Chapter 316: Chapter 229 Su Changqing: It’s Over, Overdid the Suppression!_2
"However, his fist techniques are executed so skillfully. Various fist seal techniques, effortlessly performed."
"I also train in fists, but why can’t I reach his level..."
Chu Xi’s face showed contemplation, pondering the details of the battle this time.
She occasionally stood up to mimic the scene when Su Changqing displayed his fist techniques.
No matter how she practiced, she just couldn’t attain Su Changqing’s ease, like lifting something heavy as if it were light.
Actually, it’s not Chu Xi’s fault.
Ye Jingshan was a Pill Saint and wasn’t familiar with martial arts.
Although he found many powerful fist techniques for Chu Xi, he could only provide simple guidance.
This led to Chu Xi being strong in battle but unable to unleash her full strength.
"Hmph! I’m not practicing anymore. I can’t possibly learn it!"
Chu Xi frustratedly lay on the bed.
But suddenly, she thought of something, her eyes lit up.
"I don’t know it, but Su Changqing does!"
"I can teach him alchemy, and he can teach me fist techniques!"
Once this idea arose, Chu Xi was instantly tempted.
But what troubled her was, on what grounds could she ask Su Changqing to teach her?
She couldn’t beat him, should she exchange some secret alchemy techniques with Su Changqing?
But who knows how long Su Changqing would take to learn the pharmacology, how long would she have to wait?
And just as Chu Xi was agonizing over it, footsteps sounded from outside.
"Chu girl, I’ve finished reading the book, when do we learn the next item."
Su Changqing’s gentle voice sounded, leaving Chu Xi momentarily stunned.
She calculated the time; it had only been two days.
"Finished reading the Spirit Medicine Compendium in two days? What a joke."
Chu Xi walked out of the room in disbelief, looking at Su Changqing, "You’ve finished reading and remembered it all?"
"It’s very simple."
Su Changqing smiled, "Memorized it by heart, and now I’ve remembered it all."
Chu Xi’s face turned dark, refusing to believe Su Changqing’s nonsense.
Even with her innate Emperor Body, naturally knowledgeable about various pharmacologies, it took her ten days to fully comprehend it.
Su Changqing, a Martial Artist never exposed to the Alchemy Dao, memorized the pharmacology in two days?
Chu Xi swept her hand, presenting a strange spirit plant with three leaves, bearing fruit in its center and having barbs, and asked:
"What is this?"
Su Changqing glanced at it, his mind instantly recalling all records related to this Spirit Medicine.
"This is a five-hundred-year-old Thorn Flower Fruit, capable of healing wounds, detoxifying, and clearing meridians."
"This Spirit Medicine, when paired with Clear Spirit Flower, Greenheart Vine, Blood Yang Ginseng... the healing effect is enhanced."
"This item generally grows in swamps or places with dense moisture, not guarded by Spirit Beasts, but such places often have miasma..."
Su Changqing recited everything about this Spirit Plant, detailing its information with utmost clarity.
"Stop!"
Before Su Changqing finished, Chu Xi exchanged the spirit medicine again.
But just like before, Su Changqing glanced and immediately recited, identical to the book’s records.
After Chu Xi presented over ten spirit medicines consecutively.
Her expression changed from initial disbelief to later shock, and finally to awe.
"You..."
Chu Xi pointed at Su Changqing, her voice trembling slightly, "Really finished reading the whole compendium in just two days?"
"Just this little information, does it need ten days?"
Su Changqing raised his eyebrows and asked, with amusement in his eyes.
The Peak Master had instructed to humble this girl’s arrogance, and he felt it necessary to be earnest.
And the young Chu Xi was indeed deeply impacted.
She sat on the stone stool in a daze, staring at the book in her hands.
From childhood until now, it was her first time feeling crushed by someone’s talent.
That kind of incredible, unbelievable feeling.
Was the same as when the disciples of the Celestial Pill Pavilion had seen her finish reading the Spirit Medicine Compendium in ten days.
Except this time, the crushed one was her, the Emperor Body!
"Reading fast is nothing to boast about!"
Chu Xi stood up, her eyes full of defiance, "Next, I’ll teach you fire control!"
As she spoke, she waved her hand, causing flames to gather in the air.
But peculiarly, as her fingers moved lightly, those flames seemed to possess intelligence, changing into countless forms from the void.
At this moment, the flames all over the sky became an extension of Chu Xi’s body, altering freely.
"Fire control is extremely important in alchemy."
"The fire can’t be too big or too small, each Spirit Medicine has a different melting point, and the degree of purification differs too."
"You must be able to multitask to perfectly control the flames and precisely refine each Spirit Medicine..."
Between Chu Xi’s ten fingers, the flames danced like nimble elves, varying in size, strength, and weakness, extremely mystical.
Beside her, Su Changqing listened intently, simultaneously releasing flames to experience it.
Invoking the fire around him, his fingers moved slightly, attempting to manipulate his flames like Chu Xi.
But his technique, compared to Chu Xi, was as awkward and unnatural as an old man moving wooden stakes.
"Do you need to pair it with Divine Sense to achieve it..."
As Su Changqing practiced, a constant flash of understanding glimmered in his eyes.
His divine sense extended outward, attentively feeling every beat of the flame.
It was his first time observing his life flame with such meticulous detail.
Gradually, he noticed some peculiar changes in the life flame.
The life flame was transformed from the origin of his body, the fruition of the Heaven and Earth Divine Body.
Every flicker of the flame possessed an incredible might.
Previously, Su Changqing hadn’t thoroughly studied it.
Now, calming his mind, he realized his usage of the life flame was too simplistic.
In the past, he would just ignite the life flame, infuse it throughout his body, and amplify his strength.
But now he found that such a way of using the life flame resulted in too loose power and massive consumption.
He could manage to control part of the life flame with his divine sense, concentrating it on his fists.
This not only greatly reduced consumption but also significantly enhanced the concentration of power.
"Could it be possible to compress all the power of the life flame to a single point, and then burst it out instantaneously?"
A gleam of insight constantly flashed in Su Changqing’s eyes.
The crimson flames around him flickered incessantly, as if undergoing some mysterious transformation.
"This guy..."
Nearby, Chu Xi, who was originally teaching, watched Su Changqing in front of her, showing a look of shock.
She... hadn’t even said anything yet.
But Su Changqing, that method of controlling flames, unexpectedly became visibly more proficient.
Also...
"What kind of flame is that? It’s actually making the furnace inside me tremble?"
A shocked murmur ran through Chu Xi’s mind.
She had never seen someone like Su Changqing, nor seen such a bizarre flame.
Before coming to the small peak, she had been proud all her life, but upon arriving here, she found...
She was utterly overshadowed!
Whether it was in the Alchemy Dao or martial arts, Su Changqing in front of her easily surpassed her.
This left Chu Xi utterly devastated.
"Is my Emperor Body fake?" Chu Xi muttered to herself, showing a defeated expression.
"Chu girl, isn’t this method of controlling fire not that difficult?"
After half a day, Su Changqing flicked his fingers lightly, and a lively flame rotated around his finger.
He looked at Chu Xi and smiled lightly, "Do you have any more difficult techniques?"
Chu Xi’s mouth twitched slightly, and she tossed a secret technique to Su Changqing.
"Profound Spirit Fire Control Skill."
Su Changqing took it in his hands, smiling as he read through it, "How long did it take you to practice it back then?"
He always remembered the instructions from the Peak Master!
"Five days."
Chu Xi’s eyelid twitched, and she spoke expressionlessly.
Su Changqing nodded and didn’t say more, continuing to practice on his own.
...
As two days passed.
Chu Xi stared blankly at Su Changqing. Beside him, there were flickering spirit deer, surging fire dragons, and great roc spreading its wings...
Those flames seemed to be imbued with intelligence, constantly changing shape around Su Changqing.
This was a sign of mastery in the Profound Spirit Fire Control Skill.
"Two days..."
Chu Xi couldn’t hold back any longer, and asked, "Why do you practice so fast?"
"Fast?"
Su Changqing raised an eyebrow, smiling at the corners of his mouth, "It’s not that I’m fast, it’s that you’re too slow."
"If you’re bad, just practice more, you’ll always improve."
Bad?
Chu Xi was struck as if hit by a bolt from the blue, frozen in place.
All her life, it was the first time someone called her bad.
Yet the fact was right in front of her, she couldn’t refute it and had to admit it.
"Boohoo, you’re bullying me!"
Young and thoroughly defeated, Chu Xi pouted and burst into tears.
She threw herself into a room and slammed the door shut with a bang.
"This... went too far?"
Su Changqing stood there dumbfounded, feeling instantly that he had caused trouble.
A young genius girl hadn’t been here long, and he made her retreat into herself.
This... what was he going to say when her teacher arrived?
But just at this moment, a cheerful voice came from outside the small peak.
"Chang Qing, a friend of your teacher is visiting, and has prepared some gifts for you. Come greet them."
Upon hearing Peak Master Shen Bainian’s voice, Su Changqing couldn’t help but feel his scalp tingle.
He glanced at the room and his mouth twitched slightly.
"Great, now it’s really hard to explain."