I forge immortality with spiritual treasures.

Chapter 89 Refining True Fire
As Yun Youfeng spoke, he began reciting the "Ice Purification Mantra" word by word.

Ying Chan listened attentively. This incantation was over a thousand words long, and it was also very difficult and hard to pronounce.

Fortunately, he was exceptionally intelligent. He memorized it after only hearing it once. He had also accumulated a deep understanding from reading Taoist scriptures and texts. So, after going through it a few more times in his mind, he understood it very smoothly and clearly.

Yun Youfeng said that the "Bingqing Mantra" was mysterious and extraordinary, and that was indeed true.

After Ying Chan had sorted out the mantra and recited it silently in his mind, he vaguely sensed some of its profound mystery.

"Junior brother, did you understand?"

At this moment, Yun Youfeng said, "If you don't understand, you can go back to Cangming Cave Heaven to find the original text and take a look."

Ying Chan nodded and said, "I understand. Thank you, Senior Brother Xie Yun, for passing on the Dharma."

"Oh?"

Yun Youfeng was somewhat surprised, but he simply smiled and said, "It's good that you understand. Remember, when reciting this mantra, you must clear your mind and forget worldly concerns, visualize purity and spirituality, and cleanse your body and spirit..."

"It's alright if we don't succeed this time; we just need to study it more thoroughly when we get back."

As Ying Chan listened and carefully memorized the words, just as he was about to thank Yun Youfeng again, he suddenly heard a bell tolling, its melodious sound coming from above.

"Boom-"

Yun Youfeng perked up: "It's noon!"

Upon hearing this, Ying Chan looked up and indeed saw the sun traversing the sky, perfectly aligned with the bronze round gate. The dazzling sunlight passed through the gate, converging into a single beam that fell directly upon this place.

"This is the 'Yangguan Road'..."

As soon as Ying Chanzheng had this thought, Yun Youfeng couldn't wait any longer and shouted, "Junior Brother Ying, I'm going first."

Having said that, he soared into the sky.

Ying Chanxu watched as he rushed into the blinding light, and his momentum did not diminish. In a short while, he had disappeared fifty or sixty feet away, which made him feel somewhat excited.

It seems that with the wind blowing through the clouds, it might actually be possible to get through the 'Yangguan Road'?

Ying Chan wished him well from the bottom of his heart, but noon was so short that he had no time to look at it any longer. He quickly took off and flew upwards along with the sunlight.

This ray of light was indeed no ordinary sunlight.

When Ying Chan first entered, he only felt warm and comfortable, but after flying up no more than ten feet, the warmth turned into a scorching heat.

After another ten zhang, the scorching heat had seeped into his lungs and heart. After another ten zhang, Ying Chan felt a restless and agitated feeling arise spontaneously in his heart.

Ying Chan mobilized his magical power to try to remove the heat from his body and isolate the external fire, while subduing the floating fire and maintaining a clear mind.

These measures proved effective.

Ying Chan immediately felt much more relaxed, and in a short while, he flew upwards for another twenty or thirty feet.

At this moment, he had already traveled nearly halfway to the bronze round gate.

But upon reaching this point, Ying Chan felt the heat again, and with each step he took, the heat intensified.

When he flew over sixty feet, he suddenly had a feeling.

He felt the heat inside and outside his body merge into one, as if clusters of flames were gathering and rolling along his meridians.

Apart from the fact that the mind should remain clear, in an instant, the body, skin, and even bone marrow felt burned.

He immediately realized that Yun Youfeng's words about the danger of being burned alive were indeed true.

Although Ying Chan had previously trusted Yun Youfeng's words, this was undoubtedly completely different from his personal experience.

"Is this the end?" Ying Chan was very clear-headed and knew that with his cultivation level, this might be his limit.

But before giving up, he wanted to try again the "Ice Purification Spell" that Yun Youfeng had taught him.

"Though everything changes, one remains steadfast, with a tranquil mind and calm spirit. One forgets oneself and guards the One, achieving complete stillness of the six senses..."

Ying Chan silently recited the mantra in his heart, and followed Yun Youfeng's guidance to visualize the purification of the body and spirit, which proved to be remarkably effective!

As the Ice Cleansing Mantra was activated, the heat and fire inside and outside his body not only immediately subsided, but Ying Chan even felt a sense of coolness.

And this is definitely not an illusion.

As Yun Youfeng also said, this "Yangguan Road" cannot be crossed simply by having a strong will.

Therefore, Ying Chan paid close attention to this and determined that the mystery of the "Bingqing Mantra" was not just about calming the mind and dispelling evil, but about truly resisting the invasion of fire energy.

"Such a spell would probably be very useful in battles against fire-based cultivators, wouldn't it?"

This thought should have been fleeting, but he didn't dwell on it any longer and instead roused himself to ascend upwards.

Protected by the Ice Cleansing Curse, he flew a great distance in one breath, and was now only about ten feet away from the bronze gate.

This distance is so great that even if Ying Chan had already cultivated the Profound Light, he could easily cross it, even if he were still in the Qi Refining stage.

For a moment, he couldn't help but have the idea.

Is it possible to force our way through?

In the blink of an eye, with his cultivation level, he could traverse that distance in the blink of an eye...

However, the moment the thought arose, a burst of bright flame suddenly erupted from Ying Chan's body.

As he advanced, the protection of the Ice Cleansing Spell didn't even have time to weaken before it was breached in an instant!

As the searing pain swept through his body, he realized that this final distance was actually much farther than the previous eighty or ninety zhang.

Taking advantage of the fact that the true fire had just been ignited, Ying Chan immediately tried to extricate himself from the 'Yangguan Path' and regulate his breathing.

But at that very moment, Ying Chan suddenly had a thought: "Can I really cross the Yangguan Pass by relying on the Ice Purification Mantra?"

While the Ice Purification Mantra is indeed profound, the final test of the Yangguan Road is several times, or even ten times, more intense. The Ice Purification Mantra's role in this test will certainly be very limited.

Perhaps when Ying Chan Xuan Guang achieves minor or even major mastery, he will still be able to pass through this Yangguan Road, but by then, he may no longer need the "Bingqing Mantra".

"Perhaps the test of this Yangguan Path is only about cultivation level?"

"That's not true at all. If it were only about cultivation level, Chiming Mountain University could have directly put it to the test. If it were only about cultivation level, Yun Youfeng wouldn't have bothered to study the Ice Cleansing Mantra."

In that instant, countless thoughts flashed through Ying Chan's mind, but finally settled on Yun Youfeng's words:

"Junior brother, you should know that cultivating superior Taoist arts is not just difficult... I suppose the Yangguan Path is the way to achieve this."

"Yes."

Ying Chan murmured, "This Yangguan Pass tests whether one is qualified to cultivate the 'Crimson Bright Taiyao Innate Divine Light'."

"Only those who can withstand the true fire of the Yangguan Path can begin cultivating the 'Crimson Bright Taiyao Innate Divine Light'..."

"What if I could refine this true fire?"

Time seemed to freeze in the sliver of midday sunlight.

Flames had already ignited on Ying Chan's body, but he did not withdraw. Instead, he took a deep breath and suddenly activated the technique of the fiery wind, moving all the fire energy inside and outside his body to his heart chamber, separating yin and yang, and began to refine it...

(End of this chapter)