I created the Bureau of Anomaly Control

Bamboo forest in the fog.

Ma En walked out of the shadow dimension.

The moment he appeared, the surrounding fog naturally began to flow, clearly pointing him in the direction of the wooden house, and he understood, following the foggy path towards it.

As he continued forward, the surrounding fog gradually thinned, and the familiar wooden house reappeared before Ma En's eyes. Xiaoyao was sitting cross-legged behind the wide-open front door, still exhaling the white mist that filled the house.

"Have you thought it through?" Xiaoyao raised his eyelids, looking at Ma En with eyes as clear as a mirror.

Ma En walked up to him:

"Yes, but I have some things I want to talk about."

Xiaoyao raised his hand, gesturing for Ma En to sit down opposite him:

"Oh, please speak."

Ma En sat down cross-legged opposite him, imitating his posture:

"I heard that you possess the ability to process anomalous materials?"

Xiaoyao said calmly:

"We call it the art of refining treasures. This art is not like the side path of arithmetic, but a true path to heaven. The magical treasures refined by cultivators proficient in this art are even better at killing than the cultivators themselves. Therefore, in the cultivation world, artifact refiners are honored guests of the orthodox sects.

"And I do know a little about the art of refining treasures. What are you asking this for…"

Ma En explained:

"You also know that I want to obtain anti-psionic metal through the Federation. This is because I am indeed worried about psionic attacks from the outside world, but simply using anti-psionic metal is still too rudimentary and easily exploited by skilled telepaths.

"So I would like you to refine this piece of anti-psionic metal into a spiritual treasure, and if possible, I also hope to make it actively isolate and filter harmful psionic attacks, allowing me to use my psionic abilities while resisting attacks.

"Therefore, we must obtain the anti-psionic metal as soon as possible."

Xiaoyao frowned slightly:

"If you really have such a strong enemy, you wouldn't need to worry if you became my disciple.

"Unless the disciple betrays their master, I will naturally protect you."

Ma En shook his head:

"Some things I have to face alone, and this is not an external enemy."

Hearing him say this, Xiaoyao fell into thought.

After thinking for a while, he said:

"You've given me a difficult problem. Refining spiritual treasures is not as simple as you think. A mere piece of Tier V anti-psionic metal cannot be refined into a spiritual treasure that meets your requirements. I would have to add a lot of materials of the same tier.

"Moreover, the Barren World has no spiritual energy. If it were anyone else, it would be impossible to refine treasures here. Only my Xiaoyao Dao is not bound by spiritual energy, allowing me to refine treasures, but it is also a huge drain on me, so…

"You may have to wait for a while."

Ma En thought that Xiaoyao wanted him to offer some conditions, and he wanted to take the opportunity to probe Xiaoyao's purpose, but he didn't expect Xiaoyao to agree so readily. However, this is definitely a good thing for him now.

Because he no longer has to worry about Xiaoyao having any schemes against him. After all, no matter what Xiaoyao wants to do to him now, he has the confidence to fight Xiaoyao directly, and even if he can't win…

He can definitely escape.

Even if he has something that Xiaoyao covets, it is definitely not worth a life-and-death struggle with a Tier V ability user. Apart from the special case of Divine Firmament, Tier V ability users don't really have many life-and-death battles.

Because it is unnecessary for them to do so. After all, at this level of combat between equals, although there will indeed be overwhelming battles like the one with Divine Firmament, there is still some risk of being countered.

Moreover, not to mention being countered, it is not so easy to reliably kill a Tier V ability user. If the opponent escapes, then a Tier V ability user can launch a rather crazy and terrifying revenge.

Of course, Ma En is so confident because of the existence of the Control Bureau. If he only had the power of the Overturning Sea Scepter, he would not take the risk, but he can also use the Control Bureau to teleport and escape. After all, no matter how much he is no match for Xiaoyao, he can definitely last for thirty seconds.

And if Xiaoyao really keeps his promise and refines a special spiritual treasure, then he can try to use the power of the Moon God.

"Then…" Ma En looked at him and said, "Master?"

Xiaoyao smiled:

"Very good, then from today onwards, you are the senior brother of my Xiaoyao Sect. You don't understand the formalities, so let's skip them."

Ma En was a little surprised by this sentence:

"How did I become the senior brother?"

"You killed Du Jin, so you are the senior brother." Xiaoyao said with a smile, without explaining the logic behind this sentence. "Since you have become my disciple, I will first pass on the Xiaoyao Dao to you, and then introduce you to your junior brothers and sisters."

Seeing his expression become serious, Ma En also sat up straight and began to listen like a student.

Xiaoyao also swept away the smile on his face and said seriously:

"My Xiaoyao Dao speaks of freedom, unbound by the laws of heaven and earth. In fact, the reason why I embarked on the Xiaoyao Dao in the first place was to yearn for the transcendent realm of true immortals, who are outside the Three Realms and not within the Five Elements, but as I embarked on the path of cultivation, I gradually realized that so-called immortality is not as free as I initially imagined.

"You don't understand now, but just remember that immortals are not seen in the mortal world, and I don't want to become that kind of immortal, so I embarked on the path of seeking true freedom, in order to seek true transcendence.

"And so-called freedom is not avoidance, not self-preservation, not being able to do anything, and even less succumbing to the seven emotions and six desires.

"If you ask me what freedom is, I will tell you it is great freedom.

"In fact, I can explain what freedom is more clearly, but I don't want to tell you what is right, and you don't need to rush to figure out what freedom is just after entering the sect, just know that what we are pursuing is this kind of realm."

Ma En asked:

"What is the relationship between this and cultivation?"

Taoist Xiaoyao replied:

"Good question, for you now, this has nothing to do with cultivation, but for me, this is cultivation itself.

"What you need to learn now is the Xiaoyao Technique. You should have seen the mist that Du Jin transformed into when he used the Xiaoyao Technique. In fact, if he had learned the methods I am about to teach you, those mists would have transformed into perfect weapons and armor.

"And if you can cultivate to the Nascent Soul realm, when the golden core shatters and the nascent soul is born, it will naturally merge into the mist, so you will not be like other Nascent Soul cultivators who have a physical body. The spiritual power and consciousness in your body will combine as one.

"The mist you see is your teacher, is my spiritual power, is my body, and is also my soul.

"And with my current realm, if I want to maintain a fully assembled state at any time, the mist I transform into can probably submerge a city with several million people, and be able to kill all the mortals in the entire city at the same time."

Ma En asked curiously:

"Then how do I learn?"

Xiaoyao replied:

"Read books."

After speaking, he took out a thick book of techniques written in the Federation language.

I feel a little uncomfortable today (not positive), I'm going to rest early.