Singing the Fire in The Sun - Chapter 3
Chapter 3: Fire Body Tempering
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
“Looks like I can save this Fire Avoidance Pill.”
Jiang Chen hung on to the pill. He didn’t need it, but he could still sell it to others.
After that, he walked towards the Firesmith Hall and soon arrived at the entrance.
Inside the Firesmith Hall, a plump young man wearing a green disciple’s uniform received him. “You’re the new labor disciple? Not bad, you don’t seem to have a short life. You should be able to live for a few years, right?”
His tone was cold, and he did not seem like an easy person to get along with.
Jiang Chen replied calmly, “That’s right. My name is Jiang Chen. I’m a new Fire Engineer Disciple.”
The green-robed disciple stretched out his hand and said matter-of-factly, “Yes, bring it over!”
Jiang Chen looked confused. “What? Senior Brother, what do you want me to take out?”
He had just arrived at the Firesmith Hall, and he didn’t know this green-robed senior brother, so how could he know what the other party wanted from him?
“Hmph! Senior Brother is not something you can call me, you idle brat.”
Seeing that Jiang Chen was pretending to be dumb, the green-robed disciple’s expression turned cold. He immediately flicked his sleeves and left.
Wherever there were people, there would be some who lived in abject conditions like flies and dogs, and there would be things that were not openly spoken.
The Firesmith Hall naturally had a similar custom. All new laborers had to hand over a portion of the Fire Avoidance Pills to the steward disciples.
This way, they could be taken care of and avoid conflicts from the start.
“Did… did I offend him?”
Jiang Chen looked at the back view of the green-robed disciple and felt a little baffled. What did he do to offend this somewhat cocky guy?
Since he could not figure it out, he stopped thinking about it.
In any case, he intended to continue on with a low profile anyway. He probably wouldn’t have any future conflict with this fellow.
Today was the first day for reporting in. The Fire Gathering Array had already been fueled, so the rest of the time was Jiang Chen’s free time.
He found an unoccupied room in the corner of the Firesmith Hall and cleaned it up before moving in.
After everything calmed down, Jiang Chen’s thoughts ran wild.
The former owner of Jiang Chen’s body was from a large clan in the flourishing Central Continent. He had lived a life of wealth and joy since he was young, but later on, enemies had come to seek revenge.
In order to preserve the family’s lineage, his father had sent him to a village to hide.
However, he did not expect that the village would be invaded by a demon and that the entire village would be massacred. He had been stranded outside and was later abducted.
The kidnapper sold him directly to Nanli Continent, which was far away from the Central Continent. After a while, he was bought by the Skyfire Sect and became a labor disciple of the sect.
As a former young master of a large family, he had some understanding of the situation in this world.
This was a cultivation world.
There were experts who could capture the moon or a mountain, sever a river, or split the sea.
Their Sword Immortal Sword Qi could soar through the air, hacking down stars.
There were also fiend demons wreaking havoc in all directions, causing living beings in the world to be plunged into misery and suffering.
Humans and fiend demons bordered each other, each occupying their own territory, and had been fighting for tens of thousands of years.
Right now, the Skyfire Sect he was in was a cultivation sect in one of the three great nations of the world, the Dagan empire. It ranked last among the Ten Major Sects and was a sect that was beginning to decline.
The strongest person in the sect was the Grand Elder who was only at half-step Primordial Core.
It could be said that if this Grand Elder died, the Skyfire Sect would definitely fall out of the Ten Major Sects.
Other than Dagan, there were also the two powerful countries — Dali and Daxuan — and several small countries.
In this world, countries fought each other in the dark, and man and fiend never stopped fighting. Only strength reigned supreme.
Soon, Jiang Chen’s thoughts turned to the Authentic Solar Fire he had just obtained.
Cultivation in this world was divided into the Qi Inspiration, Dao Initiation, Divine Sea, Golden Bridge, Primordial Core, and Profound Connection realms.
Each realm was then divided into nine layers.
Cultivation in the world was similar to that of the major sects during the Qi Inspiration stage. When one initiated into the Dao, there were differences due to the use of different spiritual objects.
The cultivation of the Skyfire Sect relied on the various spirit fires of heaven and earth to initiate into the Dao.
They would use a type of flame as a vital spirit fire to open up the spirit sea, and the stronger the spirit fire, the larger the spirit sea that would be opened up.
However, success and failure both depended on the spirit fire.
The upper limit of the Skyfire Sect’s magical formulation cultivation was also restricted by the quality of the spirit fire that awakened after initiating into the Dao.
In other words, if one had awakened a mortal-quality spirit fire, the highest one could cultivate to was the Divine Sea realm.
If it was human-quality fire, then there was still some possibility of reaching the Golden Bridge realm.
As for the earth-quality fire and heaven-quality fire, they corresponded to the Primordial Core and Profound Connection realms, respectively.
However, after the Skyfire Sect encountered that unforeseen event and the Nine Dragonfire Suppression Array in the Myriad Flames Cave was broken, three types of heaven fire, 10 types of earth fire, and a considerable number of human fire were all lost.
As a result, the Skyfire Sect had become so weak that it was difficult to recover its former strength.
However, this wasn’t something Jiang Chen could resolve.
He withdrew his thoughts and focused on his spirit sea.
A spiritual light flashed, and a vast and magnificent spirit sea filled with spiritual energy appeared in Jiang Chen’s senses.
Ninety-nine feet!
With a slight sense, Jiang Chen knew that his spirit sea had already reached an exaggerated 99 feet.
One had to know that when ordinary disciples initiated into the Dao and opened up their spirit seas, theirs would usually be slightly over a foot long, and those with outstanding talent would only be around three feet.
Even Eldest Senior Brother, who was currently ranked first in the inner sect, was rumored to have awakened the Ghost Bone Spirit Flame, which was ranked 25th among the earth fires when he initiated into the Dao. The spirit sea he awakened was only 12 feet wide.
He was already reputed to be the most talented disciple of the Skyfire Sect in the past 300 years.
Initiating into the Dao was the process of accumulating spirit qi. The more spirit qi there was, the more it would eventually liquefy into a spirit sea. Once the spirit sea reached 1,000 feet, the spirit sea would liquefy into the Divine Sea realm.
At this time, Jiang Chen’s spirit sea was only 99 feet, just one step away from reaching 100 feet, which was the second layer of the spirit sea!
However, right now, Jiang Chen could be said to have a cultivation realm but lacked the corresponding cultivation technique. He simply couldn’t display the power he should have.
He wondered if he would be able to obtain the cultivation technique the next time he signed in.
The next day.
It was Jiang Chen’s first day in the Firesmith Hall.
“System, sign in here!”
As soon as he woke up, he signed in.
[You have signed in successfully at Firesmith Hall and have obtained the reward “Fire Body Tempering”.]
[Note: This is a sustainable location. Host can sign in here repeatedly.]
The system’s notification sounded.
“Fire Body Tempering… Ah… it’s actually this technique!”
The corners of Jiang Chen’s eyes could not help but twitch. This cultivation technique was extremely famous in the Skyfire Sect because it had been created by a well-off second-generation hedonistic son who could not bear the pain nor the perseverance needed.
This cultivation method originated from a certain divine cultivation technique of the Yin Yang Acacia Faction. After being improved by a senior expert of the Skyfire Sect, it could be used to — via intercourse between men and women — expel the excess fire poison from a cultivator’s body into a furnace.
It was truly benefiting oneself and creating a disadvantage for others!
However, it had a great effect on improving the physique of the cultivator and reducing the side effects of absorbing the spirit fire.
At this moment, Jiang Chen wasn’t ready yet.
All of a sudden, the system channeled all the secrets of the Fire Body Tempering into his brain.
With the help of the system, he directly mastered the first level of this cultivation technique.
Immediately after, a wave of power surged out from his body.
The potent power of the Authentic Solar Fire in his body was triggered by the cultivation technique and began to circulate within Jiang Chen’s body.
All of his tendons and bones were cracking under the gentle energy. His tendons and bones became stronger, and his flesh became more translucent and lustrous.
The impurities in his body were expelled, and the continuous transformation brought Jiang Chen an unimaginable mental feeling. He could not help but groan.
