If you don't give up, I'd like to be your adoptive father.

Chapter 1346 Reunion with an Old Friend, People and Feelings Changed

The more Xuan Nu carefully examined the sword marks left by Yu Fengxian, the more alarmed she became.

"She has truly mastered the essence of the Heavenly Gang Arts! In addition to the twenty-two Heavenly Gang Arts that she comprehended on her own, she has also crossed the threshold of the fourteen arts that you taught her, which can be considered as a preliminary entry into the inner sanctum."

Given time, she will surely be able to fathom the mysteries of the 'Celestial Immortal Technique' and glimpse the direction of the Great Luo Path.

Seeing his master's strange expression, Ape Master was both puzzled and somewhat frightened.

“Master, I am dull-witted and not qualified to become a Celestial Immortal, but I have seen and learned a lot since I guarded the White Cloud Cave.”

It was precisely because he saw that Yu Fengxian had the potential to comprehend the Heavenly Immortal Path and even glimpse the Great Luo Realm, but lacked the affinity for immortality, that the disciple empathized with her, felt pity for her, and challenged her to a sword duel and a discussion of the Dao.

If she herself lacks talent and ability, the disciples will not pay attention to her.

But since she has talent, why doesn't 'Heaven' have pity on her and help her embark on the path of enlightenment?
Helping others attain enlightenment is the greatest act of merit in the world!

But Yu Fengxian doesn't have the "Nine Heavens Seal" branded on her!

That guy cultivated the Heavenly Gang Arts to such a high level, yet he still didn't leave his name in the "Ruyi Heavenly Book".

This is the reason why the Mysterious Woman was alarmed.

In just 20,000 to 30,000 years, Baiyun Peak has cultivated dozens of celestial beings.

Like Yu Fengxian, those who comprehend thirty-six Heavenly Divine Arts in one go are at least ten times the number of those who have already attained the status of Heavenly Immortal.

Hundreds of people mastered the complete set of Heavenly Gang Mystic Arts, but only one-tenth made it to the end and attained the status of a Heavenly Immortal.

The rest either failed or were "taken for less".

You can go to the Jade Emperor and Queen Mother's restaurant and eat and drink to your heart's content, try every dish of the Manchu Han Imperial Feast, and then leave without paying a single penny, leaving only Yu Fengxian behind.

"If Yu Fengxian meditates in seclusion and comprehends the Dao, and attains the thirty-six supernatural powers, it is the will of Heaven, and has nothing to do with you."

Now, during your discourse on Taoism, you have imparted to her twelve extraordinary celestial arts techniques. This is a grave sin.

Xuan Nu turned around, stared at her disciple, and said quietly, "Go to the Thunder Department and find Wen Zhong. Explain the situation to him and receive 300 Thunder Whips."

Yu Fengxian dined and dashed.

The shop owner is definitely not at fault; the only one at fault is you, the waiter who treated her like a VIP.

"Furthermore, for the next ten Heavenly Court years, your 'Immortal Peach Wine' will also be gone."

The monkey king's face turned pale, and he felt bitter. He pleaded, "Master, please forgive me this time, considering that I have guarded White Cloud Peak for tens of thousands of years and have worked hard even if I have not made any great contributions!"

After three hundred lashes of the thunder whip, the disciple will likely have his bones and muscles completely broken, and it will take decades for him to recover.

Life on Baiyun Peak was already austere; without the Immortal Peach Wine, the disciples couldn't endure it!

The Mystic Maiden sighed, "Have you heard? The Heavenly Court is going to reform. If you are not dealt with now, in the next few years, when Yu Fengxian uses his Heavenly Divine Arts to wreak havoc on the world and defy the heavens, and the Heavenly Emperor is angered and decides to hold you accountable, you will definitely have to go to the Execution Platform."

Are you going to wait until more than ten years later to be torn to pieces and all your years of hard work go to waste, or are you going to be whipped three hundred times with lightning right now?
Even after being whipped three hundred times, at least the person is alive. Ten years later, they can still enjoy the immortal peach wine.

If you are skinned alive, you can only be reincarnated as an insect, drinking morning dew every day, born in spring and dying in autumn, your life hanging by a thread.

—Now that he's been whipped and had his salary docked, the matter is over.

Even if Yu Fengxian causes a major upheaval in the future, it will have nothing to do with you.

The ape understood the implication.

With a pained expression, he kowtowed to his teacher in gratitude.

Xiao Yu stayed in Ape Master's "Sword, False Core, Inner World" for a full thirty-six days, a total of one Heavenly Dipper number.

But to the outside world, only a short while had passed.

Since it was Ape King's own inner world, the rules of time were naturally under his control. He was busy closing up the "husband and wife shop," so he naturally wouldn't let Bai Yunfeng stay in Mangdang for another thirty-six days.

After leaving Baiyun Peak, Xiaoyu was truly filled with pride, high spirits, and extreme joy.

She wanted to shout, "Today, I've finally attained enlightenment!"

She held back, glanced down at the vast expanse of water, and immediately returned to the stone cave where she had been staying for several days.

Wang E lay on the bluestone slab and dozed off.

She transformed into Wuyazi and kicked him twice, yelling, "You haven't even cured your cancer yet, and you're still not studying the classics!"

Wang E silently got up, took out "Grand Tutor Yu's Revised Edition of the Collection of Sages and Worthies", sat cross-legged at the door, and read aloud.

A moment later, Xi Juan, carrying Di Hua on her back, led Liu Ji and the others to the cave entrance.

Xi Juan entered the cave alone and said, "Teacher, the Ape Lord Immortal Abode is over, and White Cloud Peak has also disappeared."

Wu Yazi hummed in agreement.

Xi Juan added, "I met Brother Ji, and I couldn't help but recognize him halfway through."

He's out now and wants to visit you. Would you like to see him?

Wu Yazi sighed, “Bringing him to see me is actually not good for him. In this great calamity, you are just a general charging into battle, while he is a hidden dragon with great ambitions.”

Some causes and effects you don't need to care about, but he does.

He made a show of bravado without really meaning it, leaving Xi Juan somewhat at a loss for words.

Wu Yazi then said, "However, since they're all here, what else can we do? Let them all come in."

Xi Juan stood at the door and waved to Liu Ji and the others outside.

As soon as Liu Jigang entered the cave, his face was immediately filled with a rich array of expressions, including excitement, joy, exhilaration, and longing. His eyes were also misty and red-rimmed.

He strode into the cave, "plop!"

He knelt stiffly before the old Taoist priest, his voice trembling as he cried out, "Master Wuyazi, your disciple has finally seen you again! Waaah~~~"

—That old Taoist Wuyazi is a real scoundrel. He knew I had become an outlaw in Mangdang Mountain and had been there for many days, yet he never once thought to visit me.

Well, that's what he really thought.

"Daoist Master, please accept my bow!" Xiao He, Cao Can, and the others also bowed respectfully with heartfelt sincerity.

Over the past year, they have personally experienced how advanced and precious the things they learned from Wuyazi were.

This encounter with the immortal abode of the Ape King has further deepened their gratitude towards Daoist Wuyazi.

Because they discovered that the Earthly Fiend Divine Powers and Heavenly Gang Extraordinary Techniques that everyone was vying for seemed to be inferior to the "Star God Great Law" that Wu Yazi had taught them back then.

"Get up, all of you." Wu Yazi glanced at the group of heroes from Pei County, feeling quite moved.

"The power of your destiny stars is abundant, and each of you possesses a magnificent and extraordinary aura. It seems you have been diligently cultivating the 'Star God Great Art' these past two years. Very good!"

Fan Kuai laughed first and said, "I didn't know how good it was back then. Only in the last two years have I come to understand the wonders of the power of stars."

Take the disciple's Immortal Essence Pill as an example.

After decades of arduous cultivation, the Yuan Dan only increased internal energy.

In the past two years, through the practice of the Star God Technique, the natal star corresponding to the disciple has been resonating with the disciple's primordial core.

Not only has the Yuan Dan's original essence become more profound, but it has also undergone some wondrous transformations.

"Master Daoist, could you please take a look at my situation? Can I transform my Yuan Dan into a Golden Dan and achieve immortality?"

"Come here, let me take a look." Wu Yazi beckoned to him, and Fan Kuai crawled closer on his knees, finally sitting cross-legged opposite him.

If you ask her for magical arts or supernatural powers, there's absolutely no chance; but if it's just some common-sense questions, she's willing to help you answer them.

In particular, the issues related to "Star God Technique" can be considered "after-sales service".

Holding Fan Kuai's pulse and carefully sensing his primordial essence, Wu Yazi said, "There are many ways to achieve immortality, but I will only talk about the 'internal alchemy' that is related to you human immortals."

Have you ever seen the mechanical beasts of the Mohist school?

The entire Pangu world is like a giant mechanical beast, with countless gears and bearings inside.

Some gears are crucial; if one is missing, the mechanical beast cannot move—this is the fundamental principle. Other gears are less important; even if one is missing, the mechanical beast can still move, but it will lack certain minor functions—this is the law.

"Achieving immortality through internal alchemy involves cultivating one's nature and destiny. Nature and destiny intertwine and fuse into a single gear, which is then connected to the gears of a mechanical beast."

Wu Yazi pointed his hand in front of him, and a real illusion appeared: a large gear and a small gear meshed together, and when the large gear turned, it caused the small gear to turn as well.

"This large gear is the gear on the world's mechanical beast, and the smaller one is the inner core of an immortal."

The world keeps turning, causing the immortal's inner elixir to rotate as well.

As long as a person's 'gears' are still moving, he will naturally not die.

At the same time, the rotation of the small gear also increases the power of the large gear.

These are immortals who cultivate internal alchemy.

You immortals are just small cogs, spinning aimlessly within your own dantian.

You are useless to the world, and the world cannot keep turning with you forever, therefore you cannot live forever.

Of course, you can also take longevity pills regularly to continuously replenish your energy and keep your little gears turning.

She pointed again, and another large machine appeared, along with a small gear, which was far away from the large machine.

“Cultivate the Star God Technique to obtain the essence of stars from your destiny stars.”

Indeed, it continuously strengthens your inner core, transforming it from a small gear into a powerful large gear.

Your internal strength at this moment is even stronger than that of some immortals.

However, since your immortal inner core gears have never been linked to the 'world machine,' you cannot achieve immortality.

Before entering the Ape King's Immortal Abode, Xiaoyu was unable to concisely explain the internal alchemy techniques of the Pangu World.

Now that she has touched upon the mysteries of the Great Luo, she has gained a profound understanding of the essence of the Inner Alchemy method.

Fan Kuai thought for a moment, then spread his arms and gestured as he asked, "If my gear keeps getting bigger and bigger, big enough to touch the gears on the machine, can I achieve immortality?"

Wu Yazi laughed and said, "It's possible, but the world won't allow it. How much primordial power would you have to extract from the world to grow such a large gear?"

The reason why internal alchemy has become the mainstream in the current cultivation world is that it can be connected to a machine with minimal energy through an extremely ingenious design.

As you encounter more immortals in the future, you will discover that the 'magical power' within many great immortals is not necessarily more abundant than your own primordial essence.

Liu Ji said, "Daoist, I obtained sixteen extraordinary techniques from Baiyun Cave, which can reverse Yin and Yang and manipulate creation."

"Is it possible to modify my Immortal Core to make it compatible with the world's machine?"

Wu Yazi sighed, "If we go to a minor world without powerful enemies and use the Heavenly Gang Technique, we might be able to modify the world's machinery and make it fit perfectly with the gears."

The Human Immortal Core directly transforms into the Immortal Golden Core.

The Great Dao is indestructible, the Golden Elixir is immortal, and one can attain longevity within the Lesser Thousand Worlds.

Our Pangu world is not for you to alter.

You can melt down your gears, but those gears are your very essence and your life. If you melt down your gears, can you still live?

Unless you take a magic pill beforehand, like preparing a giant peach.

With a giant peach in his mouth, he used a celestial technique to melt away the mortal immortal's elixir, using the peach's life-extending power to keep him alive, and then using the pure yang immortal essence within the peach to rebuild his nature and life.

The heroes of Pei County's eyes lit up. "So, the Heavenly Gang Mystic Arts that can defy fate are true?"

Wu Yazi nodded and said, "It is indeed a possibility. But the question is, if you have a giant peach of immortality, or a similar divine medicine that can defy fate, why don't you just eat it and become an immortal?"
Wasting a giant peach and melting down the gears to start cultivating again, you still might not be able to become an immortal.

Ultimately, the internal alchemy method of cultivating the golden elixir to achieve immortality is simply the lowest-cost and most promising method for attaining immortality.

"It is not true that one cannot achieve immortality without the elixir of immortality."

"Well, that's true. With giant peaches already, why would we care about immortal pills?" The heroes of Pei County looked dejected.

Fan Kuai roused himself and said, "Daoist Master, I acquired several Earthly Fiend Divine Powers at Baiyun Peak this time, but I cannot fully understand them. May I ask you for guidance?"

Liu Ji quickly replied, "This disciple has learned more than a dozen extraordinary Heavenly Gang techniques!"

The other heroes from Pei County looked at the old Taoist Wuyazi with bright eyes and expectant expressions.

Wu Yazi shook his head repeatedly and said, "Don't tell me about either Earthly Fiend Divine Power or Heavenly Gang Extraordinary Techniques."

She pointed at Xi Juan, "Even if it's Juan'er, I made it clear to him before I brought him to Mangdang Mountain."

The extraordinary encounters at the Ape Lord's Immortal Abode are entirely due to their own good fortune.

Don't underestimate good fortune just because you think it's something ethereal and unpredictable.

The fact that you obtained the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiend Techniques from Baiyun Cave will surely diminish your good fortune.

According to your previous destiny, the fate that should have belonged to you will not exist in the future.

Or rather, the good fortune that should have belonged to you in your next life has been exhausted this time.

If you were to reincarnate now, you would most likely be born as an ordinary, unremarkable commoner.

If you did not enter the White Cloud Cave and did not obtain the Heavenly Divine Arts or Earthly Fiend Divine Powers, but retained your good fortune, some of you may have the opportunity to become immortals in your next life, or even directly obtain an immortal bone.

I'm not kidding, I've actually encountered something like this. That person must have done good deeds in their past life, and in their next life they indeed possessed the bones of an immortal, qualifying them to become a celestial being.

The heroes of Pei County already knew about the good fortune, but upon hearing the old Taoist's words, their expressions remained solemn, and their hearts grew heavy.

Xi Juan quickly said, "Teacher, I went to Baiyun Cave, but I didn't go in to see the magic inside."

Wu Yazi said, "This is your choice. You must bear the consequences of missing out on the Baiyun Cave adventure."

If you choose to go in, you will bear the consequences of your actions related to Baiyun Cave.

The master leads you through the door, but the practice is up to you. I can give you advice, but I can't do the practice for you.

Liu Ji asked, "Daoist, the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiend Techniques we obtained are incomplete. We were thinking of exchanging them with each other or with others."

Although Baiyun Peak had disappeared, those who had encountered the immortal opportunity had not left.

They were all testing each other, and some even had the idea of ​​gathering all seventy-two Earthly Fiends and thirty-six Heavenly Generals.

That's what we're planning to do too.

According to the Taoist priest, we have already exhausted our good fortune by obtaining the supernatural powers and methods we have now.

Then, if one were to exchange these miraculous methods with others, wouldn't that mean all one's good fortune would be lost, turning into karmic debt?

(End of this chapter)