Volume 1: Rebirth and Refining Chapter 12: Seven Stars Revolving Around the Moon

  After saying a word to Zhou Hao, Duan Yu took Su Tiantian away from Yun Ting Ye Du, directly hailed a taxi and sent her back home. Only after getting Su Tiantian's personal guarantee that she wouldn't do anything stupid within a month did he leave alone.

  "After ten days, casually pass on a mid-level cultivation technique to that young man with the surname Duan, first get some cash from him, and then use it to stabilize Su Tiantian. After that, I'll try to break through to the foundation stage, close my door for three to five days to refine the Five Elements True Yuan Fire, and then buy some medicinal materials to refine some basic spiritual pills for my aunt to eat. Once she recovers, this matter will be settled.

  Chu Yuxin had already made plans in her mind. After returning home, she greeted her parents and closed her door to continue cultivating the "Yin Moon Dawn Heart Method"."

  The next morning, Chu Yu received a pleasant piece of news. Early in the morning, he saw his parents packing their bags. When he asked them about it, he found out that they were going to Yunnan for a 15-day tour. It turned out that his mother had won the first prize from her company - a 15-day trip to Yunnan with flights included.

  "Don't worry, I'll take care of myself..." Chu Yu sent off her parents with a smile as they got into the taxi. She thought to herself, for this half year, she could finally be completely free. She would ask for a long sick leave from school and then go into seclusion for ten days, striving to break through the foundation-building stage in one go.

  In the suburbs of Nanhui, it has been eight days since then. During these eight days, Chu Yu only replenished his body with some food and water every other day, and he almost didn't move from the top floor of the rented small building.

  It's also a blessing from heaven that these eight days and nights have never had any clouds or fog, making Chu Yu gain a shallow advantage. Now it's just one last step to break through the final hurdle.

  It was night, the bright moon was in the sky, sprinkling down a piece of dazzling silver light. At this late hour, Chu Yu sat cross-legged on the top floor of a small building, letting the moonlight that shone through the open skylight envelop him. Around his body, forty-nine immortal stones were arranged in the "Qian Kun Gathering Treasure Spirit Array", revealing a thin layer of green light as thin as a cicada's wing, blending with the moonlight to form a piece of spiritual energy gathering around Chu Yu's body.

  "The moon is like a heavenly shuttle, and the stars are like a string of pearls! I didn't expect to be so lucky as to encounter this rare celestial phenomenon that only appears once in a century. It seems that tonight won't just be about achieving the foundation, but if I absorb it properly, I might even be able to cultivate the Five Elements True Yuan Fire in one go..."

  Only to see Chu Yu's mind stirring, his ten fingers moved rapidly, quickly forming several complex and obscure seals. Suddenly, a faint cyan light appeared from his palm, and the surrounding misty spiritual energy seemed to be attracted by the cyan light on his palm, gathering around him.

  Chu Yu's eyes narrowed slightly, and he took a deep breath. Two streams of spiritual energy suddenly withdrew from the swirling light mass, entering through Chu Yu's nostrils. After a brief moment, another stream of spiritual energy withdrew, this time being swallowed by Chu Yu as he opened his mouth.

  "Seven Stars Revolving Moon..." This is the fastest way to gather spiritual energy in "Ethereal Moon and Dawn Heart Method". In just a moment, the group of spiritual energy gathered on Chu Yu's palm suddenly split into seven strands, which were absorbed through his eyes, ears, mouth, nose and other seven major orifices.

  After a brief moment, the hazy spiritual energy in Chu Yu's palm gradually thinned out. At the same time, his hand seal changed again, and he formed a new seal on his head. Suddenly, the bright moon in the sky descended, shedding several strands of silver light that landed squarely on his head. In an instant, a pale blue mist swirled around him, forming at his side. When the pale blue moon energy had gathered to a sufficient extent, Chu Yu once again switched back to his previous "Seven Stars Revolving Moon" hand seal. He repeated this process nine times. Suddenly, a clear whistle was heard from Chu Yu, and he seemed to be infused with immense power, bursting forth as his clothes were torn to shreds.

  His body, originally with a slightly bronzy complexion, was now white and tender under the bright moonlight, like a newborn baby. His already deep eyes were even more shining brightly, as if he had been reborn.

  After withdrawing his energy, Chu Yu raised his head to gaze at the sky. The bright moon and stars at the horizon were no longer as they were before, their radiance had dimmed considerably. Moreover, a large patch of clouds drifted in from who-knows-where, covering nearly half of the moon's brilliance.

  Having seen this scene, Chu Yu could only shake his head and sigh, "The rare celestial phenomenon that appears once in a hundred years has already passed, it seems that the plan to borrow the help of the celestial phenomenon to cultivate the Five Elements True Yuan Fire has failed. However, being able to establish the foundation in just two short hours is already fortunate, one gain and one loss, but it's not a big deal."

  In the path of cultivation, Chu Yu had a special obsession with refining artifacts, but for other cultivation methods, he could maintain an ordinary mind. To put it bluntly, he was simply not interested in any other method except artifact refinement... However, this is not necessarily a bad thing for cultivators, after all, there is no shortcut to cultivating the truth, and the consequences of being impatient and seeking quick success often lead to going crazy.

  "After all, the foundation has been laid now, and it has shifted from postnatal cultivation to prenatal. One can sense and absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, making oneself always in a state of cultivation. The difference between this and before the foundation was laid is like the difference between heaven and earth. As for the Five Elements True Yuan Fire, a unique technique of our sect, whether it is successfully cultivated or not is only a matter of time. With the initial foundation laid, many things that were previously known but could not be done can now be accomplished..."

  At this point, Chu Yu was also temporarily excited, and the divine consciousness that had just been born due to the completion of the foundation would be released outward. After all, the path of cultivation is not just about improving one's cultivation power, but also about synchronizing the improvement of one's mental state and divine consciousness with one's own cultivation strength; otherwise, it is easy to go astray and become possessed by evil spirits.

  The simplest and most direct way to temper a strong self-consciousness is to use it constantly. To judge whether a cultivator's consciousness is strong or not, it is also to observe the coverage of their consciousness and the clarity with which they perceive things.

  At present, Chu Yu's divine sense can at most cover an area of about three miles around him, and even so, it would make him feel extremely exhausted. Thinking back to the time when his divine sense was released, the scene where everything within a thousand miles seemed to be clearly visible before his eyes made him sigh in amazement. However, Chu Yu knew of several methods to increase the intensity of his divine sense through the refinement of certain treasures, and he had previously refined one such item; once he had sufficient materials, it wouldn't hurt to refine another one.

  In this way, it is estimated that as long as the Yuanying stage is cultivated, with the help of the power of the Dharma treasure, the degree of strength of the divine consciousness can be compared to that of the Jidu period cultivators.

  In fact, the Lianbao Pavilion's Lianbao technique can refine millions of Fa Bao, and each shape and category has its own involvement. Among them, there are countless magical tools with strange effects. Take Chu Yu before he was destroyed by the Heavenly Tribulation, for example. In his more than 200 years, he refined a total of 188 pieces of Fa Bao, about half of which were various "small toys".

  Of course, perhaps for other sects, these "small toys" can be regarded as the treasure of the sect, but for Chu Yu, a master of the Alchemy Sect, these objects are just his casual creations.