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

Chapter 1400 The Elixir of Forgetfulness
"Ah, teacher, ancestor, what are you doing? Why am I uncontrollably filled with demonic thoughts~~~"

In the dream dimension, Duan Yu and the other "new disciples of the Feather Sect" clutched their chests, letting out shrill and painful screams.

Teacher Yu smiled faintly and said, "Didn't you all ask me to teach you the unparalleled demonic art that would grant you the power of Rahu? I'm granting you your wish!"

"Becoming part of my master means acquiring unparalleled demonic power, right? Hahaha~~"

"Old Demon Yu, you're breaking your promise! You said it yourself, you have a great reputation in both the righteous and evil paths!" Duan Yu shouted angrily.

Teacher Yu chuckled and said, "Yes, I am well-regarded in both the righteous and the heretical paths, but I am the only one who reigns supreme in the demonic path!"

"Old Demon, you're ruthless! You even devour your own disciples!"

"You won't get away with this. The great immortal of the Xuanmen sect will surely exorcise the demon and avenge us!"

Their screams quickly weakened, and their bodies and souls also rapidly became illusory, until only a bewildered soul remained. Xiaoyu used "Demon Eye Hell" to communicate with the Six Paths and threw it directly into the Animal Path.

These cultivators were not purely demonic cultivators.

They have no connection with the Southern Frontier Demonic Sect, but are related to the Xuanmen Sect.

Therefore, he was able to blend in with the immortals of the Great Profound Heaven and chat and laugh with the Xuanmen cultivators.

For example, Duan Yu was said to have been expelled by Dong Daoren of the Jingming Sect, but in reality, the two sides had not completely severed their ties.

It has a bit of a Sasuke and Kakashi vibe, or Mitsui and Coach Anzai vibe.

Mitsui Hisashi knelt down and cried out, "Coach, I want to play basketball!" Coach Anzai immediately accepted him; Sasuke wailed, "I want to go back to Konoha!" Kakashi smiled happily.

If we really send them to the underworld, their relatives and friends might pull strings and get them out again.

"Xiaoqiang, come out here, I have something good for you."

A flash of yellow light appeared, and a majestic, golden yellow dog, tongue lolling out, ran around Xiaoyu.

"Master, what good stuff is it?"

Xiao Yu opened her right hand, and a patch of light blue spiritual light flickered in her palm.

"This is the immortal bone of Daoist Duan. There is only half of it, so I can't give it to you. I can only 'bury' it at the root of Goubao Black Mountain."

"Dog Treasure was originally your innate divine ability; perhaps it could absorb spiritual energy and transform into an immortal being?"

Xiao Qiang excitedly circled around Xiao Yu's legs, barking loudly.

After calling for a while, it suddenly stopped and asked in confusion, "Why is there only half a piece?"

Xiao Yu sighed, “I used ‘Karma Insight’ to observe the cause and effect in Duan Yu’s body and found that he was a great philanthropist who did good deeds and accumulated virtue in his previous three lives, which is why he was able to grow immortal bones in this life.”

Even if he went astray in this life, it cannot completely erase the good deeds he did in previous lives.

Therefore, only half was taken; the other half was sealed in his soul using the Six Paths Secret Technique, giving him another chance to enter the path of immortality in his next life.

If Duan Yu is killed directly, his immortal bones will be like the shattered Nine-Turn Bone-Changing Pill, their spiritual essence returning to heaven and earth.

Xiao Yu took half of the immortal bone as payment for the "great favor" of preserving half of the immortal bone.

Xiao Qiang hesitated and said, "Master, aren't you still missing half a Nine-Turn Bone-Changing Pill because your immortal bones haven't been formed yet? Why don't you take the spiritual energy yourself?"

Xiaoyu shook her head and said, "It's useless to me."

For cultivators aspiring to the Great Luo Path, stealing other people's immortal bones is harmful and not beneficial.

The Great Luo Path pursues absolute purity and cleanliness; transplanting other people's immortal bones will only pollute one's own essence, energy, and spirit.

Although Xiaoyu did not follow the Great Luo Path, she could not treat her body as a garbage can, stuffing everything into it.

Xiaoqiang is different again.

It was actually a dead dog. When it cultivated the Taiyin Refining Form, it would naturally absorb "mixed energy" such as the Yin energy of the earth.

Xiaoyu buried Sister Peony's body in a feng shui treasure spot in Tianmen Town, wasn't it to absorb the earth's energy?
A moment later, Yinling City, more than three thousand miles away from Kuaiji Mountain.

To the west of the city, inside Caijiazhuang.

After casually dismantling the immortal array within the manor and clearing out the demonic servants hidden beneath the "alchemy room," Xiao Yu used a wall-passing technique to enter the alchemy room of the Forgetful Immortal.

It was called a pill-making room, but it was actually a spacious back room with the main entrance blocked off.

A thick brick wall was built where the original gate used to be. There wasn't even a window, completely isolating it from the outside world.

Since it is named "Cai Family Village", the original owner must have been surnamed "Cai".

Not only did the Forgetful Immortal usurp the throne, but he also treated Master Cai as a super-powerful medicine, refining him in the Eight Trigrams Alchemy Furnace!
After walking around the Bagua alchemy furnace a few times, Xiaoyu became more and more amazed. "This is the authentic Xuanmen water refining method!"
Damn it, the Forgetful Immortal really did learn some profound techniques at Biyou Palace.

It's a pity, and it's hateful, that the Forgetful Old Demon didn't follow the righteous path, but instead transformed a perfectly good profound skill into the most evil demonic art in the world.

At this moment, the clear water inside the alchemy furnace continued to flow gently.

Floating in the clear water, Master Cai began to contort his expression and tremble violently.

Xiaoyu stared at him, her heart filled with hesitation.

It is uncertain whether to immediately awaken Master Cai or to complete the unfinished work of the Immortal of Forgetfulness and refine the Elixir of Forgetfulness.

Based on the fragmented memories within the primordial spirit of the Immortal of Forgetfulness, consuming one Forgetfulness Elixir can directly break through the seven kinds of ignorant and true human emotions of "joy, anger, worry, thought, grief, fear, and shock," reaching the realm of "half-step severing the three corpses."

The normal method of severing the three corpses in the Xuanmen school involves severing the good corpse, the evil corpse, and the self-corpse.

They represent good intentions, evil intentions, and obsessions, respectively.

However, the good and evil here are not the same as the good and evil inherent in the nature of cultivators.

It's not that they've lost their good and evil thoughts and become heartless and desireless wooden figures.

The three corpses that were severed were all "rewritten" by the world (outside world) regarding the cultivator's true feelings.

For example, Chinese people believe that malicious murderers should be sentenced to death, as this is an act of kindness towards the victims; Westerners believe that murder is wrong, and since the victim is already dead, carrying out the death penalty would only mean the death of another person.

Both Chinese and Westerners agree that "people should be kind" and feel that they are practicing kindness.

Imagine switching the upbringing of Westerners and Easterners: Easterners grow up in the West, receive Western cultural education, and live in Western society, while Westerners do the opposite.

Ultimately, their perceptions also changed.

Easterners living in Western societies feel that the death penalty should no longer exist.

This view of good and evil woven from the world is what Buddhism calls "the deluded thoughts of the senses and objects," which are the good and evil corpses that must be cut off in the Xuanmen (Taoist) school.

Only by eliminating the good and evil corpses can the "original good intentions" in one's true heart be revealed.

If you place a person who has severed the three corpses, such as the infant Dong Ye, in the west or the east.

Even with his upbringing, Dong Ye's beliefs remained unchanged over time, through events, and in the social environment; he was always able to recognize and uphold his true self.

Only by understanding oneself can one understand the world and the fundamental principles of life.

After all, the rules of the Great Dao are hidden deeper than the true nature of things.

Both Buddhism and Taoism pursue true nature and the true mind. Buddhism seeks "emptiness" through seven methods of realizing the mind, without mentioning good or evil, but rather the emptiness of the four elements.

The Xuanmen school divides the "roots, dust, and delusions" that bind the true mind into desires and obsessions, with desires further subdivided into good and evil.

When it comes to the Elixir of Forgetfulness, the "roots, dust, delusions, and thoughts" are divided into seven emotions: joy, anger, worry, thought, grief, fear, and shock.

The theory behind the Elixir of Forgetfulness categorizes all desires and obsessions into seven emotions. The word "forget" clarifies the elixir's effect: directly forgetting the seven emotions woven by the world, thus leaving only the seven emotions of one's true nature.

By seeing through desires and obsessions, one can sever the three corpses and see the true heart; by seeing through the seven emotions, one can also glimpse the true heart.

Therefore, taking the Forgetfulness Elixir can be a unique way to sever the three corpses and attain enlightenment.

To be honest, Xiaoyu found the theory behind the Forgetfulness Elixir quite novel and interesting, and she greatly admired the Tongtian Cult Leader who proposed it.

Uh, that's right, the fundamental method of the Forgetful Immortal comes from the Intercepting Sect.

Even the "Seven Emotions Curse" received personal guidance from the Tongtian Sect Leader.

However, the process of refining the Forgetfulness Elixir is very strange, and its main ingredient is a person.

Using humans as elixirs, they extract human emotions and desires to refine immortal pills.

After weighing the pros and cons, Xiaoyu decided to refine the Forgetfulness Elixir first.

She threw down the prayer mat, sat cross-legged beside the Bagua furnace, and loudly chanted the "Golden Light Mantra" and "Tranquility Mantra," among other Xuanmen (Taoist) demon-suppressing mantras.

As she chanted the divine incantation, a golden light shone down on the Eight Trigrams Furnace, seeping into the body, soul, and heart of Master Cai within the furnace.

Gradually, his ferocious and distorted expression returned to peace, and his convulsing and trembling body quieted down.

"The Forgetful Old Demon really has a good grasp of timing."

Dong Ye's alchemy tribulation lasted for a day and a half of "human time." As soon as the tribulation ended, Xiao Yu immediately went to Cai Family Village.

Upon arriving at Caijiazhuang, they immediately discovered that the "great medicine" inside the alchemy furnace was starting to go out of control.

It's not a coincidence; it's because the Immortal of Forgetfulness has an exceptionally precise control over the "furnace fire."

"Xiao Qiang, protect me and don't let any unauthorized people get close to this manor."

"Whoosh!" Xiao Qiang darted out of the dog's body and disappeared into the ground.

Half a day later, inside the alchemy furnace, Master Cai's expression turned ferocious again, and his body trembled uncontrollably.

Xiaoyu's Xuanmen Demon-Suppressing and Mind-Calming Divine Incantation has begun to lose its effectiveness.

"Should we learn from the Forgetful Old Demon and use the Seven Emotions Spell to forcibly suppress the demonic thoughts in Master Cai's heart?"

"However, the Forgetful Demon King failed every time he tried to refine the Forgetfulness Elixir using this method before."

After a moment of contemplation, Xiaoyu immersed her consciousness into the dream dimension. Using her experience of fighting against the "Ten Great Demon-Suppressing Divine Incantations of the Mysterious Sect" in the Extreme Profound Great Yuan Heaven, she began to improve the Mysterious Sect divine incantations such as the Golden Light Incantation and the Tranquilizing Incantation.

Back when she was still the Great Free Heavenly Demon, her Purple Mansion was even deducing the "Mysterious Gate Divine Incantation Method to Break the Calamity".

Because the divine incantation recited by the quasi-Daluo could indeed threaten her at first.

Time has no place in dreams, but a moment in the human world is but a fleeting instant.

A moment later, Xiaoyu regained consciousness and cast the "New Golden Light Spell".

Master Cai, inside the Eight Trigrams Furnace, calmed down once again.

Xiao Yu did not relax; he continued to comprehend the rules of the Pangu Great Dao and deduced higher-level Xuanmen divine incantations.

Two more days and nights passed, and the Golden Light Mantra was updated four or five times to ensure that Master Cai inside the Eight Trigrams Alchemy Furnace remained calm and did not awaken from the "Seven Emotions Refining Demons" state.

If he awakens midway, he will lose a large amount of soul power, his lifespan will decrease, and he will not live for more than half a year. All his previous efforts will be in vain.

According to the Immortal of Forgetfulness, if he perseveres to the end, Master Cai will also receive considerable benefits, including the opportunity to ascend to heaven in broad daylight.

"Master, for the past two days, there have been wandering spirits roaming around the manor, seemingly looking for the 'lost' Land God of Locust Tree Village," Xiao Qiang reported as he entered.

Xiao Yu laughed and said, "That local deity was bewitched by the Immortal of Forgetfulness, and his lust was aroused, making it hard for him to control himself. Right now, he's turned into a mortal and is drinking and carousing in the city!"

Xiaoqiang asked in surprise, "It's been so long, and you still haven't recovered?"

Xiao Yu said, "Why do you think the Immortal of Forgetfulness is tormenting him? The Forgetfulness Elixir hasn't even been refined yet. If he recovers and returns to Locust Tree Village, will he find Cai Family Village to be unusual?"

Xiao Qiang said worriedly, "I reckon You Shen already suspects Caijiazhuang."

Xiao Yu said, "Don't pay them any attention. There are many extraordinary people in China who use the art of Qimen Dunjia to ward off ghosts and spirits; it's common for them to do so."

By the time the City God was alerted, the elixir had already been refined.

Xiao Qiang escaped again, pretending to be a ghost and scaring the wandering god, making him suspect that there was a strange person in the manor using supernatural powers.

On the fourth day after Xiaoyu arrived at Caijiazhuang, an unusual phenomenon finally appeared in the alchemy room.

Streams of ribbon-like, seven-colored spiritual energy appeared out of thin air, swirling around Master Cai inside the alchemy furnace and converging towards his brow.

Outside the alchemy room, a dark cloud was gathering in the sky, with thunder dragons galloping through it.

"Uh, is this the Pill Tribulation?" Xiao Yu asked in astonishment.

—In the memory of the Immortal of Forgetfulness, the Elixir of Forgetfulness should not have undergone any tribulation!

However, it's also possible that the Immortal of Forgetfulness had failed to reach the final step in his previous attempts at alchemy and never had the chance to witness the alchemy tribulation.

As she was lost in thought, a bolt of lightning as thick as a cup struck.

She remained calm, and the phantom of the Five Thunder General floated out from her body. With a flick of her finger, lightning struck the courtyard outside.

"Boom!" A crater the size of a carrying basket was blasted into the ground.

"Boom boom~~" After nine consecutive bolts of heavenly lightning, the Pill Tribulation entered its final stage.

"Hehehe~~" One after another, demonic shadows descended from the sky with maniacal laughter, and with a speed that Xiaoyu could hardly catch, they burrowed into the Bagua Alchemy Furnace and into Master Cai's dream.
Xiao Yu paused for a moment, then opened her mouth and spat. It was as if Cai Yuanwai's dream had been washed clean, without a trace of demonic energy.

Xiao Yu smacked her lips a few times and chuckled strangely, "Heaven really doesn't want this elixir to be refined, it actually brought in a real extraterrestrial fake demon. It tastes good, but it's too thin, not enough to eat."

The extraterrestrial false demons are the "Pangu Boundary" above the Milky Way, where it connects with the outer realms, and are naturally or unnaturally generated demons.

Thirteen of them have arrived this time, and they are quite powerful, capable of bewitching ordinary "True Immortals." If Xiao Yu from his Tianmen Town days were to encounter them, it would be extremely troublesome.

Unfortunately, Xiaoyu has now evolved into an old demon and has placed the battlefield in the dream world.

With a clang, the lid of the Eight Trigrams Alchemy Furnace was lifted, and a bright, seven-colored elixir flew out from between Master Cai's eyebrows.

There was no strange fragrance, nor was there any celestial light filling the room.

It is about the size of an egg yolk, and looks like it is made of glass. It is completely transparent, with a faint iridescent halo flowing on its surface.

Xiaoyu reached out and grabbed it in her hand. Even the seven-colored halo disappeared, turning it into a crystal ball.

"Ugh~~~" Master Cai groaned inside the alchemy furnace, slowly waking up. "Old Immortal, has the elixir been successfully refined?"

(End of this chapter)