Chapter 32

To reach a temperature of over 6,000 degrees, ordinary combustion is clearly insufficient. Even if one goes to great lengths to produce oxygen and acetylene, the temperature would only reach around 3,200 degrees. Moreover, 6,000 degrees is just the lowest estimate; the temperature of celestial fire could be even higher!

"What should I do?" Li Xian frowned deeply. He had finally found a feasible path, but this path seemed too rugged.

"Is it just a matter of conductors, just a little bit of conductors! Or... should I first develop some electrical technology to promote the development of cultivation and array technology in return?" Such thoughts popped up in Li Xian's mind. However, developing electrical technology would inevitably require imparting a large amount of basic knowledge to everyone, which would delay the process by at least three to five years!

Looking up at the "strange and different" starry sky, Li Xian's thoughts wandered far; the Big Dipper and the North Star were there, and so was the moon. But the 365 stars of the celestial sphere and the four constellations of the four directions were particularly bright, and there was also a dazzling Purple Micro Star!

"Ah, brilliant stars, brilliant stars."

That night, Li Xian did not meditate but fell asleep exhausted; he had been busy for a while, and the issue of conductors had left him in a terrible state.

In his dream, Li Xian dreamed—of course, when people dream, they often do not realize they are dreaming, and this time was no different for Li Xian.

"Where am I? Why am I here?" Li Xian looked around in a daze. White clouds drifted all around, neither touching the sky above nor the ground below, ethereal and dreamlike. Li Xian stood in mid-air, his feet on a cloud about a meter in size, swaying gently.

Looking down, up, and all around at the endless blue sky and white clouds, Li Xian screamed in fright, and cold sweat instantly soaked his clothes.

But what was even more terrifying was that the cloud beneath his feet was rapidly dissipating. As the cloud dissipated, Li Xian clearly felt his footing becoming soft and loose, gradually unable to support his body.

"Finished, finished, what should I do?" Li Xian looked around; the nearest cloud was about a hundred meters away, "At least eighty meters, it's a matter of life and death! If it were ten or twenty meters, with my cultivation at the eighth level of Qi Condensation, I would have a chance; but a hundred meters, even a small expert at the Foundation Establishment stage couldn't manage it."

Suddenly, Li Xian felt the cloud beneath his feet begin to collapse.

"Ah, good people don't live long, but evil ones last a thousand years; I am evil, I am evil, I bring disaster to the country and its people, I deserve to die a thousand deaths—please don't let me die so easily, that would be too lenient on me."

Reciting this unprecedented and bizarre prayer, Li Xian closed his eyes and jumped... towards a cloud below. Fortunately, Li Xian remembered some physics at the critical moment.

Splash... he landed safely, but Li Xian was stunned. The cloud was too fragile, and he plunged into it like a javelin, with his knees to his shoulders embedded in the cloud, his legs below exposed, and his head above the cloud.

"What kind of hell is this!" Li Xian's temper flared, and his stubbornness erupted. But unfortunately, he couldn't climb out!

He had to wait until the cloud began to dissipate before he could move his body and climb onto the cloud with great difficulty. Then, as the cloud continued to dissipate, Li Xian continued to flee.

Step by step, he didn't know how long he had run, but Li Xian finally despaired. Below, he could already see the green earth, about ten miles down, and the last cloud supporting him was beginning to dissipate.

"Finished, finished, no place to land." Looking at the cloud beneath his feet, which was already half-transparent, Li Xian's face turned pale.

"What the hell is this place!"

Heaven responded, and a bolt of lightning descended from the sky, grazing the edges of countless clouds and rapidly expanding, finally crashing down on Li Xian like a waterfall.

The lightning came and went quickly, and Li Xian was instantly "transformed" into a pure black person with a burnt smell. The various "pleasures" were indescribable, as if he had been roasted over a fire and then buried in hot coals to "keep warm."

As one bolt of lightning descended, more followed; clouds drifted in the sky, and small bolts of lightning erupted, then countless bolts of lightning converged into a "lightning waterfall," pouring down on Li Xian.

"Damn, struck by lightning, truly a thousand deaths..." Li Xian shouted weakly with his burnt lips, his heart filled with fear.

Suddenly, a huge rumble came from below. Li Xian looked down and saw that he had somehow reached the seaside, where a volcano was erupting, red-hot lava shooting into the sky, and the entire sea boiling.

Countless steam rose into the sky, forming layer upon layer of clouds; the clouds rubbed and collided, producing small bolts of lightning; then countless bolts of lightning formed a torrent from the sky, crashing down to the earth. The lightning striking the earth stimulated the volcano to become even more violent, the lava rapidly turning golden and flowing, the sea drying up inch by inch.

Suddenly, a torrential rain began, the world becoming hazy, and rivers roared into the sea.

"Wait, this is... the Heavenly Thunder and Earthly Fire, the Four Symbols Array of Water, Fire, Earth, and Wind!" Li Xian suddenly realized.

Seeming to know that Li Xian had discovered the secret, heaven was enraged; golden lava, like the fire of the sun, shot into the sky, trying to burn Li Xian to death; in the sky, purple lightning suddenly erupted, like lightning snakes, wrapping around Li Xian's body.

A sharp pain, piercing his soul, and Li Xian was reduced to ashes by the heavenly thunder and earthly fire.

"Ah, it hurts so much!" Li Xian screamed, jumping up and hitting his head on the wall. Needless to say, this collision was severe, causing his head to bleed and intensifying the pain.

Li Xian's scream alarmed the night guard. "Knock, knock... Young Master, it's Chen Jinbing."

"Nothing, nothing, I just suddenly thought of a solution to the conductor problem and got excited. You can continue your duties."

"Congratulations, Young Master." With that, Chen Jinbing continued his patrol.

Li Xian didn't know that his scream had also alarmed a "shadow" secretly protecting him. Hearing that Li Xian was fine, the shadow quietly disappeared.

Here, Li Xian got up from the ground, touching his head helplessly, "This is embarrassing, how can I face people tomorrow?

Sigh... my cultivation has advanced again? Again, I don't understand what's happening."

Li Xian felt the true essence that had reached the ninth level of Qi Condensation, feeling both joy and an indescribable fear. Again, this vague feeling was driving him crazy!

But... never mind, for now, there doesn't seem to be any harm, and there are many benefits. However, if he keeps getting benefits for no reason, will he have to pay them back in the future? Or pay a price? Such unexplained benefits always make him worry.

However, being able to "dream" of the method to produce lightning or electricity still made Li Xian very happy. As long as he could produce lightning or electricity, many problems would be easily solved. At least, high temperatures would be much simpler; using electromagnetic eddy currents could generate temperatures of thousands or even tens of thousands of degrees.

Li Xian turned on the light and began to work, using some small jade chips to set up a simulation array.

The Earthly Fire, Heavenly Water, and Wind and Water Four Symbols Array is different from the water, fire, and earth of the Five Elements; these are two completely different basic arrays. But when Li Xian was in the capital, he had already vaguely understood the meaning of all the basic arrays, and now he could set them up with ease.

Earth and fire complement each other, water is the force of the cycle, sea-cloud-rain-river rotation, and wind is the driving force of the entire array, generating lightning to connect heaven and earth.

This time, Li Xian used the Yang of Heaven and the Yin of Earth arrays to simulate heaven and earth, four stainless steel pillars to simulate the four poles of heaven and earth, several "Earth Image" and "Fire Image" arrays to construct "thick earth," several large and small "Water Image" arrays to simulate rivers, lakes, and seas, and finally several "Wind Image" arrays to form a dynamic environment, making the entire array function.

Just as Li Xian was about to press the switch, he suddenly stopped; he thought of his miserable experience in the dream, and he was still trembling with fear.

"I'll be more careful and wait until morning." Li Xian finally made the wisest choice.