In the first year of Kaiyun, spring.
Two days later, the Qidan army launched a second attack on the city.
Shao Ke opened the East Gate and admitted the Qidan army, Wu Luan committed suicide by jumping into a well.
The news spread, causing shock throughout the court and the country.
The Later Jin court was outraged and appointed Guo De Jianguo as the commander-in-chief of the northern campaign, Fu Yanqing as the left battalion leader of the horse army, Huang Feng as the right battalion leader of the horse army, Wang Zhou as the left foot army battalion leader, andPan Huan as the right foot army battalion leader.
On the other side, the Later Jin Emperor sent envoys with letters to the Qidan, but they were already camped at Anyang, and so they could not pass through and returned.
On this day, the Emperor of Later Jin appointed Jing Yanguang, the Commander of both cavalry and infantry guards, as the Commander of the Imperial Camp, Li Zhou, the former Jingnan Jie Du (Military Governor of Jingnan), as the Temporary Governor of the Eastern Capital, and Gao Xingzhou led the advance army to set out first.
The Emperor of Later Jin is preparing to personally lead the campaign!
Around the same time, Chen Yun entered Beizhou City with the Qidan army.
What disappointed him was that the Qidan army did not adhere to the agreement they had made from the beginning, and as soon as they entered the city, they began looting, killing, and burning.
This incident caused Chen Yun to be slightly dissatisfied, but he did not show it.
The East wing of the State Office.
At noon, Chen Yun looked coldly at the Qidan soldiers outside who were cheering wildly, his heart coldly laughing, "I have kindly persuaded, but Liao De Guang this bastard broke his promise. Does he really think my two-hearted tea is good to drink? Within these few years, he will surely die!"
Having become a immortal, he is forbidden by celestial law to interfere in mortal affairs, so he naturally couldn't care about how the Qidan army behaves.
Chen Yun straightened his composure, "Today is the ninth day of the first lunar month, let's see if we can practice the fifth level of the 'Chen Mr. Internal Energy Discipline'."
This is a technique that relies on "The Song to Unravel Delusion and Uphold the Right Path", "The True Body of Pan Gu", and two other profound techniques as its core. It's supplemented by techniques such as "The Jade Charm of Flying Spirit", "The Commentary on the Tao Te Ching by Laozi's Thought", "The Wondrous Sutra of Nine Yin-Yang Heart-Induction" and "The Sutra of Nine Dragon-Tiger Immortals". Theoretically, there should be no problem with this method. However, the actual results are still unknown.
Therefore, it's necessary to give it a try.
Chen Yun's figure flickered.
He went to the roof.
Facing south, he sat cross-legged.
Closing his eyes, he sat facing the sun.
Chen Yun cleared his mind of all distractions.
Maintaining inner calm, he held his breath, allowing the qi to cease moving and fill him completely.
He gradually excited the true fire within his body, allowing it to circulate internally.
This step was not difficult, and he easily achieved it.
The difficulty lies in adjusting the temperature of the fire, and Chen Yun is attempting it step by step.
After a moment, he felt that his whole body was red and bright, with the light flowing.
"It's time to activate the true water now."
Chen Yun mobilized the true water within his body, attempting to draw it to the dantian.
This step was still easy for him, and in just a moment, the true water arrived at the dantian like a cold breath, flowing up to his heart, like a water crystal ball floating on his heart.
Chen Yun thought that the temperature of the fire was just right, so he continued to close his eyes and open his breath.
He felt the essence of the sun's radiation, then slowly absorbed it through his nose.
Unfortunately, he encountered trouble this time.
Although he could sense the scorching qi of the sun's radiation, he couldn't successfully absorb it into his body.
Or rather, he couldn't even begin to draw it in.
"Mmm?" Chen Yun opened his eyes and pondered, "Why can't I draw in the qi of the sun? Just now, I used my magic to attract it, there should be no reason why I can't move it."
He was a bit confused and sat there, meditating for a while.
"I haven't refined my yang spirit yet, and my magic is inherently yin and yang opposing each other. Could it be that because of this, I can't absorb the pure and intense yang qi of the sun?"
Chen Yun combined his life's learning and kept thinking about the situation, "If I withdraw any magic and try to attract the qi of the sun like an ordinary person, using spirit to control qi, perhaps I can absorb it."
Thinking about it, he withdrew his magic.
He allowed himself to enter a state of emptiness.
He let his true spirit automatically absorb it.
At first, there was no sign.
As he continued his meditation, his true spirit gradually guided the essence of the sun's radiation to slowly wander towards his nose tip.
Chen Yun had no thoughts, he just instinctively inhaled with his nose.
A pure and hot qi of the sun's radiation rushed into his nose, then automatically arrived at his heart.
After the essence of the sun's radiation reached his heart, Chen Yun gradually felt the heart moving, like a fish jumping in the dantian. He knew this was a sign of "Great Harmony of Yin and Yang".
He felt that the amount wasn't enough, so he continued to guide the essence of the sun's radiation with his true spirit and breathed slowly.
He inhaled, and a qi of the sun's radiation was drawn in.
Another inhale, and another qi of the sun's radiation was absorbed into his heart.
He absorbed a total of 81 qis of the sun's radiation, all of which were absorbed into his heart.
Each qi of the sun's radiation merged with the true water, and the pure yang qi was neutralized to some extent. It slowly spread to his limbs and vital organs.
Chen Yun's body became increasingly red and radiant, illuminating the surroundings.
If someone stood under the eaves and looked up, they would certainly notice a sun in the sky and another "small sun" on the roof.
The two "suns" shone together, competing and dazzling.
Chen Yun felt as if his bones were being sublimated by a mysterious force, and tiny black substances were emitting from them slowly, emerging through his pores.
Moreover, his true spirit was also refined by this pure yang qi.
One after another, yin residue was refined out and continuously expelled from his body.
Chen Yun inspected his true spirit, which appeared like a red god, as if there was a flame burning on it, but oddly enough, he didn't feel any pain.
The most surprising thing for him was that when the essence of the sun's radiation "refined" his body and true spirit, a stream of black gas also appeared beneath the dantian.
Chen Yun felt that this black gas was extremely cold, as if if he were to exhale a mouthful, it would freeze people instantly.
He suddenly recalled a saying from Lü Dongbin: "The ghost sees the burning mountain symbol with dread."
The meaning of this saying in common language is that if there is a mistake or failure in the process of burning charms, the consequences may be very severe, even possibly bringing unnecessary trouble to oneself.
Therefore, this saying warns people to be cautious and serious when engaging in such activities, in order to avoid unnecessary consequences.
Lü Dongbin said this not in that meaning.
Lü Dongbin's statement is from the poem "Seven Characters," which has a previous line: "Drinking, the turtle is not known to people."
In fact, just these two sentences cannot explain what this saying means, but it needs to be combined with the entire poem.
Chen Yun knew that Lü Dongbin's "Seven Characters" was actually a veiled revelation of refining gold pills and emerging yang spirit, and "burning mountain charms" refers to the accumulation of yin qi below one's dantian, called "devil peaks".
Whole body pure yang, the yin mountain and devil peaks burned away, the yang palace and divine hall established.
This is the true meaning of "Burning mountain charms, the ghost can't bear to look".
"I used to think that after cultivating internal yang, my body was already pure yang, but there were devil peaks existing. It made it impossible for me to truly become pure yang."
Chen Yun gradually began to understand, "It seems that once the devil peaks within me are completely refined away and my physical body truly becomes pure yang, I can then truly spend ten months refining the yin residue of my true spirit, achieving a purely yang true spirit without any yin. This is what is meant by the yang spirit in the Taoist path, and I am currently just doing the preliminary work."
Cultivation is not something to rush. It requires one step at a time.
He didn't feel any impatience at all. He simply reined in his inner thoughts and continued to refine the 81 qis of the sun's radiation.
What surprised Chen Yun was that the little bit of divine light given to him by the Western Queen Mother had been completely still so far.
He guessed that it was because he had not yet reached the stage of truly refining the yang spirit, so the little bit of divine light had no effect.
Time passed slowly, drop by drop.
As he practiced, Chen Yun felt like he was sweating all over his body.
If it were a sweat of a deity, it would certainly be unimaginable.
He felt no worry at all about the sweating.
This is the normal phenomenon of practicing "The Inner Dan Sutra" by Chen Xianzi in the fifth turn.
Because this is the initial stage of the fifth turn, where "the ordinary bones are dissolved with sweat."
He was in the "exchange of yang sand for bones" stage.
If one day he stopped sweating during his cultivation, then all his bones would have transformed into "immortal bones."
Chen Yun sensed the sweat that he had produced and found that it was layer upon layer, like white cream, and was nothing like normal sweat.
He was very satisfied with this phenomenon, knowing that he was exchanging ordinary bones for immortal bones.
Chen Yun paid no more attention to it and continued to refine the essence of the sun's radiation.
One.
Three.
Twenty.
An hour passed by slowly.
Finally, Chen Yun had refined all the 81 qis of the sun's radiation.
He sat down and rested for a while.
He checked to see how much he had improved during this cultivation.
His body seemed to have become stronger, but it also seemed that there was no improvement.
Chen Yun pondered to himself, "There must have been an improvement, just not very noticeable, which is why I feel it indistinctly."
He continued to inspect the golden pill, although the amount of qi within it did not increase, it looked even more brilliant and radiant.
Lastly, the true spirit had acquired a layer of fiery red color, although the shade was very light and not easy to notice.
Of course, this is from the perspective of introspection; in reality, there is virtually no color at all.
"Although I haven't truly entered the stage of refining the yang spirit, as the essence of the sun's radiation soaks into my whole body, my true spirit is also being refined, which is why it appears like this."
Chen Yun slowly opened his eyes and pondered, "The preliminary attempt has proven that the fifth turn method is feasible."
He felt very satisfied, "Just now, I only used the xuan gong to activate it, without combining any elixir or wonder drug. Later tonight, I will take the Pure Yang Fire Dragon Pill and see if the effect will be better."
Without the Pure Yang Fire Dragon Pill, he could only practice the fifth turn method three times a month, on the ninth day, nineteenth day, and twenty-ninth day.
With the Pure Yang Fire Dragon Pill, it would be different. He could take the pill, and then continue to refine the yang spirit.
In this way, it takes more time, but it allows him to be in a state of cultivation every day.
Finally, Chen Yun estimated the progress of this cultivation, "After three years, I believe it should be enough for me to become completely pure yang. At that time, the yang spirit palace will be established, and I can then attempt to breakthrough to the yang spirit."
Three years of time may be relatively long for an ordinary person.
However, for someone like Chen Yun who is on the path to becoming an immortal, it is but a passing cloud.
He has a long lifespan, and three years mean nothing to him.
"It should take only three years to attempt to breakthrough to the yang spirit, which is likely something many deities dare not even dream of."
Chen Yun was sincerely happy and eagerly anticipated the situation three years later when he achieved the yang spirit, illuminating all heavens and worlds.
...
Half a day passed quickly.
At night, Chen Yun was preparing to take a little while longer before ingesting the Pure Yang Fire Dragon Pill and then trying to see how effective it would be.
Suddenly, the door was knocked loudly, "Dong Dong Dong".
Afterwards, Jiandao Ren's voice was heard from outside, "Master, the Khan of Khitan has arrived with his large army. He wants to meet with you."
Chen Yun was somewhat dissatisfied with the actions of the Khitan army today, and casually replied to the outside, "Tell him that I am in cultivation, and we can discuss anything tomorrow morning."
Jiandao Ren nodded and said, "Okay."
After speaking, he gradually moved further away.
Sitting in the room, Chen Yun glanced towards the guest hall and saw that a group of Khitan soldiers of various ranks were present, along with Nezha, Li Jing, and others. Ye Lu De Guang was smiling warmly and thanking everyone for breaking through the city.
"Tomorrow, I will talk to him again and ask him to restrain the Khitan army."
Chen Yun pondered, "Today's advance guard may not represent Ye Lu De Guang's attitude. I still need to give him another chance."
He thought it through clearly. If, after his persuasion tomorrow, Ye Lu De Guang still allows the Khitan army to act as they did today, then sorry, he will not lift the negative effects of the Two Hearts Tea for him.
If Ye Lu De Guang is truly willing to restrain the Khitan army and not abuse the innocent, even if he does not interfere, the Two Hearts Tea will not take his life, but instead, it will extend his lifespan.
"I hope you won't be choosing a path to your own demise."
Chen Yun couldn't help but sigh.
To stir up war and chaos is to cause great suffering for the people of the world.
If the Khitan army continues to plunder and destroy, how many lives will be lost?
Chen Yun naturally did not wish for such a scenario. Whether others think of him as a saint or anything else, he believes in the Taoist tenet of valuing life, and he only hopes that all things may thrive.
"The Battle of Immortals arises at the right time, and I alone cannot withstand the trend."
He sighed helplessly and nodded, "Taking the Pure Yang Fire Dragon Pill for cultivation, let's see how effective it is."
He took out a Pure Yang Fire Dragon Pill that was refined for him by Lü Dongbin.
Chen Yun threw the pill into his mouth and did not chew it, and the pill turned into a stream of pure yang energy entering his body.
At first, he thought the Pure Yang Fire Dragon Pill would be similar to the essence of the sun's radiation.
Little did he expect that once the pure yang energy entered his body, it immediately divided into nine streams, like fire dragons, constantly moving around and surging within him.
"It seems that the Pure Yang Fire Dragon Pill is different from the Grand Ruler Soup, and it does not have the automatic 'training' function. I still need to guide and refine it actively."
Chen Yun immediately entered a cultivation state, guiding the nine streams of pure yang energy that were like fire dragons into the cultivation path.
He felt waves of heat infusing his heart, interacting with the true water to achieve a great harmony of yin and yang.
The strong medicinal power continuously surging, causing him to sweat like rain.
Layer upon layer of sweat, resembling white cream, continued to ooze out.
The true spirit was also refined by the pure yang fire dragon essence, becoming increasingly fiery red.
One after another, the impurities were stripped away from him, turning into black qi that penetrated his body and vanished into the heavens and earth.
At this moment, Chen Yun almost forgot all else and became completely immersed in the cultivation.
A censer.
A cup of tea.
Time gradually passed.
Soon, an hour passed.
At this time, Chen Yun felt that the medicinal power of the Pure Yang Fire Dragon Pill in his body was gradually diminishing.
He rested for a while, slowly opened his eyes, and his face showed an expression of disbelief, "One fire dragon pill is almost equal to one of my own self-cultivation sessions?"
What does this mean?
It means that he has greatly reduced the three-year foundation!
Under normal circumstances, he could only practice the fifth turn method three times a month.
Now with the Pure Yang Fire Dragon Pill, he can practice for thirty days a month.
Ten times the cultivation time!
With the current situation analyzed, he might only need a hundred and eight days to truly refine the yang spirit!
Upon considering this, Chen Yun's face revealed a satisfied smile, "The Pure Yang Fire Dragon Pill is indeed powerful. It might allow me to complete the foundation of the yang spirit in just over three months. That's why Lv Xiongshi said that I might not be able to consume all 500+ Pure Yang Fire Dragon Pills!"
The yang spirit is already within reach!
