Food gives me an entry, I will be invincible if I stay alive

Chapter 198 Raging Inferno, My Heart Remains Constant

This was not the first time Chen Xu had acquired supernatural powers.

After drinking the Golden Spirit Jade Liquid Tea from the mouse last time, Chen Xu gained the innate supernatural power [Netherworld Without End] after development and comprehension.

The power of the Netherworld is self-evident.

Supernatural powers, compared to ordinary spells, always possess far more mystery and wonder.

This time, however, he merely walked beneath the Yin-Yang Scales and witnessed an illusion of karmic fire burning the six realms—

At that moment, Chen Xu was in the Ghost Market, yet it seemed as if he had traversed infinite time and space in an instant.

He landed in a sea of ​​fire, in a daze.

When the flames rose, he seemed to become a speck of dust or a wisp of ash in the sea of ​​fire.

He drifted and struggled, witnessing countless scenes of human joy and sorrow.

Some people have nothing and struggle to get out of the mire. They have encountered countless pairs of vicious feet that trample on them, as well as pairs of arms that try to pull them out of the mire.
He struggled free, but then turned around and stomped all the arms that had saved him into the mud!

This is the evil side of human nature. Some people have struggled out of the mire, but they will never see what true light really looks like.

But it doesn't stop there.

Chen Xu also saw that under the natural disaster, a mother desperately rescued her child, and then suffered hunger and hardship all the way until both mother and child were in dire straits.

At that moment, my mother collapsed.

The two-year-old child seems both confused and yet possesses the instinct to survive.

So, following its instincts, the child bit open its mother's chest and suckled her blood as if it were milk to survive...

This, too, should be considered the evil side.

There is also endless evil.

The scenes shifted like lightning, one after another, bizarre and fantastical.

It's not just about people.

For example, in a secluded ravine and deep forest, there are crows that feed their mothers.

However, there is also a type of mother bird that will pick up the weakest of all her chicks, beat and peck at it until it is completely killed.
Then the mother bird and the other chicks shared the dead bird without hesitation.

Cuckoos will lay their eggs in the nests of other adult birds, pushing the original eggs out of the nest and killing them.

Then, naturally, they borrow the power of the victimized bird to hatch and raise their own chicks until they become adults.

……

There are too many images that can be burned by the fire of karma; they are either evil or greedy.

Some are obsessed with love, some hate because of love, and some become enemies because of jealousy, and so on.

Every frame of the film is so somber and depressing, and every scene is filled with negative emotions such as pain and anger.

Therefore, when Chen Xu saw that one glance and was plunged into endless darkness, the impact he suffered was immense.

In an instant, it was as if I saw countless births and deaths.

Upon reflection, it seems there are endless causes and conditions at play.

Life and death, greed, anger, ignorance, and resentment—who can stop them?

Such lingering bitterness and resentment would be better than truly becoming a speck of dust, devoid of knowledge, feeling, thought, or even a mayfly, born in the morning and dying at dusk, finding liberation in an instant…

The collapse of one's Daoist heart seems to be a matter of course.

But what's amazing is that although Chen Xu was indeed immersed in the torment of the chaotic karmic fire at that time, his mind remained stable and constant.

Like mountains, like a sea of ​​stars, like me!
Chen Xu's Dao heart did not collapse. On the contrary, after experiencing the burning of karmic fire, his Dao heart became even more stable.

He was no longer the Chen Xu who had just begun his cultivation.

Although the overall cultivation time was not long, looking back now, whether it was the memories of the previous life or the various difficulties experienced in this life before attaining transcendence, they were all a kind of cultivation.

Therefore, although his time practicing Qi cultivation was not long, the time he spent cultivating himself throughout his life was actually quite long.

The various trials and tribulations he experienced after his spiritual practice were not unfounded!
He wore a ghost's skin, yet the primordial Qi in his dantian flowed continuously, generating and circulating. It circulated through the Small Heavenly Circuit and then the Great Heavenly Circuit.

In the next instant, he, like a speck of dust, pierced through the world surrounded by layers of karmic fire and returned to his true self.

He saw that the ghost market in front of him was still the same as before.

The Yin-Yang Scales, standing ten zhang tall, stood majestically against the dim, dark sky, ancient and mysteriously lonely.

He realized something.

A wondrous spark rekindled in his mind. He opened the Book of Food and Food, and then Chen Xu discovered that his status indicator had changed again.

[Fire Control Level 2 (999/1000) Ignition Condensation at 49%]

This was Chen Xu's original state.

He had already reached a bottleneck in his fire control techniques.

But after passing under the Yin-Yang Boundless Scale and glancing at the artifact, his fire control technique suddenly seemed to have grasped a crucial fragment. He leaped forward with a roar, and a wondrous understanding flowed through his entire body.

[Fire Control Level 2 (1000/1000) Ignition Condensation at 89%]

Fire control at level two, all successfully completed!
Meanwhile, in the Smoke Kitchen, level three fire control can be unlocked.

Upon receiving the feedback from the Heavenly Book, Chen Xu instantly understood.

If the level two ability of fire control is to communicate with the flames of heaven and earth and to control and absorb fire-attribute energy within a certain range, then the level three ability of fire control should be to comprehend and control the civil and military fires!

A balance between tension and relaxation is the way of both civil and military affairs.

Comprehending the fire of both literature and martial arts is the true path to mastering the Eight Methods of Spiritual Fire to their pinnacle.

But Chen Xu had no time to unlock the level three fire control technique at the moment.

At the same time that he achieved the second level of perfect fire control, Chen Xu also vaguely sensed that he had obtained something even more remarkable!
[Status: Supernatural Power, Six Paths of Heavenly Desolation Awakening 0.1%]

The Six Paths of Heavenly Desolation Divine Power.

This was the true reward Chen Xu received when he met the Yin-Yang Boundless Scale before him!
While all of this may seem complicated and convoluted in description, it actually happened in the blink of an eye.

In an instant, Chen Xu passed through the world of joy and sorrow amidst endless karmic fire.

He went in, and then came out again.

He planted another seed of supernatural power in his soul, and then walked under the base of the Yin-Yang Boundless Scale.

Beside him, the Wild Goose Ghost King seemed completely unaware.

The two sat down opposite each other at the stall opposite the Yin-Yang Boundless Scale. The Wild Goose Ghost King said, "Looking at this scale, do you gain any insight?"

Chen Xu sat cross-legged on the icy, bone-chilling ground of the ghost market, his expression unchanged, and said, "A little."

The Wild Goose Ghost King tilted his head slightly, his gaze fixed on the Yin-Yang Boundless Scale in front of him, and said slowly, "Now that you have seen the Yin-Yang Boundless Scale, have you thought about how the bowl of porridge I mentioned should differ from the ones you cooked before?"

This ghost king always had an indescribable air of loneliness.

Although he had a blue face and a fierce appearance, with a knife at his waist, he seemed to be a menacing figure.

Chen Xu countered, "Actually, what the difference is should be asked of you, not me."

"I don't know, that's why I want to ask..." the Wild Goose Ghost King said quietly.

Chen Xu took out his small red clay stove again and placed a pottery urn on it.

The previous earthenware jar, along with the porridge, was given to Louhai Weng, but fortunately, Chen Xu still had at least a dozen similar earthenware jars in his kitchen.

He chuckled and said, "People in this world find it extremely difficult to look back on the past, yet they always hope that the past can naturally reappear."

In fact, what Ghost Brother might be thinking is simply hoping that some fellow ghosts will listen to what he has to say.

For example, the bowl of porridge that Ghost Brother wanted in his memory should at least not be spirit rice porridge.

He flipped his palm over, and a small handful of local japonica rice from Yunjiang Prefecture appeared in his hand.

The Wild Goose Ghost King let out a sound of surprise.

(End of this chapter)