Chapter 23: Refining Equipment is Refining Qi
Chapter 23: Refining Equipment is Refining Qi
"In comparison, cultivators like us who practice the Yang Soul Chapter of the Taiyi Jinhua Celestial Secret Chapter are more suitable for learning fire refining because most of our magic power rises from the Crimson Palace, contains fire energy, and mainly surges upward. However, this method has certain limitations compared to water washing, and it is not suitable for refining magic weapons with yin and cold attributes before it reaches perfection."
As he spoke, Taoist Fu Guang picked up the gourd vine beside him with one hand and stretched out the other hand, with his five fingers slightly bent, and the vital energy in his palm steamed like a blazing flame.
"The advantage of fire refining over water washing is that as long as the spiritual perception is sharp enough and the ability to control the vital energy is proficient enough, the material can be refined from material to materialless, directly erasing the constraints of the form and comprehensively strengthening the spirituality."
As he spoke, a piece of gourd vine fell into the flames, and its shape became invisible in the true Qi, leaving only a ball of Yi wood essence and yang and spiritual energy.
"After reaching this step, we can use spirituality as the foundation, and refine it from non-substance to substance, and from substance to form. The whole process is also a practice of true Qi for us, just like the practice of Dan Ding, which can polish the inner elixir while refining the outer elixir. But if this process is not handled well, it will be like this..."
As the flames burned fiercely, the essence of Yi wood and the Yang and spiritual energy mixed together. Taoist Fu Guang spun it into a whisk and handed it to Chu Tai along with the other pine needles.
"The 'Nanyan Cave Floating Clouds and Crows' that we practice is not as mysterious as the 'Red Clouds Reflecting Mysterious Light', which is also a chapter of the Yang Soul, nor is it as pure and holy as the 'Jianggong Feixian Jieming Tu', but the condensed true qi is the most gentle and full of vitality, so there are more opportunities for trial and error, and it is less affected by alienation and Taoism."
Chu Tai took the whisk and observed it carefully, then looked at the pine needles on the other side and concluded: "Whether it is washing with water or refining with fire, it is essentially to purify the material's physical and spiritual properties? Does it not require the blessing of the law? Or is this kind of refining method the characteristic of my Jinhua lineage? Refining a weapon is to refine Qi?"
"You have revealed the secret in one sentence. This is the most wonderful part of our Jinhua lineage's weapon refining method. Whether it is washing with water or refining with fire, to put it bluntly, it is the flow and rise of the vital energy, the precipitation and activation. The changes of the vital energy between the rise and fall are just like the transformation of the vital energy between the tangible and the intangible, the material and the immaterial, which we need to polish in order to refine our magic power."
"Only by seizing this opportunity can you completely cultivate the Yang Soul Chapter of the Taiyi Jinhua Celestial Secret Chapter, try to master the highest secret of the Tianxin Chapter of the Taiyi Jinhua Celestial Secret Chapter, sublimate your own true Qi into the fourth-grade Taiyi Yaoluo Danyang Qi, and peek into the third-grade Taiyi Yujing Danque Jinhua Wonderful Qi."
Taoist Fu Guang laughed loudly: "This is also one of the reasons why we can be separated from the unorthodox sects and respected as the orthodox sect of Xuanmen."
"When we righteous monks collect spiritual herbs and refine elixirs, we must remember that everything in the world has its uses, and we should not exhaust all resources. The medicinal properties that are not used in the process of refining elixirs should be returned to the world and transformed into other spiritual herbs for future generations. The same is true for us who refine tools. We don't have to use the tools ourselves, but can also use them as natural materials and treasures to nourish the people."
Taoist Fu Guang pointed to the four spiritual places in the mountain and said, "Otherwise, how do you think the spiritual places in this mountain were born? The cold pine and gourd vine can be the spiritual roots of the mountain itself, but the red maple forest and the agarwood stream are different. Whether it is the maple leaves of the former that contain the energy of gold and fire, or the spring water of the latter that contains strange fragrance and nourishes exotic orchids, they are not spiritual places that can be born from the intersection of normal veins."
Taoist Fu Guang gave the answer directly without waiting for Chu Tai to reply.
"I have buried a side-door magic weapon in the Red Maple Forest that was left behind by a wandering cultivator I killed years ago. It is a cloth bag made of Rainbow Spirit Maple resin and Gengjin essence, and contains seventy-two Red Leaf Sword Pills."
"The sword balls are made of the essence of the five metals mixed with the fire energy of Bing and Ding, and they also absorb the sharpness of the metal energy of Geng and Xin. They have been refined in the sword capsule for two decades. Each one is as hard as gold and iron, and as fast as lightning."
"I have repeatedly cleansed it to purify its properties and placed it in the red maple forest. On the one hand, I am using its originally conflicting qualities of gold, fire, and wood to nourish the spiritual land. On the other hand, I am also using the time when the autumn leaves fall to absorb a ray of the golden sky's killing energy to improve its quality." "In the Agarwood Stream, I buried an Agarwood Sword Pill. I made it for an old friend. It is a relatively rare wood-attributed sword pill made from a hard, exotic agarwood. After many cleansings, it has developed spiritual orifices, and its brilliance and precious energy can be reflected externally. It can absorb and exhale vital energy on its own. I placed it in the mountain stream to use the mountain spring water to cleanse its edge, nourishing the spiritual charm while also warming up the spiritual energy of the land."
Taoist Fu Guang stood up, pointed at the pine needles that had not yet been sacrificed, and said, "Wudan has practiced for two decades less than me, but his talent is slightly better than mine, and he has accumulated about five hundred years of practice over the years."
"When the two bodies collided, he had just condensed the fifth-grade pure Yin Huachen Tiansui true Qi. Because the true Qi is gloomy in nature, it needs to be carefully polished to eliminate the turbid Yin and mixed Qi. He stayed in the depths of the cave, protected by the various prohibitions left by his ancestors. Except for the fact that the true Qi went astray and entered the kidney palace during the collision, causing the desire to grow, he was not affected too much by the collision of the two days."
"This is also his weakness. His excessive desires have caused him to linger in places of fireworks, and his true Qi has become increasingly turbid. Although your cultivation has only been around for two decades, the condensed Southern Flame Cave Fuxiyao true Qi is very pure, and it is not affected by Taoism and alienation like me. With the help of the Golden Xuan Danxia Banner, it can be broken. As for his newly learned "Five Elements Transform Disaster and Refining Ghosts", although it is powerful, we have something more sinister here."
"The Nine Springs' dark and misty Qi, right?"
The seemingly interrogative statement was said by Chu Tai in an affirmative tone.
Taoist Fu Guang nodded.
"After I leave, there will be some residual Qi from the Nine Springs. Because of my ascension, the residual Qi will be even more pure. You can blend it with the ice needle you refined into these pine needles and refine a special set of flying needles. This will definitely be able to restrain the Five Elements Method of Refining Ghosts."
After saying this, Taoist Fu Guang taught Chu Tai the method of water washing and fire refining, and also taught him several secret techniques specifically for Wodan.
With the blessing of the "Wandering Scholar", Chu Tai learned very quickly, but the new things he learned were of the type that were easy to learn but difficult to master, and they still needed to be polished after mastering them. In addition, Taoist Fuguang was teaching him the follow-up content of "Taiyi Jinhua Celestial Phenomenon Secret Chapter", which made him even busier in the next three years than in the past.
It was also thanks to his improved cultivation, huge improvement in his energy and spirit, and drastically reduced sleep time, otherwise Chu Tai might not have been able to hold on.
More than a month later, under the guidance of Taoist Fu Guang, Chu Tai successfully refined many magic weapons and washed the pine needles with water. Using the changes between the rise and fall of true Qi, he mixed their physical and spiritual properties, allowing them to initially get rid of their soft and fragile nature, and created the first magic weapon refined by himself.
The name of this magic weapon was given by Taoist Fu Guang, because this magic weapon is only an inch long and is made up of 108 clear green pine needles. There are bits of frost in the gaps, which is very beautiful. When it comes out of his hand, snowflakes fly and the green light is like rain, so it is named Su Chen Green Light.
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