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Chapter 33: I Really Hope To Meet This Sword Dao Expert One Day

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Powerful sword momentum spread throughout the entire main hall.

However, it was not the Four Thunder sword momentum but the sword momentum in the painting.

The appearance of the sword momentum put an indescribable pressure on the people present.

In the next moment, Daoist Siji withdrew his Dharmic powers and the sword momentum vanished without a trace.

"Do you guys still think that my conjecture is wrong?"

Daoist Siji asked calmly.

It was extremely silent in the main hall, so much that the sound of a pin dropping could be heard.

No one dared to question Daoist Siji anymore.

"Householder Qing Lian's painting skills are truly extraordinary and transcendent. He actually managed to imprint the sword momentum in the painting. I'm in so much awe."

"No. It's not that Householder Qing Lian's painting skills are superb, but rather, the person in the painting is impressive. If not for his powerful sword momentum, how could Householder Qing Lian have managed to imprint the sword momentum in the painting?"

"Yes. The person in this painting is extremely terrifying. He can exude a daunting sword momentum just by standing there. This is truly impressive."

The elders were frightened and panicky. The sword momentum wasn't too terrifying, but they were shocked by the fact that he had the ability to imprint the sword momentum in the painting, which was the intimidating part.

Besides, there were only two possibilities for such an ability.

Firstly, it could be that the artist's skills in painting had already reached a heavenly level.

Secondly, it could be that the person in the painting had already condensed the supreme sword intent in order to allow his sword momentum to be exposed.

However, if it was the first possibility, there would be something wrong with Daoist Siji's conjecture.

If it was the second, there would be no problem with Daoist Siji's guesses at all.

However, Daoist Siji shook his head again and said, "You guys haven't found the key to this yet."

There was nothing except disappointment in Daoist Siji's eyes.

After hearing his words, the elders were completely dumbfounded.

'There are still more details?'

The dozens of elders immediately stared at the painting.

After the time it would take for half an incense stick to burn out, some elders finally understood.

"I get it. I understand it now."

He exclaimed loudly in amazement.

"What did you get?"

"What have you understood?"

"Damn it, Elder Wang. Hurry and tell us if you've understood. Why are you still keeping us in suspense?"

"I hate being kept in suspense the most. Hurry up, I'm getting impatient."

The elders were confused.

They really did not know what details were missing, and now that someone had declared that they understood something, they were naturally anxious.

"There is no spiritual energy in this painting."

Elder Wang said with some agitation while pointing at the scroll.

Everyone in the main hall fell silent in that instant.

Daoist Siji looked somewhat heartened and relieved that someone had finally discovered the details.

"There's no spiritual energy?"

"This! This! This!"

"I get it now. I get it too."

"There is no spiritual energy in the painting. So that means that the creator of this painting isn't a cultivator, nor did he use any spiritual energy to imprint the sword momentum into the painting. In other words, Householder Qing Lian has nothing to do with the painting's ability to display such a powerful sword momentum. This painting is just too impressive."

"So that's how it is. I see. No wonder Sect Leader is so sure that the person in this painting is the commander of inspection. It turns out that's why."

At this moment, everyone was enlightened.

There was no spiritual energy in the painting and hence, they could conclude that the sword momentum was not imprinted with spiritual energy. Instead, it had emanated from the person in the painting and thus formed an imprint.

That also meant that the person in the painting was a peerless Sword Dao powerhouse.

After thinking about what the Daoist Siji said, everyone was completely convinced at this moment.

"Sect Leader, you are so wise."

"No wonder you're the Sect Leader. You managed to make such a deduction based on a few details.'

"Sect Leader, you're really godlike."

They were trying to suck up to him but were also praising him sincerely.

The sword momentum in the painting wasn't very strong, but they were suppressed because Daoist Siji added some Dharmic powers to it.

However, the most terrifying part of the painting was the fact that the sword momentum could be imprinted without spiritual energy.

It was just like telekinesis without Dharmic powers. That just meant that the person's essence soul was extremely terrifying.

Naturally, the crowd was completely convinced.

Seeing that the elders had believed his theory, Daoist Siji did not show any complacency.

Instead, he said solemnly, "There's another important reason why I think he's the inspection commander, and that is he loves nature and enjoys traveling to mountains and enjoy what the mortal world has to offer."

"He often sells some extremely precious things for money, which he squanders freely in the mortal world. In his eyes, the gifts and treasures given to him by the king are worthless. Indeed, he is an expert."

"I bought this painting by chance in the ancient Baiguo City. According to the store owner, the person who sold the painting is extremely similar to the person in this painting."

"That's how I concluded that the Commander is in Qingzhou now."

Daoist Siji's words shocked the crowd further.

"That's indeed so. There are often experts who don't care about fame and fortune. It is said that the Sword Master Tai Xu once took out his flying sword and gifted it to a villager when he was traveling in the mountains, just to get a fruit in exchange."

"Yes, yes. In our eyes, these are rare and precious treasures, but in the eyes of such a peerless expert, it's just a bunch of scrap metals. He's at such a high realm."

"Sect Leader, since we already know this secret, what should we do next? Do we need to deliberately suck up to him?"

The elders nodded profusely, completely convinced by Daoist Siji's words because there were many of such rumors.

However, some elders were curious about what to do next.

"No! we definitely can't try to deliberately suck up to him. We also have to keep the news a secret and never take the initiative to curry favor with this person. He's an expert who's sick of fame and fortune, and most of all, he hates those who approach him with hidden agendas."

"We have to let nature take its course and not offend him. We shouldn't deliberately try to curry favor either. However, if we find him, we can get the disciples of the sect to ask him for some knowledge of the Sword Dao."

"You have to be studious and ask questions all the time. Only then can you leave a good impression. Regardless of the outcome, we should just strive not to let him have a bad impression of the Four Thunder Swordsmanship Sect."

Daoist Siji said seriously and admonished them to refrain from deliberately sucking up to the expert.

"Yes, yes, Sect Leader. You're right."

"Yes, an expert like him hates being praised the most, especially by those with impure thoughts. On the contrary, if you take the initiative to ask about the knowledge in the Sword Dao, he might impart a few moves to you."

"Yeah, such an expert must be lonely and aloof with a calm temper. He doesn't care about fame, fortune, or luxury. All he wants is probably to exist for the Sword Dao."

There was reverence in the eyes of the elders in the main hall.

Daoist Siji couldn't help but nod with some admiration in his eyes. He really hoped that he would one day be able to meet a true Sword Dao expert.

At the same time, in the Qingyun Dao Sect, Su Changyu quietly practiced his sword moves.

Half an incense stick was burned.

Su Changyu withdrew his sword, slowly exhaled, and then looked at Chen Lingrou who was beside him.

"Junior Sister, do you think this set of sword moves looks good?"

"Yes, it does."

Chen Lingrou smiled as she spoke, revealing her adorable pointed teeth.

At that moment, Su Changyu turned around to have his back face her, with a smile that had not appeared on his face for a long time.

On the other hand, Xu Luochen went to the rear cliff smilingly with a few books.

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Chapter 34: Second Senior Brother Will Teach You To Refine Pills

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Xu Luochen walked towards the Qingyun Dao Sect.

He was in a pleasant mood.

He was a happy-go-lucky person and had a flair for refining pills. He was also the future cash cow of the Qingyun Dao Sect.

After all, if one succeeded in the path of alchemy, they would definitely make a huge fortune.

Unfortunately, Xu Luochen had failed in the alchemy examinations seven times but that did not affect his confidence. He was still young anyway, and there were plenty of opportunities for him to take part in the examinations again.

The important thing that he had to do now was to study and revise well while teaching Ye Ping alchemy.

When mentioning his little Junior Brother, Ye Ping, Xu Luochen couldn't help but sigh.

However, he wasn't feeling dejected because of Ye Ping.

It was because of Su Changyu.

To be frank, they all knew how poor Ye Ping's aptitude was. Otherwise, why would he have joined the Qingyun Dao Sect?

"Ah, Eldest Senior Brother, as a teacher, you have to be professional and impart the Dao to them. You can't start acting like a loony because your disciple has a poor aptitude. You're not stable at all. If you inherit the Qingyun Dao Sect in the future, it will only be a matter of time before the sect falls."

Xu Luochen muttered to himself while walking.

Just like that, he reached the rear cliff of Qingyun Dao Sect.

At the rear cliff of Qingyun Dao Sect.

Ye Ping had been carefully studying the Heavenly River Swordsmanship for the past two days.

Now, all that he was lacking in his comprehension was the so-called sword intent. However, Ye Ping decided to put it aside for now because he didn't want to be too hasty and end up causing a backfire.

After two days of hard work, Ye Ping had already deduced up to 1,800 sword moves.

The greater the number of sword moves deduced, the stronger the swordsmanship.

One was not expected to execute all the moves during a battle. The sword momentum was the key.

There were three realms of swordsmanship.

Sword move, sword momentum, and sword intent.

The greater the number of sword moves, the stronger the sword momentum, and the stronger the sword momentum, the stronger the sword intent.

If one could comprehend the sword momentum in a set of sword techniques, they would be able to exert the power of the entire set of sword techniques with a casual thrust of the sword.

The Four Thunder Sword Techniques were fused into one, so the power of each thrust would be equivalent to the combined power of 1,460 moves.

Hence, the greater the number of sword moves, the more powerful the sword momentum.

In the eyes of sword cultivators, the excellence of a sword manual could basically be classified according to the number of sword moves.

The number of sword moves was not something that could be fabricated. It had to be based on something in order to be stronger.

Of course, there were some cultivators who focused on a single move and could cultivate it to perfection.

However, the significance was similar.

The condensing of the sword momentum was tantamount to the fusion of thousands to tens of thousands of sword moves into one move.

There were a total of 1,460 moves in the Four Thunder Sword Techniques.

Ye Ping had already deduced up to 1,800 moves of the Heavenly River Swordsmanship.

Besides, he had yet to reach the end and the power of the swordsmanship that carried the significance of the milky way was definitely impressive.

Ye Ping did not practice the Ancient Godfiend Body Tempering Technique for the time being.

The main reason was his lack of spiritual energy.

Ye Ping had been contemplating if he could eat the Qi Refinement Pill or not.

He also wanted to go over and ask Su Changyu for help but was too embarrassed to do so. However, he decided to put it aside for a while since Xu Luochen would be going over to give him some pointers in alchemy.

When Ye Ping was thinking about it, a voice suddenly sounded.

"Little Junior Brother."

It sounded somewhat familiar.

Ye Ping looked over.

It was his Second Senior Brother Xu Luochen.

Ye Ping got up and hurriedly bowed.

Xu Luochen was not as dashing as Su Changyu, but he had a refined temperament. Dressed in a light blue robe, he looked rather elegant.

Xu Luochen was mild-mannered and gentle by nature. He had a Confucian-like temperament.

"Little Junior Brother, Eldest Senior Brother has something important to do lately, so he wants me to come and teach you alchemy."

Xu Luochen explained.

"I understand. Eldest Senior Brother informed me a few days ago."

Ye Ping found alchemy and refining pills rather novel.

"Second Senior Brother, does Eldest Senior Brother think my aptitude is too poor so…"

However, in the end, Ye Ping still couldn't help but voice the doubts in his heart.

He might let his imagination run wild because Su Changyu suddenly said that he had something important to handle.

Hearing this, Xu Luochen fell silent for a while before saying with a gentle smile, "Little Junior Brother, your aptitude in the Sword Dao may be unsatisfactory, but Eldest Senior Brother is not such a person. After all, it's his first time teaching."

"You don't have to feel bad, I'll be teaching you alchemy today. You must learn well. After all, no one is perfect. Junior Brother, you might have mediocre talent in the Sword Dao, but maybe you can accomplish remarkable attainments in alchemy."

Xu Luochen comforted Ye Ping.

After hearing those words, Ye Ping immediately felt upset. Although Xu Luochen was comforting him, it wasn't of much help.

"I understand. Thank you for comforting me, Second Senior Brother."

Ye Ping looked upset, but he didn't feel discouraged because of that. Instead, he was even more determined to train hard in the Sword Dao and gain the recognition of his Eldest Senior Brother.

Of course, he had to train hard in alchemy too, for he didn't want to anger Xu Luochen and end up chasing him away.

"Junior Brother Ye Ping, I'm not just trying to comfort you. Being incompetent in the Sword Dao doesn't mean that you don't have a bright future. I somehow suddenly think that you're very talented in alchemy. By the way, you don't have to call me Second Senior Brother. Just call me Senior Brother Luochen."

Xu Luochen was indeed not comforting him. He was not gifted in the Sword Dao either, but he was proficient in alchemy. The path of the sword was not the only way to go in the world of immortal cultivation anyway.

'If you're good at alchemy, you won't have to worry about not having a wife.'

"Yes, Senior Brother Luochen."

Ye Ping nodded.

"Okay, Junior Brother Ye Ping, calm down now. I'm going to talk to you about alchemy."

Xu Luochen told Ye Ping to calm down and stop worrying about the Sword Dao.

"Since you are learning alchemy, you should learn it properly and be serious about it. You have to be diligent and not allow yourself to be distracted."

"Go ahead, Senior Brother Luochen. I'm listening."

With a solemn expression, Ye Ping immediately set aside the thoughts in his mind and listened attentively to Xu Luochen.

"Junior Brother Ye Ping, listen carefully."

"There are 3,000 Great Dao and there is no ranking. No matter what Dao you choose, you will be an impressive figure as long as you reach the end of it."

"Be it the Sword Dao, the Spirit Dao, alchemy, weapons, Talisman Dao, or the Arrays Dao, you will not be any weaker than those who practice in another Dao when you reach the peak."

"Although there is no ranking for the Dao, alchemists become more and more popular the older they get."

"Do you know why?"

Xu Luochen asked.

Ye Ping pondered for a while, and then gave an answer.

"Senior Brother Luochen, is it because the older the alchemists are, the more experienced and skilled they become, and so the success rate is higher?"

After hearing his words, Xu Luochen's eyes lit up.

'This little Junior Brother is not bad, his aptitude is alright too. Indeed, there is no such thing as lousy disciples, only lousy teachers.' At the thought of Su Changyu's behavior lately, Xu Luochen sighed and thought to himself again, 'How immature.'

"Yes. You seem talented, Junior Brother Ye Ping."

Xu Luochen chuckled.

"Senior Brother, you're not comforting me, are you?"

Ye Ping was apprehensive, worried that Xu Luochen was deliberately just trying to comfort him.

"No, no, Junior Brother Ye Ping. Don't be discouraged because of a little setback. Remember my words. There are extraordinary talents in the 3,000 types of Dao. Just because you can't do well in the Sword Dao, it doesn't mean that you won't make it in alchemy either."

Xu Luochen continued to comfort Ye Ping.

He then took a deep breath and seemed to have become more stern.

He was going to start teaching Ye Ping the art of alchemy formally.

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Chapter 35: Supreme Alchemy, Non-Poisonous Alchemy

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Xu Luochen began to get serious.

Imparting the Dao was one thing, but Xu Luochen did not forget what Daoist Tai Hua instructed him to do.

He had to pretend to be a peerless expert in front of Ye Ping.

During this period of time, apart from revising alchemy, Xu Luochen had been spending the rest of his time thinking about pretending to be impressive.

Finally, after nearly a month of effort, it was time for him to put theory into practice.

At the thought of this, Xu Luochen looked at Ye Ping.

"There are 3,000 Dao and they are all equal. However, the Dao contains the mysteries of heaven and earth. Junior Brother Ye Ping, in your opinion, what should a powerful alchemist be like?"

'What should a powerful alchemist be like?'

Ye Ping was stunned.

This question seemed a bit familiar.

He inhaled sharply.

'Could it be that Second Senior Brother is also a hidden expert?'

Ye Ping felt that the Qingyun Dao Sect was a hidden peerless sect, but he wasn't very sure about the other disciples of the sect. He only knew that Su Changyu was a peerless expert.

However, it now seemed to him that Xu Luochen was also a hidden expert.

However, Ye Ping still answered him seriously.

"Senior Brother Luochen, I think that an impeccable alchemist is above all, and a single pill of his can allow countless powerhouses to go mad. No matter how proud and supreme one might be, there would always be an end. An alchemist can change fate and defy heavens."

Ye Ping gave an answer based on his own understanding.

In the countless novels that he had read on the Internet, alchemists had an extremely high status.

After being refined by an alchemist, the value of medicinal herbs that were originally worth 100 Spirit Stones might even be multiplied by ten times.

It wouldn't be exaggerated to say that a true alchemist was a cash cow. If he became a true alchemist, those with strong cultivation levels would have to show him respect too. In the world of immortal cultivation, powerhouses were abundant.

As one approached the end of their life, they would not be able to defy the laws of the world no matter how strong they might be. However, alchemists could produce pills that would prolong one's life by hundreds or even thousands of years. Under such circumstances, who was stronger?

"No."

However, in the next moment, Xu Luochen shook his head with a solemn expression and looked at Ye Ping.

He said seriously, "Junior Brother Ye Ping, the alchemists you described are not true alchemists!"

"You are too superficial!"

Xu Luochen said with a calm expression, appearing profound and elusive.

'Superficial?'

Ye Ping was a little curious and couldn't help but look at Xu Luochen.

"Senior Brother, please enlighten me."

Ye Ping was curious.

"The alchemy powerhouse you've described is still just an alchemist at the end of the day. I'm asking you, what efficacies do you think the strongest pill in the world possesses?"

Xu Luochen asked and added another sentence.

"Be bold with your thoughts."

'What ability does the strongest pill possess?'

Ye Ping remained silent and sunk into deep thought as he wanted to give a good answer.

After a long while, Ye Ping answered the question.

"Senior Brother, the strongest pill should be able to improve one's constitution and make a person with extremely poor aptitude become the best cultivator in the world. The person will also be able to strengthen their luck and become an immortal."

Ye Ping said seriously.

In most of the novels, the most precious pills were either the ones that allowed one to immediately become an immortal upon consumption or change one's constitution.

However, Xu Luochen shook his head with an extremely solemn expression.

He glanced at the sky.

He then said slowly, "In the path of alchemy, those who reach the peak can turn everything into divine pills."

"However, that's just the alchemist in the eyes of ordinary people. A real alchemist is not one who refines pills, but one who refines heaven and earth. Every pill that they refine is a world."

"Do you understand?"

Xu Luochen said, giving an exaggerated description of an alchemist.

Ye Ping was stunned to hear those words.

'Refine heaven and earth?'

'Every pill is a world?'

"This… This… This…"

Even though he had read countless novels, Ye Ping did not expect the limit of alchemists to be so terrifying.

Each pill was a world.

Everything in the world was pills.

Heaven and earth were pills.

The universe was a pill.

'How terrifying of a realm must that be? How invincible of an existence must that be?'

Any random pill was a world.

He inhaled sharply.

At this moment, Ye Ping finally understood why Xu Luochen said that the Sword Dao was not the only choice.

If alchemy was really that impressive, it was indeed not inferior to the Sword Dao.

He inhaled sharply.

'Is Second Senior Brother also a peerless expert?'

At the next moment, Ye Ping suddenly came to his senses.

'Eldest Senior Brother is a peerless Sword Dao powerhouse, while Second Senior Brother is a peerless alchemical expert.'

'Since he could come up with such a theory, how could he be an ordinary alchemist?'

Ye Ping originally thought that Xu Luochen would teach him some basic alchemical techniques, but after hearing those words, Ye Ping completely understood that the sect was full of supreme experts.

Xu Luochen saw how shocked Ye Ping was.

He couldn't help but smile.

He had been thinking hard about it for the past month.

Although it sounded impressive, it was simply nonsense.

However, Xu Luochen reckoned that no one else would believe him.

'Heaven and earth are pills?'

'Why don't you try refining it?'

Xu Luochen was not worried that Ye Ping might become a fool after being duped by him. His main agenda was to fool Ye Ping first before imparting some basic alchemical techniques to him. He wanted to start small.

If he did not bluff Ye Ping first, how could he show how impressive he was?

At the thought of this, Xu Luochen continued to speak.

"Little Junior Brother, do you understand now?"

Ye Ping snapped back to his senses after hearing his voice.

"I understand."

Ye Ping nodded, but his eyes were still full of shock. He did not expect alchemy to be that horrifying.

"I'm glad that you understand. However, what I said just now was the peak of alchemy. I'm not sure of what your aptitude is like for now, so I can only teach you basic alchemy and observe your aptitude first. Understand?"

Xu Luochen continued.

"I understand. Thank you for your guidance, Senior Brother."

Ye Ping nodded.

He naturally understood that he had to take things one step at a time and had to consider his own abilities before wanting to overachieve.

"Yes, Junior Brother Ye Ping. I'm going to impart to you the unique art of alchemy. Listen carefully."

Xu Luochen suddenly said.

Ye Ping immediately became solemn.

"There are side effects to all pills in this world. Even the most brilliant alchemist cannot eliminate the toxic side effects of pills."

"At the end of the day, it's still about the medicinal ingredients."

"Today, I'm teaching you the art of alchemy and the refinement of non-poisonous pills. As the name suggests, you will use this method to refine pills that are free of toxins and side effects."

"So, you must remember every word that I say next. Got it?"

Xu Luochen said very seriously.

However, everything he said was nonsense that he made up.

It was true that pills came with side effects.

However, pills without poison…

Xu Luochen only dared to say that to Ye Ping.

If he said that to anyone else, his mouth would probably be torn up by a bunch of alchemists.

The reason being, there was no such thing as non-toxic pills in this world.

The root of toxins in pills lay in medicinal herbs. No matter how one tried to refine them, the medicinal properties of the herbs and toxicity had a parallel relationship.

Without toxicity, there would be no medicinal properties either.

Hence, Xu Luochen was fortunately just trying to fool Ye Ping. Otherwise, he would be beaten up if any alchemist heard him.

However, Ye Ping was listening attentively.

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Chapter 36: Everything In The World Is A Material; Creation And Alchemy, En Route to The Sutra Pavilion

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At the rear cliff of Qingyun Dao Sect.

Xu Luochen was extremely serious in imparting alchemical knowledge.

However, Ye Ping was listening attentively.

"Little Junior Brother, the law that all medicine and pills come with side effects strictly cannot be changed."

"However, if you want to truly refine a non-poisonous pill, do you know what the core should be?"

Xu Luochen asked.

"I don't know."

Ye Ping thought for a while, but he couldn't think of anything.

If it was a law that strictly could not be changed, it was theoretically impossible to refine a non-poisonous pill.

Although Ye Ping had never refined pills before, he had some knowledge of Traditional Chinese Medicine in his previous life.

There was a huge variety of herb toxins. Perhaps, a certain medicine might be excellent for nourishment, but it might replenish too much Yang energy. Hence, those who were weak could not eat things that were overly-nourishing as they might end up dying.

In order to suppress the abundance of Yang, Yin-nourishing medicine would have to be added. However, that came with drawbacks too as other herbs had to be added to reduce the toxicity.

Once several herbs were added, there would be a mixture of toxins.

Hence, it was theoretically impossible to get rid of those problems.

Besides, non-poisonous pills could also be considered all-purpose pills that could be taken universally by any existence, regardless of physical constitution and the situation.

Hence Ye Ping could not think of any solution to get rid of the toxins.

However, Xu Luochen smiled calmly and continued, "It's actually very simple. If you get rid of the herbs, there wouldn't be any pills."

Ye Ping was stunned after hearing what he said.

When he first heard it, it seemed to make sense.

However…. how could pills be refined without herbs?

'Senior Brother Luochen, I may be clueless about alchemy, but I'm not a naive fool.'

Ye Ping was suddenly silent.

He did not know what to say.

He felt that it was quite absurd and far-fetched.

Sensing the change in Ye Ping's expression, Xu Luochen did not panic and instead remained even calmer.

"Junior Brother Ye Ping, do you think I'm fooling you?"

Xu Luochen asked with a calm expression.

"I wouldn't dare to think so."

Ye Ping shook his head and denied it right away.

Although he did have some doubts, Ye Ping really didn't think that Xu Luochen was fooling him, he just felt that it was too far-fetched.

In the next moment, Xu Luochen chuckled.

He said, "It's normal for you to have doubts, but if I teach you alchemy the normal way, how can it be considered unique?"

Xu Luochen said with a confident smile.

Ye Ping immediately sank into deep thought after hearing his words.

'Well, that's true. How can something imparted by an expert be the same as that of an ordinary person?'

Before Ye Ping could say anything, Xu Luochen continued to speak.

"Little Junior Brother, it's normal for you to have such doubts because you don't understand."

"For example, if you're still a mortal in the mortal world and someone tells you that there is a peerless Sword Immortal in this world who can crush the stars with a single thrust of his sword, will you believe him?"

Xu Luochen spoke slowly.

Ye Ping was suddenly enlightened by his words.

Indeed, many things might seem impossible at first, only because one was incapable of achieving them. However, that did not mean that others in the world could not achieve them either.

Ye Ping immediately said, "Thank you for clearing my doubts, Senior Brother. I was being a little too close-minded."

He understood it completely. In fact, he even felt ashamed as he never thought that he would one day be narrow-minded.

"Don't blame yourself," Xu Luochen continued with a gentle smile.

"The trick of the so-called non-poisonous pills lies in the fact that no medicinal herbs are required. Little Junior Brother, the art of alchemy is just the three steps of collecting medicinal herbs, refining them with Spirit Flames, and finally condensing the pills with Dharmic Dao."

"But what is the root of medicinal herbs?"

Xu Luochen looked at Ye Ping and asked him that question seriously.

'What is the root of medicinal herbs?'

Ye Ping frowned as he didn't know how to answer this question.

Seeing that Ye Ping was hesitant about his answer, Xu Luochen soon spoke up again.

"The root of medicinal herbs is spiritual energy."

"All medicinal herbs grow in places with spiritual energy, so medicinal herbs are another form of condensation of spiritual energy."

"However, why do medicinal herbs contain toxins? It's because spiritual energy has no impurities and is regarded as the purest thing in the world. But once they are grown, they will be tainted by the five elements of the world and form filthy energy. That results in the condensation of toxins."

"Hence, in order to refine non-poisonous pills, you have to abolish the medicinal herbs and directly condense the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and then condense supreme-grade pills with the supreme Dharmic Dao. Do you understand?"

Xu Luochen was eloquent and coherent in his speech, and his last sentence was just like a large bell that rang loudly in Ye Ping's brain.

'Directly condense the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and then condense supreme-grade pills with supreme Dharmic Dao?'

This!

This!

This!

Previously, Ye Ping indeed suspected that Xu Luochen was making a fool out of him, but after hearing that theory, Ye Ping was instantly astonished.

He no longer doubted anything because the theory sounded extremely reasonable.

'What do the treasures in the world of immortal cultivation contain?'

'Spiritual energy.'

Hence, what Xu Luochen said was right.

Medicinal herbs were just another form of spiritual energy.

The reason for toxins in medicinal herbs was that they had been tainted by the energy of the Five Elements of the world.

That was the difference between connate properties and acquired postnatal properties.

For example, an unborn fetus has a connate body.

However, after being born, it immediately becomes a postnatal body.

Unless it didn't breathe, eat, drink, or get tainted by the Five Elements, it would be considered postnatal, but it was impossible not to do those things.

Xu Luochen's theory might seem very complicated, but as Ye Ping thought about it carefully, he realized that it was extremely simple.

Condensing pills with the spiritual energy of the world.

Such pills naturally did not contain poison because they were not refined with medicinal herbs but the spiritual energy of the world.

"I understand."

Ye Ping was completely convinced by Xu Luochen.

The doubts in his heart immediately disappeared too.

"Good, very good. Junior Brother Ye Ping, since you have understood, write these steps to refining non-poisonous pills in this book and comprehend it well. Once you have refined the pill, come and see me."

After saying that, Xu Luochen handed a book to Ye Ping.

"Thank you very much for your teaching, Senior Brother."

Ye Ping grabbed the pill book solemnly, his eyes filled with excitement.

'The method of refining non-poisonous pills.'

'If I master this art of alchemy, wouldn't I be able to rely on pills to level up without having to worry about side effects?'

"Little Junior Brother, do you have any more doubts? If you do, feel free to point them out."

Xu Luochen said after handing the secret manual to Ye Ping.

If there was nothing else, he would leave first.

However, Ye Ping did have a doubt.

"Senior Brother, I do have a question. Please enlighten me."

"What is it?"

"Senior Brother, can a non-cultivator consume a Qi Refinement Pill?"

Ye Ping asked, as curious as a cat.

'Can a non-cultivator consume a Qi Refinement Pill?'

Xu Luochen gave an affirmative answer without thinking at all.

"Qi Refinement Pills are excellent supplements for Qi Refinement cultivators. However, for those who do not cultivate, the pill will not result in any effects. It would at most allow one to grow spirit meridians."

What Xu Luochen said was common sense.

Qi Refinement Pills would neither be poisonous nor harm mortals who were not in the Qi Refinement realm, but the effects would barely show. It could only be used for growing spirit meridians. Only some major sects or cultivation families would do so.

After all, each Qi Refinement Pill was expensive. Who would use it for growing spirit meridians?

"I get it. Thank you for your guidance, Senior Brother."

Ye Ping nodded. He had somewhat understood.

However, Xu Luochen soon continued, "If there is still something you don't understand in the future, you can go to the Sutra Pavilion to read the secret manuals and books about alchemy. Most of the answers to your questions can be found in the books."

Xu Luochen gave him a kind reminder.

Although there weren't many books in the sect's Sutra Pavilion, there were quite a lot of basic books, and many common sense answers could be found in them. That would prevent Ye Ping from dwelling on such minor issues.

Ye Ping was suddenly enlightened by his words.

During this period of time, he had been spending too much time comprehending the sword mark, so much that he had forgotten about the Sutra Pavilion.

Thinking of this, Ye Ping instantly thanked Xu Luochen once again.

"Alright, I won't disturb you anymore. Junior Brother Ye Ping, learn alchemy well. Once you refine some pills, come and see me. Don't panic if you can't. After all, there are 3,000 types of Dao."

After giving his last reminder, Xu Luochen left in high spirits.

'Look what it's like to be a teacher.'

'See what it's like to impart knowledge.'

'Look at me.'

'Look at Eldest Senior Brother.'

'Ah, he's too impatient.'

'How can he succeed the position of the Sect Leader in the future?'

'Should I vie with him for the position in the future?'

Xu Luochen was in a good mood. In fact, he had even begun thinking about whether or not he should vie with Su Changyu for the position of Sect Leader.

At this moment, Ye Ping began to look through the secret manual of non-poisonous alchemy on the cliff.

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Chapter 37: Cloud Mist Mountain Range, Do You Have A Death Wish?

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It was nighttime.

In Qingyun Dao Sect, Su Changyu stood quietly on top of the cliff.

All by himself, he looked up and gazed at the starry sky.

It was extremely quiet in the Qingyun Dao Sect.

However, as a figure flashed by, Su Changyu's dull and lifeless eyes immediately became radiant again.

Phew!

In the next moment, Su Changyu left his spot and arrived at the entrance of the sect.

"Who's there?"

Su Changyu's voice sounded. He swiftly gripped his sword tightly and looked in front.

"Changyu, it's me."

A familiar voice sounded in the woods, causing Su Changyu to be stunned.

"Master?"

Su Changyu was a little surprised.

'What is he doing here in the middle of the night instead of sleeping?'

"I'm out for a stroll."

Daoist Tai Hua walked out of the woods and looked at Su Changyu with an awkward smile.

"Taking a stroll?" Su Changyu glanced at Daoist Tai Hua before looking at the sword in the latter's hand.

"Master, you still have to carry a weapon when you're on a stroll?"

Su Changyu's words made Daoist Tai Hua feel a little embarrassed.

"Master, what exactly are you going to do?"

Su Changyu's gaze was full of suspicion.

"Nothing really. What else can I do?"

Daoist remained tight-lipped.

"I'll go with you then."

Su Changyu took a step forward.

Daoist Tai Hua was immediately a little embarrassed.

He could tell that Su Changyu did not believe what he said at all.

"What exactly are you going to do?"

Su Changyu asked solemnly again.

Seeing that he could not keep it from him any longer, Daoist Tai Hua had no choice but to bite the bullet and tell the truth.

"Changyu, my greatest wish is to let the sect be promoted to a third-grade sect as soon as possible. Now that we finally have a genius in the sect, I actually understand that we can't keep him around."

"However, I want him to participate in the Qingzhou Sword Dao Meet. As long as he makes it to the top 100 places, we will be able to apply for a promotion to a third-grade sect. By then, even if your little Junior Brother leaves the Qingyun Dao Sect, we won't feel that upset, right?"

Daoist Tai Hua said earnestly.

Su Changyu fell silent for a while.

Daoist Tai Hua was right.

It was impossible for a genius to stay in a small sect like Qingyun Dao Sect.

Ye Ping was clueless now and it would be no major problem to fool him with some lies, but Ye Ping would definitely go down the mountain to explore the world one day.

Once he got into contact with the outside world, he would understand everything.

"Master, are you going to help Little Junior Brother sign up for the Qingzhou Sword Dao Meet?"

Su Changyu asked with puzzlement.

"No. I want to go to the Cloud Mist Mountain Range. I have a friend who's a Fellow Daoist, he said that he discovered some spirit essence there."

Daoist Tai Hua said.

"Cloud Mist Mountain Range?"

Su Changyu's expression suddenly changed and he looked at Daoist Tai Hua.

"Master, are you out of your mind? There are so many demonic beasts there. With your current cultivation level, you'd only be courting death."

Su Changyu was a little astonished.

'Nonsense.'

Upon hearing that, Daoist Tai Hua immediately wanted to retort, but after thinking about it, he felt that it seemed to have made sense and thus decided to bear with it.

"I'm only going to stay in the periphery of the mountain range. Why would I encounter demonic beasts if I don't go in?"

Daoist Tai Hua retorted indignantly.

"Master, don't be silly. What are you going to the Cloud Mist Mountain Range for? The Qingyun Dao Sect isn't that poor, is it?"

Su Changyu frowned.

The Cloud Mist Mountain Range was a mountain range full of demonic beasts. Although there weren't any strong demonic beasts, it was very dangerous for a cultivator like Daoist Tai Hua.

"Changyu, it's true that our sect is not that poor, but your little Junior Brother needs a flying sword, doesn't he? How can he participate in the Qingzhou Sword Dao Meet without a proper sword?"

Daoist Tai Hua voiced his own thoughts.

At that moment, Su Changyu shook his head and said, "No, Master. You can't go to the Cloud Mist Mountain Range."

"If I don't go to the Cloud Mist Mountain Range, who will provide for your little Junior Brother?"

Daoist Tai Hua was a little angry.

In the next moment, Su Changyu fell silent.

However, he soon said, "Well, little Junior Brother can paint. I'll ask him to paint again."

Actually, although the two had learned that Ye Ping's paintings were extremely valuable, Su Changyu did not have the cheek to ask Ye Ping to paint another one.

After finding out, he was even more ashamed.

"Changyu." Daoist Tai Hua sighed and then looked at Su Changyu. He said earnestly, "I thought about it and I think that it's enough to take one painting from him. Your little Junior Brother will find out sooner or later. Once he finds out that we sold his painting for money, he'd definitely feel uncomfortable."

"As the saying goes, if you give him a little help when he's in need, he will be grateful to us. He's indeed a genius. Since other sects rejected him, we're doing him a favor by accepting him!"

"He's doing us a favor by creating a painting to save the sect, but if we keep asking him for it and he finds out, he might resent the Qingyun Dao Sect."

"So, we should do our best to help your little Junior Brother. At the very least, we would have done what we should do. That kid seems pure and simple, and he doesn't look like the calculative type. Even if he finds out the truth and leaves, he won't blame us. Do you understand?"

Daoist Tai Hua spoke earnestly.

After hearing his words, Su Changyu fell silent.

In fact, even if Daoist Tai Hua did not say it, Su Changyu understood that truth.

Ye Ping was a genius and it was only a matter of time before he learned the truth. If he knew that the Qingyun Dao Sect treated him like a cash cow, he would definitely be displeased.

Of course, Su Changyu understood the most important point too.

Although Daoist Tai Hua seemed to enjoy taking advantage of others on the surface, he was actually very thrifty and would prioritize his disciples before himself whenever there were good items.

For example, he spent most of the money he got from selling the painting on Ye Ping.

Daoist Tai Hua was like a father to his disciples, and he often wanted to give the best of everything to his disciples while being very frugal with himself.

He did not want to owe anyone anything.

He didn't want to take advantage of his disciples either.

Su Changyu felt that Daoist Tai Hua had done what he ought to do as a teacher, but Daoist Tai Hua had never thought so.

"Ah."

Su Changyu sighed.

"What are you sighing for? I'm going to go get some spirit essence, not to die."

Daoist Tai Hua said with some dissatisfaction.

However, Daoist Tai Hua was a little less confident after saying those words.

The Cloud Mist Mountain Range was full of demonic beasts. Although he was just going to be in the periphery and the chances of encountering demonic beasts were very low, there would definitely be danger.

He would be in trouble if he were to really encounter a demonic beast.

In the world of immortal cultivation, there were many cultivators who died at the hands of demonic beasts. With Daoist Tai Hua's cultivation level, he would definitely die when faced with the demonic beasts.

"Forget it! Master, I'll go with you."

Su Changyu took a deep breath and made up his mind to go to the Cloud Mist Mountain Range together with Daoist Tai Hua.

However, Daoist Tai Hua frowned immediately.

"What are you going to do? Add on to my burden? Stay in the sect."

Daoist Tai Hua immediately refuted it.

"Master, you understand my character."

Although Su Changyu didn't say anything, his expression was firm.

"I will go alone. Stay in the sect and guide your little Junior Brother in swordsmanship."

Daoist Tai Hua continued to speak, still adamant about letting Su Changyu take the risk.

However, Su Changyu did not utter a single word and instead looked at Daoist Tai Hua silently.

In the end, Daoist Tai Hua waved his hand and sighed.

He said, "Alright, but you must stay close to me. Don't be rash."

Daoist Tai Hua knew that he could not argue with Su Changyu. Therefore, he could only reluctantly agree.

Just like that, the two figures gradually disappeared from the Qingyun Dao Sect.

However, their voices could still be heard.

"What's going to happen to your little Junior Brother if we leave together?"

"Senior Brother Luochen has been teaching him alchemy recently, so I don't think anything will go wrong."

"Luochen? That's alright. He's mild-mannered and can take the pressure. He can stay stable regardless of what happens."

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Chapter 38: Sutra Pavilion, 3,600 Immortal Aperture Sutra

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Bright early in the morning, the sun had yet to rise.

Ye Ping opened his eyes.

After washing up simply, he left.

There were faint clouds and mist between the mountains and forests, and it looked like an immortal land on earth.

The faint sounds of the bell made one feel relaxed.

Ye Ping stretched his back and couldn't help but mutter to himself.

"Entering the ancient temple, the sun shines high in the sky above the forest."

"The winding path leads to a quiet place, the zen room that is deep in the woods."

"The light of the mountain is pleasing to the bird, and the shadow of the pool makes one's heart feel empty."

"All music is silent, only the chiming of bells can be heard."

That was a poem named 'The Zen Room Behind the Mountain Monastery'.

The poem was not considered very scenic, because it was a Daoist Temple, not an ancient monastery. However, there was no one around, so Ye Ping was in the mood for it.

After stretching his back, Ye Ping walked straight towards the Qingyun Dao Sect.

He planned to go to the Sutra Pavilion to revise his immortal cultivation knowledge.

Ye Ping spent the whole of last night observing the alchemy creation techniques, which was the secret manual that Xu Luochen gave him.

However, as he read on, he immediately understood that he could not refine pills for now.

The alchemy creation techniques required one to have spiritual energy to refine pills.

Using spiritual energy to refine pills would result in pure Spirit Pills.

In other words, he still had to use his own spiritual energy and willpower to condense pure Spirit Pills, which were non-poisonous.

Ye Ping understood, but he did not have any spiritual energy so he had no choice but to put it aside for now.

Now, the most important thing to do was to work on his immortal cultivation knowledge.

In Qingyun Dao Sect.

The few large halls were clean, spotless, simple, and tidy, which were different from the Dao Temples that were popular outside.

Perhaps, that was the style of the secluded secret sects.

His sleeves flew up in the wind.

Ye Ping admired their attitude. They were at peace with the world and resigned to fate.

Everything seemed ordinary, but in the Great Dao, things that seemed the most simple often contained infinite logic.

For example, why was there always an incense stick in the burner outside the main hall?

Could it be that the Qingyun Dao Sect could not afford to buy incense?

That was obviously impossible.

The so-called sincere heart was having a sincere spirit. If one had a sincere heart, one incense stick would be enough. If one was insincere, there would not be any increase in luck even if they offered an entire urn of incense.

Ye Ping gazed at the incense stick in the incense burner emotionally.

It was just a small incense stick, but it contained so much logic.

It was simply a hidden sect.

Peerless.

He retracted his thoughts and walked into the Sutra Pavilion.

The Sutra Pavilion of the Qingyun Dao Sect was not too large and there were a total of four bookshelves. There were many secret manuals on each of them.

Ye Ping was rather well-behaved as he did not flip through them randomly. His footsteps were light when he walked too.

However, as he stepped into the Sutra Pavilion and looked at the secret manuals on the bookshelves, Ye Ping was stunned.

'Ten Dragons Ten Elephants Primordial Spirit Technique'

'Immortal Dao Pupil Activation Technique'

'Perfect Development of the Supreme Vision'

'True Dragon Supreme Mystical Ability'

'Celestial Thearch Swordsmanship'

'3,600 Immortal Aperture Mystical Technique'

'36 Heavenly Mystical Abilities'

'72 Earth-shattering Mystical Abilities'

In the Sutra Pavilion, Ye Ping was already stunned.

He knew that the Qingyun Dao Sect was a hidden sect, but he did not think that it would be that terrifying.

Ye Ping knew that such a secret manual was impressive even though he hadn't read it yet.

However, what made him shocked was that those secret manuals were placed casually on the bookshelves.

There were neither any safety measures nor array formations to guard and protect the pavilion.

'Is this a hidden sect?'

'I love it.'

Ye Ping was agitated.

He was really excited.

If someone dared to say that this was not a hidden world sect, he would definitely slash them with his sword.

'Immortal Dao Pupil Activation! Essence soul technique! True Dragon Mystical Ability! Celestial Thearch Swordsmanship! 36 Heavenly Mystical Abilities!

Ye Ping was so agitated that he began shuddering.

It was truly an unexpected surprise.

However, after a while, he took a deep breath and tried hard to calm himself down.

"Ye Ping, don't get excited. These may be supreme secret manuals, but not everyone can learn them. Calm down, calm down."

Ye Ping took several deep breaths and eventually got a grip on himself.

He understood that although there were a large number of secret manuals, the problem was whether he could learn it or not.

It was not like he could learn all the things taught in the secret manuals.

Besides, what would happen if he ended up getting into trouble for practicing the techniques in the secret manuals without proper guidance? What if the Sect Leader and his Senior Brothers held it against him?

At the thought of this, Ye Ping became much calmer.

'I can't get lost.'

'Yes, I can't get lost.'

He kept telling himself not to be excited and to treat it as a normal item, but he was overwhelmed with excitement.

Who would be able to stay calm after seeing such impressive secret manuals?

The secret manuals in the Sutra Pavilion made Ye Ping unconditionally convinced that the Qingyun Dao Sect was a hidden sect.

However, Ye Ping did not read them.

Instead, he flipped through other books and read some information about the world of immortal cultivation such as 'The Events of Qingzhou', and 'Strange Stories of Jin Nation'.

Those books were thick and heavy.

Ye Ping was very patient and stayed in the Sutra Pavilion from day to night to read them.

He stayed there for 14 hours.

Ye Ping spent 14 hours reading books and ended up completing 45 books of strange stories in the Sutra Pavilion.

In his mind, he had a general understanding of Qingzhou, Jin Nation, and the immortal sects of the ten nations, including the power of the sects, the system of the imperial courts, and some other bizarre things.

"I didn't expect the power of the imperial court in this world to be on par with immortal sects."

Ye Ping muttered to himself.

According to the records, the imperial court was in charge of the mortal world while the immortal sects were transcendent. However, the immortal sects were not under the jurisdiction of the imperial court and were actually inferior in power. Besides, they had to comply with the imperial court in some matters.

Although it was a relatively cooperative relationship, the imperial courts had greater control.

However, it did make sense. In the world of immortal cultivation, there were definitely some people in the imperial courts who practiced immortal cultivation. With such a huge base, there would definitely be powerhouses, and once the nation's machinery began running, they would be an invincible force.

The immortal sects had peerless immortals too, but the issue was that the Dao sects often hid things from each other and would hide their heirloom teachings. Some even only imparted things to disciples who were in the line of succession. However, it was different for the imperial courts. As long as one worked hard to bring glory to the imperial courts, one would be rewarded with resources.

Besides, the most important thing was fame and interests!

The world coveted benefits and interests.

Who wouldn't want to become a king? Who wouldn't want to be above all in the world? Who wouldn't want to command great power and have people make way for them wherever they went?

Of course, some people did not care about fame and fortune, but how many of such people were there?

It was just like an old man in his eighties trying to convince a young person not to lust after beauty.

Of course, the old man wouldn't lust for beauty since he was old in his years. However, in his younger years, he was definitely promiscuous and lustful.

Beauty and lust might not tempt cultivators who had cultivated for hundreds or even thousands of years.

However, what about power?

What about the authority to command a million troops with a single order?

What about the throne that allowed one to rule over tens of thousands of people?

Hence, the power of the imperial court was superior to that of the immortal sects.

Ye Ping suddenly froze when he thought about it.

Immediately afterwards, he somehow felt a little upset.

Had he known earlier, he wouldn't have taken part in the Grand Immortal Ascension Meet more than fifty times.

He would have just gone to sit for the imperial examinations and emerged as the top scholar. Once he entered the imperial court, he wouldn't have to worry about not getting to practice immortal cultivation.

'Those online novels are to blame. They make the imperial courts sound so bad and really got me in trouble.'

However, Ye Ping soon felt that something was amiss.

'If I knew about this earlier, wouldn't I have missed the hidden immortal sect?'

'Right!'

Ye Ping suddenly realized a fundamental problem.

If he hadn't been clueless about that, how could he have joined the Qingyun Dao Sect?

At the thought of this, Ye Ping's spirits were lifted again.

Some time later,

Ye Ping stretched his back again.

He couldn't help but glance at a secret manual.

'3,600 Immortal Aperture Mystical Technique'

At this moment, a clear and crisp voice suddenly sounded.

"Little Junior Brother, why are you here?"

It was a female voice.

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Chapter 39: Enlightenment Method, Cultivation

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"Little Junior Brother!"

A clear and crisp voice sounded.

Ye Ping snapped out of his thoughts and turned to look at her.

It was his Senior Sister Chen Lingrou.

There were a total of seven disciples in the Qingyun Dao Sect.

They were his Eldest Senior Brother Su Changyu, Second Senior Brother Xu Luochen, Third Senior Brother Wang Zhuoyu, Fourth Senior Brother Zhang Xuezhuan, Fifth Senior Brother Lin Bei, Senior Sister Xiao Muxue, and lastly, little Senior Sister Chen Lingrou.

They were basically rarely seen in the sect. Apart from mealtimes, Ye Ping would never interact with them most of the time.

In particular, Ye Ping had never seen Xiao Muxue and Lin Bei before. He had only heard about them from Su Changyu.

However, he had to admit that Chen Lingrou was extremely beautiful.

She looked younger than him, but since she entered the sect earlier than he did, he had to address her as Senior Sister because of the seniority.

Chen Lingrou was 17 years old, so she was considered a young teenager. She was about 6'3 tall and had skin that was as fair as snow. Her hands were soft and tender, her eyes were shaped like peach blossoms, and she had a marvelous figure. She could be considered a beauty.

However, she was still a little young, so she was rather puerile and gave off a childlike vibe. Once she grew older, she would definitely blossom into a ravishing beauty.

She was stunningly gorgeous, and Ye Ping felt like he had returned to his youth.

"Greetings, Senior Sister."

Ye Ping did not harbor any designs on her as cultivators ought to stay clear-minded and abstain from lust.

He stayed firm to that principle even though Chen Lingrou was indeed very pretty.

"Little Junior Brother, why aren't you comprehending the Sword Dao at the rear cliff?"

Chen Lingrou walked over with a smile on her face and stood in front of Ye Ping.

Chen Lingrou was very simple and pure, and had always been living in the Qingyun Dao Sect. Even when she was away from the sect, she would rarely interact with strangers. Thus, she was the one who was the most excited about the arrival of a new member in the sect.

"Senior Sister, Senior Brother Luochen wanted me to come to the Sutra Pavilion to read some books, so that I'll know how to answer questions that involve common sense."

Ye Ping retreated a little. It was not that he disliked Chen Lingrou, but rather, she was leaning too close towards him, so much that he could smell her bodily scent.

Who could resist such a gorgeous beauty?

"He wants you to come to the Sutra Pavilion? Senior Brother Luochen really knows how to save himself trouble."

Chen Lingrou muttered, and then she noticed that Ye Ping silently retreated a little. She couldn't help but be curious. "Little Junior Brother, why are you retreating?"

She did not know much about the world and barely knew much about the differences between the genders. After all, she spent most of her time with Xiao Muxue.

"No. My legs are just a little numb."

Ye Ping answered with some embarrassment. Chen Lingrou looked much younger than him, but he had to address her as Senior Sister. After all, age didn't matter when it came to cultivation. Some would go into seclusion for hundreds of years, so age was considered nothing.

He mainly felt that it wasn't appropriate to be too physically close to her, lest his Senior Brother saw it and thought that he was behaving indecently.

"Oh. Little Junior Brother, you have to work hard. In a few more days, I'll impart the Supreme Great Dao to you."

Chen Lingrou did not notice anything. Instead, she walked towards Ye Ping and patted his shoulder solemnly.

Supreme Great Dao?

Ye Ping chuckled bitterly. He believed that everyone in the sect was a peerless expert, but he felt that Chen Lingrou didn't seem too reliable. Perhaps, she might have a better aptitude than him, but she was definitely not a peerless expert.

However, he did not look down on Chen Lingrou in the slightest. Instead, he had a good impression of her.

After all, Chen Lingrou was extremely polite and friendly to him. Besides, she was too pretty for anyone to dislike her.

"Senior Sister, may I ask if I can learn the contents in this secret manual?"

All of a sudden, Ye Ping pointed at the '3,600 Immortal Aperture Techniques' on the bookshelf.

"Yes, you can learn it if you'd like to."

Chen Lingrou glanced at him and gave him a casual answer.

"Can I? I'm worried that I might become obsessed with it and develop hallucinations."

Ye Ping was a little surprised, he did not expect that he could really cultivate it.

"No, no. This is an extremely basic secret manual. How can you become obsessed?"

Chen Lingrou waved her hand straightforwardly, appearing rather casual.

The secret manuals in the Sutra Pavilion were all very ordinary and did not have any tendency to make the reader slip into delirium.

However, Ye Ping deciphered it differently.

'This secret manual is considered basic?'

'What's considered non-basic then?'

"Thank you for your guidance, Senior Sister."

Ye Ping said gratefully.

"It's okay, it's okay. Little Junior Brother, you have to cultivate well and faith in yourself. By the way, you can just address me as Senior Sister Lingrou from now on."

Chen Lingrou said joyously, making her look even more beautiful.

"Yes, thank you Senior Sister Lingrou."

After Ye Ping thanked her, Chen Lingrou left the Sutra Pavilion. Although she really wanted to chat with Ye Ping, she still understood that she could not reveal any clues. Hence, she just greeted him simply.

Chen Lingrou left.

Ye Ping then immediately took the secret manual '3,600 Immortal Aperture Technique'.

Soon, he opened it.

A line of small words immediately appeared in front of him.

"Humans are the leader of all beings, their bodies contain gold and treasures. There are 3,600 Immortal Apertures."

….

Half an hour later, Ye Ping finished reading the secret manual.

After reading the secret manual, Ye Ping was astonished.

The content of the '3,600 Immortal Aperture Technique' was actually very simple.

In the introduction of the secret manual, it was stated that there were plenty of gold and treasures hidden in the bodies of humans, which were sealed in the 'apertures'.

Once the apertures were opened, one would be able to absorb the spiritual energy of the world, nourish their body and thus speed up their cultivation.

At the same time, after activating 36, 72, 108, 365, 720, and 3,600 Immortal Apertures, one would be able to awaken their physical talents, each of which had extremely powerful effects.

In other words, every time an Immortal Aperture was activated, the cultivation speed would be multiplied. If 3,600 Immortal Apertures were activated, the cultivation speed would be 3,600 times that of a normal person.

That was the reason for Ye Ping's astonishment.

His greatest flaw was his extremely poor aptitude in cultivation.

However, if he could cultivate the 3,600 Immortal Apertures Technique, wouldn't it make up for that flaw?

Not to mention 3,600 Immortal Apertures, even if he could activate 10, it would be impressive.

At the thought of this, Ye Ping carefully and seriously read the cultivation techniques once more before scurrying to the rear cliff of Qingyun Dao Sect.

He arrived at the cliff.

Ye Ping looked a little impatient.

He wanted to activate the apertures, firstly because he wanted to make up for his lack of aptitude, and secondly because he wanted to cultivate the Ancient Godfiend Body Tempering Technique.

Since he had already comprehended the Ancient Godfiend Body Tempering Technique, he would feel uneasy about not cultivating it. Ye Ping naturally wanted to condense the Ancient Godfiend Body Tempering Technique sooner.

On the cliff at the back, Ye Ping closed his eyes.

It was stated in the 3,600 Immortal Apertures Technique secret manual that he would first have to meditate and find the Immortal Aperture in his body.

Once he found it, he would be able to guide the spiritual energy into his body, and once it came to fruition, he would be able to activate the Immortal Apertures.

However, Ye Ping was unsure if it would take him a long time to activate the apertures since he had a poor aptitude.

However, those were not major problems.

Ye Ping sat cross-legged, his mind turning blank.

After calming down, he began to meditate and find the Immortal Apertures.

Time passed bit by bit.

An hour later, a breeze blew past.

All of a sudden, in Ye Ping's mind…

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Chapter 40: Qi Refinement Epiphany, First In The Ancient Times

At the rear cliff of Qingyun Dao Sect, as a clear breeze blew past and rays of light suddenly appeared in Ye Ping's mind.

They were dazzling like stars.

The light was like stars and they connected together. There were a total of 36 stars that formed a pattern.

Those were the Immortal Apertures.

Ye Ping instantly understood that he had found the Immortal Apertures in his body.

Almost without further hesitation, Ye Ping began guiding the spiritual energy into his body.

However, something terrible soon happened.

Ye Ping suddenly realized that he seemed to… have no idea how to guide the spiritual energy into his body.

That was horrible.

The fact that he had found the Immortal Apertures in his body but could not guide spiritual energy into his body was indeed rather frustrating.

"Let me think about it."

Ye Ping pondered in his mind.

He did not know how to guide the spiritual energy into his body, but he knew quite a bit about deduction.

"The first realm for cultivators is called the Qi Refinement realm, whereby the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is absorbed and refined. The essence is then extracted and the spirit meridians are nurtured. Hence, it's called the Qi Refinement realm."

"But how do I absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth?"

A new question appeared.

Ye Ping frowned.

Time passed bit by bit.

He had been pondering over this question which seemed simple but was actually extremely complicated.

"No, no. I should be thinking like the first cultivator in the world, the first person who discovered and mastered Qi refining. I have to figure out how he did it and what his thought process was at that time. Only then can I get an outcome."

After thinking about it, Ye Ping continued to brainstorm.

However, if the world knew what Ye Ping was doing now, the immortals would probably be shocked too.

Although Ye Ping was only pondering about the simplest problem, it was an extremely horrifying one.

The Qi Refinement realm was very ordinary and guiding spiritual energy into one's body was very simple for most people, but all the cultivators were actually following in someone else's path.

Take Math for an instance. Three-year-old children know that one plus one equals two because it is written so in the textbooks.

However, Ye Ping was thinking about why one plus one equals two.

The world's cultivators knew how to guide spiritual energy into their bodies because it was written on a manual and others had taught them how to do so. Hence, they naturally knew how to do it.

However, if there wasn't anyone to teach them or the method of guiding spiritual energy into one's body wasn't stated in the manuals, even a prodigy might not be able to embark on the path of cultivation.

Ye Ping was just opening a path for himself.

If he succeeded, his cultivation path would be unprecedented because that was a method that he had figured out on his own. Regardless of whether he ultimately succeeded or not, he would be different from others so long as he could draw spiritual energy into his body.

Moreover, it was extremely difficult to have an epiphany of the Qi Refinement method. Even the reincarnations of immortals might not be able to get an epiphany.

On the cliff, Ye Ping slipped into deep thought.

Time passed bit by bit.

In the blink of an eye, more than half a month passed.

He spent 19 whole days.

However, Ye Ping still didn't get an epiphany of the method to guide spiritual energy into his body.

Ye Ping felt a little upset because of that.

He was even more convinced that he had poor aptitude.

It had almost been 20 days, but he couldn't even guide spiritual energy into his body. He felt that he was quite useless.

However, despite complaining, Ye Ping still worked very hard.

After all, he wouldn't know how incompetent he really was until he tried.

During this period of time, Xu Luochen had also gone to look for Ye Ping. There had been several times where Ye Ping wanted to ask Xu Luochen how he could guide the spiritual energy into his body, but ultimately, he didn't pop the question.

He was afraid of leaving a bad impression on Xu Luochen.

Late at night, Ye Ping opened his eyes.

He still did not have an epiphany.

Standing alone on the cliff, he gazed at the sky quietly.

The stars were shining brightly, trying to outshine the moon.

The sky was dark like ink because it was nighttime.

On the cliff, Ye Ping felt the breeze caressing his face, but his heart was filled with helplessness and annoyance.

However, he was well aware that the more frustrated he was, the more he had to calm down. Otherwise, it would be more difficult for him to figure things out and solve the problem.

"Forget it, I'll paint. I might get some inspiration and insights."

Ye Ping suddenly thought to himself.

He wanted to paint to ease his boredom.

Thinking of this, he got up and left to get his brush, ink, and paper.

After Ye Ping returned to the cliff with those items, a figure appeared.

It was his Second Senior Brother Xu Luochen.

"Senior Brother Luochen, what brings you here?"

Carrying the materials, Ye Ping watched curiously as Xu Luochen took a seat.

"Junior Brother Ye Ping, I'm here to have a chat with you. You seem troubled lately. Did you get into some trouble?"

Xu Luochen walked over and smiled gently.

During this period of time, he would occasionally go over to check on Ye Ping and see how he was doing. However, he discovered that Ye Ping had been sulky and pulling a long face during this period of time, and subconsciously thought that Ye Ping was obsessing over the matter of non-poisonous alchemy.

Hence, he decided to go and comfort Ye Ping while feeling somewhat guilty.

If Ye Ping became overly obsessed, the sect would definitely not spare him.

"Oh, I'm a little troubled, but it's just some trivial matters. It's nothing much."

Ye Ping originally wanted to ask Xu Luochen directly, but in the end, he kept it to himself instead of popping the question.

Xu Luochen comforted slowly, "Something's troubling you? Junior Brother Ye Ping, don't be overly eager. The path of cultivation is long. You have to relax."

When he saw the materials that Ye Ping was carrying, he couldn't help but ask curiously, "Are you going to paint?"

Xu Luochen was a little curious as he didn't know that Ye Ping had a flair for painting.

"Yes. I'm feeling vexed, so I'd like to paint to relieve some stress."

Ye Ping answered truthfully.

"That's great. It's beautiful tonight, you can really create a painting."

Xu Luochen smiled and nodded.

However, after that, Xu Luochen spoke again, "Junior Brother Ye Ping, do you know how to paint portraits?"

Ye Ping answered, "Yes. I painted one for Eldest Senior Brother the other day."

"You painted one for Eldest Senior Brother?" Xu Luochen frowned slightly. He had never seen Su Changyu having any paintings, but that was just a trivial matter that Xu Luochen wasn't bothered about. Instead, he grinned even more widely.

"Junior Brother Ye Ping, do you mind painting a portrait for me too?"

Xu Luochen chuckled.

"Of course I don't. Senior Brother, would you like your face to be painted or just your side profile?"

Ye Ping asked.

It didn't matter who he was painting for. Ye Ping just wanted to use painting to relieve his frustration.

"It has to be a painting of me from the front. Come on, paint my face, but you have to do a good job. There must be a mood. You can use some exaggerated techniques. I can handle it."

Hearing that Ye Ping was going to paint for him, Xu Luochen was even more excited and specifically asked for the front of his face to be included.

"Excellent!"

Ye Ping did not say much. He simply laid the rice paper on the ground and weighed it down with a paperweight. He then started grinding some ink.

15 minutes later, Ye Ping began painting with his brush.

He spent an entire hour on it.

Finally, he completed the painting.

"It's done, Senior Brother Luochen."

Ye Ping called out.

All of a sudden, Xu Luochen twisted his neck and then walked over to look at the painting with joy written all over his face.

The night sky on the painting was dark as ink and was blotted with numerous stars. There was an inexplicable mood. It was extremely beautiful.

Although his handsome features were not shown in the painting, it was not too bad.

"Good, very good, excellent! Little Junior Brother, your painting skills are remarkable. Not bad, not bad."

Xu Luochen complimented with satisfaction.

"It's alright. Senior Brother Luochen, do you want me to add a poem to the painting?"

Ye Ping asked.

He wanted to add a poem to fit the night scenery.

"No need, this is enough. It's indeed enough."

Xu Luochen didn't want a poem to be added because he felt that it was unnecessary. For him, the main point of the painting was to highlight his image.

Wouldn't a poem ruin its beauty?

"Yes."

Ye Ping rolled up the painting without even sealing it. He could tell that Xu Luochen preferred keeping things simple and didn't like the fancy things.

He had truly reached a higher emotional realm.

Soon, Xu Luochen put the painting away and comforted Ye Ping again before leaving alone.

While walking on the road, Xu Luochen couldn't help but unroll the painting again and look at it under the moonlight, admiring his suaveness.

"When Master and Eldest Senior Brother come back later, I must let them have a look too. I wonder if they understand paintings, but they're definitely going to compliment me for my handsome good looks. Hehehehe."

"No, no. There should be a poem too. It's alright, I'll add one on my own when I go back."

It was nighttime.

Xu Luochen's laugher and self-muttering gradually faded.

At the same time, in Cloud Mist Mountain Range…

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Chapter 41: A Master and His Disciple Who Escape Death

"Cloud Mist Mountain Range?"

There were numerous mountains there that seemed to be connected and dangerously steep.

Several figures were flying in a jungle and trying to escape.

"Changyu, run, quickly!"

Daoist Tai Hua sounded very urgent.

"I'm already running. Master, hurry and catch up with me."

Su Changyu weaved through the jungle at top speed.

Roar!

At this moment, a five-meter-tall iron-armored rhinoceros bulldozed through the jungle, causing several tall ancient trees to collapse while the frightened birds fled in all directions.

Clad in iron armor, the extremely fast rhinoceros looked frightening.

Daoist Tai Hua was hundreds of meters in front of it, but he knew that it would only be a matter of time before he died if he just fled blindly. Hence, he decided to just fight the iron-armored rhinoceros.

He stabbed it with his sword.

Daoist Tai Hua targeted the eyes of the iron-armored rhinoceros, which was the most vulnerable spot of the iron-armored rhinoceros.

However, the iron-armored rhinoceros was not a fool. When it saw Daoist Tai Hua charging towards itself, it immediately warped its body and blocked Daoist Tai Hua's attack.

"Oh gosh!"

In an instant, Daoist Tai Hua's expression changed because he knew that he was in trouble.

Clang!

The exquisite iron sword was snapped in half and the iron-armored rhinoceros roared while sending Daoist Tai Hua flying away.

The terrifying impact propelled Daoist Tai Hua dozens of meters away and even broke many of his chest bones.

The impact was so horrifying that Daoist Tai Hua vomited blood incessantly. Fortunately, he had gathered the remaining spiritual energy in his body in his internal organs in advance. Otherwise, the impact would have caused him to die a horrible death.

"Oh dear."

At this moment, Daoist Tai Hua was utterly dejected.

He went to the Cloud Mist Mountain Range with some regrets, but there was no point regretting now.

Roar!

In the next moment, the iron-armored rhinoceros looked at Daoist Tai Hua with a menacing gaze. Clearly, it had already targeted Daoist Tai Hua.

"Master, run, quickly."

However, Su Changyu appeared at this juncture.

He did not flee and instead returned to save Daoist Tai Hua.

"Changyu!"

Daoist Tai Hua was stunned because he didn't expect Su Changyu to return to save him.

Phew!

Su Changyu immediately grabbed Daoist Tai Hua's collar and frantically sprinted.

Su Changyu was extremely fast, but his body was surrounded by wisps of blood Qi.

Daoist Tai Hua did not think much of it. What he had to do now was to flee.

The iron-armored rhinoceros was chasing behind him, but Su Changyu was too fast for it to catch up.

An hour later, on the cliff where there was no one, Su Changyu and Daoist Tai Hua sat under a tree, both looking unwell.

In particular, Daoist Tai Hua seemed frail because he had suffered a serious injury and multiple fractures in his sternum. Moreover, Su Changyu had been pulling him and dragging him along during the journey. Hence, he got injured further.

However, he had no other choice in that situation. No matter what, he had to at least stay alive.

As for Su Changyu, he sat cross-legged, but he soon spat out a mouthful of fresh, crimson blood.

"Changyu."

Bearing with the pain, Daoist Tai Hua looked at Su Changyu.

"It's okay, Master." Su Changyu chuckled softly, but his brows were furrowed tightly into a frown. He was clearly in pain.

"You…"

Daoist Tai Hua could tell at a glance what Su Changyu had done. Su Changyu had swallowed a Health Pill that would burn one's blood to increase their cultivation level, but each dosage of Health Pill would shorten one's lifespan by at least ten years.

"Master, heal your wounds quickly."

Su Changyu's lips were pale, but he still told Daoist Tai Hua to heal his injuries first.

It was because Daoist Tai Hua's injuries were grave and treatment could not be delayed any longer.

"I'm the one who should be sorry."

Daoist Tai Hua took a deep breath, feeling a little regretful for coming here and remorseful for being too incompetent to even deal with a demonic beast, thus causing his disciple's lifespan to be shortened.

"Master, stop being emotional and quickly heal your injuries."

However, Su Changyu casually told Daoist Tai Hua to quickly heal his injuries.

Daoist Tai Hua quickly swallowed a healing pill and began gathering Qi to heal his injuries. On the other hand, Su Changyu forced himself to bear with the discomfort and looked around, worried that he might encounter demonic beasts again.

Several hours passed.

Daoist Tai Hua had finished healing his injuries and although he was still severely wounded, his condition had already stabilized. As long as he recuperated for two to three years, there would be no major problems.

After Daoist Tai Hua healed his injuries, Su Changyu began to meditate to recover his Qi.

He had just swallowed the Health Pill that caused his lifespan to shorten by ten years and a large amount of his essence blood to be depleted, as if he had fallen seriously ill. He had to stabilize his condition well, or his lifespan would be shortened by more than ten years if his health continued to deteriorate.

He meditated until late at night.

Su Changyu woke up.

"Changyu, have something to eat."

At this moment, Daoist Tai Hua took out some dried food, which was a meatloaf that was made with the flesh of demonic beasts. It tasted mediocre, but it contained Blood Qi that could strengthen one's body and help with blood recovery.

After grabbing the meatloaf, Su Changyu stayed silent.

On the other hand, Daoist Tai Hua felt a little helpless and he had no choice but to slowly say the countless things that he had in mind.

"Changyu, it's my fault for implicating you."

Daoist Tai Hua said emotionally, feeling like he had harmed Su Changyu.

"Master, there is no need to say such things again in the future."

Su Changyu was not bothered.

He was an orphan who had been raised by Daoist Tai Hua. To Su Changyu, Daoist Tai Hua was both his master and father. He would have no complaints even if he had to die just now.

Su Changyu felt that it was unnecessary for Daoist Tai Hua to thank him.

"Ah."

Daoist Tai Hua sighed. Although he understood Su Changyu's intentions, he still felt remorseful.

"Master, think of some happy things. No matter what, we've already gotten the spirit essence and I can create a flying sword for Junior Brother."

Su Changyu broke the silence and tried to say something to cheer him up.

"Yes, although we almost died, we gained a lot this time. These spirit essences are worth at least hundreds of Spirit Stones."

"Indeed, if you want to be rich, you have to work hard for it."

At the mention of spirit essence stones, Daoist Tai Hua couldn't help but feel much happier.

Although he almost died on this trip, his gains were massive as he earned at least 200-odd inferior-grade Spirit Stones.

The main thing was that such spirit essence was essential for building flying swords.

"Ah, we've worked so hard and we almost died. The Spirit Stones we earned are lesser than what Junior Brother's painting would fetch."

"Sometimes when I think about it, I feel that comparing ourselves to others is really infuriating."

Su Changyu sounded rather dejected.

As soon as he said that, Daoist Tai Hua's mood got worse.

Well, the things that they had risked their lives to get was worth less than a painting someone else created. How could they not feel upset?

"But we can't keep letting your Junior Brother make paintings and rely on him to support everyone, right?"

Daoist Tai Hua was a bit helpless.

"Yes, but it's not hard to let Junior Brother make a painting every now and then. Anyway, I've understood through this experience that our lives matter more than our pride. When we go back, I'll have him paint again and sell it. A portion of the proceeds will be used to build him a flying sword, and the remaining portion will be used for buying some superior-class healing medicine for you to heal your wounds."

Su Changyu had already made up his mind and he no longer cared if he would seem thick-skinned or not.

If he hadn't prepared a Health Pill this time, the two of them would probably have died there.

Hence, Su Changyu understood that life was still more precious than pride.

"Okay, but don't ask for too much, just an appropriate number is alright."

Daoist Tai Hua nodded.

Although he still felt a little embarrassed, it was at least better than dying.

"Master, you actually don't have to be too bothered. Junior Brother likes painting in his free time too. He might have painted for Second Junior Brother too."

Su Changyu said.

Hearing his words, Daoist Tai Hua couldn't help but be stunned.

'Right!'

'Maybe, Ye Ping has already painted without our request.'

"Oh no!"

Daoist Tai Hua suddenly thought of something else and his expression changed.

"What's the matter?"

Su Changyu was curious.

"Changyu, I think what you said makes sense, but could your second Junior Brother have had his portrait drawn too?"

Daoist Tai Hua instructed.

Su Changyu couldn't help but be stunned when he said that.

"I don't think so, Junior Brother Luochen is not such a person."

Daoist Tai Hua didn't say anything.

"Maybe he has had his portrait drawn but only his side profile, just like the painting of me?"

Su Changyu made a wild guess.

"I hope so, if not…"

Daoist Tai Hua did not continue.

It was because it was already obvious what he meant.

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Chapter 42: Qi Guidance Success, Opening The Aperture! Torch Dragon Immortal Aperture!

It was late at night.

Ye Ping sat alone in the middle of the rear cliff.

There was a piece of rice paper in front of him.

Ye Ping gazed at the starry sky, deep in thought about how he could "guide Qi into the body".

At this moment, Ye Ping also knew how lousy his aptitude was.

He didn't know how to conduct the simplest process of guiding spiritual energy into his body at all, how could he practice immortal cultivation?

Actually, it was not Ye Ping's fault. It was mostly because he had read too many immortal cultivation novels online, in which the protagonists would be able to easily guide Qi into their bodies even if they had poor aptitude.

The sky was as dark as ink.

Staring into the dark night, Ye Ping couldn't help but think of a poem.

"The sound of falling leaves is like rain, and the moon is as white as snow."

"I'm alone in my room late at night, who will clean my dusty bed?"

The poem was just right for the mood.

At the thought of this, Ye Ping picked up the brush at the side and then used it to paint on the spotless rice paper.

This time, he did not paint a portrait.

He painted a scenery.

Ye Ping's brush was like a dancing phoenix and a flying dragon as he wielded it in hand and painted.

A night scene appeared on the rice paper, giving off an inexplicable vibe that was a little depressing.

That was the soul of the painting.

Ye Ping had already reached the realm of soul-painting where he could hide all his inner thoughts and emotions in the painting.

If anyone saw that painting, they would also feel depressed and bitter.

The paintings of experts often contained the essence of their mind and soul.

If one painted when they were happy, the painting would make others feel joy.

If one painted when they were troubled, their woes would be reflected on the painting.

Ye Ping had been painting and making the dark night in his painting seem even deeper, as if he couldn't see any hope at all. The depression in his heart was fully reflected in the painting.

He recalled how he would be in deep thought everyday for the past few days, all for the sake of guiding spiritual energy into his body. Not only did he cause a delay in time, the main thing was that he hadn't found a single clue even after studying it for almost a month. How could he not be vexed?

Ye Ping was venting all his emotions on the painting.

All of a sudden, a gust of cold breeze blew over slowly.

The breeze caressed Ye Ping's face, soothing the dejection and anxiousness within him.

In an instant, Ye Ping stopped painting and raised his head to look at the mountains.

Everything was silent.

The surroundings were quiet.

The Dao was natural.

For some reason, that thought popped up in Ye Ping's mind.

However, at this moment, he couldn't help but be stunned.

He stood rooted to the ground.

After a long time, a smile appeared on Ye Ping's calm face.

"Ah, Eldest Senior Brother, I'm enlightened."

Ye Ping was enlightened.

He was really enlightened.

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

Above the sky dome that was initially very calm, black clouds condensed and formed a terrifying vortex.

There were terrifying and loud lightning and thunder that cut through the vast sky like flood dragons.

In the rear cliff, the wind was blowing vigorously.

The rice paper in front of Ye Ping began to rustle in the wind. If not for the fact that it was weighed down by an inkstone, it would have long flown away.

All the dry leaves began flying upwards like it was an apocalypse.

In the distance, Xu Luochen stood in the room and couldn't help but frown as he listened to the whistling wind.

His face was getting more and more glum.

"Oh gosh!"

Xu Luochen muttered to himself and then looked into the distance.

"I forgot to collect the clothes for Eldest Senior Brother."

He looked a little distracted and extremely nervous. After all, Su Changyu's most valuable piece of clothing was still hanging outside. If it was blown away by the wind, he would have to face Su Changyu's wrath.

At the rear cliff of Qingyun Dao Sect, Ye Ping had already comprehended the mysteries of guiding spiritual energy into one's body.

The Dao was natural.

He was overly eager and kept wanting to guide the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into his body, but when he thought about it carefully, he felt that it would be better to relax and let the spiritual energy of heaven and earth enter his body on its own.

It had to be in accordance with the Dao of Heaven and Earth and the Dao of nature.

Ye Ping suddenly had an epiphany that guiding spiritual energy into his body was more of an exchange of spiritual energy. If the spiritual energy of heaven and earth was willing to enter one's body, it would. If not, there would be no need to force it.

It would all depend on the spiritual energy's will.

That was also the reason that Ye Ping decided to relax and stop trying to force spiritual energy into his body. Instead, he let nature take its course and allowed the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to choose for itself.

In an instant, the spiritual energy within hundreds of kilometers around Ye Ping began surging into his body in a frenzy.

Above the dome of the sky, the spiritual energy vortex condensed, but only cultivators who had cultivated the spiritual energy gazing technique would be able to see such a scene.

Spiritual energy condensed around Ye Ping, forming a tornado-like vortex that absorbed a massive amount of spiritual energy.

In an instant, the spiritual energy surged into Ye Ping's body like a vast ocean. Without hesitation, he immediately activated the Immortal Aperture.

Boom!

It seemed like a layer of membrane had broken.

In his mind, the constellation map formed by 36 stars began emanating light and forming the shadow of a True Dragon.

The True Dragon was so large that the universe seemed insignificant in front of him.

It could destroy the heavens and earth in a moment, and had control over time and space. Its gaze was extremely horrifying and one would go berserk just by taking a glance at it.

Boom!

At this moment, the Ancient Godfiend shadow appeared in Ye Ping's mind. It was just as mighty as the Torch Dragon.

Roar!

A dragon roar exploded.

At this moment, Ye Ping had an indescribable feeling that made him feel like his soul was about to explode.

However, as the Ancient Godfiend's voice sounded, the feeling suddenly vanished.

At the same time, the dragon shadow disappeared, and so did the shadow of Ancient Godfiend. At the same time, the world outside quietened down too and everything returned to normal.

"Torch Dragon Immortal Aperture"

With the disappearance of the dragon shadow and the shadow of the Ancient Godfiend, a massive amount of information appeared in Ye Ping's mind.

Each person's body contained a hidden Immortal Aperture.

However, each person's Immortal Aperture was different.

Through the information that appeared in his mind, Ye Ping understood that his Immortal Aperture was called the Torch Dragon Immortal Aperture.

As he continued to activate his Immortal Aperture, he would gradually receive the inheritance.

"Torch Dragon? Torch Dragon Jiu Yin?"

After understanding what kind of Immortal Aperture he had, Ye Ping couldn't help but be shocked and bewildered.

He didn't know if the Torch Dragon was the Torch Dragon Jiu Yin.

If it was the Torch Dragon Jiu Yin, it would be horrifying.

The Torch Dragon Jiu Yin was the most terrifying divine beast in the Classic of Mountains and Seas.

In fact, even in the orthodox ancient books about the Dao, the Torch Dragon Jiu Yin was still the creator of everything in the world.

It mastered time and space, and could go back to the past or travel to the future. It knew and understood everything. It was invincible, omnipotent, invisible and limitless.

"It doesn't matter if it's the Torch Dragon Jiu Yin or not. Now that I've opened my Immortal Aperture, I can start practicing the Ancient Godfiend technique."

After thinking about it, Ye Ping did not continue to dwell on that issue.

Be it the Torch Dragon or the Torch Dragon Jiu Yin, it no longer mattered. It would naturally be good if it was, but Ye Ping wouldn't be upset if it wasn't.

The thing he had to do now was to cultivate the Ancient Godfiend Body Tempering Technique.

However, before doing that, there was something else to be done.

Ye Ping glanced at the darkness of the night before adding some stars to the rice paper.

It was just a simple addition but the mood instantly changed.

There was endless darkness in the painting that was filled with depression. As the stars were added, it immediately felt like the silver lining of the cloud could be seen.

With his enlightenment, Ye Ping was no longer depressed, and naturally, his painting was in the right mood.

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Chapter 43: Heavenly Hammer, Earthly Furnace, Body Tempering Completed, Boost In Looks and Temperament

He opened his first Immortal Aperture.

Ye Ping had an amazing feeling.

The rolling spiritual energy surged into his body like a river.

The Immortal Aperture was absorbing the spiritual energy like a fountain opening.

However, Ye Ping wasn't aware that he had stepped onto a different path of cultivation on his own.

Ordinary cultivators would have to refine spiritual energy before guiding it into their bodies because each person's spiritual root was different, or rather, each person's spiritual energy was different. Hence, refinement was necessary.

That was the significance of Qi Refinement.

However, Ye Ping did not refine messy spiritual energy and instead attracted spiritual energy into his body by letting the spiritual energy of heaven and earth enter on their own. Those that were adamant would not be forced into his body.

Hence, he could skip the Qi refinement process.

In other words, Ye Ping hadn't reached the Qi Refinement realm yet, but he possessed the Nascent Soul realm ability to control it and cultivate automatically.

Automatic cultivation was not all. For some reason, the speed of his spiritual energy absorption became extremely exaggerated.

Perhaps, it was because of the Immortal Aperture or because of his personal constitution.

The spiritual energy that Ye Ping absorbed in just one hour was probably better than what Su Changyu absorbed after years of meditation and Qi refining.

However, Ye Ping tried to open his second Immortal Aperture.

Each time he opened an Immortal Aperture, his cultivation speed would be doubled. And his goal was to activate ten Immortal Apertures before cultivating.

However, dreams were beautiful but reality was often harsh.

Even though Ye Ping had been absorbing spiritual energy for three days and three nights, he could only barely open his second Immortal Aperture.

It was extremely difficult to open ten Immortal Apertures.

Fortunately, Ye Ping was cultivating in the Qingyun Mountains and the disciples of the sect were not high-level cultivators in the first place. Hence, they did not notice that the spiritual energy had suddenly become much thinner. They merely subconsciously thought that they were in a bad state.

If it was a sacred land or renowned academy, Ye Ping's cultivation would probably already arouse the suspicion of others.

After opening the second Immortal Aperture, Ye Ping did not stubbornly try to open ten of them.

Instead, he began to cultivate the Ancient Godfiend Body Tempering Technique.

On the rear cliff of the Qingyun Dao Sect, Ye Ping began to practice the Ancient Godfiend Body Tempering Technique.

He was sitting cross-legged and meditating the Ancient Godfiend shadow.

Ye Ping was rather nervous.

After all, the Ancient Godfiend Body Tempering Technique was extremely frightening. He had to guide the Heaven and Earth powers and turn them into the Divine Hammer to hammer himself once. He also had to use the earth as a furnace to temper his flesh.

However, no matter how difficult it was, Ye Ping wouldn't choose to give up.

He took a deep breath.

He began to practice the Ancient Godfiend Body Tempering Technique.

He used his spiritual energy to attract the gods.

Boom!

A thunderous sound rumbled between the heavens and the earth.

The power of the Heavenly Dome seemed to be condensing a Divine Hammer as it blasted Ye Ping's body.

On the cliff, Ye Ping's body was dealt a horrifying blow and cracks began to appear and spread from the middle of his forehead. However, surprisingly, there wasn't any blood at all. Instead, what flowed out were wisps of black impurities that resembled black syrup and gave off a pungent stench.

It was an extreme pain that made him numb.

Ye Ping felt his body vibrate, after which he stopped feeling anything.

At this moment, two Immortal Apertures in his body emitted infinite spiritual energy, instantly healing Ye Ping's body.

A wisp of golden light emanated from it and covered Ye Ping's body while repairing the terrifying wound rapidly.

In the next moment, Ye Ping came back to his senses.

Without hesitation, he resumed what he was doing.

Using the earth as a furnace, the temperature around him instantly surged and the black impurities were refined completely in an instant, turning into wisps of black smoke before eventually disappearing.

However, during the refinement process, Ye Ping experienced something awful.

He felt as if he was standing in the middle of a furnace, but fortunately, the spiritual energy released by his Immortal Apertures were covering his body. Otherwise, Ye Ping really couldn't stand it.

The entire refinement process lasted for two hours.

Ye Ping completed the first refinement.

However, Ye Ping's body had changed rapidly even though he had only completed one session.

His complexion became more tender and delicate while his features became more attractive. More importantly, his temperament had been enhanced inexplicably.

Those were the results of only the first session.

However, Ye Ping did not notice that.

The only feeling Ye Ping had after body tempering was that he was enriched.

It was an enrichment of power.

He felt like he could now kill a bull with a single punch.

However, there were unfortunately no bulls in the Qingyun Dao Sect.

"Is this power?"

In the middle of the back cliff, Ye Ping opened his eyes and felt the power that was spreading through his body.

He was eager to try how strong he really was now.

Unfortunately, there was nothing he could try on.

'Should I try it on Senior Brother Luochen?'

That idea popped up in Ye Ping's mind.

However, Ye Ping soon shook his head and dismissed that idea for the time being. After all, to Ye Ping, Xu Luochen was a peerless expert and his strength might be insignificant to the latter. If he tried it on Xu Luochen, he might seem like he was trying to flaunt his strength.

It would be too random and abrupt.

At the thought of this, Ye Ping instantly began the second Body Tempering session.

Although the process was a little uncomfortable, Ye Ping subconsciously fell in love with the feeling of being empowered.

At the same time, in the Cloud Mist Mountain Range, two figures walked in the middle of the mountain range, seemingly extremely conscientious and afraid to make a single sound.

"Changyu, do you know the way or not? I really can't stand it anymore."

Daoist Tai Hua asked fearfully in the mountains.

They had already been walking in the forest on the mountains for three whole days.

However, they couldn't find the way out.

How could Daoist Tai Hua not feel uncomfortable?

Being on edge and fearing that they would encounter demonic beasts all the time did not feel any better than being chased by demonic beasts.

"This is the route to take, I remember it correctly."

Su Changyu dared not be certain, but he was scanning his surroundings with a frown.

They had been trapped in the mountain range for three days.

Although Daoist Tai Hua's condition had stabilized, he still had to hurry to the city to find someone to treat him. Otherwise, they would become permanent ailments.

Hence, the two of them were rather anxious.

While the two of them were walking through the forest on the mountain, a bunch of figures suddenly appeared in front of them.

"There are people."

Su Changyu said.

In an instant, Daoist Tai Hua forced himself to perk up and pretended to be calm while bearing with the discomfort.

On the other hand, Su Changyu put on an arrogant expression again.

Sometimes, encountering humans on the Cloud Mist Mountain Range was much more terrifying than encountering demonic beasts.

After all, birds would die for food while men die for money. Cultivators who dared to enter the Cloud Mist Mountain Range mostly had nothing to lose.

They were there just for money.

If they saw an injured person, they might harbor evil intentions.

Hence, the two of them tried their best to pretend to be fine, and even disguised as experts, so that the people would be scared and wary.

Soon, the footsteps got closer and closer.

The figures were getting clearer too.

The two of them were getting increasingly nervous.

They knew that they couldn't run at this juncture.

Once they ran, they would be in greater trouble.

Finally, a group of people appeared in front of Su Changyu and Daoist Tai Hua.

They looked dignified and the two elders, who were the leaders, gave off domineering auras.

They were dressed uniformly too.

The words 'Four Thunder' were embroidered on their clothes.

All of a sudden, they looked at each other.

They stayed silent.

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Chapter 44: Nothing, Just Strolling

"Cloud Mist Mountain Range?"

Wang Yu and Chen Hua were walking in the mountains with more than 20 elites of the Four Thunder Swordsmanship Sect.

The Qingzhou Sword Dao Meet was about to begin.

They had less than two months to go and Daoist Siji ordered the two of them to lead the disciples to the Cloud Mist Mountain Range to practice the Sword Dao and train.

To put it bluntly, they were going there for bloodshed.

The competitions that usually took place in the sect were not considered much because they knew that their opponents would not hurt them. Thus, in order to improve their attainments in the Sword Dao, they were sent to the Cloud Mist Mountain Range in advance to fight against the demonic beasts.

A month would be enough for the disciples to improve greatly.

On the other hand, Wang Yu and Chen Hua didn't have many complaints either. They simply brought their disciples to the Cloud Mist Mountain Range.

They met a figure less than four hours after entering the Cloud Mist Mountain Range.

The two of them were rather cautious. Although they were already cultivators who had reached the Foundation Establishment realm, there were experts hidden in the Cloud Mist Mountain Range and some cultivators liked attacking others and stealing treasures. Even the prestige of the Four Thunder Swordsmanship Sect could not deter them.

Hence the two of them kept their guards up.

However, when they looked at the two people near them, they were slightly stunned.

They were an old man and a young man.

The old man was fine. He looked ordinary, but he seemed to have been injured.

As for that young man…

The two of them looked at him and felt that he was somewhat familiar, but soon, Elder Wang Yu was stunned.

He stared at the man in front of him.

He was dressed in a plain robe, but he looked handsome and full of vigor. Wang Yu found his sword-like eyes and arrogance to be very familiar.

He looked extremely familiar to him.

In an instant, it was as if a bolt of lightning flashed in Wang Yu's mind as a portrait popped up in it.

In the portrait, the evening sun was cast over the mountains and an existence that seemed like a peerless Sword Immortal was standing on the cliff.

The existence that resembled a Sword Immortal looked almost identical to the man in front of him.

He looked carefully again.

Wang Yu and Chen Hua then inhaled sharply.

The two of them looked at each other unanimously with shock in their eyes.

The Commander of Jin Nation?

In an instant, the two of them froze in place, as if they had been struck by lightning.

Daoist Tai Hua and Su Changyu who were exchanging glances with them were shocked too.

'Four Thunder Swordsmanship Sect?'

'That's the best sect in Qingzhou.'

In their eyes, the Four Thunder Swordsmanship Sect was like a hegemon and the two of them were worlds apart from it.

They weren't even fit enough to bow down and subdue to the Four Thunder Swordsmanship Sect.

It was the only first-grade Sword Sect in Qingzhou.

There were more than 10,000 disciples and numerous outstanding elites in the sect.

Joining the Four Thunder Swordsmanship Sect was tantamount to bringing glory to their ancestors.

The two of them were a bit surprised as they didn't expect to run into the disciples of the Four Thunder Swordsmanship Sect there.

At the same time, they were also a little relieved.

Since they ran into disciples of the Four Thunder Swordsmanship Sect, they naturally didn't have to worry about being robbed.

Well, because they weren't worthy of it.

All the valuables they had with them were worth less than their salaries.

Su Changyu found it bizarre.

'Why do these two old men keep staring at me?'

'Have they never seen a handsome man before?'

'Are these two guys interested in men?'

'Wow.'

Su Changyu got nervous again, but the more nervous he was, the colder his expression. He didn't know why that was the case either. It had always been that way since he was a child.

Both parties remained silent.

The remaining disciples did not know what was going on, but they dared not spout any nonsense. After all, since the two elders didn't say anything, they naturally did not dare to do anything.

They were looking at each other.

It seemed very awkward.

Wang Yu continuously told himself to stay cool and calm, and not to let Su Changyu discover that he had discovered that Su Changyu was the inspection commander.

Not only did Elder Wang Yu think that way, Elder Chen Hua thought that way too.

Finally, Elder Wang Yu made the awkwardness cease.

"Fellow Daoists, what… are you doing here?"

Elder Wang Yu bit the bullet and asked.

He didn't know what to say, but he knew that he couldn't stop talking yet.

The person in front of him was the inspection commander of Jin Nation, the Sword Dao powerhouse whom even Daoist Siji revered.

When encountering such an existence, it would be impossible not to try sucking up to them.

Elders Wang Yu and Chen Hua wished they could immediately turn into dogs and lick him.

However, they were reminded of Daoist Siji's instructions not to let the inspection commander notice that he had discovered his identity if they encountered him.

Hence, even if they knew who he was, they had to pretend not to.

Thinking of this, they gradually calmed down.

However, they fell silent again because Su Changyu didn't answer him.

Perhaps because it was too quiet and the atmosphere was thus too awkward. Daoist Wang Yu had no choice but to continue speaking and try to ease the awkwardness once again.

"Fellow Daoists, what are you two doing here?"

Elder Wang Yu asked slowly.

However, as soon as he said that, Daoist Wang Yu immediately regretted his decision because his question was rather absurd.

On the other hand, Daoist Chen Hua was confused. 'What kind of an opening line is that?'

Although those words were a little abrupt, they indeed disrupted the peace.

Daoist Tai Hua and Su Changyu couldn't help but be stunned.

They could tell at a glance that the two people in front of them were elders of the Four Thunder Swordsmanship Sect. Although they didn't know what the cultivation levels of the two elders were, they knew that they were definitely not ordinary.

Even though they had met, they should have just left after making eye contact.

'Why did they ask what we're doing here?'

Daoist Tai Hua was a little nervous.

'Do the people of the Four Thunder Swordsmanship Sect like killing others and stealing their belongings?'

The scene gradually became quiet again.

However, Daoist Tai Hua dared not ignore their questions. He could only force himself to smile awkwardly.

"Nothing… I'm just taking a stroll."

Daoist Tai Hua answered, looking a little nervous.

Everyone was speechless.

Su Changyu did not utter a single word. He was very nervous, but he looked very aloof, though he dared not say anything.

Daoist Wang Yu and Daoist Chen Hua looked at each other, at a loss for words.

In the end, the eagle-eyed Daoist Chen Hua managed to tell that Daoist Tai Hua was injured.

Hence, he couldn't help but ask, "Fellow Daoist, are you injured?"

"I have superior-class spirit medicine here that can be used for healing wounds."

Those words were quite awkward and out of the blue, but the two of them didn't know what else to say.

They had to pretend that they didn't know Su Changyu, but they also had to leave a good impression on him.

Hence, they could only awkwardly say that.

"Huh?"

Daoist Tai Hua was about to turn them down, but when the jade bottle was opened, a clear fragrance permeated the air, and Daoist Tai Hua managed to recognize what kind of pill it was at a glance.

It was the White Dew Spiritual Muscle Elixir.

It was a superior-grade pill that was worth 50 inferior-grade Spirit Stones.

He was lucky enough to have seen it in a store before.

It was extremely effective in healing internal injuries. Daoist Tai Hua stopped talking all of a sudden.

On the other hand, Daoist Chen Hua was extremely enthusiastic as he simply handed the pill to Daoist Tai Hua courteously.

"This… This!" Daoist Tai Hua was indeed dumbfounded. 'What's going on? Why is he being so nice to me?'

Su Changyu was a little dumbfounded too and he couldn't help but look at Daoist Tai Hua.

Daoist Tai Hua thought about it carefully and he couldn't help but be enlightened.

That was the true nature of members of major sects.

When they were outside, they would help those who were weak and do justice where it was due.

Daoist Tai Hua figured it out.

He thought that they were treating him well not because of any ulterior motives, but purely because they had good morals. That was the upbringing of members of large sects.

'I'm convinced.'

'I'm convinced.'

'I'm totally convinced.'

Daoist Wang Yu and Daoist Chen Hua stood opposite them, still smiling after handing over the pill. However, they seemed a little stiff. It was obvious that they were restrained and nervous.

However, Su Changyu and Daoist Tai Hua were nervous and restrained too. Hence, the two parties didn't discover anything different about each other.

"This pill is too expensive, thank you for your kindness, Fellow Daoist."

Although Daoist Tai Hua liked taking advantage of others, he didn't dare to do so this time.

The two of them were elders of the Four Thunder Swordsmanship Sect who were dignified and were definitely big shots of Qingzhou. Although they had good morals and character, he dared not accept that favor.

As soon as he said that, Daoist Wang Yu immediately stood out.

"Fellow Daoist, you're making yourself seem like an outsider by saying that. I may be the deputy Sect Leader of the Four Thunder Swordsmanship Sect, but we're all human cultivators and it's only right that we support each other. Besides, we're from the Four Thunder Swordsmanship Sect too. Our Sect Leader Daoist Siji said that humans ought to help each other out, only then will we reach the pinnacle. Fellow Daoist, don't stand on ceremony."

Daoist Wang Yu stood out and introduced himself before putting in a good word for Daoist Siji. He made Daoist Tai Hua admire and revere the Four Thunder Swordsmanship Sect even more.

'Look.'

'Look at them and look at us.'

'It's no wonder they're a large sect. Their upbringing and morals are impeccable. I'm really convinced.'

Daoist Tai Hua was in awe.

Su Changyu was convinced too.

He had heard of the Four Thunder Swordsmanship Sect and in particular, Daoist Siji was his idol.

However, he never thought that the cultivators of the Four Thunder Swordsmanship Sect would have such good moral character.

It was truly incredible. In his opinion, elders and disciples of such sects ought to be arrogant, condescending, and tyrannical.

'Tsk tsk! I was really superficial.'

Su Changyu was filled with endless emotions.

At this moment, Daoist Chen Hua couldn't help but feel jealous when he saw Wang Yu flattering them.

"Where are you two going? Do you need us to lead the way? Have you eaten? Would you like to have some water?"

Daoist Chen Hua also wanted to leave a good impression on Su Changyu, but he really didn't know what to say, so he seemed to be beating around the bush.

However, upon hearing this, Daoist Tai Hua immediately said, "We want to leave the Cloud Mist Mountain Range, but we don't know where to go. Could you please lead the way?"

Daoist Tai Hua was a bit eager.

He just wanted to leave the Cloud Mist Mountain Range now, anything else could be discussed.

As soon as he heard this, Daoist Chen Hua wanted to say something, but Daoist Wang Yu immediately smiled.

"Oh, Fellow Daoist, walk in the direction behind us for four hours and you'll more or less be able to get out. Fellow Daoist, I can tell that you're seriously injured, why don't you sit here and recuperate for a while? We'll protect you, lest you get into any danger by leaving with injuries."

Daoist Wang Yu said.

Daoist Tai Hua was at a loss for words again.

'A good man.'

'What a good man.'

'He's such a good man.'

'There are surprisingly still such kind Samaritans these days.'

"Thank you so much then, Fellow Daoists."

Daoist Tai Hua indeed wanted to recuperate and treat his injuries.

He had completely let his guard down too.

After all, they had already given him a pill that was worth 50 inferior-grade Spirit Stones. Why would they covet his belongings?

"Fellow Daoist, I'll help you heal your injuries quickly."

Overjoyed, Daoist Wang Yu hurriedly went over enthusiastically to help Daoist Tai Hua heal his injuries.

On the other hand, Su Changyu stood at the side and watched quietly.

He dared not say anything.

However, at this moment, one of the disciples of the Four Thunder Swordsmanship Sect suddenly took a few steps forward and came in front of him, looking rather respectful.

However, Su Changyu was somehow very nervous.

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Chapter 45: Senior, What Is The Sword Dao?

Cloud Mist Mountain Range.

Looking at the young man who was walking over, Su Changyu was still in a dumbfounded state.

He had suddenly encountered cultivators of the Four Thunder Swordsmanship Sect.

The other party was extremely enthusiastic and even gave Daoist Tai Hua a pill when they saw that he was injured. That was simply absurd.

'They might have great morals, but this is a stretch.'

Su Changyu was not a fool. He could tell that they seemed a bit restrained and tense when facing him, especially Wang Yu and Chen Hua.

Their occasional glances made Su Changyu genuinely flustered.

'Are they really attracted to my good looks?'

'What is this young man doing running towards me?'

'Is he trying to matchmake us?'

'Wow.'

Su Changyu got even more nervous.

However, the more nervous he was, the more arrogant he appeared.

His arrogance was also the reason that they found him mysterious.

In the beginning, the disciples of the Four Thunder Swordsmanship Sect didn't know what was going on, but after some careful inspection, a few disciples soon figured out what was going on.

They were all elites of the sect who had the support of the elders. Hence, they naturally knew about the inspection commander of Jin Nation.

In fact, two or three of them had seen the portrait.

The young man in front of Su Changyu was clearly one of those who had seen the portrait.

He looked handsome, but he was far inferior compared to Su Changyu. He was a little nervous too and even felt pressurized when he walked towards Su Changyu.

However, since he had already walked over, he no longer had any burden.

"Senior, seems like you're a Sword Dao cultivator too. Recently, I've been thinking hard about the Sword Dao and I really can't figure it out at all. Senior, can you give me some guidance?"

The young man sounded rather nervous.

Knowing that Su Changyu was the inspection commander and the top Sword Dao cultivator of Jin Nation, he was obviously nervous.

Daoist Chen Hua and Daoist Wang Yu, who were at the side, couldn't help but have a change of expression.

In particular, Daoist Wang Yu secretly frowned, thinking that the young man was too reckless to have asked such a question.

The Sect Leader might have instructed them to ask about knowledge of the Sword Dao whenever possible.

However, he could not be too direct about it.

'Don't you know how to proceed step by step?'

'If you ask others to give you guidance immediately, won't it be awkward?'

'Even if you're not embarrassed, I'm embarrassed for your sake.'

Daoist Wang Yu was a little angry because he felt that his disciple was too reckless.

'Don't you know that Su Changyu will see through this easily?'

On the other hand, Daoist Chen Hua didn't get angry and simply looked at them with his eyes full of envy.

He was feeling extremely bitter. He really wanted to display his strength in front of Su Changyu, but he dared not do so.

"Uh… Fellow Daoists, heal my injuries but don't fumble about."

At this moment, Daoist Tai Hua spoke up. He felt a little embarrassed because although they were helping him heal his injuries, their random touching made him feel uncomfortable.

Not far away, Su Changyu was a little confused. No, he was very dumbfounded.

'You're a disciple of the Four Thunder Swordsmanship Sect and judging from your attire, you seem to be an inner sect disciple. Yet, you're asking for pointers?'

'Are you humiliating me?'

Su Changyu was indeed a little puzzled.

Seeing how cold and silent Su Changyu was, the young man got even more nervous.

"Senior… please give me some guidance."

Hanging his head low, he dared not make direct eye contact with Su Changyu and deep down, he was very flustered. He also regretted being reckless.

"What do you want to ask?"

Seeing that the scene was gradually becoming awkward, Su Changyu was clear that he couldn't keep feigning ignorance. Hence, he spoke up coldly in a bid to see what question the young man wanted to ask.

If it was a more profound question, he would continue feigning ignorance, but if it was a simple question, he would give a perfunctory answer.

The young man was obviously pleased to hear that.

He asked earnestly but fearfully, "I'd like to ask, what is the Sword Dao?"

The young man asked the familiar question.

'What is the Sword Dao?'

Su Changyu was stunned. He was familiar with that question too.

That was exactly the same question that he asked Ye Ping.

However, everyone couldn't help but look at Su Changyu at this moment.

Even Daoist Wang Yu and Daoist Chen Hua couldn't help but look at Su Changyu.

They were curious as to how Su Changyu would answer this question.

'What is the Sword Dao?'

Although it was a simple question, it was meaningful.

At this moment, Daoist Tai Hua could not help but look at Su Changyu.

He knew how competent he and his disciple, Su Changuyu, were. Somehow feeling embarrassed, he closed his eyes and pretended to be treating his injuries.

Not far away, Su Changyu looked at this disciple and then slowly answered.

"A blade of grass is the Sword Dao."

Everyone was stunned after hearing what he said.

They couldn't understand what it meant.

Daoist Wang Yu and Daoist Chen Hua were both confused, let alone the disciples.

After hearing this, Daoist Tai Hua somehow felt embarrassed. He was so embarrassed that he wished he could dig a hole in the ground and hide in it.

"Senior, can you be more specific? I'm not bright."

The young man didn't understand, but he didn't suspect that Su Changyu was not a Sword Dao expert. Instead, he continued to ask attentively.

However, Su Changyu glanced at him and couldn't help but compare him to Ye Ping.

Indeed, there was a huge difference between an average person and a genius.

Wang Yu and Chen Hua ignored Su Changyu's action. They naturally understood what Su Changyu was thinking and they couldn't help but be emotional.

However, at this moment, Su Changyu's voice sounded again.

Su Changyu slowly put his hands behind his back, and his gaze became stern while his aura surged.

"Cutting through the sun, moon, and stars with a single blade of grass is the Sword Dao."

His voice was not loud, but it was full of penetrating power.

His voice seemed to explode in their ears like thunder.

There was silence.

Everything seemed extremely quiet.

All the disciples of the Four Thunder Swordsmanship Sect were stunned.

Daoist Wang Yu and Daoist Chen Hua were stunned too.

Su Changyu's words were too tyrannical.

'Cutting through everything in the universe with one move?'

'How terrifying is this kind of Sword Dao?'

'Is this the real Sword Dao?'

The disciples were dumbfounded.

Daoist Wang Yu and Daoist Chen Hua were stunned too.

Even Daoist Tai Hua was shocked.

He really didn't expect his eldest disciple to be able to say such domineering things.

'Cutting through everything in the universe with one blade of grass?'

'Who can imagine how strong such an existence is?'

Everyone couldn't help but think of such a scene.

Su Changyu picked up a blade of grass and chopped it down casually while the sun, moon and stars in the sky shattered.

There was silence.

No one wanted to wake up.

Su Changyu's words seemed to have enlightened them and given them a new perception of the Sword Dao.

In their eyes, if one could slash a mountain with one move of the sword, they would be considered a peerless powerhouse.

However, cutting through the sun, moon and stars with a single blade of grass was simply beyond their knowledge of the Sword Dao.

"Senior, I've become enlightened."

At this moment, the young man standing in front of Su Changyu suddenly spoke and bowed to him.

Su Changyu was a little stunned.

'What did you get enlightened about?'

'You can get enlightenment from this?'

'Do you think you're my little Junior Brother Ye Ping?'

Su Changyu was indeed a bit confused.

'You can comprehend something that I made up?'

However, before Su Changyu could react…

The young man in front of him suddenly trembled and a familiar sword momentum appeared.

Boom.

Thunder rumbled and everyone got a great shock.

Su Changyu was the only one who remained composed and that was the reason that he seemed even more like an aloof peerless expert. His eyes were calm and he looked formidable.

"He actually comprehended the Summer Thunder sword momentum."

"Ah, he comprehended the Summer Thunder sword momentum?"

By the time the crowd snapped back to their senses, some disciples couldn't help but shriek in shock.

"Junior Brother Pan has been stagnating at the Spring Thunder Swordsmanship for half a year. Now that he has received the guidance of a senior, it's normal that he'd break through the bottleneck."

"Stop feeling sour. The inner sect disciples of the Four Thunder Swordsmanship Sect cultivate the Four Thunder Sword Techniques. In ten years, they'll comprehend the sword technique and the sword momentum. Condensing the sword momentum in ten years is already considered good aptitude."

"Junior Brother Pan managed to master the Spring Thunder Swordsmanship in five years. Now, he has mastered the Summer Thunder sword momentum after eight years. According to this speed, he will master the Four Thunder Sword Techniques before the age of fifty."

"Summer Thunder sword momentum, I'm so sour."

The disciples began discussing incessantly. A portion of them was shocked, another portion was envious while some were clenching their fists sourly.

"I, Chen Hua, the deputy Sect Leader of the Four Thunder Swordsmanship Sect, thank you for your guidance on behalf of the disciples of the Four Thunder Swordsmanship Sect."

At this moment, Daoist Chen Hua's voice sounded.

He walked towards Su Changyu and saluted him respectfully.

"Thank you, Senior."

The disciples followed suit and saluted.

Wang Yu, who was not far away, could not help but feel uncomfortable after seeing this scene.

He had such a good opportunity to curry favor, but the old guy beat him to it.

However, after they saluted, Su Changyu still looked calm and arrogant without expressing any joy. He was still looking into the distance.

Everyone couldn't help but be emotional.

'He's indeed an expert.'

'The Sect Leader was right. The inspection commander of Jin Nation doesn't care about profits and follows his heart, all for the Sword Dao.'

At this moment, Daoist Tai Hua's injuries had healed completely.

Indeed, you get what you pay for.

It was indeed worthy of being a superior-class pill. It took less than the burning duration of one incense stick for his injuries to be healed completely. He was even more agile than before.

"Fellow Daoists, thank you for your help."

Daoist Tai Hua stood up and thanked the two of them gratefully.

However, Daoist Wang Yu quickly waved his hand.

"Fellow Daoist, you're standing on ceremony with me. The disciples of the Four Thunder Swordsmanship Sect, which is the best Sword Sect in Qingzhou, often receive guidance from the Sect Leader. You don't have to thank me, this is our duty. I may be mediocre all my life, but it doesn't affect my righteousness. Oh, may I ask, what are your names?"

Daoist Wang Yu asked with a righteous expression.

"I'm Daoist Tai Hua, this is my disciple Su Changyu."

Daoist Tai Hua chuckled.

'Disciple?'

'The crowd was stunned, but they soon came to a sudden realization.'

The Sect Leader told them before that the inspection commander liked hiding his identity and hence, they reckoned that their master-disciple relationship must have been a mere disguise.

"I'm Daoist Wang Yu. Fellow Daoist, please don't remember my name, I don't ask for those whom I have helped to remember my name."

Daoist Wang Yu couldn't look any more passionate about upholding justice.

Seeing that it was getting late, Daoist Tai Hua wanted to ask if they wanted to rest here for a while, so that they would not have to travel through the night.

However, he was too embarrassed to say so.

At this moment, Daoist Wang Yu's voice sounded.

"It's already late now and Fellow Daoist's injuries may have healed, but you still have to rest and recuperate for a while. Would you like to rest together?"

It was rare for them to encounter the inspection commander and Daoist Wang Yu naturally didn't want to leave just like that. He hadn't curried enough favor yet and he felt that it would be a waste to leave just like that.

Hence, he took the initiative to ask questions.

Daoist Tai Hua immediately got into a good mood.

However, he looked at Su Changyu and didn't reveal his joy on his face.

"Changyu."

Daoist Tai Hua said slowly.

At the next moment, Su Changyu snapped back to his senses.

He had been dumbfounded lately and it was mainly because he was dumbfounded by the thunder just now.

Hearing Daoist Tai Hua's voice, there was bewilderment in Su Changyu's eyes.

"It's getting late, why don't we rest here for a day?"

Daoist Tai Hua said.

"It's up to you."

Su Changyu was still a bit confused and replied casually.

Everyone couldn't help but smile after hearing his words.

However, Su Changyu felt that something was wrong.

'Why are all of you so happy?'

'What do you want to do?'

At the same time, on the rear cliff of Qingyun Dao Sect, Ye Ping had just completed the second Body Tempering session.

There were changes in his body again.

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Chapter 46: Like A Peerless Immortal, The Smile On Xu Luochen's Face

At the rear cliff of Qingyun Dao Sect, Ye Ping completed the second Body Tempering session.

On the rear cliff, a ray of moonlight was cast on Ye Ping's body as night fell.

At this moment, after two sessions of Body Tempering, Ye Ping's body changed greatly.

His skin was like snow, but there was a faint rosiness.

There were also slight changes in his features, but those changes happened to transform him from a teenager with pretty features, to a handsome man.

Yes, the biggest change that the Ancient Godfiend Body Tempering technique had brought to Ye Ping so far was not an increase in strength but a change in his appearance.

In the past, Ye Ping looked clean and puerile like a Confucian scholar.

However, Ye Ping now seemed like a supreme Confucian immortal.

His face was handsome, but his brows were not sword-like. Hence, instead of a Sword Immortal, he looked more like a refined scholar.

He sat quietly in place, emitting a serene vibe. If girls were to see his appearance now, they would probably get distracted.

The main thing was his temperament too.

Indeed, his temperament.

In the world of immortal cultivation, ugly men were rare and only those with strange features would be considered ugly. Even those who had unaesthetic features would be able to resculpt their features after Foundation Establishment.

Cultivators would also expel the toxins in their body and hence, there naturally wouldn't be things like acne and pimples. Hence, there were no ugly men and the degree of attractiveness was dependent on temperament and aura.

One's temperament could not be changed and would settle down over the years. It was innate.

For example, Su Changyu's innate temperament was aloof, cold, and indifferent. Hence, he was very much like what most people imagined Sword Immortals to be like.

However, Ye Ping's temperament was more like that of a Confucian Immortal, natural and tranquil.

That kind of temperament was extremely rare and those who didn't know might really think that Ye Ping was a supreme Confucian Immortal.

However, Ye Ping didn't care about his appearance and temperament at all.

Strength was what he cared more about.

After the second session of the Ancient Godfiend Body Tempering, he felt like his entire body was filled with power and his physical body seemed to have also metamorphosed as it was covered in a layer of old skin.

Currently, Ye Ping's body was extremely strong and he tried to cut the back of his hand with his sword, only to find that the sword gifted to him by his Senior Brother could not leave any trace on his palm at all.

The reason that he didn't try cutting his finger was that he had an inexplicable fear, perhaps because his fingers were connected to his heart. Ye Ping couldn't understand the point of slitting one's fingers to drip blood to signify the forming of an alliance.

Ye Ping knew that he was condensing the body of a Little Godfiend.

There were five major realms to the Ancient Godfiend Body Tempering Technique.

The Little Godfiend, Great Godfiend, Supreme Godfiend, Great Dao Godfiend, Great Dao Ancestor.

Among them, the Little Godfiend was divided into four smaller realms.

Physical body, tendons, internal organs, Little Godfiend body.

Each small realm required the body to be tempered nine times in order to reach completion.

After nine times of Body Tempering, one's body would be strengthened to the point of being unparalleled in terms of sturdiness, but Ye Ping was unclear of how strong it was.

However, Ye Ping was now a bit worried, but not because of his strength.

He was mainly worried that after his body reached completion and became extremely strong… a certain body part would be somehow awkward.

It was not exactly a good thing.

It was not exactly a bad thing either.

That was quite a headache for him, but for now, it was still normal and barely had any effect.

In fact, what Ye Ping did not know was that although he had only tempered his body twice, even a cultivator who had reached the perfected realm of Qi Refinement, would not be able to cause any effect on his body even if the other party attacked him with a supreme-grade flying sword.

In other words, even if Su Changyu was given a supreme-grade flying sword and was told to cut Ye Ping for a hundred years, the only outcome would be the shattering of the sword while Ye Ping remained unscathed. It would feel less than a mosquito bite too.

If Ye Ping really condensed the Little Godfiend body, even a Dao artifact would not cause any effect on Ye Ping's body, let alone a flying sword.

Besides, he would have to go through Body Tempering 34 times in order to condense the Little Godfiend body.

Ka-ka-ka

After stretching his back, his spine cracked like popping fried beans while Ye Ping stood up. He had reached the maximum of Body Tempering.

Each Body Tempering would result in a metamorphosis that was equivalent to a major change in blood. He couldn't metamorphose too many times in one go or he might die.

Secondly, each Body Tempering session would require a large amount of spiritual energy. Ye Ping had only opened two Immortal Apertures and he could not sustain the Body Tempering at all.

He didn't have to think about opening more Immortal Apertures either.

He needed more spiritual energy and the amount he needed was even more than that of one Body Tempering session.

In short, Ye Ping had reached a real bottleneck.

He lacked resources.

"It's a pity that I don't know how to refine Qi. Otherwise, I can speed up the cultivation."

Ye Ping muttered to himself.

Although he had opened two Immortal Apertures that were absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, he did not master any Qi refinement techniques. Hence, he lacked acceleration.

The so-called Qi training technique was to accelerate the absorption of spiritual energy of heaven and earth. As his realm got higher and he opened up more spirit meridians and Immortal Apertures, his speed of cultivation would increase too.

Since he lacked acceleration, Ye Ping naturally felt upset.

Of course, after reading so many books, Ye Ping also knew that there were many ways to get spiritual energy.

The first and simplest method was to directly absorb spiritual energy in Spirit Stones, but that was extravagant because the effect of each Spirit Stone was definitely more than ten times that of directly extracting spiritual energy from Spirit Stones.

Using Spirit Stones to set up a Spirit Array would allow one's cultivation speed to increase effectively by dozens of times and the effects would last for two hours.

Unless they encountered an enemy and their body's Dharmic powers were completely depleted, one would not be so extravagant as to cultivate using Spirit Stones as it would be a waste to do so. Most would only do so as a last resort.

The second solution would be to use some treasures or medicinal herbs that contained terrifying spiritual energy. As long as it was refined, reaching Foundation Establishment in a day would not be a problem. However, such items were rare. Besides, there must be powerhouses around to supervise the process.

The third solution was even more direct and that was swallowing pills. However, there were side effects to pills and true elites would not rely on consuming pills to enhance their realm unless they reached a bottleneck. Under normal circumstances, they would just meditate or supplement themselves slightly using pills.

If they ate too many pills, their bodies would be full of toxins when they reached the stage of surpassing the great realm. By then, they would be stuck at a bottleneck and never break through even until their death.

"Right, pills."

Ye Ping suddenly thought of pills.

'Didn't Second Senior Brother teach me the Creation Pill Refinement Technique?'

'I can refine pills.'

Thinking of this, Ye Ping immediately took out the book of alchemy.

He revised it again.

After a while, Ye Ping had almost understood it.

Xu Luochen's Creation Pill Refinement Technique was very simple. It was to guide one's spirit using Qi and vice versa, and then condense it into a pill.

On the rear cliff, Ye Ping sat down cross-legged and calmed himself down.

After a while, he suddenly raised his hand and an incomparably pure spiritual energy appeared.

After the spiritual energy appeared, Ye Ping tried to make the spiritual energy attract other spiritual energy.

After the spiritual energy from all directions appeared, Ye Ping opened his eyes.

He focused all his attention on the spiritual energy on his palm.

That was the most important step.

It was written clearly on the Creation Pill Refinement Technique that regardless of whether he could refine a non-poisonous pill would depend on his mental strength. The greater his willpower, the higher the likeliness.

The spiritual energy began spinning in his hand continuously like a small hurricane and the rotation got faster and faster while concentrating in the middle.

Soon, a beam of white light appeared in the middle of Ye Ping's palm.

The light was getting more and more bedazzling and eye-catching. In the end, it formed a condensed ball of light that was the size of a rice grain.

Gradually, the ball of light that was the size of a grain of rice was fully formed.

Ye Ping was overjoyed as he didn't expect to succeed on his first try.

However, he didn't show any signs of excitement at all. Instead, he concentrated even more.

Soon, the ball of light expanded.

Six hours passed.

The sky had already turned dark.

The ball of light in Ye Ping's palm that was the size of a grain of rice had also expanded to the size of a soybean.

Another two hours passed.

Finally, all the spiritual energy vanished.

Ye Ping also looked exhausted.

The two Immortal Apertures rotated for eight hours before condensing into a soybean-sized ball of light, but it had to expand to five times of its size to be fully formed.

However, the spiritual energy in his body wouldn't last him until then.

It was morning.

It was already past daybreak.

Ye Ping felt a little weak, but he had a heartened smile.

Although the first pill refinement process was not completely successful, he at least didn't fail and it was considered a half success.

However, the last step wasn't completed.

At this moment, looking at the soybean-like Spirit Pill in his hand, Ye Ping was filled with joy.

The pill in Ye Ping's palm was white and shining under the sun like a diamond. It was crystal clear.

Besides, it also emitted a faint fragrance.

Although it was only a small pill, the pill would probably shock countless alchemical masters if he brought it out.

It was not only because Ye Ping's pill was non-poisonous.

More importantly, Ye Ping's pill was a supreme-grade spiritual-energy-gathering Spirit Pill. Indeed, it was a supreme-grade Spirit Pill.

The so-called spiritual-energy-gathering Spirit Pill was a pill that surpassed Qi Refinement Pills. Qi Refinement Pills required refinement, but spiritual-energy-gathering Spirit Pills were different. After swallowing it, it would gather spiritual energy in one's body and its value would be several times greater than that of Qi Refinement Pills.

The medicinal effects of this pill were equivalent to that of a hundred supreme-grade Qi Refinement Pills.

One Qi Refinement Pill would allow Su Changyu to save on a day of hard cultivation.

Ye Ping's Spirit Gathering Pill would save Su Changyu a hundred days of hard cultivation.

Due to the fact that Ye Ping had spent eight hours to condense that pill while his two Immortal Apertures had also been in full operation for eight hours, it was indeed equivalent to a hundred days of hard cultivation for Su Changyu.

Ye Ping was clueless about that, because in his opinion, his pill wasn't complete yet.

However, at this moment, Xu Luochen walked over slowly too.

Rays of sunlight shone on the cliff of the Qingyun Mountain.

The sun was warm.

Xu Luochen's smile… became warmer.

At the same time, in the Cloud Mist Mountain Range.

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Chapter 47: Do You Guys Suspect That Senior Su Is Not The Inspection Commander?

The golden sun rose slowly.

Everything was revived.

In the Cloud Mist Mountain Range, Daoist Wang Yu and Daoist Chen Hua had already bid farewell to Su Changyu and Daoist Tai Hua despite being reluctant to part.

Two hours after they left, a disciple finally couldn't help but speak up.

"Elders, is Senior Su… really the inspection commander of Jin Nation?"

He was really curious about it and couldn't help but ask that question.

After hearing that question, Daoist Wang Yu answered.

"Naturally."

After Su Changyu left, he immediately stopped looking subservient and became extremely dignified and stern towards his disciple.

"But…"

At this moment, that disciple couldn't help but continue to speak. Just as he was about to say something, Daoist Wang Yu spoke up.

"I know what you're trying to say. Are you curious why the inspection commander seems to have an ordinary cultivation level of only the third or fourth level of Qi Refinement, right?"

Daoist Wang Yu immediately revealed the disciple's doubts.

Actually, that disciple was curious about a lot of things. Their cultivation levels were all at the eighth or ninth level of Qi Refinement and some of them had even reached Major Perfection. Naturally, they could tell the cultivation levels of Su Changyu and Daoist Tai Hua at a glance.

In fact, even Daoist Chen Hua had some curiosity, but when he saw how enthusiastic Daoist Wang Yu was with the bootlicking, he dared not act rashly and had no choice but to follow suit.

"Yes."

The disciple bit the bullet and admitted. He was indeed curious, but since Su Changyu and Daoist Tai Hua were around just now, he couldn't ask much about it directly. Now that they had already left, he couldn't quite raise his doubts either.

However, Daoist Wang Yu sneered.

"Hah!"

"Hah!"

"Hah!"

His chuckling was cold and it contained some derision and disappointment.

Hearing his wry laughter, the people present were somehow pressurized and they dared not speak.

"This is so silly."

Daoist Wang Yu's voice rang out like thunder, leaving them in astonishment.

At the next moment, Daoist Wang Yu continued speaking.

"It's such a simple test, can't you tell? The inspection commander of Jin Nation is the best Sword Dao powerhouse whose ability is probably at the perfected Golden Core realm. He might have even already condensed the Nascent Soul. Wouldn't it be simple for an existence of such a high level to disguise as a Qi Refinement cultivator?"

After saying that, Wang Yu's aura suddenly changed and he seemed extremely weak and small.

"Look at me now, what realm am I at?"

After Wang Yu said that, the disciples turned to look at him. Soon, they all fell silent.

Daoist Wang Yu didn't have a single trace of Foundation Establishment realm aura at all because he had compressed his realm to the fifth or sixth level of Qi refinement.

"Powerful and strong cultivators can suppress their cultivation realm. The inspection commander's duty is to inspect the sects and officials of Jin Nation on behalf of the king. Hence, their traces are very important."

"They can't reveal their identity because once they do, their duties would come to an end. If you're in his place, what would you do to prevent others from detecting you?"

"Senior Su is a smart person and he's absolutely intelligent. Not only has he suppressed his cultivation realm, he even let his subordinate pretend to be his master. In fact, for the sake of making his pretense even more convincing, he seems to have created an incompetent sect."

"It's all for the sake of hiding it from others. All of you, listen up. Sometimes, what you hear and see may not be real and you have to judge for yourself most of the time and sense it acutely. It's just like a sudden sound of thunder after comprehending the sword momentum."

"All of you seem to have been frightened to the point of turning pale, but do you guys know how Senior Su reacted?"

Wang Yu's words were very clear.

Everyone was curious about how Su Changyu reacted.

"He was calm!"

"He was extremely calm!"

"Everyone was taken aback, including Elder Chen Hua and me. However, Senior Su didn't bat an eyelid at all and he stayed composed. Is that the mentality that a Qi Refinement cultivator would have?"

"You can ask Elder Chen. How's my judgment?"

Daoist Wang Yu's lengthy speech made the disciples stunned.

Even Daoist Chen Hua was a little dumbfounded.

Actually… he had doubts about some things.

However, after hearing Daoist Wang Yu's words, he obviously didn't dare to voice his thoughts.

The main thing was that Daoist Wang Yu made a lot of sense and he couldn't find any flaw in his words at all.

At this point, Daoist Chen Hua nodded sternly and said, "Yes, I share the same thoughts as Elder Wang Yu. You guys are still too young and superficial."

Daoist Chen Hua's tone was righteous.

At this moment, Daoist Wang Yu looked at that disciple angrily.

"We cultivators should work hard in the Heavenly Dao and strive to advance further, not doubt others and be superficial. We have to be ambitious too. You guys can have doubts, but you have to have evidence too. Do you think such fake evidence is reliable?"

"I know, are you trying to ask why the other person is injured? If he's really an expert, how can he be injured?"

"I can tell you now that it was all just an act."

"Those who have sharp senses can tell that those are just tricks. It's just a recovery pill, how can the wounds be healed right on the spot? Do you think he was really injured? He was just putting on an act for you."

"You're really silly."

The more Daoist Wang Yu talked about it, the more agitated and angry he got.

In the end, he said, "With your mentalities, you'll understand that what you see is not always the truth when you encounter those sly disciples of the demonic clans."

Daoist Wang Yu expected better from them.

"I was too rash, please forgive me, Elder."

The latter was completely convinced and he hurriedly stepped backwards, not daring to have any more doubts.

"I believe he's the inspection commander. Otherwise, who else except the best Sword Dao powerhouse of Jin Nation can make Senior Brother Pan comprehend the Summer Thunder sword momentum with just one sentence?"

"Yeah, cutting through the sun, moon, and stars with a single blade of grass is such a domineering statement. How can a mere Qi Refinement cultivator say that?"

"Yes, yes, he must be the inspection commander."

Soon, the disciples were discussing among themselves and a portion of them, who were initially doubtful, immediately stopped daring to question it after hearing Daoist Wang Yu's lengthy speech, which made sense to them.

In fact, it made a lot of sense.

Su Changyu did look like a supreme being.

His gaze was calm and what happened just now didn't shock him at all.

A single word of his gave them an epiphany.

Those were the reasons to prove that Su Changyu was a peerless expert.

If he wasn't, who would be?

Besides, there was the painting that could act as proof. If they still insisted on doubting him, it would be deliberate criticism.

Outside Cloud Mist Mountain Range.

Su Changyu and Daoist Tai Hua also looked a little bewildered.

They had been discussing along the way the reason for the kindness and amicable attitudes of the people of the Four Thunder Swordsmanship Sect.

However, they couldn't reach a reasonable outcome after discussing the entire journey.

Eventually, they dropped the subject.

No matter what, they had already left the mountains. Apart from the fact that Su Changyu had lost ten years of his lifespan, there was no big problem.

They also left with some spirit essence stones and a bottle of White Dew Spirit Pills.

It was a huge profit.

Meanwhile, in Qingyun Dao Sect, Xu Luochen went to the rear cliff smilingly.

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Chapter 48: If You Can Refine It, I'll Swallow The Furnace

At the Qingyun Dao Sect.

The golden sun was shining brightly while hanging high in the sky.

The sunlight was warm.

The smile on Xu Luochen's face was even warmer.

He was in a great mood.

Firstly, it was because he had finally memorized all the basic pill formulas.

Secondly, it was because they had indeed delayed the progress of Ye Ping's cultivation.

In particular, Xu Luochen grinned even more widely when he thought of his Eldest Senior Brother.

Thinking of this, Xu Luochen had to criticize Su Changyu in his heart again.

As the Eldest Senior Brother, Su Changyu threw tantrums every now and then and would stand alone on the rear cliff moodily just because Ye Ping had poor aptitude.

'Isn't he embarrassed at all?'

'Is that what an Eldest Senior Brother should be like?'

However, Xu Luochen wasn't there to check Ye Ping's progress in alchemy.

He mainly went there to teach Ye Ping the true art of alchemy.

After all, Ye Ping's progress had been delayed for almost a month, and he ought to teach him some real things.

He couldn't possibly keep fooling Ye Ping with the techniques of refining a non-poisonous pill. Xu Luochen was not being mean, he just wanted Ye Ping to retreat after realizing how difficult it was.

Their plan was to first teach Ye Ping an alchemy technique that was impossible for him to achieve success with, before teaching him the foundation. If Ye Ping was really talented in alchemy, he wouldn't be conceited either because it was only a basic alchemy technique after all.

If Ye Ping couldn't even succeed in learning basic alchemical techniques, that would be even better because he would continue staying in the sect to train.

Anyway, it would be the best of both worlds no matter what.

What if Ye Ping succeeded in refining pills?

Hah.

Xu Luochen was not bragging, but if Ye Ping could really refine a non-poisonous pill, Xu Luochen would eat his one and only pill furnace.

He would swallow it whole.

He would swallow the pill furnace right in front of all the Senior Brothers, Senior Sisters, Junior Brothers, and Junior Sisters in front of the Qingyun Dao Sect too.

'Non-poisonous pill?'

When Xu Luochen was boasting about it back then, he even felt a little embarrassed.

At the thought of this, Xu Luochen's smile faded and he looked extremely gentle and kind.

Soon, Xu Luochen came to the middle of the rear cliff.

It happened that Ye Ping was seated on the ground and studying something.

"Junior Brother Ye."

At the next moment, Xu Luochen's voice sounded.

On the rear cliff, Ye Ping, who had been deep in thought, suddenly snapped back to his senses.

He was focusing all his attention on the non-poisonous pill in his hand. Hence, he didn't notice Xu Luochen's appearance.

Upon sight of Xu Luochen, Ye Ping immediately stood up and said respectfully with a bow, "Greetings, Senior Brother Luochen."

"Don't be so formal."

Xu Luochen chuckled before turning to look at Ye Ping. "Junior Brother Ye, how have you been lately?"

"I've been alright."

Ye Ping nodded, feeling a little embarrassed.

Although he had succeeded in refining a pill, it wasn't a complete pill, so he was a bit embarrassed and didn't know if he should bring it up.

"Yes, I saw you frowning and being worried a few days ago, but you seem to be well today. You should have progressed, how's your pill refining going?"

Xu Luochen asked casually.

"Senior Brother, I've made some progress."

Ye Ping simply said that because he didn't dare to say that he had refined a pill.

'Some progress?'

Xu Luochen was slightly stunned.

'What does this mean?'

"What do you mean?"

Xu Luochen asked, his eyes filled with curiosity.

He didn't quite understand the meaning of this statement.

"Senior Brother, the pill has been refined, but it's not complete."

Ye Ping answered seriously.

All of a sudden, Xu Luochen fell silent.

The smile on his face gradually faded as he looked at Ye Ping.

"Junior Brother Ye."

Xu Luochen said.

"I'm here."

Xu Luochen said solemnly, "Your aptitude might be mediocre, but the Sect Leader and Eldest Senior Brother said that you have a good personality and you're simple and kind-hearted. Even if you couldn't refine a pill, you can't lie, understand?"

Xu Luochen was very serious.

It wasn't that he didn't believe that Ye Ping would have any talent in alchemy, but rather, the pill refining technique that he taught Ye Ping was utter nonsense that he fabricated.

'Creation Pill Refinement Technique? Non-poisonous pills? If I told anyone else about this, the 100,000 Masters of alchemy will definitely slap me hard.'

'Did Ye Ping say that he managed to refine a pill?'

'That's not the way to brag.'

'How are you better at boasting than Eldest Senior Brother?'

"I'm not lying."

Ye Ping answered seriously.

'You're not lying?'

'Really?'

'I don't believe you.'

Xu Luochen genuinely didn't believe it, but he couldn't directly lecture Ye Ping so he simply said, "Show me the pill you refined then."

Xu Luochen was doubtful and apprehensive.

"Please guide me, Senior Brother."

Ye Ping didn't waste his breath any longer and simply opened his palm.

In that instant, a crystalline diamond-like pill appeared on his palm.

The pill wasn't large and it was the size of a soybean. Dazzling brightly under the sun, it looked more like a gemstone than a pill.

"Is this a pill?"

Xu Luochen was a little stunned.

'You call this thing a pill?'

"Yes."

Ye Ping nodded.

All of a sudden, Xu Luochen fell silent.

He didn't know what to say, but Xu Luochen soon smelled the faint scent of the pill that made him freeze a little.

"Let me take a look."

Xu Luochen still didn't believe it. He couldn't help but want to see the pill.

"Please guide me, Senior Brother."

Ye Ping didn't say much and directly handed the pill to Xu Luochen.

The latter took the pill and stopped paying attention to Ye Ping. Instead, he observed it carefully.

Although Xu Luochen had failed the alchemy exam seven times, it didn't mean that he couldn't identify pills.

Xu Luochen was astounded after just holding it in his hand and feeling it for a while.

"It's a Spirit Gathering Pill."

Xu Luochen immediately detected what kind of pill it was.

He was surprised.

The Spirit Gathering Pill could be said to be the most common type of pill in the world of immortal cultivation because it was a pill needed by all, be it Qi Refinement cultivators, Foundation Establishment cultivators, or Golden Core Perfected Ones.

As the name implied, the Spirit Gathering Pill would gather all the spiritual energy in one pill and swallowing on Spirit Gathering Pill would be equivalent to swallowing two Qi Refinement Pills of the same grade.

The side effects were the same, but its effectiveness was twice as much as that of Qi Refinement Pills. One just had to spend more time on refining it.

There was no need to meditate and refine it after swallowing it like one would after consuming Qi Refinement Pills. Generally, Spirit Gathering Pills were pills that only large sects could enjoy. Sects like the Qingyun Dao Sect would be lucky enough to have Qi Refinement Pills, what more Spirit Gathering Pills.

How could there be Spirit Gathering Pills?

More importantly, the Spirit Gathering Pill seemed to be different from the other Spirit Gathering Pills that he had seen before.

Xu Luochen contemplated for a while.

The Spirit Gathering Pills that he had seen before were white in color and resembled rice grains, and would emit a faint medicinal fragrance.

However, the Spirit Gathering Pill in front of him was not only the size of a soybean, it was crystal clear too like a gemstone.

Most importantly, the spiritual energy contained in the Spirit Gathering Pill was very dense and Xu Luochen could sense it.

Supreme-grade Spirit Gathering Pill?

Xu Luochen thought of a possibility immediately.

'Only supreme-grade Spirit Gathering Pills would be like this, right?'

'But why does Little Junior Brother have such a supreme-grade Spirit Gathering Pill?'

Xu Luochen frowned.

"Junior Brother Ye, who gave you this pill?"

Xu Luochen thought about it for a long time, but he couldn't understand it. Hence, he couldn't help but ask Ye Ping who had given him that pill.

"Senior Brother, was this really refined by you?"

Ye Ping had some doubts too as he couldn't understand why Xu Luochen just refused to believe that the pill had been refined by him.

'Oh!'

In the next moment, Ye Ping understood.

The pill that he had refined was not complete and the pill that Xu Luochen refined was definitely going to be complete. Hence, the half-finished product was naturally a little foreign to Xu Luochen.

At the thought of this, Ye Ping immediately said, "Senior Brother Luochen, I haven't started cultivating yet, so the spiritual energy in my body is insufficient. Besides, I have poor aptitude and I can't refine a complete pill successfully, so there might be errors."

Ye Ping explained.

However, they sounded slightly harsh to Xu Luochen.

'You call this poor aptitude?'

The exam requirements to become a third-rank alchemist was to be able to refine a complete Qi Refinement Pill alone with a single furnace. A complete pill would be a pill that was still a Qi Refinement Pill even if it was worse than an inferior-grade pill. One would be considered to have passed the exam even if only one pill was refined.

Refining the Spirit Gathering Pills was the exam requirement for a second-rank alchemist.

The Spirit Gathering Pill in his hand now was at least superior-grade, even if it wasn't supreme-grade.

In other words, even a second-rank alchemist would have a hard time refining a superior-grade Spirit Gathering Pill.

'How long have you been learning?'

'A month?'

'Yet, you can already refine a superior-grade Spirit Gathering Pill.'

'You call this poor aptitude?'

'What about me?'

'Won't I be a failure then?'

'Okay.'

'Little Junior Brother.'

'You decided to pretend to be impressive first.'

'I may be mild-mannered, but I can't tolerate everything. Even Eldest Senior Brother doesn't have the audacity to pretend to be impressive in front of me.'

Xu Luochen was full of criticism for him.

At this moment, he took a deep breath and looked at Ye Ping.

He said calmly, "In that case, demonstrate the refinement process once so that I can give you some guidance."

Xu Luochen's expression was calm.

He wanted to see how Ye Ping could continue keeping up with the lie.

"Okay, but the pill refinement process will take hours. Senior Brother, you're not busy, are you?"

Ye Ping reminded kindly.

The spiritual energy in his body was not sufficient, so it would take several hours for him to refine pills.

However, in Xu Luochen's eyes, that became an excuse for him to avoid it.

"It's alright, I have plenty of time."

Xu Luochen couldn't help but smile gently again as he looked at Ye Ping.

He was going to expose Ye Ping's lie today.

At the same time, he had already prepared what he would say when he lectured Ye Ping later.

He would warn Ye Ping that liars would have to swallow a thousand needles.

He would tell Ye Ping that he ought to be a decent and upright person who doesn't lie.

He would tell him that lying was immoral.

However, at the next moment, Ye Ping sat cross-legged.

Immediately afterwards, spiritual energy surged and Xu Luochen snapped back to his senses.

sizzles*

A large amount of spiritual energy appeared in Ye Ping's hand, emitting a sizzling sound.

Xu Luochen was a little curious.

However, a beam of light soon appeared in Ye Ping's palm.

Xu Luochen was a little curious.

Eight hours passed.

Xu Luochen's eyes were a little teary and his legs were numb.

He was focusing all his attention on Ye Ping.

Sizzle!

At this moment, an extremely bright and dazzling white light flashed.

Xu Luochen's vision turned white and by the time he regained his vision, Ye Ping was already sweating profusely, as if he had done a laborious task.

However, when he saw a gemstone-like Spirit Gathering Pill in Ye Ping's palm, he… couldn't laugh anymore.

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Chapter 49: A Long and Lonely Night

At this moment, there was no longer a smile on Xu Luochen's face.

He couldn't smile anymore.

His face was even a little stiff.

"Senior Brother Luochen?"

Seeing that Xu Luochen didn't speak for a long time, Ye Ping couldn't help but speak up, seeming a little curious.

'Damn!'

'Damn!'

'Damn!'

Xu Luochen snapped back to his senses.

He was at a complete loss for words.

'This thing can be refined for real?'

At this moment, Xu Luochen felt that his eyes were playing tricks on him.

However, everything seemed so real.

'This is so damned absurd.'

Xu Luochen really didn't know what to say.

'This method can also be used to refine pills?'

'Are you kidding me?'

At first, Xu Luochen really felt that Ye Ping was lying to him, but after witnessing that scene, he couldn't continue with the lie.

'Little Junior Brother is a peerless alchemical prodigy.'

'No, he's not just a genius in alchemy, he's an invincible alchemical prodigy.'

'Gathering spiritual energy and forming pills.'

'This is a godly power.'

'Let me calm down.'

'Let me think about how to continue fabricating.'

'How do I do it?'

'How do I do it?'

'What can I make up?'

After thinking about it, Xu Luochen really did not know how to make it up.

'He managed to learn such an absurd alchemical technique too?'

'If other alchemists see this, they'll vie for Ye Ping, won't they?'

While Xu Luochen was thinking about it incessantly, Ye Ping's voice sounded again.

"Senior Brother Luochen, I understand that I'm not qualified because I can't refine a complete pill, but please don't worry, I will work hard and atone for my shortcomings. I won't be negligent."

Ye Ping said.

He felt that he definitely didn't meet the standards to qualify since he refined an incomplete pill.

However, Ye Ping was confident in himself because he had at least succeeded on the first try and that was much easier than comprehending the sword mark.

'Seems like I have some talent in alchemy.'

However, those words were strangely harsh when Xu Luochen heard them.

'Make up for your shortcomings?'

'Are you saying that to me?'

'Are you looking down on me?'

Xu Luochen was upset.

He was frustrated.

He really wanted to be alone.

"Little Junior Brother, the fact that you managed to refine a pill is already wonderful. It might be a failure, but your aptitude is not bad. Work hard, I have high hopes for you."

Xu Luochen wanted to force himself to smile.

However, he somehow couldn't bring himself to smile.

It was as if he had lost the ability to smile.

Hence, he looked a little bizarre.

"Really? Senior Brother, you're not lying to me, right?"

When Ye Ping heard what Xu Luochen said again, he couldn't help but get excited.

After all, with poor talent in cultivation and the Sword Dao, it was hard for him to have something that he was good at. Naturally, Ye Ping couldn't help but be excited.

'Lie?'

'I do want to lie to you.'

'But I can't.'

Xu Luochen was so upset that he really wanted to cry.

He didn't know how to keep up with the lie.

'Gathering spiritual energy and forming pills.'

Spotless pill.

'He can learn such an absurd ability?'

"No, I'm not lying to you, Junior Brother Ye, study hard during this period of time. Aim to produce a complete pill. By then, I'll let your other Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters teach you other tricks."

Xu Luochen did not want to stay there anymore and just wanted to leave now. He felt really uncomfortable and wanted to have some time alone to cry his heart out.

"Thank you, Senior Brother Luochen, I will definitely work hard."

Ye Ping thanked him with a bow.

There was finally something Ye Ping was good at. He was obviously overjoyed.

Just like that, Xu Luochen left.

He wandered alone aimlessly in the Qingyun Dao Sect like a ghost.

Along the way, he took out the 'Basic Alchemy' book from his arms.

There were tears in his eyes.

"Ten years! Ten years! I have learned the art of alchemy for ten years, but I can't even refine the most basic pill. Yet, Little Junior Brother managed to refine a Spirit Gathering Pill in less than a month of learning!"

Xu Luochen muttered to himself, "Xu Luochen, Xu Luochen, how can you have the cheek to continue living in this world? I'd die if I were you."

He had suffered a huge blow today.

The main reason was that he didn't expect that a genius like Ye Ping would be from the Qingyun Dao Sect.

'Oh, no, he's a freak.'

'He managed to learn a pill-refining technique that I made up?'

What kind of a genius must one be to do that?

Xu Luochen wanted to cry out loud, but he held his tears back in the end. He then tossed the 'Basic Alchemy' book aside, thinking that it'd be fine even if he didn't refine it.

With a heavy heart, Xu Luochen tried hard to keep himself from crying.

As he stumbled into the main hall of the sect, the alchemy furnace appeared in front of him.

At this moment, Xu Luochen could not hold it in any longer.

Soon, the sound of howling filled the main hall and Xu Luochen burst into tears.

It was not that he wasn't strong enough. In fact, he was already very strong.

Ever since he was old enough to remember things, he had already begun learning alchemy.

He studied lots of alchemical books and would taste medicinal herbs every now and then. In order to improve his skills in pill refining, he even almost put his life at risk.

Even after putting in hard work for decades, he ended up failing the alchemy exams time and time again.

That wasn't all.

He didn't expect a random Ye Ping to surpass him.

Anyone in his place would not be able to take such a blow.

Ten years of his hard work could not compare to one month's worth of Ye Ping's efforts.

He decided to forget it. Most importantly, Ye Ping was not only better at gaining an epiphany, the pill he refined was countless times better too.

Just like that, he continued all the way until late at night.

The sky was as dark as ink.

A figure appeared on the cliff of Qingyun Mountain.

It was Xu Luochen.

He was clad in a white robe that was fluttering loudly in the cold wind.

On the cliff, the wind was strong and cool, but his heart was even colder

At this moment, Xu Luochen suddenly thought of Su Changyu. He wanted to laugh calmly, but no matter how hard he tried, he could not smile.

He wanted to cry.

However, there were no more tears for him to cry.

On the cliff.

After a long time, Xu Luochen sat down cross-legged, and he took out a painting, which Ye Ping had painted for him.

After taking out the painting, Xu Luochen laid it on the ground and weighed it down with a stone before taking out a brush and grinding some ink.

He then started writing.

It was April.

It wasn't Autumn yet, but it felt like winter to Xu Luochen.

He was filled with misery and sorrow. At this moment, he felt poetic.

"The snowflakes flutter, the north wind blows. It's nothing but bleakness."

Xu Luochen wrote those words on the painting.

That was the first line.

It was quite literary.

However, Xu Luochen soon fell silent.

After a while, he felt upset again because he couldn't figure out what to write for the second line.

Perhaps because of his misery, Xu Luochen soon began to be casual with the poem.

"On the third day of April, the wind is warm but my heart is cold."

"Standing alone on the cliff, I gaze at the bright moon quietly."

"Who can understand my sorrow?"

'No, no.'

Xu Luochen took a careful look at it but felt that the last line was missing a rhyme.

He then picked up his brush and wrote the last line.

"Only Senior Brother understands this moroseness."

'Ah, this is not bad.'

'Not only does it allow me to express the sorrow in my heart, it gets Eldest Senior Brother involved too. The scene is right.'

'Eldest Senior Brother would definitely be touched.'

Thinking of this, Xu Luochen's mood became slightly better.

He wiped his tears that were about to fall before continuing to write.

"3rd of April—Xu Luochen."

After doing that, Xu Luochen put the painting away.

'When Eldest Senior Brother comes back, I'll let him take a look.'

However, when it was nighttime, an inexplicable melancholy and sorrow surged in his heart for some reason.

It was much more unbearable than before.

"Only Senior Brother understands this moroseness."

Xu Luochen muttered to himself.

He then gazed at the sky quietly.

He wanted to have some quiet time alone.

Under the cliff in Qingyun Dao Sect, Ye Ping's third Senior Brother, Wang Zhuoyu, and Chen Lingrou, were quietly watching Xu Luochen.

"Third Senior Brother, why do Second Senior Brother and Eldest Senior Brother both like standing on the cliff alone?"

Chen Lingrou was chewing a cucumber with bewilderment in her watery eyes.

"I don't know. Luochen usually likes copying your eldest Senior Brother. Does he think he's very handsome?"

Wang Zhuoyu stood at the side and shook his hand.

"Seriously? When I saw Senior Brother Luochen today, he seemed to have cried. Surely it doesn't have something to do with Little Junior Brother, right?"

Chen Lingrou felt that it was unlikely.

"Does it have something to do with Little Junior Brother? That's strange. Little Junior Brother, is your aptitude really poor? Senior Brother Luochen has a mild temperament. Even he can't stand Little Junior Brother, is that so?"

Wang Zhuoyu became even more curious.

"I don't know, but more or less so, I guess. Third Senior Brother, why don't you teach Little Junior Brother some array formations?"

Chen Lingrou asked.

"No, I'm about to take the array formation master exam. I won't go for now. Why don't we let the others go?"

Wang Zhuoyu shook his head. He was rather very busy recently, so he wouldn't have time to teach Ye Ping.

"The rest have gone down the mountain for a long time. If you don't go, why don't I go look for Eldest Senior Sister?"

Chen Lingrou asked curiously.

"Eldest Senior Sister? Nah, Eldest Senior Brother might have the highest cultivation level among us, but Eldest Senior Sister likes doing strange things. Why don't we let Senior Brother Luochen try hanging on for a while?"

Wang Zhuoyu said.

Ka-cha.

Chen Lingrou took another bite of cucumber and said, "I don't mean anything else, I just think Senior Brother Luochen seems to be overwhelmed."

"It's up to you. If anything happens, you'll be responsible anyway. It has nothing to do with me. Okay, go back early and get some rest."

Wang Zhuoyu stretched his back and left.

Chen Lingrou was left alone to stare at Xu Luochen, deep in thought.

After an hour, Xu Luochen walked down from the cliff.

Chen Lingrou hadn't left.

After seeing Xu Luochen, Chen Lingrou could not help but speak up.

"Senior Brother Luochen, you don't have to feel bad. Master always says that those who like laughing are blessed. Don't pull a long face, or you might become unlucky."

Chen Lingrou comforted Xu Luochen.

The fatigued Xu Luochen glanced at Chen Lingrou and simply nodded without saying much.

'Those who like laughing are blessed?'

'If I pull a long face, I might become unlucky?'

He had already suffered such a huge blow.

He didn't believe that he could encounter something even unluckier.

'Am I going to get beaten up for no reason?'

At the thought of this, Xu Luochen blew out the lamp and fell asleep.

Just like that, a ray of the golden sunlight penetrated the darkness.

At the foot of the Qingyun Dao Sect, two figures appeared.

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Chapter 50: Eldest Senior Sister, Xiao Muxue

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At the foot of Qingyun Mountain.

Daoist Tai Hua and Su Changyu walked over, appearing extremely fatigued.

Since they left the Cloud Mist Mountain Range, they traveled for an entire night and had just returned to the Qingyun Dao Sect.

Seeing the familiar place, Daoist Tai Hua and Su Changyu couldn't help but finally smile.

"Master, if you do such things again, you have to leave sneakily and carefully, don't let me discover anything."

Su Changyu said helplessly.

"Get lost."

Daoist Tai Hua was rather annoyed, but he knew that Su Changyu was just joking. If something like that really happened again, he would still choose to follow him.

"Let's rest well for the next two days. After we recuperate, we'll go down the mountain to create a flying sword for your little Junior Brother."

Daoist Tai Hua said seriously.

"Okay."

Su Changyu immediately nodded.

"By the way, after you are well rested later, go and look for your little Junior Brother and see how he's doing lately. Don't let Luochen lead him astray."

"Okay, I'll make a trip there."

Su Changyu felt that what Daoist Tai Hua said made sense so he agreed.

"Oh, by the way, if your little Junior Brother painted again, bring his painting here. We'll try to make a superior-grade flying sword for him."

Daoist Tai Hua said, feeling a little embarrassed.

Although he wanted the painting for the sake of getting a flying sword for Ye Ping, he still found it embarrassing.

"Okay, I'll try."

Su Changyu also understood Daoist Tai Hua's intentions. By obtaining spirit essence stones, he would be able to create a flying sword, but the creation required money too. If he added some array formations, that would require money too.

Relying on the spirit essence stones was definitely not going to be enough. If he could get Ye Ping's painting, he could create more than an inferior-grade flying sword. In fact, he could make a superior-grade flying sword.

Soon, the two of them arrived in Qingyun Dao Sect.

After more than ten days of running about and being on edge all the time, the two of them were overwhelmed with exhaustion and they just wanted to have a peaceful sleep.

At this moment, a woman walked out slowly from a grass hut.

Outside the grass hut, there was a woman in a white dress who seemed to be about 25 or 26 years old.

She had a svelte figure and gorgeous good looks, looking like a troublesome beauty.

She didn't look like a sultry demoness, but she was rather just too beautiful. She had a pair of charming eyes that were shaped like peach blossoms and a simple glance from her would make any man in the world fall in love with her.

She was a ravishing beauty.

It was really hard to imagine how there could be such a wonderful woman in the small Qingyun Dao Sect.

She was Xiao Muxue, the eldest Senior Sister of the Qingyun Dao Sect.

She had been in seclusion for the last few months and only appeared once at the meeting that day. Other than that, she rarely appeared and seemed to be busy with something.

"Eldest Senior Sister."

At this moment, Chen Lingrou's voice appeared.

Hearing Chen Lingrou's shouting, Xiao Muxue looked over.

After seeing Chen Lingrou, a smile graced Xiao Muxue's beautiful face.

"Eldest Senior Sister, are you finally out of seclusion?"

Chen Lingrou walked towards Xiao Muxue smilingly and even held onto her arm affectionately.

"Yes, Lingrou. Come, let me see if you've developed."

Xiao Muxue chuckled and seemed to have let her hair down.

However, after saying that, Chen Lingrou couldn't help but take a step back and she said with some dismay, "Eldest Senior Sister, why are you always concerned about such things?"

Chen Lingrou was a little helpless. In the entire Qingyun Dao Sect, she was the only one with a peculiar nature as she would often say lewd words. Hence, many of the male disciples dared not provoke her.

Even the Sect Leader would often chide her for not acting like a cultivator.

"Hahahahaha, you're being shy. I have what you have. Look at your figure. If you don't eat more, your future Dao partner is going to suffer."

Xiao Muxue chuckled and then took out a jade gourd from her robe. She removed the plunger immediately and took a large sip of wine.

"Eldest Senior Sister, why do you keep talking about Dao partners? The Sect Leader had contacted a few people for you, but you weren't willing to become their Dao partner. I really don't get it."

"And Eldest Senior Sister, are you drinking again? Didn't Master forbid you from drinking? If you drink again, he will punish you by making you reflect for a year. Are you really not scared of Master?"

Chen Lingrou was a little curious but nervous too.

After all, the Sect Leader had mentioned the matter of Xiao Muxue drinking wine more than once.

"The people whom Master introduced to me are all lechers who are losers too. I have high standards. Why would I be scared of him after taking a sip of wine? Junior Sister, wine brings you joy. Do you want to try?"

Xiao Muxue chuckled and even reached her hand out to feed Chen Lingrou a mouthful of wine.

"I won't drink."

Chen Lingrou took another half a step back and seemed rather nervous. She didn't want to be scolded by her master, the Sect Leader, again. If the Sect Leader were to find out that she had drunk alcohol, she might not live past 18 years old.

"Hah!"

Xiao Muxue laughed and then took another mouthful of wine. She exclaimed in satisfaction.

"Lingrou, has anything happened in our sect recently? Has that incompetent Eldest Senior Brother of yours condensed the Spring Thunder Swordsmanship yet?"

Xiao Muxue asked.

"I'm not sure but he seems to be remaining status quo." Chen Lingrou shook her small head and continued, "Eldest Senior Sister, when you were in seclusion this time, Eldest Senior Brother and Second Senior Brother seemed to have been angered by our little Junior Brother."

Chen Lingrou answered.

"Angered? How so?"

At this moment, Xiao Muxue looked extremely gossipy and looked at Chen Lingrou. "Quick, tell me what happened."

She looked at Chen Lingrou with interest.

"When Little Junior Brother first arrived, Eldest Senior Brother taught him the Sword Dao, but unexpectedly, Little Junior Brother's aptitude is very low and no matter what they teach him, he can't pick up anything. Hence, they're feeling terrible."

"Some time ago, Eldest Senior Brother would stand alone on the cliff whenever nighttime arrives, looking very troubled. Later on, Senior Brother Luochen took over Eldest Senior Brother's job of teaching him and he ended up behaving the same way too last night."

Chen Lingrou explained seriously.

"Eldest Senior Sister, Little Junior Brother may not be too talented, but if Eldest Senior Brother and Second Senior Brother can't even bear with it, the Qingyun Dao Sect is going to be over if Master hands his position over to them in the future."

After Chen Lingrou said this, she looked a little worried.

She still had one more thing to say, but she hid it in her heart.

"Hmph. Lingrou, you have to study the technique that I've imparted to you well. Don't be like your incompetent Senior Brother."

Xiao Muxue patted Chen Lingrou's head and then left.

"Senior Sister, where are you going?"

Chen Lingrou was a little curious.

"To see your little Junior Brother."

Xiao Muxue answered casually.

"Oh, shall I go with you?"

Chen Lingrou asked.

"No, go train hard. If you want to take over the Qingyun Dao Sect, you have to work hard."

Xiao Muxue could tell what Chen Lingrou was thinking.

After hearing that, Chen Lingrou couldn't help but seem a little awkward.

Xiao Muxue suddenly stopped walking and turned back to look at Chen Lingrou.

She had a beautiful face that was accentuated by the sunlight. Being looked at like this, Chen Lingrou couldn't help but blush a little.

"Little Junior Sister, remember to eat a little more and learn from me. Don't bind your chest anymore, be careful that you might not develop well."

Xiao Muxue chuckled.

Upon hearing that, Chen Lingrou blushed, feeling a little angry.

Just like that.

Xiao Muxue carried the wine gourd all the way to the rear cliff.

15 minutes later.

In the distance.

Xiao Muxue saw Ye Ping's figure from afar.

Below the cliff, Ye Ping was meditating with his eyes closed, looking extremely serious.

"Ah, a young hunk."

When Xiao Muxue saw Ye Ping for the first time, Xiao Muxue's beautiful eyes lit up immediately.

Ye Ping's face looked very different now. He used to look clean and refined, but he was now handsome and had the vibe of a Confucian immortal.

He had the natural vibe of the Great Dao that made him seem affable.

"I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it at all. Master actually took in such a handsome little disciple, it's just to my liking. Tsk, tsk, in that case, I can't let others have this benefit."

Xiao Muxue chuckled, her beautiful eyes full of joy. She shoved the wine gourd back into her clothes and then walked towards Ye Ping slowly.

However, as she took a few more steps closer, Xiao Muxue was suddenly astonished.

Xiao Muxue froze in shock.

Standing from afar and looking at Ye Ping, she was dumbfounded.

After a while, Xiao Muxue snapped back to her senses, rubbed her eyes, and then sized Ye Ping up again.

Finally, she couldn't help but inhale sharply.

"He has such a constitution?"

Xiao Muxue was astounded.

She noticed at first glance that Ye Ping had an extremely special constitution. In the beginning, she didn't feel anything, but when she looked at it carefully, she was overwhelmed with astonishment.

"I didn't expect such an unlucky person like Master to take in such a peerless genius. This is wonderful. I didn't expect such constitutions to really exist."

"No, it is not necessarily that kind of constitution but it's at least extraordinary."

"I really didn't expect that two supreme existences would appear in the Qingyun Dao Sect at the same time. It seems that what I thought back then is right. There's a person with a supreme destiny hidden in the Qingyun Dao Sect."

"No, no, no, I must get him."

Xiao Muxue muttered to herself.

She was indeed flabbergasted.

She could tell at first glance that Ye Ping's constitution was extraordinary and she reckoned that it was a supreme constitution, but she wasn't certain if it was really it. Currently, she could only be certain that Ye Ping was very extraordinary.

She took a few more steps forward.

Xiao Muxue stopped walking again.

"Supreme Sword Tao Talent?"

"Supreme Alchemy Dao Talent?"

"Ah! Must you be so outrageous? There's no need for this, right?"

Xiao Muxue froze again.

It was because she discovered that Ye Ping not only had some kind of extremely extraordinary constitution, but he also had the Supreme Sword Dao talent and the Supreme Alchemy Dao Talent.

That was indeed outrageous.

"Oh goodness, I wonder if Little Junior Brother can accept a Dao partner who's older than him. No, no, even if I can't get him, I have to take advantage. He's a peerless genius."

Xiao Muxue became even more excited at the next moment.

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Chapter 51: Little Junior Brother, Do I Look Good?

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At the rear cliff of Qingyun Dao Sect.

A clear fragrance pervaded the air.

Ye Ping opened his eyes.

He was somewhat bewildered because he didn't know where the fragrance was from.

However, as soon as he opened his eyes, a large patch of white appeared before him.

Next, thousands of words appeared in his mind.

'Big! Big! Big! Big! Big! Big!'

Ye Ping was a little confused and he subconsciously froze.

"Little Junior Brother, do I look good?"

A slightly sultry and flirtatious voice sounded in his ears.

Ye Ping instantly snapped back to his senses.

Phew!

At the next moment, Ye Ping retreated by tens of meters, looking rather horrified.

However, when Ye Ping saw the woman in front of him, he was stunned.

The woman in front of him was wearing a light blue dress and she had a graceful figure. She had a large… Ahem, she was beautiful like a goddess and Ye Ping even felt like he was insulting her.

However, although the voice was sultry, her looks and aura didn't seem seductive at all. Instead, she looked ethereal and aloof.

It was hard to imagine how ethereal she was when she had such a seductive voice.

"Eldest… Eldest Senior Sister?"

Ye Ping thought about it carefully and tried to ask.

There were several members of the Qingyun Dao Sect whom he had never met before. There were only a few, such as the Eldest Senior Sister, Fourth Senior Brother, and Fifth Senior Brother, whom he had seen at least once during meals.

"Junior Brother, it seems like you do know who I am."

Xiao Muxue laughed a little before straightening her back and sizing him up.

"Greetings Eldest Senior Sister, I'm Ye Ping."

Ye Ping didn't expect the beautiful woman in front of him to really be his eldest Senior Sister.

It seemed a little absurd.

Su Changyu was incredibly handsome, but Ye Ping didn't expect Xiao Muxue to be that attractive too. Chen Lingrou was rather pretty as well.

'Why are all the disciples of Qingyun Dao Sect so good-looking?'

'A team of attractive people?'

Ye Ping suddenly shook his head. 'No, this is a secret sect, so its disciples must be extraordinary.'

'A person's looks might change, but their personal aura will never change.'

He could tell from her aura that Xiao Muxue who was in front of him was definitely not ordinary.

"Little Junior Brother, since you've joined the Qingyun Dao Sect, you are part of the family. Since you're family, don't stand on ceremony with me, lest others see us and say that we don't get along well with each other."

Xiao Muxue smiled faintly and took a few steps forward.

Ye Ping couldn't help but take two steps back.

He couldn't stand it any longer.

"Little Junior Brother, what are you afraid of?"

Xiao Muxue stopped in her tracks. She seemed a little bewildered, but she nonetheless asked the obvious.

"Eldest Senior Sister, there are differences between the genders. If there's anything, please cut straight to the chase, I… I…!"

Ye Ping was really nervous.

Although he had lived once before, the problem was that he was still young and was inherently nervous and fearful when it came to women.

Moreover, the woman in front of him now was his eldest Senior Sister whom he would never harbor any designs on because it would go against the teaching of the Saint.

'I'm a learned person. I see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil."

"Since you've joined the Qingyun Dao Sect, we're a family now. Since we're a family, I'm both your Senior Sister and sister, why bother about the difference? Surely you don't harbor any illicit thoughts about me?"

Xiao Muxue looked slightly stern as she said that.

After hearing her words, Ye Ping immediately became serious too.

"Naturally not, I'm a learned person. I naturally… Ah, Eldest Senior Sister, why are you stepping forward again?"

Ye Ping immediately panicked again before he could be serious for a few seconds.

It was because Xiao Muxue took a few more steps closer to him.

'Oh dear.'

'Who can take this?'

"Calm down."

At the next moment, Xiao Muxue waved her hand and said that.

In an instant, Ye Ping felt his body stiffen and it was hard for him to struggle to break free.

It was the Dharmic Dao.

"Little Junior Brother, I don't like using force, stay here properly."

With a calm expression, Xiao Muxue sat in front of Ye Ping.

The two were less than half a meter apart, and an indescribable bodily scent wafted up to his nose, making his mind wander about.

However, it was a form of torture for Ye Ping.

He really couldn't handle it.

"Senior Sister, can you step back a little?"

Ye Ping said with a bitter smile.

"Shut up, let me examine your body properly."

In the next moment, Xiao Muxue looked serious and as she spoke, she reached her hand out and pointed it on Ye Ping's acupuncture points.

Immediately afterwards, Ye Ping fell silent when he saw the golden light coming out of her eyes.

He knew that he had gotten the wrong idea.

Xiao Muxue was observing his body very seriously and it was as if she had bionic eyes that could see through everything.

She looked at Ye Ping's physique with incredible seriousness.

After an entire incense stick burned out, Xiao Muxue looked away and nodded with great satisfaction.

"Indeed, it's that kind of constitution. I really didn't expect it. I didn't expect such an ordinary and inconspicuous-looking clan to be able to have such an extraordinary talent."

"Those cultivation techniques can resurface in the mortal world again."

"Also, it seems I can't call you Little Junior Brother anymore."

Xiao Muxue murmured in her heart.

As she spoke, Xiao Muxue subconsciously took out the jade gourd from her lapel and continued to lean closer, ignoring the fact that he was right in front of her.

Ye Ping really couldn't stand it any longer.

Why didn't he close his eyes?

'Honestly speaking, who would be willing to close their eyes?'

Well at least, Ye Ping wasn't.

"Junior Brother, your eldest and second Senior Brother have imparted the Sword Dao and Dao of Alchemy to you respectively. Now, it's my turn to teach you the Dharmic Dao, but I'm very strict. Can you withstand it?"

After understanding what kind of constitution Ye Ping had, Xiao Muxue looked indifferent again, but this time, she seemed to be smirking a little, making her look like she had evil intentions.

'I should… be able to.'

Despite thinking that to himself, Ye Ping had no choice but to say extremely solemnly, "Senior Sister, please be strict with me, I can take it."

Ye Ping answered with a firm gaze in his eyes.

"Okay, I'll teach you three types of Dao. Firstly, the Qi Refinement Dao, secondly, the Dao of Lust Control, and thirdly, the double… I'll teach you the third one when the time comes."

Xiao Muxue said solemnly.

Ye Ping was a little stunned and confused.

He understood the Dao of Qi Refinement.

'But what does Dao of Lust Control mean? Controlling the rainbow?'

'And what's the last one? Double what?'

'Senior Sister, will you be clearer?'

'Nunchaku?'

Ye Ping's mind was blank.

"Junior Brother, do you understand?"

Just as Ye Ping was being confused, Xiao Muxue spoke up again, her voice making him snap back to his senses.

"Eldest Senior Sister, I understand but… what does the Dao of Lust Control mean?"

Ye Ping could not help but ask about it.

"The Dao of Lust Control means the technique to resist lust. Junior Brother, you haven't really set foot in the immortal cultivation world, so you simply have no idea how dangerous the world of immortal cultivation is."

"Let's put the brutal killing aside. Killing and robbing are common, but let's talk about the various major sects. In fact, even the imperial court would send many beautiful women out specifically to tempt the cultivators for the sake of their interests."

"Although you are mediocre now, you will definitely soar high and become an outstanding elite in the limelight under my tutelage. By then, you will understand what I'm saying."

"But those are just trivial matters. At least, they just want to rope you in so that you will work for them."

"However, some heretic and cultivators of the Demon Dao have extremely terrifying means. They'll send out some women to bewitch you, tempt you, and resort to all means to seduce you so that you will become their puppet and act like their dog."

"That's not the most terrifying part. Among the demons, the vixens are the most terrifying. They're born to be seductresses who are capable of making the king forgo his morning court meetings and making immortals fall into the path of self-destruction. A simple thought will lead to all kinds of disasters. They take advantage to create trouble and get up to all sorts of evil acts."

"So, you must learn this Dharmic Dao well. Otherwise, if you really fall because of this, I will not hesitate to kill you so as to avoid harming other living beings of this world. Do you understand?"

Xiao Muxue's words were extremely serious and grave. She wasn't joking, nor did she seem to be.

After listening to these words, Ye Ping also withdrew his thoughts.

He began thinking about the matter seriously again.

'Eldest Senior Sister's words are reasonable. The phrase 'looks that kill' is not a compliment but a harsh criticism.'

Beauties would cause humans to fall. If it were an ordinary person, he would only end up harming himself.

However, if he was a king of a nation, the ones to suffer would be all living beings under his reign. How many soldiers and people have died because of a beauty while she laughed?

However, perhaps, the beauty laughed because of the king's stupidity.

Of course, no one can be clear about such things and it's up to debate.

All of a sudden, Ye Ping found Xiao Muxue to be extremely extraordinary.

At that moment, Ye Ping said seriously,

"I understand and I will learn diligently. Senior Sister, please don't mind my stupidity and lack of aptitude."

Ye Ping was very serious and he could tell that Xiao Muxue was doing it for his own good.

'Stupidity?'

For some reason, Xiao Muxue couldn't help but want to laugh when she heard Ye Ping calling his aptitude poor.

If that was considered poor aptitude, what about Su Changyu? What about Xu Luochen and Wang Zhuoyu?

Won't they be lousy losers?

"Since you understand, I won't dwell on it."

Seeing how proactive Ye Ping was, Xiao Muxue looked less stern.

However, she wasn't joking with him.

What she said were things that had really happened.

In the world of immortal cultivation, there were human dynasties and immortal sects, but humans were not the strongest existences in this world.

Demonic Dao cultivators were what humans feared.

Besides, there were more demons than humans.

Everything might seem peaceful, but that was only because he hadn't seen the brutal side.

Perhaps, some were living at the bottom where they couldn't see the outside world.

Ye Ping was a prodigy and Xiao Muxue knew that the man in front of her would sooner or later sense the darkness of this world.

The Saint.

The more capable one was, the greater the responsibility they would have to bear.

For a moment, Xiao Muxue fell silent because she didn't know if she should impart that cultivation technique to Ye Ping.

However, after thinking about it,

Xiao Muxue stretched out her finger and gently tapped on Ye Ping's brow.

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Chapter 52: Supreme Qi Refinement Technique, A Dao That Belongs To Himself

In the rear cliff, Xiao Muxue placed her finger on Ye Ping's forehead.

"Junior Brother, I'm going to teach you the supreme Qi Refinement technique, but before imparting it to you, I have a few things to let you know."

Xiao Muxue said with a solemn expression.

"Senior Sister, please teach me."

Ye Ping looked at Xiao Muxue solemnly.

"This Qi Refinement technique can be considered the best one in the world, but the cultivation process is extremely difficult. Not only is the beginning difficult, but the later stages are even more difficult. However, if you really succeed, you can easily challenge those who are at higher realms than you. Are you willing to learn?"

Xiao Muxue said solemnly.

After hearing that, Ye Ping immediately looked excited.

He was naturally willing to learn such a supreme Qi Refinement technique.

However, the only troublesome thing was that his cultivation aptitude seemed a little poor.

Thinking of this, Ye Ping couldn't help but ask, "Senior Sister, I'm naturally willing to learn, but I have poor aptitude. Can I still learn it?"

Ye Ping voiced his concerns.

Hearing his words, Xiao Muxue couldn't help but be stunned.

'Poor cultivation aptitude?'

She felt a little helpless.

If his aptitude was poor, she really didn't know what would be considered good.

'Godfiend Body.'

That kind of constitution only existed in mythology.

Although Xiao Muxue was unclear of what the aptitude of the Godfiend body was like, she knew that it was rare and thus thought that it would not be too bad in cultivation.

Yes, Xiao Muxue had just checked Ye Ping's cultivation method and had understood that Ye Ping had a Godfiend body which was very secretive and little known. She had also learned about the existence of such an existence by chance.

However, Xiao Muxue was curious about something.

Even if one who had a Godfiend body had poor aptitude, they would have revealed some clues during the checks conducted by the various sects.

Those with such a constitution were born with supreme strength. They did not have to cultivate and would be able to send a Qi Refinement cultivator flying with a single punch after reaching adulthood.

Theoretically, even if he had a poor aptitude, the major sects would definitely try their best to keep him after realizing the constitution he had.

After all, the physical cultivation lineage might have declined but that didn't mean that it did not exist. Many sects would instruct their disciples to focus on physical cultivation during the Qi Refinement realm.

Why did the Sect Leader accept Ye Ping?

Xiao Muxue couldn't figure it out, but she didn't like using her brain to think about such questions either.

It would be meaningless even if she found out the answers to such questions.

'Ye Ping couldn't have gotten his constitution from studying a random manual, right?'

"Don't worry, Junior Brother. No matter how poor your aptitude is, you will still get something out of it with me around."

Xiao Muxue chuckled.

Her pretty and captivating smile made Ye Ping's heart flutter, but he soon looked away, appearing a little awkward.

"Hahaha."

Seeing how coy Ye Ping was, Xiao Muxue burst into laughter.

"Okay, close your eyes and listen to what I have to say."

Xiao Muxue instructed Ye Ping to close his eyes.

In the next moment, Ye Ping closed his eyes.

"Junior Brother, I'm going to emphasize one last time, this cultivation technique is the supreme Qi Refinement technique. The future is unknown but the only thing I can guarantee is that if you can really cultivate this cultivation technique, you will surpass all cultivators."

After Xiao Muxue said that, a ray of light entered Ye Ping's mind.

In an instant, Dharmic formulation appeared.

Ye Ping once again entered the state of enlightenment.

On the other hand, Xiao Muxue retracted her hand and looked at Ye Ping silently.

Actually, the cultivation technique that she was going to impart to him had an extremely mysterious origin.

However, Xiao Muxue knew that it could be considered the best Qi Refinement technique in the world.

The reason they dared to call it the best was because of its special attribute.

One would have to cultivate it on their own.

Each realm had to be comprehended by oneself.

Everything could be cultivated to the extreme.

If one had good aptitude, they would be able to become immortal.

If one had poor aptitude, they would never reach the realm of Mahayana no matter how hard they cultivated.

However, each realm was opened by oneself.

Indeed, each realm belonged to one's own creation.

Each step and realm belonged to oneself.

No matter how incredible cultivation techniques created by others were, they still belonged to others and one would only be able to follow in their footsteps. It would be hard to surpass the creator.

However, this cultivation technique was different because every step was created by oneself and hence, they would not be following in the footsteps but creating an unprecedented path.

Xiao Muxue also wanted to cultivate it, but unfortunately, it could only be cultivated by those who had never cultivated before. She had already cultivated other techniques and hence, could not cultivate this one.

Of course, even the ability to practice this technique varied from person to person.

Ye Ping happened to be able to cultivate it.

However, everything would depend on Ye Ping's fate. If he could comprehend well, he would be able to deduce the technique to the extreme.

Otherwise, cultivating this cultivation technique would be no different from others. The effects would be inferior anyway.

However, Xiao Muxue felt that Ye Ping could maximize the effects of this cultivation technique because his constitution was different, though she wasn't clear how exactly. It had to depend on Ye Ping.

"Junior Brother, this is as far as I can help you. Your future attainments will be dependent on yourself, don't disappoint me."

In the next moment, Xiao Muxue muttered a sentence in her heart, and then left the rear cliff.

Less than an hour after Xiao Muxue left, wisps of spiritual energy surged into Ye Ping's body.

At this moment, Ye Ping was extremely conscious, but it was only during enlightenment.

He immediately comprehended the cultivation technique Xiao Muxue had imparted to him.

At the same time, he was also extremely shocked.

The reason being, the cultivation seemed very familiar.

It was very similar to guiding the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into his body.

'I'm familiar with that.'

Ye Ping really did not expect that he would actually mistakenly practice the same thing as the cultivation technique that his Senior Sister had imparted to him, even before he met her.

Thinking of this, Ye Ping began to cultivate immediately without any further ado.

In an instant, spiritual energy entered his body.

It then spread into a spiritual meridian.

It was in the implantation meridian.

When spiritual energy entered the bodies of cultivators, the spiritual energy would be stored in spirit meridians.

After the Foundation Establishment realm, one would be able to open their dantian and store more spiritual energy.

The spiritual energy that entered their bodies would then turn into Dharmic powers.

To cultivators, Dharmic powers were extremely important. If their Dharmic powers were depleted, they would be no different from ordinary people apart from having better strength.

That was the greatest difference between the Qi Refinement realm and the Foundation Establishment realm.

At the tenth level of the Qi Refinement realm, one would be able to have ten spirit meridians and the spiritual energy contained in them was less than 1% of the spiritual energy contained in the Dantian.

The greater one's Dharmic powers, the stronger the Dharmic Dao.

Ye Ping continuously incorporated spiritual energy into his body.

Six hours passed.

The first spirit meridian was full of spiritual energy.

That meant that he had perfected the first level of Qi Refinement.

That's right.

It took him just six hours to break through the first level of Qi Refinement.

Besides, since Ye Ping had a Godfiend constitution, his spirit meridians had ten times the capacity of that of normal cultivators.

The increase in difficulty was more complicated than just a tenfold increase.

However, despite the harsh conditions, Ye Ping still managed to reach the first level of Qi Refinement in six hours.

If the other cultivators caught wind of it, there would probably be an uproar in the world of immortal cultivation.

Reaching the first level of Qi Refinement in six hours was not an exaggerated manner.

However, to have spirit meridians that were ten times stronger than that of ordinary cultivators and achieving that feat in six hours, it was extremely absurd.

However, when Ye Ping officially reached the first level of Qi Refinement, several different comprehensions appeared in his mind.

"Supreme Qi Refinement technique."

The ancient sutra appeared in his mind.

There were thousands of words, all of which were full of mystery.

Those sutras appeared in Ye Ping's mind and he immediately understood the mystery of it.

"Recast Qi Refinement."

Yes, Recast Qi Refinement.

The "Supreme Qi Refinement" required one to continuously recast their realm.

After reaching the tenth level of Qi Refinement, one would have to recast and cultivate to incorporate their spiritual energy into the spirit meridian and then start cultivating again from the first floor.

After repeating it 36 times, the Qi refinement would be perfected.

Each recast was a building of the foundation and the Qi Refinement realm was the first major realm of immortal cultivation, and also the most important one. The stronger one's foundation, the brighter their future.

If one were to recast it 36 times, they would be able to kill a cultivator in the Foundation Establishment realm despite being in the Qi Refinement realm.

Qi Refinement realm vs Foundation Establishment realm?

The cultivators would be agitated to hear that.

According to the 'Supreme Qi Refinement technique' in his mind, Ye Ping was very clear that he would never reach a bottleneck in the Qi Refinement realm. As long as he had enough spiritual energy, he would be able to break through.

He wouldn't face the tough situation of a bottleneck.

At the thought of this, Ye Ping couldn't help but rejoice. In the beginning, he felt a little troubled when he found out that he had to re-cultivate 36 times. However, he fortunately would be able to break through continuously as long as he had sufficient spiritual energy. That gave him a huge relief.

Just like that, Ye Ping snapped out of his cultivation and opened his eyes.

However, at the next moment, a familiar figure appeared in front of him.

It was… his eldest Senior Brother, Su Changyu.

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Chapter 53: What? You Painted For Second Senior Brother Too?

"Eldest Senior Brother?"

Ye Ping was rather shocked.

'Why is the person in front of me not Eldest Senior Sister?'

'I haven't seen enough yet.'

'No, I haven't gotten enough guidance yet.'

For some reason, when he saw Su Changyu, Ye Ping felt a little disappointed.

"Little Junior Brother?"

Su Changyu was a little surprised because Ye Ping seemed to be a completely different person.

He was surprisingly just as handsome as Su Changyu!

In terms of aura, he seemed to have surpassed Su Changyu!

'That can't be.'

Su Changyu was astonished.

He decided to forgo the fact that Ye Ping had surpassed him in pretending to be impressive.

He had also decided to forgo the fact that Ye Ping replaced him as the most talented member of the Qingyun Dao Sect.

Yet, now he couldn't even keep his place as the most handsome member of the sect.

"Eldest Senior Brother, what brings you here?"

Ye Ping immediately stood up to salute with some joy and curiosity in his eyes.

'Damn it.'

'Is he really Little Junior Brother?'

Su Changyu was completely shocked, thinking to himself that it was unreasonable.

'Why do you seem so different even though it has only been half a month since we met? Can you give me some of your skincare products?'

Su Changyu was astonished.

However, he contained his astonishment and tried his best not to seem like a country bumpkin who had never seen the world.

At the thought of this, Su Changyu couldn't help but say, "I've had some things to deal with lately so I was away from the sect."

"Little Junior Brother, why are you emitting a faint fragrance?"

However, after saying that, Su Changyu couldn't help but frown and look a little curious.

The fragrance didn't make him feel repulsed, but he could smell it immediately.

"Oh, Eldest Senior Sister was here just now to give me some guidance in Qi Refinement."

Ye Ping quickly answered, for fear that Su Changyu might misunderstand something.

"What? Your eldest Senior Sister was here? Where is she now?"

Su Changyu looked slightly nervous at the mention of Xiao Muxue.

"She has already left. Senior Brother, are you okay?"

Ye Ping was somewhat curious, not understanding why Su Changyu was slightly nervous.

Hearing that Xiao Muxue had already left, Su Changyu couldn't help but sigh in relief.

Everyone in Qingyun Dao Sect was afraid of Xiao Muxue.

It was not that Xiao Muxue was a bully, but mainly because she had a sharp tongue. Su Changyu would always remember how Xiao Muxue criticized him badly after he displayed his sword technique in front of her.

Xiao Muxue made the sword technique that he had practiced hard for decades seem like an effortless feat that could be achieved by anyone with hands. Everyone in the sect had been undermined and criticized by Xiao Muxue before.

However, that was not the most unbearable part. The most unbearable part was that what she said was the truth.

Hence, in the entire clan, Chen Lingrou was the only one who was close to Xiao Muxue. The others would flee as soon as they saw Xiao Muxue.

"Nothing much, I'm just shocked. Xiao Muxue is a busy person, I didn't expect her to have the time to teach you."

Su Changyu casually babbled, but he looked at Ye Ping and said, "Little Junior Brother, Xiao Muxue is the most talented among us, you must learn well from her."

Su Changyu said seriously.

Although Xiao Muxue was very toxic, she was indeed the only outstanding disciple of Qingyun Dao Sect.

Su Changyu didn't know how strong Xiao Muxue was, but he knew that she was definitely much more competent than him and her origin was mysterious too.

He remembered very clearly that when he was fifteen years old, Xiao Muxue followed his master to the sect.

Although he didn't know how Daoist Tai Hua managed to dupe such a beautiful girl, Daoist Tai Hua had vaguely told him that she was very capable.

Hence, Su Changyu also respected Xiao Muxue more than the others. Now that she was willing to personally teach Xiao Muxue, it was a good thing too, lest he learned some useless things.

"I understand, thank you for the guidance, Eldest Senior Brother."

Ye Ping was enlightened.

Soon, the scene was a little awkward.

Su Changyu didn't know what to say.

Ye Ping looked at Su Changyu with a calm expression.

The two of them looked at each other silently.

After a while, Su Changyu looked at the sky. He wanted to say, 'Little Junior Brother, look at this beautiful scenery, do you want to paint a painting?"

However, he couldn't bring himself to say those words.

'This is so embarrassing.'

Su Changyu felt a little uncomfortable. As the Eldest Senior Brother of the grand Qingyun Dao Sect, he actually had to ask his junior brother for a painting?

'If this gets out, I'd be so embarrassed.'

'Other cultivators might think that the Qingyun Dao Sect is very poor.'

'But now that I think about it carefully, that doesn't seem wrong.'

'Ah, this is so vexing.'

Su Changyu felt stressed.

'Why do I feel depressed once I'm back in the Qingyun Dao Sect?'

'I've already started feeling depressed even though it's not the time to yet.'

Su Changyu felt very uncomfortable.

However, Su Changyu suddenly remembered everything that happened in the Cloud Mist Mountain Range and gritted his teeth.

Although it was a bit shameless, there was nothing else he could do.

Ahem!

At this moment, Su Changyu coughed lightly, drawing Ye Ping's attention.

"Little Junior Brother, I have something to ask you."

Su Changyu tried to keep his voice as monotonous as possible so that he would not seem too awkward. As long as he didn't feel awkward, others wouldn't be awkward.

"Eldest Senior Brother, please go ahead and ask."

Ye Ping did not understand what Su Changyu wanted to ask, but he still looked very serious.

"Well, have you been painting or writing any poems when I wasn't around?"

Su Changyu bit the bullet and asked. Although his tone was composed, he felt extremely embarrassed.

When Ye Ping heard this, he immediately took out a painting from the side.

"Eldest Senior Brother, I did make two paintings lately, but this one's a painting of the night scenery. I wonder if the Sect Leader will like this painting or not. If he doesn't, I'll paint another one. I'll keep painting until he's satisfied."

Ye Ping took out the scroll and spread it on the ground before looking at Su Changyu cautiously.

He didn't expect the Sect Leader to like his painting.

If he had known this, he would have painted two more landscape paintings. If nothing worked, he would draw some portraits for him too. As long as he could make the Sect Leader happy, paintings were nothing much.

Ye Ping no longer wanted to leave the Qingyun Dao Sect anymore. His greatest goal now was to become an official disciple and not a trainee.

"Did you really paint?"

Su Changyu was a little surprised because he didn't expect Ye Ping to have actually painted.

"Yes, I haven't been able to understand the Qi Refinement technique a few days ago so I painted when I was fretting over it."

"Eldest Senior Brother, does the Sect Leader like the night scenery? I think he doesn't. After all, if it's hung in the room, I can paint a landscape painting. Will that seem more comfortable?"

Ye Ping said seriously.

However, Su Changyu waved his hand and said, "It doesn't matter, the Sect Leader just likes the night scenery. He likes strolling at night when there's nothing much to do. Come, let me see that painting."

As long as there was a painting, nothing else mattered to Su Changyu.

He took a few steps forward, and soon a painting of a night scenery appeared.

In the painting, the sky was dark like ink and it gave off an inexplicable vibe. It seemed like there was a Zen vibe that made others somehow slip into thought.

However, the starlight appeared and it seemed as if the sky was cleared up.

"Excellent!"

"Excellent!"

"Great!"

Su Changyu couldn't help but be surprised. The painting seemed even better than the previous one.

In particular, there was a poem on the painting.

"The stars shine in the sky at night, the lonely moon hangs without sinking."

"The perfect light doesn't dim, my heart is hanging in the blue sky."

Su Changyu did not know how to appreciate poetry, but he could tell that the poem was sealed with the 'Householder Qing Lian' seal.

"Excellent!"

"Excellent!"

"Great!"

Su Changyu couldn't help but shout three more times in his heart.

The first time was because there was no person painted in the painting.

The second time was because there was a poem inscribed on it.

The third time was because this painting looked even better than before.

If it didn't sell for a sky-high price, he would tear down the pawnshop.

'Good.'

'Very good.'

"Little Junior Brother, your painting skills seem to have improved again. Good, very good. There's progress in your skills so that means that there has been an improvement in your mental state too. This is a good thing for you."

Su Changyu revealed a rarely gentle smile.

He praised Ye Ping.

"Really? It's still thanks to your guidance, Eldest Senior Brother."

It was the first time he was praised by his Eldest Senior Brother, so Ye Ping couldn't help but look a little surprised.

"Little Junior Brother, this painting… I'll bring it to the Sect Leader. Don't worry, I'll definitely put in a good word for you in front of the Sect Leader."

Su Changyu looked at the painting on the ground.

"Thank you very much, Senior Brother."

Hearing that Su Changyu would put in a good word for him, Ye Ping immediately rolled up the painting and handed it to Su Changyu.

After receiving the painting, Su Changyu felt like a boulder had been lifted off his chest.

"Little Junior Brother, you said that you painted two paintings previously. Where's the other one? Let me take a look at it. What if the other one is better?"

Su Changyu asked.

'Since I've already taken one, I might as well take one more. Anyway, I don't care about my pride anymore.'

"Another one?"

"Eldest Senior Brother, the other one is with Senior Brother Luochen, but I doubt the Sect Leader will like it."

Ye Ping answered seriously.

"Senior Brother Luochen?"

Su Changyu frowned slightly, somehow feeling an ominous hunch.

"Yes, it's with Senior Brother Luochen."

Ye Ping nodded.

"In that case, that's fine."

Su Changyu did not continue to probe further, lest he made mistakes.

However, Su Changyu soon continued, "By the way, Little Junior Brother, why do you seem to have become a different person after just half a month?"

Su Changyu couldn't help but ask the question in his mind.

He was really a bit curious.

"Oh, Eldest Senior Brother, are you referring to my appearance? I'm not sure what's going on, maybe it's because I practiced the Ancient Godfiend Body Tempering Technique you taught me last time."

Ye Ping didn't care very much about the change in his appearance. He only knew that it was related to the Ancient Godfiend Body Tempering Technique.

However, he wasn't entirely certain either.

'Huh?'

'That thing helps with beautifying my features?'

At this moment, Su Changyu froze in shock.

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Chapter 54: Did Little Junior Brother Paint For You?

Su Changyu was stunned.

He was completely dumbstruck.

'The Ancient Godfiend Body Tempering Technique is just a random lousy manual that the Sect Leader bought from a street stall.'

'This thing has beautifying effects?'

"I guess so. Anyway, after I practiced it, I became like this."

Ye Ping was not entirely certain, but he could only answer honestly.

"Little Junior Brother, let me take a look at the secret manual."

Su Changyu was astonished.

He definitely didn't believe that the Ancient Godfiend Body Tempering Technique was real, but he reckoned that it was likely some kind of ancient beautifying technique.

'What do I rely on to survive in this tumultuous world?'

'My face and good looks, of course.'

'My swordsmanship can be poor, but I must be good-looking.'

That was Su Changyu's life motto.

"Eldest Senior Brother, hold it."

Without uttering another word, Ye Ping simply handed the Ancient Godfiend Body Tempering Technique to Su Changyu.

"I'll take this and study it for a while. During this period of time, practice hard with your eldest Senior Sister. Don't be lazy, understand? Little Junior Brother!"

After receiving the Ancient Godfiend Body Tempering Technique, Su Changyu felt a little excited too.

If it was really an ancient method for beautifying and enhancing one's good looks, he would definitely strike a huge fortune. In the world of immortal cultivation, many fairies would resort to all means for the sake of making themselves more beautiful. If it was really effective, he would sell it immediately. By then, he wouldn't need Ye Ping to paint for money anymore.

He could make a living for himself.

"I understand, goodbye, Senior Brother."

Ye Ping nodded before watching Su Changyu leave.

Soon, Su Changyu left the rear cliff.

He placed the Ancient Godfiend Body Tempering Technique in his arms and decided to put aside the matter regarding the beautifying effects for the time being.

He wanted to go look for Xu Luochen.

He wanted to see what Ye Ping had painted for him.

"Luochen, oh, Luochen, don't follow in your Senior Brother's footsteps, or else you'll face the music from Master."

At this moment, Su Changyu kept muttering to himself, hoping that Xu Luochen wouldn't be as silly as him.

However, even though Ye Ping had painted a portrait of Xu Luochen, Su Changyu didn't think that it would be a huge problem. It would be sold for at least 6,000 taels of gold, right?

"No, Luochen is much less handsome than me. It should probably be worth 3,000 or 4,000 taels of gold."

Su Changyu shook his head.

He thought about the fact that Xu Luochen's painting might be worth at most 3,000 or 4,000 taels of gold.

If that was really the case, he wouldn't be upset either because there would be at least 3,000 or 4,000 taels of gold.

'It can't be worth nothing, right?'

Just like that, Su Changyu arrived at Xu Luochen's residence in less than 15 minutes.

"Junior Brother Luochen."

Standing in front of the door, Su Changyu knocked on the door.

However, there was no response for a long time.

"Junior Brother Luochen!"

Su Changyu continued knocking on the door. At the same time, he was a little curious and wondered, 'It's already late afternoon. Why is he still sleeping?'

'Did he go commit theft last night?'

Just when Su Changyu was wondering, a weak voice sounded.

"Coming, Eldest Senior Brother…"

Xu Luochen's voice sounded casually.

After a few moments, the door of the room was opened.

Su Changyu saw an extremely haggard face.

"Junior Brother Luochen, you…"

Su Changyu was a little surprised. Xu Luochen, who was in front of him, was completely different from the Xu Luochen he remembered.

'Luochen might be a wastrel, but he's always smiling and he's easily appeased. Why is he so depressed and disheveled now? Lost love? Or did he get cheated out of his money?'

Su Changyu was filled with bewilderment.

"Eldest Senior Brother, come in."

Xu Luochen's eyes were listless and he asked Su Changyu to go in to talk.

Perhaps because he had just woken up, Xu Luochen seemed weak and soft.

"What's wrong with you?"

Su Changyu sat in the room, feeling rather concerned about Xu Luochen. After all, Xu Luochen was his Second Junior Brother whom he had known for more than ten years.

"Eldest Senior Brother, I finally understand why you like slipping into a trance alone on the cliff at night."

Xu Luochen sat on the chair, appearing very disheveled.

"Cliff? Slipping into a trance? Since when have I ever done that on the cliff?"

Su Changyu felt a little puzzled.

However, after seeing the gaze in Xu Luochen's eyes, Su Changyu immediately came to a sudden realization.

However, his expression soon changed.

"You… Little Junior Brother?"

Su Changyu vaguely understood something, but he could not bring himself to say it.

Seeing the expression on Su Changyu's face, Xu Luochen understood that his guess was right. Hence, he immediately nodded and said, "Eldest Senior Brother, you've guessed correctly. Little Junior Brother… is indeed very talented in alchemy."

Xu Luochen said.

This!

After his answer was confirmed, Su Changyu was dumbfounded again.

Ye Ping had shocked him too greatly.

Forget it that he was very talented in the Sword Dao.

'He's really competent in alchemy too, huh?'

'That's unfair.'

"How talented is he?"

Su Changyu couldn't help but ask.

"Eldest Senior Brother, you should know a little bit about alchemy, right?"

Xu Luochen asked dejectedly.

"I do know a little."

Su Changyu nodded. Although he did not know much, he knew quite a bit from just watching Xu Luochen memorize alchemical knowledge from books everyday.

"What are the conditions needed for refining a pill?"

Xu Luochen asked.

"A pill furnace, heat, medicinal herbs, and technique."

Su Changyu thought about it, and then answered it word for word.

"In that case, Eldest Senior Brother, do you know how Little Junior Brother refined pills?"

Xu Luochen's voice seemed even more helpless.

"How else could he have refined it? He couldn't have gathered spiritual energy and turned it into pills, right?"

Su Changyu was puzzled. 'Go ahead and tell me then, why are you keeping me in suspense?'

However, after he finished saying that, Xu Luochen stayed silent.

At this moment, Su Changyu froze in shock.

"Don't tell me that Little Junior Brother can really do that?"

Su Changyu's voice trembled a bit as he spoke.

Xu Luochen did not answer but nodded, leaving Su Changyu dumbfounded.

'Damn it.'

'This is outrageous.'

'How is this possible?'

'Gathering spiritual energy and forming pills?'

'This exists only in the immortal cultivation novels written by scholars of the mortal world, right?'

'That's completely impossible. Alchemy, refining pills, refining medicinal herbs into pills, that's all common sense. Gathering spiritual energy and turning them into pills? Even Mahayana cultivators can't do that, right?'

Su Changyu was confused.

"Do you know what's the most incredible?"

Xu Luochen sounded even more miserable.

"There's something more?"

This time, Su Changyu really couldn't guess it.

'This is outrageous enough, but there's something even more outrageous?'

"Little Junior Brother, he… the pill he refined was a non-poisonous pill. Eldest Senior Brother, I feel terrible. I worked hard and cultivated the Dao of Alchemy painstakingly for decades, but I couldn't even pass the alchemy exams. Little Junior Brother… I don't want to live anymore."

At this point, Xu Luochen couldn't help but wail loudly and burst into tears.

He really felt terrible.

'This feeling sucks.'

'Comparison is the worst.'

'Look at them, now look at me.'

He had always thought that he was good, but he now felt as if he had received a slap to his face. Who would be able to stand that?

"Non-poisonous pill? Are you fooling me?"

Su Changyu didn't know what to say.

'How can there be a non-poisonous pill in this world?'

Xu Luochen remained silent and took out two Spirit Gathering Pills, which he then placed on the table and showed to Su Changyu.

In an instant, Su Changyu froze in shock.

Apart from Xu Luochen's crying, there was no other sound in the room.

Some time later, Su Changyu finally snapped back to his senses.

However, after that, he really didn't know what to say.

"Okay, okay, don't cry, don't cry. Crying makes me frustrated."

Su Changyu told Xu Luochen to stop crying. 'Is this reasonable?'

"Eldest Senior Brother, it's not that I'm affected, but who can stand it?"

Xu Luochen stopped crying, but he was still sobbing while his body twitched.

After that, Su Changyu was at a loss for words again.

Indeed, when he knew that Ye Ping's talent in the Sword Dao was that terrifying, he was on the verge of tears, but he was emotionally stronger. Of course, it was probably because Ye Ping's talent in the Sword Dao was not as outrageous as that of alchemy.

"Okay, don't be so upset anymore. Think positive and learn from your junior brother. I used to think you're rather emotionally stable, but I didn't expect you to be unable to stand it after suffering a blow. Think about it, isn't that a good thing?"

Su Changyu comforted Xu Luochen.

Xu Luochen couldn't help but be stunned.

'A good thing?'

'This is a good thing?'

'What's good about it?'

Looking at Xu Luochen's dumbfounded face, Su Changyu sighed and then continued speaking in a serious tone.

"Junior Brother Luochen, think about it, if your little Junior Brother has such an incredible talent in alchemy, he'll definitely be famous in the future, but no matter what, who taught him alchemy? You were the one, weren't you? This is a trace that can never be erased."

"When your little Junior Brother rises to fame in the future and becomes a world-famous alchemist, wouldn't you get glory too since you were his initiation mentor?"

Su Changyu had a knack for persuading people.

All of a sudden, Xu Luochen was stunned after hearing his words.

'Actually, he makes sense.'

"But… but I was just making things up."

Xu Luochen felt that there was something wrong.

"So what if you made it up? Didn't he succeed in refining it? Don't you deserve credit for it? What do you mean fabricate? It'd be fabricated if he failed? How can it be considered a made-up technique if he succeeded?"

"Maybe you were lucky and managed to comprehend the Supreme Dao of Alchemy by fluke. Then, you imparted it to him. Did the first alchemist of the world have a teacher too? Are you silly?"

Su Changyu said with some displeasure.

In fact, he had said those words for himself.

Sss!

"Eldest Senior Brother, those words seem to make sense."

At this moment, Xu Luochen's mood inexplicably changed for the better.

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that it made sense.

'Yes, if it can't be practiced, it'd be fabricated. Since he succeeded, how can it be fabricated?'

'Yes, maybe I really comprehended the Supreme Dao of Alchemy by fluke, but Little Junior Brother is good at comprehending so he managed to learn it too.'

'Whatever the reason, I taught Ye Ping alchemy. Wouldn't that make me the teacher of a master of alchemy?'

Thinking of this, Xu Luochen's mood instantly got better.

"Yes, yes, Eldest Senior Brother, you're right. Hahaha, yes, that's right, I taught it to him. Hahaha, Eldest Senior Brother, you're really smart."

In an instant, Xu Luochen stopped looking dejected and now had a silly grin on his face.

"Okay, don't rejoice too soon. If you have nothing to do, go study some alchemy. You have to finish what you started teaching him, but I won't help you with that. You have to think for yourself."

Su Changyu said.

"Okay, okay, no problem, no problem."

After airing his woes, Xu Luochen felt like he was in a much better mood.

"Oh, by the way, Senior Brother, why did you suddenly come to see me today?"

Xu Luochen asked.

At the mention of this, Su Changyu immediately thought of his purpose for coming here and couldn't help but whisper mysteriously,

"Did Little Junior Brother make a painting for you?"

Su Changyu asked.

'Painting?'

Xu Luochen was slightly stunned.

He frowned, slapped his thigh, and said, "Yes, yes, yes, he painted for me. Eldest Senior Brother, come and admire it."

At the mention of the painting, Xu Luochen was more energetic and immediately got up to get the painting.

Su Changyu smiled with anticipation.

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Chapter 55: Stop Hitting Me, Stop Hitting Me!

In the room, Su Changyu's eyes were full of anticipation.

He even felt a little eager and impatient.

'Two paintings.'

'These two paintings can be sold for at least tens of thousands of gold, right? Maybe even 100,000 taels of gold, right?'

They could really be sold for 100,000 taels of gold.

'Qingyun Dao Sect is about to prosper.'

Thinking of this, Su Changyu couldn't help but stand up.

Xu Luochen was elated too.

His troubles were finally resolved and his smile that had vanished for days, had also appeared on his face again.

'Wonderful, wonderful. Hahaha.'

'The initiation mentor of a supreme alchemist.'

"Hahahaha! Hehehehe! Woohoo~ ascend!"

Xu Luochen's mouth was grinning so widely with joy that it seemed to become a little crooked.

In particular, when he thought about the fact that Su Changyu would be praising him for his poem, Xu Luochen grinned even more.

"Are you done yet?"

Su Changyu urged from behind.

"Yes, I am."

Xu Luochen took out the painting from the top of the bed.

He went to Su Changyu, but instead of directly unrolling the painting, he looked at Su Changyu with a smile.

"Eldest Senior Brother, when you look at this painting later, you must give me your strictest evaluation. Don't you have any mercy on me just because I'm your Junior Brother."

Xu Luochen said with a smile.

However, those words were confusing for Su Changyu.

'Evaluate?'

'Evaluate what?'

He somehow felt that something was wrong.

"Quick, open it and let me take a look."

Su Changyu urged, but soon, he asked Xu Luochen to wait, and then used his sleeve to wipe the tea table clean, so as not to dirty the painting.

Xu Luochen found his action a little strange.

'It's just a painting, isn't it? Must he be so serious about it? If it gets dirty, we can just ask Little Junior Brother to paint another one. Is it very valuable? He's not calm and steady at all. Ah.'

Xu Luochen said to himself.

"Okay, quickly unroll it and let me take a look."

After drying the table, Su Changyu looked at the painting with some nervousness, anticipation, joy, and agitation in his eyes.

"Okay, watch."

Perhaps because he was in a good mood, Xu Luochen especially demonstrated some tricks with his hand, tossed the scroll out, and then unrolled it on the tea table immediately.

The painting was rather large, but the tea table was long enough to fit it.

When Su Changyu saw the painting, he was dumbfounded.

He was greeted with the sight of the mountains of the Qingyun Dao Sect, which was rather artistic.

However, in the next moment, a familiar face was revealed in the painting.

It was Xu Luochen's face.

It wasn't his side profile but his face from the front.

His face was large and he was grinning endlessly.

However, that wasn't the reason why Su Changyu was dumbfounded.

Instead, it was the line of words on the scroll.

"On the third day of April, the wind is warm but my heart is cold."

"Standing alone on the cliff, I gaze at the bright moon quietly."

"Only Senior Brother understands my pain."

"3rd of April—Xu Luochen."

——

The font was large and the words varied in size. There were traces of ink drops and scratches too.

Xu Luochen even added a poem.

Su Changyu inhaled thrice and his mind went blank. He was dumbfounded.

He was even more shocked than he was when he found out that Ye Ping could gather spiritual energy and turn it into pills.

However, Xu Luochen, who was at the side, didn't understand what was going to happen.

Instead, he said smugly, "Eldest Senior Brother, I know my poem is mediocre and although I'm the best in the Qingyun Dao Sect, I've never been arrogant. Quick, appraise my poem."

"You really shouldn't ever pity me because I am your Junior Brother, scold me if you should."

Xu Luochen said, all smiles.

Su Changyu was still in a dumbfounded state.

"Eldest Senior Brother, why aren't you saying anything? Hahahaha, you've seen through me. Actually, I was just showing off. Eldest Senior Brother, don't be so shocked by my literary skills either, this is not my best yet."

"However, Eldest Senior Brother, I wrote this poem when I was at my saddest so you will naturally be emotional when you read it. Look at the last line, I'm referring to you."

"Does it fit the mood?"

"Are my literary skills good?"

"Eldest Senior Brother? Eldest Senior Brother? Say something."

After boasting, Xu Luochen realized that Su Changyu had been remaining silent, which made him feel curious.

'Why am I not getting praised?'

Thinking of this, Xu Luochen nudged Su Changyu in a bid to get him to snap back to his senses quickly and praise him. Otherwise, he would have written this poem for nothing.

Su Changyu snapped back to his senses as soon as Xu Luochen pushed him.

Immediately afterwards, he looked at Xu Luochen with a terrifying gaze.

He looked just like a ferocious beast.

"Eldest Senior Brother, what are you doing? Why are you looking at me with such a threatening gaze?"

"Eldest Senior Brother, what do you want to do? You can't be angry because my literary skills are better than yours."

"Eldest Senior Brother, what are you hitting me for?"

"Eldest Senior Brother, what are you doing?"

"Eldest Senior Brother, are you serious?"

"Su Changyu, are you crazy?"

"Don't force me."

"Hey, are you really going to hit me?"

"Eldest Senior Brother, you are the best in literature, okay? Don't hit me anymore, okay?"

"Bastard, you're still hitting me? Are you asking to be dealt with harshly? Do you really think I can't beat you? Usually, I give in to you but don't think I'm very weak."

"Eldest Senior Brother! Please, stop hitting me, stop hitting me. Someone, come help me, Eldest Senior Brother is going mad!"

The sounds of tables and chairs colliding resounded in the room.

Xu Luochen didn't expect it at all. Su Changyu was just hitting him like a mad man.

All his punches landed on his body, making him doubt his life.

"Screw you!"

"F* you!"

"Approve it my foot!"

"You scoundrel!"

"Ah! Xu Luochen, I must beat you to death today."

"Su Changyu, are you crazy?"

His eyes were bloodshot.

Xu Luochen damaged a painting that was worth thousands of taels of gold.

A thousand inferior-grade Spirit Stones would be enough for him to buy a secondhand superior-grade Spirit Stone.

It would be enough for the Qingyun Dao Sect to live luxuriously for ten lifetimes.

Yet, it got ruined by the bastard Xu Luochen.

'How can you still shamelessly think that you have good literary skills?'

'Are you still human?'

'Aren't you scared of being struck by thunder?'

Su Changyu could forgo the fact that he had a portrait painted.

He tolerated the fact that Xu Luochen added a poem to it.

'But what are those scratches and marks? How can you strike through the wrong words you've written?'

'You even left your name?'

'What for? Who do you think you are? Do you think you're Householder Qing Lian?'

'Look at yourself.'

'Do you think you're fit to leave a poem of your own on the painting?'

'Wow!'

'I'm going to beat you up, you wastrel.'

"Su Changyu, are you crazy?"

'He's out of his mind.'

Su Changyu really couldn't stand the blow at all.

If he didn't know the value of this painting, he might have really praised his Junior Brother.

However, after knowing the value of this painting, Su Changyu wanted to beat the living daylights out of Xu Luochen.

'If I don't beat him up, I'll spell my name backwards!'

"Eldest Senior Brother, stop hitting me, please stop. I'll never boast in front of you again. Please stop hitting me."

At this moment, Xu Luochen was curled up on the ground, crying and begging Su Changyu not to hit him anymore.

He immediately felt upset again.

He felt that his mouth had become crooked from the beating.

'How can I smile warmly again?'

However, Xu Luochen's begging voice made Su Changyu even more furious.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

There was a huge commotion inside the room.

Su Changyu beat him up again.

"Only I understand how you feel? Screw you, do you understand? Tell me, do you?"

Su Changyu yelled, yanking Xu Luochen's lapel.

"I don't know, I don't know, Senior Brother, please don't hit me again. I won't write a poem again. Eldest Senior Brother, please let me off, please."

Xu Luochen cried miserably.

He regretted it so much.

'Why did I try to boast in front of Su Changyu for no reason?'

At this moment, Xu Luochen still thought that Su Changyu was furious only because he was jealous of his literary skills.

"Xu Luochen, you have caused a huge trouble."

After the violent beating, Su Changyu gradually calmed down.

He took a deep breath, looked at Xu Luochen who was bruised and swollen, and finally left.

He needed some time alone.

Otherwise, he would have beat Xu Luochen up again.

However, Xu Luochen had merely suffered abrasions and external injuries, which weren't a big deal to him. He didn't have to recuperate at all. He just had to lie down and rest in bed for two days.

After Su Changyu left, Xu Luochen couldn't help but burst into tears.

"Heaven is jealous of geniuses. Why? Why? Why are you jealous of me?!"

"Eldest Senior Brother, I was wrong about you. Are you jealous of me just because my literary skills are better than yours?"

"I'm so sad."

Xu Luochen cried even more miserably than before.

Tears rolled down his cheeks profusely.

After crying for a good 15 minutes, Xu Luochen finally stopped crying.

It was because he was a bit tired.

Wiping his tears, Xu Luochen was in low spirits.

He was furious yet upset.

He felt upset because he didn't expect his eldest Senior Brother, whom he had always looked up to, to be jealous of him too.

He was furious because Su Changyu was too brutal and got him all battered up.

However, the more Xu Luochen thought about it, the angrier he got and he slipped into a deadly vicious circle.

Another 15 minutes passed.

Xu Luochen slapped the floor, gritting his teeth and feeling indignant.

"Eldest Senior Brother, you were the first to be unkind, don't blame me for being merciless. I'm going to go see Master and complain about you to him."

"I'm going to let Master teach you a good lesson, I'm going to let Master pass the position of Sect Leader to me."

"Su Changyu, just you wait!"

After saying these words, Xu Luochen slowly got up, then walked out of the room aggressively.

After a while, Xu Luochen came back.

It was not that he was afraid.

He was just back to collect the painting on the tea table.

It was proof.

He wanted to complain.

He wanted the Sect Leader to punish Su Changyu.

He wanted Su Changyu to apologize to him.

He was exasperated!

He was really furious.

Overwhelmed with anger, Xu Luochen limped towards the grand hall.

He had already made up his mind.

No matter how Su Changyu apologized to him later, he wouldn't accept it.

No matter how the Sect Leader put in a good word for him, he wouldn't compromise.

'I'm not going to listen.'

'I'm not going to listen.'

'I'm not going to listen.'

Just like that, Xu Luochen arrived outside the grand hall.

The sun was setting in the west.

His silhouette was elongated.

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Chapter 56: Isn't it Just A Painting? Is It Worth That Much?

Su Changyu felt terrible.

At the very beginning, he was pleased to find out that Ye Ping had painted twice.

He had even thought it through.

Once the two paintings were sold, he would definitely earn a huge sum of money and after deducting the money needed for creating some weapons for Ye Ping, the remaining taels could be used to buy himself two new sets of clothes.

'Recently, some really nice Sword Immortal suits have been launched at the store. If the paintings are really sold for a sky-high price, I will at least be allowed to get two sets after discussing it with Grandpa, right?'

However, he didn't expect to discover that the damned Xu Luochen had actually destroyed a painting that was worth at least 10,000 taels of gold.

Thinking of this, Su Changyu felt like his heart had been cut by a knife.

Even with a discount, a portrait should fetch at least four to five thousand taels of gold, right?

'It'd be fine if you didn't add a poem but you added a poem and even included your name.'

'Even if others are willing to buy this, they'd offer at most a few hundred taels of gold, right?'

Thinking about it, Su Changyu couldn't help but feel the pinch.

However, since it had already happened and he had already vented his anger, Su Changyu had nothing to say.

"I'd better not let the Sect Leader know about this. Otherwise, given Master's temper, Luochen probably won't live to see tomorrow."

After a while, Su Changyu sighed and muttered.

After all, he had already taught Xu Luochen a lesson.

If Daoist Tai Hua were to find out, things would get really troublesome.

Thinking of this, Su Changyu could not help but sigh.

At this moment, a figure hurriedly walked over.

"Bad news, bad news. Eldest Senior Brother, bad news."

The voice sounded anxious. It belonged to Chen Lingrou.

"What's the matter?"

Su Changyu got rid of the grief he felt in his heart and immediately put on his aloof and standoffish aura as an immortal.

"Eldest Senior Brother, I saw Second Senior Brother just now. He was covered in bruises, and he said that he wants to create trouble for you."

Chen Lingrou seemed rather panicky. She didn't know what happened, but she had indeed seen Xu Luochen storming furiously to the main hall, clamoring about wanting to complain.

'Are you looking for trouble?'

Su Changyu froze and couldn't help but be furious.

'I haven't even taught him a lesson yet and he wants to create trouble for me?'

"Yes, Eldest Senior Brother, I saw Second Senior Brother going to see Master and he seemed to be saying that you bullied him. Eldest Senior Brother, did you beat him up? Why was Second Senior Brother limping?"

There was bewilderment written all over Chen Lingrou's pretty face.

"He's gone to look for the Sect Leader?"

Su Changyu was slightly stunned.

"Yes, Second Senior Brother went to look for the Sect Leader."

Chen Lingrou nodded seriously.

In an instant, Su Changyu fell silent.

"Eldest Senior Brother, why aren't you talking?"

Chen Lingrou got even more curious as she wondered why the members of the sect had been acting strange lately.

"Lingrou, prepare to light some incense."

Su Changyu didn't know what to say, so he had no choice but to ask Chen Lingrou to prepare some incense.

'Huh?'

Chen Lingrou still did not understand what was going on.

However, in the next moment, Su Changyu got up and went straight to the main hall.

He knew that if he was there late, Xu Luochen would really die.

About seven minutes ago.

Daoist Tai Hua stood in the middle of the main hall, feeling expectant and excited.

Since Su Changyu had gone to collect the paintings, he was now waiting to hear some good news from him.

However, at this moment, someone howled.

"Master! You have to do me justice."

Xu Luochen's cry broke the silence in the hall.

Daoist Tai Hua froze.

He looked over and soon couldn't help but be surprised.

Xu Luochen was no longer as refined and easygoing as he used to be in the past. Not only was his body covered in dust, but also his face was reddened and bruised. Most importantly, he was limping and seemed to have encountered something unlucky.

"Luochen, what happened to you? Who beat you up?"

Daoist Tai Hua had yet to react, but he was subconsciously concerned about his disciple.

In the Qingyun Dao Sect, all the disciples were regarded as treasures by Daoist Tai Hua, especially Ye Ping. Although he often lectured them, he would definitely not let off anyone who dared to bully his disciple.

"Master, it was Eldest Senior Brother… Eldest Senior Brother beat me up into a pulp because he's jealous of my literary skills. Look, my mouth has become crooked too." He sobbed incessantly.

As soon as he saw Daoist Tai Hua, Xu Luochen fell onto the ground and knelt down like he had just seen his biological father. He was weeping loudly and he looked very pitiful.

"Changyu?"

Daoist Tai Hua was stunned. 'That shouldn't be the case. Changyu does abuse his authority sometimes, but I don't think he'd go as far as to bully his junior brothers, especially not so severely.'

'This doesn't make any sense.'

"What did you do to make your Eldest Senior Brother beat you up like this?"

Daoist Tai Hua hadn't reacted yet and he thought that they had gotten into a verbal dispute.

"I'm not sure. Master, he suddenly came to me and asked me if Junior Brother Ye Ping had painted for me. I said yes and Eldest Senior Brother wanted to take a look at it so I let him do so. After he saw it, he started beating me up harshly."

"Sect Leader, you have to do justice for me. I've never met such an arrogant person before in my life."

"Sect Leader, I'm not trying to cause trouble, but he bullied me today for no reason, maybe he will beat you up tomorrow. You have to think it over carefully."

Xu Luochen said while weeping and wailing.

He was now boiling with fury and was saying everything on his mind, unconcerned about whether he was being offensive or not.

His actions were reasonable too, who could stand being beaten up for nothing and then say that he's alright with a smile?

"Did Ye Ping paint for you?"

Daoist Tai Hua didn't hear the other details clearly, but he immediately felt energized at the mention of the painting.

"Right."

Xu Luochen subconsciously nodded.

"Were you painted in the painting?"

Daoist Tai Hua asked.

"Master, how do you know?"

Xu Luochen was a little shocked.

After he said that, Daoist Tai Hua smacked his thigh and seemed a little helpless and dejected.

'What a sin.'

Daoist Tai Hua was overwhelmed with grief and anger.

Although he was infuriated, Daoist Tai Hua did not lash out at Xu Luochen.

The main reason was that Xu Luochen had already been beaten up by Su Changyu, so he was too embarrassed to continue to deal with him.

"Master, what the heck is going on here? What does Ye Ping's painting have to do with Eldest Senior Brother beating me up? Can't I let Little Junior Brother paint for me?"

Xu Luochen was a little angry.

'What does the painting have to do with getting beaten up?'

'I can't even ask Little Junior Brother to paint for me?'

"Hah, your Senior Brother was indeed a little rash but that's understandable."

Daoist Tai Hua sighed and said.

"Master, you are biased, what do you mean by a little impulsive? Look, he beat me up, look at my arms, my legs, and my mouth. Isn't my mouth crooked?"

Xu Luochen said in displeasure.

He mistakenly thought that Daoist Tai Hua was favoring Su Changyu and looked a little aggrieved.

Looking at Xu Luochen who kept clamoring about his misery, Daoist Tai Hua was honestly a bit heartbroken.

After all, Xu Luochen was his disciple too.

"Changyu has hit him too hard."

Daoist Tai Hua could not help but chide Su Changyu in his heart.

He felt that Su Changyu had indeed gone too far.

'It's just a portrait, must he beat him up so hard?'

In fact, Daoist Tai Hua had already prepared himself mentally. After all, Su Changyu was right in front of him and it wasn't impossible for that to happen.

Daoist Tai Hua naturally understood what his disciples were like.

"Yes, I just inscribed a poem on the painting and he got angry at me. I know my literary skills are excellent and he has always been jealous of me, but I didn't expect him to be so ruthless."

Xu Luochen was still sobbing.

"What?"

"You inscribed a poem on the painting?"

At this moment, Daoist Tai Hua froze in shock.

His voice was extremely loud and he was staring at Xu Luochen.

Xu Luochen was a little dumbstruck.

"Master, why are you being so worked up like Eldest Senior Brother?"

Xu Luochen felt a little ringing in his ears, mainly because Daoist Tai Hua was yelling a little too loudly.

"Show me the painting, hurry up."

Daoist Tai Hua had an ominous hunch.

"No, Master, it's just a painting, why do you make it seem like this painting is worth a lot of money? There you go, look."

Xu Luochen was really a bit confused.

'It's just a painting.'

'Must you make it seem like a rare treasure?'

As he spoke, he unrolled the painting and let Daoist Tai Hua admire it.

The painting was unrolled.

There were a few creases, a portrait that wasn't too bad, and a line of words.

The fonts were of varying sizes and there were also strikes and Xu Luochen's name.

Xu Luochen wrote it on the 3rd of April.

All of a sudden, the hall quietened down.

Daoist Tai Hua froze on the spot.

Xu Luochen, who was beside him, frowned slightly because Daoist Tai Hua's reaction was very much like Su Changyu's…

Somehow, an ominous feeling surged in his heart.

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Chapter 57: If This Painting Is Worth 50,000 taels of gold, I Will Slap Myself

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Outside the main hall of the Qingyun Dao Sect where miserable cries could be heard, Su Changyu stood at the door, somewhat afraid to step in.

"You damned rascal."

"How dare you add a poem to it? Who gave you the courage to do that?"

"I'm going to beat you to death, you sinful disciple."

"Stop it, stop it, please stop it. Master, where did I go wrong?"

"Master, I really can't take it anymore. Don't hit me anymore, or I'll die."

"Master, isn't it just a painting? Must you guys do this?"

"Master, I'm feeling really indignant!"

"Ah!"

"You're indignant? How dare you be so stubborn."

"You damned rascal, do you know how much this painting is worth?"

"I'll beat you to death!"

It was followed by a miserable cry.

Su Changyu, who was outside, was a little flustered.

Although he was just as infuriated and irrational when he was hitting Xu Luochen previously, Su Changyu dared not walk in when he heard the noises after calming down.

"Xu Luochen, I tried my best to help you, but it was you who wanted to dig your own grave. You! You really deserve it."

Su Changyu's heart was filled with helplessness.

Although he did not dare to go in, he could not stand by and watch Xu Luochen really get killed, right?

When anger gets the best of people, they would easily lose their rationality.

Hence, at the thought of this, Su Changyu gritted his teeth and pulled the door open.

Soon, Su Changyu saw Xu Luochen on the floor.

In the main hall, Xu Luochen was laying flat on the ground like a dog, at his very last breath.

Daoist Tai Hua was holding a wooden stick and whipping Xu Luochen with it.

His eyes were bloodshot, as if he had been possessed by a demon.

Seeing this scene, Su Changyu couldn't help but sigh with relief.

Fortunately, Daoist Tai Hua was still a little rational as he simply inflicted some external wounds on Xu Luochen with the wooden stick.

"Eldest Senior Brother, save me! Master is out of his mind."

Seeing someone come in, Xu Luochen screamed at the top of his lungs as if he had seen a lifeline.

Xu Luochen was extremely uncomfortable.

No, it was not as simple as being uncomfortable now. He was furious, uncomfortable, and terrified.

'It's just a painting.'

'Must you beat me up like that?'

'Why are all of you jealous of my literary skills?'

However, he was scared that Su Changyu might come over and beat him up too.

He mainly felt upset and saddened by the fact that he had been beaten up twice in a day by his master and Senior Brother whom he respected greatly, all because they were jealous of his literary skills.

'Indeed, one cannot be too outstanding.'

"Master, stop hitting him. If you hit him any further, Junior Brother Luochen is going to die here."

Seeing the miserable state that Xu Luochen was in, Su Changyu had no choice but to try and dissuade him.

"Get out of my way, I will beat this sinful disciple to death today."

Daoist Tai Hua felt his blood rushing to his head.

Xu Luochen had ruined a good painting.

The fact that he requested for a portrait to be drawn had caused the value of the painting to decrease greatly.

The value was further reduced by the poem that he added.

Worse still, he added his own name.

However, the thing that triggered Daoist Tai Hua into losing his rationality was the scratches.

A painting that was originally worth 5,000 to 6,000 taels of gold had probably had its value decreased to less than 100 taels of gold.

Daoist Tai Hua could tolerate the portrait.

However, he really couldn't tolerate that.

6,000 taels of gold was gone just like that.

He was heartbroken.

It felt worse than having his heart slit by a knife.

At this moment, Su Changyu immediately took out the painting.

"Master, Little Junior Brother painted another copy of this painting. There should be nothing wrong with it."

Su Changyu hurriedly spoke and unrolled the painting, hoping that Daoist Tai Hua could calm down.

"There's another one?"

Hearing that there were other paintings, Daoist Tai Hua froze for a moment.

He looked over.

It was a painting of a night scene with no one in it. There was a poem and the painting was also sealed with a name.

'This one's good.'

'This one's good.'

Daoist Tai Hua put down the wooden stick in his hand and focused on admiring the painting.

Xu Luochen, who was at the side, finally escaped an ordeal.

He was laying motionlessly on the ground with indignance and anger in his eyes.

He just couldn't understand it. 'Isn't it just a painting?'

'Must you guys do this?'

'They beat me up so terribly for the sake of a painting.'

'Am I worth less than a painting to you?'

Xu Luochen's eyes were filled with misery and resentment.

He was really upset.

No, he felt extremely miserable.

He was so sad that he wanted to die.

Not to mention that he had been beaten up by Su Changyu in the beginning!

However, he didn't expect to be beaten up by Daoist Tai Hua again.

'Who can take this?'

Most importantly, if it was because he had committed a grave mistake, he would be willing to accept it even if he had to get beaten up twice. It wasn't like he had never been beaten before.

'They beat me up so terribly for the sake of a painting.'

He really couldn't tolerate it.

"Good, good, good, there's hope for the superior-grade flying sword."

At this moment, Daoist Tai Hua smiled, looking extremely agitated.

There were a poem and scenery on the painting, and it was set to the right mood too.

'Perfect, this is really perfect.'

His anger had completely been appeased.

However, Xu Luochen was dumbfounded.

'Superior-grade flying sword?'

'Master, are you out of your mind or am I?'

'What does a painting have to do with a superior-grade flying sword?'

He was a little confused.

He just felt that his master had gone mad.

Otherwise, why would he spout nonsense for nothing?

'Superior-grade flying sword?'

'Even if we sell the Qingyun Dao Sect, we can't afford a superior-grade flying sword, can we?'

At this moment, Su Changyu looked at Xu Luochen with some confusion in his eyes.

He knew what Xu Luochen was thinking.

"Luochen, do you know that you're in trouble?"

Su Changyu asked sternly.

'Who would be willing to accept this?'

The value of the painting that could be sold for at least 4,000 to 5,000 taels of gold probably could not be sold for 200 taels of gold after being ruined by him. To put it bluntly, if Xu Luochen wasn't his Junior Brother, he would have had the intention to kill Xu Luochen.

'Gotten into trouble?'

Xu Luochen was really on the verge of tears.

He was laying on the ground and moving both his hands and legs, like a child throwing a tantrum.

"If you guys want to hit, just hit me, why must you falsely accuse me? I know you guys are just jealous because I have better literary skills than you."

"Eldest Senior Brother, you are usually narrow-minded and you've always been jealous of me, but I didn't expect you to do this just for the sake of undermining me."

"Master, I know that you usually dote on Eldest Senior Brother because you want him to inherit the position of Sect Leader. I have nothing much to say about that, but I can't tolerate the fact that you've deliberately tried to undermine me just because you're biased towards Eldest Senior Brother!"

The more Xu Luochen talked about it, the more agitated he was. In the end, he even burst into tears and bawled with no consideration for his image.

Seeing the state that Xu Luochen was in, Daoist Tai Hua also snapped back to his senses.

He then looked at Xu Luochen in displeasure.

"What nonsense are you babbling about? Do you know that you've singlehandedly destroyed a painting that's worth 20,000 taels of gold?"

At this moment, Daoist Tai Hua wanted to beat Xu Luochen up.

'Huh?'

'A famous painting that's worth 20,000 taels of gold?'

'Are you sure it's 20,000 taels of gold?'

'Are you lying to me?'

'This painting can be sold for money too?'

Xu Luochen didn't continue venting his anger and instead looked at Daoist Tai Hua and Su Changyu with bewilderment.

"Changyu, tell him."

Daoist Tai Hua didn't bother to pay attention to Xu Luochen and instead continued to look at the painting of the night scenery.

"Our little Junior Brother is known as Householder Qing Lian, who is talented and famous in Jin Nation. Each of his paintings can easily be worth 10,000 taels of gold. This one is worth at least 50,000 taels of gold."

Su Changyu explained.

After he heard that, Xu Luochen smiled.

'50,000 taels of gold.'

'Are you lying to me?'

'Do you take me for a fool?'

'I had never even seen 50,000 taels of copper before.'

'I'm not ridiculing Su Changyu.'

'Have you ever seen 50,000 taels of copper?'

However, Xu Luochen was soon upset again.

He did not expect Su Changyu to think of him as a fool.

"You don't believe me?"

Su Changyu could tell what Xu Luochen was thinking at just one glance.

Xu Luochen did not answer.

However, his intentions were clear.

If the painting was worth 50,000 taels of gold, he would smack his mouth until it became crooked.

'How much are 50,000 taels of gold?'

He didn't even have a concept of what 50,000 taels of copper coins was like, let alone 50,000 taels of gold.

Not to mention the Qingyun Dao Sect, even some second-rank immortal sects that were richer than them probably could not afford 50,000 taels of gold.

50,000 taels of gold would allow the Qingyun Dao Sect to advance to a third-rank sect and live in the lap of luxury.

"What if I prove it to you?"

Su Changyu was furious too.

'You ruined a painting and you're stiill so unrepentant?'

"Senior Brother, I don't mean anything else. If this is worth 50,000 taels of gold, I'll smack my mouth crooked."

Xu Luochen said firmly.

If it was really worth 50,000 taels of gold, he would accept the fact that Daoist Tai Hua and Su Changyu had beaten him up this time.

'No, I still don't think it's enough. I can let them beat me up again.'

However, before Su Changyu could answer, Daoist Tai Hua asked, "Are you sure?"

He looked at Xu Luochen seriously.

"If this painting can really sell for 50,000 taels of gold, I'm certain I won't make a single sound even if you and Eldest Senior Brother join to beat me up."

"But what happens if it doesn't?"

Xu Luochen really didn't believe it.

If that was really the case, he would be willing to be hit by the two of them.

But what if it didn't fetch such a high price?

"If not, I'll pass on the position of Sect Leader to you."

Daoist Tai Hua said with some dissatisfaction.

"Excellent!"

Hearing the offer of the position of the Sect Leader, Xu Luochen instantly became interested.

He agreed immediately.

"Okay, Luochen, I bet you'll regret only when your death is near. Changyu, give him some healing medicine. Go down the mountain later."

Daoist Tai Hua really wanted to beat him up, but he couldn't find a reason to.

Now, Xu Luochen had sent himself to his door.

"Excellent!"

Su Changyu nodded and he especially wanted to beat Xu Luochen up now that he was asking for it.

They couldn't blame him then.

"No need, I have healing medicine myself. Master, note it down, lest you go back on your word."

Xu Luochen rejected Su Changyu's healing medicine and took out two Qi blood pills himself. He also made Daoist Tai Hua note it down.

He wanted to avoid letting them say that there was no evidence.

Su Changyu and Daoist Tai Hua were really infuriated.

However, the two of them didn't say much.

They would make Xu Luochen doubt his life later.

An hour later, the three figures headed down the mountain.

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Chapter 58: Slow Down Time? I'll Ask Third Senior Brother For You

Late at night, the sky was full of stars.

Xiao Muxue stood quietly on a cliff.

Using the moonlight as a source of light, she stared at the book in her hand with a frown.

"No, why is it so different from the books?"

Xiao Muxue looked at the book in her hand, and her eyes were filled with doubts.

The book was titled "Supreme Constitution Manual"

Xiao Muxue was completely confused.

She clearly perceived yesterday that Ye Ping's constitution should be the Godfiend body.

However, when she checked the information about the Godfiend body, she was astonished.

The reason being, it was written in the book that the Godfiend body was ranked tenth on the constitution list and those who had the Godfiend body would have bodies that were stronger than dragons.

On the other hand, those in the Qi Refinement realm would be able to rip apart cultivators in the Foundation Establishment realm, and enjoy great vigor and longevity.

Ordinary Qi cultivators would have a limited lifespan of 200 years even if they knew how to lengthen their lifespans.

With the Ancient Godfiend body, one would be able to live to at least 500 years old.

However, it was written in the books that the Ancient Godfiend body would almost never happen to a human body. If it did, it would be extremely ugly as it would grow up to thirty feet tall at the age of ten and become as burly as a beast.

The Supreme Constitution Manual was written by a prestigious Dao Sect and the authenticity of it was not to be doubted.

However, the problem was that Ye Ping looked extremely weak and thin, which was completely different from what was recorded in the books.

Most importantly, the Godfiend body could not be cultivated as it was inherently meant to have no line of succession. The power of blood was their Dharmic power.

"Strange, that's really strange."

"Could it be that Little Junior Brother is not a Godfiend body? Did I see wrongly?"

Xiao Muxue frowned.

She examined Ye Ping's body yesterday and indeed found that his body was very strong. He was full of vigor and his body was like that of a ferocious beast.

However, she also detected that Ye Ping had a spirit meridian, which was completely different from what was written in the book.

"Forget it, forget it, the more I think about it, the more my head hurts. Who cares what Little Junior Brother's constitution is like? It's a good thing anyway!"

Xiao Muxue took a sip of wine, not wanting to mull over it any longer.

"Let's go see Little Junior Brother."

In the next moment, Xiao Muxue started moving in a bid to go look for Ye Ping.

However, at this moment, a letter appeared at her feet.

The envelope seemed to have appeared out of thin air.

There was barely any fluctuation in her expression.

Instead, she waved her hand and the envelope appeared in her hand.

Xiao Muxue opened the envelope and looked at it with calmness in her beautiful eyes.

However, after a while, her brows furrowed slightly into a frown.

"Has the Godfiend Palace revived? Ah, after finally getting a few years of rest, it seems I have to get to work again. This damned Godfiend Palace. Of all times, you have to appear now."

After reading the letter, Xiao Muxue couldn't help but mutter to herself while the envelope in her hand flickered a little. It then vanished completely.

In the next moment, Xiao Muxue's figure directly disappeared in the same place, as if it had never appeared there before.

At the same time, at the rear cliff of Qingyun Dao Sect. as Ye Ping exhaled a mouthful of turbid air, he reached the second level of Qi Refinement.

Yes, Ye Ping had only spent six hours to advance from the first level of Qi Refinement to the second.

However, he was well aware that he managed to break through the realm so quickly, not because of his talent in cultivation but because of the two Immortal Apertures in his body.

Yes, it was because of the two Immortal Apertures.

Only when he really began to cultivate did Ye Ping understand how terrifying the two Immortal Apertures that he had opened were.

The two Immortal Apertures were like catalysts that continuously absorbed the spiritual energy of heaven and earth as he meditated and cultivated.

The speed of cultivation was tripled.

That was also the reason that Ye Ping managed to break through the first level in just three hours.

All of a sudden, he understood the importance of the Immortal Apertures.

He was excited and agitated because he had only opened two Immortal Apertures.

If he had opened 3,600 immortal nodes, he would have ascended.

Even if he opened ten Immortal Apertures, the results would be impressive.

The thought of a tenfold increase in cultivation speed alone was exciting.

However, Ye Ping soon realized a problem.

It was tricky.

The problem was time management.

There were 24 hours in a day. Even if he could not sleep and eat, he would only have 24 hours a day.

At present, he had to cultivate the Sword Dao as that was the foundation of his body and he could not waste it.

The Dao of Alchemy was a supportive technique, but Xu Luochen had told him that the ultimate Dao of Alchemy was not to be belittled.

After that, he had to spend time on basic cultivation. Meditation and Qi Refinement were the most important. Without the support of sufficient Dharmic powers, it would be useless even if he had a powerful sword technique.

Those three things had to be prioritized, but he also had to allocate his time well. He couldn't be indecisive and spend two hours meditating and another two hours comprehending the Sword Dao.

Thinking of this, Ye Ping began to seriously allocate his time.

"Cultivation is the most important thing. No matter how powerful the sword technique is, it will still depend on cultivation level, so meditating for 12 hours a day is not excessive, right?"

"The Sword Dao is important too. In the future, I have to rely on my foundation to survive in the world of immortal cultivation. So spending at least four hours a day to comprehend the Sword Dao is not too much, right?"

"The technique of alchemy is very important too. The world is my furnace and when I move about in the future, I'll definitely encounter some heavenly treasures, right? Spending four hours on it is not too much, right?"

Ye Ping drew up his schedule in his mind.

However, he managed to allocate the 24 hours of his day just like that.

Ye Ping was vexed.

The practice of cultivation, Dao of Alchemy, and Sword Dao alone would already take up 24 hours. What about the Ancient Godfiend Body Tempering Technique? What about the opening of his 3,600 Immortal Apertures?

'These Senior Brothers are going to continue imparting other Dao to me in the future.'

'I can't turn 24 hours into 26 hours, can I?'

"Ah, at the end of the day, it's all because of my poor aptitude. If I had better aptitude, I wouldn't have to go through this trouble and I'd be able to comprehend the sword intent in just one day."

"Ah, Ye Ping, why are you so useless?"

Ye Ping had complicated emotions.

It was late at night now.

There was no one around, so he stood up and looked towards the sky, his eyes full of melancholy.

However, there was only one advantage, and that was all three of the techniques, be it the Ancient Godfiend Body Tempering Technique, opening the 3,600 Immortal Apertures, or the Supreme Qi Refinement technique, could all be metamorphosed by absorbing spiritual energy.

Unfortunately, the only way for Ye Ping to obtain spiritual energy right now was to meditate and cultivate properly.

There was no way for him to practice the others.

If he had to insist, he could refine pills.

However, Ye Ping was clear that although he could definitely refine a pill in six to eight hours, the effects would be no different from cultivating for six to eight hours.

Since meditation would give the same amount of spiritual energy as refining pills, why would he bother refining pills for no reason?

"Forget it, forget it, don't think much about it. We'll take one step at a time. Once tomorrow arrives, we can go to the Sutra Pavilion to see if there are any books for solving this trouble."

Ye Ping shook his head, thinking to himself that he would take it one step at a time.

If nothing else worked, he would go to Sutra Pavilion to find some relevant books.

For example, books for slowing down the passage of time.

Of course, that was only Ye Ping's guess.

Just like that, eight hours passed.

With the complete opening of the third spirit meridian, Ye Ping reached the third level of Qi Refinement.

He opened his eyes.

The sky turned bright.

Ye Ping exhaled a breath of turbid air and then got up to go to the Sutra Pavilion.

He wanted to go to the Sutra Pavilion to look for some secret manuals and try to find some books related to time.

Several hours passed.

In the Sutra Pavilion.

Ye Ping looked through a lot of books, but there was none about time.

Ye Ping felt a little upset because of that.

However, after he thought about it carefully, he reckoned that things that involved time were naturally extremely extraordinary. Even if the Qingyun Dao Sect was a hidden sect, they couldn't have placed such manuals in the Sutra Pavilion.

"Forget it, I'll go ask Eldest Senior Brother later."

Although he felt rather disappointed, Ye Ping was not in a hurry either. After all, it was just an idea of his and it was reasonable for there to be no such books.

Just as he was leaving the Sutra Pavilion, a figure appeared.

It was his little Junior Sister, Chen Lingrou.

Ye Ping was slightly surprised, but Chen Lingrou looked even more surprised than him.

"Greetings, Senior Sister Lingrou."

Seeing Chen Lingrou, Ye Ping instantly bowed and seemed somewhat curious.

"It's you, Little Junior Brother."

For some reason, Chen Lingrou was in a pleasant mood when she saw Ye Ping.

"Little Junior Brother, what are you doing here?"

Chen Lingrou walked towards Ye Ping with joy all over her pretty face.

"I'm at the Sutra Pavilion to read some books and find some information."

Ye Ping said truthfully.

"Read some books? What kind of information do you want to find? I'll see if I can help you."

Chen Lingrou looked extremely helpful.

"Senior Sister, here's what happened. I'd like to see if there are any books related to time that may contain techniques for slowing down time."

"However, none of the books I read contained any relevant information."

Ye Ping answered.

After hearing his words, Chen Lingrou couldn't help but frown.

'Let time slow down a bit?'

'What kind of Dharmic Dao is that?'

However, Chen Lingrou seemed to have thought of something quickly.

"I may not understand what you mean, but I remember Third Senior Brother mentioning some array formation that can slow down time. I don't quite remember what it is, though. Little Junior Brother, come with me, I'll take you to Third Senior Brother."

Chen Lingrou answered.

Ye Ping was suddenly enlightened by her words.

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Chapter 59: What? Slow Down Time? Wait For Me

In Qingyun Dao Sect.

Ye Ping followed Chen Lingrou to the door of Wang Zhuoyu's residence.

In fact, Ye Ping purely just wanted to go to the Sutra Pavilion to find some relevant information.

After all, making time slow down a little was a Dharmic Dao that was probably not to be taken lightly.

It was definitely not a trivial matter since it concerned time and space.

Hence, Ye Ping didn't carry any hopes at all.

However, since Chen Lingrou was that enthusiastic, Ye Ping naturally wouldn't turn her down. Thus, he walked over with her.

"Senior Brother Wang!"

"Senior Brother Wang!"

Standing outside, Chen Lingrou knocked on the door.

After a moment, the door was opened and Wang Zhuoyu popped his head out.

Compared to Su Changyu, Xu Luochen, Xiao Muxue, and Chen Lingrou, Wang Zhuoyu's looks were mediocre. He looked just like an ordinary person.

However, Ye Ping dared not belittle Wang Zhuoyu. After all, those that were more ordinary were usually stronger. Ye Ping called it 'the law of culprits never leaving behind any evidence'.

He had deduced that theory based on murder mystery novels. The most ordinary characters who did not have any motive to kill were usually more likely to be murderers.

Through this theory, it could be concluded that peerless experts didn't care about fame and fortune since they chose to remain anonymous. Hence, their auras and images would change too because they just wanted to live like normal people.

People like Su Changyu and Xiao Muxue didn't count because they wanted to change their auras, but unfortunately, no matter how hard they tried, they couldn't hide the fact that they were peerless experts.

However, Wang Zhuoyu was different from them as he managed to disguise himself as an ordinary person. If not for his wits, Ye Ping would have really been deceived by Wang Zhuoyu.

"What's the matter?"

Wang Zhuoyu looked a little silly. He popped his head out and looked at Chen Lingrou, after which he glanced at Ye Ping with some bewilderment in his eyes.

For the past few days, he had been preparing for the battle array formation master assessment. He didn't want to be like the wastrel Xu Luochen who had failed the alchemy assessment seven times.

If there was nothing serious, he didn't want others to disturb him.

"Senior Brother Wang, Little Junior Brother has some questions about time to ask you. I remember you saying something about time back then, so I asked him to come consult you."

Chen Lingrou said helpfully.

However, her words made Wang Zhuoyu dumbfounded.

'Time?'

'What time?'

'What are you talking about?'

Wang Zhuoyu was a little confused and did not quite understand what she was referring to.

Seeing the confusion in Wang Zhuoyu's eyes, Ye Ping hurriedly spoke up.

"Senior Brother Wang, here's what happened. Eldest Senior Brother imparted the Sword Dao to me, but comprehending the Dao everyday is very time-consuming so I was wondering if there are any solutions to make the flow of time slow down. Of course, if it's a complicated or troublesome matter, just forget it."

Ye Ping simply asked the question that he had in mind.

After hearing his words, Wang Zhuoyu was even more bewildered.

'Let time slow down a bit?'

'Are you teasing me?'

'If I can make time pass slower, why would I be hiding in my room everyday to study and memorize?'

'I want time to pass more slowly too'

'Why did you ask me such a question?'

'How can you ask such a question?'

However, Chen Lingrou spoke up before Wang Zhuoyu could answer.

"Senior Brother Wang, I remember you mentioning that you have an array formation that can slow down time."

Chen Lingrou looked at Wang Zhuoyu, full of curiosity.

As soon as she said that, Ye Ping's eyes were full of hope and expectations.

Wang Zhuoyu was dumbstruck.

'Since when have I ever said that?'

'Junior Sister, don't babble such nonsense.'

'Wait…'

Wang Zhuoyu froze.

He seemed to have recalled it.

However, Wang Zhuoyu was soon puzzled.

He remembered saying those words.

However, it was only theoretical.

Wang Zhuoyu recalled everything.

About five or six years ago, he read a book on the Dao of array formations, which Daoist Tai Hua had bought from a bookstall for him.

It was just a theoretical book. After reading it back then, he was utterly astonished, but after comprehending the Dao, Wang Zhuoyu knew that that book was just an exaggeration.

The array formation could indeed slow down time.

However, the problem was that the conditions needed were very harsh and only experts in array formations could set up such an array formation.

The main thing was that it concerned time. If it was just a concealment technique, it would be alright. It was simple to make daytime seem like nighttime.

However, he couldn't make time slow down.

'No, no one in the entire world of immortal cultivation can do it.'

'What makes you think i can do it?'

'Little Junior Sister, are you too engrossed in acting?'

'The Sect Leader told us to pretend to be supreme experts, but do you really think we are experts?'

'Thanks, I feel flattered.'

Wang Zhuoyu scorned in his heart.

He had to prepare for the array formation master assessment during this period of time and another thing was that he did not dare to teach Ye Ping.

Su Changyu dared to teach him because he was shameless enough to do so.

Xu Luochen dared to do so because he was even more shameless than Su Changyu.

However, Wang Zhuoyu cared about his pride.

At his current standards, he rarely dared not teach Ye Ping. He couldn't even pass his array formation assessment, what right did he have to impart teachings to Ye Ping?

Hence, he declined to teach Ye Ping about array formations.

However, he didn't expect to one day fall into their hands.

"Senior Brother Wang, since Little Junior Brother is a disciple of the Qingyun Dao Sect, we are all a family. Why do you have to be so selfish?"

Chen Lingrou continued to speak.

That made Wang Zhuoyu feel completely embarrassed.

He looked at Ye Ping again to see that his eyes were full of expectations.

'If I refuse, wouldn't I be offending Little Junior Brother? If he gets upset and leaves the sect, the Sect Leader is going to beat me up.'

Thinking of this, Wang Zhuoyu clenched his teeth and looked at Ye Ping. "I'm busy with some things lately so I don't have the time to teach you array formations, but since you have the intention to learn, I'll write down some of my insights for you. Some of the array formations are related to time so take it back with you and study it well. If you can master something, you're very talented. If not, I'll teach you personally after I finish what I have to do."

Wang Zhuoyu said.

"Thank you, Senior Brother Wang. I will definitely work hard."

Hearing that there was really something about a time array formation, Ye Ping was instantly overjoyed as he bowed to Wang Zhuoyu.

However, Wang Zhuoyu didn't answer and simply closed the door to fret over it alone in the room.

"Little Junior Sister, Little Junior Sister, you've landed me in trouble."

"Hey! What do I do? What do I do!?!"

"Where can I get a time array formation for you?"

"If I had such a thing, wouldn't I be using it myself?"

In the room, pangs of anxiety engulfed Wang Zhuoyu and he continuously muttered to himself while walking back and forth.

However, after 15 minutes, Wang Zhuoyu suddenly froze and couldn't help but slap his own thigh.

"Yeah, I'll just make one up on the spot and give it to him. Anyway, since we're trying to stall for time, I might as well be more thorough."

Thinking of this, Wang Zhuoyu immediately returned to his desk.

He took out a blank book, which was a book that he used to jot down array formations. He then thought about it for a while before writing.

Wang Zhuoyu was extremely fast when writing, partly because he was a bit anxious, and partly because he still had some recollections.

The book that he had read was still fresh in his memory and he silently wrote down his personal understanding.

'As for whether he can understand it or not…'

'Who can understand it?'

If Ye Ping could learn it, he would lie down and let Ye Ping turn him into an array formation.

Just like that, he penned down thousands of words worth of insights in two hours.

After he was done, Wang Zhuoyu grabbed the book and pushed open the room door.

Ye Ping and Chen Lingrou were waiting quietly outside the door.

After the door opened, Ye Ping immediately cast him a look full of expectation.

"Little Junior Brother, these are my lifelong insights. Since you're a disciple of the Qingyun Dao Sect, I won't be selfish with you, but remember to burn it after reading it. If this insight spreads, it'll probably lead to a great disaster. Do you understand?"

Wang Zhuoyu said with a serious expression.

Since he wanted to pretend, he would continue pretending and throw caution to the wind.

"Thank you very much, Senior Brother. Thank you very much, Senior Brother."

Ye Ping looked a little excited and he grabbed the book carefully, not daring to be careless.

At this moment, Wang Zhuoyu continued, "Little Junior Brother, go and read this properly. Study it carefully, but don't be overly impatient. If you don't understand anything, don't be impatient. Once I'm free, I'll go and give you some guidance. Okay, if there's nothing else, I have to go get busy."

Wang Zhuoyu spoke, trying hard to look calm.

"Go ahead, Senior Brother. Thank you very much."

Ye Ping thanked Wang Zhuoyu once again.

However, as soon as he said that, Wang Zhuoyu closed the door.

At this moment, Chen Lingrou's voice sounded.

"I understand, Senior Brother. Little Junior Brother, if there's anything you don't understand in the future, you can ask me. I might not know but the Senior Brothers of our sect all do. That'll save you from making a trip to the Sutra Pavilion."

Chen Lingrou said with a smile.

"Yes, thank you, Senior Sister Lingrou, I will remember your kindness."

Truth be told, Ye Ping's impression of Chen Lingrou was getting better and better. She was not only beautiful but also kindhearted.

"It's okay, it's okay. Work hard, cheer up, when you become strong, I'll count on you when I get bullied in the future."

Chen Lingrou said jokingly.

"Don't worry, Senior Sister Lingrou. If anyone dares to bully you or scold you, I will make sure he regrets."

Although Chen Lingrou was joking, Ye Ping assured her in a firm tone.

"Okay, I won't disturb you anymore then. Study hard. Bye."

Chen Lingrou said with a radiant smile.

After Ye Ping bade goodbye to Chen Lingrou, he went to the rear cliff and opened the book of array formation insights excitedly.

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Chapter 60: The Fourth Level of Qi Refinement, Array Formation

At the rear cliff of Qingyun Dao Sect.

Ye Ping was rather excited.

He carefully flipped open the secret manual in his hand.

The insights looked very new and didn't seem old at all.

However, Ye Ping knew that it was the insights that Wang Zhuoyu wrote down on the spot so they were naturally new.

He flipped the book open.

Lines of beautiful handwriting appeared.

He saw three large words.

"Supreme Array Formation"

What was an array formation?

It was the evolution of incredible power by adjusting the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and using things as arrays.

However, what was a real array formation?

Array formations were divided into three levels too.

Everything could be used as an array formation.

All things were array formations and if one's array formation was like thunder, they would be considered a master of array formations.

That was the first realm.

Making heaven, earth, the moon and the sun array formation tools was part of the Dao of array formations, which requires the complement of array formation diagrams and array formation tools. The stronger the tools, the greater the power and the more perfect the array formation.

Between heaven and earth, the strongest array formation would be heaven, earth, the sun, the moon, and the rivers. The Dao of array formations would be used to arrange the layout of the world. A master of array formations who could do that would be able to kill the true immortals of the world.

That was the second level.

Turning oneself into an array formation.

How to turn everything into an array formation?

How to make heaven and earth array formations?

'I'm the strongest array artifact in this world.'

Turning oneself into an array formation would be flawless and one would be able to do whatever they pleased. They would not be restricted to killing arrays and trapping arrays. All array formations would be effective and everything else would cease to exist, except the master himself.

That was the third level. It was also known as the Divine master of array formations.

——

The opening table of contents contained more than 300 words, but it made Ye Ping's blood boil.

Turning everything into an array formation.

Turning heaven and earth into array formations.

Turning oneself into an array formation.

'Look, look, look.'

'Look, this is what a hidden sect is like.'

'Look, this is what an expert of a hidden sect is like.'

'Can ordinary people pen down such insights?'

Ye Ping was not bragging. Ordinary people would not be able to come up with such insights.

At this moment, Ye Ping was incredibly excited.

He continued to flip through the insights and started studying the contents carefully.

Previously in the Sutra Pavilion, Ye Ping had read books about array formations, but they mostly contained ordinary knowledge about array formations.

However, Ye Ping also knew a little bit about array formations.

Simply put, the so-called array formations were the placement of objects according to the array diagram and then generating unparalleled power through the regulation of spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

The object would then be the array artifact.

The array diagram represented the perfection of the array formation. The more perfect the array diagram, the lesser flaws in the array formation.

The array artifact represented the core of the array formation and the stronger the array artifact, the greater the power of the array formation.

However, Ye Ping was shocked about something.

All three types of array formation Dao in the insights that Wang Zhuoyu had given him did not require any array artifacts.

It would be easy to obtain an array diagram, but array artifacts were extremely rare.

In other words, if one mastered the Dao of array formations, there was no need to buy any array artifacts.

'What in this world can make one happier than a free gift?'

'Calm down, calm down.'

Ye Ping continued to look at the insights at the back.

Soon, a line of words appeared in sight.

"Everything is an array formation."

Those words got Ye Ping even more excited.

He looked at them carefully.

He was extremely serious and would think through each word carefully.

Two whole hours passed.

Ye Ping finally understood that Wang Zhuoyu had given him an incredible book of insights.

The first step was the formation of arrays using all things in the world.

It was using everything in the world as array artifacts.

Everything was an array.

However, Ye Ping understood that the steps seemed simple on paper but they were actually very difficult to execute in real life.

It was because in order to reach that stage, one would have to awaken the array talisman.

The so-called array talisman was a medium of using everything as an array.

There were a total of 3,600 array talismans which corresponded to the various changes in heaven and earth.

They could be comprehended as symbols too.

Heaven, earth, sun, moon, mountain, lake, river, stream, grass, wood, and essence.

There were a total of 3,600 of them.

They could be separated or combined together to form countless array texts.

Hence, everything could be turned into array formations.

Thinking of this, Ye Ping finally understood that the seemingly most ordinary Wang Zhuoyu had actually taught him the most profound insights.

Although Su Changyu had imparted the Sword Dao, it varied in complexity.

The same went for the Dao of alchemy that Xu Luochen had taught him too.

However, the Dao of array formations that Wang Zhuoyu imparted to him was full of mystery.

Wang Zhuoyu had annotated in the insights that the 3,600 array symbols were extremely difficult to obtain and that one could not be eager. They could only try to comprehend a few of them.

Ye Ping tried to figure it out on his own for several hours.

After he was almost done, he put the insights in his arms.

Immediately afterwards, he began to comprehend the array symbols.

According to the array diagram in the insights, he used his longsword to draw out the diagram before sitting cross-legged in the center. He then hurriedly added a large amount of spiritual energy that surged out from his spirit meridian onto the array diagram.

The Torch Dragon Immortal Aperture was also releasing spiritual energy continuously, thus maintaining the effects of the array diagram.

Just like that, Ye Ping began his epiphany.

On the other hand, Wang Zhuoyu sat on the desk.

The candle flame flickered and he stared at the book in his hand, his eyes filled with desire.

"Ah, if only I can master the array formation symbols. Even if I can master just one of the 3,600 of them, I'd be able to become a master of array formations. I don't have to attend the assessment at all."

"The top master of array formations has only mastered one array symbol that could be used for creating a nourishment array formation. However, even then, he's an elite who's above the countless powerhouses of Qingzhou."

Wang Zhuoyu's heart was filled with infinite emotions.

The book in his hand was labeled "3,600 Array Symbols".

The lineage of array formations also had a qualification division, but it was not in terms of comprehensive abilities but array symbols. Mastering array symbols would be equivalent to mastering the core of an array formation because each symbol came with an array diagram that could enhance the corresponding array formation.

For example, the 'nourishing' array symbol would allow one to directly obtain a 'nourishing' array diagram that could nourish one's health, body, or pet.

At the same time, one would also be able to set up a great nourishing array with added benefits like the prolonging of one's life and nourishing one's physical body. Even an ordinary cultivator would be able to arrange a nourishing array formation with the 'nourishing' array symbol.

Mortal fetuses could become immortal bodies.

That was the terrifying thing about array formations.

Anyone who could master an array symbol would be able to immediately become a famous figure of Qingzhou. Many powerhouses, including Daoist Siji, would worship him because the array formations could be used to do countless incredible things.

However, at this moment, Wang Zhuoyu put down the book in his hand.

He muttered, "If I can really master the array symbol, which one should I choose?"

He began slipping into deep thought. Whenever he was bored, he would start fantasizing.

"Should I choose the time array formation?"

Wang Zhuoyu thought to himself.

However, his face soon turned red.

There was no hierarchy among the 3,600 array symbols because each one would have a divine effect. However, even then, the lineage of array formations still had a list of top ten array symbols.

The time array symbol was ranked first because it was different from the others. A peerless array formation master would be able to alter time as he pleased. How terrifying would it be?

100 years would allow one to learn plenty of things. Even if they didn't study anything, practicing the sword for a hundred years would make even Su Changyu an expert swordsman.

Hence, Wang Zhuoyu felt ashamed of his thoughts.

He felt like a scholar who was still preparing for the imperial examinations but was already thinking about what he should do when he became the emperor in the future.

However, Wang Zhuoyu soon retracted his attention and looked at the rear cliff. He couldn't actually see the cliff and was merely looking in that direction.

"Little Junior Brother, please don't blame your Senior Brother. I was forced into this but don't worry, once I pass the assessment, I'll definitely teach you the Dao of array formations properly."

Wang Zhuoyu muttered to himself.

After that, he stopped saying anything and continued to read the book and study the great Dao of array formations.

Time passed quickly.

In the blink of an eye, it was late at night.

Ye Ping sat alone under the cliff.

He had already had an epiphany for four hours.

However, he still had no clues.

Having an epiphany of array symbols was indeed much harder than he imagined.

However, Ye Ping remained calm and didn't let his imagination run wild either. Instead, he continued to outline the diagram again and again.

Just like that, 20 hours passed.

Ye Ping outlined the array diagram 36 times.

However, the array formation did not appear.

But his cultivation level had officially broken through the fourth level of Qi Refinement.

With the enhancement of the Torch Dragon Immortal Aperture, Ye Ping didn't have to meditate and could cultivate automatically.

If he meditated, the speed would be much faster.

However, when Ye Ping had just broken through the fourth level, a gentle breeze swept at his face.

In an instant, the array diagram in his mind began radiating light.

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