The Great Lord Lao Riding the Ox arrived before the clouds and said: "Nephew, please also hand over that demonized Ancestor Witch to be refined by me."
Bieliao was slightly dissatisfied. Our teacher is the Upper Pure, not you the Lower Pure. Mago Zhong Rong is a war trophy of his sister, and if they bring it back to the Pixiu Palace, the old patriarch will definitely praise them. Why should it be given to you?
Qingluan realized that she was going to argue back, and was startled. She pulled her down quickly.
Yunxiao showed no hesitation, took out the Perfect Yuan Golden Bowl, spun it halfway around, and poured out the demon Zhufeng that was previously contained within.
As the original version of the Perfect Yuan Golden Bowl should have sealed her five senses and tightly suppressed her, Mago Zhufeng did not fall unconscious as she expected. Instead, this guy was very energetic. As soon as he was released from the imprisonment, he let out howls and took out the Fire God Beam, preparing to wreak havoc everywhere.
Yunxiao subconsciously took a step back. Grandmaster Taishi pointed his finger lightly and a golden rope tied Mago Zhufeng from head to toe.
The body of the Ancestor Witch was too powerful. Since it has been demonized, it can no longer be left behind. This time, it must be destroyed.
Grandmaster Taishi lightly flicked his finger, and the Fire God Beam turned into a rainbow of light, falling into the Underworld. There were two more lights: one was the Perfect Yuan Hammer, and the other was the diagram of the Heaven-Destroying Array. They flew together into the Pixiu Palace and were collected by Tongshen Patriarch.
The old man rode a cow, and along with Deng Chanyu and Long Ji standing on either side, the Magical Zhufeng and Magical Qin Wan floating behind them went to Taizhi Palace.
"What are we going to do?" Long Ji whispered to Deng Chanyu.
Even though the two were very close, they still had to ask clearly at this time to avoid mistakes when working. Deng Chanyu asked, "Have you ever refined pills?"
Long Ji covered his chest, took a peach-flavored burp: "I've I've eaten pills, I've even eaten Grandmaster Taishi's Golden Pill."
You're pretty proud, aren't you?
Deng Chanyu couldn't help but burst into laughter.
Nowadays, she increasingly felt that Nuwa's education was more comprehensive than that of the Underworld and Heavenly Court.
The "Xuanmiao Benjing" (Sacred Scripture of Mystery) by the Mother of Lishan is filled with scriptural texts on theoretical aspects, covering alchemy, weapon forging, formation magic, and exorcism, among many other things. In reality, it has little combat capability. Deng Chanyu has never used any incantations or divine abilities from the scripture because there are none in it at all!
The "Liudao Huoluo Jing" (Six Rebirth Sutra) taught by Queen Pingxin to Taiji was just the Human Tao section, containing the magic of paper people. Li Ji is also similar in this respect.
The two of them have less comprehensive knowledge of cultivation than Deng Chanyu. When their master is present, it's fine, but once they have to deal with certain things alone, they're at a loss.
At this moment, Long Ji was panic-stricken. What is "Wenmmen Zhihuo"? What is that?
"Junzi, you must have been shocked by our teacher's speech earlier. Now I understand why he called me as his student and gave you a nickname. However, as a disciple, we should always respect our teacher and not go against him."
Grandmaster Taishi Laojun is not here to teach the basics; he can't go on and on with long speeches, teaching them like a teacher would instruct a student. These lessons should have been covered earlier.
Deng Chanyu, at least, had practiced the refinement of Zhufeng, and she had practiced for ninety-nine days. She has hands-on experience, even though Grandmaster Taishi Laojun's Daoist attainment is far higher than hers by countless times, and the Bagua Zijin Furnace is much stronger than the Jiulong Shenhuo Furnace she used to refine back then. But the general process is similar.
She repeatedly instructed, "I control the fire, you control the water. Just follow my rhythm."
Long Ji patted his chest and nodded repeatedly, "Yes, I understand!"
Grandmaster Taishi Laojun has his own disciples, which will become Golden-horned King and Silver-horned King in the future. At this moment, the two disciples were busy fanning the fire and refining another pot of pills. They were too busy to help, so they found two stand-ins.
Deng Chanyu is a disciple of Nuwa. Starting from Hongjun, she is a legitimate third-generation senior cultivator. When she saw the two Taoist boys, no matter how high their cultivation was, she addressed them as "brother junior."
Long Ji doesn't have the same status, so he has to discuss their ages and finally call them "brother."
The qingniu was sleeping outside the door, and the two Taoist boys were refining pills on the side. Grandmaster Taishi Laojun brought Deng Chanyu and Long Ji, these two stand-ins, to the Bagua Zijin Furnace.
"Open the furnace."
It's not a voice-controlled device, and the lid of the furnace certainly won't open by itself. Deng Chanyu rushed over to push it, and Miss Long Ji only now realized what was happening and went over to help as well.
The two opened the Bagua Zijin Furnace.
The dense medicinal smell in the furnace transformed into a mist and billowed out. Deng Chanyu took advantage of pushing the lid to take a few glances inside, straining her neck.
Her Jiulong Shenhuo Furnace adopts a design with nine dragon heads spraying fire. Besides that, there is no more mystery.
The Bagua Zijin Furnace of Grandmaster Taishi Laojun has an extremely obvious separation of yin and yang.
Yin and yang are actually very inconvenient to separate. Even a little more or less, it is almost impossible to tell the difference, and it is difficult to be accurately divided in practice.
Deng Chanyu has the Two Yin-Yang Lamps, which allows her to divide the absorbed celestial and earthly qi into yin and yang smoothly. Then she can continue to divide four animals, eight trigrams, and finally absorb the eighth of the qi that is separated.
Her method is already considered to be of extremely high cultivation efficiency.
Some demonic races spend thousands of years in cultivation, and the process is very inspiring. However, when it comes to actual combat, their level is not as high as that of human cultivators who have practiced for decades or even years.
For instance, Bai Suzhen, who cultivated for 1500 years, was beaten by Fahai, who cultivated for decades. Fahai is indeed the incarnation of an Arhat and carries a treasure. However, the potential of Bai Suzhen's 1500 years of cultivation is also watered down to a great extent because there is too much useless effort involved.
The differentiation of yin and yang is the most fundamental but also the most difficult stage in cultivation.
Without a doubt, Grandmaster Taichi has reached the pinnacle of this path.
Grandmaster Taishi Laojun waved his dust-removing brush, and the demonized Zhufeng and Qin Wan were thrown into the furnace.
The two stand-ins covered the lid of the furnace.
"Start with a gentle fire for seven days." Grandmaster Taishi Laojun clearly doesn't take the demonized Zhufeng and Qin Wan seriously.
The old man wearing the Bagua Immortal Cloak is more talkative than the Grandmaster Taichi Lao that Deng Chanyu has ever seen.
The old man sat on the cloud bed: "The Dizang from the Western Teaching mentioned a lot before. Now, the old Taoist will test you. What is magic?"
Jīnjiǎo and Yínjiǎo are very familiar with this atmosphere. While casually fanning the fire, they answered: "Magical creatures are definitely those particularly evil guys who want to disrupt the peace and tranquility of the World of Cosmos."
"According to me, magic should be the culmination of resentment and killing qi in the universe. Master, do you agree with me?"
Grandmaster Taishi Laojun smiled but did not speak, turning to Deng Chanyu and Long Ji: "And what about you two?"
Long Ji has been eating peaches for half a year and is almost brainwashed. At this time, she searched her mind and thought: "Ah, I haven't thought about it well. Deng Chanyu is the smartest one, she must know."
The Old Immortal looked towards Deng Chanyu.
She said seriously, "The essence of magic is within us, in our scriptures, and around us."
Jīnjiǎo and Yínjiǎo were shocked.
The Old Immortal smiled and said, "Since magic is in the scriptures, why not 'no scripture'?"
Deng Chanyu meant that one should learn and apply things actively, without rigidly adhering to the literal wording of the scriptures. The Old Immortal said, "Alright, then let's not use the scriptures at all. Everyone should seek the Tao from the world around them."
This question is a bit beyond her scope, and Deng Chanyu needs to think carefully before answering.
