Seeking the Tao in the Mortal World

Chapter 154: The Way of Cultivation

"With a single pure thought, the soul and consciousness remain intact. Like a dream or a shadow, resembling a ghost, this is the Yin Spirit."

Liu Su said slowly, "In a simple concept, Yin Spirit is a non-entity ghost. If it must be classified, even Ju Yunxiu's painting soul can be regarded as Yin Spirit, but the level is very low. You’re at the Piano Heart Stage, so you can already initially feel that the various uses of divine thought, such as spiritual perception and divination. They are based on spiritual foundations rather than things that can be accomplished by spiritual force.”

Qin Yi said, "I have already felt that my spiritual sense has become sharper. In fact, even if you didn't mention it today, I still vaguely felt that someone was watching in the sky, but the feeling was not so clear."

"This is because you haven't started training yet. When you start training, all the scenes can be clearly seen in your mind at the place within the range of your divine thought. It has replaced the role of your eyes." Liu Su said, "At the Cloud Riding Stage, you can release your divine thought a hundred miles around you, observing everything. When you reach the Radiant Yang Stage, your divine thought solidifies and becomes tangible. It will shine for thousands of miles when dispersed; it will become a soul entity when condensed. The soul entity can leave your body temporarily, so the Radiant Yang Stage is also the realm of forming Yin Spirit.”

Qin Yi said, "In other words, this flower can help you form your kawaii (cute) Yin Spirit?"

The first reaction in Qin Yi's mind when Liu Su appeared was not a human figure, but a certain emoji...

"I can't form the Yin Spirit for the time being, but this flower has the effect of solidifying my soul..." Liu Su said, "My state is different from the normal state. You don't need to worry about what realm I’m in. Anyway, as long as I can consolidate myself, I can leave the mace temporarily."

Qin Yi said excitedly, "What should I do?"

"We had half a Black Blood Lotus left from before. We will use it together with this Soul Consolidating Flower. There happens to be a kind of fire phosphorus grass in those seeds, which is a very suitable adjuvant ingredient. These are enough to refine the Soul Solidifying Pill." Liu Su said very cautiously, "You can't let others know about this, otherwise people will be suspicious if they find out that you are refining the Soul Solidifying Pill, because this kind of pill is in great demand even in the later stage of Cloud Riding Stage. It’s unreasonable for you, the Piano Heart Stage, to refine this.”

"That's right... Not only that, you also need to improve your cultivation, otherwise your cultivation is not enough to refine the elixir. In short, don't ask for help from others, and don't give people any possibility of raising a doubt." Liu Su said seriously, "Qin Yi, the human heart is unpredictable. Don’t trust this new sect easily, even if it’s Ju Yunxiu.”

"Understand."

"Okay, don't be nervous. It's just that I'm a little too expecting this pill." Liu Su relaxed again and said with a smile, "The fact is that it takes time to plant the seeds, and it also takes time for you to improve. You just need to know that you can't refine this elixir yet.”

Qin Yi smiled and said, "You have been trapped for too long, so I will try my best to help you out."

Liu Su hummed, "Are you sure you are not just interested in my appearance?"

"I've seen your appearance. What is there to be interested in?"

Liu Su asked curiously, "When did you see it?"

"When I first crossed over, I saw that ugly devil face that wanted to devour me..." Qin Yi said contemptuously, "I said your Yin Spirit cute just to give you face. Do you really think you are kawaii?”

Liu Su was silent for a moment before sneering, "... Good, nothing really escapes from Immortal Qin's keen eyes."

Qin Yi didn't feel the danger, so he thought to himself, "The first thing to do now is to plant the seeds. When I was briefly looking around before, I saw a large medicinal garden behind the cave house as well as a spiritual spring."

Liu Su said calmly, "Well, go ahead."

Qin Yi ran toward the back of the cave house and soon saw an open-air grassland. There were sunshine and rain pouring down, and a clear spring flowing past. There were also unknown little fragrant flowers on the grassland. A planting area was opened in the middle of the grassland. The soil had been tilled, but nothing was planted yet. Aura filled the soil like stars, which looked very spiritual.

Just having such a land in his backyard could make him feel relaxed.

Qin Yi jumped over in a good mood, planning to roll on the grass first.

'Bang', Qin Yi bumped into an enchantment and slowly slid to the ground.

"Ahahaha..." The mace stood next to him, smiling extremely proudly, "How come the keen eyes Immortal Qin can't notice that this is just a painting?"

Qin Yi covered his nose in agony, almost bursting into tears, "This… is a hecking painting?"

The blue sky and white clouds, the clear spring, the birds chirping and the fragrance flowers, the fertile soil, and even the humidity that hit his face. No matter how he felt, it was a real scene. He never expected it to be a painting!

"What's so strange about this? Even the camellias painted by Qing Cha are fragrant. This cave house originally belonged to a Radiant Yang Stage cultivator. Do you think it's not as good as Qing Cha?" Liu Su smiled and gloated, "This is even after the cave house has recognized you as its master, so the enchantment won't be aggressive to you. Otherwise, you would be devoured by the enchantment. "

"Devour..."

"Yes, you will be stuck forever in the painting."

Qin Yi was so shocked that he even forgot about the pain, "The way of painting is not useless as imagined."

"Of course, who told you it's useless?" Liu Su's tone sounded lamenting. "It's not an array, but it's greater than an array. Including the previous gambling contract, it actually has the rule power. These recent new taos are very interesting.”

Qin Yi looked at it resentfully.

Liu Su clearly noticed it and deliberately let me bump into the painting. Does it have to do that for saying it ugly? What a mean person. Is telling the truth a crime in this timeline...

The mace ignored him and jumped to the corner of this "real scene". Then it jumped onto a "round stone".

The "curtain" slowly parted like the sky was splitting up.

After it split open, the scene behind it was exactly the same as in the painting, even the stone where Liu Su stood was seamlessly connected. It was impossible to tell the difference before.

Qin Yi was dumbfounded. For the first time, he saw the tip of the iceberg of the way of painting that he previously thought was useless.

If one has attained such a level in painting, would he still have any regrets in life?

"This is an internal trap in case someone breaches into the cave house." Liu Su jumped off the stone and smiled, "Qin Yi, you know, in this visit to Myriad Tao Immortal Palace, you may not feel it's helpful to you, but it really opens my horizon. In fact, I like this place.”

"Like?"

"Yeah, they don't stick to the rules and just do what they like regardless of how much the world slanders them." Liu Su said with a smile, "It delves into a wide range of sources and learns from them. As long as you are interested, you can learn from a variety of minor paths and create your own unique way. Exploring countless paths in the world is also a form of cultivation."

Qin Yi gained some enlightenment.

I used to think that I already had the "law". Liu Su's "law" is of a very high level, so maybe I don't need to learn anything from Myriad Tao Immortal Palace, which makes me lack interest. I thought I only needed "wealth" and "land", and it happened that Ju Yunxiu also needed me to do something. This is similar to joining a company to earn a salary rather than joining a sect.

According to Liu Su's statement, I can learn the minor way and its strength. This is also a form of cultivation.

Liu Su sighed, "I really want to meet the Palace Master, but not now. Because I'm afraid that my existence and the material of the mace may not be able to conceal me from such a powerhouse."

Qin Yi snapped out of his thoughts and said with a smile, "Then let's cultivate first. We will meet him when the time comes."

As he spoke, he walked to the medicinal garden and planted the first seed.

His expression became focused and calm. The laughter before had gone completely.

Farming needed to be focused and calm.

Painting was cultivating, and farming was the same. Cultivating was not just about meditating. Otherwise, how could Ju Yunxiu gain her current cultivation?

Qin Yi had completely digested Liu Su's words just now. Well, he was a genius to begin with.