao, can you not scare people like this? It's really easy to scare someone into a heart attack!"

"Ahem, I'll pay attention next time!" Xuan Lao coughed lightly.

Then he said, "Congratulations. You have reached the realm of Control with Heart. Next, you must prepare to become an alchemist."

"So-called teaching the Dao, imparting knowledge, and resolving doubts. But a true alchemist is someone who explores on their own and walks a path of alchemy that belongs to them."

"The third page records the refining method for a tier-one pill. Pills are distinguished by their color and medicinal power. Refine a perfect-grade tier-one pill, and the fourth page can be unsealed!"

After saying that, Xuan Lao vanished again with a whoosh.

...That was it?

Lin Qingyun looked at the Taiyi Profound Pill Record in his hand, somewhat speechless.

The pill was called Qi Nourishing Pill, and it had effects such as nourishing the tendons and meridians and strengthening Dou Qi.

After that were the required medicinal herbs.

Then... that was it?

Lin Qingyun was stunned. At least write down the exact temperature to control it at, right? What about the heat?

In the end, there was nothing!

"I really have to figure it out myself!" Lin Qingyun shook his head helplessly.

But very quickly, he thought of something, and his eyes filled with an indescribable drive.

He glanced at the sky outside the window. At this moment, the sun was right overhead.

He did not know roughly how long he had been cultivating, but it definitely had not been a short time.

After tidying up his clothes, Lin Qingyun opened the door and faced the sunlight. "Alchemist, here I come!"

Woohoo, the protagonist is finally about to become invincible.