12dz Chapter 59 The Supreme Response Chapter
Chapter 59 The Supreme Response Chapter
Meanwhile, inside the Yu family's house.
Yu Youwei sat by the window, holding a book in her hand, but her gaze was fixed on the view outside the window.
Outside the window, there is an osmanthus tree with lush branches and leaves, and several sparrows are hopping on the branches.
Her gaze was vacant; her mind was clearly not on the book.
"Youwei".
Yu Zhengyuan pushed open the door, walked over to her, and sat down.
Are you really sure?
Yu Youwei put down her book, looked at her father, and nodded.
"It's decided."
"Is Zhang Lin someone you can trust?" Yu Zhengyuan frowned. "If he can run away from his wedding once, he can run away again. If you go with him, what if..."
"Father," Yu Youwei interrupted him, "I'm not following him, I'm following the Danxia Sect."
She paused, then said, "He was just a guide. Once I entered the Danxia Sect, I became myself, and it had nothing to do with him."
Yu Zhengyuan remained silent for a moment, then sighed.
"You've always been independent since you were little, and your father can't control you, but..."
He looked at his daughter, his eyes filled with worry.
"But the outside world is much bigger and more dangerous than Chuzhou. I'm worried about you, a girl, all alone out there."
Yu Youwei smiled slightly.
"Don't worry, Father, I'm not the kind of person who lets others bully me."
Yu Zhengyuan looked at her for a long time before slowly nodding.
"Fine, fine, since you've made up your mind, I won't stop you."
He stood up, walked to the door, and stopped.
"If that Zhang Lin dares to bully you, I'll risk my old life to get justice for you."
Yu Youwei felt a warmth in her heart as she watched her father's retreating figure.
"Father, he won't."
Yu Zhengyuan didn't turn around, but pushed open the door and went out.
Yu Youwei sat by the window and picked up her book again.
Her gaze fell on the pages of the book, and the corners of her mouth turned up slightly.
Danxia Sect.
Yunmengzhou.
outside world.
She had waited for far too long.
Zhang Lin's elopement did indeed give her an opportunity.
A reason to leave, an opportunity to break free from the cage.
Yu Youwei put down her book, got up, walked to the window, and opened it.
The spring breeze blows in, carrying the fragrance of flowers, the scent of earth, and the call from afar.
She took a deep breath, a glint of light flashing in her eyes.
"Zhang Lin, thank you."
She murmured to herself, her voice so soft it drifted away on the wind.
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Morning light streamed through the window, casting patches of light and shadow on the blue brick floor.
Zhang Lin sat cross-legged in his study, with several jade slips spread out in front of him. He held a brush in his hand and wrote on a blank silk scroll.
The brushstrokes are fluid and powerful, and the handwriting is neat and tidy.
These were the lessons he had prepared for Yu Youwei: "An Introduction to Elixir" and "The Method of Refining First-Grade Elixir".
"An Introduction to Elixirs" is a compilation he made based on "The Classic of Herbs and Elixir" and his own experience in alchemy. It includes 137 kinds of elixirs commonly used in the Qi Refining stage, detailing their medicinal properties, origins, harvesting seasons, and processing methods.
The "First-Class Elixir Refining Method" records the refining methods for three basic elixirs: the Qi-Nourishing Elixir, the Qi-Returning Elixir, and the Healing Elixir. It details everything from the processing of medicinal materials to the control of the heat, from the condensation techniques to the timing of the elixir's release.
The Danxia School requires its disciples to be tested on alchemy skills.
Although Yu Youwei has the cultivation level of the early stage of Qi Refining, her alchemy skills are only rudimentary.
If you don't prepare in advance, you might not even pass the entrance exam when you arrive in Yunmeng Continent.
Zhang Lin put down his pen, read the silk scroll from beginning to end, and only after confirming that it was correct did he roll it up and put it away.
He leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes to rest.
I've been staying at the Zhang family's house for half a month now.
For the past two weeks, he has been having breakfast with his parents every morning, guiding Zhang Chongyuan in his cultivation during the day, and organizing alchemy techniques, expanding his dantian and refining his true qi in the evening. His days have been peaceful and fulfilling.
Zhang Chongyuan was originally at the early stage of Qi Refining, and he was practicing the Zhang family's ancestral "Taishang Ganying Pian". Even after twenty years of practice, he had only just barely entered the realm of Qi Refining.
Zhang Lin passed on the "Shangqing Qi-Guiding Technique" to his father.
He then took out a Breakthrough Pill to help his father break through the bottleneck.
Breakthrough Pills are potent medicines; those of impure quality will leave hidden injuries in the dantian.
However, the one in his hand was a top-grade breakthrough pill that had been enhanced by the system. Its medicinal properties were mild and there were no side effects.
Zhang Chongyuan took the elixir, secluded himself for three days, and successfully broke through to the mid-stage of Qi Refining.
On the day he emerged from seclusion, he stood in the courtyard, feeling the profound true energy in his dantian. He remained silent for a long time before finally saying, "The ancestors of the Lin family are above, the Zhang family has a worthy successor."
Zhang's mother, Wang, was originally an ordinary person with extremely poor physical constitution and weak congenital meridians, making her unable to cultivate.
However, Zhang Lin used various methods, such as spiritual spring water, nourishing pills, and spiritual medicine baths, to help her cleanse her marrow and expand her meridians, drawing qi into her body.
Although I haven't reached the Qi Refining stage yet, my aptitude for sensing Qi is quite good. As long as I practice diligently, I will soon enter the early stage of Qi Refining, which will also prolong my life and prevent me from getting sick.
Wang was both surprised and delighted to feel the faint spiritual energy within her body, and she hugged Zhang Lin and cried for a long time.
"I never imagined I could become an immortal in my life... Lin'er, you are truly my good son..."
Zhang Lin also left behind sufficient resources.
One thousand spirit stones.
Twenty top-grade Qi-nourishing pills.
He has three low-grade magical artifacts: a longsword, a soft armor, and a jade pendant, all of which he has enhanced in recent days.
Several kinds of spiritual herbs: Spirit Orchid Grass, Three-Leaf Green, Qi-Returning Fruit, Qi-Gathering Grass... enough for Zhang Chongyuan and his wife to use for cultivation for several years.
These resources are enough for the Zhang family to gain a foothold in Chuzhou and no longer have to depend on others.
As for the copy of "The Treatise on Response and Retribution," Zhang Lin hadn't paid much attention to it originally.
How advanced can the Zhang family's ancestral martial arts be?
But when he had nothing to do, he placed the jade slip on his forehead, probed it with his senses, and read it carefully, only to discover an unexpected delight.
The Qi-refining section of the *Taishang Ganying Pian* is indeed superficial and far less refined than the *Shangqing Yinqi Jue*.
However, the method for opening the sea of consciousness after perfecting the cultivation of Qi is far superior to that in the "Shangqing Qi-Guiding Formula".
The Shangqing Qi-Guiding Technique focuses on cultivating Qi, guiding Qi into the body, circulating true Qi, and expanding the Dantian (lower abdomen), with each step taken solidly and steadily.
The "Treatise on the Response of the Supreme Being" focuses on refining the spirit. After the refinement of qi is perfected, it explains in detail how to nourish the spirit with true qi, open the sea of consciousness, and lay the foundation for the cultivation of the spirit after the foundation building stage.
Both have their strengths and complement each other.
Upon opening the system, he discovered that the price for enhancing the Supreme Induction Manual was not low, amounting to a full one hundred spirit stones.
Without much hesitation, Zhang Lin took out one hundred spirit stones and enhanced the "Supreme Response Treatise" once. He now wanted to know what he could enhance it into.
The jade slip lit up, its spiritual light flowing.
A moment later, the skill's grade was upgraded.
The Qi Refining section remained standard, but the Spirit Refining section was more refined.
The method of opening the sea of consciousness upgrades from nourishing the spirit with qi to the unity of spirit and qi, with true qi and spiritual consciousness being cultivated simultaneously and complementing each other.
It also adds the methods of using divine sense in the Foundation Building chapter: divine sense exploration, divine sense transmission, and divine sense attack, as well as the construction of the sea of consciousness defense. Although it is only the basics, it has already taken initial shape.
Zhang Lin read the enhanced version of the "Taishang Ganying Pian" again, and already had a plan in mind.
This technique will surely be of great use in the future.
The foundation of the Qi Refining stage lies in true Qi, while the foundation after Foundation Establishment lies in divine consciousness.
The method of refining the spirit in the "Treatise on the Response of the Supreme Being" perfectly filled a gap in his cultivation system.