Mortal: Reborn in Yellow Maple Valley, Awakening the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts

Although Chu Zifei was already quite familiar with the layout of the Earth Fire Chamber, it didn't stop him from taking a look around room number nineteen.

The stone house is square in shape, with an area of ​​about seven or eight zhang (approximately 33-40 meters). A gourd still hangs on each of the four walls.

Eight lifelike, crimson dragon heads are carved at the fire outlet, with their snouts slightly upturned, pointing directly at the sky above the center of the fire outlet, making it appear as if they are spitting fire in mid-air.

Taking in the entire layout of the room, Chu Zifei suddenly came to his senses. Wasn't this the Nineteenth Earth Fire Chamber the place where Han Li established his foundation? Now he was also breaking through his bottleneck here, which could be considered a kind of fate!

However, he did not come here to refine Foundation Establishment pills, but to refine the Shattered Bone and break through the bottleneck in one fell swoop according to the inheritance of the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts!

The cultivation method passed down through generations states that tempering the body with innate pure Yang energy is the best choice. However, there are no powerful figures from the Chan Sect in this world, so innate pure Yang energy is naturally nowhere to be found. In desperation, he had no choice but to find another way, taking a completely opposite path and using turbid Yin energy to temper his physical body.

His previous experience in weapon forging had given him a good grasp of controlling the earth fire. He immediately formed a hand seal, and eight beams of red light shot into the dragon's head in succession.

A flash of light appeared on the eight dragon heads, and then they opened their mouths slightly, each spewing out a stream of purple flames as thin as chopsticks. Instantly, the air in the entire stone house was filled with scorching heat.

Chu Zifei flicked his sleeves and summoned the Creation Cauldron. He made it float above the fire in the earth's core, allowing it to absorb the power of the flames and slowly preheat itself.

A quarter of an hour later, the Creation Cauldron began to slowly rotate out of thin air, its body radiating waves of heat, reaching the required temperature.

Upon seeing this, Chu Zifei surged with spiritual energy and lightly tapped the body of the cauldron from a distance. As a result, the lid of the Creation Cauldron immediately rose into the air, revealing the mouth of the cauldron.

He then flipped his hands, and two white jade bottles appeared in his palms, containing the essence blood of the Black-Edged Poison Spider and the essence blood of the Ink Dragon, respectively.

He controlled the small bottle, pouring both bottles of essence blood into the Creation Cauldron. Then, he raised his hand and pressed down from a distance, and the cauldron lid landed precisely on the cauldron, fitting perfectly.

Then Chu Zifei used a magic hand seal to gradually reduce the power of the Earth's Lung Fire, simmering it slowly over a gentle flame.

The rotation speed of the Creation Cauldron gradually slowed down, the cauldron body trembled slightly, and the essence blood inside the cauldron was constantly being tempered and purified.

As time passed, the Creation Cauldron began to emit a pungent, bloody odor that was unbearable to smell.

But Chu Zifei remained unmoved, because he knew that this was an inevitable process. This bloody smell was a sign that two kinds of impurities in the blood essence were being forced out by the fire of the earth's lungs.

After a while, the stench of blood that filled the air gradually dissipated, replaced by a thick aura of bloodlust.

Chu Zifei understood; the time had come! The essence blood of the two Foundation Establishment demon beasts had been purified, and now they could proceed to the next step.

He gently patted the Creation Cauldron again, opened the lid, and immediately, an even more violent and domineering aura of bloodlust rushed out.

Without further hesitation, he flipped his wrist and took out a jade box from his storage bag. Inside the box lay nearly twenty dark red Blood Fiend Flowers. He threw all the flowers into the cauldron, then closed the lid and continued refining.

  

After a full day, the violent and dense bloodlust aura in the Earth Fire Chamber completely subsided, and upon closer inspection, a strange fragrance lingered in the air.

Chu Zifei's face lit up with joy. He knew that the refining of evil energy was a great success, and the blood evil energy had been transformed into turbid yin evil energy. He immediately shut down the fire in the earth's lungs and waited for the Creation Cauldron to cool down before eagerly taking out the cauldron and opening it.

The original two bottles of essence blood in the cauldron had shrunk by more than half, and the Blood Fiend Flower had completely merged into it, leaving no trace and no trace of its malevolent aura. The contents inside were a dark brown, semi-solidified substance, thick and creamy like ointment.

Looking at the finished product in the cauldron, Chu Zifei was both amused and exasperated. Before lifting the lid, he had expected the finished product to be as radiant and colorful as a spiritual liquid, but it turned out to be something like cough syrup.

Chu Zifei looked slightly disappointed. He reluctantly closed the lid of the cauldron, then walked to a futon and sat cross-legged, concentrating his mind and regulating his breathing to conserve his energy. Next, he would use his peak condition to activate the Eight-Nine Arcane Technique and attempt to break through to the second stage.

Chu Zifei rested quietly for most of the day. Only after he felt that his mental and physical strength had reached their peak did he open his eyes, stand up, and prepare to draw evil energy into his body.

However, what he didn't know was that inside the low-ceilinged hut outside the fire pit, the ugly man on duty was counting down the hours with a worried expression.

Because, for him, the longer Chu Zifei stayed in the Earth Fire Chamber, the fewer spirit stones he could leave behind. He couldn't wait for Chu Zifei to leave as soon as possible after just one day inside.

Even now, the ugly man is still dreaming of "nothing left over," convinced that the benefits he has gained this time are enough to equal his monthly allowance for a year.

Inside the Earth Fire Chamber, Chu Zifei gazed at the dark brown paste within the Creation Cauldron, his brow furrowed in deep thought. Although the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts recorded the method of refining evil spirits and tempering the body, it did not mention the physical reactions during the process of drawing evil spirits to temper the body.

After all, the second stage of the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts requires refining the entire skeleton! The potential pain involved made him feel a bit apprehensive.

This cannot be blamed on the person who created the technique. Those who cultivate the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts are all exceptionally talented, requiring only innate pure yang energy. Therefore, they only briefly recorded a few words about this method of refining evil and tempering bones.

"Cultivation is like rowing against the current; if you don't advance, you fall behind! Since I was lucky enough to survive and was sent to this world by fate, I will climb to the top and become the strongest among them!"

After a moment's deliberation, Chu Zifei gritted his teeth, calmed himself, reached into the Creation Cauldron, and scooped out the dark brown paste, applying it all over his body from top to bottom.

After the ointment in the cauldron was used up, his entire body was covered in the dark brown paste. Apart from that, there was nothing unusual about him.

This made Chu Zifei secretly wonder if he was overthinking things, and if using the ointment would actually cause no discomfort. So without further hesitation, he immediately began to circulate the Eight-Nine Arcane Technique.

Unexpected changes could happen in the next instant!

The moment the cultivation technique was fully activated, a terrifying suction force suddenly emanated from deep within the dantian. The turbid yin energy within the ointment on the skin's surface suddenly erupted, and under the suction force of the dantian, it was continuously drawn into the body through the pores of the entire body.

At first, the turbid yin energy simply flowed along the meridians in his body. But when Chu Zifei guided it to flow along the route of the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts, the turbid yin energy instantly became violent, rampaging through his meridians.

The sudden force caused Chu Zifei's skin and flesh to bulge outwards all over his body, repeatedly forming small bumps, which looked quite frightening.