Chapter 688

In the Panshi Cave Dwelling, Yu Heye sat in the main seat, and Unlike Ning Zhuo stood before him.

Although Unlike Ning Zhuo had relied on many Foundation Establishment cultivators to defeat all of Yu Heye's subordinates, in Yu Heye's heart, it only proved that Unlike Ning Zhuo had a hidden force helping him.

Yu Heye's impression of Unlike Ning Zhuo was still limited to the Foundation Establishment level.

Unlike Ning Zhuo didn't mind and took the initiative to speak: "Senior Yu, I have been studying the 'Inverse Five Elements Demon Art' and have a few doubts. The first is 'Heart fire draws blood by three parts, turning red like pulp.' I have not practiced this art, but just by reading it, I can deduce that if one operates the art according to this line, it will inevitably lead to heart pulse agitation and blood flowing too fast. I wonder how you harmonize this ailment in your daily practice?"

Unlike Ning Zhuo's Five Elements realm was very profound, but he hadn't practiced the "Inverse Five Elements Demon Art" at all, so he was limited to studying it on paper, and even though he understood the essence of this art, he had many doubts.

Yu Heye laughed: "Harmonize? Harmonize what? Just draw and use it directly."

As he spoke, he spread the five fingers of his right hand, palm upward, and drew out a stream of essence blood.

The essence blood was dark red, pulsating and twisting like a living thing.

Yu Heye continued: "After drawing it, it's like an ordinary person holding a soldering iron; you must consume it immediately, or you can't suppress the dryness at all!"

He clenched his five fingers suddenly, and the ball of essence blood instantly shrank and condensed, turning into a crimson flame that covered his fist, burning intensely.

"Heart pulse agitation and blood flowing too fast are not burdens, but the very reasons for attacking enemies in battle."

"The heart's intent must be fierce, like a wildfire on the plains; once a thought arises, the blood turns fierce and burns intensely."

"Harmonize what? A moment of delay, and the result is burning through the heart pulse!"

Unlike Ning Zhuo was silent for a moment before nodding slightly.

"So that's how it is. Using fierceness to control fierceness, using speed to control violence—then what about the line 'Liver palace stores wood essence, passing through the curved corridor to inject into the Sect Master point'? How do you interpret the three words 'passing through the curved corridor'? Practicing this here will likely cause meridian stagnation, like vines strangling a withered tree. The more times you do it, the deeper the sequelae."

Yu Heye nodded: "It is indeed stagnation."

"Look." He bent his left arm, and his loose robe sleeve slid down, revealing an old scar on the inside of his arm that was deep enough to see the bone and glowed with a greenish-black wood Qi.

Around the scar, the muscles were twisted, revealing a strange vitality, as if tiny roots were moving under the skin.

"See it?"

"This is what's left every time I practice and flow through the 'curved corridor' pass!"

"The hair-growing Qi of the liver palace is overbearing and tricky, like the roots of an old tree. Because I've practiced too many times, this pass is almost completely blocked. But I've thought of a way."

As he spoke, he pointed his fingers like a knife, tracing a few times in the air near his left rib's "Sect Master point," his fingertips bringing up wisps of green Qi that traced a strange snake-like trajectory in the air.

"The curved corridor is like the knots of an old tree, almost a dead end."

"I follow the wood nature, like vines clinging, flowing along its texture. When practicing, I keep my intent on the Sect Master point, using the acupoint as the 'root,' leading the wood essence like spring vines exploring branches, with a portion penetrating through the curved corridor and the majority bypassing it from both sides."

"Although it's a detour and consumes quite a bit of vital energy, it at least avoids the disaster of wood Qi completely clogging up and backlashing against the liver palace!"

At this point, a light mixed with lingering fear and pride flashed in his eyes.

This trick was an insight he gained when he was in extreme pain while on the verge of death from Qi deviation.

Unlike Ning Zhuo also heard it.

He looked at Yu Heye before him, a trace of pity flashing in the depths of his eyes.

"Practicing like him, the frequency of Qi deviation will be very high."

"These tricks are probably summarized from blood and tears because the number of times he's suffered Qi deviation is too high, and experience has constantly accumulated."

"I'm afraid he has mastered other tricks like this."

Such tricks are undoubtedly short-sighted.

But who let Yu Heye's Five Elements realm only be this high?

Unlike Ning Zhuo saw the big picture from small details, and just from this little trick, he deduced Yu Heye's Five Elements realm.

"With his ability, inventing these little tricks can indeed maintain his cultivation and strength at the lowest cost."

"When these little tricks accumulate, they can also trigger a qualitative change from quantitative change, gradually improving the 'Inverse Five Elements Demon Art'."

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Many cultivation arts are constantly improved and perfected in this way.

For a moment, Unlike Ning Zhuo couldn't help but feel moved.

He thought of his own "Five Elements Qi Law Art."

Compared to it, the "Inverse Five Elements Demon Art" is simply rubble compared to a pearl.

Yu Heye practices the "Inverse Five Elements Demon Art," and every practice is a devastation to his own body; the higher his cultivation, the more drawbacks and hidden dangers he accumulates.

Because its greatest strength is essence-Qi conversion, yet it converts quite crudely and simply. Just operating the Qi causes damage to the cultivator's physical body.

The "Five Elements Qi Law Art" specializes in cultivating the lower dantian Qi sea, yet it allows for free conversion between the five elements. Because it is limited to the Qi sea, the backlash of the five elements conversion is all borne by the Qi sea, which is equivalent to none.

The "Inverse Five Elements Demon Art" is troublesome; it can convert essence blood into magic power, but the cultivator's physical body is not spacious,

but rather dense and solid.

"The 'Five Elements Qi Law Art' alone is a top-tier art in the world, and this is only one of the three sect supreme arts."

"Compared to Yu Heye, I am lucky."

"Once I rescue my mother, the Lava Xian Gong must be in my own hands."

The three sect supreme arts Unlike Ning Zhuo obtained only have the Foundation Establishment chapter, not the Golden Core chapter. He needs to seek it from the Lava Xian Gong's Dharma-transmitting Bell.

Traveling to the Wanxiang Sect, Unlike Ning Zhuo's cultivation hasn't progressed much, but his combat power has advanced by leaps and bounds.

"Facing Meng Yehu again, I will absolutely not be as passive and disheveled as before."

Clearing his scattered thoughts, Unlike Ning Zhuo said to Yu Heye: "Senior Yu's trick, venting the stagnation of wood Qi and opening a new path to facilitate practice, is indeed a brilliant move. However—"

"Just as Senior Yu said, the fierceness of heart fire must be controlled by speed; the knotting of liver wood must be bypassed with softness. These are all single-line strategies, like treating water by only dredging one canal. If one views the five elements rotation as a whole, there are many improprieties."

"For example, what about taking essence blood to exchange for metal-element magic power?"

"This is not only the source of sharp Qi, but also needs to restrain the murderous nature to prevent excessive metal Qi from backlashing against one's own meridians, and it also needs to accept the nourishing power of the earth element (spleen palace) to increase its toughness, and guide kidney water (Gui water) to moisten its dryness."

"How to balance this?"

Unlike Ning Zhuo immediately discovered the impropriety.

The "Inverse Five Elements Demon Art" itself is self-consistent, but after Yu Heye added the tricks, it caused quite a huge destruction to the overall integrity.

If Yu Heye only focuses on fire and wood elements, it will seriously interfere with the cultivation of metal, water, and earth elements.

Yu Heye's face sank like water.

He mainly cultivates fire and wood elements, supplemented by water. Fire is explosive, wood generates fire, increasing the duration, and water is used to moisten,

easing damage and maintaining calmness.

Yu Heye barely maintained such a fragile power triangle.

Metal and earth elements are more like burdens he has to carry!

Balance?

Yu Heye has already exhausted all his strength to comprehend wood and fire. Comprehending water has completely squeezed out his own learning potential.

How could he still take care of metal and earth?

Yu Heye widened his eyes, staring at Unlike Ning Zhuo: "Junior, you must know that this demon art is a life-risking business! Hesitating,

everything harmonious, is definitely not the spirit of demon arts."

Seeing Yu Heye lose his composure, Unlike Ning Zhuo smiled slightly: "Senior, I have conceived a method that might be able to harmonize the five elements and rotate them on their own."

"The principle is very simple: choose one of the five elements as the main axis. The other four elements follow and generate each other, like a rotation."

Yu Heye scoffed: "Easier said than done! I ask you, how to implement it?"

Unlike Ning Zhuo nodded: "This is not difficult."

He activated his magic power, his fingers gesturing before his eyes, his magic power lingering in mid-air, not dissipating for a time, forming a three-dimensional figure, resembling a talisman, and also resembling a magic array.

"This is the prototype of the rotation. Starting from your actual situation, Senior, if we take fire as the main axis."

"It's like this."

Unlike Ning Zhuo pointed at the center of the figure, and a ball of fire burst out. The fire drove the figure, and it began to rotate slowly on its own.

Unlike Ning Zhuo: "Heart fire as the hub, the beginning of the wheel's movement!"

The speed of the figure's rotation became faster and faster, and the overall shape gradually leaned toward a wheel.

Yu Heye laughed, as if he had already seen the scene where the entire figure rotated and collapsed on its own.

If it were left to develop like this, it would indeed be like that.

But the next moment, Unlike Ning Zhuo touched the edge of the wheel with his fingertip, and immediately, a pale blue water mark spread out, forming an inner ring, as if building a cool dam at the edge of the raging fire.

Unlike Ning Zhuo explained: "Using the moistening intent of the water element to cover the outer edge of the hub, like a boiling cauldron covered with a cold lid, guiding it without releasing it,

making it fierce without burning its wheel, only acting as a driving force!"

Yu Heye's expression changed slightly, but he still didn't care.

Water covering fire can indeed suppress it. But this cannot be sustained at all, and the figure is still unstable, just drinking poison to quench thirst, prolonging life, but it will still collapse in the end.

And water and fire are incompatible; the consequences of collapse are far more severe than before.

Unlike Ning Zhuo gestured continuously with his fingers, using wood-element magic power to condense into deep green straight lines, starting from the water wheel at the very edge, linking to the fire ball at the center of the wheel.

"Water generates wood, wood generates fire! Wood nature is exuberant and easily loses its order. With this linking sequence, one can borrow the principle of the five elements generating each other,

logically making the wood element act as the spokes of the wheel."

At this moment, Yu Heye's expression changed drastically.

Unlike Ning Zhuo's design was very clever, killing two birds with one stone.

It not only eased the incompatibility of water and fire but also greatly stabilized the figure. The overall appearance of the improved art was already visible!

"Is it really feasible?"

"No, there are still metal and earth elements left."

"No, even if the subsequent deduction cannot continue, this structure is of great benefit to me. Perhaps if I study it further, I can really deduce the correct result!"

Unlike Ning Zhuo gestured, and metal-element magic power quickly circled out, forming a second wheel.

The metal wheel and the water wheel were the same size, and both rotated around the fire center.

The two wheels collided, immediately producing clever changes. Metal obtained water's moistening, its sharpness was restrained, and its quality became firmer! And metal generated water, water spread, obtaining nourishment.

Yu Heye had already stood up subconsciously, no longer sitting.

He stared at the figure intensely.

At this moment, the magic power figure had become a ball, the center of the ball was the fire ball, the wood element was the spokes, and the water element was the rim. There was also a metal rim, but no spokes, like a hollow circle, rotating around the fire ball, and frequently colliding with the water rim.

Yu Heye spoke subconsciously: "Wonderful, wonderful. Before, water generated wood, wood generated fire, water supported everything, and the consumption was huge. But now, metal generates water, greatly compensating, and extending it longer."

"But—it's still unstable."

"Metal is still restrained by fire; once either metal or water is exhausted, this structure will collapse!"

Yu Heye felt very regretful.

He never expected that Unlike Ning Zhuo would deduce it to this extent. He was now completely attracted by this figure!

"Pity, too much pity."

"Just one step away, but as difficult as ascending to heaven!"

"No, it's simply impossible."

Unlike Ning Zhuo took in Yu Heye's expression and laughed loudly: "Senior Yu, don't worry, just watch."

Unlike Ning Zhuo bent his index finger and pinched out an earth-element magic power, like a seed, and threw it directly into the fire ball.

"Watch my metal Qi enter the fire!" Unlike Ning Zhuo shouted in a low voice, his spiritual sense mobilizing the metal wheel.

The metal wheel shrank suddenly.

Metal restrains wood; in the process of shrinking, the wood spokes collapsed entirely and were then driven by the metal wheel, all thrown into the fire center.

Fire restrains metal, wood generates fire.

The flames blazed, burning out the wood element, extinguishing the metal element, and adding to the earth element.

This was exactly fire generating earth.

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The earth seed expanded rapidly and exploded suddenly.

The earth element dissipated for the most part, forming a golden ring that suddenly grew and expanded outward.

Soon, the metal wheel was generated, returning to its original size and position.

The magic power figure evolved continuously; water generates wood, wood generates fire; according to this principle of the five elements, a large number of wood spokes were naturally generated.

At this moment, all the hair on Yu Heye's body stood up!

He was like being struck by thunder, standing there sluggishly, staring fixedly at the five elements rotation diagram before him.

"Beautiful, beautiful beyond compare!"

"Wonderful, wonderful beyond words!"

He roared in his heart.

Huge surprise filled his chest, making him feel as if he were dreaming.

Heavens! This dream was too beautiful.

Unlike Ning Zhuo's eyes reflected the five-colored light, and he explained calmly: "Fire is explosive, but metal Qi entering fire is exactly borrowing the intent of sharpness and killing, not to hurt oneself, but to sharpen the mind, cut off the wild thoughts in the fire, and add a pure, focused quality. It is exactly 'fire obtains metal's sharpening, light is pure and does not scatter'."

"After that, it is the return of the embers, nourishing the thick earth. Earth virtue carries things, and the metal wheel is reborn."

"This is the five elements rotation, endless and continuous."

Unlike Ning Zhuo's voice was flat, but when it reached Yu Heye's ears, it was truly deafening!

This late-stage Golden Core cultivator stared at the five elements rotation magic power diagram before him, the sharp light in his eyes growing stronger, a flush of extreme excitement rising on his face, muttering to himself: "Balance in movement... five-speed rotation, fire hub driving—metal sharpening the mind—earth as the foundation... Wonderful! Wonderful indeed!!"

He was too focused, subconsciously operating his magic power, changing his own magic power flow according to the diagram before him.

This change was no small matter.

Yu Heye's preparation was seriously insufficient, and his entire attention was also drawn to the outside. And changing the flow of magic power, was that such an easy thing?

The old order was overturned, but the new order had not been generated in time.

Boom.

The fire ball had just formed when it exploded directly.

A terrifying burning pain instantly swept through his entire body.

Yu Heye's pupils shrank suddenly, revealing a look of extreme horror.

"I'm going to die!!!"