Chapter Six Harmony

  Gurong and the other two rushed into the dense forest, fell into a trap, and were bound by endless vines. The vines not only bound them but also absorbed their true energy. The three of them had been resisting with their true energy, and when Shanying fainted, his spell naturally stopped. When Lin Fan arrived, they had already escaped. Just as they were about to launch a major counterattack, they saw Lin Fan appear, and Gurong was quite surprised: "Younger brother, are you unharmed?"

  "It's nothing, it's nothing." Lin Fan said: "The mountain goblin has already been subdued by the sect leader."

  Gu Yan was ashamed: "Still need the sect leader to come and save us."

  Big brother, I just casually said something and you believed it?

  Ye Wushuang resentfully said: "Despicable mountain goblin, actually set up a trap to ambush us, the method is too despicable."

  Sister, the methods of evil cults and demons are all despicable.

  Only Bai Mu remained silent, the matter was settled, and no one was hurt. Gu Yan continued to lead the team forward. The four flew on, with Bai Mu approaching Lin Fan: "Thank you, junior brother, for your help."

  "Rescue?" Lin Fan retorted.

  Bai Mu flipped out three copper plates in his palm: "Copper Plate Calculation, a minor skill."

  Lin Fan's curiosity was piqued and he leaned in closer to Bai Mu: "Can this also be counted?"

  Bai Mu nodded: "Taiji gives birth to two instruments, two instruments give birth to four images, four images give birth to eight trigrams, eight trigrams determine the乾坤万物......" Bai Mu explained a lot, Lin Fan understood some of it, roughly meaning that everything in the world can be calculated and arranged using the eight trigrams. Before being captured, Bai Mu divined a hexagram, which was "hand and foot assist each other", with surprise but no danger. All the hands and feet around were caught, leaving only one person who was slow to appear, and Bai Mu guessed it was Lin Fan.

  Putting aside the gossip, Lin Fan and Bai Mu started chatting. Neither of them was familiar with each other's sects, but they both had a sense of curiosity. After chatting for a while, they felt quite compatible. Bai Mu was a closed-door disciple of Qingyuan Sect's sect master, with an extremely high innate talent in mathematics, so he specialized in array techniques and divine calculations.

  Ye Wushuang also joined the conversation soon, her image overturned a bit, seemingly a quiet and elegant lady on the surface but actually a mischievous girl who loves to laugh and talk.

  "I'm so fed up!" Ye Wushuang complained: "Since yesterday, the sect leader has been nagging nonstop. On the road, we must pay attention to our image, on the road, we should talk less and do more, on the road, we must listen to Shixiong's words. This whole journey has been like flying, everyone is as dull as a wooden stick. I thought all the disciples outside of Zizhulin were like this too, and I was secretly complaining that it's so hard to get out even once, but it turns out it's just so boring..."

  In the front, it was still normal, but after Bai Mu asked her about the content of her cultivation in the Purple Bamboo Forest, she was done for. Ye Wushuang's mouth began to introduce herself, and introducing herself meant introducing the scroll. The so-called scroll is a unique method that seals the law, magic, and Taoism within the scroll. This is only the initial function, according to Ye Wushuang, when her cultivation improves, the scroll can also replicate the methods of magic and martial arts. Her most critical point of strength lies in the scroll, which is not just a piece of cloth with words written on it that can be called a scroll. This scroll was a treasure passed down by Zongzhong Mie, the master of the Purple Bamboo Forest, to Ye Wushuang.

  Lin Fan's yellow paper belongs to the category of magical tools, which in itself has no spirituality and is a medium for casting spells. For example, Gu Yan's treasure sword belongs to the category of precious instruments, which have a certain level of spirituality. One level higher than precious instruments are magical treasures, such as Ye Wushuang's scroll. Magical tools can be bought on the market. Precious instruments require low standards, and can be made by finding materials with spiritual energy and refining them into shape. However, magical treasures are not simple to make, requiring refinement of the instrument, using high-quality materials, and adding an appropriate amount of material according to the method of refinement. A slight excess or deficiency in the material may result in completely different outcomes.

  In the twelve continents, the master of refining equipment is in the Western Continent, which is also where the demonic sect's power lies. The Yunqing Gate had two masters of refining equipment in its early days, and there was also a Refining Sect. One of them mistakenly put the wrong materials before the formation of the magic treasure, causing the magic treasure to self-destruct, destroying the Refining Sect and killing more than ten refining disciples. The other one was a master refiner with exceptional talent a hundred years ago, who left Yunqing Mountain fifty years ago, saying he wanted to go to the extremely cold land to find the Heavenly Furnace, obtain the fire of the furnace and bring it back to Yunqing Mountain, but there has been no news from him until now, presumably he should have also left the world.

  Ye Wushuang, this scroll of law is the treasure left by the high-ranking alchemist to Master Shi's father, Ye Wushuang. This high-ranking alchemist belongs to the Purple Bamboo Forest and is a woman. The Taoist family emphasizes creation and transformation. For more than 50 years, no one has noticed the scroll placed in the obvious position of the book storage pavilion by Ye Wushuang. At most, they only browsed the text on it, but unfortunately, the text on it has no logic at all, and is completely composed of commonly used Taoist characters. The first time Ye Wushuang went to the book storage pavilion, she found this scroll and couldn't bear to put it down. Ye Wushuang asked her why, and she replied that when she was a child, she envied children who could go to private schools to read books, so she liked this scroll very much because of its many characters.

  This is not a reason for the reason, but it's a coincidence that the true person was destroyed and called to pass on the "Heart Refining" method to Ye Wushuang. Ye Wushuang spent three years refining the scroll, finally making it his own.

  This is the big reunion, and then Ye Wushuang starts to talk about her tragic life story. To put it simply, her family was very poor, and she almost died from illness at the age of eight. The doctors were unable to cure her, but her father heard that there was an immortal on Mount Qingyun. He carried her on his back for a hundred miles to the foot of Mount Qingyun to seek help. Xue Mie Zhenren happened to be passing by and saved Ye Wushuang, taking her in as a disciple at Purple Bamboo Forest.

  Ye Wushuang looked at Lin Fan and Bai Mu with a pair of big eyes: Next, you should ask if I have seen my father after entering the door.

  Don't ask, don't ask, just don't ask. Lin Fan and Bai Mu exchanged a glance, seeing the resolute gaze in each other's eyes. Big sister, for half an hour, you've been talking and talking and talking...

  Bai Mu looked ahead and saw Gu Yan flying solo, saying: "Gu Yan Shixiong seems to really dislike talking."

  "I know, I know." Ye Wushuang raised his hand.

  Ignoring him, Lin Fan replied: "Elder Gu's cultivation should be the highest among us, I guess he has entered the early stage of Golden Elixir."

  Foundation Building, Golden Elixir, and Primordial Infant... These three stages are called the Growing Period. Because everyone is different, the length of time spent in each stage varies. Some people spend their entire lives stuck in Foundation Building, unable to even glimpse the threshold of Golden Elixir.

  Simply put, building the foundation is like planting seeds, the golden elixir is like blooming flowers, and the yuan fetus is like bearing fruit. However, because people are different from one another, with varying focuses in their cultivation, how does one enter the golden elixir? Some can rely on the experiences of predecessors, while others cannot, and must come to understand it themselves. And this understanding is divided into two types: closed-door meditation and tempering through trials. The orthodox way generally involves closed-door meditation; if that doesn't work, then one's methods follow their heart. However, in the demonic sects, many people, having meditated in vain, send their disciples to fight against other evil sects in desolate lands, where they grope for the entrance to the golden elixir amidst life-and-death battles. Although there are only a few successes and countless deaths, this is also a way out when all else fails. The greatest difference between the demonic sects and the orthodox way lies here: the orthodox way follows nature, and if it can't be practiced, then it's not practiced; success is in heaven's hands. The demonic sects defy heaven and change fate; as long as one works hard, there's nothing that can't be done; man conquers heaven.

  It can't be said who is right or wrong, the king wins and the bandit loses. The Demon Sect has never publicized successful examples of life-and-death training, because behind one person's success are countless withered bones. The current Demon Lord also advises disciples to give up this suicidal behavior with an extremely low success rate. However, every year there are still a few groups of Demon Sect disciples who enter the desolate land to undergo life-and-death training in order to break through.

  Although Jindan is not extremely rare, it's relatively impressive that Gu Yan can reach the threshold of Jindan at this age. The head of Zhengyi Sect estimated that Lin Fan would need ten more years to enter the Jindan stage.