Seeking the Tao in the Mortal World

After slowly drinking the wine in the pot, Qin Yi looked at the moonlight in the yard, calculated the time again, and returned back to the fire. The fire was slightly shaken by the wind. He immediately carefully protected the direction of the wind. He no longer walked away, staring at the fire seriously and intently without blinking his eyes.

After staring at it for some time, the clay pot on the fire shook slightly, as if there was a faint light, and the fragrance was tangy. Qin Yi quickly put on the cover, and the fire went out.

He carefully opened the jar, and a green pill lay quietly in the jar with a faint brilliance.

“It’s done?”

“It’s done.” Liu Su’s voice reappeared, “I thought you don’t long for anything, but you can hold back your temper when you do things. Refining medicine is so boring, how can you do it so steadily while staring at things that don’t move?”

“If you give me a game, I can stay still longer.”

“…You regard alchemy as some kind of game?”

“Almost, it’s an upgrade anyway…”

“Forget it.” Liu Su was very speechless, “Anyway, the pill you refined before is just to relieve the invasion of resentment from causing disease; it’s not a detoxification pill. This one is the elixir that can really cure all poisons with 1 pill: Of course, this is just the lowest level of the rank 9, so it can only cure the poisons of the mortal world, and it depends on the degree of poisoning. Nevertheless, it can already be said that you have learned the basics.”

Qin Yi had no expression on his face, but his mind was a little turbulent.

Holding the elixir in his palm, he could really feel a kind of energy flowing as if it contained many mysterious meanings, which could not be distinguished.

After more than 2 months, I finally refined the first ‘elixir’ that is different from the ‘mortal pill’.

This is without practicing any techniques, without a trace of spiritual power, without special medicinal materials, special fire, and special pill furnace. The elixir was refined purely with clever alchemy prescriptions and fire control!

“Now you know I didn’t lie to you.” Liu Su said coldly.

Qin Yi went to the corner and picked up the mace. The body of the stick was pitch black, but under the moonlight, there seemed to be a dark red luster as if there were bloodstains remaining for thousands of years. He felt slightly eerie just the thought of it. He sighed, “Without cultivation, I can arrange arrays and refine elixir. What you taught me should be a very high-end method, right?”

“It’s also because of your compatibility. You’re the most suitable person I’ve ever seen to cultivate to be an immortal.” Liu Su didn’t quarrel with him anymore, but praised him, “Such comprehension, patience, clarity and purity are what many people who claim to be taoists cannot compare with.”

“Don’t tell me to cultivate to be an immortal again and again every day. My life is the most important thing. It’s scary to even think about being possessed. Who would dare to bet?”

“You’re just too afraid of death.” Liu Su said coldly, “You didn’t dare to eat any of the pills I taught you before. Don’t think I don’t know what you mean by taking jujube pills. How would you like to name this new elixir?”

Qin Yi didn’t answer. He just stared at the elixir with ecstasy and suddenly said, “You want to teach me how to cultivate so that I can help you reshape your body in the future, right?”

Liu Su said in annoyance, “Yes.”

“But then when I said to send you out to find another master, you disagreed. How many immortal seekers would treasure you like a precious thing, so why are you quarreling with me here? Day after day, you nag me with exactly the same words. What’s the point?”

Liu Su said coldly, “In the past 2-3 months, you have been wary of me, but haven’t I been watching you as well? Although you are afraid of death and suspicious, you are kind-hearted, others may not be. I’m just a remnant soul, and I have no power to protect myself. I’m also afraid that I’m entrusted to the wrong person and fall into an endless abyss.”

Qin Yi smiled and said, “Such a vicious weapon spirit like you, how can you be afraid of being entrusted to the wrong person?”

“I’m not a weapon… Forget it.” Liu Su said nonchalantly, “It’s because a weapon spirit… like me, that I know better what will happen when I meet the same kind.”

“It makes sense.” 𝙗𝙚𝒅𝒏𝒐𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝙘𝒐𝒎

“Of course it makes sense.” Liu Su said leisurely, “Anyway, I have been waiting in the mountain for thousands of years; I’m very patient. Since you are interested in alchemy and arrays, you will one day be unable to resist practicing with me… To be honest, you are also unwilling to throw me away, right?”

Qin Yi twitched the corners of his mouth, but he didn’t speak.

Liu Su sneered, “Just like the little story you told me, the nature of human beings is really fragrant.”

“Then did I tell you about the other nature of humanity?”

“What?”

“Repeater.” Qin Yi straightened his face, “It doesn’t matter if you don’t understand, as long as you know it’s just like you.”

…

“Swoosh!” The silver light shone. Li Qingjun launched her spear like a dragon, nailing a green python that jumped out suddenly to the mountain wall. This girl who dressed as a boy actually had extremely superior martial arts, and her cultivation had already entered a certain level.

A faint poisonous gas spilled out. She frowned and waved to disperse it.

Li Qinglin seemed very relieved of his sister’s strength. He didn’t help her, but he carefully observed the terrain of the mountain. The mist in the mountain was lingering, and they also covered their position. The mist was very thin and did not affect the vision to a high degree. He stretched out his hand to grab a handful, but the mist seemed to be avoiding him, and instead dispersed.

“Qingjun, after entering the mountain, do you feel any discomfort?”

“I feel horrified from the scalp to the bone marrow, and my skin is a little numb…” Li Qingjun folded her arms and trembled, “It’s like hearing the sound of 2 spears rubbing against each other…”

Before she finished talking, there was a sudden sense of creepiness. Their scalps felt like exploding. The 2 turned their heads to look, only to see a red wild boar suddenly leaping out from behind the rocks. It had thick fangs that were as long as a foot. They could smell the pungent bloody smell coming from the bleeding wound several meters away.

Li Qinglin also raised the spear.

“Roar!” The wild boar charged toward them quickly, bringing up a cloud of dust.

The 2 of them spread out to the left and right. The wild boar braked suddenly, and its hoof actually pressed a hole in the ground.

Li Qingjun was about to unleash her spear, then the tip of Li Qinglin’s spear from the other side pierced straight through the wild boar’s head fiercely with a dazzling light. The wild boar struggled and roared, but it did not die immediately. The fangs were still trying to bite back as if they were alive. Their shape was extremely strange.

Li Qingjun shouted softly, jumped up lightly, and thrust her spear straight into the wild boar’s mouth. The wild boar struggled for a while before it finally fell silent.

Just a few strikes, they had killed the beast, but the 2 of them didn’t feel complacent as if it was normal. Li Qinglin looked at the wild boar’s carcass, and he suddenly smiled, “The villagers at the foot of the mountain are very powerful. There is such a beast in the mountain, yet everyone lives happily. Qin Yi lives right at the foot of the mountain, and he is not afraid of death?”

Li Qingjun hesitated, “Could it be that there are some taoists hiding in the mountains to protect the villagers…”

“No.” Li Qinglin said firmly, “There are no immortals in this world!”

As if in response to his words, low sobs sounded from the mist in all directions. There seemed to be resentment lingering in his heart that wouldn’t go away.

Li Qinglin was unmoved by the sound of sobbing as he murmured, “I don’t think this mist was immortal aura at all, but it may be the gathering of resentment and ghosts. This wild boar is probably affected by some dirty things… …”

He was at least half right. The mist was resentment energy, but the mutation of the wild boar had nothing to do with it.

Li Qingjun wondered, “Then why does it look red like the immortal aura?”

Li Qinglin said indifferently, “Who said red mist means immortal aura? What color is the blood?”

“Uh…”

“That’s why this mist hides from me, because I have fought in the battlefield, and the evil spirit on my body may be stronger than the resentment that is about to dissipate after wandering for thousands of years.”

Li Qingjun was very convinced of her elder brother, so she said, “So, maybe a lot of people died here thousands of years ago?”

“I don’t know. Anyway, I think it’s about to dissipate.” Li Qinglin took out Qin Yi’s pill, shook his head and said with a smile, “The so-called poisonous miasma in the mountains is actually just the resentment. The pills of those lowly taoists are actually better than the regular detoxification pill… This is the secret of one pill cure all poisons by Qin Yi.”

Li Qingjun’s eyes widened, “You… you came here for…”

“There may be some ghosts, demons and beastkins in the world, and there may be some spells to catch and eliminate them, but there is no real longevity method at all. Otherwise, how many emperors are addicted to this, but why aren’t any of them living forever? You and I have high attainment in martial arts, prolonging life is already normal, and we can also get rid of demons and ghosts. Why look for the unknown immortal?!” Li Qinglin said decisively, “Dong Huazi just used some dirty methods to trick father into cultivating the Tao and cause chaos in the imperial court. So, I will also bring a taoist back to solve his tricks.”

“So you came here just for that Qin Yi!” Li Qingjun stomped her feet, “You claim to accompany me to find immortals, but you actually just wanted to verify the rumors and find out whether he is the person you want!”

Li Qinglin turned to look at her and repeated, “There are no immortals in this world.”

Li Qingjun ran down the hill furiously, “I’m going to expose the real face of that liar surnamed Qin, and see if you want to bring home a liar who is no different from Dong Huazi!”

Li Qinglin watched her go down the mountain, shook his head and smiled. Then, he looked up at the clouds and mist in the mountain before continuing walking to a higher place.

He was going to see the strange tiger that Qin Yi said wouldn’t chase people.