Chapter 637

After the Outer Gate Grand Competition began, Yan Buji also wanted to go watch, but due to a sudden new insight in his cultivation of the Burning Heaven Technique, he remained in seclusion.

The Outer Gate Grand Competition lasts half a month; for cultivators, going two or three months without food, drink, or sleep is no big deal, as long as there is no major mental expenditure.

At this moment, Yan Buji, seated in the Alchemy Chamber, closed his eyes to regulate his breathing and quickly adjusted his vital essence to peak level.

"It should be fine; I've deduced it many times, and even if an accident occurs, I can stop it in time." Yan Buji took a deep breath and began his cultivation.

First, Yan Buji removed his upper garment, then he abolished the fire portion of his Five Elements internal skill, immediately switched over, and began cultivating by circulating the route of the Heaven-Burning Technique.

He gathered his essence, qi, and spirit onto his palm, Yan Buji rapidly circulated the technique, instantly igniting his entire palm.

Sizzle!

This flame was like ordinary firewood, but the fuel being burned was Yan Buji's entire palm, and it also tended to spread up his arm.

"Indeed, Martial Dao cultivation unites my body and spirit; the Wenwu Fire ignited by essence, qi, and spirit is equivalent to igniting my flesh."

Yan Buji thought carefully; this technique is cultivated with the idea of turning the illusory into the real, and the Wenwu Fire produced between illusion and reality possesses astonishing power.

But Yan Buji's training method directly uses substantial flesh for cultivation; thus, even if the situation gets out of control, at worst he would ruin this arm and lose some strength.

But since Yan Buji dares to begin cultivation, he must have made preparations.

Only saw the flame on Yan Buji's palm gradually crawl up to his wrist; at this moment he mobilized his magical power, channeling it through his palm and arm, and by circulating the route of the Heaven-Burning Technique he halted the flame's advance.

"Indeed, the Heaven-Burning Technique cultivates the circulation of essence, qi, and spirit, not merely magical power; I use my own magical power to block it, plus Immortal Essence to resist, so this fire cannot possibly burn me to death for now."

Yan Buji broke into a sweat; no matter what, igniting his own essence, qi, and spirit is extremely dangerous—this is his first time cultivating, and any mishap would be beyond his control.

Therefore he must focus intensely, detecting any subtle change before an accident occurs; the ultimate goal is to master this Wenwu Fire.

According to the technique's description, when one can control this Wenwu Fire with intent, that marks entry into the door.

Thus Yan Buji is currently passing smoothly through the first stage.

A cluster of sparks—how can that be considered a flame?

The first step is to pour a large amount of essence, qi, and spirit into nurturing the sparks, growing them into a flame!

This step must neither be too fast nor too slow!

If too fast, his magical power might not keep up to block the flame's spread, forming a blaze that could Devour him entirely; if too slow, it could burn straight through his palm, leaving him handless while the fire still goes out.

Meanwhile, the palm serving as fuel has already had its skin and flesh burned to charcoal, leaving only the bones being Devoured by the flame.

This pain, conversely, made Yan Buji more lucid, watching his palm gradually turn to ash, while circulating the technique and controlling the input of essence, qi, and spirit.

"Is it not enough?"

Yan Buji frowned; up to now he still couldn't let intent control the Wenwu Fire, but his palm was about to burn through, so he simply released the wrist restraint, directly clamped it at the arm joint, letting the flame climb and burn the forearm.

After the forearm was ignited, the scorching flame baking the Lian Dan Tang raised the temperature greatly; and under such terrifying heat, the source was Yan Buji's abundant essence, qi, and spirit.

Because he practices Martial and Law Dual Cultivation, his essence, qi, and spirit far exceed those of ordinary cultivators; thus even consuming some is no big deal, but the flame on his arm shot up, gradually forming a two-meter-high pillar of fire.

Gazing at the fire pillar, Yan Buji also sensed the danger and terror hidden within, and while observing the Wenwu Fire's burning condition, he continued circulating the technique.

Since the technique itself is incomplete, missing a part, Yan Buji's magical power consumption is also quite severe; he again took out pills and kept swallowing them, restoring his magical power while repairing his injuries.

As the medicinal power took effect, the pain of the arm's burns gradually eased, but unless he kept taking pills, the fierce burning of the Wenwu Fire would only bring greater agony!

"Hah, second step!"

Yan Buji drew a deep breath, looked at the flame forming on his arm, stabilized it after burning, and instead of worrying about the gradually destroyed flesh and meridians, he tried to inject his divine sense into it!

But this step is also quite dangerous!

Yan Buji tried to project an intangible binding thread, but the flame at that moment directly incinerated the intangible binding thread, even burning along the thread's direction!

Yan Buji immediately severed the intangible binding thread, his face grave: "Can even an intangible binding thread be ignited? This flame truly burns everything!"

The invisible silk originates from Yan Buji's Heaven-Extending Art, originally intended for better control of armaments; it is itself a thread formed from the condensation of mana and divine sense, which is why Yan Buji used it for his attempt.

Seeing this, Yan Buji also dared not directly touch it with his divine sense for the moment; given the terrifying power of this flame, even a hint of divine sense would likely ignite!

Moreover, Yan Buji is now burning his own essence, qi, spirit, blood, and flesh; his own divine sense also falls within the scope that the Wenwu Fire can devour, meaning he has not yet truly reached the second step.

"What's missing? The flame is stable, so it must be the technique!"

Yan Buji sighed; indeed, the biggest problem with cultivating a fragmentary manual lies here—if the technique is incomplete and no countermeasure is found, this situation will arise.

Unable to stop the flame, extinguishing it would be wasted effort; how could Yan Buji resign himself to that?

However, he had anticipated this situation, so he directly circulated the Burning Heaven technique within his body, drawing out the power of his Golden Core and infusing it into his arm!

In an instant, the flame pillar's height rose again; Yan Buji controlled the inflow of power and gradually felt his arm regain sensation.

"It should have succeeded!"

Yan Buji thought happily.

But before he could rejoice for long, the flame pillar suddenly trembled!

Yan Buji's face changed drastically: 'Not good!!'

Boom!

The flame pillar suddenly collapsed, all the flames pouring down like a waterfall, instantly igniting Yan Buji's entire body!

"We're doomed!!"

The pain of the burns stimulated Yan Buji's nerves, yet in that instant he reacted immediately!

Only see Yan Buji taking out a longbow—the Six-Reverse Immortal Accumulation True Phoenix Bow he had previously obtained!

At that moment, Yan Buji rushed out of the Lian Dan Tang; nearby, fortunately, no one saw him. The flame-engulfed Yan Buji swiftly arrived at the primordial forest of the Outer Gate.

Nock the bow, draw the arrow!

A portion of his essence, qi, and spirit flowed into the True Phoenix Bow; accordingly, Yan Buji guided a portion of the flames burning his body into the bow!

Whoosh!

One arrow shot into the heavens!

A terrifying flame vortex instantly spread outward a hundred meters, and the arrow, propelled by the vortex, shot even higher into the clouds, disappearing without a trace!

After doing all this, Yan Buji sat down with a calm expression, suppressing the Wenwu Fire burning his body!