A Dragon Coiled Around a Pillar, True Fire Refines the Golden Body

"How long will it burn?"

Practicing the "Entwined Dragon and Pillar True Fire Refining the Golden Body" technique is not a pleasant experience.

"Entwining the dragon around the pillar" refers to the body being wrapped around a pillar and hanging from it, thus displaying a posture of cultivation.

The Venerable One's demonic body is suitable for binding but not for long, so he chose to forge many iron chains to suspend his body for binding, thus achieving a relatively passive form of idle cultivation.

The human body is not suited to wrapping around a pillar, and one can only hold onto a pillar for a very short time.

Zhang Xuezhou clung to the Venerable One's body for half an hour, but he felt he couldn't hold on any longer.

"One-tenth has been completed, which is quite fast," His Majesty replied in a low voice.

"So, it will take another four to five hours to complete the True Fire Refining Golden Body training?" Zhang Xuezhou asked.

"Perhaps!"

His Excellency gave an uncertain reply.

If we divide cultivation into ten parts according to the mathematical definition, and each part requires half an hour of cultivation time, then Zhang Xuezhou's calculation method is accurate.

However, spiritual practice is always easier at first and more difficult later on. Less time is spent in the beginning and more time is spent in the end, making it difficult to calculate the time involved.

"I can't hold on much longer," Zhang Xuezhou complained. "Your body is too big. My legs can't hold you properly, and I can't grip your scales. Plus, the area I'm holding onto is all sticky and slippery. I really can't keep up this particular hanging position!"

"Is there really no way to continue?" His Majesty sighed.

"I really can't hold on that long!"

Since they were all in the same boat, Zhang Xuezhou was clearly not one to joke around.

Even though the Venerable One used blood to condense fire and employed every means within his power to help Zhang Xuezhou quickly master the "Entwined Dragon and Pillar True Fire Refining Golden Body" technique, things still presented difficulties.

One-tenth of the progress is indeed too little.

Even if we don't strive for perfection, this should at least be 60-70% of the standard.

The success or failure of cultivation is not a joke about whether Zhang Xuezhou Demonization, but a gamble with the Venerable One's own life.

His Majesty couldn't afford to gamble, and for the first time, he felt a mixture of anger and resentment towards Zhang Xuezhou for his lack of ambition.

"Could we speed things up a bit more?" Zhang Xuezhou asked.

"I can't add more," the Venerable said dejectedly. "I've completed the foundation of the 'Entwining Dragon and Coiling Pillar' for you, and I've also given you control over the true fire, but I can't replace your body. Your body can only withstand this much; adding more will damage it!"

"This method is too outrageous! Nobody can hold out for hours like a monkey!"

Zhang Xuezhou cried out, equally troubled.

If his limbs were not nailed to the Venerable One's body, or if holes were drilled in the Venerable One's body to hang chains, Zhang Xuezhou would find it difficult to maintain the specific posture.

The solidified wax in his hand slipped, and his body could no longer maintain its strange, entwined posture, slowly sliding off the Venerable One's massive body.

"Catching isn't the key; the key is your body's ability to withstand it," the Venerable said dejectedly. "Your body can only withstand this level of burning from my flames. Any more and your flesh will be charred and torn open, and your cultivation time will have to be prolonged!"

"You're at the True Self Realm, while I'm only at the Divine Ability Realm," Zhang Xuezhou retorted. "How could I possibly withstand your scorching flames? A second more and I'd be burned to charcoal!"

"That's just how it is," the Venerable One said helplessly. "I can only use a gentle fire to slowly refine you, keeping your body in a state of boiling, piercing pain. Going any further would be counterproductive!"

"A piercing, blood-boiling pain?"

Zhang Xuezhou discussed it with the Venerable for a while, and then Zhang Xuezhou belatedly realized what was going on.

Zhang Xuezhou was very good at taking a beating. The Venerable One was unaware of his abilities and treated him as an ordinary cultivator, so the methods used were also based on the level of an ordinary cultivator.

When the Venerable One mentioned the boiling and stinging sensation in his blood, Zhang Xuezhou truly felt nothing. Being burned by flames felt like being immersed in warm water. On the contrary, after cultivating, he only felt uncomfortable maintaining the suspended posture for a long time.

"Why don't you try enhancing the power of the True Fire?"

Zhang Xuezhou thought for a moment and then offered a suggestion.

He flicked his strong and robust demon body, and bursts of jade-colored light appeared from his body, while a fire-avoiding technique that could resist flames surged into his body's various acupoints.

"I think I'm pretty heat-resistant!"

As long as he didn't encounter the Venerable One's powerfully spewed flames, Zhang Xuezhou felt he would be fine. After all, he had previously been by Ying Fusu's side and had also experienced prolonged burning from the flames.

At this moment, he actively activated his physical body techniques and fire avoidance skills, further enhancing his body's ability to resist damage.

"Really burning?" His Majesty asked doubtfully.

"Let's give it a try. As long as it doesn't burn me to death instantly, I still have the Supreme Purity True Technique to save my life," Zhang Xuezhou nodded.

"That's true!"

His Majesty's gaze was focused.

He murmured to himself, and the candle flame burning beside Zhang Xuezhou suddenly grew stronger.

"How does it feel?" His Majesty asked in a deep voice.

The Venerable One's candle flame is not so powerful that no one can stop it, but his flame has some tricks up its sleeve. When burning, it can melt a person like a candle, and the death will be extremely gruesome.

He was momentarily worried that he might burn Zhang Xuezhou's body.

"How does it feel? It seems the same as before, right?"

Zhang Xuezhou's somewhat surprised voice came from his body; the other party seemed unaffected by his enhanced flames.

"That's impossible!"

His Excellency exclaimed in surprise, and involuntarily increased the flames even further.

"How do you feel now?" His Excellency asked.

"I don't feel anything!"

"And now?"

"It's getting a little warmer!"

What about this?

"It's getting really hot!"

"And what about this?"

"It's hot, it's hot, it's hot! Make it smaller, make it smaller!"

After several attempts, and after the Venerable One increased the amplitude several times, Zhang Xuezhou was seen jumping around like a monkey.

This made His Excellency gasp sharply.

He had previously thought that Zhang Xuezhou was unyielding in his practice of "Entwining Dragon and Circling Pillar True Fire Refining the Golden Body," and that he did not show any sign of pain or frowning when burned by flames. Little did he know that Zhang Xuezhou was not affected at all.

Seeing Zhang Xuezhou's furious reaction, his anger only intensified.

The true fire that refines the body is a flame powerful enough to melt gold and iron, and it can also cleanse the three souls and seven spirits.

The stronger the power of the flame, the stronger its cleansing ability.

The Venerable One could protect Zhang Xuezhou's three souls and seven spirits, but he couldn't replace Zhang Xuezhou's physical body. How could he have imagined that Zhang Xuezhou was so resistant to burning?

"That's right, Leizhenzi's ' Technique Within the Clouds ' doesn't shy away from danger and is also an excellent body-refining technique. It can evade heavenly lightning and fierce winds, and with this ability, it can also withstand being burned by flames!"

His Majesty belatedly realized what was happening, and the flames intensified, burning Zhang Xuezhou, who was leaping wildly within them, until his body turned slightly red before he stopped to adjust.

"Burning... burning... melting... melting... my body is melting away, I'm dying, I'm dying!"

Zhang Xuezhou's weak voice came from within the flames, and the Venerable One nodded with great satisfaction.

If I had known Zhang Xuezhou possessed such abilities earlier, I would have already refined at least most of the "Entwined Dragon and Pillar True Fire Refining the Golden Body" technique, instead of dragging it out until now.

He exhaled a burst of fire, and the Great Wilderness Creation Scripture directly stabilized Zhang Xuezhou, preventing Zhang Xuezhou from being attacked and losing Body Control due to mental instability.

In the flickering candlelight, where reality and illusion alternated, the Venerable One's gaze swept over Zhang Xuezhou, who was draped over his body. He saw that the other's eyes were faintly alternating between black and white, indicating that the progress of "Entwining Dragon and Circling Pillar True Fire Refining the Golden Body" had obviously increased significantly.

If Zhang Xuezhou's eyes were to transform into the same black and white colors as his, the opponent's ability to condense and divide Demon Power would have already reached its peak.

He focused intently on manipulating the flames, and suddenly Zhang Xuezhou, who was practicing the "Entwining Dragon and Circling Pillar True Fire Refining the Golden Body" technique, flipped his hand, revealing a round bead in his palm.

The bead opened in Zhang Xuezhou's hand like an eye, gradually restoring the normal color to Zhang Xuezhou eyes.

The Venerable One stared intently, and felt that the eye held in Zhang Xuezhou's hand seemed to be naturally suited to cultivating the "Entwined Dragon and Pillar True Fire Refining the Golden Body," and a sense of familiarity welled up in his heart.