Junior sister, I really need to control you

He remembered Shangguan Ling'er saying that the Immortal Cultivation Techniques of the Dharma Lineage could only be passed down by apprentices to elders.

However, considering Senior Sister Qin's identity, whether her cultivation technique is from a legitimate lineage is another matter.

"But... with my junior sister's current cultivation level and talent, is she capable of cultivating the Human Immortal Technique?"

Li Yinsheng looked puzzled.

Even if one only cultivates to the first level of the Human Immortal Cultivation Technique, the requirements for cultivation level and talent are very high.

The Five Poisons Scripture is already considered a very quick way to learn, but even within the Five Poisons Sect, only a few exceptionally gifted geniuses can begin practicing it immediately upon entering the sect.

The reason he was able to cultivate the Six Resolves of Withering and Flourishing and the Five Poisons True Scripture was mainly because his cultivation level had already reached that of a Great True Person when he switched cultivation.

"Generally speaking, unless one has exceptional aptitude, this technique can only be practiced after one has attained the level of a True Person."

Elder Qin smiled and pointed at Mu Xiaoyu: "However, this young friend Mu's situation is truly special."

"The Nine Yang Spiritual Fire that she refined is a fire-elemental treasure that even a Grand True Person might not have much confidence in refining."

"With the Nine Yang Spiritual Fire as her foundation, even with her current cultivation level, she is fully capable of cultivating this technique."

"So it was the Nine Yang Spiritual Fire..." Li Yinsheng suddenly realized, "So what Senior Sister Qin bestowed was a body cultivation technique related to fire?"

"Hmm," Elder Qin nodded first, then said, "To be precise, this is a technique that uses fire to temper the body, and it can also be used as a supplementary cultivation method, so young friend Mu does not need to give up his current dual cultivation of body and qi."

Upon hearing this, Mu Xiaoyu's ominous premonition grew even stronger.

Elder Qin raised his hand and released the crimson light, which flew to Li Yinsheng and transformed into a crimson jade slip.

"This technique is called the Earth Fire Tempering Body Technique. It can not only temper the body, but also further enhance the power of the Fire Path."

Elder Qin smiled and said, "Normally speaking, this technique, as its name suggests, requires the tempering of the body by naturally occurring earth fire in order to gradually master it and reveal its various wonders."

"If one eventually cultivates the Earth Fire Body, its power, when used alone, is no less than that of a high-grade Dharma Aspect. It can also be superimposed on a Dharma Aspect, and when condensing a Dharma Aspect, it also possesses extremely strong foundation."

"However, because the earth fire is too violent, it is generally only allowed for real people to try to cultivate it, so as to avoid playing with fire and getting burned if they are not careful."

She paused here, her smile widening as she looked at Mu Xiaoyu.

"Fortunately, young friend Mu has refined the Nine Yang Spiritual Fire. Although the Nine Yang Spiritual Fire is not the same as the Earth Fire and cannot be completely replaced, it can still be used as a temporary substitute before the Earth Fire Body Tempering Technique is mastered, and can be cultivated quickly."

"Even after achieving minor success, the Nine Yang Spirit Fire can still provide considerable assistance during cultivation. However, at this stage, one must find a truly high-level earth fire in order to achieve major success."

Mu Xiaoyu stared at Elder Qin with her mouth agape, her face filled with terror.

As a weapon refiner, she knew all too well what "earth fire" was.

Even the most ordinary earth fire is a fire vein deep within volcanic magma, capable of easily melting magical artifacts.

Compared to subterranean fire, lava can at best be considered a hot spring, or even a cold spring.

"Moreover, the most suitable aspect of this technique for young friend Mu is that it can purify the body of impurities during cultivation, achieving the miraculous effect of cleansing the marrow and enhancing one's talent."

"For cultivators with exceptional talent, the effects of this kind of cleansing and marrow-refining process might be limited, but with young friend Mu's talent..."

"I observe that although young friend Mu has also undergone the process of cleansing his marrow and bones, the effects of the Earth Fire Tempering Technique are still considerable."

"After all, young friend Mu's foundation is truly..." Elder Qin shook his head slightly at this point and stopped.

Mu Xiaoyu had no time to consider the meaning behind Elder Qin's words. She quickly reached out her little hand and tightly tugged at her senior brother's sleeve, looking up at him with a pleading expression, her eyes seeming to speak volumes—

I don't want to practice.

Senior brother, I don't want to practice this!

Li Yinsheng showed no reaction to his junior sister's pleading eyes.

At this moment, his attention was focused on the resounding sound of the great bells and chimes in his ears, and on the golden characters unfolding before his eyes.

[The Pursuit of Spiritual Practice: The Four Essentials of Spiritual Practice are "Dharma, Wealth, Companion, and Place," with "Dharma" being the most important!]

After ordinary cultivation methods, the master of the cave has come into contact with the first immortal cultivation method he has ever practiced, which is enough to lay the foundation for becoming an immortal.

The master of the cave should make every effort to obtain the "Earth Fire Tempering Technique" and improve it as soon as possible.

This training program will last for twenty years, after which it will be closed.

Each reward can only be claimed once and cannot be claimed repeatedly.

Cultivation Rewards:

The reward for mastering the Earth Fire Tempering Body Technique to the beginner level is ten years of cultivation.

The reward for mastering the Earth Fire Tempering Body Technique to a minor success level is a hundred years of cultivation.

The reward for mastering the Earth Fire Tempering Body Technique is three hundred years of cultivation.

The reward for mastering the Earth Fire Tempering Body Technique to perfection is five hundred years of cultivation.

[Condensing the Earth Fire Tempering Technique into the Earth Fire Treasure Body, rewarded with seven hundred years of cultivation]

Although not as extravagant as the cultivation aspiration reward for raising a spirit pet, it still rewards a total of over 1,600 years of cultivation aspiration.

It seems that as my junior sister's cultivation level increases, the difficulty and rewards of the cultivation endeavor also increase significantly.

Li Yinsheng thought to himself.

Was the trigger for my desire to cultivate this time because I came into contact with a cultivation technique for immortals for the first time?

He looked away from the golden words in front of him, and with a big smile, he patted his junior sister's head.

"Junior sister, you won't need to practice the True Blood Manual anymore."

While the True Blood Manual's ability to rapidly advance using rare and precious materials is commendable, it pales in comparison to the Earth Fire Tempering Technique.

Mu Xiaoyu's face immediately fell as if struck by lightning: "But...but I haven't mastered the ninth level yet..."

"Senior brother, I want to keep getting prettier~" she said coquettishly, clinging to Li Yinsheng's arm.

Of course, not wanting to be burned again while practicing this body-tempering technique was also a very important reason.

She finally survived the refining of the Nine Yang Spiritual Fire, and now she doesn't feel any pain when consuming the fire seed. How come she hasn't even had two good days before she has to start refining her body with fire?

"Become more attractive?" Elder Qin was taken aback, then realized, "Young friend Mu, are you referring to the effects of body-refining techniques that can change one's appearance?"

She chuckled and said, "Then you don't need to worry. The Earth Fire Tempering Technique is divided into four levels from beginner to mastery. With each breakthrough, your appearance will also improve."

Mu Xiaoyu began to waver.

Although tempering the body with fire sounds painful, but...

This doesn't mean the True Blood Codex won't hurt!

"Then... senior, which one makes you look better, the Earth Fire Tempering Technique or the True Blood Secret Manual?" Mu Xiaoyu asked.

"I have never seen the True Blood Codex, so I cannot make a comparison, but..."

Elder Qin stared at Mu Xiaoyu's flat chest and said with a smile.

"The Earth Fire Tempering Technique has a certain effect of reshaping the physical body, so the changes are not only in appearance, but also make the cultivator's figure more exquisite and shapely."

Following Elder Qin's gaze, Mu Xiaoyu looked down at her chest.

A moment later, she raised her head and looked at Li Yinsheng with a firm gaze.

"Senior brother, I want to switch to the Earth Fire Tempering Body Technique."

Li Yinsheng suppressed a smile and said seriously, "Junior sister, have you thought it through?"

"The Earth Fire Tempering Technique is a cultivation method for immortals, and its difficulty and pain in cultivation may even surpass those of the True Blood Secret Manual."

"But the rewards will be even greater than those from the True Blood Manual, right?" Mu Xiaoyu's face was full of determination. "How can we cultivators be afraid of hardship and fatigue?!"

Li Yinsheng nodded with satisfaction.

He then looked at Elder Qin and said, "Senior Sister Qin, my True Blood Secret Manual is a body cultivation technique. Once it is fully perfected, it can condense a True Blood Treasure Body."

"This Earth Fire Tempering Technique is of a higher grade than the True Blood Secret Manual. I wonder if it can help condense a similar physique?" he asked knowingly.

Elder Qin nodded: "The Earth Fire Tempering Body Technique does have an accompanying method for condensing a precious body, but..."

"The condensation of this precious body is so profound that it would be an understatement to call it a complete transformation; it is almost equivalent to the original body undergoing a nirvana rebirth."

"The old body will be almost completely burned away before it can be reborn as a phoenix and form a precious body of earth fire."

Upon hearing the word "Nirvana," Li Yinsheng seemed to be deep in thought.

Mu Xiaoyu's eyes widened, and she swallowed hard.

Burn...burn it all?

Suddenly, she wasn't so keen on switching majors anymore.

But then I thought again, the prerequisite for condensing a precious body is to be completely perfect, which should be a very, very distant thing. Maybe she will never be able to reach that stage?

There shouldn't be too much to worry about, right?

Chapter 170 Visiting Shouyi Temple

In Mu Xiaoyu's bedroom.

She sat cross-legged in front of Li Yinsheng, her little face full of trepidation.

"Senior brother, you said you would help me cultivate the Earth Fire Tempering Technique. You're not going to burn me with the Three Yang Spiritual Fire, are you?" she asked.

After accepting Elder Qin's gift, she only spent a little over half a month learning the basics of the Earth Fire Tempering Technique and was able to begin cultivating it.

During this time, she also devoted some of her energy to studying the visualization diagrams.

This is also a major characteristic of body cultivation techniques; they are not difficult to learn, but extremely difficult to practice.

Upon learning that her senior brother was going to help her cultivate the Earth Fire Tempering Technique, Mu Xiaoyu couldn't help but become a little wary.

After all, the painful memory of refining the fire seed was still vivid in his mind.

“Junior sister, there’s no need to worry,” Li Yinsheng said with a smile. “I’m here to protect you and alleviate your pain.”

Hearing her senior brother say that, Mu Xiaoyu breathed a sigh of relief.

Although my senior often only says half of what he means, he rarely lies outright.

My senior brother said it was to help alleviate his pain, so it must really be to alleviate his pain, right?

She formed hand seals, separated a wisp of the Nine Yang Spiritual Fire within her body, and began to carefully circulate it according to the method of the Earth Fire Tempering Technique.

The Nine Yang Spiritual Fire, acting as an earth fire, tempered her physical body.