Chapter 392 I am the Fire Fairy
Not all people on the righteous path are good people. With that skin in mind, they are more scheming. Moreover, according to Gu Qingyuan's character, he does not distinguish between good and evil.
The true fire rose, connecting with the remaining fire after the fall of the true yang, and the fire became more intense, turning into a raging sea of fire. There were only two immortals here, Xin Jue Shen Ni and Yu Jin Zhen Ren, both of whom were in the realm of refining spirits. The divine fire could burn even an immortal, let alone two small refining spirits.
When they first arrived, they saw that the place looked like it had been on fire, and they guessed that someone was using great supernatural powers. Seeing that Gu Qingyuan was only practicing the Dharma, they couldn't help but have evil thoughts. It wasn't a matter of killing and robbing, but the two of them speculated that Gu Qingyuan was a true disciple of a major sect.
If it wasn't the true teachings of a great sect, how could it have attracted such a fierce fire and burned the whole place? He must have had a precious treasure. Seeing that Gu Qingyuan's constitution was not mature, he must be very young, so the two of them wanted to use some means to trick something out of him. They dared not touch the magical powers and secret techniques or the precious treasure, so they just tried to trick him into giving them some precious materials and elixirs.
The two men were confident that they only needed a meal to make the true disciple lose his mind and give him some small gifts. Most true disciples were very concerned about their reputation, so the return gift would certainly not be light. After three rounds of drinks and a few more words of flattery, they could get some benefits out of him. After a few times, they could gain a long-term relationship.
They didn't want much, so the elders of the true master sect wouldn't pursue the matter. They would just use it as a way to train their disciples. If a little bit of it slipped through the cracks in the hands of the big sects, it would be enough for Yu Jin and the others to eat.
Seeing the Xinjue nun coming here again, Wonton planned to kill two birds with one stone. He first did a favor to the nun, and then rescued the true disciple, thus getting two favors for free. It is possible that the true disciple would be so grateful that he would give some treasures out, and thus this good show came into being.
Now that the true fire that can burn mountains and boil seas has appeared, the two of them became anxious. Taoism is important, but supernatural powers and magic weapons are more important. Most of them are people who travel the world with a precious treasure. The two of them don't have much family background. They are only the head of a Taoist sect and the authentic ones who can say something. How can they have any good treasures in their hands?
"Fellow Taoist, you burned the wrong thing, you burned the wrong thing, the two of us are still inside!" Yu Jin Zhenren shouted hurriedly, and Yun Tun Taoist was also crying all over the place. Not to mention the real fire that burned him, there were two or three sparks that knocked off his Taoist robe, and there were two or three black holes. All the carefully refined magic prohibitions and the divine light that protected the body turned into nothing. The two old Taoists were worried and looked bitter, but they did not dare to blame him, for fear that the Taoist would get excited and burn his own Taoism.
Gu Qingyuan calculated that these two people's luck had not yet run out, and they had not committed any major crimes. They only had poor personal morals, and they had never offended him too much. To torture them was just a small punishment for a big warning. Thinking that God was merciful, he exploded with anger, which turned into a thrust and sent the two men out of the fire array.
The thrust was so enormous that the two men rolled and tumbled on the ground like gourds out of the sea of fire. A closer look revealed that one of them had half of his eyebrows burned off, and the other had his temples singed. They looked a little embarrassed and sad.
After escaping from the death, looking at the smiling Gu Qingyuan, Yu Jin and Yun Tun cried out in pain in their hearts, and stopped all their calculations. Knowing that their little thoughts had been seen through, they dared not breathe a word, and all of them bowed their hands together as a way of thanking and apologizing, then turned around and turned into sword lights and prepared to fly. The two sword lights stopped in mid-air, nodded again, and then the sword lights flew away without returning.
Without the annoying idle people, Gu Qingyuan was ready to slowly prepare Xin Jue. The sea of fire turned into fire circles, which surrounded it in three layers inside and outside. Xin Jue threw out countless rays of light with his sword, but was blocked by the real fire. He could not do anything by rushing around, and could not help but get furious.
"You little thief, I just want an explanation, but you are targeting me like this, and you even say that there is no trick in the death of my disciple! Whose disciple are you from? Didn't anyone teach you to respect your teacher?"
The sword of wisdom turned into light, and it flew around Gu Qingyuan: "You are so stubborn and self-willed, I really don't know how you got the fruit of the scattered immortal way. If you didn't have some cultivation and the support of your teacher, I'm afraid you would be beaten to death when you go out."
"Don't deceive yourself. Didn't you receive the letter of severance from Ji Nianfu? She had already separated from you and eloped with her lover. You still shouted for her to be killed, but you didn't know that she had discarded you like a worn-out shoe. Your friendship is really as cheap as weeds!"
She was so angry that one Buddha was born and two Buddhas ascended to heaven. After being burned by the real fire and fighting with Gu Qingyuan, her temper calmed down. She knew that she had said the wrong thing in a hurry, which caused this trouble. But she was usually respected and worshipped by others. The elders who were familiar with her also knew her temper. Except for the calamity she suffered when she was young, she had been smooth sailing since then.
Now she wanted to retreat, but she couldn't bring herself to lose face. It would be difficult for her to come down from this high position. She was caught in a dilemma. She was an expert in swordsmanship. She had killed countless demons with her Nanming Lihuo Sword. As she hesitated, the power of her sword weakened by three points.
Xin Jue wanted to say something nice and give in secretly, but he was unwilling to do so. He then followed his temper and uttered bad words in an attempt to provoke Gu Qingyuan's anger and make the True Fire Formation show a flaw, but it was broken again.
Gu Qingyuan naturally saw it clearly, but he was not the kind-hearted elder, so there was no need to go along with this stubborn person. He just sneered:
"What's wrong with what I said? Your efforts in cultivating your mind and cultivating your spirit have really been wasted, and you are still blind, accepting that ungrateful wolf as your disciple, and you don't allow anyone to say anything?"
Xin Jue coughed a few times, but he didn't spit out any phlegm, but he spit out a few mouthfuls of dirty blood: "Little thief, you are just relying on your True Fire to be so arrogant. Even if I have to sacrifice my Taoism, I will let you know how powerful my Xuanmen Zhengfa is!"
She wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth, dipped her finger in the blood and made three marks on the hilt of the sword between her heart and eyebrows. The Nanming Lihuo Sword started to burn and produce smoke, which was also a beam of real fire.
In the Eight Trigrams, Li represents the south, and the south is the midday sun, which is the most rigid and yang direction and belongs to Yang. The Li Trigram is fire on flame and light on light, forming a beam of white flame. Its name is Nanming Li Fire, also known as Zhuyan True Fire. According to legend, it is one of the four symbols and the legacy of Zhuque's natal star.
This true fire burns everything without leaving any trace, restrains all evil spirits, and specifically destroys evil spirits and strange treasures. It is the supreme divine fire for refining demons.
The nun Xin Jue reduced her spiritual power and activated the fire engraved in the Nanming Lihuo Sword, and a pure white flame floated. However, the sword was unable to withstand the power of the real fire. When she activated it with all her strength, it immediately turned into molten iron. Therefore, when forging the sword, she added several kinds of fire spiritual materials, such as fire crystal and red iron.
The pure white flame of the true fire only appeared for a moment, and then turned red. Xin Jue shouted loudly, and the Nanming Lihuo Sword turned into a hundred-foot-long red rainbow, wandering in the big sun true fire, using fire to fight fire, and fire to control fire, and for a while they were entangled endlessly.
"I was wondering what kind of energy was pulling me here, and I thought it was Qin Yuanhua, but it turns out that you, the treasure-delivering boy, are here!"
Gu Qingyuan clapped his hands and laughed. He calculated before going out and it was a sign of picking up treasures on the road, so he went with Qiuzhen. He didn't expect that they should be here.
Seeing the golden true fire and the red flames entangled, the east wind overwhelmed the west wind at one moment and the west wind overwhelmed the east wind at another moment, he stretched out his hand and pointed: "This true fire has fallen into your hands and is considered to be tarnished. The most important word of the Nanming Lihuo is purity, but you added impurities to the sword, which has lost the pure essence of the Lihuo and weakened its power by 30%. You can just control the true fire, why do you need to rely on an implement!"
Seeing Xin Jue's slight dissatisfaction, Gu Qingyuan smiled and said, "Well, I will let you see the highest fire control method, so that you won't accuse me of boasting."
With a burst of mana, Gu Qingyuan released the restriction on the Sun True Fire. The True Fire that was originally entangled with Zhu Hong suddenly erupted, and then gathered together, turning into a fire seed that looked small, about the size of a fist. The fire seed paused, swayed, and the flame rose and fell, spewing out infinite fire and heat. The golden flame lit up with a halo, and the temperature continued to rise. In just a few breaths, it had changed color.
First there was a golden light, then the golden color turned into bright white, and then it shrank again, revealing a wisp of blue silk. The light blue color integrated and rendered the white flame, sinking quietly in the air, without a trace of fire leaking out, but it frightened Xin Jue so much that he was speechless.
In her mind, the faint fluorescent blue fire seemed to be pregnant with a terror that could devour the heavens and the earth. It looked calm, but once it erupted, it would burn a hole in the sky and earth.
Xin Jue withdrew his gaze as soon as it touched, and even his spiritual consciousness retreated. After just a glance, his sight was burned off, and half of his spiritual consciousness was burned away. As soon as Xin Jue withdrew his spiritual consciousness, he felt strands of heat growing from the bottom of his heart, and a raging anger rose from his brain, wanting to burn that thing to ashes.
The changes have not yet ended. As the blue color of the fire becomes deeper and deeper and the flame becomes stronger and stronger, a hint of purple gradually appears on the fire, which is extremely strange.
Gu Qingyuan pointed his hand, and the fire moved around on his fingertips. The true fire that could burn mountains and boil seas was extremely agile. The fire that burned and killed most of the practitioners in the world stayed calm in his hands.
He looked at Xin Jue, who was sweating profusely but was instantly burned dry by the true meaning of the fire emanating from within: "Now, are you convinced?"
Waves of heat emanated from her body, and Xin Jue even felt a slight chill when her body interacted with the outside world, as if she was in a world of ice and snow. She knew that it was because her body temperature, stimulated by the true fire, was too high, much higher than that of the outside world, so she felt cold. She was now like a piece of dry firewood, waiting for a spark to explode instantly.
The hundred-foot-long red rainbow lost its power under the illumination of the true fire. The precious sword fell to the ground with a clang, and Xin Jue immediately collapsed: "I... didn't recognize Mount Tai, and misunderstood the true cultivation."
It's not that she was afraid of death, but her mind was captured by the true fire and her spirit was broken. Even her most proud treasure was easily destroyed. She was disheartened and no longer cared about her face or life or death.
With this method of controlling fire and the might of true fire, killing one or two immortals is no problem at all. Why would I waste my time plotting against Ji Nian Fu? I was wrong.
Gu Qingyuan gave her a strange look. With his wisdom sword, he could see through her thoughts clearly, but he didn't quite understand the thinking logic of the practitioners in this world. What was the connection between their high level of cultivation and strong combat power and the fact that they did not hide the memory of Fu?
After thinking about it carefully again, he suddenly understood that in the eyes of the people in this world, that immortal was already an immortal. The difference between an immortal and that Ji Nian Fu was as great as the difference between heaven and earth. Since he was an immortal, why would he care about the tiny ants under his feet, let alone make plans.
Seeing Xin Jue's behavior, Gu Qingyuan no longer had any other thoughts. He reached out and took the Nanming Lihuo Sword, and forced out a flame: "You disrespected me, so I gave you a taste of pain. It can be regarded as karma. I will take half of this Nanming Lihuo as an apology. Are you willing?"
Xin Jue's face was ashen. He didn't care about life or death, let alone the true fire. He nodded without saying anything.
Gu Qingyuan sighed. This old nun's killing in anger would inevitably offend her fellow practitioners. What's more, this boy who brought the treasure had other uses. Gu was a very frugal person. As for his face...how much could it be sold for? How many copper coins or a few pounds of gold and silver?
After thinking for a moment, he slowly spoke: "I know that you have a fiery and explosive temperament, but this is only one aspect. From what I can see, there must be some omissions in your fire practice, which has caused your anger to surge up and affect your mind, leaving endless poison. You will see!"
He traced with his fingers, tapping out the golden talisman, and soon a piece of tadpole-like characters with hundreds of words hung in the air: "I have some accomplishments in the way of fire. This "Old Farmer's Skill of the Stove Fire" is the work of my hard work. It aims to use the heart as the field and the body as the land to nurture the fire and nourish the fire energy, just like the old farmer, planting fire seeds in early spring and harvesting fire trees in autumn. It is a quiet skill that consumes the most energy, and perhaps it can cure your fire poison that has entered your heart and changed your temperament and emotions."
Gu Qingyuan's face was calm: "If you trust it, take it and repair it. If you don't trust it, just throw it away."
Xin Jue looked at the article, every word of which was gemstone-like, the words expressed true meaning, and the language on the element of fire. The mind of the immortal was so powerful that he understood most of it at a glance. After further deduction in his mind, he could not help but tremble. This was not some old farmer's skill, but the fundamental method that leads directly to the great way!
But she showed no sign of ecstasy. She suddenly bowed down, then stood up and bowed again: "Xin Jue made a mistake first, and was disrespectful and rude later, which are already heinous crimes. The immortal has forgiven us and given us the true Dharma. This really shames me. May I ask for the immortal's name and where the immortal mountain is? I will apologize after Xin Jue has dealt with his affairs after his death. I am willing to be an ox or a horse for him to drive to atone for my disrespect."
In his words, he actually treated Gu Qingyuan as an immortal who had descended to the earth. However, in a sense, this was not wrong.
"I am just a mortal in this mortal world. I have escaped from this world and settled down in Fulong Temple on Canxia Mountain. I drive cattle and horses like that. There is no need to mention the matter of atonement. We are both true practitioners of the righteous way, so we can just be indifferent to each other. If we meet again in the future, we can say that we have known each other since we fought." Gu Qingyuan declined politely, but he did not show any reluctance in his heart. He was just acting. He was very narrow-minded.
The gift of the technique was not out of kindness or repaying evil with kindness, it was because Gu Qingyuan saw that the old farmer had a long-lasting destiny and would live a long life, so he wrote a technique and used it as a test guinea pig to help the old farmer accomplish another technique with the help of his destiny. Once the old farmer's technique was accomplished, a real fire would be born, which was none other than the human fire.
This fire is made with the help of fire and smoke from the human world, like the fire in the stove, which can cook all kinds of food, or the smoke used to worship gods, burning fingers to pay respect to immortals and Buddhas, and so on. It requires hundreds of kinds of ordinary fire and smoke to be made.
Gu Qingyuan couldn't stand the long and hard work, so naturally he had to find someone to do it for him. Now Xin Jue was a good helper, he had free time and money, and he had a reputation as a righteous man, so he could do things cheaply. He just had to wait for Xin Jue to condense the fire like a hardworking old farmer and create a field of abundant fruits. Then he could harvest them according to the induction. After all, that was the technique he wrote, so it was normal for him to leave thousands of back doors.
"Even if you have the fire poison disease, you don't have to worry about your heart falling into the trap."
Gu Qingyuan had thousands of thoughts and plans in his mind, but he didn't show it on his face. He whispered a few words of advice about the key points. The precious carved carriage that he had wanted to throw several times finally landed on the ground, and in his dejected and self-ashamed eyes, it turned into a golden flame and floated away.
"The fire dance breaks through the long smoke, the fairy posture is proud of the nine heavens, the body follows the cloud flame, I am the fairy in the fire, I am leaving!"
(End of this chapter)