Master of Kaidan
Chapter 200 Method of Igniting Flames

Chapter 200: Chapter 200 Method of Igniting Flames

Upon hearing Feng Xue’s question, Old Li wasn’t surprised. He calmly prepared the content he had recounted numerous times before.

He was a veteran resident who had descended into this world before the residential area of Infinite City was completely monopolized. However, like all Pioneers, he also bore the price that Pioneers must pay.

For instance—after rushing up more than sixty levels in one go, he suddenly had his Residence Right taken away. When he wanted to reclaim it, he found he couldn’t go back anymore.

Although this allowed him to learn some secrets unknown to the cautious Kaidan, compared to the price of "finding it very difficult in this life to earn the Residence Right of the Tower of Babylon through one’s power," those gains were indeed limited.

In order to enter the Tower of Babylon again, he started walking through major landfill areas, spreading information controlled by the Hundred Tales to those newcomers he favored.

However, after these decades, not a single Kaidan among the newcomers he invested in had obtained Residence Rights. After all, through years of internal competition, the Kaidan living on the lower levels had each become flawless Monsters.

This newcomer in front of him was somewhat different. Having arrived in Infinite City for just one year, he had already gathered more than two Kaidan entries. Whether in talent or luck, he was first-rate and might realize his long-cherished wish.

Taking a deep breath, Old Li put aside his thoughts and slowly began to speak:

"To ignite the Kaidan Fire, there are currently three mainstream methods:

"The first is called the Ignition Method. It involves using your own power to infuse pure Identity, imprinting your personal mark within the Identity, and then igniting it with the Kaidan Fire. However, this requires using the bank. After all, Identity itself is the manifestation of subjective Cognition. There is currently no channel other than the bank to obtain pure Identity, which is also the main use of Tower Coins.

"The second is called the Fire Burning Technique, where you subjectively gather the Identity you ’generate’ and then ignite it. However, since the Identity gathered by this method contains many impurities, it cannot be ignited with Kaidan Fire directly. Instead, it needs to be tempered with willpower and even bombarded with external Identity. Once it breaks through a certain critical point, it will ignite spontaneously.

"As for the third method, it’s called the Condensing Fire Technique, a combination of the first two. It involves using pure Identity to contain one’s own imprint, continuously compressing and condensing it for eventual spontaneous ignition. This method is the most tedious, but also the one I most recommend, because whether igniting or burning fire, impurities will inevitably mix into one’s existence. To purify one’s pure ’self,’ putting in the effort at the beginning is the best choice, compared to seeking purification after burning.

"Of course, after so many years of development and exploration, there are also other methods circulating. I don’t know if there are higher techniques, but these unproven methods inherently carry a lot of uncertainty due to the lack of trial and error."

Old Li paused at this point, took a sip from his teacup, only to hear Feng Xue’s voice from his badge before he could set down the cup—

"Name your price."

"Cough, cough!" Old Li coughed sharply twice, then pretended not to have understood and said,

"What price?"

"Pure Identity, you should have some, right? Hmm, let me think... Under normal circumstances, one should buy from someone with Residence Right during the Challenge Month, right? After all, apart from those monopolized by the Hundred Tales, there are banks only in the villa area inside the Tower of Babylon..."

Feng Xue muttered thoughtfully, not worried that Old Li didn’t have stock. Even if he really didn’t, he could look into the black market. Items controlled as monopolies like this could not truly be banned, since not all Kaidan could possibly enhance themselves through the Fire Burning Technique, right?

Old Li suddenly chuckled on the other end, then nodded and said,

"That’s right, I have it, ten thousand Tower Coins for one unit of pure Identity. Don’t blame me for being pricey, although the exchange rate at the bank is one-to-one, this thing is a hard currency. You won’t get a lower price on the black market either."

"Enough talk. Just tell me how much Identity is needed to ignite the Self Fire." Feng Xue was now quite wealthy, having reached the advanced stage where "money is just a number" as both the Money Printer and Copyist.

Hearing Feng Xue’s wealthy declaration, Old Li froze slightly, then said with some complexity:

"It depends on which method you choose. Ignition Method requires relatively less, about ten units would suffice, but considering the probability of failure, preparing about a hundred units would be more suitable. Since Condensing Fire Technique requires compression, it needs quite a lot and the success rate is low too, I recommend preparing at least ten thousand units initially. Once used up, it’d take about a year or half. If still unsuccessful then, you could buy more from me or directly from a landlord inside the Tower of Babylon."

"So, that’s a billion? No problem, let’s set a delivery location."

Feng Xue had no intentions for haggling. He knew there was no need for Old Li to cheat him over something so easily verifiable, and he no longer cared about this amount of money now.

Although the output of Yan Country’s "everyone is skilled in Martial Arts" Kaidan was distributed across the whole country (used to improve Yan Country people’s Martial Arts qualification), most of the income from the Libra Kaidan, which had become a World-Level Kaidan, was under his control (a small part used for maintaining protection).

Old Li was a little surprised by Feng Xue’s extravagance but didn’t think much of it and directly spoke,

"Are you in the South District or the West Mountain District? I’ll come directly."

"South District, you could wait for me outside the ’Owl’s Tailor Shop’ between the Second Layer and the Third Layer." Feng Xue, having grown more confident, had no objection to the meeting. This question from Old Li about Feng Xue’s location instead of proposing a trade location himself was meant to put him at ease.

Upon getting the trade address, Old Li quickly and straightforwardly said,

"Sure, I know that place. I’ll arrive in two hours. Let’s do the contract trade by then so you don’t have to bring a big box of money."

...

After reaching a trade agreement, Old Li hung up, and Feng Xue got up from the sofa, organized some cash, and went out.

He wasn’t the kind to wait two hours ahead for a trade partner. He just planned to purchase some base materials for reforging as the recent tower climb had exposed quite a few problems—

Even though he had plenty of paper and books at hand, this time he wanted a Weapon.

Hmm, and a new outfit was needed.

Though the Opera Phantom Suit was nice, he planned a trip to Yan Country next. The formal suit having completed its association with the Swearer, showing up in it might incite some reflexive reaction from Yan Country.

"The weapon can just be purchased wholesale from the Blacksmith, and as for clothing... Hmm, better get it from Arachne with who we have a partnership..."