A Long Grind to Daoist Monarch

Chapter 374 - 234: Profound Celestial Sect, Divine Clarity Canon (2)

It’s like a piece of pure gold and jade falling into the mud, its brilliance concealed.

Only a top-notch figure like myself, with keen eyes to recognize talents, can personally pick it up, clean it, and restore its radiance.

"Haven’t you heard that what an elder bestows should not be refused? Since fate brought us together, don’t worry about formalities, just accept it."

Chen Yin waved his hand grandly, directly injecting the great medicine of the Three Flavors into Bai Qi’s Divine Soul Thoughts, letting him manipulate water and fire to refine it well.

After a slight probe, finding that this Elder Wanlong had no intention of drawing him into the sect to make him some Incense Master, Bai Qi breathed a sigh of relief and self-deprecatingly said:

"A master of the Dao Skill Fourth Realm, what genius has he not seen? How could he fancy someone like me at a glance."

Master Bai Qi then sat cross-legged, entered meditation, and calmly manipulated water and fire.

His Divine Soul Embryo was now more robust, every pulse carrying a sense of strength.

All thoughts were no longer crystal-clear but appeared as intertwining clear and turbid qi, forming a complete whole.

With the refining of three great medicines, Bai Yuchan, Dragon Tiger General, and Heavy Tower Guard, by water and fire.

Waves of pure medicinal properties dispersed within his Divine Soul, like a warm water flow enveloping him, making him feel warm and cozy.

"The Divine Soul is clear, thoughts are lively, I wonder what kind of ’spirit’ will be nurtured."

Chen Yin, with Dharma Eyes like torches, saw Bai Qi clearly:

"This kid mainly cultivates a scripture-level Cultivation Technique and has not yet encountered Magic or Daoist Skill, his mind is very firm, without any distractions, almost like the nature of an innocent child..."

The White Sun Sect Leader, like a collector appreciating antiques, was initially very satisfied, now even more content.

Once a hundred days of nurturing the fetus is complete, the Divine Soul is like a newborn baby.

Due to different cultivation methods, various innate spiritual manifestations emerge.

Just like Chen Yin himself, his Divine Soul is unabashedly like a great sun hanging in the sky, emitting endless light and heat.

Also, the two Daoist Officials of Yihai Prefecture, Chongxu Zi is like raging flames, while Master Xuanji resembles a giant evergreen tree.

These are all manifestations of the Divine Soul’s spirituality.

"If he learns our White Sun Lineage’s ’Northern Underworld Severance Technique’, the spirituality of his Divine Soul should be a Vast Sea. It’s a pity that it cannot be directly passed down yet, to avoid revealing his identity.

As for the top-level skills, ’Future Endless Starry Diagram’ and ’Three Yang Tribulation’, they cannot be taught either.

The Dragon Court people have been searching for our Sect Leader for a whole decade without giving up; Observatory Tower, Erzhu Long, and even Yan Xin, are all watching closely."

Chen Yin, standing with hands behind his back, had already started considering the follow-ups for the White Sun Taoist he had chosen.

The Taoist Sect of the world currently unifies Cultivation Techniques by dividing them into techniques, methods, scriptures, and classics, four levels in total.

But as a great sect existing even before the demise of the Tao, the White Sun Sect never bothered with such classifications.

’Eight Divisions Dragon God Fire’ of the Chi Yang lineage, ’Northern Underworld Severance Technique’ of the White Sun Lineage, ’Great World Descent Record’ of the Qingyang lineage.

All belong to the top inheritance directly pointing to Divine Techniques.

Only when any technique reaches Great Perfection, can one be awarded the ’Future Endless Starry Diagram’ and ’Three Yang Tribulation’.

"Chen Xing, using three true skills, established a Tongwen Hall and accepted a Ninghai Zen.

I can emulate this too; if he is Tongwen Hall, I can establish a Profound Celestial Sect.

After all, among the ten orthodoxies and eight hundred branches, three thousand paths before the demise of the Tao, this Sect Leader knows them all thoroughly."

Chen Yin pondered for a moment and chose "Profound Celestial Sect" as a facade.

"Let it be this ’Divine Light True Classic’! All-encompassing and similar in nature to our sect’s Cultivation Technique, convenient for future conversion!"

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The sky brightened.

Bai Qi opened his eyes. He had been cultivating overnight within the Inner Scenic Land of the Ten Thousand Dragon Nest, using water and fire to refine six kinds of precious medicines.

Although no pills were formed to increase his Dao progression, the gains were indescribably massive.

The Divine Soul Embryo, once like a faint shadow, extremely thin, had now grown to a vivid, lifelike extent, remarkably real.

Stepping out of the vast void and returning indoors, there was a surge of airflow, like a fierce wind whistling, rattling the doors and windows.

Even standing outside the body, without incense protection, it did not feel icy cold to the bone.

"Once I break through the Third Realm of Dao Skill, gathering wandering spirits and thoughts, I guess I will be able to wander at night directly."

Bai Qi’s Divine Soul seemed like a living person; his thoughts suddenly scattered and returned to his physical body.

"The night wandering level is almost like the ghosts and spirits I used to read about in mythological tales.

One can ride the wind over a thousand miles, even enter others’ dreams to give visions to ordinary folks, or even engage in spiritual union with women to satisfy oneself... But such disgraceful acts, a gentleman like me would never do."

Recalling the instructions from the mysterious Elder Wanlong to cultivate the Profound Celestial Sect’s methods, he must keep precepts, remain not tempted by lust, nor cause chaos and harm, Bai Qi quickly straightened his mind.

That ’Divine Light True Classic’ imprinted into his Divine Soul and sealed within his thoughts.

The visualization and copying were of the sun and moon, cultivating the two qi of ’Primordial Yang’ and ’Mysterious Yin’.

This served as the foundation for exercising Daoist Skill and Magic.

"A classic-level Cultivation Technique, not something one can easily learn even by joining a Taoist Sect; Elder Wanlong is truly generous."

Bai Qi mused silently, taking a few breaths, circulating his Qi Blood Power, washing away any discomfort from sitting all night in stillness.

Then he rose, dressed, and washed.

After a substantial increase in his Divine Soul, his five senses seemed to enhance further; even the chirping of insects and birds outside, the blowing wind stirring grass, he sensed clearly.

"It’s said that the Fourth Qi Cultivation Barrier requires opening the body’s apertures, allowing the Mortal Flesh to gradually transform into beings comparable to gods, demons, and saint Buddhas.

One night of cultivation already gives me an illusion of having opened my apertures, with sharp hearing and keen eyesight, and even the third sense of heart perception came naturally."

Bai Qi pushed open the door and stepped out of the house, his nostrils slightly moved as various smells entered.

Not classified by fragrance or odor, but by the interweaving of yin and yang, causing his mind to picture the growth and decay of the flora and fauna.

"The heart perception says, the nasal sense connects to the lungs, governing breath, able to discern qi nature and distinguish ascension and descent.

The left and right nostrils, each represent yin and yang, containing the wonder of breath..."

Bai Qi experienced the changes after opening and concentrating the nasal sense, the most obvious being his breathing.

Lighter and softer.

If using the description in the Taoist Scripture, it is like "Exhaling is fine, inhaling is soft."

It resembles a saying I heard in a previous life—"Mastering qi to the utmost softness, can you be like a newborn?"

"Opening the nasal sense may not greatly aid martial arts cultivation, but every breath naturally exhales yin and inhales yang, keeping my mind always clear and my thoughts unconfused."

Bai Qi sat in the courtyard, quietly closing his eyes.

Reflected by the Divine Soul thoughts was a big tree, its life, death, growth, and decay apparent in his mind.

"A sixty-seven-year-old tree."

He then opened his eyes, looking at the pond behind him, yet to have fish, only water plants, and mayflies.

The keen eye sense caught the minute insect eggs, and the nasal sense immediately gave a lifespan.

"Three days."

Gaze swept over a molted larva.

"Two and a half years."

Slightly larger mature insects.

"One day."

Bai Qi pondered.

The human body on earth, is it like the mayfly, nearly born at dawn and dead by dusk?

He ceased manipulating heart perception, only maintained the seemingly nonexistent state of exhaling yin and inhaling yang through his nasal sense, gently cleansing his spirit.

"Of the five senses, three are already open, the Four Captures also mastered one killer move; I’m estimating that before early summer, I can simultaneously break through the third cultivation and Third Realm."

The sound of distant thunder rumbled in Bai Qi’s ears, he looked up to see dark clouds filling the early morning sky, seemingly about to unleash a torrential downpour at any moment.

"The best time for fishing is after the rain. I’ve been in Yihai Prefecture for quite some time and haven’t yet fished in Nu Yun River; what a pity."

My swimming skills, cultivated across the eight hundred miles of Black Water River, can be said to be at home anywhere, lightning-fast.

Over time, even riding the waves feels dull, not enough to let loose.

Now, seeing the vast Nu Yun River, how could I hold back.

"Ah, bBrother, there’s a sedan chair waiting at the door for you, said to be sent by the Daoist Official’s Office, inviting us as guests."

As Bai Qi roamed in his thoughts, Bai Ming stepped into the courtyard through the corridor.

"Daoist Official’s Office... Talented people are always so noticeable wherever they go, truly troublesome."

Seeing Bai Ming delivering the message, Bai Qi dusted off his robe, and stood up cheerfully:

"Ah Brother, do you want to stay in the County City and learn Daoism?"