Chapter 772 - 417: Fire Corpse - (Part 2)

Chapter 772: Chapter 417: Fire Corpse Chapter (Part 2)

The secret manual records that in order to cultivate the "Fire Corpse Chapter", one must ’bear the fierce fire and turn the five organs into ashes’. This statement sounds difficult to understand; it seems one must set themselves aflame, burning the five organs to ashes to succeed in cultivation.

But in reality, if it comes to that point, you’re dead, so what’s the point of cultivating?

The most crucial element here is ’Fire Poison’!

Those who practice this martial art must first ingest an elixir called ’Fire Poison Pill’, which dulls perception, putting the body in an extremely special state.

In this state, a ball of fire is born before you.

Begin by slowly rotating your palm in the fire, channeling energy to absorb the fire strength.

It sounds easy, but it’s actually not.

The Fire Poison Pill dulls human perception, including the most vital—pain.

So, when the flames roast the skin, there’s a threshold.

It can’t be too deep, or it will roast you alive.

Once the drug’s effects wear off, your arm will be ruined.

But you can’t stay too far away, or you can’t absorb the fire strength, and everything is wasted, as is the Fire Poison Pill.

It requires a balance, perfect so that while absorbing the fire strength, you’re not harmed by the flame.

Then, combining the internal Fire Poison Pill, it eventually becomes a strand of Pure Yang Fire Strength, stored in the heart gate.

This is what it means to bear the fierce fire!

But the real pain begins from this moment.

This force isn’t acquired easily; it’s wild and untamed, penetrating deeper into the five organs, and any negligence could leave the five organs burnt to ashes.

Thus, you must continually swallow the Fire Poison Pill and introduce the fire strength into the body while constantly being cautious.

You can’t let this fire cause havoc outside.

A slight mistake, and you’d turn into a pile of black ashes.

Moreover, the heart feels like it’s burning at all times, nothing less than being engulfed by flames.

But that’s not the end; you must spread this fire strength towards the surrounding five organs.

Everyone knows the human body’s five elements correspond to the five organs.

But those who practice the "Fire Corpse Chapter" must transform the five organs, making them all belong to the fire element.

This is the meaning of the organs turning into ashes.

Chu Qing grimaced as he read; the method is extremely cruel. To transform the organs, the fire strength must permeate slowly, a painful process unimaginable.

Yet, these are just introductory exercises of the "Fire Corpse Chapter".

There are further techniques like the "Fire-Burning Corpse Body Twelve Forges", all extreme in cruelty.

But the effects are impressive.

It’s said that true gold fears no fire; the "Fire-Burning Corpse Body Twelve Forges" burns gold with fierce flames, constantly hammering one’s own body.

Red Ghost surviving Huangfu Yixiao’s sword edge is likely due to this technique.

Chu Qing flipped through the entire book, only to find the martial art was unfinished at the end.

The latter half remained blank!

"Was it incomplete? Or was the martial art only half-developed?"

Thinking of this, he turned to the other sheets.

These were filled with dense lists of names.

Behind each name, a ’death’ mark was noted.

At first, he thought it was a record of Mirror of Sin’s kills, but upon reading the letters, he realized it wasn’t.

No explanation was given about the author, signed anonymously.

The content directed Red Ghost to select suitable individuals for practice using the methods provided in the letter and report the outcomes.

Another letter contained similar instructions.

It advised Red Ghost to be mindful of casualties during selection for trials, to save them if possible, sparing from listing a row of ’death’ marks.

Only then did Chu Qing realize the ’death’ marks on those papers didn’t mean assassinated by Mirror of Sin.

Instead, someone used them to test the martial art, and they died from going astray in their practice!

Chu Qing’s face turned somewhat unsightly.

The culprit, undoubtedly, was Martial Emperor Li Juechen.

With his creation of "Cold Corpse Record", "Wood Corpse Technique", "Fire Corpse Chapter".

If classified by the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, earth, there should be metal and earth branches.

Yet, whether "Cold Corpse Record" truly embodies water remains unknown, leaving the existence of metal and earth branches uncertain.

"What is this person ultimately... aiming for?"

While Chu Qing was deep in thought, Cheng Xiao showed up.

Intending to salute, the girl hesitated upon noticing Chu Qing’s unpleasant expression.

But Chu Qing, snapping back to reality, glanced at her:

"Come."

Cheng Xiao dared not defy but questioned:

"Does the Alliance Leader intend to..."

Her steps faltering.

Chu Qing ignored that, seeing her dawdling, casually curved his five fingers, causing Cheng Xiao to cry out in surprise, soaring straight towards Chu Qing.

Chu Qing reached out and hooked her wrist upwards, making her spin uncontrollably in mid-air.

His hands formed afterimages, continuously tapping Cheng Xiao’s acupoints; the entire ordeal rendered her powerless, sensing a certain force condensing.

Suddenly, Chu Qing flicked his hand, Cheng Xiao barely touched down, when Chu Qing spoke:

"Raise your arms."

Cheng Xiao instinctively lifted her arms, followed by a shock felt on her shoulders.

The next moment, a sizzling sound emerged from her palms, thin as cicada wings ice shards flew out, covering a stone pillar with frost.

Only when the force of the Life and Death Talisman was expelled from Cheng Xiao’s meridians did Chu Qing withdraw his hands.

Cheng Xiao staggered a few steps, steadied herself, and turned to Chu Qing:

"Thank you for your grace, Alliance Leader."

"No need to thank, if you must, tell Left Minister to behave and not entertain any folly.

If not, what is given can also be reclaimed."

Chu Qing replied calmly, without looking up.

Cheng Xiao nodded:

"Yes, I understand."

Chu Qing gestured for her to leave.

He returned to his room...

Thus, his mission at the Profound Mystery Sect was accomplished.

He should have left immediately, yet lingered for two more days, bringing him to a month past since Jiang Qianliu drank from the Heaven and Earth Four Directions Vase.

Chu Qing calculated the time and sped off like a meteor through the wind.

In less than two days, he arrived at the Celestial Sound Mansion.

A month had passed, neither more nor less.

Without alerting anyone, he headed straight to the dungeon to check on Jiang Qianliu.

Yet, upon arrival, he found Jiang Qianliu seemingly unaffected.

Sitting properly, meditating... Though lacking a Dantian Sea of Qi to store inner strength, he had retained it throughout his body.

Over the month’s time, he repeatedly tried to consolidate this inner strength all in one place, to utilize it.

However, each portion of inner strength, rebellious as a wild horse, refused to obey despite his efforts to orchestrate it.

Only today did he sense an internal shift, feeling the painstaking grind over the month might have borne fruit, making him hurriedly sit down cross-legged to attempt consolidation.

Timing coinciding right when Chu Qing arrived.

Chu Qing observed for a while but couldn’t discern any mystery.

He pondered if the timing was miscalculated, if he remembered wrong?

Or perhaps the Heaven and Earth Four Directions Vase harbored no peculiarities, was his suspicion baseless?

Just as this thought crossed his mind, a tendril of energy abruptly circulated around Jiang Qianliu, prompting him to abruptly open his eyes.

His eyes were empty, evidently having lost consciousness.

He rose upright and walked towards Chu Qing, hitting the cell door as it impeded him.

The force was anything but ordinary.

The cell door shattered instantly, Jiang Qianliu stepped out from the prison, his vacant gaze fixed on Chu Qing:

"Vase!

Bring it!!"

Chu Qing was momentarily taken aback, he considered, and produced the Heaven and Earth Four Directions Vase.

As Jiang Qianliu sighted the Heaven and Earth Four Directions Vase, his expression changed; immediately, he leaped forward, lunging at the vase.

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