Frost Flame

Xuan Li Stood up and eagerly walked outside his mansion. He lifted his hand and willed the Qi to move to his hand.

Azure flames burst out from the palm of his hand, The flames didn't hurt him at all. in fact they were not hot at all, they felt very cold. the surroundings began freezing from the sheer coldness the Flames produced.

He felt a strange connection with the flames like they were part of him and he could control them with but a thought. He felt very happy and smiled, what he was doing now was something he had never thought of accomplishing on earth, it felt intoxicating.

He shaped the flames in various ways and the results were perfect, the flames obeyed his every command. What fascinated him the most was the impossible properties of the flame, a cold flame seemed impossible to exist but here it was in front of him, he could only wonder about the physics of this phenomenon and the different laws of this world.

He willed the flame to burn and it became hot enough to melt the ice that had accumulated around him in an instant. The most interesting part of his Azure fire was the fact that it could become extremely hot or cold in an instant and with each change his body experienced the same. when the fire became hot he would be resistant to heat and the same went for cold, this gave him great versatility for the different situations that could happen in the future

He managed to calm down from his childish excitement after a while and left the house. When he had first gotten his Spiritual root he knew he needed lots of mystical plants and pills to cultivate his body so he had managed to gather quite a collection and had left them in Zi Bai's residence since Zi Bai had a special storehouse perfect to store such things.

He met Zi Bai and after greeting him went directly to get what he needed. After stuffing everything he needed in his bag of holding he went back to his residence and started cultivating again.

He knew he wasn't young and cultivator in his age who had not yet progressed past the Mortal transformation stage were considered trash amongst Cultivators, that's why he focused on cultivating and had ignored everything else, he knew to become a mighty immortal and finding his family he had to ignore everything else and cultivate.

He didn't have the same leisure as other immortal practitioners, he had limited time. Xuan Li wasn't sure how different time passed in this world but he wasn't going to risk it, he needed to be as fast as possible to find his home. His family members weren't immortals, he knew that cultivating like this could potentially harm his foundation but he had no choice.

He started to do physical exercises intended for Blood purification and condensed his Qi at the same time, every day after each practice he would find black impurities in his sweat and needed to shower.

Days went by, He endured with great willpower and determination. Humans are social creatures and living alone for a long time can affect one mentally in a negative way He knew all that but he ignored everything and only focused on his goal.

Every day his blood would get a brighter shade of red and he felt a little lighter and stronger, his Qi passageway created by his Core expanded and worked more efficiently.

Eventually, he finished his 1st condensation and the last drop of his blood was purified, His blood had a bright Crimson color to it and would sometimes mysteriously flicker with Azure light. inside his Spiritual Core, a Vortex of icy blue gas had formed that constantly absorbed Qi on its own, this caused his Cultivation speed to increase dramatically.

The amount of his Qi doubled but physically he was not stronger than before, the only difference lay in his complexion before he had a fair complexion but now his complexion was turning paler and more vibrant and healthy, this caused his appearance to become more handsome, with his long hair which he hadn't had the time to cut, it caused him to look unique and profound. he didn't notice that a strand of his hair had turned Azure colored which wasn't that noticeable.

Next was Flesh tempering, which meant to temper every part of flesh except for organs, he didn't have that much gold left and he had used all the resources he had gathered, "I have to either make money or go find them myself, finding them is out of question it would take too much time. I need a lot of money and fast, How ?!"

he walked around the city and pondered on ways to make money, he even considered selling the compass because the compass had begun fading away, apparently, it had a time limit which was reaching its end, there was the problem of getting it inside the city as well, thus he gave up on this.

"Okay, the only way is to scam people, it's dishonorable but who cares, I will become the number one swindler under heavens if It means reaching my goals." his morals had waned after all that he had done.

he began gathering information on various factions and people, rich and powerful, in the city and their antics.

there were 3 clans and 4 factions that ruled the city, the clans consisted of Li clan, they were a clan of warriors and cultivators, Bai clan, they had the best alchemist and scholars, Xia clan, they had the highest political power.

the 4 factions were: The Hall of City lord, a high-level cultivator and his followers selected by the throne to rule the city. the Dragon Horn sect, the oldest faction, and most powerful faction. The beast slayers, an organization devoted to killing beasts and monsters that threatened the city. Scholars guild which he knew about, was only a branch of the central guild located in the capital.

after lots of information gathering, he found some very interesting and useful matters. The 2nd young master of the Xia clan and the 1st prince of the Hall were Silkpants and wasted money on a whim, both had notorious reputations and were considered evil by the people.

They instantly became Xuan Li's targets, he could even see a plan forming in his mind, he was going to take the city by storm, rob the two Silk pants off their money and flee the city with the compass in hand and head to Saint heart city.