Refining Taoism and ascending to immortality

In front of the Xieyue Building.

The fine and fragmented skylight fell from the clouds and rubbed against the spotless water surface. Between the golden and jade flowing, there were clusters of pearls and jade, and brocade piled up.

A maid with a ring-shaped bun and bright eyes stood on a graceful lotus leaf, tiptoeing and looking into the distance.

At this moment, a clanging sound came, like a golden fire hitting a pillar, and large patches of arc light appeared in front of the eyes, shining white, reflecting people's eyebrows, carrying a sharp aura, making people feel cold all over.

Then, the arc light in the sky was retracted, like a pair of narrow wings spread out, and a handsome young man came out with a crown, his eyes were deep, and a Gengjin aura on the top of his head fell slowly and was gradually dissipating.

The person who came was naturally Zhou Qing. He glanced at the little maid, with a gentle smile on his face, and said, "Is Senior Sister Qin in there?"

"Yes." The little maid blinked her big eyes and said, "Zhou Shangzhen, please follow me."

Zhou Qing followed the other party up the stairs. As soon as he reached the top, he saw Qin Yun had stood up and greeted him. As her skirt swayed, her rings and pendants jingled, and her refreshing fragrance filled the air, like smoke and clouds.

Zhou Qing bowed and said, "Senior Sister Qin."

"Junior Brother Zhou."

Qin Yun also greeted him with a smile. After their contact, they became more familiar with each other and changed their names.

After the two sat down, Qin Yun used a strand of her long black hair, which was tied with a shining jade leaf, to sway and organize her words, saying: "I have already arranged the matter of the underground fire furnace you mentioned. There will be news in at least three days and at most ten days."

"Then I will trouble Senior Sister Qin."

Zhou Qing thanked her. The other party entered the Dao much earlier than himself. After getting familiar with each other, it is natural to call her Senior Sister.

"It's just a small favor, junior brother, you don't have to be polite."

Above Qin Yun's head, clouds came out, and the stars were as big as a bucket. The bright light was like a newly polished mirror, reflecting her blue eyes, and she smiled.

In fact, in order to help Zhou Qing coordinate an underground fire furnace earlier, she almost went all out and made great efforts, which was definitely not as light as she showed.

She did this because of her master's advice and her own judgment, that is, to make friends with Zhou Qing and do a solid favor for the future.

With such an opening, the atmosphere in the building was excellent.

It happened that the sunlight outside was getting darker. After accumulating, it hit the hollow patterns on the glass windows, and the remaining color hit the smooth mirror-like ground, like mottled golden beads jumping, and it was magnificent.

In a trance, there was a lively and comfortable feeling of the skylight jumping into the building.

Taking advantage of the harmonious scene, Qin Yun calmed his mind and said in a curious tone: "Junior Brother Zhou, I heard that you cleared Zhu Zhenren's Xingluo Tuo in less than an hour."

"Zhu Zhenren has always been very strict with his subordinates and has very high requirements for his disciples. It is really amazing that he can solve the Xingluo Tuo he arranged in one go."

Xingluo Tuo is a unique magical power of Yuanchen Sect to assist in cultivation, but its difficulty varies from cultivator to cultivator.

Like Zhu Zhenren of Yuping Mountain, he is willing to integrate more of his own star principles into it, so the difficulty of this magical power is higher than others.

Of course, once you pass the level, you will have more insights into Zhu Zhenren's star path.

Zhou Qing had his own explanation for this. He smiled and said, "I was lucky to pass Zhu Zhenren's Xingluo Tu. If it had been a little longer, I might not have been able to pass it."

Just like playing a maze, luck is very important to pass Xingluo Tu. If you are always lucky, you can always find the right way from various forks, and you can indeed pass it all the way.

However, Zhou Qing also knew that just saying this was too perfunctory, and the other party would not believe it. After a pause, he continued, saying, "In addition, I am not completely ignorant of the way of the stars. I have some understanding. And the most important thing is that I have my own methods on the soul."

Although these words are meant to be a rewrite of the Spring and Autumn Annals, they are also true.

For the way of the stars, on the one hand, the "Yuanhuang Hualongtu" and "Spiritual Life Jiangjinshu" he practiced are both the first-class Xuangong in the Xuanmen, which means to build a bird's-eye view from a high place. When you reach a high level, you will naturally be able to draw inferences from one instance to another. On the other hand, in his previous life, he was an official in the court, accumulating official spirit, accumulating luck, distinguishing yin and yang, which was inseparable from the theory of astrology and involved in this.

As for the soul, he is indeed more capable.

Whether it is the strength of the soul itself, or the two spirits born in the world, or the rare treasure of the Creation Green Pool, it is far beyond the reach of other cultivators.

To unlock Zhu Zhenren's Xingluo Tuo, he mainly relied on the characteristics of his soul, ten points of effort, one point of gain, and grinded it out.

"So that's it."

Qin Yun nodded, glanced at Zhou Qing, and sensed the other party's consciousness around him. Just touch it, there will be a golden circle swinging, and on the outer circle, there are dense and fine golden rays, crackling, and there are strange phenomena.

This kind of consciousness strength, she almost saw it for the first time in the Qi Refining Realm. However, if the soul is only this strong, without continuous, it cannot crack Xingluo Tuo.

Qin Yun did not ask any more questions, skipped this topic, and discussed the way of stars with Zhou Qing.

"The Way of Stars."

Zhou Qing understood at a glance that the other party was trying to help him. After all, what he had learned from the Stars of Zhu Zhenren was fragmented and not systematic.

Now that Qin Yun, a true disciple of Yuanchen Sect, was guiding him, it was a good opportunity to sort it out.

So Zhou Qing cheered up and communicated with him.

This time, he gained a lot.

As time went by, Zhou Qing's understanding of the way of the stars became deeper and deeper. On top of the door above his head, star dust once again floated. The wind gathered, and the gods looked back with a charm of their own.

Qin Yun's blue eyes were also filled with precious colors, and an undetectable joy appeared on his jade face.

She found that she still underestimated the true disciple of the Shinichi Sect opposite her. After clearing Zhu Zhenren's Xingluoduo, the depth of the star path he obtained was beyond her imagination.

Moreover, some of the other party's star insights about Zhenren Zhu also inspired me and gave me something to gain.

I originally thought that this kind of exchange was just about helping each other unilaterally. Unexpectedly, there were still gains.

Qin Yun originally wanted to stop there, but after that, he became interested and began to exchange experiences with Zhou Qing about finding medicine and condensing pills.

Two people, you say something and I say something, we can talk freely.

One is a true disciple of the Yuanchen Sect. He has the guidance of a great monk. He has a solid foundation and a long-term vision. His attainments on the path of stars are very rare. One is a true disciple of the Zhenyi Sect. He practices two top mystical arts, the interplay of metal and water, and has experience in the previous two lives, so he has a broad vision.

The more the two chatted, the more speculative they became, and they got out of hand.

At the beginning, it was limited to the theory of collecting herbs and condensing elixirs. Later, it expanded to practice, and then extended to my own views on everything, Tao body, true energy, soul cultivation, formations, prohibitions, elixir refining, etc. etc.

From day to night, and from night to day, the two kept talking, full of energy, and not tired at all.

After talking with each other, Zhou Qing discovered that the Yuanchen sect, a superior sect, had a terrifying understanding of the way of the stars. The various deduction techniques and prediction methods derived from the stars were astonishing.

Many times, the Yuanchen Sect can really predict the enemy and kill people invisibly. At random, you can see the transformation of misfortune and blessing caused by the induction of the magnetic field of heaven and earth.

The two of them went back and forth, and faintly, a substantial golden light appeared between the two, clustered like flowers, blooming continuously, showing something extraordinary.

This day, it was dawn again. The skylight came in from the glass window, and on the ground, it was like golden lines swaying and dancing. Zhou Qing and Qin Yun stopped at the same time, raising their heads and looking at the sky.

After dawn, the skylight became brighter and brighter, and soon filled the entire building. There was light everywhere, golden and extremely dazzling.

"Nine days flew by."

Zhou Qing squinted his eyes and shook the cassock on his body, as if shaking off a layer of dirt that had fallen on his body. Above his eyebrows, gold condensed, shining like a star bead.

"It's been a great benefit."

Qin Yun sat still and looked up at the sun outside. A ray of sunlight was absorbed into her blue eyes. The golden and green colors blended together, creating large and small ripples. Inside, there were also the colors of stars, which were constantly swaying. .

She looked at Zhou Qing again with a different look on her face. Although the other person's level of cultivation was not as good as hers, he had many thought-provoking insights on the path of cultivation and should not be underestimated.

As long as the other party can successfully condense the elixir, he will definitely be a powerful figure who can attack the top ten disciples of Zhenyi Sect in the future.

At this moment, there was a soft sound outside, and then the frosty white color bloomed, like a bright moon emerging in the daytime. Finally, it turned around and entered Xieyue Tower. When it arrived in front of Qin Yun, it turned into a flying letter. Book.

Seeing this, Qin Yun had some expectations. He opened it and found out, as expected, it was the earth-fire oven that she had been looking for.

"Junior Brother Zhou." Qin Yun looked at Zhou Qing and said, "The Earth Fire Oven has been vacated. I will take you there."

"Good things keep coming." Zhou Qing looked happy after hearing this. He laughed loudly and stood up, feeling full of vitality all over his body.

"Let's go."

Qin Yun stood up and told the maid outside to prepare the chariot. Then he and Zhou Qing left Xieyue Tower and headed for the back mountain of Yuping Mountain.

After passing the mountains, they followed the waves out of the gorge. After traveling seven or eight hundred miles, they arrived at Huolong Ridge. Standing below, you can see that the flames are coming from the east, and the smoke is billowing underneath, reflecting the red glow all around. Even from a distance, you can feel the heat inside.

"Junior Brother Zhou." Qin Yun called Zhou Qing to come down, and the two of them walked up the mountain road winding down from top to bottom.

Halfway up the mountain, suddenly, the world in front of me seemed to be spinning, and the world had changed, as if I had arrived at the eternal starry sky, which was extremely vast.

"Restricted magic circle."

Zhou Qing was not surprised when he saw this. Instead, he took advantage of the opportunity and sensed the power of the stars on the pavement based on the way of stars he had learned on Yuping Mountain.

As if sensing the alien energy outside, waves of water ripples appeared on the star map, and then turned into a huge eye pupil, and a voice came from inside, saying: "Which fellow disciple is here, what do you do? "

Qin Yun took half a step forward, and the talisman on his body shone brightly, and burst out with a bright star energy. He swung upwards and answered: "Qin Yun, the true disciple, wants to use the earth fire to bake the furnace."

As the words fell, his giant eyes flashed and then disappeared, and then the stars in the sky also dispersed, and the mountain road reappeared in front of him.

The two continued to move forward. After crossing the mountain road, a flying palace appeared in front of them, leaping high and looking down in all directions.

On the steps of Fei Palace, there is a middle-aged Taoist standing. He has a fair face and three strands of black beard. At his feet lies a strange beast that looks like a cat but not a cat but not a raccoon. It is crumpled into a ball and sleeping soundly. , the snoring sound was like thunder, making all directions rustle.

Seeing Qin Yun coming over, the middle-aged man smiled, walked down the steps, and took the initiative to say hello, "Junior sister Qin."

Although the two of them entered the sect at almost the same time and their current realms and cultivation levels are similar, he only holds a position in Huolong Ridge and can only be an ordinary elder in the future. The other party is not only a true disciple, but also has the support of a great cultivator like Zhang Zhenren, so his future is limitless.

The status of the two in Yuping Mountain is quite different, how could he not be enthusiastic?

"Deacon Ruan." Qin Yun looked at the other party with a reserved smile on his jade face, which was very different from when he faced Zhou Qing. He said, "I'll trouble you for this matter."

"It's my duty. Let's go."

Deacon Ruan smiled and led Qin Yun and Zhou Qing through the Taoist Palace. After walking a distance, they came to the ground fire furnace.

When they arrived here, Zhou Qing stopped and looked around. He saw red light rushing into the sky, dyeing the clouds in the sky into a bright flame, as if they were burning at any time. Corresponding to this, on the ground, there is a flame gully covering a large area. The underground fire veins are arranged in a strange pattern. Where they converge, a furnace of different sizes is built.

Zhou Qing saw it and compared it with the underground fire furnace he used in Luochuan Zhou family, this underground fire furnace in front of him is not inferior.

At this point, Deacon Ruan showed that his efforts in Fire Dragon Ridge were not in vain. He introduced the Earth Fire Furnace here in very brief but very clear words, and finally said: "I am not bragging. There are not only enough fire veins in this Earth Fire Furnace, but also very strong firepower. It is enough to refine the most advanced Xuanqi."

"Xuanqi?" Zhou Qing smiled lightly after hearing this, and said: "That is not necessary. I am just refining a small magic weapon myself, and I don't need such a large formation."

Deacon Ruan glanced at Zhou Qing. He only knew that this time a friend of Qin Yun borrowed the Earth Fire Furnace, but he was in Fire Dragon Ridge and was isolated from the news. Even though Zhou Qing had attracted some people's attention in Yuping Mountain, he didn't know Zhou Qing's identity. He just said: "I wonder what specific requirements are there for refining treasures?"

"Very simple..."

After Zhou Qing finished speaking, he entered a fire room in the Earth Fire Furnace according to the other party's request.

According to the records in the Yuanhuang Hualongtu, after Zhou Qing activated the fire veins, he integrated the top-notch Yuhua Lingkong and Fuhai Tuntian gourds and refined them.

Half a month later, suddenly, in the fire house where he was, mysterious sounds were heard, and strange phenomena spread out and hung above the house.