Chapter 9: How Good Old Men Are Made

  How is a good man refined?

  "Hum~~~~~~" The aura around the red cloud burst forth, and streaks of auspicious clouds descended from the sky. At this moment, the red cloud had five hearts facing upwards, its appearance was majestic and precious, without any sign of impending downfall.

  "It's broken through." The knife whispered to itself.

  "What?!" Du Kang and Crow exclaimed in unison, their faces filled with incredulity.

  "Did you see that? Little Black Crow, this is a stroke of good fortune. I only said a few words and he was suddenly enlightened. You can't see other people's aura, but it can be observed, especially for someone like you who cultivates the cursed way, you should keep your eyes open even more." A purple gold ruyi descended from the sky and hit the crow on the head.

  "Thank you, great immortal." The crow had just been beaten and was only restrained by Shen Long's cultivation, not daring to resist. He was quite resentful in his heart and still doubted the ability of this Eastern King, but seeing that just a few words made Hong Yun speechless, he respectfully thanked Shen Long.

  "Hmm! That's more like it."

  "Hmm, this guy is really asking for a beating. Anyway, since I'm helping, might as well help him all the way."

  As he watched the red cloud break through the difficulties, Shen Long shook the purple golden Ruyi, and a purple golden light shot out from the Ruyi, piercing into the center of Red Cloud's brow.

  "Hum~~~~~~" A larger surge of yuanqi came rushing in from all directions, entering Hongyun's body. In the sky, auspicious clouds gathered in thousands, purple light shone in tens of thousands, on the ground golden lotus flowers bloomed and rolled, a vibrant scene full of life.

  "What a great fortune!" Shen Long looked at the golden pillar of good fortune on Hong Yun's head, which was thick and powerful, as if it were about to burst through the sky. Inside the golden pillar, there were auspicious clouds, flying fairies, and celestial maidens... He couldn't help but feel envious.

  "My Dragon Clan's ancestral dragon doesn't even have such a prosperous aura, no wonder it was bestowed with the last stroke of Hongmeng Purple Qi by Hongjun." Shen Long thought to himself with envy.

  "Anyway, this guy as the first flame of the Primordial World is incredibly noble and has an overwhelming aura, which is only to be expected. However, it's ironic that he actually cultivates the Way of Deception."

  "Unexpectedly, he still managed to attain the Great Luo Golden Immortal one step ahead of me." Jian Gu thought to himself as he watched Hong Yun break through.

  "Could it be that breaking through to the Mahayana Golden Immortal will have such a huge omen?" Du Kang asked in confusion.

  "Of course, although there are many Da Luo Golden Immortals now, and some Quasi-Saints too, those who can cultivate to the level of Da Luo Golden Immortal have all transformed their fate into a realm, opening up their own destiny world. Not one of them is not an outstanding cultivator, deserving of Heaven's reward. The omens in heaven and earth will naturally not be small, so from now on, if you break through without someone to protect the law, then quickly find a cave abode or set up an array to conceal yourselves."

  "Thank you for your guidance, Great Immortal." said Dao Zhen, Du Kang and Wu Ya.

  "No big deal, I'll just tell you guys so you won't get taken advantage of later. It's also a good opportunity for us to meet and form a good relationship." Shen Long casually waved his hand, thinking to himself that this was also a way to fulfill the great wish of his master, it didn't matter who he told.

  "Great Immortal, Great Virtue." The three brothers of the Knife and Cutting Board were deeply impressed.

  "Alright, alright. Watch Red Cloud's breakthrough carefully and gain some experience from it. It will still be helpful for your own boundary breakthrough." Shen Long waved his hand indifferently, looking at Red Cloud's Dao.

  At this time, the Red Cloud is at a breakthrough moment, and its own Great Way appears. This is a pink-colored Great Way, with auspicious energy, purple light, auspicious clouds, golden lotus, celestial maidens descending to the mortal world, flying heavens rising and dancing, etc., which completely cannot be seen as a deceitful Great Way, but rather an evolutionary great way of destiny.

  "It's indeed the great way of deception, even someone like me who is almost a saint can't see through it at all. Of course, if one could see through it, then it wouldn't be deception." Shen Long said with self-mockery.

  "Of course, at the moment of his breakthrough, the Great Dao will appear, and then it will be clear what the true face of this deceitful Great Dao is."

  For this special Dao, Shen Long was still looking forward to it. Although he himself had mastered three thousand Daos, for many niche Daos, they were only skin-deep, and the Dao's pillar was just a mere formality, merely for show. This time, it really was a coincidence that Shen Long was not very familiar with the Deception Dao, Culinary Dao, Brewing Dao, and Curse Dao among the three thousand Daos.

  Comprehensive development is equivalent to comprehensive mediocrity, and it is most suitable for Shen Long now.

  Shen Long made a grand vow to preach the Tao, and he had never failed to use his preaching to observe the meaning of the Tao cultivated by the multitude in the vast wilderness. In the process of preaching, Shen Long could draw the multitude into his own realm of the Tao, allowing them to comprehend their own great Tao, but Shen Long could also comprehend their great Tao to enrich his own great Tao.

  "Daxian, why can't we see the grandeur of the Red Cloud's Dao form?" After observing for half a day, it turned out that what Jian Ting and Shen Long saw was actually the same, so he asked back instead.

  "The Great Deception is not that simple, what you see are all disguises of the Great Deception itself. Don't you think, if it can be seen through at a glance, can it be called the Great Deception?" Shen Long explained with a glance.

  "Oh, I see." The three brothers of the Knife and Chopping Board all nodded thoughtfully, but were quite disappointed in their hearts.

  "Don't be disappointed, wait till later, when Hong Yun breaks through, you can catch a glimpse of his Dao form. However, every cultivator hopes that their own Dao won't be seen by others, so you're on your own." Shen Long added, not forgetting to warn them at the end.

  "Don't worry, Great Immortal, we're just curious and won't spread it out." The three brothers of the Knife and Cutting Board guaranteed.

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  "Hum~~~~~~" After a long time, Shen Long and the three brothers waited quietly, the yuanqi around Hong Yun was turbulent and surging, finally reaching the moment of breakthrough.

  Shen Long also concentrated his mind and watched the changes in the giant pillar behind Hong Yun.

  "Hum~~~~~~" The aura changes once again.

  "It has finally appeared." Shen Long muttered excitedly to himself, he had long wanted to see what kind of pillar of the Great Dao Hong Yun would construct with his own unique way of deception.

  "Huh? What's going on? How can this be?"

  When Shen Long saw the pillar of the Great Way, he was incredulous and his mouth was wide open.

  But no matter how rich Shen Long's imagination was, when he saw the scene in front of him, he still felt that his brain was not enough to use, and he couldn't think of going there at all.

  "Great, great immortal, is this the form of the Great Dao of Deception?" Looking at the form of the Great Dao, he stuttered and asked Shen Long.

  "It seems like, probably, possibly, maybe!" Shen Long replied uncertainly.

  "But what we see doesn't seem like it?" Du Kang also asked with a puzzled face.

  "Right, this saying is a bit too forced, but...but...it does seem a bit like...like..." The crow also looked puzzled, looking at Shen Long's expression, and said with difficulty.

  "It's like the way of morality, right!!!" Shen Long said on her behalf, seeing that she was stuttering.

  "Yes, yes, yes, that's exactly what it means." The three brothers said in unison.

  Actually, the Great Way of Red Clouds didn't show any deceitful things as Shen Long and the three brothers had expected in their hearts. Instead, it showed a series of pictures, all related to Red Clouds. In these pictures, Red Clouds wandered through the Desolate Expanse, befriending cultivators with great virtue, being humble and courteous: Some pictures showed him helping fellow cultivators refine treasures; some showed him sending rare heavenly treasures to cultivators he had befriended who were in urgent need; some showed him explaining the Way to low-level cultivators; some showed a few unfamiliar cultivators together encountering a pre-heavenly spiritual treasure, Red Clouds surprisingly yielding with a bow, completely unmoved; Some pictures showed...

  A picture scroll perfectly portrayed the image of a moral gentleman from the Primordial Era, without any hint of the Great Dao of Cheating. Shen Long furrowed his brow in deep thought.

  "Hum~~~~~~" The remaining aura around him shook for the last time, disappeared without a trace, and the strange phenomenon between heaven and earth also disappeared. Hongyun, who was sitting upright, opened his eyes, and a golden light flashed in his eyes.

  "How is it?" The knife holder stood up first and rushed over to ask.

  Hongyun nodded towards the knife holder, just as Hongyun's great way was spoken out by Shen Long, his faith shattered, his foundation damaged, and he was about to die. The scene of the knife holder desperately begging Shen Long couldn't be faked, and the relationship between the two could be considered reconciled.

  Hongyun nodded towards the knife holder and then walked to Shen Long's front, knelt down, first knocked three times, then raised his head and said:

  "Thank you, great immortal, for your guidance. The red cloud has lifted and I will no longer deceive humans, ghosts or gods. From now on, I will completely emulate the virtuous."

  "A great virtuous man? If it's like what you've shown on your Tao, it's completely an image of a good old man." Shen Long thought to himself upon hearing Hong Yun's words.

  "Huh? Old Good Man? Won't be? Could it be that the Old Good Man of the Primordial Chaos is someone I, Shen Certain Person, have cultivated?" Thinking of this, Shen Long's eyes widened as he stared at Hong Yun.

  Hongyun saw Shen Long looking at him and thought Shen Long didn't believe him, so he immediately loudly guaranteed: "Don't worry, Great Immortal, I, Hongyun, will do as I said."

  "Believe it, believe it." Shen Long nodded and thought to himself, according to the legend of his past life, Hong Yun was indeed a kind-hearted person, what's there not to believe?

  "Raven, take out that piece of stone I sent you at that time." Hearing Shen Long's answer, Hong Yun was overjoyed and did not get up, but continued to kneel down and say to Raven.

  "Is it that broken stone you used to cheat and swindle last time?" The crow asked doubtfully.

  "Hmph, you fools. That stone was the only time I didn't deceive you. It's just that you don't recognize a treasure." Hongyun said coldly.

  "What's the use of this stone?" The crow took out the stone and handed it back to Red Cloud with disdain.

  This is a chaotic-colored stone. From the outside, apart from its color, it doesn't have any difference with ordinary stones, whether it's in terms of magical fluctuations or divine sense scanning.

  "That's the treasure of my Huoyun Cave, the Suppressing Cave Mansion. I and Kaozhui were born together in Huoyun Cave, but after Kaozhui took away half of my original fire source, he didn't have the face to come back, so Huoyun Cave became mine alone." Hongyun no longer has any hatred towards Kaozhui now, but whenever she mentions that matter, her heart still feels a bit uncomfortable.

  "Alas! That time......" Jian Zhan sighed and smiled bitterly.

  Hongyun ignored the knife and chopping board, took over the chaotic-colored stone thrown by the crow, and continued to say:

  "But I didn't want to owe him a favor, so I took out the treasure of the Fire Cloud Cave's Suppressing Cave Mansion and gave it to him. Who would have thought that you would cover up the treasure?"

  "What is this treasure?" Hearing Hongyun's words, Wuya had already regretted it and hastily asked.

  "I don't know!" Hongyun replied expressionlessly.

  "What's the point of that?"

  "I don't know."

  "What treasure could it be if you don't know anything?" the crow said in anger.

  "I only know that this treasure can suppress the flow of air, but I haven't found any other use for it. Maybe it's just not time for it to be born yet." Hongyun said lightly.

  "Great Immortal, although I don't know what this treasure is, it's the most precious treasure in the Red Cloud Cave Mansion. I hope you'll accept this treasure as a token of gratitude." Hongyun picked up the stone and kowtowed three times to Shen Long, saying.

  "Hongyun has taken a liking to it, so let's just take it back." Shen Long also felt that the stone was unusual, and taking it back for further study wouldn't be bad either.

  "Thank you, great immortal." Seeing Shen Long put away his things, Hong Yun looked extremely happy, and then kowtowed three times. After that, he stood up and said to the three brothers:

  "Alright, three of us, we've been in contact for so long, Hongyun is leaving this time, let's make a date to meet again." With that, she was about to fly away.

  "Red Cloud." Shen Long called out to Red Cloud.

  "What instructions does the superior immortal have?" Hongyun asked in puzzlement.

  "The deity also feels that you are about to leave. Previously, I received nine heads from you, and now I will give you something in return." With that, he took out his own statue of the Eastern King.

  "Practicing in front of a deity has its benefits." Shen Long said calmly.

  "Thank you, great immortal. I'm leaving too." A flash of red light, and he vanished into thin air.

  "Red Cloud——" shouted Dao Jian, Du Kang and Wu Ya were also lost in thought.

  "Alright, Hong Yun must leave, you can't stop him." Shen Long said.

  "Why?" asked the three brothers in unison.

  "Because his way can't be practiced with you all together." Shen Long said, gazing into the distance.

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