Hell Emperor

Chapter 11 Xia Wei-Five Elements
As the sun rises, Xia Wei slowly wakes up.

She sat up and rubbed her hazy sleepy eyes, but heard a familiar tone: "Are you awake?"

Xia Wei raised her eyes and saw her master Ye Jie sitting aside. It seemed that she had been waiting for a long time. She suddenly panicked. Then she remembered that halfway through her master's explanation of the exercises, her eyelids were twitching. She never thought that she would die as soon as she closed her eyes. I fell asleep, and when I opened my eyes again, it was already dawn.

She lowered her head and grasped the corners of her clothes with her small and weak fingers: "Master, I'm sorry..."

Ye Jie waved his hand: "No need to apologize. Xiaowei, I ignored your fatigue and dragged you to explain the exercises late at night. Speaking of which, I should be the one to apologize to you."

Hearing this, Xia Wei pursed her lips and smiled, staring at the master with sparkling star eyes. As long as she stayed with her master, she felt at ease even if she was in an ancient temple in a deserted mountain. Under that complete relaxation, she unconsciously fell asleep. Fortunately, her master did not blame her.

"The old saying goes: The day's plan begins in the morning. Now that you're awake, continue practicing the exercises."

Ye Jie took out the classics, and Xia Wei sat down next to him obediently. He slowly opened his mouth and recited the unfinished part for Xia Wei yesterday.

When she woke up, Xia Wei's eyes were full of energy. It was the most insightful moment of the day. She carefully understood Ye Jie's narration, shaking her head from time to time, thoughtfully.

Unknowingly, an hour passed, and Xia Wei, who was doing her exercises on the spot, suddenly stood up, clenched her fists, raised her arms high, and let out a scream. The air waves scattered in all directions, blowing away many cobwebs.

Even Ye Jie, who taught her carefully, felt something at this moment: "...In this way, your turtle hand has reached the entry-level stage. As long as you use this skill, you will have the power of an ox and a horse during the day. After nightfall, The arms can block knives and axes. This technique consumes a lot of energy. With your current first-level cultivation, the time it takes to run a cup of tea is already the limit."

At the end, Ye Jie couldn't help but sigh: "As expected of the reincarnation of a true immortal, even the complex and mysterious low-level skills that would take ordinary people decades to master can be mastered within an hour. Learn... Xiaowei, your potential is amazing."

After finishing the exercise, Xia Wei stood next to Ye Jie, listening to the master's praise, with a happy smile on her pretty face. She was about to speak when she heard a cooing sound from her belly. But he interrupted her words.

Hearing this strange sound, Xia Wei's face turned red. Ye Jie just shook his head and smiled: "The Qi training and body building practiced by human immortals requires a large amount of food as a supplement. If you can't even eat enough, how can you make your body stronger? ?Running the exercises will also speed up the body’s consumption, so it’s normal to feel hungry.”

Xia Wei rubbed her empty stomach: "It is already the depth of winter, and there is not much food nearby. It seems that I will only be hungry until I arrive at Qingshi Town."

Ye Jie smiled: "Who said there is no food nearby? Come with me."

With that said, Ye Jie took Xia Wei to an open space outside the ancient temple. Xia Wei looked left and right and saw no signs of animal activity, so she had to look at the master for help, but heard him say:

"As a ghost in the early stage of the second-level soul-building realm, I can only sense the breath thirty steps away. Regarding the situation below the earth, the range of perception is even more limited. One foot is almost the limit. Note that ghosts in the fifth-level immortal realm With cultivation, just a single thought can reach a range of ten miles."

Xia Wei, who was ice-snowy and smart, immediately understood what Ye Jie meant: "Master, are you saying that the food is hidden underground?"

Ye Jie nodded and stretched out his hand to sweep away a layer of snow under his feet, revealing a narrow hole about an arm's length wide, with traces of animals scratching nearby.

Ye Jie said again: "Xiaowei, although you are not cultivating the way of the immortals, you still need to master the basic operation of the five elements. The first-level cultivation of the state of mind is enough to release the weak power of the five elements to achieve creation." Fire creates water, creates wind and thunder." Xia Wei was a little surprised: "Doesn't it require a skill to do this?"

Ye Jie shook his head: "That is just the basic manifestation of the five elements in nature, and it does not require any skills to be used. As for the advanced use of the power of the five elements, such as condensing fireballs to bombard the enemy, condensing ice arrows to kill the enemy, that requires Kung Fu.”

"Now, let me teach you how to operate the power of the five elements. Feel the spiritual power flowing in your body. When the spiritual power circulates around the sky, it should not flow through the Dantian Qi sea like the way of human immortals, but flow through the chest and abdomen... …”

Under Ye Jie's teachings, Xia Wei closed her eyes and luckily found the doorway quickly. Spiritual power gathered around her, and her face was not as rosy as when she was practicing the way of immortality. Instead, it was filled with the power of the five elements. With the blessing, it becomes even more solemn and precious.

After a stick of incense passed, Xia Wei opened her eyes. The light in her eyes was as bright as a sharp blade. She stretched out her index finger, and a small flame burst out from her fingertips.

Ye Jie said with emotion: "Although the flame is just a small cluster, it seems that a gust of wind can blow it out, but that means that you have mastered the basic operation of the power of the five elements. Ordinary monks who follow the path of immortals can The method of heavenly immortals circulates spiritual power all over the sky, which can cause all the muscles and veins to be severed at worst, and lead to madness at worst. It is undoubtedly seeking death, but with the second-level talent: penetrating meridians, you can control it easily."

While Xia Wei was practicing her skills, Ye Jie also picked up some humus leaves and piled them at the entrance of the narrow cave. After letting Xia Wei light them, he then said:
"Among the five elements, thunder belongs to gold, and wind belongs to wood. Wood helps the fire, and wind also helps the fire. You have tried to use your spiritual power to create fire, now try to use your spiritual power to create wind."

Xia Wei took a step forward and closed her eyes. In front of her, the cold fallen leaves burned slowly, and no smoke rose for a long time.

After completing a cycle, Xia Wei looked focused and pushed with her hands, sending a continuous breeze to the front. Gradually, the thick and choking smoke rose up, was carried by the wind, and poured into the small cave. .

Ye Jie looked around, and not long after, he saw a faint smoke coming out of the snow twenty steps away.

He stretched out his hand and saw that the dark noose was ready to go. A black shadow suddenly jumped out from where the smoke rose. The black shadow fled into the distance. Ye Jie, who had expected it, threw the noose far away. The black shadow was immediately restrained in place, and was finally pulled in front of Ye Jie.

Seeing this, Xia Wei, who had finished her luck, also looked surprised.

What Ye Jie pulled in front of him was a fat and white hare. Xia Wei grabbed the hare's long ears and lifted it up. The heavy weight was at least enough for her to eat several meals.

Xia Wei stretched out her hand to explore the hare, her expression suddenly startled, but Ye Jie didn't notice her and just said:
"There is an old saying: A cunning rabbit has three holes. It means that it is not surprising that a rabbit hole has three or four entrances. If you...hey, how did you let it go?"

What puzzled Ye Jie was that Xia Wei actually squatted down, put down the hard-won hare, and let it fly out of sight in the snow. It would not be easy to find it now. The delicious meal just flew away.

Xia Wei stood in the snow covered with silver, a pair of braids flying behind her head. She raised her head, her slightly curved eyelashes were stained with a little frost, and her pretty green face was full of stubbornness: "It has children." I can’t eat it.”

"Yeah……"

Listening to the growling in Xia Wei's belly and seeing her thin body but such firm eyes, Ye Jie sighed with distress. It seemed that she was going to starve for a while during the rest of the journey.

(End of this chapter)