Chapter 487: Chapter 165: Assassination, Stolen Fire, Peace, Wolf Mother, Invasion

Zhenyan Xue said, "I just wish someone would kill you."

Li Yuan said, "Would my death... make you that angry?"

"Of course!" Zhenyan Xue clenched her fist, "If someone killed you, I’d avenge you even if it cost me my life."

Li Yuan felt both amused and moved, and said, "I’m not that easy to kill."

Then he added, "Go back to sleep first, I still have some things to think about."

Zhenyan Xue whispered, "Shouldn’t we at least tell the Clan Leader? There are people with ill intentions hidden in the Immortal Tomb, this is a desecration of the tomb."

She was obviously unaware of Li Yuan’s thoughts.

But Li Yuan had no intention of explaining, nor did he want to say anything like "I suspect the tomb is fake."

The burial of the "Immortal Tomb" was sacred to every clan in the Nine Flames Clan.

Not to mention he had no evidence yet, even if he did, he wouldn’t speak lightly.

At this moment, Li Yuan gently said, "Xue’Er, listen to your man."

Zhenyan Xue was easily swayed by such gentleness, her face flushed, and she briskly replied, "Alright."

Then she yawned lazily, got up, and left.

This silly big girl was both beautiful and wild, yet simple-minded, strong, and enduring, a completely different style from Li Yuan’s previous four wives.

She slipped into the tent, washed herself clean, changed into new animal skins, and waved at Li Yuan, wiggling her hips and calling, "Come to bed..."

But Li Yuan ignored her.

Zhenyan Xue could only go to sleep by herself.

Li Yuan continued warming by the fire while watching the entrance of the Zhenyan Clan’s camp.

He watched for a long time but never saw the person he was waiting for.

’Perhaps it’s not aimed at me, but at those who approached the maze.’

He made this judgment, then turned around quietly watching the swirling fire in front of him.

’It seems this journey has hit a bottleneck, with some unexpected twists and turns...’

’However, it’s not yet a dead end.’

...

In the blink of an eye, who knows how many days had passed.

Li Yuan went nowhere, just sat calmly by the fire.

His mind calmed from the previous assassination attempt, and during this calm, he grasped a key point.

’If everything in this world is a combination of Yin and Yang Qi, then... the fire in front of me must also belong to Yang Qi.’

’What if I treat it as a type of Yang Qi and combine it with the Breathing Skill and body compression?’

’Compressing the Shadow Blood in Demon Beast meat can change the quality of the blood.

Then, I shall treat the heat emitted by this fire as a compressible air.’

Li Yuan acted on his thought and decided to try it out.

He took a long breath, yet the fire remained unmoving.

But the heat emitted by the fire penetrated into his body with his breath.

Li Yuan inhaled deeply for two or three minutes, then quickly held his breath, curling into a peculiar posture: knees bent halfway, torso folded down, compressing his abdomen, while sealing all pores to prevent any heat from leaking...

After holding this posture for a while, he switched to another one.

How he compressed Shadow Blood in the past was how he compressed the heat now.

’If the essence of Shadow Blood is Yang Qi, then... what works for Shadow Blood should also work for the heat emitted by this fire.’

’If I can succeed just once in countless attempts, just once, it will be enough.’

’To find the law and origin of power, and then use it to guide myself, to create power, rather than being blinded by form, this is... the thing I should do.’

Li Yuan’s eyes flickered, his long hair wildly spread around.

And his strange posture attracted the attention of many clansmen from the Zhenyan Clan.

Some watched from afar.

Some tried to imitate, but ended up taking a nasty fall because Li Yuan’s posture was too tricky and inhumane.

Others blinked in confusion, their faces full of bewilderment.

But more people looked on with suspicion, frowning.

Li Yuan didn’t care about these gazes, he just quietly continued doing his own thing, trying and sensing repeatedly.

Even if there were no results, he never felt discouraged.

...

One day.

Li Yuan returned to the tent to rest.

Zhenyan Xue couldn’t help but ask, "Husband, what are you doing by the fire?"

Li Yuan replied, "Just exercising."

Zhenyan Xue whispered, "There are rumors outside, saying you’re desecrating the fire..."

Li Yuan: ???

He smiled slightly, hugged his wife, and said, "I know."

...

After waking up, he went back to the fire, prostrated before it, and solemnly said, "In the name of fire, I, Zhenyan Yuan, offer my sincerest salute."

After saying this, he began performing those strange postures again, shouting as he did, "Oh fire, great Holy Fire, I will pay you homage with the most challenging postures."

...

Who knows how many sleeps later.

When Li Yuan returned to sleep.

Zhenyan Xue said beside him, "The clansmen find you quite mysterious, but they think your posture and salutes aren’t found in ancient books and might be a form of desecrating the Holy Fire."

Li Yuan: ...

...

That day, he sought out the Clan Leader, Zhenyan Xiong.

The Clan Leader coincidentally wanted to see him too.

"The Wolf Mother is back, she’s near the White Deer Clan around our tribe, do you want to see her?"

"Not for now." Li Yuan didn’t want to go anywhere until he had results.

The Clan Leader frowned, "Didn’t we agree on that?"

Li Yuan said, "There’s no rush, I have more important things to do right now."

The Clan Leader said speechlessly, "Is that just doing weird postures by the fire?"

Li Yuan candidly replied, "I’m trying to cultivate using the fire."

The Clan Leader was taken aback, then grinned, looking at Li Yuan with a mocking smile...

Soon, he patted Li Yuan’s shoulder, his smile still broad.