Return to the luxurious mansion in Luoyang.
Chen Yun is meditating on the idea of allowing the spirit to sink and unite with qi.
Suddenly, he saw Zhao Kangji in peasant clothes sweeping the floor.
To be honest, if it weren't for what he saw today, he might have nearly forgotten about such a person.
Zhao Kangji is now a vigorous and energetic young man, but he has no cultivation at all.
It's obvious that neither Wang Siyan nor Chen Da, Chen Er, will teach him half a modality or law of cultivation without his permission.
Zhao Kangji saw Chen Yun entering from outside and quickly bowed, saying, "Zhao Kangji greets Mr. Chen."
Chen Yun asked with his hands behind his back, "How long have you been here for?"
Zhao Kangji recalled slightly and said: "I have been here for more than three years."
Chen Yun looked at him, "Your home is just a stone's throw away, and you haven't gone back to visit in these years. You could clearly enjoy wealth and honor, yet you insist on staying here as a longworker. Don't you feel wronged?"
Zhao Kangji said with a serious expression, "The world is like a dream. As for me, I would rather wake up and dream than live in confusion all my life. Wealth and honor are like clouds in the past, but my aspirations are not limited to these things."
In Zhao Kangji, Chen Yun saw the figure of himself seeking the path of enlightenment in the past.
He couldn't help but burst into laughter, saying, "Good, very good."
Chen Yun repeated the word "good" three times and walked towards the inner courtyard, without giving Zhao Kangji any promises.
Zhao Kangji remained indifferent, still sweeping the ground over there.
As Chen Yun reached the doorway of the inner courtyard, he turned his head and glanced at Zhao Kangji, nodded slightly, and thought to himself that this young fellow had an exceptionally firm mind. How could a common nobleman or son of a wealthy family persist in being a longworker for three years?
He decided to give him a chance, to see if he could pass the test, and if he could, he would take him as a disciple.
However, he had no time at the moment. Chen Yun thought for a moment and conveyed his intention to Chen Er, asking him to test Zhao Kangji's worth during his leisure time.
...
Returning to the inner courtyard.
He was about to go to the quiet room to ponder the matter of refining golden pills.
Suddenly, Chen Yun saw Wang Siyan pruning branches in the garden.
He walked up to her and said, "Smoke sister."
Wang Siyan seemed to have some concerns on her mind. It wasn't until she heard the voice that she realized something.
She hurriedly put down the water pot, "Brother Yun, have you come out of seclusion?"
"Hmm."
Chen Yun stared at her face.
He noticed that time had left a faint wrinkle at the corner of her eyes.
Although Wang Siyan looks like she's in her twenties and thirties now, she has still lost the beauty of her youth.
Even so, her mature appearance made her even more appealing.
Chen Yun reached out and stroked her eye corner, sighing, "All these years, it's been hard for you to manage the household. I didn't realize your eyes have lines now."
Wang Siyan smiled and shook her head, "As a servant, I don't think I've worked hard. I'm almost fifty, and some wrinkles are naturally mine. It's just... it's just..." She sighed.
Chen Yun cared and asked, "Why are you sighing?"
Wang Siyan said softly, "Don't you understand my heart, Brother Yun?"
Chen Yun said, "I naturally understand. Just wait for me for a while, and I will fulfill your wishes."
Wang Siyan's face lit up, "Alright, wait for you to finish your work."
Chen Yun grunted, "I'll probably be in seclusion for a while. If it's not something very important, don't let anyone disturb me."
Wang Siyan said, "Very well."
Chen Yun didn't say anything else and straightened up towards the direction of the quiet room.
...
He came to the quiet room, opened the window.
Chen Yun sat at the desk, allowing the breeze to blow through as he pondered on the art of refining golden pills.
"Master Lu gave me two methods: one is to prove the path with strength, and the other is to subdue the elixir."
Chen Yun secretly thought, "This seems to be two methods, but they can be carried out simultaneously. On the one hand, I can continue to refine the divine energy left by the Thunder Lord, in order to improve the quality of the elixir and achieve enlightenment. On the other hand, I can try to make the spirit sink while I am refining divine energy. The one that reaches first will be the method I choose to achieve enlightenment."
After deciding on the specific operation, he first lay back on the bed and slept for a while.
By the time it was evening, upon waking up, Chen Yun felt refreshed and clear-minded. He got up, had a drink of clear water, and then took a bath and changed his clothes.
In the end, his body and mind were clean and refreshed.
He lit incense in the room, and when the room was enveloped in mist and the aroma diffused and ascended, he then sat cross-legged on a stool, starting a new cycle of refining divine energy.
"First, refine all the divine energy left by the Thunder Lord."
Thinking about it, Chen Yun began to cultivate his powers.
The divine energy inside him was slowly refined.
At the same time, he tried his best to sense the yuan Shen in the mud ball and wanted to let it sink and merge with the Qi.
Although it is easy to sense the yuan Shen in the mud ball, Chen Yun is currently unable to make it sink, and he can only keep trying.
Perhaps it's because his mind is divided.
The speed of refining the divine energy was also delayed somewhat.
However, Chen Yun knows that the cultivation cannot be rushed, so he is not in a hurry.
One after another, the elixir energy was formed and filled into the central palace, constantly growing stronger.
Soon, one night has passed.
Chen Yun took a short rest and then stood up to practice some martial arts.
After feeling sufficiently rested, he began the next round of cultivation.
A day has passed.
Ten days have passed.
Six months have passed.
Time flows like water.
At this time, Chen Yun had already refined half of the divine energy.
From the current rate of refinement, it would take at most another half a year to refine all the divine energy.
Today, he temporarily stopped his cultivation and checked himself.
Chen Yun inspected the elixir energy in the central palace. He found that although the elixir energy was abundant, it had not yet undergone a qualitative transformation.
"It seems that the quantity has not yet reached the level of qualitative change."
He seemed to be thinking.
In the six months, although the elixir energy has not yet undergone a qualitative transformation, he can slightly control the yuan Shen's movement now. However, he still cannot make it sink.
Although the yuan Shen cannot sink to the central palace, it may seem like there has been no progress, but this is not the case.
Chen Yun knows that his control over the yuan Shen has improved significantly. As long as he persists in trying, he will eventually be able to make the yuan Shen sink to the central palace and merge with the elixir energy, forming a golden pill and achieving enlightenment.
Thinking about it, he began the next round of cultivation again.
...
On the other side.
With the help of Xie Wuyang and Gouteng Dao Ren.
Shi Jingtang's underlings now included many strange and extraordinary individuals.
Among them, there were many people who had achieved enlightenment and become immortals.
This made him well-prepared.
On this day, in Heyang City, a highly influential divine figure arrived.
This deity wore a phoenix crown, dark robe with brocade skirt, dragon and tiger patterns, floral pattern shoes, transforming his appearance to that of a man with a dragon head and horse face, wielding a sword with hanging strings and necklaces. He was none other than the legendary Star General Wu Cu in the celestial realm of Starry Spirit.
At the time, Shi Jingtang was discussing with Xie Wuyang, Gouteng Dao Ren, and others how to seize the world within his mansion.
Suddenly, the gatekeeper reported that an extraordinary person was seeking an audience outside.
Initially, Shi Jingtang mistook the visitor for an immortal summoned by Xie Wuyang or Gouteng Dao Ren to assist in the battle. He immediately instructed the gatekeeper to invite the guest into his mansion.
To their surprise, upon seeing Wuqu Xingjun, Xie Wuyang and Gouteng Dao Ren were so scared that they quickly bowed.
"Xie Wuyang has seen the Star General Wu Cu."
"I, Gouteng, have seen the Star General Wu Cu."
Xie Wuyang and Gouteng Dao Ren, along with a group of immortals and cultivators, bowed.
Wuqu Xingjun Mingling Shi Yuan had not even looked at them. Instead, he kept his hands behind his back and looked at Shi Jingtang, saying, "Shi Taiyuan, the Purple Star moves. It combines with the destiny of your becoming an emperor in life. The Heavenly Emperor has ordered me to help you achieve success. From now on, you will command the heavens and control the earth."
Hearing this, Shi Jingtang was truly stunned in place.
He never expected that the Emperor ofPurple Heaven would send Wuqu Xingjun to assist him in establishing his rule over the kingdom.
Xie Wuyang and Gouteng Dao Ren also seemed to be surprised. They had never expected that the Purple Emperor would stake his bets on Shi Jingtang in this divine battle.
Both of them immediately brightened up and felt that their chances of achieving enlightenment were secure this time.
Even more so, at this moment, Xie Wuyang and Gouteng Dao Ren couldn't help but involuntarily recall Chen Yun's hateful face in their minds.
They believed that since the Purple Emperor was helping Shi Jingtang, they would definitely be invincible and undefeatable in the upcoming divine battle. If Chen Yun participated as well, they were confident that they could easily defeat him.
...
Time flies and years roll by.
Six months of time have flown by.
Chen Yun, who was completely unaware of Shi Jingtang's growth, finally refined all the divine energy left by the Thunder Lord.
The strands of elixir energy filled the central palace, swirling continuously and gradually merging together, becoming increasingly powerful and substantial.
After feeling that the amount of elixir energy inside his body had reached a certain point, some qualitative changes began to occur.
This qualitative change is somewhat similar to the transformation of true energy into qi in the stage of refining essence into qi. Originally, when he practiced internal vision, the elixir energy in his body, looking like golden light, gradually condensed into a mist-like "gas" state.
Although the amount of elixir energy in his body suddenly decreased, Chen Yun felt that his own strength had become even stronger.
He had a strong sense of power that with a mere movement of his hand or foot, he could destroy a country.
"Indeed, as Master Lu said, when the elixir energy accumulates to a certain amount, it will undergo a certain degree of qualitative transformation."
Chen Yun internally visualized while thinking to himself, "Quantitative change leads to qualitative change, and qualitative change will produce new quantitative change. Understanding it this way, even without the divine energy left by the Thunder Lord, my cultivation speed can still be extremely fast. Within a maximum of five hundred years, I will be able to accumulate enough elixir energy to condense into a golden pill."
He specially cultivated his powers to verify if his understanding was correct, trying to see how elixir energy was born.
A hot breath flowed through his body, completing a cycle of one cycle. A strand of elixir energy, nearly identical to that in the central palace, was born.
"It works! Indeed, it works!"
Chen Yun was overjoyed. He knew that his elixir energy now was one strand that was comparable to dozens before the qualitative change.
This means that although he didn't seem to have made any progress, in reality, he could create tens of times more elixir energy with the same cultivation time.
But now, the elixir energy that has undergone qualitative change appears to be only one strand in terms of quantity.
"Master Lu's words are not in vain. As long as I follow what he said, I will definitely achieve enlightenment and immortality."
Chen Yun couldn't help but secretly sigh.
Finally, he truly saw the hope of achieving enlightenment and becoming an immortal, rather than just the possibility as he had previously guessed.
At the current stage, achieving enlightenment and becoming an immortal through power alone would take several hundred years.
However, if he could make the yuan Shen sink and merge with the qi, he could directly condense a golden pill and become a true immortal at any time!
"After a year of sensing, my control over the yuan Shen has become increasingly skillful. I believe it won't be long before I can achieve the descent of the yuan Shen."
Chen Yun knew that he was only one insight away from truly achieving enlightenment.
If he could enlighten, condensing a golden pill would be just around the corner.
His current cultivation level could be considered as a half-step to the Golden Pill.
(Chapter complete)
