Chapter 232: The Correct Approach to the Fire Forging Technique and the Burning Technique!
Five days had passed in the blink of an eye. Within the Cyan-Xuan Cauldron, surrounded by cold white flames, a wine-red crystal flew out! At that moment, a powerful burst of energy leaked from the cauldron, and a red light shot straight up into the sky, piercing through the mountain peak that had already been riddled with holes from the Green Lotus Earth Heart Flame. A red light flickered in the sky outside!
"The energy control is still off. Otherwise, this red light shouldn't have appeared. Last time, we almost got discovered by the Ancient River group." Jiang Lin looked up at the red light that vanished in the sky, feeling a bit helpless. The light was a fluctuation in energy, released uncontrollably under the terrifying pressure inside the Cyan-Xuan Cauldron when it was opened, forming this strange phenomenon.
Thanks to Yao Chen's help with recharging, and because this was Jiang Lin's third crystal core, practice had made perfect. What was originally a week-long process was shortened to five days, which was a good thing.
Jiang Lin waved his hand slightly, and the wine-red crystal core floating above the cauldron was drawn into his hand. He carefully used his spiritual perception to examine it and then spoke to Xiao Yan, who had arrived after hearing the noise. "I'll conduct an experiment first, and I'll give it to you later."
Xiao Yan's eyes gleamed with excitement as he looked at the fire-element crystal core in Jiang Lin's hand, quickly nodding, "Lin Ge, go ahead! Your experiment is more important!"
Xiao Yan was well aware of the terrifying effects of the special refining crystal core in Jiang Lin's hands! It was like the second Dantian for a Dou Master! It even received Yao Chen's direct praise. If he had a Fifth-Grade Fire Element Crystal Core, with the energy of the core fully charged, Xiao Yan would enjoy a two-fold cultivation speed until reaching the Dou Huang stage! He could even extract energy from the core when needed, boosting his Dou Qi reserves to the terrifying levels of a Dou Wang!
Thus, Xiao Yan never felt he was losing out, and most of the time, he felt like he was taking advantage of Jiang Lin.
"Mm, don't worry. I'm just testing the effect. I want to solve some of my own doubts." Jiang Lin gave Xiao Yan a slight nod as he sat cross-legged on the ground in the steaming cave. Under the gaze of Xiao Yan and Yao Chen, he directly swallowed the freshly refined fire-element crystal core. Then, the Fire Forging Technique began to operate, and dazzling four-colored flames started to rise from Jiang Lin's body. The brilliant and otherworldly clothes of light automatically formed around him.
Jiang Lin chose to use the fire-element crystal core to cultivate the Fire Forging Technique, just to test if his internal fire gold Dou Qi could be considered a kind of virtual "crystal core."
"Teacher, is Lin Ge testing if the fire-element crystal core works for him?" Xiao Yan's body emitted a faint cyan glow, blocking all the high heat generated by Jiang Lin's cultivation. He sat in the cave, watching in awe as Jiang Lin absorbed the four-colored Dou Qi energy from the surrounding world.
Yao Chen observed Jiang Lin, who was in a meditative state, for a while before nodding. "The crystal core should be effective for him. When I first saw him cultivating the Fire Forging Technique, he could only absorb about one-eighth of the Dou Qi. Now, with the support of the fire, water, and wood-type crystal cores, the absorption ratio has reached... one-half."
With the four-tier Fire Forging Technique and three crystal cores, the Dou Qi cultivation efficiency is 2 to the power of (4-3), which equals one-half. In other words, with the support of the three crystal cores, Jiang Lin's cultivation of the Fire Forging Technique now has the same efficiency as when he was at the Dou Qi stage, with the body and the Dantian each accounting for half.
Of course, this calculation is rather generalized. The one-half efficiency refers to the normal cultivation efficiency of Jiang Lin. The added cultivation efficiency from the other crystal cores has mostly enhanced his physique. In short, as long as Jiang Lin continues cultivating the Fire Forging Technique, his physical realm will always surpass his Dou Qi realm. The crystal cores will strengthen the breadth of Jiang Lin's physique realm, making it possible for his Dou Qi realm to catch up.
"So... this is the correct way to cultivate the Fire Forging Technique?" Xiao Yan was slightly startled, but he was sincerely happy that Jiang Lin had found the correct way to cultivate the Fire Forging Technique. Now that he had also entered the Burning Technique, once the Burning Technique leveled up, it would reach the quality of a Profound Class skill, and Xiao Yan's future achievements would be limitless. He was genuinely happy for Jiang Lin, who had now found his own cultivation path.
"Mm, I suppose so. I haven't really studied the Fire Forging Technique's cultivation process, but in the general sense, the 'traditional cultivation method' should be the dual cultivation method, or even having many powerful seniors guiding the juniors. However, this method has many drawbacks and could prevent the cultivators from becoming independent from the support of their elders." Yao Chen's eyes flickered as he looked at Jiang Lin, and some thoughts about certain rumors regarding the Spirit Tribe began to form in his mind.
It was like a weapon—if seven or eight people were needed to activate it, what would happen if an accident occurred and those seven or eight couldn't come? Could that weapon still activate on its own?
So, the rumor about the Spirit Tribe's Holy Son being 'refined to death' should be understood from another perspective—perhaps, in a certain sense, the person died, but the weapon remained.
"Still, it's good. Now, Jiang Lin already has the potential to chase the footsteps of top-tier experts."
"Perhaps one day, his appearance will shock the entire Eight Families of Central Continent? After all, this is a being... a humanoid weapon that can walk on its own!" Yao Chen thought in his heart, feeling quite complex. His luck seemed to have turned around, encountering all sorts of genius types.
"The Fire Forging Technique might be different from all the cultivation methods in the world. The weapon body leads, and the Dou Qi follows. Do you know what this means?"
Xiao Yan, who had been observing Jiang Lin in his cultivation state, curiously asked, "What does it mean?"
"It means..." Yao Chen shook his head and smiled slightly. "It means that Jiang Lin won't encounter any bottlenecks in his Dou Qi cultivation!"
Xiao Yan was taken aback for a moment, then nodded with surprise. "It makes sense. Once the body realm is reached, the Dou Qi will naturally experience a qualitative change as it accumulates. So for Lin Ge, the Dou Qi realm really doesn't apply."
Other people struggle to break through and try to force their way into a higher realm. But Jiang Lin was different. His body, which was capable of withstanding harm, allowed him to enter the space first, pushing the door wide open for his Dou Qi to follow easily.
As Jiang Lin continued to cultivate, Xiao Yan and Yao Chen engaged in idle chatter, and after a while, Jiang Lin slowly opened his red-gold eyes, a gleam of joy flashing in them.
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