Gu Xu spent two full days and nights studying the "Red Flame True Art" thoroughly, and followed the meridian route of this practice method to absorb Yin Qi and refine the true essence.
In his opinion, the practice of martial arts is quite similar to Fu Zhuan to some extent.
Different arrangements of strokes in the talisman seal will have different effects.
Different meridian paths during the practice of exercises will also produce true energy with different attributes.
This is a mysterious and dangerous process.
Gu Xu must ensure that he is focused throughout the whole process and must not be distracted - if he makes a slight mistake, he will fall short of his success, and even his soul will be swallowed by the Yin Qi.
The feeling of practicing "Red Flame True Art" is also different from practicing "Guiyuan Art".
The true essence of "Guiyuan Jue" is like the cold spring water in the mountain stream - when it flows in the body, it will bring people a refreshing and comfortable feeling.
But the true essence of "Red Flame True Art" was like hot lava, causing Gu Xu to feel burning pain.
Gu Xu was not used to such changes at first.
He had to grit his teeth and endure the pain, and his face became extremely pale.
However, as time went by, he gradually adapted to the pain, and even experienced a pleasant sense of accomplishment from the pain.
It's like going to the gym to lift irons in a previous life.
Although I am often sore after training.
But he will also have the happy illusion that "I am becoming a muscular man".
"Any pain that doesn't kill me will make me stronger." He repeatedly gave himself psychological hints in his mind.
Time passed quietly.
The cool breeze gently caressed his face.
Unconsciously, the eastern sky showed a faint fish belly white.
It's the dawn of a new day.
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The Gu Xu family's residence is located at No. 17, Ping'an Lane, Yishui County.
Next door to his house, at No. 16 Ping'an Lane, lived a scholar named Liang, his wife and children.
In the early morning of this day, as usual, Liang Xiucai was awakened by the cry of his son who had just turned one year old.
"Oh, this damn brat probably wet the bed again."
Liang Xiucai yawned and got up from the bed, thinking sadly.
Liang Xiucai's family was poor and he had no money to hire servants.
And his wife has been bedridden and weak recently.
Therefore, Liang Xiucai was forced to become a "nanny" and take on the responsibility of taking care of the baby while studying scriptures.
This made him exhausted every day.
At this moment, Liang Xiucai suddenly noticed that the charcoal in the bedroom stove had burned out.
Today's date is October seventeenth.
Winter started more than ten days ago, and the weather is getting colder.
Liang Xiucai was not a practitioner and could not use his true energy to resist the severe cold.
The stove and cotton-padded jacket are his lifeline for survival in winter.
However, at this moment, when the charcoal fire was burned out, Liang Xiucai was surprised to find that he was only wearing a thin single coat, but he could not feel the cold at all!
The temperature suddenly turned warm, which surprised him.
It seems that the cold winter has passed and the warm and pleasant spring has arrived early.
Liang Xiucai didn't know why the temperature suddenly changed like this.
But he likes this warm and cozy feeling very much——
Because this means that he can reduce the consumption of charcoal, save a lot of money, and buy some herbs for his wife and some candies for his children.
"Is this because God sympathized with my miserable life and specially gave me a warm winter?" Liang Xiucai looked up at the sky and sighed silently in his heart.
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It’s not just Liang Xiucai.
On this day, almost all the people living in Ping'an Lane felt the sudden warming of the weather.
They didn't know that this was the result of the true energy spreading outward after Gu Xu had just completed the "Red Flame True Art".
They just thought that the gods above the nine heavens sympathized with their hard life and specially sent them warmth in this cold day.
So, they offered offerings, burned incense and worshiped God in front of the throne one after another, and devoutly thanked God for his blessings...
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When the early morning sun climbed up to the treetops, Gu Xu finally opened his eyes and ended his practice.
He has used up all the "Eternal Brightness Pill" that Shi Xiaohan gave him before.
If he wants to continue practicing, he must go to the exorcism department to take on tasks, earn merit, and exchange for new pills.
In this world where money can be used to become strong, poverty severely limited his cultivation speed.
He sighed silently.
Then he slowly stood up and walked to the bronze mirror on the side of the room.
The mirror reflected the young man's thin body, beautiful features, and handsome face.
The bridge of the nose is high, the eyebrows are thick, and the eyes are clear.
Perhaps because he lives under the shadow of death, or perhaps because of long-term contemplation, the childishness on his face has gradually faded away unconsciously, and the edges and corners have quietly emerged.
At this moment, he could clearly feel that there was a powerful force surging in his body - it was as if what was flowing in his veins was not blood, but the roaring hot magma.
He stretched out a finger and lightly traced it across the smooth surface of the bronze mirror.
Any place on the surface of the bronze mirror that he touched quickly dented and softened, emitting golden sparks and melting into an orange-red, slowly flowing liquid.
At first glance, it looks a bit like chocolate melting under the hot sun.
But Gu Xu knew that the temperature of this piece of "chocolate" was as high as thousands of degrees Celsius - if a mortal touched it, he would be instantly burned and leave scars that were difficult to heal.
"The power of the middle-level skills is so terrifying!" Seeing such a scene, Gu Xu couldn't help but sigh in his heart, "I don't know how powerful the legendary high-level skills are."
At this time, he once again deeply realized the huge gap in cultivation resources between monks from poor families and disciples from wealthy families.
Everything he is currently striving for may just be the starting line for others.
After a moment, he took back his right hand.
The liquid flowing on the bronze mirror solidified instantly.
At this time, he looked at the uneven mirror and suddenly felt a little distressed——
After all, this is a mirror he bought with his own money.
"Oh, I was impulsive." He shook his head gently.
Fortunately, he is a practitioner.
It is not difficult for him to repair a mirror.
Thinking of this, he took out a piece of talisman paper from his pocket and stuck it on the bronze mirror.
The surface of the bronze mirror instantly returned to its original smoothness.
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"Experiment time: October 17, the twenty-third year of Tianxing;
"Experimental content: The first test of the power of the mid-level skill "Red Flame True Art";
“Experimental tools: a bronze mirror;
"Experimental conclusion: The true essence cultivated through the "Red Flame True Jue" has a high temperature of more than one thousand degrees Celsius and can melt copper instantly;
"Remarks: You must be extremely careful when practicing at home in the future. Never burn down your own house."
