Night without Borders

Chapter 157: Refining True Skills with Worldly Fire

Lu Zizai, who was wearing coarse linen clothes, asked back, "What's the point of clinging to the appearance of identity?"

The bamboo forest was lush and green, and the fire springs were bright, illuminating his handsome face, making it seem to glow and look outstanding.

His face was calm, and he said, "I am now Lu Zizai, a newcomer to the Six Imperials. I am eighteen years old and ready to run away at any time."

Qin Ming's suspicion of him did not diminish, and he felt a little wary, but since he said so himself, it would not be advisable to delve into it further.

"Then how should I address you, Senior Brother Lu?"

The young man in hemp clothes said himself that he would not be obsessed with appearances, so Qin Ming naturally had to let go as well. Therefore, he cautiously...tested the issue.

"Okay, this is a good name." Lu Zizai nodded and smiled.

Qin Ming immediately realized that the young man in hemp clothes didn't like being called old, and that calling him that was exactly what he wanted.

"Brother, how did you practice the Three Imperial Powers? I feel like no one can stop me in my freshman stage." Qin Ming asked humbly.

Lu Zizai shook his head and said, "You can't say that. The Jade Purity Book and Tathagata Dharma are not inferior to the Six Imperial Heart Sutra, and there is also the missing Heaven-Severing Strategy."

Then he asked in return: "How do you think my first three imperial guards evolved?" This was clearly a test.

After Qin Ming pondered, he said: "The yin and yang energies can transform the heaven and earth. A wisp of purple air comes from the outside world and has the potential to generate all things."

Lu Zizai said: "There are some tips, but you don't have to stick to the methods of the predecessors. What you said sounds like the way of a lost Taoist school."

From beginning to end, Qin Ming's eyes were eager, which meant that he wanted to learn the law from him.

Lu Zizai said: "There were some problems with the path I took before. Now I have nothing to teach you. I am re-examining and reviewing the past. Alas, true gold is not afraid of fire, and true skills should be the same."

"Senior Brother Lu has a far-sighted vision, and I am far inferior to him."

Lu Zizai shook his head and said, "Are you and I blowing each other off?"

"I want to learn real kung fu!" Qin Ming said without any hesitation.

Lu Zizai said with a serious expression, "I am just like you, we are just on the road, still refining the real gold. I will try to forget all the things in the past, and want to learn again from the beginning."

Qin Ming was stunned. He felt that he was not being perfunctory. If he really did that, he would be asking too much of himself. He actually wanted to throw away all his past achievements?
"Isn't the Six Imperial Path powerful enough?" he couldn't help but ask.

Lu Zizai sighed, "It depends on who you are competing with. In the freshman stage, you and I are both very strong. But when you have endured the years and reached the peak and the most glorious moment, you find that you can only compete with others, and cannot look down on the heroes of the world. At that time, you will feel it and ask yourself, is this path right? Is it strong? Is it a real skill that can stand the test of the 'world fire'?"

Qin Ming now felt a sense of resonance because he had also had similar experiences.

On weekdays, he strictly demands of himself, practices hard to improve his strength, and imagines his opponents to be in the strongest state, because he is targeting the esoteric sects and the outside world.

He asked, "Brother Lu, are you comparing it with other paths?"

Lu Zizai nodded, his face serious, and said: "Yes, if you have talent, you should go far. In the later stage, you will find out how difficult this road is."

Then he asked, "Is the Six Imperial Patriarch strong?"

Qin Ming immediately said: "Naturally extremely powerful."

Lu Zizai said in a calm voice, "You know, even if he was as strong as the founder, there were people who tried to make him a strongman in the past."

"What?!" Qin Ming was stunned.

Although we know that in the end the Six Imperial Patriarchs successfully blocked it and did not become a strongman for others, it is enough to illustrate the severity of the situation in the past.

Lu Zizai said: "Don't be complacent. We are naturally looking at the opponents on other roads. There are indeed many of them. It can even be said that there are too many of them."

Qin Ming nodded. He naturally listened to these words. He had thought about them before.

Lu Zizai said: "You and I have such a natural talent, so we have to take a few more steps forward and work hard to open up new paths. Otherwise, without the protection of the ancestors, the final outcome will not be very good. Even a strong ancestor like Shao Zu will have to become a strongman."

"Is the gap so big?" Qin Ming frowned.

"There are mainly two aspects of the problem. One is time. We need to endure it. It takes years of accumulation and baptism before we can slowly rise. We are still working on it. The second is the most cutting-edge field. We are moving too slowly and have already seen the end. Other roads are still being explored and are far from the end."

Lu Zizai looked free and easy, with an extraordinary temperament, but he was full of worries about this road. The farther he looked, the more boundless pressure he felt.

"Is there really going to be any problem with the Six Imperial Patriarch?" Qin Ming asked.

"Don't worry, he survived again, but people will eventually grow old and die. What will happen in the next life?" Lu Zi sighed.

Qin Ming was stunned. This amount of information was a bit too much!

"Brother Lu, do you really have nothing to teach me?" He really wanted to make progress. With the arrival of a great era, all roads were expanding forward. Naturally, he hoped to become stronger and rush forward quickly.

"How many extraordinary skills and methods have you practiced?" Lu Zizai asked.

Qin Ming thought about it and told the truth.

"Hiss, what is this combination? Why does it seem so familiar? Is this another method that will drive yourself to death?" Lu Zizai looked solemn.

Then he asked, "Did you try to put these together yourself?"

"Yes!" Qin Ming nodded.

"You are just relying on your natural talents to force yourself to take it!" Lu Zizai said.

"Is there a problem?" Qin Ming was a little uneasy. He did not regard the man in front of him as a real teenager, but as an extraordinary "famous teacher".

"In history, there have been two or three similar approaches, but they all died out in the end," Lu Zizai said.

Qin Ming was unsure. Why did he feel like he was talking about the Dharma written in a silk book?
“Is there a solution?” he asked.

"Either you endure till the end, wait until the dawn, and emerge as a butterfly. Or you respond in advance, keep honing yourself, and eliminate the dross while retaining the essence." Lu Zizai said.

Qin Ming thought that his Tianguang Jin had been changing qualitatively, and there was nothing abnormal. "When I was sorting out the road ahead, I felt that there was also a problem with the Liuyu Heart Sutra, which blocked the road ahead and made it difficult to expand into the most cutting-edge new areas. I have now figured out a method, which I call 'World Fire', which can refine the true skills with fire and see whether the Jin method I practiced is compatible with myself."

According to Lu Zizai, everyone has a different physique, and naturally faces different problems. If you notice that the exercises you are practicing are slightly incompatible with yourself, you should not continue, otherwise the problem will continue to magnify in the future.

Moreover, he admitted that it was extremely difficult to comprehend thoroughly the true art of refining fire in the world. He had not yet fully understood it, so Qin Ming probably could not learn it.

"This is what I prepared for the fresh blood of Liuyu in the future. I have figured it out myself, but if I want to teach others, the path is not mature yet."

Qin Ming was greatly encouraged and said, "Brother Lu, please teach me the true method. I should be able to learn it!"

Lu Zizai said: "I see that your Sky Light Power seems to have come all the way here, which means that your physical endowment is indeed ridiculously strong, but your comprehension needs to be tested, otherwise I am afraid that I will harm you. If you practice incorrectly, you will become mentally disordered."

Qin Ming, however, was full of confidence. Having met a master, he did not want to miss the "World Fire".

Lu Zizai shook his head and said, "It's hard to say. There's an old guy who is so strong that he can move mountains. His hands can even hold up the sky. He relies on his extraordinary physical endowment to develop brute force and force his way out. But his comprehension is really not that good."

Qin Ming suspected that he was talking about the ancestor of the Qingtian lineage.

According to legend, when the ancestor was practicing the "Destiny Changing Sutra", he was very down-to-earth, cursing and almost tearing up the book.

"You come here to practice the Heluo Sutra, right? That's a good chance to test your comprehension." Lu Zizai said with a smile.

The boy was eighteen years old, and his whole body was flowing with natural and fresh energy. Under Qin Ming's astonished gaze, the silver-white color at the roots of Lu Zizai's hair completely disappeared.

"Well, after a brief exchange with you, I have gained some insights myself. The new field has been completed." Lu Zizai's life energy seemed to have become even stronger.

……

In the Shishan area, not only Zhou Shize and Zhou Tao were standing in the distance, but many other elders who had received the news also came and were guarding silently.

There are no young disciples in this area anymore; they have all been sent away.

Then, a hunchbacked old man appeared. He was skinny, had few hairs on his head, and his teeth were almost completely lost.

A group of elders immediately stepped forward to pay their respects.

He was the eldest disciple of the young master, skinny and too old. He looked at the group of elders and said, "Everyone, get up."

"Inside..." Someone opened his mouth to say something.

“Don’t worry about it, just pretend you didn’t see anything. Don’t have any thoughts, just let nature take its course.” Shao Zu’s eldest disciple said solemnly.

"I have always been quick at comprehending scriptures!" Qin Ming was very confident in himself.

Lu Zizai said: "At the beginning, I also studied the "Heluo Jing". It seemed that it took me five or six days to fully master it and practice the Heluo Jin."

"So fast?" Qin Ming exclaimed.

"Well, my comprehension is stronger than my physical constitution." Lu Zizai nodded, with the vigor and vitality of a young man.

Qin Ming said: "Then I will try to see how long it will take me to fully master the skill and develop the Heluo Jin!"

Lu Zizai nodded and said, "Well, in terms of comprehension, as long as you are a little closer to me, you will be able to comprehend this not-so-mature worldly fire thoroughly."

Inside the stone mountain, in a quiet room carved out, there are springs gushing out and streams running through the cave. In the lower space, there is an underground lake.

This kind of environment is prepared for practicing the Heluo Jing.

On the stone table, there was a book that smelled of ink, obviously a manuscript.

Both the original and the earlier manuscripts have been annotated by predecessors, who have written down many insights.

The elders of Liuyu sent out extraordinary achievements and also wanted to test the four extraordinary people to see their comprehension, so naturally they would not send them the secret book with annotations.

Qin Ming sat on a stone chair, flipping through the Heluo Sutra page by page. After a short while, he would stand up and perform magic beside the spring, raising layers of mist.

He secretly sighed, this is indeed a top-notch skill with endless uses.

If this is performed near a river or sea, its power will increase dramatically!
Moreover, as he comprehended, his entire temperament changed, becoming gentle and full of vitality, and his entire body was submerged in water mist.

"It's worthy of being called a miraculous scripture!" Qin Ming exclaimed.

If this technique is performed during a rainstorm, all the raindrops between heaven and earth can be transformed into weapons.

Besides, who has no water in the body?

Qin Ming studied seriously and practiced continuously, gaining a lot. Finally, on the fourth day, he mastered the art and mastered the Heluo Jin.

As he cast the spell, endless water mist surged and expanded outside the quiet room, merging with the night fog. His spiritual thoughts seemed to spread into the distance as well.

Qin Ming felt a little tired, so he leaned down on the stone table and took a short nap, but in a state of half-sleep and half-wakefulness, the mist was still spreading outward.

Faintly, he heard some sounds and saw blurry scenes.

In the distance, a young man, who was a little blurry and probably less than 30 years old, was speaking: "Zizai, why don't you leave?"

This person is extraordinary, as if he is controlling the six qi and traveling in the void.

Behind him was a thick and boundless black fog. In the fog, there was a huge figure standing tall. The figure looked similar to him, stained with blood, giving people an endless sense of oppression.

"It's almost time, let's go now, there is still a worldly relationship that has not yet been completed." Lu Zizai's figure appeared, a young boy of eighteen, with extraordinary charm and immortal aura in his glance.

Behind him was also thick night fog, and there was also a huge figure, but it was shorter than the giant opposite. Its aura was terrifying, and it was shining with golden light.

"What's going on?" Qin Ming felt his mind and consciousness trembling in a state of half-sleep and half-wakefulness.

(End of this chapter)