Chapter 10: Hearing about the past

The next day, Taoist Fu Guang continued to take Chu Tai to do morning lessons, and then taught him a lot of cultivation knowledge to make up for his deficiencies, and helped Chu Tai figure out the abilities of the [boy] transformed from the fragments of the Tao fruit on his body.

As for the question concerning the power of the Dao Fruit fragments in his body, Chu Tai did not hide anything except the fact that he saw the Taoist and the ancient bell that day.

After more than a month of careful research, Taoist Fu Guang believed, based on Chu Tai's learning and practice speed, that the abilities he gained from the Dao Fruit fragments were somewhat similar to the boy's protective talisman.

"This scroll is a secret scroll passed down by some sects of the immortal way to boys. The recipient is about seven or eight years old. It can give the ability to protect one's life, eliminate evil spirits, protect the mind, and open up wisdom. This is related to the improvement of your spiritual perception and the enhancement of your learning ability."

Taoist Fu Guang took out a scroll of Taoist scriptures and pointed to a talisman on it for Chu Tai to look at. When Chu Tai saw the talisman while secretly chanting the Heart Purification Mantra to himself, he found that the two were very similar.

But this did not make Chu Tai make an immediate judgment. After a month of study, he knew very well that for things like talismans, one more stroke or one less stroke could make a huge difference.

Many similar talismans do not have exactly the same effects, so he did not rush to express his opinion, but continued to listen to Taoist Fu Guang continue to talk about his research results.

"But your ability is different from this boy's protective talisman. The boy's talisman is used to protect children, but your ability seems to make you more likely to attract demons and ghosts, and to lose your soul. This is somewhat similar to the legend of young boys and girls being sacrificed to ghosts. Finally, the part about the rituals given to you and your control over the eight great divine spells seem to overlap with the concept of a Taoist child..."

Finally, Taoist Fu Guang concluded: "Overall, your ability is somewhat similar to the overlap of the three concepts of boy's body protection talisman, Taoist boy and boy... But this is a bit strange..."

"What went wrong?"

Chu Tai was shocked and asked hurriedly, only to see Taoist Fu Guang shaking his head.

"It's not your problem, but I have never seen such weak Dao Fruit fragments. Most of the Dao Fruit fragments circulating in the world today are very powerful. They are either fragments of the power of foreign great heavens, or the transformed true qi of great heaven cultivators like us. Once refined, they can gain hundreds of years of hard work for no reason. When they first appeared, some people regarded them as natural treasures that could improve their cultivation."

"But as time went by, everyone discovered that the essence of these Dao Fruit fragments was still connected to the other Great Heaven. Many Daoists who refined the fragments without weakening the connection between the two did not end up well. Not to mention the distant past, just three years ago, in the Jin State to the east of our Chu State, a cultivator who practiced fire magic went astray because he refined a Dao Fruit fragment of the same zodiac sign."

At this point, Taoist Fu Guang paused and said with some fear: "In just a few days, that cultivator created the immortal body of Hanba, which ordinary people may not be able to achieve even after hundreds of years of hard practice. The flames all over his body are scorching, turning the land within a thousand miles into a red land. Two years ago, it even affected our Chu State, causing the worst drought in the two countries in a thousand years."

"Three years ago? Two years ago? A severe drought?"

Chu Tai's eyes dimmed, and he was silent for a moment. Finally, he couldn't help but ask, "Sir, was the monk finally killed?"

Seeing that Chu Tai was in a bad mood, Taoist Fu Guang thought for a while and said, "It shouldn't be. At least the news I heard didn't say that the cultivator was killed. According to past examples, he might have been suppressed by a fellow cultivator passing by, or he might have realized something was wrong and fled to another place to shut himself up and suppress his abnormality. Of course, we can't rule out the possibility that he was killed by a senior and his body and soul were destroyed."

"Suppress or escape?" Chu Tai did not pay attention to the last possibility of killing, and asked some key points. Taoist Fu Guang looked at Chu Tai, who was getting more and more depressed, and did not know how to persuade him for a while. After thinking for a moment, he spoke again.

"You have been practicing very fast. In just over a month, you have already mastered the Taiyi Moon-collecting Method to a small degree. Now that your three treasures have stabilized, your magic power has also shifted from specializing in the Way of Taiyin to leaning towards the Way of Taiyin. You can now learn the Stealing the Sun's Essence and Returning it to Yourself to Transform Yin."

He stretched out his hand and sketched casually, and a scripture appeared in front of Chu Tai. He took it in his hand, and heard the explanation of Taoist Fu Guang in his ears.

"I modified this method based on the 'Method of Stealing the Sun's Essence and Returning It to Oneself'. Compared to the original method of collecting the sun's essence, the modified method focuses more on neutralizing the yin energy and warming the three treasures of essence, energy and spirit. It is just suitable for your current situation."

Chu Tai had been studying with the Taoist for nearly two months and was familiar with his original teaching plan. Now he was teaching the Taoist his own cultivation methods in advance, probably to divert his attention. He was grateful in his heart, but still shook his head to refuse, saying that he would just follow the original pace.

"Whether it is the many basic knowledge given to you by the Dao Fruit fragments or your strong learning ability, your learning speed has exceeded my imagination time and time again. You may feel that you have only studied for two months, but the things you need to remember and the knowledge you need to master during this period are things that ordinary people can only learn in four or five years. Therefore, there is no problem for you to practice the "Method of Stealing Sun Essence and Returning It to Oneself to Transform Yin" at this moment."

"But I remember you said before that it's best to make your mana more neutral when practicing the 'Stealing the Sun's Essence and Transforming It into Yin' method. My mana now tends to be more feminine after all..."

Before Chu Tai finished speaking, Taoist Fu Guang waved his hand and said, "It's okay. I refined a furnace of elixirs a few days ago. They are just right for you to use to nourish your vitality and balance yin and yang. After taking them, combined with the "Stolen Sun Essence and Returning It to Oneself to Transform Yin Method", it should be able to turn back the yin-biased magic power in your body."

Taoist Fu Guang took out a scroll of scriptures and the beads on his wrist from his sleeve and handed them to Chu Tai.

"By the way, before you learn the 'Method of Stealing Sun's Essence and Returning It to Oneself to Transform Yin', you can try to practice the 'Taiyi Golden Light Mantra' as well. This mantra is not unique to my sect, but a common secret of the Taiyi lineage. You have been learning Taoism with me for nearly two months, so you can be considered a Taiyi disciple, so you can learn it without any hindrance. And this flowing bead can be considered as my personal belongings. You have listened to me chanting for sixty years, so you have gained some spirituality and have bred some inspiration. You can bring it with you when you chant, and it will be of some help."

This time Chu Tai did not refuse. With the supernormal spiritual perception granted to him by the boy and more than half a month of contact, Chu Tai was not opposed to worshipping Fu Guang as his master. He reached out to take the bead, and a warm energy flowed through his body, lifting his mind.

Taoist Fu Guang added, "This bead has a little bit of my magic power on it, which is helpful for your cultivation, but you must not use its power when you practice, because the power of the Dao Fruit fragment in your body makes you easily affected by external forces. If you carry it with you when you practice, the magic power you cultivate will inevitably be impure."

After saying that, Taoist Fu Guang continued to explain to Chu Tai the key points of "The Method of Stealing the Sun's Essence and Transforming it into Yin" and "Taiyi Jin Guang Mantra", especially some of the little tricks of the many wonderful uses of "Taiyi Jin Guang Mantra", which he explained very clearly.

It's a pity that today Chu Tai heard the secret story of the disaster in the past and his mind was unsettled, so he didn't listen much. Seeing this, Taoist Fu Guang could only sigh secretly and let him go back and rest first.

It was not until late at night that Chu Tai, who had been thinking for a long time, gathered his spirits and planned to go out to collect the moonlight. Unexpectedly, when he walked out of the room, he heard the sound of chanting again, and the beads on his hands also emitted a faint light along with the chanting, which made Chu Tai even more repulsed by the sound of chanting.

(End of this chapter)

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