BXBX NOVEL Chapter 92: Art Is An Explosion (1)
Xiao Lan sighed and then went towards a pond of lava. It was boiling and the temperature of the surroundings was so high that the air was getting blurry. However, this was a perfect habitat for someone like her.
She had Ancestral Phoenix Flames to begin with and then her body also gained resistance towards flames because of the Cultivation Manual she practiced. So, the heat was bearable for her.
Getting to the shore of the pond, she jumped and landed on a small island in the middle of the pond. Sitting down on the fiery ground, she inhaled the fresh air and smiled.
She then looked at her hands and wondered where she should start. She would start Cultivating later since she still wanted to give some time for her Cultivation base to settle down. Although it was already perfect, she wanted to make it solid.
That's why she had decided to work on other things. Like her battle techniques. She had taken some from Li Xue but she still wanted to use her former techniques as they were familiar to her. The techniques that Li Xue gave her were high level and would take some to master then, even by her talent. And time was something she didn't have.
She had only a month to achieve a good Cultivation base and also master a few battle techniques that she could use in the tournaments. And she needed to practice to master them. After all, although she had mastered them in her previous life, she couldn't replicate it instantly.
The battle techniques worked in two ways which were both necessary—Comprehension and muscle memory. One needed first to comprehend the battle techniques and then practice it for long until their body adapts to the technique. It was necessary, especially in a fast paced battle.
Xiao Lan already had her comprehension part done since she had used her battle techniques a lot in her past life, they were practically a part of her soul after so long. However, she was in a new body now which didn't know anything.
But it was still easier as she only needed to practice for sometime to master her past battle techniques. It was far easier and effective than learning something new.
She wanted to be one of the strongest in the Annual Sect Tournaments, her pride wouldn't allow her to be any lower. She would have aimed at the top place but there was Ying Yue, a being even she was wary of. She was sure that if Ying Yue wanted, she could assassinate her despite her having a Divine Soul.
She had her Soul attacks which she could use in the tournament but it would not only expose her, it was also quite a disdainful thing to do for her. Beside, her Soul hadn't completely healed even after everything she had gone through.
That single glimpse of Shen Yu had done a heavy damage to her soul.
Xiao Lan sighed, thinking of that moment again. But even as she thought, she didn't go for that particular memory. She didn't want to see that form even by mistake. Who knows if she would survive this time?
"I should just focus on my techniques."
Xiao Lan slapped her cheeks and took a deep breath. She then sat in a lotus position with her hands in her lap, overlapping on each other.
She was trying to use one of her strongest techniques that had made her an walking Flaming Deity. She knew it wouldn't be as powerful as that and only the infant stage would be there. But even that was very powerful.
She concentrated inside her body as she let the Qi circulate in her body through certain Meridians having a specific path. It was a Fire Element technique and using that was very easy for her.
One couldn't use the elemental energies directly and if someone wanted to use them, they would have use other methods or take external help. However, the most common method was comprehending the particular element and convert your tamed Qi into that Elemental Energy.
However, one couldn't store the elemental energy just like how they couldn't make it directly. So, if one wanted to use a Elemental Attack, they would have to first convert their Qi into Elemental Energy and then use the attack. And they would have to do this everytime they used that attack.
There simply was no way to store elemental energy. However, because of the same reason, Qi was called the universal Energy as it could be converted to practically anything and could also be used independently.
Xiao Lan didn't have any problem in making her Fire Elemental Energy and she easily converted her Qi in Fire Elemental Energy. Then, she guided that Fire Elemental Energy in her palms as she began to control the flames.
Instantly, her body was covered in flames. Fortunately, she was wearing the clothes Shen Yu gave her and they didn't get burnt. She simply sat there, unfazed by the sudden flame eruption.
Her finger twitched slightly as she controlled the flames surroundings her and began to condense them. It was proving to be not as easy as she imagined but she still persisted.
The flames slowly receded and began to condense in her palms that were overlapping each other. It was a gradual process and some of her skin even got burnt away, making her flesh charred. However, she didn't care about it. Fire was her Ally, not enemy.
She took a deep breath and concentrated more on her palms as the flames continued to condense, increasing the pressure on her palms. It caused her pain but she didn't care.
Anyone else might have been happy in just making flames materialise outside their body and even controlling it. But she was different, this was nothing to her. She wanted more, and more, even if it meant burning her body.
And so, she persisted.