A Long Grind to Daoist Monarch

Chapter 367 - 232: Transporting Water and Fire, Refining Form to Attain Spirit

Master!

Hearing the familiar voice, Bai Qi was nearly startled. He restrained himself from looking around and remained standing before the Glowing White Stele, as if hesitating.

"Stay calm, good disciple! Do not panic; this is a move from Master’s Black Heart Evil Palm called ’Black and White Impermanence.’ It can attach a Qi mechanism to another person, shadowing them closely and tracking them over vast distances.

I was considering if it could lure another Four Reversals Sect demon. Now it’s just the right time to use it."

Master, are you really a Martial Artist?

How can you even know the Divine Soul targeting of a Daoist Cultivator?

And even manage to avoid being detected by your keen senses!

Bai Qi internally complained, then marveled at the cunning of his Master.

Using yourself as bait for catching big fish, without saying a word.

If there were any other Four Reversals Sect demons in Yihai Prefecture, they would undoubtedly fall into Master’s hands.

He slightly operated the "Flood Dragon Sinking into the Yellow Springs Scripture" and indeed discovered a trace of extremely faint black Qi.

It wasn’t as obvious as a thought, nor was there any malice mingled with it, no wonder it got overlooked by the vast sea of the reflected inner heart and mind.

"Master, what is this place?"

He asked quietly.

"White Sun Holy Land’s Ten Thousand Dragon Nest, it contains rare cultivation treasures, the Three Vehicles of Medicines, Great Returning Divine Pill!"

The trace of black Qi left earlier by Chen Xing, contained a wisp of Divine Intention from a Four Cultivation Grandmaster, maintaining ample spirituality even outside the body.

"The east, west, and north roads represent the process of picking the Three Vehicles of Medicines and refining the Great Returning Pill.

Good disciple, first go east and harvest ’Ren Lead’, ’Yang Fire’, and ’Ganlu’, then return here, head west to conquer ’Bai Yuchan’, ’Dragon Tiger General’, ’Heavy Tower Guard’, then continue north to obtain ’Kanli Cauldron’, ’Female and Male Swords’, and ’Mud Ball Qi’.

Complete all of it for creation."

After Chen Xing finished explaining, the trace of black Qi quickly quieted down, preventing it from being noticed by Chen Yin from afar.

"Truly, having an elder at home is like having a treasure."

Bai Qi marveled, following Master’s words, this Inner Scenic Land called "Ten Thousand Dragon Nest" nurtures rare treasures and medicines, hugely beneficial for cultivation.

But if one does not understand the key, they might return empty-handed even if they enter a golden mountain.

"After the era of Dao’s decline, large numbers of heritages broke off, especially the Taoist Scriptures, if there are no annotations, they are simply incomprehensible.

That’s the advantage of having a sect, with elders leading the way, providing guidance, solving doubts, and answering questions."

He looked around hesitantly, then confirmed his direction, moving towards the eastern rolling mountain range.

"In practicing martial arts, circulating Qi through the body like ’sheep’, ’deer’, and ’cattle’, sometimes slow, sometimes fast, sometimes heavy, sometimes light.

The marvel of circulating Qi is ever-changing, requiring constant examination, once reaching this realm, you will understand.

The thought of Refining Spirit is divided into three grades: large, small, and Purple River Vehicle, which before the era of Dao’s decline, was called ’Foundation Establishment’.

Precisely, Foundation Establishment is to gather that Qi blood, supplement our spirit, even when spirit is strong, there is fear of fluctuation, so ’Ren Lead’ is used to temper it.

’Ren Lead’ is the union of heaven and earth, hazy and formless, producing a Qi in the void.

The body of lead is gaseous, without substance, clear and rising, not easy to obtain."

Bai Qi followed the guidance of the Glowing White Stele, walking eastward for one hundred and twenty steps, seeing a red, coral-like medicinal herb as big as a palm.

"This is ’Jiangzhu Grass’, able to dispel cold and heat, cure dryness evils, it is a small treasure medicine."

Chen Xing’s vast knowledge was like an all-encompassing encyclopedia of astronomy and geography.

He could provide detailed explanations for anything Bai Qi saw.

"Master, Divine Soul is formless, how can it be harvested?"

Bai Qi asked.

It was not until this moment,

that he realized his not yet fully formed Divine Soul embryonic thought lacked hands or feet, could only capture but not grasp.

How could he perform the ’medicine gathering’?

"This is why the Ten Thousand Dragon Nest is called a ’Refining God Treasure Land’. Only the Divine Soul can enter, and the various good things inside must be refined by thoughts and cannot be taken out.

Good disciple, the first step in martial arts is to grasp Qi Blood, refine power and distribute it throughout the body.

Refining Spirit is the same, constantly condensing thoughts, from intangible becoming tangible, forming the image of water and fire.

Your cultivation technique is of high grade, your practice of Entering Meditation and Embracing the Embryo is stable, understanding this should not be difficult."

Chen Xing guided.

From intangible to tangible?

Form the image of water and fire?

Bai Qi carefully pondered the deep meaning in Master’s words.

That embryonic-like Divine Soul thought, bathed in rich spiritual aura, as if soaking in a hot spring being nourished, slowly grew larger.

"Entering meditation, embracing the embryo, followed by visualization, refining the form of Divine Soul...gather your mind, adjust your breath, close your eyes and meditate, quiet and still, clear and pure, let go of everything, forget all, until it becomes hazy, obscure...

The effort to this point is like winter in heaven, all things return to their roots; like day which has night, sinking into the hour of the pig..."

Bai Qi silently experienced that mysterious and subtle state of emergence, the Divine Soul like grasses with roots deeply buried in soil, soaked with melting snow water, began to bud and grow vigorously.

He repeatedly pondered that phrase "no smoke yet seeming smoke, no air yet seeming air," a seal hidden in the mind suddenly trembled.

[You have grasped the "wondrous art of refining form to acquire spirit," seized "Water and Fire Transporting Skill," aptitude transforming, ascending to ’unmatched’."]

"An unmatched prodigy, have I further increased the assessment of my aptitude? It indeed justifies being a successor of Tongwen Hall."

Bai Qi felt satisfied.

Yet his mind focused on feeling the spiritual aura entering his body, the pleasurable expansion of his Divine Soul.

No waves were stirred within.

The Dragon Court evaluates the heroes under heaven, categorizing them into several grades.

Such as "Century’s Proud Son," "Unparalleled Prodigy," "Matchless Through the Ages," "Peerless and Unique" and the like.

It seems like only four grades, but in reality, the threshold is extremely high, and the span is vast.