Chapter 24: The Sword Rises from the Heart

The completion of Su Chen Qing Mang was like a signal. Chu Tai quickly completed the fire refining of the remaining gourd vines in the next seven days, refining it from material to materialless, and then from materialless to material, and from material to tangible, creating an eight-diagram pattern, and then used the water washing method to integrate it into the whisk that Taoist Fu Guang had previously refined.

Because this whisk is made of gourd vine and decorated with the Eight Trigrams, Chu Tai called it the Eight Trigrams Gourd Whisk.

Although Taoist Fu Guang did not explicitly say what the name was, Chu Tai could see a rare bit of displeasure from his expression, as if he thought the name was too simple.

Chu Tai wanted to explain, saying that compared to those fancy names, a name like Taiyi Changming Lantern could better reflect the characteristics of the magic weapon. But unfortunately, Taoist Fuguang did not give him time to sort out his words. After Chu Tai completed the water washing and fire refining, understood the rise and fall of the true qi, and initially mastered the secrets of the "Taiyi Jinhua Tianxiang Secret Chapter", his body quickly began to transform into Taoism.

During the morning class on the second day after the Bagua Hulu Fu was completed, bright sunlight emerged from the body of Taoist Fuguang, and the faint sound of birds echoed all around. Then, the flamboyant golden light of yang fire expanded wantonly. When the heat waves came into contact with the glow of the morning light outside the hall, they turned into flowing golden flames and began to dance, gradually converging inwards.

Flowing under the Taoist Priest Fu Guang's crystal clear skin, the blazing light spread outward like a huge sun. If you look closely, you can see the shadow of the Golden Crow struggling in it, constantly emitting the spiritual energy of the huge sun.

"gentlemen!"

Fire lotuses appeared around Chu Tai's body, trying to lend a hand. He couldn't understand why such a strange phenomenon appeared again at this moment as the symptoms of Taoist Qi transformation in Fu Guang Taoist's body had been alleviated a long time ago?

Taoist Fu Guang stretched out his hand and suddenly grabbed Chu Tai's wrist to stop his movements.

"You have to see clearly. This is the scene of many predecessors of Jinhua Sect becoming Taoists and alienated. You have to remember this kind of aura and this kind of change, so as to prevent yourself from not knowing how to deal with it in the future! Now, take the Chenxiang Sword Pill."

Chu Tai was stunned for a moment, a little at a loss, but he still followed Taoist Fu Guang's request, took out the sword pill and held it in the palm of his hand.

"See here? This is the important node where my true Qi and the evil creature intertwine during the process of transformation. You will start from here, cut off my vitality, sever the connection between me and the evil creature, and then pierce into the core of the evil creature from here to cut off its vitality and spirituality."

"Although according to the characteristics of these evil creatures, they will gather and generate spirituality and vitality in about two years, but during this process, you can suppress them with spells, or refine them into magic weapons to destroy their properties and use new spirituality to cut off the possibility of them generating spirituality again."

When Taoist Fu Guang said these words, his fingertips first fell on his throat, and then pointed upwards to the center of his eyebrows and the top of his head. These two places were exactly the positions of the head and eyes of the struggling Golden Crow phantom.

Chu Tai's fingers, which were able to brush away the dew without disturbing the petals, trembled slightly, and he almost couldn't hold the Chenxiang Sword Pill. He looked at the Taoist Fuguang and said with some trembling: "You want me to kill you..."

"No! I want you to help me break free from the conflict and entanglement of the Dao principles that have been entangled for the past two days. This is also something you need to learn, and it is a big problem you will face in the future!"

Taoist Fu Guang grabbed Chu Tai's wrist with force, and his excitement made his true energy sharper, piercing Chu Tai's skin and burning his flesh, but this did not attract Chu Tai's attention at all.

"I can't predict your past, and I don't know what you've been through, but Chu Tai, your character is a little too hesitant. This is your final problem, and it's something you must face and correct."

"The world of cultivation is not always smooth sailing. You must learn to be ruthless, even if you don't want to. But being unable to be ruthless and being able to be ruthless but not doing it are two different things. Now is the time for you to break free from the demonic obstacles."

Chu Tai's pupils trembled. Taoist Fu Guang stared at his eyes. The light in his eyes pierced through the disguise in Chu Tai's heart.

It was the awe and confusion towards life brought about by the stable times in the previous life, the fear for life after almost becoming someone else's meal during the early years of fleeing, and the numbness towards life that was subtly influenced by being with Tianmen God for more than a year.

Past experiences made Chu Tai hesitate. Even though his three years of experience in learning Taoism had taught him that it was not good to do so, he would always think of escaping without any real setbacks. Chu Tai felt like he was stripped naked and thrown into the snow. The words of Taoist Fu Guang made him feel terrified and repulsive.

Chu Tai wanted to refute, but didn't know how to start.

Taoist Fu Guang saw Chu Tai's hesitation, his true Qi surged, and the changes on his face became more obvious. The Golden Crow showed signs of breaking free from its restraints. He shouted, "If we don't kill him now, when will we? Kill him!"

As Taoist Fu Guang uttered the last word, the true energy in Chu Tai's body suddenly boiled over. He raised his hand and shot out a sword ball, piercing into Taoist Fu Guang's throat.

Then, from bottom to top, the clear sword light pierced through the forehead of Taoist Fu Guang, and the Golden Crow let out a mournful cry, and its body suddenly dispersed.

Rays of light gushed out, and the soul of Taoist Fu Guang broke free from his body and stood in front of Chu Tai. Wisps of heavenly light hung down from the void, and faint immortal music sounded, leading Taoist Fu Guang to ascend.

This kind of ascension through chanting scriptures is different from the ascension after the primordial spirit condenses and turns into a newborn baby in the celestial immortal system. It does not require the complete perfection of internal and external skills, nor does it require the resolution of all causes and effects. As long as the immortals in Daluo Heaven are willing to descend their power, one can use the ladder to enter Daluo Heaven.

As a price, all the unbroken karma of an ascended person like Taoist Fu Guang will be transferred to the person who guides him, and transformed into a concept similar to a debt, which falls on Taoist Fu Guang as the basis for his position in the corresponding Xianzhen Palace.

Therefore, the essence of this kind of ascension is actually relying on the guidance of people in heaven, rather than one's own ascension.

As long as Taoist Fu Guang can attract the light of heaven within the specified time, he can ascend to Daluo Heaven, leaving enough time for farewell.

He looked at Chu Tai's arm, which was held in the air after he had fired the sword ball, and trembled a little. He touched Chu Tai's head and said, "You can go in and out without any connection, and cut off the connection without hurting my spirit. I have an A in swordsmanship."

Chu Tai lowered his arm and whispered, "Before you leave, sir, could you give me a name?"

"Words?"

Taoist Fu Guang raised the corner of his mouth slightly. He first glanced to the east, then stretched out his hand and took out the Su Chen Qing Mang and the Chenxiang Sword Pill that fell to the side from Chu Tai, revealing a slight smile.

"Tai means peace, greatness, extremeness, and accessibility. I don't know which one you chose when you first came up with this name, but I hope it was peace, so let's call your name Taining."

"Taining thanks you, sir. I would like to congratulate you on your success in immortality and your ascension to heaven."

Chu Tai's eyes were slightly red, and he bowed. He watched the glow around his feet gradually dissipate before he slowly stood up.

At this time, the hall was empty. At the place where Taoist Fuguang had been before, there was only a ball of something that looked like liquid gold, and a small ball of Nine Springs' dark and misty Qi bound by the light of the sky.

As for the two magic weapons that were previously taken away by Taoist Fuguang, the sword pill was soaked in liquid gold, and the green light was absorbing and exhaling the remaining Nine Springs Yin Jing Mengbo Qi and the outer layer of skylight.

At the moment when Taoist Fuguang ascended to heaven, three hundred miles east of Xiaping Mountain, on a river, in a painted boat, a man who was immersed in the country of pleasure suddenly opened his eyes, and a ray of bright light shone from his eyes.

(End of this chapter)

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