25: Chapter 25 Heart Belongs to Fire

Ji Yebai's expression was solemn.

After so many days of adjustment, he was finally prepared to accept Five Elements Energy into his internal organs.

The internal organs of the human body are incredibly fragile.

However...

Although Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi contains the word 'Spiritual', it is ultimately a structure of pure energy.

And every wisp of pure energy contains earth-shaking power.

When this energy enters the body and moves between the internal organs, the destruction it causes—even if it's just a tiny sliver—is absolutely not something the human body can easily endure.

With just one careless mistake, the internal organs would be injured.

Even though Ji Yebai possessed Longevity Internal Energy and was extremely skilled at maintenance and repair, he would be helpless against such injuries.

To protect the five internal organs, most Martial Artists only begin to involve them after becoming a First-class Overlord, with the exception of a few miraculous Cultivation Techniques.

This is because a First-Class Martial Artist grasps 'Will,' and their ability to manipulate energy increases geometrically.

Naturally, the risk becomes extremely low.

This was the reason why Ji Yebai was so cautious.

"The greatest danger in trying to accommodate energy into the five organs is the initial stage of Fusion; the slightest error will bring about immense harm!"

"Furthermore, the Five Elements Energy generate and overcome one another. If the initial choice is wrong, it will create obstacles for the Fusion of the subsequent energies."

"As the saying goes: Wood generates Fire, Fire generates Earth, Earth generates Metal, Metal generates Water, and Water generates Wood."

"The Five Elements cycle of generation and restriction means that as long as the beginning is chosen correctly, everything that follows will yield twice the result with half the effort!"

Ji Yebai's thoughts raced: "Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth correspond to the human lungs, liver, kidneys, heart, and spleen. Among these five organs, the most important is the heart. For the human body, the heart is the energy center and the organ that most deeply affects the entire frame."

"But similarly, Five Elements Fire is the most violent of all the energies!"

"The hardest..."

Ji Yebai fell into deep thought.

The blood pumped by the heart extends to every part of the body.

Every organ is nourished by the blood, even the brain.

Ji Yebai believed that if the heart successfully accommodated Five Elements Fire, then all the blood flowing through the heart would be tainted with the Fire attribute, and the transformation of the entire body would be earth-shattering.

The Five Elements generate and overcome each other.

As long as there was a good start, the rest would be much easier.

"Then I will fuse with the heart first!"

Ji Yebai made his decision.

Even though Ji Yebai had made up his mind,

to ensure things were even safer,

he decided to wait another month.

He would use this month to further enhance his Internal Energy.

Although he had only recently become a Third-rate Martial Artist,

Ji Yebai's current Internal Energy had already reached the Peak of the Initial Stage of Third-rate.

If he could achieve a Breakthrough, his Internal Energy would increase once again.

This would make the process even more secure.

Not to mention that pile of medicinal liquids.

Speaking of those medicinal liquids,

they were also safe products optimized by netizens in his previous life to be paired with secret techniques.

Taking a large amount of medicine to Strengthen the Foundation and Nurture the Origin would reduce the damage after energy entered the body.

Therefore,

Ji Yebai prepared to take the medicinal liquids in advance to strengthen his foundation.

Although it is said that all medicine is one-third poison, and taking large amounts of drugs would also allow toxins to infect the internal organs,

Ji Yebai was not afraid. When the Five Elements Energy began to permeate the five organs, it would naturally wash out this portion of toxicity.

Doing it this way would instead reduce the impact felt by the internal organs.

"Heh, in that case, I'll wait one more month!"

Having already waited for several years, another month naturally didn't matter.

Following that,

Ji Yebai Cultivated every day,

supplemented by three packets of medicinal liquid a day.

Each packet of medicinal liquid was a one-kilogram serving.

The taste was so bitter it was impossible to swallow.

Even Ji Yebai, with his resilient Heart-Nature, found it extremely unpleasant to drink.

After drinking a kilogram of medicinal liquid, his entire stomach was filled with Chinese medicine; he almost threw up just by burping.

That sensation was simply unimaginable.

Left with no choice, every time Ji Yebai finished the Chinese medicine, he would go out and run like crazy.

Bare-chested in the autumn wind, he sprinted like a madman to quickly digest it.

Just like that,

a month quickly passed.

Ji Yebai also successfully reached the Middle Stage Breakthrough.

His Internal Energy was sufficiently condensed and heavy; the bottleneck of the Middle Stage was easily broken for him.

"It's time. Everything is ready, I can begin!"

Ji Yebai took a deep breath, sat down cross-legged, and began to accommodate the Five Elements.

With his hands guiding it, that crystalline crimson energy thread immediately drifted over, wrapped in Internal Energy.

Don't be fooled by the fact that this was only as thin as a strand of hair.

If it truly erupted within the heart, it would absolutely leave Ji Yebai with no chance of survival.

"Whew!"

Ji Yebai took a deep breath, suppressing the worry in his heart.

Having come this far, he had nothing to fear.

From his Rebirth until now, for nearly six years, he had lived alone in the deep mountains and old forests, enduring hunger and cold, and suffering through unspeakable loneliness, all for this moment!

"Begin!"

Ji Yebai gritted his teeth, and the crimson energy filament drifted toward his mouth.

His thick Internal Energy immediately guided the energy filament into his Meridians.

At this moment, all of Ji Yebai's focus was concentrated on the guidance.

Meridians, Dantian, blood vessels...

The energy filament broke through obstacles layer by layer, inching closer to the heart.

Until half an hour later.

Ji Yebai's whole body trembled violently, and his face suddenly turned deathly pale.

Beads of sweat the size of beans instantly covered his forehead.

Immediately after, Ji Yebai snapped his eyes open; he clutched his chest tightly, his mouth wide open, but he couldn't make a single sound.

A piercing pain in the heart!

The unspeakable pain made Ji Yebai's scalp feel like it was bursting.

Even so, he still endured the intense pain and frantically mobilized his Internal Energy.

The thick Internal Energy in his Dantian was like a dam opening its gates, madly surging toward his heart.

Protecting the heart and suppressing the diffusion speed of the energy filament.

He hadn't expected that once the energy filament entered the heart, it would swim around frantically.

Like a drill bit, it constantly swayed within the heart.

Not only that, but every second, the energy filament was diffusing crimson energy factors.

His heart immediately felt like it was on fire.

Fortunately, Ji Yebai's Internal Energy was deep enough.

If not for the protection of his Internal Energy, his heart would have likely been scorched long ago.

Just like that,

Ji Yebai frantically mobilized his Internal Energy, constantly reinforcing his heart.

Maintaining the diffusion of the energy filament.

For a full hour.

Just as Ji Yebai's Internal Energy was about to be exhausted, the energy filament finally stopped.

The filament shrank into a point of light.

A crimson point of light.

Suspended within the heart.

The piercing pain in his heart vanished instantly.

"Huff, huff... is it over!?"

Ji Yebai panted heavily, muttering to himself.

Large beads of sweat kept falling from his forehead.

But Ji Yebai's expression became excited.

He could no longer feel the pain; although his heart still felt as uncomfortable as if it were burning, it was no longer painful.

Not only that.

Under Ji Yebai's perception, every time the heart pumped blood, it flowed over the crimson point of light.

Every pump caused the blood to be tainted with a trace of Five Elements Fire energy.

"Success!?"

"I really succeeded?"

Ji Yebai was incredibly excited.

Although the process was somewhat perilous, at the moment of true success, he still couldn't suppress his joy.

"Every pump of the heart feels like a tremor; this feeling is truly unique!"

Ji Yebai slowly stood up, feeling every beat of his heart.