One person: I, Daoist Master, am a cultivator of immortality!

Sun Yao cultivated for a full day and night. He felt that his cultivation was very smooth, as simple as eating, drinking, or even breathing.

However, when he woke up the next morning, he found himself unusually hungry. He devoured all the congee and some side dishes his master had left in the room the day before. Even so, he still felt unbearably hungry. He hurriedly pushed open the door and ran out. This place was not the inn he remembered, but a place that resembled a farmhouse courtyard.

As soon as he rushed out of the room, he saw his master walking over with a bowl of hot soup noodles. "You must be hungry after cultivating all night. Quickly try the soup noodles that your master made personally."

Sun Yao didn't bother to say anything and picked up the bowl of hot noodle soup to eat. After he finished, the chef immediately handed him another bowl. In this way, the chef would hand him another bowl after he ate one. Sun Yao ate a full five large bowls of noodle soup before he felt a little full. After putting down the large bowl, he looked at his chef.

"Master, how did you know I would be hungry?"

He didn't remember ever saying he was hungry in his room, so how did his master know he was hungry?

"It's very simple. Because I'm passing on the True Scripture of Fire Virtue to you, you will definitely be able to cultivate it. Cultivation involves refining primordial qi from blood and qi, which should be called refining essence into qi."

"Is that why I feel so hungry?"

"Yes, refining essence into qi is the process of condensing one's own human energy into qi and storing it within the body. This is a necessary process for cultivators and a state they must maintain for a long time. Even I am not exempt from this. It is normal that you cannot grasp the process well on your first attempt at cultivation, so I got up early this morning to prepare food for you." As he spoke, the master served him another bowl of soup noodles.

"But how can you be sure that I can begin cultivation with just one manual? After all, it's not common sense to think that one can cultivate with just one manual without any guidance."

Sun Yao finally voiced his doubts, since such a thing shouldn't exist. The idea that someone with absolutely no cultivation knowledge could become a Qi Refining expert simply by relying on a single manual is illogical anywhere.

"Others may not be able to, but you definitely can. Your physique is naturally close to the Dao. Even before you started cultivating, there was a primordial energy within your body, much like the innate primordial energy that the Three Ones Sect speaks of. With this primordial energy, as long as you read through the entire True Scripture of Fire Virtue, entering the path will be easy for you, not difficult at all."

After his sect master finished speaking, Sun Yao finally understood why he could easily enter the realm of cultivation despite only having a comprehension, and why he could be said to have no bottlenecks in his cultivation path. It turned out that it all came down to this innate primordial energy.

There is no doubt that humans possess innate energy, but this innate energy that everyone is born with will gradually dissipate as they consume acquired foods. Unless one consciously maintains it from infancy, even a three- or four-year-old child should have exhausted their innate energy.

Sun Yao was different. When he came to this world, his body inexplicably shrank, turning him into the appearance of a thirteen or fourteen-year-old. However, he could feel his body brimming with energy, as if he had inexhaustible strength. Just yesterday, while cultivating, he could feel the abundance of primordial qi within his body. It turned out that the reason he felt so energetic was because his body was filled with primordial qi, which had not been depleted at all.

This unexpected innate Qi paved his path of cultivation smoothly. Not only the innate Qi, but he even sensed something different about his body, though he couldn't yet perceive it. Perhaps its wondrous nature was still developing within him, not yet revealed. However, he knew it was all due to the ancient bronze ring on his hand. It was this very ring that had brought him to this world and shaped his body into this form. What exactly was this ancient bronze ring? A question lingered in his mind. But whatever it was, it was something beyond his current reach.

"I see. So this is why you were so eager to take me as your disciple, Master."

"Ahem, these days it's so hard to find a disciple with exceptional talent. Someone like you is one in a hundred years, we can't let you go." As he spoke, his eyes darted around, as if he was embarrassed that his little scheme had been exposed.

"Don't worry, I understand. It's just a competition between sects and lineages. You don't have any martial arts tournaments or anything like that, do you?"

Sun Yao pretended to be completely unaware, asking questions in a feigned manner. Having transmigrated here, he naturally knew the general plot. This seemingly patriarch's birthday banquet was actually a chance for the younger generation of disciples to meet and test their skills.

"No, no, how could that be? Every talented disciple is a treasure of their respective sects. How could we bear to let you get hurt? Speaking of which, my dear disciple, how far have you progressed in your cultivation of the Fire Virtue True Scripture?" Seeing that the tone of the conversation was off, the master with the shiny head quickly changed the subject.

"To my shame, I was able to transform my qi into fire and control the fire to take shape during my initial practice last night. However, after practicing all night, I can only do so much. It seems that there is an invisible barrier blocking me from the golden fire. I wonder if you could let me experience the golden fire up close, Master? If I could experience the golden fire up close, perhaps I could obtain it easily. By the way, although I have become your disciple, I still do not know your name."

"No problem, no problem. Your teacher's name is Chu Feng, which was given to me by my master. The kid outside is also an orphan, so he takes my surname Feng and his name is Feng Ping."

"Yes, disciple will remember!"

"Please, have you really mastered the Fire Manipulation Form? You know, many of your senior brothers couldn't do that." Although he had some understanding of Sun Yao's talent, he still couldn't believe that Sun Yao could master the Fire Manipulation Form in just one night.

But as soon as he finished speaking, he looked dumbfounded. Right before his eyes, Sun Yao raised his hand and summoned a ball of flame. Then, the flame transformed into a fire snake that coiled in his palm. The fire snake was so lifelike that it even winked at him.

This scene truly astonished Feng Huo, because even he himself couldn't have achieved such micro-management of fire. For a fleeting moment, he even thought that the little fire snake was no different from a real living being. Without a doubt, his little apprentice had even surpassed him on the path of controlling fire.