Chapter 19：More Practice (1/2)

Alex looked at the oval flame and thought, ”Did I do it?” suddenly, he lost his concentration, and the oval flame went back to being a ball of flames.

”Aplete. He slowly did it more and more, until he was able to change the shapes within 2 seconds.

Of course, the shapes he could create were rudimentary shapes, like Oval, or spherical, or spiral, and other simpler shapes. Making figures out of the fire was impossible for him to do right now.

After becoming a little more proficient in the shape-changing aspect of the technique, he moved on to the temperature aspect of it.

Once again, he focused and brought his Qi into his hands and sent it to the fire. However, instead of thinking of a new shape, he thought about increasing the temperature of the flame.

”The flame's highest temperature is 816 Celsius, while the lowest temperature is at 316 Celsius.” He could somehow instinctively tell the temperature of the flames.

He was unsure if he got this ability from the [Alchemy God's Knowledge] or [Flame Mastery Scripture]. If he had to guess, he would guess the second one.

He thought of increasing the lowest temperature, and decreasing the highest temperature so that the temperature would be a constant 500 Celsius everywhere.

The minute color differences in the fire suddenly turned to a steady color with no changes. The fire also stopped fluctuating in temperature as it came to be a steady 500 C.

He could feel it. He had succeeded. He quickly focused back and didn't let his concentration waver. Slowly he started to change the temperature.

He made the temperature of the fire go down to 300 C. He succeeded at it. He then made the temperature go up to 900 C. He also succeeded in that.

He brought the temperature back to 500 C. Now, he tried to change the shape of the fire, while keeping the temperature constant.

He tried to turn the fire into a spiral shape but quickly lost his control over the temperature. As soon as he brought his concentration back on the temperature, he lost his control on the shape of the fire.

”Doing both at once is going to be really hard, isn't it?” he thought. He slowly started to train. Through multiple failures, he was finally successful at forming his first oval flame with 500 Celsius.

He practiced for an hour. He was getting the hang of the technique.

He practiced for another hour, he was getting better at the technique.

By the third hour, he could change both the shape and the temperature into whatever he desired within seconds. While he couldn't do a lot with the shape, he could still make a lot of geometrical figures without a problem.

He tried to control the fire once more. He tried to move his Qi to his hands but realized he couldn't anymore. He didn't have any Qi left.

”I should have know when I ran out of my Qi.” He thought. Unlike his excess Qi, his normal amounts of Qi weren't shown by the system, and he had to know when he was full or low on it just by the feeling of it.

He put the cover on the lantern and hung the lantern back on the ceiling. He then sat on the bench to refill his qi. He slowly focused on his breathing, and before he knew it, he was asleep. He was once more unconsciously cultivating.