Chapter 126 - At the Door to the Life Chronicle, a Dream, a Girl, and a Crow - Part 2
Several days passed.
Li Yuan was poring over the Blood Blade Sect’s manuals. This was the complete, authentic version.
Typically, disciples would either rely on oral transmission or partial copies; the full text was one of the sect’s most guarded treasures. But since Li Yuan requested it, Tie Sha willingly handed it over.
Li Yuan needed it to help pave the path forward for his own unnamed technique. That technique was currently at peak ninth rank, and reaching the eighth rank had required him to cross the river by feeling for stones. Now he needed more stones, meaning the insights from other cultivations.
At the moment, he was carefully comparing it with the Spirit-Release Technique.
The Spirit-Release Technique’s incantation read—
"A toad ascends to the heavenly gate, gathering breath as heavy as mountains. A great river flows through the four lands, exhaling the spirit as the moon bends into a bow."
But the Earthfire Roaming Technique of the Blood Blade Sect had a totally different verse—
"In a fit of rage, blood surges upward; hold the intention of the Red Serpent, let it roam freely. Flaring fury simmers in the heart of the mountain; earthfire tempers the body, roaming everywhere."
Quietly reciting the explanations and illustrations, Li Yuan closed his eyes to experience them, then murmured,
“A toad ascends to the heavenly gate, gathering breath as heavy as mountains... That means using a peculiar crouching stance to compress the abdomen’s space, using my breath to drive the blood, forcing it to compress.
“In a fit of rage, blood surges upward; hold the intention of the Red Serpent, let it roam freely... This means using fury and murderous intent to stir your emotions. When people get excited or angry, their heart rate rises, and the blood increases. Then...”
Li Yuan suddenly found this amusing.