Two days have passed in a flash.
In consideration of waiting for Golden Ax and Golden Scissors to emerge, Chen Yun did not leave the basin area.
Yan Feng himself also wanted to obtain the treasure, so he naturally wouldn't leave easily.
As for Niu Dali and Jing Cheng Si Tai, they wanted to see the appearance of the legendary Golden Ax and Golden Scissors and decided to stay as well.
Night was approaching with the coming of the sub-hour.
Though it was well into the dead of night, the place was filled with the sun's genuine fire, remaining as bright and clear as day.
Chen Yun released the Qi of his internal Dan, dispelling the surrounding sun's true fire.
He soon sat on the ground, quietly awaiting the emergence of the magical force from the potion.
Yan Feng, Niu Dali, and Master Jing Chen noticed Chen Yun practicing martial arts and refrained from making any noise. They even displayed remarkable harmony by voluntarily standing a distance away to guard him.
Chen Yun naturally sensed the situation of everyone.
If it was any other time, he might have even taken the time to say "thank you".
However, now that the magical force from the potion had been born within him, he was fully immersed in it, with no time at all to spare for much else.
A surge of heat was rising within his body, deepening and enriching the dark red hue of the Golden Pill.
The vast potion force transformed into Qi of the Dan, like a dam bursting, wildly boosting his own strength.
It is unlike any of the spiritual elixirs he has taken before.
The spiritual elixir this time is different. Once the potency is born within his body, it is in the process of enhancing every kind of force within Chen Yun.
Both his corporeal body and Golden Dan of the spirit essence are rapidly growing and enhancing under this overwhelming force.
In less than a breath of time, Chen Yun felt that both his spirit essence and physical body had been strengthened by several degrees.
Having practiced for so long, Chen Yun would not be overjoyed by the increase in power, his heart remaining as steady as a rock, and continued to refine the potion.
Suddenly!
He felt a surge of heat invading!
After the hot surge invaded, his body didn't react at all.
Instead, his spirit essence felt as if it had been "scorched."
A severe pain from the depths of his spirit essence began to radiate.
"Hmm?"
Without a second thought, Chen Yun stopped refining the potion and abruptly opened his eyes.
With some uncertainty, he secretly thought, "What was that heat just now?"
Master Jing Chen had been paying attention to Chen Yun since he opened his eyes.
She asked, "Chen immortal, what's the matter?"
Yan Feng and Niu Dali both looked over at him.
Chen Yun frowned and said, "While I was practicing martial arts, I felt a surge of heat invading my spirit essence, as if it was going to be burnt to a crisp."
Master Jing Chen was taken aback for a moment, then she suddenly understood and said, "Ah, so that's it. Since you are practicing your spirit essence, you must be absorbing and refining spiritual Qi from the outside, right?"
Looking at Master Jing Chen who seemed to know what was going on, Chen Yun quickly responded, "Yes, although my Xuan Gong doesn't depend on external spiritual Qi, when I am in the stage of refining my spirit essence, I do need to absorb spiritual Qi from the outside. As I need to nourish the 'internal yin' within me during this process, I must therefore take in some spiritual Qi."
Yan Feng and Niu Dali, after hearing this, didn't see any problem with it and looked quizzically towards Master Jing Chen on the side.
Master Jing Chen laughed awkwardly, "Chen Immortal, where are you?"
Upon hearing this, Chen Yun suddenly realized and quickly stood up to bow and say, "Thank you for the enlightenment, Master."
Master Jing Chen waved her hand and said, "It's nothing. Since I am mainly cultivating my Yin God at the moment, I have a slightly better understanding of these things. Please find another place to cultivate as soon as possible to avoid damaging your spirit essence."
Chen Yun said, "Understood. Please wait here for a while, no more than an hour, and I will return."
Having said that, he used his teleportation technique and disappeared from everyone's sight in an instant.
Yan Feng, being a leftist, is not as proficient in the cultivation of spirit essence as those from the Daoist and Buddhist sects.
He still failed to pick up on the implied meaning and asked curiously, "Master, what's wrong with Chen Immortal practicing his spirit essence here?"
Niu Dali, having studied the original Daoist teachings, had already realized the situation and explained earnestly, "Master, what the old lady means is that this is the place where the sun rises, filled with an endless supply of solar true fire. It is a pure Yang land. Chen Immortal needs to nourish his spirit essence within himself by cultivating 'internal yin.' Here, he cannot only fail to absorb Yin Qi but also inhale the pure Yang energy with solar true fire into his body, which would naturally burn his spirit essence."
Yan Feng still didn't understand what was meant, "Chen Immortal had previously cultivated his spirit essence here. At that time, he wasn't injured by the solar true fire. How come he sustained damage during his cultivation now?"
Master Jing Chen said in a low voice, "It's one thing to manifest one's spirit essence, and it's another to absorb pure Yang Qi that carries the solar true fire into the spirit essence for refinement. It's like this: if you use poison to harm someone, you won't be poisoned yourself. But if you ingest the poison, you will be poisoned instantly and die. The same goes for the pure Yang Qi carrying solar true fire. If Chen Immortal manifests his spirit essence without absorbing this Qi, he will be fine. But once he inhales it, he will be burned by the intensely hot solar true fire."
Yan Feng finally understood and said, "Ah, according to Master, is it not suitable to use this pure Yang Qi carrying solar true fire for refining the spirit essence?"
Master Jing Chen said, "According to the practices of my Buddhist sect, it is indeed not suitable for refining spirit essence."
...
On the other side.
Chen Yun teleported to the small cave where he previously comprehended the "Entangle and Kill" Law.
With his ability of Omniscience in his small world, Chen Yun sensed what Master Jing Chen had said.
At the same time, he couldn't help but shake his head.
Generally speaking, pure Yang Qi carrying such intensely hot solar true fire is indeed not suitable for refining spirit essence.
The reason is simple; just like humans, spirit essence has both yin and yang aspects.
Inhaling pure Yang Qi carrying solar true fire to refine spirit essence will disrupt the balance of spirit essence.
From this point of view, the vast majority of cultivators cannot use solar true fire to refine their spirit essence.
But things are not absolute. Chen Yun knows that solar true fire is actually a wonderful method for refining "yang spirit."
The reason why he couldn't bear the intense heat and burn his spirit essence was simply because the "strength" of his spirit essence was too low.
If the spirit essence is strong enough to withstand the scorching heat of the solar true fire, then this force can actually help oneself refine the Yang spirit faster.
Chen Yun understood this when he read cultivation manuals in the past.
Moreover, the core of the fifth transformation skill of "Chen Mr.'s Inner Dan Doctrine" that he had previously imagined was also to absorb the essence of the sun.
This is a type of "sacred Qi" that is even more scorching than solar true fire and the essence of solar true fire.
It can make it easier to purify the yin impurities in the spirit essence and achieve a yang spirit.
Unfortunately, his spirit essence is too weak now, even unable to absorb pure Yang Qi carrying solar true fire, let alone absorbing the essence of the sun to refine the yin impurities in his spirit essence.
"I estimate that I will only be able to truly start refining the yang spirit when I reach the middle or even the late stage of the Earth Immortal realm."
Chen Yun did not hurry, "These things don't need to be thought about for now. The ship will sail to the bridge naturally, and I will continue refining the potion first."
So far, although he has refined a bit of potion power, he really doesn't know how much it will enhance him.
Therefore, Chen Yun's attention once again focused on refining the potion.
A large amount of potion energy was transformed into immortal Qi, following the operational route of the fourth turn in "Chen Mr.'s Inner Dan Doctrine," and were constantly wandering.
Chen Yun, in one breath and another, felt that the immortal Qi within his body was replenished, with faint dark red Dan light lingering around.
As he continued to refine the potion, there was a series of rumbling sounds like thunder within his body, and sparks of fire even erupted from his nostrils.
This is a very normal phenomenon.
The fourth turn of "Chen Mr.'s Inner Dan Doctrine" produces such a sight when one reaches a certain level of cultivation.
Moreover, once the cultivation of "Chen Mr.'s Inner Dan Doctrine" reaches a higher level, the golden pill will "come alive," releasing a beam of light like the moon that completely envelops oneself.
This Dan light is quite formidable. It not only allows one to be unafraid of cold, heat, wind, and frost, maintaining the same throughout the four seasons, but it also possesses a very powerful defensive capability, stronger than many powerful defensive artifacts.
Of course, Chen Yun has not yet reached this level.
He is constantly moving forward towards this direction.
"The Yang Qi from the golden pill can enter through the nose and mouth, which is the profound wisdom of the fourth turn."
A thought flashed through his mind, and Chen Yun observed that in just this short period of time, his spirit essence golden pill had already grown over twice as large, and even the strength of his physical body had increased by nearly a factor of two.
This amazed him beyond belief.
This is equivalent to the amount of effort I have put in since I started cultivating in just that short period of time.
Although he knew that after reaching the Earth Immortal realm, the progress in refining divine Qi, strengthening his spirit essence, or tempering his physical body would be countless times faster than before, this rate of improvement was still too tremendous.
According to Chen Yun's previous estimate, it would take at least several years of hard work to reach this level.
Now, just a short while equals several years of hard cultivation?
It is indeed too amazing, the Da Luo Ling Tang.
Chen Yun was about to exclaim.
Suddenly, his expression changed slightly, and he thought of a terrifying thing.
When I obtained the "Da Luo Ling Tang," I was just a discontented youth in the Dahei Mountain, without any cultivation techniques.
Then, he entered the Daoist Academy and cultivated in the inner Dan art.
If the "Da Luo Ling Tang" is designed based on the inner Dan art, then it makes sense for the potion's power to circulate according to the internal Dan art's meridian route when it is activated.
However, the fourth turn of "Chen Mr.'s Inner Dan Doctrine" that I currently practice integrates various techniques such as "Pangu True Body Doctrine," "Badu Xuan Gong," "Feiling Wang Fu," "Taiyang Jiu Yao Xin Ying," and "Lao Tzu Xiang Er Zhi." Why should the potion's power of spiritualization also follow this meridian route?
Chen Yun had an intuitive feeling that the path of his life was being controlled by a powerful force from beyond the veil.
What kind of development he would have, what treasures he would obtain, or how his cultivation methods would evolve seemed all influenced by this force.
Or...
Was he always living under the control of someone, or a sacred force?
That is undoubtedly an extremely terrifying thought.
Because it's like playing a game, but you're not the one controlling the character, but instead, the character is being controlled by someone else!
Chen Yun no longer had the mood to sense and refine the potion power. He narrowed his eyes, "I don't think I'm actually being controlled at every step, do I?"
If not, that would be the best.
It's really just like my guess, who is controlling me?
The image of his mentor appeared in Chen Yun's mind, and then he shook his head.
Although his mentor's cultivation is earth-shattering, he is still an Earth Immortal, and has not reached the transcendent level where he can affect the operation of the myriad worlds.
To achieve such a high level of achievement, there is only one possibility.
That is, the cultivator's power must have transcended the rules of the myriad worlds.
That is to say, at least a Dao of the Great Heaven.
At present, in this realm, the only beings who have reached this level are the Three Clears, the Three Realms, and the Three Treasures of the Daoist Seniority.
Additionally, Chen Yun had heard from his elder grandmaster, the Eastern King of the Immortals, that the Supreme Jade Emperor had the potential to become the fourth divine being to reach the level of the Great Heaven Dao Realm.
Having the potential to reach it does not necessarily mean that it has been reached yet.
Then, the Supreme Jade Emperor can be excluded as a possibility.
"Perhaps..."
Chen Yun furrowed his brow and said, "Are they controlling me?"
But why would the Three Clears, Three Realms, and the Three Treasures of the Daoist Seniority want to do this?
Chen Yun pondered, could it be that in his previous life, or his several previous lives, he was some kind of legendary divine being, and because of certain events, he fell and was reincarnated? Perhaps one of the Three Clears, Three Realms, or Three Treasures of the Daoist Seniority is using this method to help him return to the path of immortality.
If this guess is correct, then it is very likely that I was a disciple or an apprentice of one of the Three Clears, Three Realms, or Three Treasures of the Daoist Seniority.
Chen Yun tossing and turning, couldn't figure out which disciple of the three divine beings was in his situation.
Suddenly, a young man's face appeared in his mind, that dignified figure who seemed to be observing the running of the Great Dao, "Or... perhaps my future successor?"
The future successor had appeared once.
At that time, Chen Yun had nearly fallen into a state of being on the verge of losing control and slipping into madness. It was his future successor who traveled through time, space, and the boundaries of reality and illusions to appear in the scene where he was at the brink of madness, helping him to break free from it.
To be honest, even now that Chen Yun has reached the Earth Immortal realm, he still cannot guess the level of cultivation or how profound it is for his future successor to be able to perform such a grand feat.
It is easy to travel through time and space, but to enter into one's own illusionary and material situation, Chen Yun cannot imagine the cultivation level required to accomplish such a feat.
"This suggests that the cultivation level of my future successor is very likely not weaker than that of the Three Clears, Three Realms, and the Three Treasures of the Daoist Seniority."
Chen Yun mused to himself, "If it's really him who is influencing every move I make or who has set out a fixed path for me, then there's basically nothing to worry about. After all, he's my disciple, and in our orthodox Taoism, there are no disrespecters of the master or the Tao."
Actually, there's nothing to worry about.
Because from the situation of his current development, the person who is subtly affecting his actions or controlling the entire world to "serve" him is full of good intentions and seems to want him to reach a higher level of cultivation faster.
Someone with such power could annihilate him with ease.
As for what he wants to get from him, it's unlikely.
If someone can influence the operation of myriad worlds, what could they possibly desire from a small Earth Immortal realm like me?
Moreover, when Chen Yun first obtained the "Da Luo Ling Tang" and the small bronze cauldron, he was a destitute youth who couldn't even count on having a meal today let alone tomorrow, so there was even less to desire from him.
"Let's not think about him for now. Once I reach a certain level of cultivation, I believe the person behind me who has been helping me in my practice will reveal themselves. At that time, the mystery will be solved."
Chen Yun calmed his heart and focused on refining the potion power again.
The Dan Qi within his body continued to spread, and his cultivation level was rapidly increasing.
Chen Yun had an intuitive feeling.
By tonight, his cultivation level would definitely surge significantly.
But it remained to be seen if he could reach the level of "one round of Dan Guang is like the moonlight enveloping his body".
Chen Yun secretly hoped, "I hope I can achieve this."
