Chapter 62: The Blood is Wrong

“???”

Elder Chen’s vision went black.

“I have been continuously infusing strength into your Source Pool, aiming to ignite the Furnace, and you’re telling me I poked your belly?

“Have you been practicing seriously?”

Suppressing his near-explosive urge, Elder Chen asked, “Didn’t you feel the flames gathering inside the Source Pool?”

“I absolutely did not!” The newcomer shook his head.

“…That makes sense. Although it’s the same blood essence from a Lingyun Beast, your talent is far inferior to Miss Liu and Miss Yu—so it’s normal for the ignition to be slow!”

With a gloomy face and after quite some time, Elder Chen found an excuse for himself and finally gritted his teeth and said, “Focus your mind; I’ll try one last time. If it doesn’t work, I’ll give up!”

“Yes!”

Only then did the newcomer realize that Elder Chen had begun to help ignite the Furnace. He focused his mind once more, and after a moment, he felt someone poking his belly again, several times, and it was quite comfortable.

As he was hoping that the poking would continue, he heard a panting voice.

“I can’t do this anymore, I give up…”

Opening his eyes, he saw the previously assertive Elder Chen, now drenched in sweat, gasping for air as if he hadn’t slept for days and nights…

“Elder…”

The newcomer’s face was full of embarrassment.

It turned out his talent was so far behind that of Miss Liu Mingyue!

“Principal…”

Knowing he had used all his strength but was still far from success, Elder Chen came to Principal Lu Mingrong with an embarrassed face.

Seeing his condition, Principal Lu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, looked around, and said in a clear voice, “The blood essence of a Lingyun Beast can indeed ignite a higher quality Furnace, but success is not as simple as you think; it’s even harder!”

“Harder?”

“Why? Isn’t it said that the higher the level of the igniting material, the easier it is to ignite the Furnace?”

Everyone looked puzzled.

“Lingyun Beast is a Heavenly Destiny Primordial Beast. To ignite its blood essence, one must control the Origin qi within a minute precision—there must be no error whatsoever!”

Seeing the crowd’s confusion, Principal Lu explained, “For ordinary igniting materials, just throwing a spark into the stars can cause a wildfire, thus forming a Furnace! It’s like igniting a pile of grass; do you need to consider whether to light it from the top or bottom?”

Elder Chen shook his head.

Tossing a torch into a pile of grass would burn it up entirely. Whether from the top or bottom makes little difference.

Principal Lu Mingrong asked, “What about dynamite?”

Elder Chen replied, “It not only requires a fuse but also specifically designed quantities and packaging…”

Principal Lu nodded, “Correct. The blood essence of a Lingyun Beast is like dynamite. To use its power to ignite the Furnace, you must control the force well—neither too strong nor too weak. The best approach is to inject zhenqi into the opponent’s Source Pool in a specific sequence for successful ignition; your aimless approach, how could it possibly succeed?”

“I’m enlightened!”

All present had a moment of realization.

Principal Lu continued, “Zhang Xuan laoshi, in helping Liu Mingyue ignite the Furnace, made it seem easy, but he used an extremely complex technique. A single mistake in such a method spells doom, and even I would find it difficult to achieve. Not only did he succeed, but he also ignited two simultaneously, proving his formidable skill, not something you can question at will.”

“It seems I misunderstood Zhang laoshi!”

“I told you he was amazing; you didn’t believe it…”

All the students nodded in agreement. If they had been somewhat skeptical of Zhang Xuan laoshi’s abilities after listening to Elder Chen, they now harbored no doubts whatsoever.

Unlike the enlightenment experienced by everyone else, Zhang Xuan, standing to the side, furrowed his brows, filled with confusion: Is that so? Why didn’t I know that?

Of course, she would never voice such a question, although she was modest, she still enjoyed when others spoke well of her.

Seeing that everyone believed her words and knowing that today’s business was almost settled, Lu Mingrong finally breathed a sigh of relief. He slowly walked out from the crowd and approached the youth who was sitting cross-legged, his gaze filled with affection.

“Alright, I will help him ignite it now, and consider it as giving him a chance!”

“Thank you, School Head!”

The newcomer trembled with excitement.

This was the School Head after all… the Pinnacle Furnace was assured!

“First, adjust your breathing and enter the practice state!”

Seeing his appearance, Lu Mingrong smiled and shook his head.

“Yes!”

He nodded repeatedly, closed his eyes, and slowly adjusted his breathing until he finally calmed down.

With a satisfied nod, Lu Mingrong also brought his index and middle fingers together, gathering strength at his fingertips, “Since none of you understand, I will explain how to ignite the blood essence of the Heavenly Destiny Primeval Beast… First, you must synchronize your strength with the opponent’s breathing! Second, focus all your strength and instantly channel two streams of zhenqi into the opponent’s body, not just one!”

“Two streams?”

Chen Hao asked in confusion.

“Exactly! A single stream of zhenqi is hardly able to suppress the origin qi he inhales into his body. Once it gains the upper hand, igniting the flame will not be so easy…”

Lu Mingrong raised an eyebrow, “Alright, watch the following actions carefully, I will only do it once!”

As he spoke, School Head Lu’s two fingers came together, and zhenqi suddenly released, instantly turning into a beam of crimson light that he directed towards the cross-legged newcomer.

The action was the same as Chen Hao’s, yet it looked entirely different—more powerful, vast, and filled with a profound aura.

However… the light entered the newcomer’s Source Pool just like a clay ox entering the sea, without any effect.

“Is this… not ignited?”

“The School Head failed too? How is that possible?”

Seeing the newcomer sitting still without any change and not absorbing any origin qi, everyone was staring in disbelief, afraid they had seen wrong.

Even Zhang Xuan was stunned.

This School Head, he talked a good talk, but how come it felt not very different from that Chen Hao!

“Cough cough! It was a problem with my technique just now… I’ll do it again, it will surely succeed!”

Not expecting his own attempt to fail in ignition, Lu Mingrong hesitated for a moment, slightly embarrassed before he raised his finger again and directed it towards the young man for a second time.

Whoosh!

Again, it was like a clay ox entering the sea!

“The action was identical, yet just yesterday I successfully ignited Mo Yanxue’s…”

With an embarrassed face, Lu Mingrong pointed again, and then… to no one’s surprise, he failed.

Like Chen Hao, he pointed several times in succession, while the seated young man was so comfortable he almost fell asleep, still without any signs of success…

His eyelid twitched, and sweat began to form on Lu Mingrong’s forehead.

With his prowess and techniques, after so many attempts, any rare artifact should have succeeded, how could there be no reaction at all?

He was the School Head after all, to fail would be too embarrassing.

“Something is wrong with this blood!”

Suddenly, a thought popped into his head, Lu Mingrong looked towards Chen Hao not far away, “Give me that jade bottle from earlier!”

The real blood essence of the Lingyun Beast should have a robust breath and lengthy power. Successful on the first attempt, how could it possibly be ineffective so many times in a row?