14 days ago Author: Pig Heart Shrimp
Chapter 39 - Superior Qi-Nourishing Pill
In the middle of the night, as the moonlight grew brighter, the two became quieter.
Gu Wen broke the silence and asked, "I wonder how the fairy feels about it?"
"..."
Yu Hua remained silent for a moment, then slowly spoke, "I have no right to judge."
Everyone has the seven emotions and six desires.
Some cut off the six desires to cultivate great love, some cut off the seven emotions to refine ruthlessness, and the extreme ones cut off both to become a piece of flesh and dry stone.
The Jade Clear Sect has many who cut off the six desires, cultivating purity without being heartless.
She enjoys poetry, where the beauty lies in using scenery to describe objects, objects to describe emotions, emotions to describe people, with words containing the mysteries of the world, conveying the Dao between heaven and earth.
Compared to the poems gifted to the demoness by the top scholar of Da Gan, Gu Wen's words were like celestial music, a world apart from mere pebbles and jade.
How much talent has he truly hidden?
One or two lines could be considered coincidental, but if they continue one after another, with different scenes and different sentiments, reciting poems that have never been heard before in the world.
Rather than believing in countless unknown quatrains in the world, Yu Hua would rather believe they were obtained by Gu Wen.
Because he was very unlucky, his luck was not good, if he truly had such great blessings, how could he become a servant.
Fate could not suppress his talent, I was just adding a finishing touch, letting him suffer less, take fewer detours.
Gu Wen smiled, "Poetry and prose are meant to be judged once written. Even if one has only half a belly of ink, they can still judge, because true quatrains stand the test of time. Right and wrong, merits and faults, will be judged by future generations."
Upon hearing this, Yu Hua's voice carried a hint of excitement, "This line is already perfect, judging it is going too far. If I were to praise, this poem is rare in the world, far surpassing what that demoness at the Qian Feng Tower received."
"If the Daoist likes it, that's good."
Gu Wen's tone changed and he asked, "I have been in contact with the Qian Feng Tower in business recently, is there anything I should be aware of?"
Upon hearing this, Yu Hua paused, her voice becoming more serious and cautionary, "Behind the Qian Feng Tower is the Qian Feng Sect, a demonic sect."
"Dare I ask, what is a demonic sect?"
"The myriad schools in the world can be divided into Buddhism, Daoism, and demonic paths. Cultivators of the mysterious sects comprehend the great Dao of heaven and earth, achieving unity of heaven and man, cultivating the supreme Dao, hence there are countless profound methods. The Buddhist sect has four vehicles and ten stages, seeking enlightenment and liberation.
The demonic sect has four abysses and eight caves, seeking to return to antiquity and return to the divine to seek the innate. There are many miscellaneous schools, with Zhe Jian Mountain being the head of the miscellaneous schools, the pinnacle of the military schools."
Yu Hua's explanation was concise and clear, not requiring Gu Wen to use any tricks to get her to say everything he wanted to know, thought of, or didn't think of.
"Among them, the demonic sect is the most inclusive. The three teachings and nine streams will always have cultivators falling into demonic ways, resulting in the cultivators of that sect being mixed, acting recklessly. Also, because the demonic sect mostly seeks profound methods, they often integrate the remains and bloodlines of deceased innate beings into their own bodies, resulting in countless individuals losing their sanity."
Gu Wen asked, "Are all demonic sects evil?"
"No, all kinds are evil." Yu Hua shook her head, giving an unexpected answer, "To survive, others are a danger, it's just that the demonic sects are generally more dangerous than other sects. My San Qing Dao Sect also did not spare your Gu family."
Gu Wen's extremely high emotional intelligence response was, "It's just that a bug ruined the good relationship, but now it's still a good relationship."
Yu Hua nodded deeply, "It's a bug from the Shang Qing Sect."
The three sects were not united, as the number one sacred land of the mysterious sect in the world, the San Qing Dao Sect was too vast.
Within the three sects, any random peak had far more strong cultivators and disciples than most sects.
Before, she had the mentality of a disciple, not feeling much, accustomed to the tranquility of the ivory tower.
Now she just wanted to strike hard and beat the old guy.
Returning to the topic, Gu Wen asked, "What about the Qian Feng Tower?"
Yu Hua replied, "It's a female cultivation sect, following the path of solitary yin, where the primordial yin must not be lost. Therefore, they enjoy seducing people with their beauty but never fulfill their promises. Among those who enter the world, the fifth on the Earth Ranking is the Fox Immortal Lu Chan, who carries the bloodline of the nine-tailed fox, and has close ties with the demon clan Tu Shan."
Gu Wen understood, these were female cultivators who enjoyed cultivating followers, posing little threat to himself.
However, fate is determined by destiny, talent by ability, and strength by power.
Being ranked fifth in seduction, one must still be cautious.
"You should focus on your cultivation. They pose little threat to you, but if she can bewitch you, she won't just be fifth on the Earth Ranking."
Yu Hua also trusted Gu Wen in the same way because this little guppy had little reaction to her, a good seedling for cultivation.
She took out a pill, blue and white, filled with spiritual energy.
"This is a reward for your poetry, a Superior Qi-Nourishing Pill. Magical power is the foundation of everything, your current magical power is too low, it's difficult to recover through cultivation in the sparse spiritual energy of Da Gan, so you need this kind of pill to make up for it."
Gu Wen hesitated and swallowed it without hesitation, his destiny slightly trembling.
Some of the special medicinal properties disappeared, but most remained.
One day
As a poor Taoist, I can only rely on fellow Daoists to get by.
Gu Wen entered a state of meditation, the power of the Superior Qi-Nourishing Pill quickly transformed into magical power.
His Qi Sea, which had never been full, gradually filled up, originally the size of an egg, it quickly expanded to the size of a basketball.
Increasing by more than ten times, if he were to use this much magical power to activate a sword technique, he might truly be able to ward off attacks.
His thoughts gradually calmed, refining magical power, digesting the medicinal properties.
Although he had seen the fairy's appearance, it did not interrupt his cultivation.
Beautiful women are common in the world, the beauty of the Dragon Bridge people, although not one-thousandth of Yu Hua, can still be called beautiful.
For nearly two thousand days and nights, he had endured and hidden, not even the love of beauty could make him lift his head.
Only through cultivation could he become a valiant hero who could slaughter and exterminate, and face anyone with patience and not just mere endurance.
Only through cultivation could he broaden the path beneath his feet.
Only through cultivation could he walk the grand Dao.
Mental techniques, sword techniques, body techniques, protective Dao techniques... he needed too many cultivation techniques, and the Heavenly Essence could not solve everything.
In the future, he would need to find similar pills like the Qi-Nourishing Pill to replenish his magical power.
Otherwise, in a prolonged battle, if his magical power ran out, he would be at a complete disadvantage, and might even be killed because of it.
He did not believe that those who entered the world were lacking in magical power either.
From the seemingly endless pills in Yu Hua's sleeve, it was clear that these people had countless means and endless pills.
Truly becoming a poor Taoist!
Yu Hua wrote on the paper, 'We will meet under the moon at the Yao Tai', the candlelight and moonlight staining the ink that had not yet dried,
She read it over and over again, never getting tired of it.
She needed to find an opportunity to recite it to that demoness.
In the morning, a rooster's crow seemed to awaken the sun, a purple aura came from the east, illuminating Bianjing City.
Gu Wen opened his eyes, and Yu Hua did not leave hastily as usual.
Seeing him finish his cultivation, she spoke calmly, "Good morning."
"Daoist friend, are you not going back today?"
"Of course, I will go back, you don't need to worry, if I don't want to be seen, no one can see me."
"Then, Daoist..."
"I just want to stay until morning before leaving."
With that, Yu Hua got up and left through the window, her figure ethereal, covering a hundred meters in an instant, already displaying the ability to fly and disappear.
Then, as if sensing Gu Wen's gaze, she turned her head and waved gently, disappearing in the morning mist and sunlight.
What everyone couldn't do, she could do effortlessly.
Gu Wen's eyes were filled with envy, wondering what level of cultivation he needed to achieve to be like her.
Knock, knock, knock.
The door was lightly tapped, and the maid's voice came.
"Master, do you need to freshen up?"
After freshening up, having breakfast, and practicing spear techniques in between, he ran into Jiang Jucai's son Jiang Jiucai, who seemed to have awakened to his bloodline and hurried over to flatter him, calling him 'Master' one after another.
Gu Wen did not hesitate to hide even a basic spear technique, teaching Jiang Jiucai the first level.
Essentially, it was not much different from what was taught in the military camp, consisting of a few movements such as point, break, lift, push, entangle, and dance.
As they practiced, a military book fell, and Jiang Jiucai's face stiffened, saying, "Master, can you not tell my father? If my father finds out I've been reading military books, he will definitely beat me with a bamboo stick."
Jiang Jucai was unusually conservative in education compared to his business dealings, possibly having been bullied by scholars too much, believing in 'only by studying can one be high.'
Gu Wen laughed and patted his shoulder, saying, "Good boy with a future, you will conquer the world in the future. If your father doesn't let you learn, I will teach you."
"Thank you, Master!"
The young man looked up at the elder who was a head taller than him, showing his teeth, waving his fists, and saying, "When I learn, I will conquer the world for Master."
Gu Wen raised an eyebrow, tapped his head, and said, "Don't talk nonsense, can you say that now?"
"Hehehe, when can I say it then?"
"When I'm around."
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