Chapter 75: The Spirit of Fire

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  In order to become an alchemist as soon as possible and maximize his medical skills, Ye Han decided to speed up his cultivation.

  Cultivation cannot be done at home, so every evening after Ye Han finishes his homework and dinner, he would throw down his rice bowl, bid farewell to his parents, and head out alone. He would be gone for the entire night, only returning home when dawn breaks on the second day.

  Although they decided to let their son be, in Ye Kui and his wife's eyes, Ye Han was still a child no matter how capable he was. Seeing their son going out every night, regardless of wind or rain, the couple couldn't help but worry, not understanding what their son was secretly doing.

  Later, Yang Xiuying couldn't help but ask Ye Han a question. The answer she got was: "The old Chinese doctor who taught me medicine has come back, but he will leave after staying for a few days. During these few days, he wants to pass on all his medical skills to me. I'm busy with school during the day and can only find time to learn from him at night."

  It was just these two simple sentences that made Ye Kui and his wife completely put their minds at ease, they knew that their son's medical skills were already on par with the old Chinese medicine doctor, and now if he learned a bit more from him, it would definitely be okay, and in case their son couldn't find a job after graduating from university, he could still work as a doctor.

  But the son is learning kung fu during the day and studying medicine at night, it's really too tiring. These days I must cook more chicken, fish, meat and eggs to nourish his body well!

  Mr. and Mrs. Ye thought so.

  That evening, Ye Han left home as usual after dinner, but before leaving, he also brought the few "Ling Huo Cao" planted in the vegetable garden. He also took away a set of clothes, and it's not clear what they were for.

  Ye Han's destination was a vast and empty cave in the depths of the northern mountain range, which he had been using as his own training ground for days.

  This cave is located in a valley in the depths of the mountain, surrounded by bare mountains on all sides, with no vegetation to speak of. It's the perfect place for Ye Han to cultivate his Fire Spirit Energy without worrying about being disturbed or accidentally starting a forest fire.

  To cultivate the spiritual energy of wood, one must go to a place where trees are lush and thriving. Similarly, to cultivate the spiritual energy of fire, one must be near a source of fire.

  Fire and wood are different, in the city of Wucheng, there are many trees, Ye Han can cultivate here without drawing attention. But fire is not possible, it's not feasible to start a bonfire in the city for cultivation. Even lighting a fire in the courtyard at home is not suitable. Therefore, to avoid prying eyes and ears, Ye Han chose this secluded mountain cave as the place to cultivate his Fire Spirit Qi.

  There is no one in the surrounding area, and the fire is also set up inside the cave. Even if the fire is big, no one will see it, let alone cause a fire.

  In the space on the east side of the cave, Ye Han had accumulated a large amount of dry firewood and tree leaves over the past few days. In addition, there were more than a dozen medicinal herbs that Ye Han had picked in the mountains. These medicinal herbs could be used to refine the "Wood Spirit Pill". The main medicine for refining the pill was "Linghuo Grass", while these medicinal herbs belonged to auxiliary medicines. Only by matching the main and auxiliary medicines could they successfully refine the "Wood Spirit Pill".

  Ye Han had been searching for alchemy materials in the mountains a few days ago, and unexpectedly found all the auxiliary medicines needed to refine the "Wood Spirit Pill", and there was quite a lot of them, enough for him to refine many "Wood Spirit Pills" in the future.

  Apart from this, Ye Han also made some surprising discoveries. In addition to the several medicinal materials used to refine the "Wood Spirit Pill", he also found several auxiliary medicines for the "Fire Spirit Pill" and "Earth Spirit Pill". Unfortunately, the main medicines "Fire Spirit Fruit" and "Dixian Ginseng" were not found.

  Although it was a bit disappointing, Ye Han didn't lose hope. After all, he had plenty of time on his hands, and there were countless varieties of plants in this world. If he could find some of the medicinal herbs, then perhaps others existed as well - he just needed to keep searching slowly. Moreover, with only the Wood Spirit Energy within him, even if he found all the ingredients for alchemy, he would still be unable to refine them.

  The top priority is to cultivate the spiritual energy of fire first, which is the royal way.

  There were signs of fire burning in the cave, and Ye Han had been using the flames to cultivate his Fire Spirit Energy over the past few days, with hints of success.

  He walked into the cave, piled up some dry leaves, took out a lighter and lit it. After the fire was burning well, he added some more durable firewood. Ye Han sat cross-legged beside the fire, closed his eyes, and began to meditate on the "Yin Yang Wu Xing Jue".

  A moment later, the flames grew larger. Although Ye Han had his eyes closed, he could sense the gradual emergence of fire elements in the air around him. If visible to the naked eye, one would see those fire elements dancing happily in mid-air, gradually gathering around Ye Han's body.

  When the fire element gathered around Ye Han to a certain degree of intensity, Ye Han felt as if he was in a furnace, only feeling an unbearable heat, and hated that he couldn't tear off all his clothes.

  As the "Yin Yang Wu Xing Jue" rotated, the fire element gathered more and more, and the air within several meters of Ye Han's body became distorted due to the rising temperature. Ye Han's body temperature was also constantly soaring, and the scorching pain made him almost unbearable.

  In his meditation, Ye Han seemed to be able to "see" his skin begin to change under the high temperature, with countless pores on the surface of his skin opening up and each pore producing a strong suction force. The dense fire elements gathered around him began to wildly rush into his body under this attractive force.

  The influx of fire elements brought even greater suffering to Ye Han, who now felt as if threads of fire were chaotically drilling through his meridians, setting ablaze every passage they traversed.

  Fortunately, the suffering that must be endured in these cultivation processes had been experienced by Ye Han in his previous life more than once. At this moment, he relied on his astonishing willpower to persist without making a sound. His clothes were penetrated by sweat and then dried by the high temperature, with waves of white mist rising from his body, swirling around him, and gradually enveloping him entirely.

  It wasn't long before, under the guidance of his thoughts, the raging fire element gradually became tame and converged in the dantian, slowly forming a grain-sized energy cluster that emitted a faint red glow. The red energy cluster floated in the dantian, facing off against a green light cluster that was twice its size, condensed from the spiritual energy of wood.

  "It succeeded!"

  Ye Han suddenly opened his eyes, overjoyed, that grain-sized red gas was the initial fire spirit energy. As long as he diligently practiced "Yin Yang Five Elements Jue" in the following days and continuously absorbed fire elements, this red gas would grow and expand. When the fire spirit energy gathered to a certain extent in the dantian, he could use its power to impact the fire meridian among the five elements meridians.

  Of course, the fire spirit energy was successfully gathered in the dantian, but it was only the first step in cultivating the fire spirit energy. Ye Han didn't get carried away and excited for a moment, seeing that there was still time, he lit another pile of fire and continued to meditate, cultivating the "Yin Yang Five Elements Formula".