The Second Department Provincial City Chapter 58: Heaven's Fire One Slash

  October 17th, fine weather.

  Yi Tian Xing sat cross-legged in the woods not far from the fish pond, contemplating the Buddhist practices he had studied since childhood. As he was about to integrate all the scriptures, he suddenly gained a deeper understanding of the distinction between substance and function. Suddenly, he thought of the ninth volume of the Lengyan Jing, which described various methods of cultivation, and his brow furrowed slightly.

  "Fire is born from itself, the Buddha's heart remains unmoved." He whispered to himself, as if he had vaguely understood the most basic principle of this fire control technique. What is true fire? How to control it? It turns out that what needs to be controlled is not the fire, but the temperature.

  Although he was a liberal arts student, he also understood that temperature is an indicator of the activity of particles. He thought to himself, "If I can control the particles around me like I can control the fire in my body, wouldn't it be possible to raise the temperature by a lot?" But then he became confused again. Although he had practiced the Heart Sutra at Guiyuan Temple and had gained a deep understanding of how to manipulate the fire in his own body, as for controlling external temperatures, if he could do that too, it would be a bit too fantastical - after all, wouldn't that require overturning the fundamental laws of thermodynamics?

  Then I thought of Qin Zi's divine communication boundary, and after a moment's consideration, I understood what was going on. It turned out that it was also by relying on some kind of magical instrument to condense one's own true yuan into a certain isolation. If you want to break the opponent's boundary, you can only use extreme strength to attack its weakest point, or your own cultivation is fundamentally not on the same level as the opponent's...

  Just as he was thinking about this, a gunshot came from the farmhouse outside the forest, followed by a scream!

  Yitian rose from the ground, but didn't rush over hastily, because with that mournful cry, a dark and eerie aura came from the direction of the farmhouse.

  That aura was very familiar, it was the one that chased after him when he broke through Qin Zhi's boundary and jumped into the river. He furrowed his brow, using the Thoughtful Gateway to hasten his divine sense, probing in that direction. The aura seemed to be making no attempt to hide itself, proudly surging forth to oppose him.

  "Seeing the five aggregates as empty...". Yi Tianxing silently recited the Heart Sutra, sensing that aura of evil energy, and realized that the other party's realm seemed to be even lower than his own. With a slight movement of his toes, he was about to rush towards the farmhouse.

  At this time, a cold wind blew through the forest.

  A green leaf fell slowly from the sky, and as it fell, it gradually turned yellow. By the time it reached the ground, it was withered and fragile, almost shattered by the wind.

  Yi Tian Xing suddenly froze in place, his eyes fixed on the front, his spiritual sense swept around the forest and found that a seal had been quietly set up, while the master with the aura of evil seemed to have created several clones, hiding in the forest, but it was unknown whether he was hiding in the treetops or lurking under the fallen leaves.

  He knew it was too late, slightly lowered his head, and stood quietly in the center of the forest. His right hand was placed behind his back, forming a lotus child hand seal, while his left thumb touched his index finger. The true yuan inside his body flowed slowly, and he looked up at the sky above, which was divided into several pieces by the branches of the trees. He watched as the sky was gradually surrounded by a faint mist... and softly said: "Come out."

  After saying this, Yi Tianxing seemed to casually place his hand on a tree beside him.

  As soon as his palm came into contact with the coarse tree bark, he activated all sorts of Dharma gates from the Three Flavors Meditation Sutra. Carefully, he compressed the blazing Fire Element burning within his body into a very fine and tiny True Qi, transmitting it upwards through the tree.

  When fighting against Qin Zidi, his physical skills were far inferior, so he couldn't fully display his cultivation. Today, when he suddenly encountered an enemy, he naturally learned a lesson and took the initiative to strike first.

  Inside his body, the true yuan ran smoothly and unobstructed. In just a blink of an eye, the large tree under his palm appeared in a strange state.

  The trunk began to swell from the spot where his palm was stuck, and then rapidly rose upwards at an incredible speed. The bark cracked with a loud cracking sound, flying in all directions with a whistling wind-breaking sound, as if a large insect had suddenly drilled into the trunk and burst the tree open.

  Yi Tianxing closed his eyes and operated his internal energy, the big tree grew bigger and bigger, and the swelling on the trunk of the tree also rapidly spread upwards towards the treetop.

  With a loud muffled sound, the big tree finally exploded into powder, and as the true fire that pierced through the heart of the tree burst open at the top of the tree, a large cluster of eerie flames also suddenly scattered open.

  As the flames burst out, a dark figure flew out in disarray and fled into the woods.

  Yi Tianxings heart skipped a beat as he suddenly lost sight of the person again.

  The mist above the forest grew thicker, and Yi Tianxing said with a hint of disdain: "Do you think this barrier can trap me?" He had been nursing his wounds for days and had developed a strong sense of resentment. Seeing that this cultivator also wanted to use a barrier to trap him, just like Qin Zhi, made him even more angry. His divine sense had already detected that the other person's cultivation was similar to his own, but slightly inferior, so he didn't take their barrier seriously.

  He stretched out his right hand, and the fingertips burst into five small flames that formed a flower petal. Then, with a flick of his fingers, the petals on his fingertips merged together, forming a bright red flower. As he moved his divine sense, the flame flower slowly left his fingertips and floated towards the treetops, almost touching the faint boundary above the branches, when his body suddenly shook violently.

  Another deafeningly loud muffled sound, the originally faint and dim boundary seemed to be dyed by this heavenly fire-brewed strange flower, instantly turning into a extremely bright light screen, then like a thin layer of ice shattered into countless small pieces, fluttering down from the sky.

  These bright sparks, once fallen on the ground in the woods, ignited immediately, and for a time flames flickered everywhere, as if they were in a fiery volcanic region.

  Yitian Xing was smiling to himself, but he felt a chill wind blowing in front of him. A small figure with a dark and gloomy aura appeared in the fire, its boundary broken. However, it did not get angry or embarrassed, instead, it let out a shrill laugh.

  "I didn't expect your skills to improve so quickly in just a few days."

  Yi Tianxing asked in a low voice: "Who are you?"

  " Auspicious Tianmen's subordinate Zong Si, I've seen you before, young Zhu Que." The short and slender Yin Xie smiled and bowed.

  Yi Tian Xing couldn't help but chuckle at the title, his mind still reeling from the miserable cry in the farmhouse. He didn't dare linger and smiled wryly, using the tip of his foot to push off the wet mud on the forest floor. The fire element within him surged forth as he threw a punch infused with true flame at the young man who called himself Zong Si.

  But unexpectedly, Zong Si didn't dodge or evade, instead a sly smile appeared at the corner of his lips.

  Yi Tian Xing's flaming fist was about to hit his body, but upon seeing that faint smile, he knew something was off. However, it was too late to stop, so he could only throw the punch, only to find himself hitting nothing but air. Zong Si's body began to sway mysteriously, gradually fading away under Yi Tian Xing's true fire...

  It was just an illusion!

  Yi Tianxing knew that he had fallen into the other party's trap, but did not know where this Zong Si was hiding to ambush himself. He let out a muffled hum, and countless strands of fine true fire were forced out of his body, burning himself into a human torch as a defense.

  Unexpectedly, Huo Yuan's body separated, and he immediately felt a strange feeling.

  It seems that there is a huge power behind him, with an extremely mysterious feeling, driving the flow of fire elements in his body, enticing the fire elements in his body to burn fiercely and recklessly. Yi Tianxing turned around and found that in the air behind him, a small oil lamp was floating, emitting a bright light, as if competing with the fire elements in his body, it was clear that it was not an ordinary object.

  Yi Tian furrowed his brow, feeling that the fire element in his body seemed to be out of control, wanting to fight with the flame in the small oil lamp. He was greatly surprised, after all, his fire element was still flourishing, but he couldn't just let it go without any reserve. So he silently held onto the method of contemplation, trying to control the entry and exit of the fire element, but unexpectedly, it had no effect.

  "This is the Fire Essence of Kunlun Mountain."

  A man in black walked over from the side, this was Zong Si's true self.

  Yi Tianxing felt the situation was ominous and didn't bother to reason with him, instead sitting cross-legged on the ground. Various spells and incantations flashed rapidly in his mind, but could only slightly block the momentum of the fire element's external eruption. The oil lamp floating in mid-air before his eyes seemed like a beauty in the flames, provoking the fire element within him to surge out of control towards the lamp. Although the lamp seemed unable to contain the fire element, it still made Yi Tianxing feel extremely disadvantaged.

  In an instant, a brilliant light burst forth from Yi Tianxing's body, and flames erupted, transforming into several fire dragons that charged towards the small oil lamp. The flame spewed wildly outside the lamp, its power unmatched, yet he secretly lamented, knowing it was unsustainable.

  Fortunately, at this time his true fire was very prosperous, and it seemed that he could still support one or two. Moreover, there was a layer of crimson flames on the surface, and that young man named Zong Si also showed some fear, not daring to come forward, seemingly thinking of relying on this treasure to exhaust the fire element in Yi Tianxing's body.

  "No need to force it, the Fire Essence Guiding Lamp combined with the Ancient Bronze Divine Lamp is the mother of all fires on earth. Although your body's fire element is strong, how can you resist this kind of power?" Zong Si sneered.

  He cursed himself secretly, his face showing a hint of a smile, but this smile was accompanied by the constant emergence of flames on his face, looking ferocious and terrifying: "The mother of the ten thousand fires on earth? It's quite a big name. Why did you come to move me? Is it the intention of your sect?" His eyes were sharp, and he had already seen that the little guy called Zong Si was looking relaxed, but in fact, his hands behind his back were shaking uncontrollably, apparently having a hard time controlling the oil lamp.