Chapter 35: True or False

Jia Yuan continued to meditate, but found it very hard to

concentrate on meditating due to the heat and humidity.

Although he was annoyed by the environment, he understood

why Guo Huo had said that this place was a perfect place to train.

Not only was the environment harsh and unyielding, but the

pool of fire forced Jia Yuan to concentrate on controlling the flames emitted

by the power of his Song. Relax for a single second, and the pool would suck

the flames away.

The same was true for his meditation practice. The

environment made it almost impossible for him to meditate peacefully. Whenever

he tried to immerse himself In meditation, he would feel his skin burning or be

annoyed by his clothes which stuck to his back, soaked in sweat.

After a few hours of trying to meditate, however, Jia Yuan

was finally able to enter the dreamlike state associated with meditation.

After a few more minutes of meditating, he noticed a slight “pulse”

emanating from a location about 5 meters to the left of him.

Is that the pool of

fire?

Jia Yuan opened his eyes and headed towards the pulse he had

felt during his meditation.

Upon reaching the location of the pulse, he groaned. He saw

that the source of the pulse was just a pile of lit fire embers.

THAT STUPID OLD MAN.

Fuming, Jia Yuan turned around to prepare to go back to his

previous location. However, he quickly realized that he wasn’t quite sure

exactly which direction he came from.

After all, 5 meters was still a fairly large distance when

everything was covered in mist.

Jia Yuan decided to not take the risk of accidently walking

even further away from the pool of fire.

As such, he began to sit down and meditate again.

After about another 20 minutes of meditation, Jia Yuan

opened his eyes again and let out long breath.

Teacher really

prepared a lot…

Through his meditation, he had found several pulses similar

to the one he had sensed earlier. As such, he assumed these pulses were also

from piles of fire embers.

Every time he found a new pulse, he was quickly filled and

depleted of hope as he realized that he was only detecting fire embers.

Jia Yuan had quickly become frustrated, which made it even harder

for him to immerse himself in the meditative state. However, he had persevered.

He had just noticed a pulse about 12 meters away that was

far more violent in nature, which should be the pool of fire.

Jia Yuan stood up again and headed in the direction of the

violent pulse, and quickly arrived in front of Guo Huo, who had been waiting

for him.

Guo Huo grinned and said, “Bout time you came back. I was

starting to think that you’d fallen asleep.”

“Oh haha. That trick with the fire embers was rather cruel.

How did you even get so many?”

“I simply refined the fire from the pool here.”

Jia Yuan was rather surprised. Although he knew that fire

embers were common and cheap, he hadn’t known how they were made. Naturally, he

was rather curious about the process.

However, Guo Huo didn’t directly answer, only saying that “You’ll

learn at some point.”

Guo Huo was interested in Jia Yuan’s meditation process,

however. “How did your meditation go?”

Jia Yuan thought back a bit. “It was very hard for me to

adjust to the environment, but once I was able to cope with the heat and

humidity, it only took me about 10 minutes to find the first pile of fire

embers, and then about another 20 to find the pool of fire.”

“You spent 6 hours today to find the pool. You told me that

you had only acquired your Song 3 months prior, but you were already at the 3rd

level of Absorption a month ago. I thought that you were a peerless genius when

it came to cultivation, but it seems that your rate of progress, when it comes

to the soul at least, is rather slow.”

At this juncture, Jia Yuan felt rather conflicted. This was

actually a matter he had been thinking about ever since he had become Guo Huo’s

disciple.

Should he tell Guo Huo about the Song of Swords and the

pills he had acquired with it?

On one hand, Guo Huo had proven to be an honorable teacher

who wholeheartedly wanted Jia Yuan to reach the pinnacle of strength.

However, this was under the assumption that Jia Yuan trained

in a Song of Fire. Jia Yuan wasn’t sure how Guo Huo would react if he was told that

the Song Jia Yuan trained in was actually one that was capable of using all of

the elements.

“When he spoke about why he wanted me as a disciple, it

seemed that he wished to have someone from the Continent of the Five Elements

to be strong enough to compete against the strongest from around the world.”

“Perhaps it will be fine to tell him the truth.”