To comprehend all laws and attain immortality

After drinking three cups of spiritual wine in succession, he crossed the threshold from the mid-stage to the late-stage of Qi Refining.

In terms of the effects of the Spirit Wine, it surpasses even the Fleeting Beauty!

Gu Fan had never heard of such a miraculous spirit wine before, and thought to himself, "If I drink a whole pot of this wine, wouldn't I instantly reach the peak of Qi Refining?"

As soon as I turned my head, I saw that the jade pot had been put away by Master Xuanji.

Master Xuanji seemed to see through Gu Fan's thoughts and laughed, "A pot of Lingzhi Immortal Dew is only enough for six cups, and it takes thirty years to brew a single jar. This wine is something I won from Old Monster Yuan of the Transformation Spirit Sect. There's only one pot; do you intend to drink it all?"

"It was my greed that led me to do this. Thank you for the reward, Master!" Gu Fan quickly admitted his mistake.

Master Xuanji nodded in satisfaction and stroked his beard: "In that case, your cultivation level is now at the late stage of Qi Refining. The rest is up to you."

"Yes, disciple understands," Gu Fan replied enthusiastically.

"You should wait outside first."

With a flick of his whisk, Xuanji Zhenren sent an irresistible force through Gu Fan. This force, though powerful, was like a gentle breeze, carrying him to the foot of the altar, before the stone gate.

After Gu Fan left, Zhou Furui couldn't help but advise, "Master, why didn't you let me handle this matter? If Junior Brother dies, wouldn't all our efforts be in vain!"

Master Xuanji snorted angrily: "How could my disciple be a coward who fears death? He chose this path of decisive battle, and he must continue. If he can't even get past this step, how will he inherit my mantle in the future!"

"But what if my junior brother loses?"

"That proves he's unworthy to be my disciple! Then you can go and wipe out the Bai family to avenge him!"

"Disciple obeys." Seeing that he could not persuade him, Zhou Furui could only nod in agreement. After thinking for a moment, he asked, "As far as I know, the Bai family is affiliated with Uncle Liu. Should we inform Uncle Liu about this?"

"What is there to inform me!" Master Xuanji waved his whisk, a cold glint flashing in his eyes: "If he is not convinced, let him come and find me! Although I am destined to never reach the Nascent Soul stage in this life, I fear no one below the Nascent Soul stage."

Zhou Furui was finally relieved.

"Also, change Gu Fan's identity jade ring to a purple ring," Xuanji Zhenren instructed.

"Disciple understands."

......

Gu Fan waited in Chenxing Pavilion for a while before seeing Zhou Furui walk out of the stone gate.

"Senior brother, does Master have any other instructions?" Gu Fan stepped forward and asked.

"Of course, let's go downstairs first."

Zhou Furui led Gu Fan back to the first floor of Chenxing Pavilion, took out a purple jade ring from his storage bag, and extended his hand to Gu Fan.

"Bring me your identity jade ring."

After receiving the jade ring from Gu Fan, Zhou Furui put the two jade rings together. After a flash of purple light, the original white jade ring turned into powder and scattered.

Gu Fan stared wide-eyed in astonishment at this sight: "Senior brother, this..."

"From now on, this will be your identity jade ring." Zhou Furui handed the purple jade ring to Gu Fan.

After Gu Fan took it, he briefly examined it with his divine sense and found that the original merit points were all there, and there were even 400 more. It was probably the 400 merit points for repairing the Yuan Chen Formation.

"What's the difference between the purple ring and the white ring?" Gu Fan asked curiously.

"There are only two differences," Zhou Furui said, holding up two fingers.

"Firstly, the purple ring signifies that you have been recognized by your master. Every cultivator in the sect who possesses a purple ring has at least one Golden Core cultivator behind them."

"Secondly, the Purple Ring can be exchanged for all cultivation techniques and manuals of Wendao Peak without expending merit points. This only applies to you personally; it does not apply to others who hold the Purple Ring."

Gu Fan widened his eyes and slowly turned his head, scanning the dozens of bookshelves and the neatly arranged jade slips, with only one thought in his mind.

"These are all...free?"

Looking back on the days when I forged iron and drew talismans to earn merit and exchange them for the inheritance of immortal cultivation techniques, it all seems like a dream.

"Is what you're saying true, Senior Brother?" Gu Fan asked incredulously.

"Really!" Zhou Furui looked at Gu Fan's expression and found it amusing: "Master is the head of Wendao Peak and is in charge of managing the sect's cultivation techniques and scriptures. Master is usually in seclusion, so we take over the task."

Gu Fan suddenly realized, "Wow, I've become an administrator too!"

Zhou Furui's smile suddenly vanished, and he solemnly reminded him, "Don't be too happy yet. Comprehending cultivation techniques requires studying day and night. Be careful not to bite off more than you can chew."

"Furthermore, you have already passed the trial, so you will no longer need to repair the array diagram, nor will you be able to earn merit points from me."

"Will anyone else repair the array diagram in the future?"

"That's natural." Zhou Furui nodded and said, "The trial itself is also to give some benefits to disciples with talent in array formation. After all, array formation is not like weapon crafting, talisman drawing, and alchemy, where you can earn merit points and spirit stones after you enter the field."

"Comprehension of formations is quite energy-consuming, so the master and the sect leader set up this trial so that disciples with talent in formations could earn merit points. However, there is a limit to each person, with a maximum of eight hundred merit points."

Gu Fan recalled the merit points he had earned, and including the reward for repairing the Yuan Chen Formation, he had exactly eight hundred merit points.

"There must have been other people who passed the array diagram trial before, right?" Gu Fan suddenly asked.

Zhou Furui was slightly taken aback, and a trace of sadness suddenly welled up in his eyes: "Of course there are others, but none of them have been as quick as you. As for the fate of these people... I will tell you when you reach the Foundation Establishment stage."

Upon hearing this, Gu Fan's heart sank slightly.

Behind the stone gate, Xuanji Zhenren was left unattended. If someone had passed the trial earlier, Zhou Furui would not have mentioned it, as the outcome for those people might not have been optimistic.

But since things had come to this point, Gu Fan had no intention of backing down.

How can you gain support without paying a price?

"Oh, right," Zhou Furui reminded, "Although exchanging purple rings for cultivation manuals doesn't require merit points, you still can't go to the second floor of the Chenxing Pavilion. Only inner disciples can go to the second floor, and the rules cannot be broken."

"I understand," Gu Fan nodded in agreement.

......

Lingxi Peak.

Gu Fan sat in the courtyard, looking up at the sunset on the horizon, recalling the ups and downs of the day.

He first passed the trial with high hopes, and then met the person behind the scenes as he wished. He even became a disciple of a Golden Core True Person, which should have made him extremely happy.

The truth about her parents' deaths, and the escaped demonic cultivator, instantly stained this joy with blood.

With the help of Master Xuanji, he directly entered the late stage of Qi Refining, giving him a greater grasp on the final battle.

But at this moment, Gu Fan's imagined enemy was no longer Bai Ziming, but the demonic cultivator whose whereabouts were unknown.

"I'll drag you out sooner or later, and scatter your ashes!" Gu Fan muttered to himself, his eyes blazing with murderous intent.

With a thousand thoughts swirling in his mind, Gu Fan simply got up, returned to his bed, and fell into a deep sleep.

In my sleep, the faces of my parents slowly appeared.

The next morning.

Gu Fan woke up right before sunrise, and after a night's rest, the gloom in his heart finally subsided a bit.

After completing the Qi gathering practice, he took out the jade slip given to him by True Person Xuanji from his storage bag and stuck it on his forehead.

Countless complex Daoist characters instantly filled his sea of ​​consciousness, and the name of the secret technique was also revealed.

"The Star Derivation Divine Observation Method?"