Junior sister, I really need to control you

You want me to go and protect that blonde brat? I'm a Grand Master!

“I will have to trouble Miss Shangguan with this matter,” Li Yinsheng said, bowing to Shangguan Ling’er. “I owe Miss Shangguan another favor.”

Looking at the serious and sincere face in front of her, Shangguan Ling'er's ears burned slightly. She turned her head away, avoiding eye contact with Li Yinsheng.

"This is a one-time exception, and there won't be another! You yourself said you owe me a favor, so you'd better remember that!"

"Oh, right, there's one more thing," Master Yan Yu said, "When refining the Three Yang Spiritual Flame, the flames burn the body, causing unbearable pain. I wonder if young friend Mu can endure it?"

“Fellow Daoist Yan Yu, there’s no need to worry. My junior sister has been using the Bing Fire Qi to aid her cultivation for the past three months, and she’s long been accustomed to the pain of being burned,” Li Yinsheng said.

"The pain of refining the Three Yang Spiritual Fire is probably much greater than that of the Bing Fire Qi," said True Person Yan Yu.

Li Yinsheng waved his hand and said, "It's alright, my junior sister already has some resistance. I believe she can endure even more pain!"

Not far away, Mu Xiaoyu, who was refining ore with fire magic, was being scorched by the heatwave, but a chill suddenly rose in her heart for no reason.

Chapter 96 Cultivating Spiritual Fire

In Mu Xiaoyu's guest courtyard.

The female deacon who had previously taught her had retreated to a corner.

Mu Xiaoyu sat cross-legged on the futon, surrounded by Li Yinsheng, Shangguan Ling'er, and Yan Yu Zhenren.

Three shadows fell, completely obscuring Mu Xiaoyu.

She looked up at Li Yinsheng, then shrank back, asking, "Senior brother, is there something between you and the two seniors?"

Standing directly in front of her, Li Yinsheng bent down and patted her head, saying kindly, "Junior sister, do you find weapon crafting difficult and tiring to learn?"

Mu Xiaoyu paused for a moment, then nodded vigorously: "Yes! It's difficult! It's tiring!"

"Senior brother, I don't think I'm suited to learning weapon crafting!"

She said this with great joy, thinking that her senior brother was finally going to let her go.

But Li Yinsheng smiled slightly: "Junior sister, there's no need to belittle yourself. Your talent for refining weapons is not bad. It's just that your cultivation is still shallow, and the power of the fire magic you practice is insufficient."

"That's why it's so difficult and resource-intensive to smelt and purify materials."

"This Grand Master Yan Yu wants to teach you the 'Three Yang Spiritual Fire' technique, which will help you purify materials more easily, making your future weapon forging much easier."

Master Yan Yu lowered his head and looked at Mu Xiaoyu with a smile.

Mu Xiaoyu looked up at Yan Yu Zhenren, her little face full of gratitude.

Although she didn't quite understand what the Three Yang Spirit Fire was, she clearly understood that it would make weapon crafting easier in the future.

While we can't give up on weapon crafting altogether, being able to craft weapons more easily is already pretty good!

Moreover, if it's easier to forge weapons, it seems there's no need to give it up.

I've heard that weapon refiners can make quite a bit of money once they've mastered their craft. If it were easier to master it, it would probably be worth sticking with.

Although her senior brother was a bit strict, he had always been very good to her. Once she became a master weapon refiner, she would be able to repay him!

She also heard that weapon refiners and alchemists were of very similar status.

If one day she can become a master craftsman, she can forge a powerful magic weapon to exchange for the "Life-Giving and Creation Pill" that can help her uncle restore his cultivation!

Although this goal seems difficult, with this seemingly powerful Three Yang Spiritual Fire, it might actually be possible?

"Thank you very much, Senior Yan Yu!"

Mu Xiaoyu quickly bowed to Master Yan Yu, her goodwill towards this senior growing stronger.

Grand Master Yan Yu is such a kind senior. She gave me some nice things as soon as we met. Luckily, she was alright when she broke through before.

If such a wonderful person fails to break through, then heaven is truly blind!

“Young friend Mu, there’s no need for such formalities,” Master Yan Yu said with a smile. “However, if one only cultivates the technique for the Three Yang Spiritual Fire, it will be extremely slow, and it may take decades to master it.”

"If you want to master it quickly, you need to refine a seed of fire, and you will be able to enter the gate immediately."

"I can give you a spark of fire, but it will be painful to refine it."

Mu Xiaoyu was stunned for a moment, then pondered seriously for a few breaths, recalling her feelings about cultivating with the Blood Refining Pivot over the past three months.

If her senior had described other types of pain, she would have hesitated.

But if it's just a burning pain, then there's nothing to be afraid of; she's already used to it.

“Senior, don’t worry,” Mu Xiaoyu said, puffing out her chest. “I’m not afraid of the burning pain.”

"What ambition!" Master Yan Yu praised.

However, Mu Xiaoyu immediately became worried: "Won't it be very dangerous to refine the Three Yang Spiritual Fire?"

"No, the three of us will protect you, there won't be any danger," Li Yinsheng said, rubbing her head.

Feeling the warm, large hand above her head, Mu Xiaoyu felt a sense of security and nodded vigorously.

With my senior brother here, there will be no danger!

"The technique for the Three Yang Spiritual Fire is not difficult. Young friend Mu, learn it first. After I give you the fire seed, you can refine it according to this technique."

Master Yan Yu handed Mu Xiaoyu a book with a black background and red lettering, its entire body gleaming with a metallic sheen.

Li Yinsheng looked at the book with curiosity, finding the material quite interesting. Could it be some kind of material specially refined by the Casting Furnace Temple?

Master Yan Yu misunderstood Li Yinsheng's meaning, thinking that he was also interested in the Three Yang Spiritual Fire.

He then took out an identical book from his Qiankun bag and handed it to Li Yinsheng.

“If Fellow Daoist Li is also interested in the Three Yang Spiritual Fire, you may wish to take a look. However, this spiritual fire is difficult to cultivate, and I do not have a second fire seed. Fellow Daoist Li will probably have to cultivate it on his own.”

"Of course, this is one of the inheritances of my Casting Furnace Temple. Given Fellow Daoist Li's kindness to my Casting Furnace Temple, it is perfectly acceptable for him to cultivate this technique."

"But Fellow Daoist Li and Young Friend Mu must not spread this to others in the future."

After saying that, she looked at Shangguan Ling'er, her meaning clear: if Shangguan Ling'er was also curious, she wouldn't hesitate to ask.

But Shangguan Ling'er simply waved her hand, indicating that she didn't need it.

Li Yinsheng hesitated for a moment before accepting the book: "Thank you, Fellow Daoist Yan Yu. The method of inheritance is precious, and my junior sister and I will keep it a secret."

"I mainly cultivate wood-based techniques and sword skills, and also do some body-refining exercises. I don't think I'll have much time to cultivate fire techniques."

"Fellow Daoist Yan Yu, please don't blame or laugh at me for letting your inherited method be tarnished," Li Yinsheng joked.

Master Yan Yu replied with a smile, "This is a good thing. Seeing Fellow Daoist Li, a sword cultivator in his twenties, makes me, a mere cultivator who has barely broken through, feel ashamed."

"If Fellow Daoist Li also has shortcomings, I can actually feel a little relieved, knowing that I am not entirely useless. How could I dare to make fun of him?"

Li Yinsheng smiled and began flipping through the book.

Although he was joking, he was also telling the truth: he didn't intend to put any effort into the Three Yang Spiritual Fire.

After all, he didn't have much time to cultivate magic, and he didn't know when the next tribulation that would reward him with more time to cultivate magic would come.

Even if he faces another tribulation in his cultivation, he will either use the time he has spent in his magical cave to create stronger spells, or he will cultivate escape techniques or other functional spells to make up for his shortcomings.

The Three Yang Spiritual Fire is certainly not weak, but Master Yan Yu had already shown it a little before. In terms of pure destructive power, the Three Yang Spiritual Fire is not as good as the Xuan Sha Fierce Appearance Sword.

He doesn't lack any means of killing now, and even if he learns the Three Yang Spirit Fire, he won't share his precious magical cave time with it.

Even if one were to further enhance their methods of killing, the solution would be found in the path of sword cultivation or body cultivation.

For example, he knew that body cultivators could also use their qi and blood to perform spells specifically for combat and killing, which were called "combat spells".

There are several martial arts manuals on the third floor of the Xuanzhen Temple's scripture pavilion, but he hasn't had time to practice them yet.

No matter what, they wouldn't have the energy to specifically cultivate the Three Yang Spiritual Fire.

That's what he originally thought.

But after looking at it for a while, he overturned his previous idea.

This Three Yang Spiritual Fire is great! I must practice the Three Yang Spiritual Fire.

This spell can actually be practiced during cultivation.

Or rather, this Three Yang Spiritual Fire is different from other spells; it requires not only practice but also "cultivation."

After a cultivator refines a fire seed within their body or cultivates a spiritual fire on their own, they need to frequently use their own magical power to nurture and strengthen it.

This process is somewhat similar to cultivating a magical artifact, but not exactly the same.

Cultivators can refine magical treasures with almost no mental effort, but cultivating and strengthening the Three Yang Spiritual Flame requires additional mental effort.

Therefore, if too much of the Three Yang Spiritual Fire is cultivated, it will slow down one's own cultivation.

However, when the Three Yang Spiritual Fire is first formed, its power far exceeds that of ordinary fire magic. With a little nurturing, its power will increase even more, giving it a great advantage in combat.

When the Three Yang Spiritual Fire grows to a certain level, it can even melt the opponent's magical artifacts during combat, making it extremely domineering.

Therefore, for cultivators, it would be a waste not to invest any energy into cultivating the Three Yang Spiritual Fire.

Balancing the investment in cultivation and nurturing the spiritual fire—ensuring the spiritual fire is powerful enough without slowing down cultivation too much—is a challenge every cultivator must face.

Besides Li Yinsheng.

Isn't it just that training takes a lot of mental effort?

They can be cultivated in the cave.

Anyway, he already has the Forging Vein Rope and the Chess Soul when he cultivates, so it won't hurt to add another Three Yang Spirit Fire.

Most importantly, although the Three Yang Spiritual Flame cultivated and strengthened by a cultivator cannot be passed on to other cultivators who cultivate the Three Yang Spiritual Flame, the resulting fire seed can help other cultivators strengthen their spiritual flames.

The fire seed that Master Yan Yu mentioned earlier is a wisp of essence that is spontaneously generated after the Three Yang Spiritual Fire has been nurtured and grown to a certain extent.

This essence is so pure and clean that it can be refined by other cultivators.

Of course, cultivators who have generated the fire seed can refine it themselves to further strengthen the Three Yang Spiritual Fire, but very few people do this.

Although the Three Yang Spiritual Fire can be generated only once, each generation requires a long period of nurturing.

A cultivator below the True Person level is unlikely to generate a single spark in their lifetime.

Even for a real person, it takes about fifty years of cultivation to give birth to a spark, since the main focus of their mind is still on cultivation.

The Three Yang Spiritual Flames that can give birth to fire seeds are already very strong. Refining the fire seeds they give birth to will only result in a moderate improvement.

The most cost-effective approach is naturally to follow the example of Master Yan Yu and use fire seeds to introduce outstanding juniors to the Three Yang Spiritual Fire.