Chapter Thirty-Four: Flame Palm

  Reflecting on one side, meditating quietly on the other.

  An hour later, Jiang Heng's battle energy had recovered to its peak. Feeling the battle energy that was about to burst out of his body, Jiang Heng couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth and smile. Fighting was indeed the most direct way to improve one's cultivation, and only by experiencing life-and-death battles could one gain more insights.

  "Teacher, how can he hide in the giant tree? Why didn't I notice it earlier?" Jiang Hao scratched his head and asked discontentedly.

  "Ah, he should be a Wood-type, in this forest, he should have a great advantage. If not for underestimating him, do you think it's easy to kill a strong warrior like him?"

  Jiang Hao was taken aback: "Wood attribute? Besides fire attribute, there's also wood attribute?"

  "Hey, don't you know this? Don't you even read the books I posted on your space?" said Tianyi with a bad tone.

  "Oh, books! Lately I've been so busy with work, no time to read at all!" Jiang Huan muttered.

  "Alright, alright, I'm scared of you. Hurry up and find some time to get rid of these books, or else you'll become illiterate! Ah!" Di Tian shook his head.

  "There are five attributes of battle energy, namely metal, wood, water, fire and earth. Among them, the fire attribute is the most common, followed by the metal attribute, while the water attribute is the least. Many win over few, so water wins over fire; refined wins over solid, so fire wins over metal; strong wins over weak, so metal wins over wood; concentrated wins over scattered, so wood wins over earth; substantial wins over empty, so earth wins over water."

  "The five elements restrict each other, yet also generate each other: Metal generates Water; Water generates Wood; Wood generates Fire; Fire generates Earth; Earth generates Metal." Zi Tian continued.

  "Teacher, why did you say I still have a hint of wood attribute back then? Can a person have multiple attributes at the same time?" Jiang Huan asked in confusion.

  "This is natural, but most people are dominated by one attribute and mixed with another. Those who possess two or more attributes have considerable cultivation talent."

  Jiang Hao pursed his lips and asked again: "Then teacher, how many attributes do you have?"

  "Huh?" He didn't seem to expect Jiang Heng to ask this question. "Oh, there are four attributes for a master, which are metal, fire, water and earth."

  "Ah!" Jiang Hao's mouth was agape as he stared at Yi Tian with a gaze that made the latter feel like a freak, sending shivers down his spine.

  "Haha, nothing strange about it. In my time, multiple attributes were common, unlike this continent where single attributes dominate." Tianya chuckled.

  "That's right, old monsters like you are rare nowadays!" Jiang Hao muttered to himself.

  "This guy should have had a hint of water attribute before, so the arrow he shot out added a corrosive effect. Water gives birth to wood, and wood gives birth to fire, all good attribute combinations."

  Jiang Hao stood up and walked over to the corpse lying across the tree, reaching his hand into the other person's clothes to search.

  "Ha, teacher, look, storage bag." Jiang Huan excitedly pulled out a small pouch from the other person's arms and showed it to Yi Tian.

  "Alright, fine! Open it and take a look! Hopefully, it's not some junk again!"

  "Alright." The owner was dead, the mark on the storage bag had disappeared, and Jiang Huan easily moved the things out of the storage bag.

  "My god!" Jiang Hao stared blankly at what was in front of him, his eyes wide with shock.

  A small pile of second-class beast cores on the ground, with a few third-class ones among them. A pile of gold coins, roughly estimated to be at least 500,000 in value. Some maps and jade tokens, as well as some arrows emitting a cold, icy glow. In addition, there was also a large pile of various medicinal pellets.

  "This is great, haha, we're going to be rich!" Jiang Huan clapped his hands and exclaimed excitedly.

  "This guy seems to have killed a lot of people, and it's not easy to accumulate so many things with the strength of a war master. But it's all thanks to you, kid." Zi Tian said to Jiang Huan, who was excited.

  Suddenly seeing so many things, Jiang Huan was a bit at a loss, rummaging through the pile of miscellaneous items with great relish, and that pile of elixirs couldn't escape his palms either.

  "Wow, Qi Gathering Pill, Bone Growing Pill, Toxin Transforming Pill, Blood Devouring Pill...... Hmm, although they're all low-grade ordinary pills, I guess they'll do!" Muttered to himself as he tossed them into his spatial chain.

  There was also a pile of miscellaneous things, and it seemed that the tragic war master didn't know what to do with them either, they were all jumbled together.

  "Huh!" Jiang Huan reached out and took a square iron box, "A square box, damn it, don't need to be so lucky!" Jiang Huan pinched himself, not dreaming.

  Tianlang also came over, sighing: "Alas, I really don't know if you kid are just lucky or what, finding the second one so quickly. Judging from the situation, this old fellow doesn't even know what this thing is."

  "Haha, after gathering all the skills, I must go back and beat Jiang Kui once, hum!" Jiang Huan said with a smile.

  "Look at you, I'm starting to suspect that if this divine skill fell into your hands, it would be wasted!" Arcane shook his head, speechless.

  "Take a quick look and see if there's anything else useful, we need to get going soon."

  "Flaming Palm, a mid-level combat technique that imbues the user's palms with battle energy, which then follows a special trajectory and transforms into flames to injure enemies. Although it is only a mid-level technique, its power rivals some high-level techniques. However, the requirements for practitioners are not high, as long as they have fire attributes, they can cultivate it, which is why it is classified as a mid-level technique."

  "Teacher, can I practice this battle technique? Look at me now, I don't have any decent techniques, it's so disadvantageous to fight with others!" Jiang Huan's heart was burning with excitement when he saw the intermediate-level battle technique.

  Although the Jiang family was the first-rate family in Taiyang City, most of its members practiced lower-level martial arts. Only some elders could practice mid-level martial arts, and as for high-level martial arts, the Jiang family had one - Huo Long Sheng, which was also the signature move of Jiang Yuan, the patriarch of the Jiang family. However, this was the only high-level martial art in the Jiang family, and only the patriarch and his successors could learn it. As a younger son, Jiang Hao naturally had no chance to see it.

  Although Jiang Hao got another square box, he was one step closer to the legendary divine skill, but when he wanted to gather the other two, he didn't know how many years and months it would take. Even if he got the divine skill now, he estimated that he couldn't cultivate it at present, and this point Jiang Hao still had a sense of self-awareness.

  "Alright, mediocre combat skills, though a bit lacking, but just right for your use, fine!" said Tianyi after some thought.

  Jiang Hao felt a pang of frustration in his heart. What's the point of being close if he still had to cultivate mediocre combat skills? He thought to himself as he pursed his lips, gazing at Tianyi.

  "Let's see how it's cultivated first, but the battle technique is usually engraved on a jade slip, this battle technique is actually on a piece of broken cloth, it's really unbelievable." said Tianyi.

  "One who cultivates this martial art must draw the battle energy into the Taiyuan Cave, passing through the Shaoshang and Shenmen points, and finally emitting it from the palm of the hand. When practiced to the extreme, the flames are completely internalized, and anyone who comes into contact with it will be instantly ignited and burned, from the inside out. Suitable for close combat."

  He put down the tattered cloth, and Jiang Hao drew out a thread of battle energy from his dantian, slowly flowing out from the Dahai acupoint into his right hand's Taiyuan acupoint. The energy then split into two paths, entering the Shaoshang acupoint and the Shenmen acupoint respectively. With a single hand, Jiang Hao slapped the giant tree behind him, producing a sharp "chi" sound. It was as if hot oil had been poured onto snow - on the thick bark of the giant tree, a dark, charred handprint appeared.

  "Haha, succeeded, haha, I'm indeed a genius." Jiang Huan was very happy to see that he had succeeded on his first try.

  "This is the Roasted Pig's Paw, isn't it? The battle technique written on it is clear and straightforward, from inside to outside. But you're doing it directly from outside to inside!" Di Tian took a glance at the black handprint left on the tree, his heart skipped a beat, but his mouth didn't show any sign of praise.

  After hearing Tianyi's words, Jiang Huan's face also turned red. If it were that easy to practice, then it wouldn't be considered a medium-level martial skill. However, what Jiang Huan didn't know was that the most difficult part of this skill was to simultaneously inject battle energy into the Shao Shang hole and the Shen Men hole; otherwise, there would be no power at all. And yet, Jiang Huan succeeded on his first try, which greatly surprised Tianyi. With Tianyi's keen eye, he could see it clearly, but he didn't mention it. He didn't expect this kid to succeed directly. As for the inner and outer aspects, that was something that could only be achieved when the Huo Lie Palm had reached its peak, a point that Tianyi would not mention.

  In short, Jiang Hao's adventure to seek wealth and honor was quite fruitful! Of course, luck is also a kind of strength, which is a well-known fact.

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