Who Let Him Cultivate Immortality

“Indeed, we have overlooked the role of propaganda. The common people know too little about cultivation, the five major immortal gates, and other sects.”

Daoist Non-Speaker stroked his beard in thought: “Compiling a storytelling book related to the Dao Seeking Sect is indeed a technical task, let me ponder on this for a moment.”

“Our Dao Seeking Sect has a history of 120,000 years, which can be divided into three stages: the creation of the sect by the Primordial Daoist, the elevation of our sect into one of the five major immortal gates by the Return-to-the-Origin Celestial, and the resurgence initiated by the Ancestral Master Hanhai. Each stage has many stories worth telling, just the beginning of the Primordial Daoist asking the universe for directions can reveal a lot.”

Lu Yang thought to himself that his master was indeed worthy of admiration for being able to turn the Primordial Daoist’s getting lost into such a noble quest, this skill alone was worth learning for a while.

“Of course, we can’t leave out the current affairs, which are the key points. For example, regarding myself, it cannot be said that I was picked up by the third one; it should be changed to being born naturally from the earth, a person born for a destined time, holding a short sword at birth, with the character ‘Kill’ inscribed on the hilt… cough, I’m just joking, I wouldn’t really say that.”

Daoist Non-Speaker faced the icy gaze of Eldest Senior Sister and instantly backed down: “I will definitely describe it truthfully, without a hint of falsehood!”

Daoist Non-Speaker spoke in a negotiating tone: “My dear disciple, can you release your master first? Regarding the matter of the Dao Seeking Sect slaying demons and supporting the righteous path, your eight martial uncles are the ones involved. For the purpose of compiling the storytelling book, I must ask them about the detailed process, so as to have room to elaborate.”

Yun Zhi thought this made sense, so she prepared to let her master go.

Then, Yun Zhi left directly, making Daoist Non-Speaker anxious, he called out from behind: “My dear disciple, you haven’t released your master yet!”

Without turning her head back, Yun Zhi said: “You sit in meditation in the cave for three days, and the barrier will disappear by itself.”

Lu Yang thought to himself, so it turns out his master was confined for ten years because he never continuously meditated for three days, no wonder Eldest Senior Sister was reluctant to release him.

Lu Yang hurriedly followed Eldest Senior Sister and earnestly said: “Eldest Senior Sister, I want to learn a spell that can be cast with just my mouth.”

“Why is that?”

“When I’m fighting, I find that my feet can dodge and attack, and my hands can wield a sword and throw hidden weapons, all have their uses, except for my mouth.”

“Think about it, I’m in a stalemate with an enemy, weapons clashing, neither of us getting the upper hand. If I suddenly cast a spell with my mouth, catching them off guard, I guarantee I can win!”

Yun Zhi couldn’t understand what Lu Yang meant by “in a stalemate with an enemy”, as her battles were always overwhelming. However, since Lu Yang wanted to learn, she had no reason to stop him.

“I know of a method, after mastering it, you can exhale the breath of metallic essence, which can cut through anything. It requires a metal spirit root constitution, your sword spirit root is barely related, but it needs a few moments to accumulate power, and you can’t perform any other actions during accumulation.”

Lu Yang shook his head: “It’s too limited, suitable for sneak attacks, but rarely usable in direct combat.”

“How about Samadhi True Fire then? It accumulates power in the stomach, and once unleashed, the upper, middle, and lower Samadhi True Fires are unstoppable unless extinguished by a rootless water. However, the difficulty of learning is high, and it might take several months to master. You have never studied the Five Elements spells before, so it’s uncertain how talented you are in this area.”

Yun Zhi suddenly fell silent, remembering that the first Five Elements spell Lu Yang learned was the Earth Shrinking technique.

Lu Yang was thrilled at the prospect of learning the famous Samadhi True Fire. If there was a chance to learn it, he definitely wanted to try, and even if he failed, at least he would have no regrets.

“I want to learn the Samadhi True Fire.”

Seeing Lu Yang making his choice, Yun Zhi didn’t stop him and took him to the place where he first started his cultivation.

There, Lu Yang had a memorable experience of successfully drawing Qi into his body for the first time while trying to scoop tofu with a jar.

Yun Zhi explained calmly, “The so-called Samadhi True Fire refers to three types of fire: divine, essence, and mundane. It’s somewhat similar but different from the classifications of the River Spirit Axe.”

“The heart is the monarch fire, also called the divine fire, named Upper Samadhi; the kidneys are the minister fire, also called the essence fire, named Middle Samadhi; and the bladder, or the sea of Qi below the navel, is the people’s fire, named Lower Samadhi.”

“When casting the Samadhi True Fire, you must focus on the three areas of the heart, kidneys, and bladder.”

“I’ve told you before to keep the kidney water always full, and this is why. The human body contains the Five Elements, and most Five Elements spells rely on the five organs, so the kidney water is crucial.”

“I’ll demonstrate for you, just watch.”

Yun Zhi targeted a large tree, opened her mouth, and expelled a stream of Samadhi True Fire, turning a tree as thick as a hug into ashes in an instant, so fast that Lu Yang couldn’t even react in time!

This was the result with Yun Zhi intentionally reducing its power. If she used her full strength, it’s questionable whether Heaven’s Gate Peak would remain standing.

“Have you learned it?”

Lu Yang hesitated. Eldest Senior Sister’s teaching methods were always mysterious, depending on one’s own comprehension: “I’ll give it a try.”

He had created the “Enlightenment of Heart and Nature Technique,” capable of discerning the essence of things, also motivated by the desire to learn the spell taught by Eldest Senior Sister.

It was time to showcase the power of his unique technique!

Lu Yang gathered his spiritual power, focusing on his heart, kidneys, and bladder, and with a fierce exhalation, spit saliva three meters away!

“Samadhi True Fire!” Lu Yang, refusing to give up, shouted again, and spit saliva three meters away!

“Pah!”

“Pah!”

Lu Yang kept casting spells, eventually leaving him dry-mouthed and parched.

The Samadhi True Fire was indeed difficult to master.

Seeing Lu Yang’s struggles, Yun Zhi handed him a gourd. After drinking from it, Lu Yang found it exceptionally sweet, like ambrosia.

“What kind of water is this? It’s so sweet!”

“Sugar water.”

Lu Yang: “…”

Can sugar water be anything but sweet?

Lu Yang persisted, practicing from noon until evening, and finally began to grasp the technique.

“This time, I’ll definitely succeed. Samadhi True Fire, go!” Lu Yang, mustering all his strength and circulating his spiritual power through the microcosmic orbit, forcefully exhaled. A fierce blaze shot from his mouth, scorching a large tree and making it crackle loudly!

“I did it!” Lu Yang smiled, confident in his talent for learning spells, mastering in an afternoon what might take others months.

Yun Zhi, observing the fire closely, felt something was amiss. Approaching the flame, she picked up a small bit, rubbed it between her fingers, and tasted it.

“Sweet?”

Why would fire have a taste?

“Cast it again.”

Confused, Lu Yang expelled the true fire again, and Yun Zhi tasted it: “Salty?”

“One more time.”

After another taste, Yun Zhi said, “Spicy?”

After several tests, Yun Zhi discovered that although Lu Yang’s flames were powerful, they had a unique taste, alternating between sweet, salty, and spicy.

An excited Lu Yang asked, “Eldest Senior Sister, have I learned it?”

Yun Zhi looked at Lu Yang strangely, “You’ve learned it, but what you’ve learned is the Three-Flavors True Fire.”

“Three-Flavors True Fire?”

(TL Note: Samadhi True Fire in Chinese is 三昧真火. The “昧” is one stroke away from “味” which means flavor. So when trying to learn the 三昧真火, he learnt the 三味真火 by mistake. It’s again another word play which can’t be translated into English well. By the way, the Samadhi True Fire is from Journey To The West and is learnt by Red Boy which enables him to shoot fire inextinguishable by water and smoke from his eyes, nostrils and mouth. Samādhi is the Sanskrit word for concentration. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Boy)