Fairyland Sunshine

Chapter 139: The Caveman

Xu Heng's body turned into a line of flames, and in a moment it ascended into the dark clouds, and then suddenly dispersed. From afar, one could see a cluster of flames changing, turning into fire clouds, and into waves of flames, sometimes rising and falling, sometimes surging, sometimes merging into a torrent, and sometimes splitting into thousands of strands...

It has been more than ten years since Xu Heng started practicing fire escape. He has gained a lot of insights into the realm of fire transformation, but he has not been able to do it due to the limitation of his magic power.

Now that his evil spirit has been fully condensed, his magic power and cultivation have undergone earth-shaking changes, and he has finally succeeded in displaying it.

Xu Heng felt delighted, and was even not much worse than Ning Sha Youcheng.

Not only did his flying speed increase significantly after he turned into fire, and he now truly possessed some of the speed of flying like clouds and lightning, but his transformation into fire also gave him a new understanding of fire magic.

Flame is not a substance. It is unrestrained, invisible, formless, and unpredictable. Xu Heng is not unable to understand the meaning of this, but this is not the same concept as transforming oneself into flame to experience the changes in nature.

Xu Heng felt that he had gained a lot, and it was a time when his cultivation was making great progress. If he went into seclusion to sort things out, his attainments in fire magic would surely make tremendous progress.

Perhaps within three to five months, I would be able to improve all my magical skills, and it would be possible to master several advanced magic skills that I have been comprehending for a long time.

No wonder there has always been a saying in the cultivation world that the art of escape is not just a technique of flying. The truly profound art of escape is a Taoist book that contains countless wisdoms. It is also an indispensable "method" for practitioners who want to climb the great road.

Many Taoist books say that practitioners have many tribulations. Xu Heng has gained a lot of experience in practicing Taoism so far, and the ultimate goal of the art of escape is to avoid tribulations.

Xu Heng focused his mind, and the flames immediately gathered together, re-condensing into his figure. Except for his hair being loose and his long hair falling on his shoulders, his clothes were the same as before.

With his attainments, he is still unable to turn external objects into flames, but the Hesu robe he is wearing has the ability to ward off fire, and all restrictions have been refined. As long as he has a thought, he can move accordingly. When he turns himself into fire, he can wrap it in it, which will not lead to the embarrassing situation of burning external objects on his body.

Xu Heng did not rush to restore his bun, but plucked a strand of hair with two fingers and twisted it gently. The hair immediately turned into a strand of fire from root to end, burning endlessly.

Unfortunately, as soon as he loosened his hand, the streak of fire only floated four or five feet into the air before turning into star-like flames and dissipating in the mist.

Xu Heng shook his head. The fire escape technique passed down by Master Qiao was divided into four levels, each more mysterious than the last. Only after he had cultivated to the level of Fire Transformation could his fire escape technique be considered to have entered the second level, but it was still a long way from the third level.

According to his understanding, if one cultivates to the third level, one should be able to split into thousands and exist forever in the world, and even be able to perform fire escape to jump back and forth.

Xu Heng felt that this could be considered as touching upon the concept of "avoiding disaster". For example, if he could cultivate to the third level, he could leave the flames transformed from his hair in the cave in Tianchi Mountain, or other secret safe places. When encountering danger, he could directly use fire escape to escape.

But unfortunately, Xu Heng still finds it difficult to understand how this can be done.

For example, if one wants to keep the separated flames in the world forever, the consumption of mana for turning the fire into fire is huge. Even if Xu Heng has now achieved great success in condensing the evil spirit, he cannot actually do it freely. How powerful mana does he need to keep it forever?
For example, how did one perform the Fire Escape and jump between the different flames? Did he do it by traveling through the void? Or did he travel directly through the mysterious connection in the dark?

How can I sense the flames that have been separated? Is it possible to do this only when one has reached the state of spiritual transformation?

Xu Heng still had many doubts about the third level of Fire Escape, and was even more confused about the fourth level. Xu Heng even suspected that Master Qiao might not have cultivated Fire Escape to the fourth level.

Of course, Xu Heng is not in a hurry to do these things yet. He has not yet fully digested the various wonderful things after the great success of Condensing Sha.

Xu Heng put away his Fire Escape and pondered for a moment, then flicked his sleeves and floated back to the top of the mountain. He sat cross-legged and tried to practice the Nine Fires Burning the Sky Great Forbidden Technique.

After a while, he retracted his spell, a slight smile appeared on his face, and he thought to himself: "As expected, although this method is complicated, I have not been able to practice it for a long time because of the limitation of my magic power. Now that I have achieved the great success of the magic condensation, there is no longer any limit."

The Nine Fires Burning Heaven Forbidden Technique has a special feature. Its internal cultivation does not distinguish between realms, but only distinguishes by the "runes" cultivated. Cultivating nine runes is equivalent to advancing to a higher realm, and can also be regarded as adding a layer of "forbidden technique". With each additional layer of forbidden technique, the Nine Fires Burning Heaven Forbidden Technique will be more powerful. Of course, it will become more and more difficult as time goes by, and it may take a lot of hard work to cultivate a rune.

But at the beginning, as long as you pass the hurdle, getting started is still very quick.

In this short period of time, Xu Heng had already mastered the Nine Fires Burning Sky Great Forbidden Technique, which was considered an additional skill, so he put it aside for the time being.

It's not that he was unwilling to make a concerted effort, but when he was practicing, he had already felt that someone was coming straight towards this place without any intention of concealing it.

Xu Heng stood up on the top of the mountain and saw a gust of cold wind rushing towards him. A magic flame rose in his pupils. He looked through the mist and his eyes narrowed involuntarily.

In the gloomy wind, a dozen paper figures were seen carrying a carriage on their shoulders, and a Taoist priest with a golden sword was sitting on the carriage.

The Taoist wore a tall purple-gold crown and a dark Taoist robe. He looked like a young man with snow-white skin and feminine features. One hand supported his chin, and the corners of his lips seemed to be slightly raised, but he gave others a cold feeling.

This man's appearance was very unfamiliar to Xu Heng, but how familiar was this scene?
"Master Yin Zi?" Xu Heng couldn't help but laugh.

Before condensing the evil spirit, he laid many talismans in the passage of the evil spirit point, so that he would not be completely unaware of someone breaking into the evil spirit point.

It was just that Xu Heng had just completed the great condensation of the evil spirit at that time, and for some reason he formed some kind of resonance with the Xuanming Yin Evil, and within a short period of time his cultivation level actually improved a lot, so he did not distract himself to deal with it.

Xu Heng was still a little confused. Where did this stranger from the Nine Netherworld come from? Why did he come here? And why did he seem to have ill intentions towards him?
The reason why he stayed here for a while was probably because he wanted to sort out what he had found and then check the body to see if there were any clues left behind.

But now it seems that there is no need to do this.

The other party's origins are already clear.

"The Huyou Cave?" Xu Heng remembered what Master Qiao once said, Hu means possession and You means underworld. This evil sect occupies a cave near Jiuyou, which is why it is so powerful.

Now that he is in the Nine Netherworlds, it is reasonable for him to meet disciples from Huyou Cave.

On the Sun's Day, even the Nine Netherworld fog cannot cover the eyes of the dharma!
When Xu Heng's gaze fell on Master Yin Zi, he seemed to be aware of something. His narrow eyes with upturned corners pierced through the mist with a cold electric glow.

The two people's invisible gazes seemed to meet for a moment.

Xu Heng stood on the top of the mountain with his sleeves behind his back, facing the wind, with a half-smile on his face.

Master Yin Zi was slightly startled and couldn't help but put down the hand that was supporting his chin.

Xu Heng... ?
This is truly a character from distant memory—a person as small as an ant, yet he escaped from one's hands.

"Tuk, duh."

Master Yin Zi tapped the armrest a few times with his fingertips and couldn't help but reveal a cold smile.

(End of this chapter)