Volume 2: Misty Canyon Chapter 12: Fireball Technique

  "Protect the formation eye?!" Wang Guanlan's face was filled with difficulty, "Can I protect it?!"

  "You certainly can, even if you don't protect the formation eye, I won't let it break!" The crimson-robed woman said calmly, "In order to trap this Ice Frost Beast, I spent a great deal of effort to subdue this single-horned lizard. Although it's not yet mature and is only equivalent to an 8th-level Qi Refining warrior, it has the advantage of being thick-skinned and extremely fierce, making it just right for restraining the Ice Frost Beast. With the single-horned lizard at the forefront, you will be almost completely safe. I'll also transmit a technique to you, so that when the single-horned lizard encounters problems, you can drive away the Ice Frost Beast."

  Magic?

  Wang Guanlan's heart moved, wanting to become a Taoist wasn't that easy, it wasn't just about having extraordinary divine soul power, but also understanding how to use and enhance these divine soul powers.

  The Yuanchen spiritual technique in the Wanfa Symbol is a complete method of refining spiritual power. The method of refining spiritual power can be divided into two types: one is visualization and the other is spiritual technique. In the practitioners, the widely spread method is called visualization, while the spiritual technique occupies the position equivalent to the treasure-level martial arts of the warrior in the practitioner's cultivation system.

  And what is called magic is the application of divine soul power.

  Wang Guanlan now understood the spiritual technique, but lacked the application method. Although he understood two Buddhist supernatural powers, the level of the supernatural powers was too high, and there were many restrictive conditions for use, so it always felt not very comfortable. The spells were all passed down among Taoist priests, and without a master to pass them down, they couldn't be learned at all. Now, it seemed that an opportunity had presented itself before him.

  "Senior, you're not joking, right? Although I have some differences in spiritual power, but I shouldn't be able to learn any powerful spells!" This is indeed the truth. Wang Guanlan's current spiritual power is only similar to those legendary innate talents, and can even be said to be stronger than those innate talented mages' spiritual powers. However, he has just started cultivating the Yuanchen Spiritual Technique, and in the world of mages, he belongs to the lowest level. With such an existence, how much high-level Taoist magic can you expect him to learn?

  Now the goal of this woman in red is a powerful ice beast, with her at least being a strong Lian Gan period power still needing to subdue a demon beast before having confidence to deal with it. For someone like herself who's just a rookie to participate recklessly, isn't that seeking death?

  So, after the initial excitement had passed, Wang Guanlan felt that this woman in red was playing tricks on him.

  "You were an unexpected factor!" The woman in the crimson cloak glanced at Wang Guanlan, "You weren't part of my original plan. After subduing the Qianjiao Lizard, I had an 80% chance of success. Now that you're here, it gives me a 10% higher chance of succeeding. Why wouldn't I use you?!"

  "A one percent guarantee? It seems that senior is overestimating junior!" Wang Guanlan had a clear understanding of himself, with his meager abilities not even reaching the tip of the other person's finger, how could he say that it would increase the chances by one percent?

  "You're not capable now, but you will be soon!" The woman in the crimson cloak said calmly. "I'll set up a grand formation of inverted yin-yang and five elements around this Cold Moon Pond. You just need to learn a bit of superficial magic, and under the effect of the formation, you'll be able to produce fake effects similar to high-level magic. That Ice Beast has developed spiritual intelligence, but it's not very high, so it won't detect anything. Moreover, it's almost impossible for that beast to find the eye of the formation. You just need to sit there and do nothing!"

  "But...!"

  Wang Guanlan was about to say something, but before he could even open his mouth, a red glow flashed in his eyes, and a wave of light enveloped him. By the time he came back to himself, the world had already changed.

  A red glow filled the space between heaven and earth, flames burning fiercely around him, but strangely, Wang Guanlan didn't feel a single bit of power, and those flames, about half a zhang away from his body, automatically dodged, looking very mysterious in Wang Guanlan's eyes.

  "Hey, kid! Don't look around, watch where you're going!" At this moment, Wang Guanlan heard the voice of a woman in red clothes by his ear. Wang Guanlan subconsciously looked forward carefully and only then did he see his situation clearly.

  He was standing on a huge red flag, with many wind and cloud symbols painted on it. The corners of the flag were fluttering with fierce flames, and sparks were rolling everywhere. When he looked more closely at the wind and cloud symbols, he found that they had all turned into tiny flames, and could no longer be seen clearly.

  "This is the lower-grade Daoist artifact, Red Fire Flame Dragon Flag, and it's also where the main eye of my overturned Five Elements formation is located. You only need to sit in it, with that ice-cold demon beast's Dao line, it should not be able to break through this lower-grade Daoist artifact. However, if by any chance he breaks through, you don't have to panic either. I'll now transmit a Fire-element spell to you. Although this Fire-element spell is only ranked 98th in the Five Elements Xuanhuo Scripture, it's enough to repel the ice-cold demon beast with the Red Fire Flame Dragon Flag."

  The 98th minor art of the Five Elements Xuanhuo Jing?!!

  Wang Guanlan blinked her eyes and twitched the corner of her mouth, but didn't say a word.

  The Wuxing Xuanhuo Jing is one of the Tai Chu Wuxing Jing, the ancient five elements scripture evolved for countless years, and finally divided into five parts: the Five Elements White Metal Scripture, the Five Elements Green Wood Scripture, the Five Elements Spiritual Water Scripture, the Five Elements Thick Earth Scripture, and the Five Elements Mysterious Fire Scripture.

  In each of the scriptures, there are records of one hundred Taoist techniques, ranked by their power from greatest to least. There are five types of Taoist techniques in total, and being ranked ninety-eighth means that this technique is the most basic among the fire-based techniques, and it will not have as much power as he imagined.

  "Kid, don't be dissatisfied. The Five Elements techniques that are circulating in the world today mostly originated from the ancient Five Elements Canon. It's extremely difficult for ordinary people to learn even one of these authentic Five Elements techniques. Even I only understand a few of them. Although this technique is ranked low in terms of power, it directly points to the origin of the Fire Element Grand Dao. If you can master it, that would be your good fortune."

  "Thank you for your guidance!" With these words, Wang Guanlan also felt relieved.

  The world's Taoist techniques are ever-changing, with countless varieties, and new ones are being developed all the time. However, at their core, they still originate from the 500 Taoist techniques in the Taiji Five Elements Classics. Therefore, these 500 techniques are also known as the original Taoist techniques. Each of these original techniques directly points to the source of the Five Elements' grand way. The question is whether you can comprehend them or not.

  Then, Wang Guanlan only felt a twitch in his brow, and a mysterious idea burst out, which was a method of using divine soul power.

  A practitioner of the Taoist arts must not only have a method to increase their spiritual power, but also be skilled in applying that method. Just as a martial artist needs not only a method to increase their internal energy, but also methods and techniques for using that energy.

  The method of cultivating the soul that Wang Guanlan obtained from the fate symbol of "a thought gives rise to all laws" is the Yuanchen spiritual technique, which can be said to be not lacking. However, the method of using the soul, or the technique, Wang Guanlan actually does not understand.

  That Ling Jue's sweeping gaze method is more of an instinct after having a strong spiritual power, rather than a real technique.

  Now, the crimson-robed woman transmitted to him a true Dao technique, the Fireball Technique!!!!!

  After Wang Guanlan used his spiritual soul's power to transmit the crimson-robed woman's technique to his sect, his eyes became profound and mysterious.

  A sentence echoed in his mind.

  A mage who can conjure fireballs is not necessarily a good mage, but a mage who cannot conjure fireballs is definitely not a good mage!!

  Fireball technique!!

  What a classic spell!

  For a moment, Wang Guanlan thought of Ruan Xian as if he was beside him, his soul wandering off to who-knew-where.

  "Kid, if I were you, I wouldn't be distracted now. Although the Red Flame Dragon Flag is a low-grade Taoist instrument, it's still a Taoist instrument and belongs to the fire element. The Fireball Technique I taught you is also the most basic fire-element Taoist technique. Practicing in this flag will increase your speed by thousands of times compared to outside. If you don't seize this opportunity, I'm afraid you'll regret it later!"

  "Ah!!" Wang Guanlan's heart suddenly moved, and he didn't dare to think wildly anymore. He began to concentrate on comprehending the Fireball Technique.

  The so-called Taoist techniques and martial arts are essentially the same.

  The application of martial arts is a special skill that mobilizes the internal energy of the body, while Taoist techniques are skills that use the power of the spirit to mobilize the primordial energy of heaven and earth around us.

  The Fireball Technique is a method that uses one's own spiritual power to sense and mobilize the surrounding fire elements, forming a fireball that can be controlled by the user.

  Although this is only the most basic one in the Fireway, it also needs a long time to accumulate successfully. First, use special methods to make the divine soul respond to the surrounding fire elements, then try to control these fire elements, and then use the methods of Taoism to condense these fire elements into a fireball, and then release this fireball and add restraint.

  Don't even mention practicing, just listening to this process is already giving me a headache.

  Moreover, even if you manage to condense it into a fireball, it doesn't mean that your fireball technique is complete. Different people have different spiritual strengths, and the fireballs they condense are also different. Of course, this doesn't mean that the power of the fireball technique is limitless. The power of the fireball technique has its limits. When a practitioner cultivates the fireball technique to its limit, a character is formed in their divine soul - the fireball character, Huǒ Qiú Fú.

  Once this fireball sign is formed, it means that your fireball technique has advanced to a new realm, instantaneous.

  Yes, when a spell forms a rune in the soul, the caster can use this rune to instantly cast the spell, no longer needing to chant or sense with the soul, only need to stimulate the rune with the soul, and the spell will be born.

  The Cong symbol is the most profound realm of Taoist magic!

  Wang Guanlan naturally wouldn't dare to hope that he could condense a symbol in the Scarlet Flame Dragon Flag, but being able to familiarize himself with the fireball technique and saving a bit of time when releasing it was also good.

  Thinking of this, he didn't dare to delay any longer and loudly chanted out the incantation for the Fireball Technique.

  Incantations are not language, but a special sound used by wizards to enhance the connection between their divine soul and yuanqi when they sense the heaven and earth. In fact, incantations did not exist in ancient times until the wizard's cultivation system was formed. Incantations were developed specifically for guiding novice wizards to practice primary magic. The emergence of incantations also greatly enhanced the overall strength of wizards. However, due to the extremely harsh basic conditions required for this profession, the number of wizards has not increased significantly as a result.

  Wang Guanlan is now reciting the unique incantation of the Fireball Technique, while carefully sensing the changes in his own spiritual soul and the surrounding fire element's power. At the same time, he also senses the resonance between his spiritual soul's power and the surrounding fire elements. As he recites the incantation, the surrounding fire elements quickly gather around him, with tiny sparks flashing into existence. These sparks slowly merge together, and at the moment Wang Guanlan finishes his incantation, they condense into a fist-sized fireball that floats in front of him.