To comprehend all laws and attain immortality

Several days after Gu Fan handed the pearl over to Meng Wei, Meng Wei came to visit.

"Why are you so happy, Senior Brother?" Gu Fan teased with a mocking smile.

Meng Wei waved his hand and said, "Junior brother, why ask a question you already know the answer to?"

After saying that, Meng Wei took out a porcelain bottle from his storage bag and handed it to Gu Fan: "As you said, Junior Brother, they have all been replaced with Qi Gathering Pills, a total of twenty."

"Thank you, Senior Brother." Gu Fan reached out and accepted it, overjoyed.

The pearl, at market price, is worth about two thousand spirit stones. Gu Fan gets 70% of it, which is equivalent to two years of blacksmithing work. But logically, it's not enough to buy twenty Qi Gathering Pills. It's clear that Long Ying gave a discount.

Twenty Qi Gathering Pills would not only be enough to raise his cultivation to the fourth level of Qi Refining, but would also be more than enough.

Gu Fan was already thinking about how to refine these pills when he saw Meng Wei take out another porcelain bottle.

"This is a thank-you gift from Longying to her junior brother."

Gu Fan was quite surprised to hear this. After taking the porcelain bottle, he poured out a moon-white pill, which shone with a hazy glow in the sunlight and looked quite familiar.

"This...could it be the Youth Preservation Pill?" Gu Fan guessed.

"Junior Brother has a good eye!" Meng Wei nodded and said, "After Long Ying obtained the pearl, she immediately started refining pills. Ten pills were made in one batch, but only one of these pills is needed, so I gave one to Junior Brother."

"No wonder Senior Brother looks so radiant, it turns out you've taken some pills too." Gu Fan chuckled twice and casually put away the Youth Preservation Pill.

Then, Meng Wei mentioned contacting fellow disciples to sell spirit talismans, saying that there was some progress and that Gu Fan should wait a few more days.

The two chatted and drank tea under the newly blossoming peach tree, just like the day Gu Fan entered the house.

As a petal fell into the teacup, Gu Fan couldn't help but sigh, realizing that two years had already passed.

......

Peach blossoms bloom and fade, peach leaves fall and grow again.

Another year has passed in the blink of an eye.

As the sun rose, Gu Fan felt the increasingly abundant magical energy vortex in his dantian suddenly expand outward, as if breaking through a barrier, and his entire dantian sea of ​​energy instantly expanded by three-tenths.

After his magical power circulated throughout his body's meridians, Gu Fan slowly opened his eyes and happily muttered to himself, "Finally, I've reached the fourth level of Qi Refining!"

Although he had twenty Qi Gathering Pills in hand, Gu Fan did not take them frequently in order to remove the poison from the pills.

He continued to gather Qi morning and evening, refining it at a rate of one pill per month, until he had completely assimilated the magical power transformed from the pill before swallowing the next one.

Gu Fan has had a very fulfilling year.

Long Ying had already taken the youth-preserving pill, and from then on, her appearance remained unchanged until her lifespan ended.

He naturally didn't neglect studying the cultivation methods and Dao texts; he had already thoroughly understood the cultivation methods for the mid-stage of Qi Refining.

In addition, thanks to Meng Wei's introduction, the talisman-making business has started to pick up, with more than a dozen talismans being sold every month.

With the help of the techniques recorded in Li Kunyuan's jade slip, he was able to create six hundred flames.

More importantly, by drawing mid-grade spirit talismans, Gu Fan finally accumulated 120 merit points, which he could exchange for "Initial Explanation of the Dao of Arrays".

The merit points required to exchange for "Introduction to the Dao of Arrays" are double those required for "Introduction to the Dao of Talismans," which shows the value of the Dao of Arrays inheritance!

If the Way of Talismans is the cornerstone of cultivation techniques, then the Way of Arrays is the jewel atop the edifice.

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Wendao Peak, in front of Chenxing Pavilion.

Zhou Furui was engrossed in reading a storybook when he noticed someone approaching.

"Greetings, Senior Uncle," Gu Fan said, bowing.

"Oh? It's you." Zhou Furui already remembered Gu Fan and recognized him at a glance. He said bluntly, "You know the rules, just go in yourself."

After saying that, Zhou Furui turned his head away.

But Gu Fan did not leave immediately. Instead, he took out a thick stack of books from his storage bag: "This disciple found these by chance at the foot of the mountain. Please accept them, Master Uncle."

After a pause, Gu Fan added, "The second volume of 'The Hundred Beauties' has been released, and it's included in it."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Furui turned around in surprise, coughed lightly, and then said solemnly, "Although I am only trying to understand the myriad aspects of life through this, your kind intentions are rare, so I will accept them."

After saying this, Zhou Furui waved his sleeve and put the book away.

Gu Fan touched his nose, said nothing, and nodded, "This disciple understands."

Zhou Furui nodded and said, "It's rare that you and I get along so well. If you have any questions when choosing spells, I can give you some pointers."

"Thank you, Senior Uncle!" Gu Fan hadn't expected that a few storybooks would be of such value, and he smiled and bowed to express his gratitude.

By selling talismans and collecting sect stipends, Gu Fan had accumulated a batch of spirit stones. In order to improve the success rate of drawing talismans, he went to the market at the foot of the mountain to buy a high-quality talisman brush.

Not only is the pen body made of spirit bamboo, but the pen tip is also tanned from the hair of a second-tier demon beast.

You only realize how little money you have when you need it. A single fine talisman brush nearly depleted all the spirit stones Gu Fan had earned in a year.

As for those books, they were all mundane stories. Every time Gu Fan came to Chenxing Pavilion, he saw Zhou Furui engrossed in them, so he bought some as a way to cater to his tastes.

After entering the Star Pavilion, Gu Fan went straight to the black stone bookshelf, took out the white jade ring, and exchanged it for "Introduction to the Dao of Arrays".

Looking at the few remaining merits in the white jade ring, Gu Fan sighed inwardly.

"If a first-tier array inheritance is this expensive, I wonder how long it would take to earn enough for a second-tier inheritance."

After putting the jade slip inscribed with "An Introduction to the Dao of Arrays" into his hand, Gu Fan looked at the lower shelf of the bookshelf and, after careful consideration, picked up the jade slip inscribed with a fragmented diagram of the "Small Gathering Spirit Array".

Whether we can earn back our good deeds depends on this one battle!

Gu Fan returned to the front of Chenxing Pavilion with the two jade slips, only to see Zhou Furui already eagerly opening a new book and reading it with great interest.

"Huh, how come they came out so quickly?" Zhou Furui asked in surprise.

"Disciple has already decided what he wants to exchange for. Please make copies of these two jade slips, Senior Uncle." Gu Fan handed the two jade slips to Zhou Furui.

After Zhou Furui took the jade slip, he glanced at it briefly and then looked at Gu Fan with a serious expression. Clutching the two jade slips, he said in a deep voice with a solemn face, "Boy, have you thought this through? The way of formations is not something that just anyone can learn. If you go back on your word now, I can return the merit to you for the sake of offering the book."

"Completing the formation diagram will earn you one hundred merits, but do not let merits cloud your judgment."

For some reason, Gu Fan felt that Zhou Shibo's tone was somewhat strange.

However, comprehending the Dao of Formations was already the result of his careful consideration, so he naturally wouldn't go back on his word. Therefore, he solemnly replied, "Thank you for your kindness, Senior Uncle. I had anticipated the difficulty of the Dao of Formations, but I still want to give it a try."

Zhou Furui and Gu Fan exchanged a glance, then Zhou turned away, saying, "Don't regret it later."

After speaking, Zhou Furui took out two blank jade slips, made copies of them, and then asked Gu Fan to show his white jade ring. He then deducted a little merit from the jade slips and threw the copied jade slips to Gu Fan.

"If you can truly complete the array diagram, record it in a jade slip and come find me here."

Gu Fan bowed respectfully and then returned to Lingxi Peak.

He didn't see that after he turned and left, Zhou Furui looked at his retreating figure and sighed softly.

A moment later, Gu Fan returned to the courtyard and eagerly took out the jade slip to examine it.