Chapter 62: Seeking the Truth of Cultivation

  Three True Persons pointed at Lin Xue Song and said: "Never learn from him. Lin, you remember, ordinary people or cultivators cannot always be smooth sailing, cannot have no setbacks. Today, I came to let you recognize the Lin Xue Song you mentioned, high realm, high cultivation, unfortunately, his heart is weak, became a waste. Second, when you reach Yuan Ying, kill him and take the sword."

  Lin Fan smiled and opened his mouth: "Master, don't be angry."

  "I'm not angry."

  "Yes, you're angry." Lin Fan nodded affirmatively.

  "Yes, who can't get angry. My master was the Transmission Elder, who founded the Orthodox Sect, but unfortunately, he ascended not long after. I became the nominal disciple of the Law Enforcement Elder. The Great Master Brother is him, Lin Xuege, and the Second Master Sister is Qian Yu Zhenren, the leader. Only Qingzi couldn't see through it." San San Zhenren changed the subject: "Xi Men Shuai came to report the death, and also mentioned that you liked a girl named Shang Guan Fei Xue."

  Lin Fan was furious: "Ximen Commander is really a shrew."

  "This is a good thing, it shows you're a man." San San Zhen Ren said: "I don't want to advise you on anything else, I just want to tell you one thing. You've only just grown up and the road ahead of you is long. Don't give up or become like him because of any setbacks. He's forgotten that apart from his loving wife, there are many people around him who care about him."

  Lin frowned: "Master, I have a bit of confusion. Isn't the cultivator supposed to be clear-minded and few desires, detached from fame and wealth?"

  "Three True Ones asked in return: 'What is your true intention for cultivating the truth?'"

  "Practicing Taoist magic has many benefits, such as never getting sick, living a long life, and being very powerful. Who knows, you might even become immortal." Lin Fan replied.

  "Haha, with so many desires, how can one be content with a simple heart? Those who have no desires and seek nothing will not think of becoming immortals. Even if they do become immortals, what would they do? They would just sit stupidly in one place, quietly pondering. The living are suffering, but they think of using all things as fodder for their own benefit. Everything is just fodder, and they themselves are also just fodder."

  "I understand." Lin Fan knew that Xi Men Shuai had reported the death and told him about his experiences on this trip. Lin Fan was puzzled by the cultivators of clarity, who were detached from fame and wealth, without desires or demands, wasn't that the highest state of Taoism? San San Zhen Ren took Lin Fan on this trip to tell him with real examples what kind of people would become cultivators of clarity.

  "We are first human, then cultivators. We have the bonds of family, parents, love between men and women, and the relationships between teachers and students. Some people say that to become an immortal, you must abandon all these things. But I ask, what's the point of becoming an immortal if I do? Is it just to become a withered tree or a stubborn rock?" San San Zhen Ren turned around and said: "I'm not speaking in anger, but when you reach the Yuan Ying stage, kill him."

  "I can't do it."

  San San Zhen Ren smiled: "Didn't you take a treasure from Zi Ye, the disciple of the Purple Pupil Sect?"

  Lin Fan replied: "Taking treasure from an evil person is as easy as taking it from a harmless one, I think they are different."

  The three true men nodded: "Not bad, what's your opinion on this thousand-year-old fox spirit?"

  Lin Fan thought for a moment: "With emotions and righteousness, harming heaven and reason."

  "I'm starting to like Ximen Shuai a bit now." San San Zhen Ren smiled: "Let's go." The previous sentence was the final evaluation of Lin Fan's experience this time, San San Zhen Ren thought it was very worthwhile, and Lin Fan expressed his own thoughts and views on many things.

  The forest was in a flurry as he flew up and caught up with San San Zhen Ren: "Master, is that Gu Yan Shixiong?"

  "Old rock! This is a trouble." San San Zhenren sighed: "He's too obsessed, he's been practicing the sword escape technique. Because of Zhang Tongyuan's precedent of refining the golden elixir to control the sword, he also wants to break through the golden elixir to control the sword. This young man thinks his father owes it to Yunqingmen, and he wants to do more for Yunqingmen to make up for it. Let him practice first, and you don't go disturb him either, who knows if he can really practice it out, this matter is in the mind of the sect leader."

  "Oh, I see." Lin Fan looked down and waved his hand: "Bai Mu!"

  A white figure suddenly flew up from halfway up the mountain and rose before Lin Fan: "I have seen San San Zhen Ren."

  "Alright, you guys chat." San San Zhen Ren nodded and walked away.

  Bai Mu saw Lin Fan and was overjoyed, saying: "Wu Shuang told me you weren't dead, I wanted to go see you at the time, but unfortunately I was assigned a task and couldn't get away."

  Lin Fan asked: "What's wrong? What's going on?"

  "Set up the formation!" Bai Mu raised his head and looked at the mountain peak, saying: "The Taicheng Mountain is where many immortals cultivate, and they have many precious artifacts and divine weapons. To prevent thieves from sneaking in to kill people and steal treasures, seven prohibitions and three gate formations were set up on Taicheng Mountain. Let me show you something good."

  "What?" Lin Feng asked curiously.

  Bai Mu took out a small flag with nine faces from his bag and said, "This is called the Xuan Huang Han Bing Flag. It was given to me by a friend of my sect's master from the East Sea, who set up a small game as a gift. I won it in the competition. This flag can be used to set up the Xuan Huang formation, the Han Bing formation, and has many other uses. From now on, I will no longer have to defend one place and resist the enemy. Next time we go out for training, I will not hold you back either."

  Two people chatted and talked, having a warm reunion after a long separation. At this time, Lin Fan suddenly remembered something and asked: "You Qingyuan sect don't go out to know the world, do you know about the vast and mysterious fog swamp, and an old lady named Jiu Wu?"

  "The Fog Swamp knows that there is a miasma inside, which is the gas leaking from the underground Yellow Spring. It's not easy to pass through this place unless one has a solid foundation. As for the misty fog, I've never heard of it, can you introduce it in more detail?"

  Lin Fan described the appearance of Yu Wu, and then introduced Yu Er. Bai Mu listened and also felt that it was quite strange. If Yu Wu didn't care about Yu Er, he wouldn't have taught Lin Fan the Tai Chu heart method, nor would he have saved Lin Fan, just to take Yu Er away from the Misty Swamp. If Yu Wu cared about Yu Er, he wouldn't have whipped and punished Yu Er, nor would he have ignored Yu Er's bruises all over her body.

  Bai Mu sank into thought for a long time: "I'm sure I've never heard or seen any records of this person, Qi Wu, but what you said about the misty girl's whole body being covered in boils that would rupture and ooze pus without feeling pain or itchiness seems to ring a bell. Now that I think about it, several years ago when I went to the Hidden Immortal Sect to repair the spell array, a servant from the Qing Yuan Sect seemed to have mentioned something like this."

  Lin Fan was overjoyed: "I'll go find Zong Shuai right away and get a travel permit."

  Bai Mu shook his head: "He transformed last year... Lin, don't worry, the seniors of Qingyuan Sect know about it, and there will definitely be records in the book. I'll pay attention to help you check."

  Lin Fan nodded vaguely: "Oh yeah, you're all bookworms who don't go out."

  Bai Mu shook his head: "No, I've been to Xiao Dongzhou."

  "It's no use!"

  Bai Mu smiled and said, "Lin Fan, tell me everything you saw and heard on your journey to the desolate land. I want to record it."

  "Oh? So this document is called Lin Fan's Wandering in the Vast Expanse?"

  "It doesn't sound good, might as well be called You Cang Mang."

  Lin Fan's eyes narrowed in anger, but Bai Mu smiled: "I have some good tea leaves, let's drink and talk."

  Lin Fan got along well with the people in Qingyuan Sect. After entering Qingyuan Sect under Bai Mu's leadership, although he didn't find any literature related to Yu Wu after searching and asking around, Lin Fan quickly became familiar with his fellow disciples, including some who were fond of gambling. Lin Fan opened a casino inside Qingyuan Sect to promote the game of Pai Gow, and everyone had a great time playing. In the end, the Qingyuan Sect disciples who participated in the gambling and spectating were punished to reflect on their actions, while Lin Fan was expelled from Qingyuan Mountain by the sect master.

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