Dao Qi Wu Zang Guan Guan: I became a Daoist Master in the 1990s

Chapter 21 The Five Elements Out of Control, the Spleen Aperture Opens!

The orange-red flames instantly collided with the ghost infant's resentful black body!

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Like a scorching hot iron pressed onto snow! The ear-piercing burning sound erupted simultaneously with the ghost infant's shrill, distorted screams!

That seemingly surging black energy was utterly fragile and vulnerable in the face of the immortal fire!
A bizarre scene unfolded! Under the glow of the orange-red flames, the ghost infant's translucent, bluish-black body instantly became "transparent"!
Within its body, countless purplish-black meridians, condensed from resentment and twisted like a spider web, were clearly visible!

At this moment, these meridians are being ignited by the raging Crimson Hunting Fire!
The orange-red flames, like venomous snakes with life, spread and expanded rapidly along the meridians of resentment!

Wherever it passed, the dark blue ghost's body quickly cracked, curled, and turned to ashes like charred paper!
The ghost baby's body convulsed and deformed violently in the flames, and the two bleeding black holes were filled with extreme pain and unbelievable fear!
"Agh—!!!" The final scream came to an abrupt end.

The entire ghost infant phantom, like a wax figure thrown into a furnace, collapsed inward less than three feet in front of Qi Yun's palm, and then silently and completely annihilated in the brilliant orange-red flames!
The room returned to darkness, leaving only Qi Yun's heavy breathing and the warm, flickering orange flame in his palm slowly receding.

"Hmph!" Qi Yun sat up, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and watched the flame disappear into his palm. A cold smile appeared on his lips. "Did you think I was a pushover and came here seeking revenge?"
"Didn't expect that, did you? I'm not as slow as my master. I'll send you straight to your doom, reduced to ashes!"

The lingering fear of surviving the ordeal was quickly replaced by the powerful and convenient satisfaction brought by the Crimson Hunt Fire.

This celestial fire is far more powerful and convenient than any talisman!
However, the joy lasted only a moment.

Just as the Crimson Hunting Fire completely returned to the Heart Aperture, a surge of heat suddenly erupted from the Heart Aperture Fire Seed!

"Ugh!" Qi Yun groaned, his face turning deathly pale instantly!

This heat is not nourishing, but a runaway wildfire!
A sharp, excruciating pain shot through my kidneys, as if a branding iron was searing inside, accompanied by a chilling and aching sensation that seemed to originate from the depths of my bone marrow!
When the heart fire is excessive, water fails to control it! Kidney water is scorched, yin fluids are about to dry up, and yang essence is shaken!

This is because the heart fire is uncontrolled, which in turn insults the kidney water. The water and fire are clashing, and the source of the kidney is being frantically dried up!

That feeling of coldness is a false manifestation that appears after the kidney yang has been disturbed.

My lungs felt like they were being stuffed with scalding sand; every breath brought a tearing, burning pain and dryness, and even a faint, metallic taste rose in my throat!

Fire overcomes metal! This is a wildfire of passion, burning metal and scorching the lungs!
The excessive fire in the heart is scorching the metal element of the lungs, almost destroying the lungs' ability to descend and cleanse, making even breathing a form of torture.

However, in the area of ​​the spleen and stomach, an unusual warm and even somewhat bloated feeling arose amidst the heat, accompanied by a faint, restless "gurgling" sound.

Fire generates earth, and the power of the heart fire is forcefully nourishing the spleen earth!
But this is by no means a healthy warmth; rather, it is a kind of illusory excitement, like a raging fire baking the earth. It foreshadows an unstable foundation and a depletion of resources. It is the only link in the Five Elements chain that is "generated" yet is also out of balance.

An uncontrollable feeling of violent irritability surged in my chest, and it seemed that there was also a faint burning and distending sensation in the liver and gallbladder area.

"With such intense inner fire, I fear... wood fuels fire, and the fire intensifies?"

Or was the wood also burned?

As the mother of the heart fire, the liver wood element is likely to be caught in this out-of-control storm of flames.

"Oh no! My inner fire is raging, and my five elements are out of balance!"

Qi Yun instantly realized what was happening, and the excruciating pain caused him to break out in a cold sweat.

The Crimson Hunt Fire is indeed powerful, but it is also extremely domineering. It has taken over the Heart Aperture and replaced the Heart Fire cultivated by the Five Internal Organs Fist. Now, when it attacks, it is about to burn him up from the inside out!

"Guide! This fiery energy must be directed towards the spleen!"
Fire generates earth; only by strengthening the spleen's earth element can the heart's fire be consumed, thus alleviating the danger to the lungs' metal element and the kidneys' water element!

The will to survive overcame the pain, and the essence of the Five Internal Organs Fist flowed rapidly through his heart.

He endured the excruciating pain in his kidneys and lungs, which felt as if they were being torn apart and burned, and suddenly leaped off the bed. Right in the center of the cramped room, he fiercely assumed the stance of the Five Internal Organs Fist!
"The Yellow Dragon enters the sea, the thick earth bears all things!" He silently recited the boxing incantation in his heart, but his movements were heavy and sluggish like never before. He started with the first move, "Holding the Elixir Posture," holding both palms to the dantian and focusing his mind on the spleen earth position in the middle jiao.

The raging, scorching torrent in his heart, drawn by his will, surged towards the spleen and stomach area with difficulty, bit by bit, as if the Nujiang River was being restrained by a dam, carrying the pain of burning his meridians!

"Ha..." Qi Yun gritted his teeth, veins bulged on his forehead, and sweat rolled down like streams, leaving wet streaks on his ribs.

Every transition in movement felt like trekking through a mountain of scalding knives.

The depletion of kidney essence made his lower back and knees feel weak and about to break, while the burning pain in his lungs made his breathing feel like swallowing charcoal.

But he didn't dare stop!
The punches were delivered with the force of a heavy mountain, slowly but firmly advancing.

"White Tiger Pressing Clouds" calms the lung metal energy, attempting to relieve the burning pain; "Azure Dragon Probing Claws" attempts to release the excessive liver wood energy, indirectly relieving the pressure of heart fire; but at its core, it is always the heavy momentum of "Yellow Dragon Entering the Sea" that continuously presses and guides the violent fire energy drawn out from the heart orifice towards and into the spleen and stomach area that urgently needs "fertile soil"!

The spleen orifice is located deep under the ribs, and at this moment it is like a red-hot furnace!

That warm, bloating sensation had long since turned into a scalding, burning pain, as if magma was churning inside, threatening to melt my internal organs!

This is the inevitable torment of forcibly drawing fire to generate earth and opening the spleen orifice!

Once... twice... three times...

Qi Yun was completely soaked in sweat, his thin undergarment clinging to his body, emitting wisps of white steam.

His body was swaying precariously, held together only by an indomitable will.

The burning pain in my lungs and the sensation of alternating hot and cold sensations in my kidneys lessened slightly, but the pressure at my spleen point reached its peak!

Just as he was performing the seventh repetition of "Yellow Dragon Swings its Tail," pressing down heavily with both palms and twisting his spine like a great dragon to unleash his power, he forcefully channeled the last burst of violent fire into his spleen and earth domain.

"boom!!!"

A dull thud exploded in Qi Yun's ears!

The feeling was as if a heavy stone door, sealed for thousands of years, was violently broken open by an overwhelming force!

The pent-up anger finally found an outlet, bursting forth like a flood into the newly opened acupoint!
The excruciating pain suddenly disappeared!

A deep, profound, and all-encompassing warmth surged forth from the newly opened "gateway," quickly flowing through every part of the body!
The previously burned and depleted lungs and kidneys, like parched land receiving timely rain, were quickly soothed by this rich, earthy nourishment, and a comforting coolness followed.

The raging crimson fire in the heart orifice seemed to have found a solid foundation. Although it was still intense, it no longer raged and beat steadily, subtly echoing the newly generated earth energy in the spleen orifice, forming a delicate balance.

The spleen orifice is open!

Qi Yun maintained his posture as he finished, slowly exhaling a long, hot breath that condensed into a brief white streak in the cold air.

He slowly raised his hands, feeling the surging power within his body.

This force is not only stronger, but also carries a sense of earthy solidity and weight.

The mental fatigue vanished, and my gaze sharpened like lightning in the darkness.

(End of this chapter)