Chapter 11

Robin once again found a bronze plaque in front of the volcano, it read "In front of you is trial of fire, fire has the power to create and destroy , fire can be gentle and provide warmth during a cold night or be cruel raging through forests burning anything into path to dust. Will this trial help you grow or turn you into ashes ?"

Although in her previous life Robin had comprehended fire laws to the limit , in this life there was no way she could use that as she couldn't externalize her Qi and using fire Qi with in her body meant roasting her internal organs. Even though she was faced with this dilemma she knew only way was forward. As soon as walked past the bronze plaque she was immediately transported to the top of the volcano. As soon as she arrived at the top a set of instruction appeared in her mind according to instructions she needed to descend down tower built in the volcano and reach the portal to next trial. If she reached the portal within 6 months she would be rewarded with a valuable opportunity and if she fails to reach the portal in 2 years she will be burnt to death by flame of origin.

After understanding the instructions she then entered the first floor of the tower.

The first floor was a circular room, she immediately saw that the stairs leading to next level was exactly opposite to the entrance but it was blocked but a human shaped puppet sitting in lotus position.

In centre the first floor there was glowing platform and a small glowing path leading to it from the entrance, Robin walked on the path and reached the platform. As soon as she reached the platform, it stopped glowing. Since it was the only source of light in the room , the room became dark, but only for an instant as a picture on the wall lit up. The picture was that of a man standing in particular posture . Trusting her instinct she assumed the same posture as the picture, as soon as she did a second picture of a man in a different posture lit up while the first one faded away. And once again as soon as Robin assumed second posture a third one lit up while the second one dimmed out. Each time she assumed the lit posture a new posture on the wall would light up and each successive posture was harder than the previous one and the next one would light up only when she got the previous one right. Even though the postures got harder and harder it did not take Robin too much effort as these were various stances of a martial art form, since she was an accomplished martial artist in her previous life and had studied numerous types to be able to use all forms of Qi.

After completing a set of sixty stances, the first one once again lit up. Robin once again assumed the first one and just as soon as she completed the first one the second one lit up and just as she completed the second one the third one lit up, Robin quickly understood she needed to perform all sixty stances continuously and her hypothesis was proven correct when the first one once again lit up when she intentionally screwed up the 13th stance. After completing all 60 stances in a continuous way, the first stance lit up again. After failing to complete the third rotation a few times Robin realized that she needed to assume a stance with in 10 seconds, i.e she had only 10mins to complete all 60 stances perfectly in a continuous manner. After completing third rotation, she had now had 9 seconds per stance, 9 became 8 , 8 became 7 ....and soon it reached 0.5 seconds. Soon she realised that the faster she practised the stances more of her neutral Qi was getting converted to fire Qi but to her surprise this Qi did not roast her internal organs and flesh but rather it was burning away only the impurities and nurturing her internal organs. This was akin to her being reborn again. This process not only improved her physical body but also improved the quality of her Qi and passively increasing her cultivation level. Once Robin competed the 0.5second rotation the entire room lit up and the puppet that was sitting in a lotus position got up and walked towards Robin and stood facing her in a fighting stance.