Nirvana Heaven-Burning Instruction

A cluster of red-and-white spirit fire burned at Feng Zhuo's fingertips as he sat on the green jade meditation cushion.

Golden runes unique to the Nirvana Heaven-Burning Instruction emerged between his brows, circulating alongside another current of emerald-green Spiritual Qi within him, the two as distinct as the waters of the Jing and Wei rivers.

Had outside cultivators seen him do this, their jaws would likely have dropped.

When ordinary people cultivated a heart technique, it was like carving a single channel through their meridians: each person could cultivate only one technique.

But members of the Feng Household who awakened spirit fire could cultivate two heart techniques at once, giving them twice the reserves of spiritual power an ordinary cultivator possessed.

At that moment, the spiritual power of the two heaven-grade heart techniques each served its own purpose within Feng Zhuo's Dantian.

Emerald-green Everlasting Spring spiritual power nourished his internal organs, while crimson Nirvana Fire Qi tempered his sinews and bones.

Whenever the two currents of spiritual power met in his sea of Qi, emerald sparks burst forth.

"No wonder the Lineage has held its place as the Western Region's foremost Aristocratic Clan."

Feng Zhuo examined his meridians, which were nearly twice as wide as they had been in his previous life, and could not help marveling.

The Everlasting Spring Scripture his father had obtained in a secret realm years ago, combined with the Wood Spirit Body, could already keep spiritual power flowing without end.

Now, with the Nirvana Heaven-Burning Instruction, which operated through his Life-Bound Spirit Fire, added to the mix, his current reserves of spiritual power were already comparable to those of an ordinary Foundation Establishment Middle Stage cultivator.

Most remarkably, the two heart techniques could even complement each other.

The Everlasting Spring spiritual power grew purer after being tempered by spirit fire, while the Nirvana Fire Qi became far less violent when enveloped in wood-attribute Spiritual Qi.

Feng Zhuo had gained all these benefits from only a cursory circulation of the techniques.

Corresponding to each major cultivation realm, the Nirvana Heaven-Burning Instruction was divided into eight levels in all.

The first level was Spirit Fire Body Tempering.

Feng Zhuo sat cross-legged on the cushion and formed Law Seals with both hands.

As he circulated the technique, a crimson flame mark appeared between his brows, and his Life-Bound Spirit Fire slowly rose from his sea of consciousness.

"Go!"

The young man pointed, and the red-and-white spirit fire instantly split into countless fine threads of flame that burrowed into the meridians throughout his body.

Compared with the agony of having his body burned by Glazed Purifying Fire in his previous life, the heat spreading through his meridians now was no more than a soak in warm water.

After all, this was his Life-Bound Spirit Fire, linked to his bloodline.

His Golden Core Realm Divine Sense moved as readily as his own arm, precisely guiding every thread of flame.

Wherever the spirit fire passed, the pill toxins and impurities clinging to his meridians turned into wisps of smoke and dispersed.

The most intricate part of the first level lay in controlling the heat.

He had to ensure the spirit fire's tempering was effective without damaging the foundations of his meridians.

On the fifteenth day of cultivation, an accident suddenly occurred.

Because spiritual power had grown sluggish in one small meridian, the spirit fire burned a crack into it.

Just as Feng Zhuo prepared to stop cultivating and regulate his breathing, the emerald-green spiritual power of the Everlasting Spring Scripture suddenly surged over of its own accord.

Vibrant life force, like spring rain nourishing the world, restored the burn in the blink of an eye.

Even more pleasantly surprising, the regenerated meridian was over thirty percent tougher than before!

"So that's how it is!"

Feng Zhuo's eyes flashed.

In his previous life, while the Glazed Purifying Fire tormented him, the Everlasting Spring Scripture's self-healing property had instead prolonged his suffering.

Now, however, it had become an excellent aid to cultivation.

By burning his meridians with spirit fire and letting the Everlasting Spring spiritual power heal them, he would surely strengthen them enormously through repeated tempering!

For the next half month, green and red Spiritual Qi rose alternately from the cave abode from time to time.

Feng Zhuo deliberately controlled the spirit fire to burn specific meridians repeatedly while circulating the Everlasting Spring Scripture at full strength to repair them.

After repeating this cycle nine times nine, eighty-one times in all, the meridians throughout his body were as clear as crystal, with not a trace of impurity visible when he examined them inwardly.

"Crack-"

A fine fissure suddenly appeared in the cushion beneath him.

The instant Feng Zhuo opened his eyes, the Fire Qi around him slipped out of control and burned a deep pit into the stone wall.

The young man was delighted rather than alarmed. This was a sign that he had brought Spirit Fire Body Tempering to mastery!

Feeling the surging spiritual power coursing through him, Feng Zhuo's lips curved slightly.

His meridians were probably a good deal stronger than those of an ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivator now!

And this was only the first level of the Nirvana Heaven-Burning Instruction!

Feng Zhuo formed Hand Seals with his fingertips, and spiritual light flashed around him. The Body-Cleansing Instruction swept away the dust of his month in secluded cultivation.

As soon as he stepped out of the cave abode, three message talismans that had long been blocked by the barrier floated before him.

Ling Shuanghua's lively voice came from a talisman. "Junior Brother, there's an auction at the foot of the mountain in a month and a half. Eldest Senior Brother and Junior Brother Cang are both going. Do you want to come?"

Feng Zhuo's brows twitched.

There had indeed been an auction at this time in his previous life. Su Ruanruan's white tiger divine beast seemed to have appeared after it.

Feng Zhuo would, of course, do anything that could make trouble for her.

Eldest Senior Brother's message was brief and gentle: "Don't be too hasty in your cultivation."

And his master brought a letter from home: "Your mother wants you to come home for a visit when you have time."

He crushed the talisman to show he had received the message.

Then he took out a message talisman, channeled spiritual power into it, and told Second Senior Sister that he would go too.

He also asked where and when they would meet.

Ling Shuanghua was evidently not busy, for her reply came quickly. "Junior Brother, you came out of seclusion at just the right time!"

"When the time comes, I'll bring Eldest Senior Brother and Junior Brother Cang to find you. You just stay at your cave abode!"

Feng Zhuo held the talisman, warmth welling up in his heart.

He had spent only a little over a month with his senior brother and senior sister on Carefree Peak, yet they had given him a sense of belonging, as though he were home.

Gazing at the churning sea of clouds in the distance, Feng Zhuo's eyes grew resolute.

With such a wonderful master and fellow disciples, he would never let them follow the same disastrous path as in the storybook, where the entire peak had died tragically!

For the remaining half month, Feng Zhuo stopped deliberately cultivating and focused instead on refining pills-the Azure Wood Illusory Forest Secret Realm would soon open.

It was a secret realm that only Qi Refining cultivators could enter.

Su Ruanruan had obtained a Spirit-Cleansing Grass over ten thousand years old inside, and Feng Zhuo intended to take it from her.

Moreover, he might be able to find a Life-Bound Spirit Plant suited to his physique in the secret realm.

After all, rumors in his previous life had said the remains of a divine plant had appeared there.

Half a month later.

Ling Shuanghua did indeed bring Ye Wuhen and Cang Wuya to knock on the cave abode's barrier right on time.

Feng Zhuo flicked his fingertip, and the cave abode's barrier opened at once.

He walked out slowly, carrying more than ten green jade porcelain bottles that still held the Pill Furnace's residual warmth.

"Senior Brother, Senior Sister, sorry for the wait."

Feng Zhuo handed them the bottles one by one. "Please accept these pills as a small token from your junior brother."

Ling Shuanghua casually opened one bottle, and a rich pill fragrance immediately rushed toward her.

Her pupils contracted, and even her voice changed pitch. "S-supreme-grade Essence Condensing Pills?!"

The twelve pills inside the bottle were round and smooth as jade, each with a faint halo-the very mark of pill patterns!

Ye Wuhen's fingertips trembled slightly as he carefully took out a second-tier Marrow-Cleansing Pill.

The pill gave a faint throb in his hand, as though it possessed a spirit, and nine cloud patterns were clearly visible on its surface.

"Nine revolutions at pill formation, rosy light shining through the cauldron"-that was a flawless pill!

"Junior Brother..."

Even the usually taciturn Cang Wuya could not help speaking up. "Did you... refine all these over the past half month?"

Feng Zhuo's lips curved slightly, and a rare hint of pride flashed in his eyes. "If my spiritual power weren't limited, I could even refine third-tier pills!"

Feng Zhuo had often refined supreme-grade pills in his previous life. Now that he had awakened his Life-Bound Spirit Fire in this life, there was no reason for his skill to regress.

Had anyone else said those words, it would surely have been arrogance.

But this little mountain of supreme-grade pills before them was the best proof!

Even the Foundation Establishment Realm Alchemists of Pill Peak who considered themselves geniuses would have to burn incense in thanks to the heavens if they managed to refine a high-grade pill, let alone produce this abundance of supreme-grade pills!

Ling Shuanghua suddenly swept the porcelain bottles into her arms, her eyes frighteningly bright. "Junior Brother! I'm counting on you for all my pills from now on!"

She turned and shouted to Ye Wuhen, "Eldest Senior Brother! Quick, bring out all the spirit medicines we've saved up!"

Feng Zhuo agreed with a smile.

It was only because the gaps between pill grades were not so great at the early stages that Feng Zhuo could still refine pills above his level.

Later on, refining third-tier pills at the Foundation Establishment Realm and fourth-tier pills at the Golden Core Realm would be no small challenge even for Feng Zhuo.

But Feng Zhuo believed he could do it!