Drawn The Earth Fire

Wei Fang came out of the room with the dimensional pouch in his hand. He was really surprised when he checked inside it.

There were so many herbs inside it that it was piled up like a small mountain. Of course, befitting her profession as an alchemist, every herb was given its due treatment that could preserve its properties for a long time.

What pleasantly surprised him was that there were several herbs that had an ice element attribute. It was something that was needed when someone trained in the Body Forging Method. Even though it could also be done without it. It would be more effective with some resources with an ice attribute, and the duration of the cultivation could also be shortened. Wei Fang was delighted when he first checked the content inside the dimensional pouch.

Now that he already had everything needed to train the Body Forging Method, he couldn't wait to try it. But he was also a bit worried about it because of the remarks about the technique. Although the description of its technique was almost the same as that of The Fly Swatting Palm, which just said technique that used to swatt fly, there were additional remarks that made him worried.

[Body Forging Method]

[Body tempering technique that dictated towards the poor.]

[Remarks: You don't need many resources; you just need to endure more.]

Maybe he could ask the system about its origin, like how he asked about the Fly Swatting Palm.

[As a generous being, the system will explain the origin of the Body Forging Method.]

Wei Fang was delighted.

[In the past, there was a race that was a master of Body Tempering--the fiend. Someday, a great cultivator of the human race was curious how they could produce so many Body Tempering experts with such a poor resource and decided to investigate.

Then, the great cultivator found out that they use the natural fire to temper their bodies. Gaining inspiration from it, the great cultivator created a set of techniques. But the burden was too much for the human body to handle because it was intended for the fiends, who had a strong body from birth.

Finally, the great cultivator found that the body tempering technique of the fiend and the human forging technique were almost similar.

After merging the two of them, he finally created the Body Forging Method. A body tempering technique intended for someone who had limited resources.

But, although the human body could already handle the burden, the pain was something else altogether.

So host, please brace yourself!]

It's a great technique indeed, but when Wei Fang saw the reminder at the bottom, he got a bad feeling about it. Every time the system said something like that, he would be in for the pain.

Should he cultivate it or not?

But it would be a real pity if he didn't cultivate it. He already had the technique and the resources to cultivate it. For such a great technique, he would likely regret it in the future if he didn't cultivate it.

Steeling his resolve, Wei Fang walked towards the pill chamber.

He saw the familiar cauldron once again. Like how Zhu Ju taught him, he shrank it and tossed it aside before activating the formation, causing earth fire to appear.

Like described in the Body Forging Method, he tried to guide the earth fire into his body. But the fire suddenly flared and almost burned him.

"What happened?" He remembered everything was perfectly executed, like the cultivation technique, but why did the earth fire suddenly become big? Confused, he asked the system.

[The system didn't know that the host was this stupid. Just because the step is correct, do you think the results will also be the same? If so, everyone can become a master chef after memorizing the correct steps and ingredients—ahem, the system means master alchemist.]

Wei Fang realized it then; just because he knew the steps didn't mean he could do it. After all, the reference to the step in the Body Forging Method was the creator, and for such a great cultivator, earth fire was something not worth mentioning. So, how could he do something like that? First, he needs to know how to control the earth fire, like his senior sister, before trying to drawn it into his body.

If he recklessly drawn the earth fire into his body and it suddenly flared inside his body, then he would become human charcoal.

Wei Fang took out a book from his dimensional pouch. Except for herbs, his master also gave him many books about techniques that could help him in his journey to become an alchemist—even though he was a bit resistant to the profession—and the book was one of them. It was a fire-control technique.

The technique was called the Python Fire Control Technique.

It looks like a great technique. Wei Fang thought.

Following the instructions of the technique, Wei Fang used his qi to try to control the fire. Hsi Qi moved like a python wrapped around its prey, wrapping the earth fire in the center. Suddenly, he lost control of his qi for a bit, and the earth fire scorched his qi instantly, causing him to step back in fear.

Seeing how strong the earth fire was, Wei Fang muttered, "Is it really doable to drawn such a dangerous fire into the body?"

"Again!"

He tried to control the fire again, but he still ended up with his qi burned up. Controlling the earth fire demands a high degree of control over someone's qi. As soon as he loses control of his qi, even just tiny bit of it, all of it will end up scorched.

After repeated failures and breaks in between to replenish his qi, Wei Fang finally succeeded in controlling the fire on his ninth try.

"Now I need to control a small part of it and draw it into my body."

Wei Fang tried to control a small part of the fire and separate it from the rest before drawing it into his body, but because his control was not that exquisite, it dissipated midway.

He tried several times before successfully bringing a small fire into his body. It turns out that he needs to keep feeding the fire his qi after it is separated from the formation to keep the fire from going out.

"Carefully, carefully." Wei Fang said it repeatedly, like chanting some spell.

Then Wei Fang drawn the fire into his meridian in his body. According to the Body Forging Method, he could draw in the earth fire into his body from any meridian in his body because, in the end, it would need to spread evenly in every meridian. So, it didn't matter where it was first or where it was last.

Wei Fang chose to drawn the fire into the meridian in his hand.

"Now, the final step."

Wei Fang saw the earth fire enter the meridian in his hand, but suddenly his face contorted.

"Aaaagggg!" A wraith-like scream came out of Wei Fang's mouth.