Among all the heavens, I, Xiao Yan, did not use any cheat codes.

Chapter 65 Wine is a delightful elixir, and lust is a delightful delight; it is the perfect time for indulgence!

"To cultivate only the physical body and not the spiritual body is the first ailment in spiritual practice. To cultivate only the spiritual body and not the physical body will make it difficult for even the most venerable spirits to attain sainthood. Both must be grasped firmly."

Despite all the variations, the essence remains the same: to achieve longevity, one must focus on three aspects: essence, spirit, and vital energy. Essence refers to the physical body, spirit to the soul, and vital energy to the primordial energy.

Some cultivate all three, such as the Heaven-Covering Technique, while others specialize in one. The Yangshen world, however, cultivates both body and soul, absorbing the primordial energy of heaven and earth to strengthen the body and spirit, ultimately seeking immortality.

To be fair, if one could become a Yang God or a peak Human Immortal, they would indeed live longer than an Emperor.

Xiao Yan's lips twitched.

Almost a month has passed since he first arrived. Having become familiar with these foxes, Xiao Yan often goes looking for things that can be used to refine pills.

After returning from buying some nourishing items in Yujing City, Xiao Yan suddenly heard a debate coming from the valley.

Upon closer inspection, one could see that the old fox had written the four characters "wine, women, wealth, and anger" on the blackboard that Xiao Yan had crafted.

A circle of bewildered little foxes surrounded them.

Xiao Yan's attempt was initially effective. Although there was no martial arts method suitable for foxes, the Myriad Beast Spirit Fire was effective. With the help of various pills he refined, the cultivation speed of these little foxes improved significantly by more than one level.

So the lessons for the little foxes became a bit more intensive.

He tapped the blackboard; the old fox looked serious.

"Wine is a poison that burns through the intestines, lust is a steel knife that scrapes the bones, wealth is a tiger descending the mountain, and anger is the root of all trouble. These four words are harmful and should be completely eliminated."

Spiritual practice is about discarding things that disturb your mind.

Do not use self-numbing to escape reality, do not indulge in any form of pleasure, exercise restraint in the possession of external things, and do not let emotions dominate you. Being tested by these things is precisely the time for self-cultivation.

Recalling the past, Elder Tu spoke earnestly, saying that although these little foxes were just beginning to develop their intelligence, there were some things that had to be said, especially since the things Xiao Yan provided had dramatically changed their cultivation progress.

As soon as he finished speaking, the little fox Xiao Sang raised his hand, and then his soul left his body, manifesting as a little girl.

Old Master Tu was slightly taken aback, not expecting that the little fox could actually gain something. He immediately nodded slightly, signaling the little fox to speak.

"Then isn't it wrong for Mr. Bai to drink alcohol?" the little fox asked earnestly.

Upon hearing this, Old Tu's lips twitched. Sure enough, it was too early to talk about these things now.

Xiao Yan, who was standing nearby, chuckled. The little fox was much better than the silly cat. He had just thought the little fox was going to ask when they would eat.

Moreover, Mr. Bai is one of the eight great demon immortals. He was once the White Ape King at the Ghost Immortal realm. He transformed into a human after his corpse was destroyed. He is quite straightforward and enjoys drinking and singing.

Seeing the foxes' expressions, completely unperturbed by the knowledge, Xiao Yan felt a surge of amusement and was about to step forward and spout some twisted logic. Just then, a handsome scholar emerged from the house.

"Xiao Sang, what Elder Tu said makes sense. But the key point is not the first part, but the second part." Nodding to Xiao Yan, who was slowly descending from the sky, Hong Yi stepped forward.

"The next part?" Xiao Sang's eyes were empty.

"Don't try to escape reality," Tu said, twitching his beard.

"I don't actually completely agree with the first few sentences. If you ask me, I would say—" Hong Yi pondered for a moment.

"Without wine, there is no etiquette; without beauty, the road is deserted; without wealth, the world is difficult to navigate; without anger, one is bullied. How to act in a specific way still requires tailoring one's actions to one's circumstances."

Seeing that the little foxes were completely bewildered, Hong Yi shook his head and smiled, looking at the thoughtful Old Tu.

"Mr. Hong is indeed a man of great talent. Just like what Brother Xiao said about dialectical thinking, it is contradictory yet unified." Old Master Tu pondered for a moment, then smiled and cupped his hands in greeting.

"That's right, Brother Hong is absolutely right." Xiao Yan nodded emphatically, and seeing him nod, the man and the fox, who had spent some time together and had some understanding of Xiao Yan's temperament, immediately took a half step back.

Based on their experience, Xiao Yan was about to spout some outrageous and absurd theories at this point.

as predicted.

"If you ask me, wine is a delightful drink, lust is a delightful treat, wealth is the foundation of business, and passion is the driving force of progress. This is the time to indulge," Xiao Yan chuckled.

"————"×2

They exchanged a glance, and Hong Yi and Tu Lao's mouths twitched violently.

The little foxes nearby blinked, seemingly understanding something.

"I see. I understand now—"

"Stop! What have you figured out!?" ×2

Tu Lao and Hong Yi quickly stopped them, saying in unison.

She hurriedly straightened the little foxes again, not forgetting to glare fiercely at Xiao Yan's back.

The culprit had already returned to the house laughing loudly.

Xiao Yan was extremely satisfied after teasing Hong Yi for a while.

To be honest, Hong Yi's personality really suited him; he was upright but not pedantic.

Besides making serious friends, being a little silly and doing some silly things is also a great pleasure that you can't miss.

Listening merrily to the voices of the two people outside who were adding to his workload, Xiao Yan shot a few golden pages from a nearby table.

Some time ago, after leaving behind a copy of the book with the Divine Craftsmanship, he was about to burn the book when Hong Yi happened to be brought over by Consort Yuan to give a lesson. So, they happily enjoyed a book-burning and meat-roasting feast together.

Since Xiao Yan was using a bunch of replicas, let him replicate the Burning Qin and Boiling Crane replicas. This fit their stereotype of Xiao Yan, so they didn't express any opinions.

Holding the Amitabha Sutra in his hands, even though he had already begun to comprehend it, Xiao Yan couldn't help but smack his lips.

The old man's injury can be cured this time, so he won't need to keep feeding him resources anymore.

As the supreme scripture of the Great Zen Temple, it is one of the top spiritual cultivation methods in the world.

The purpose of the Amitabha Sutra is to draw upon the eternal and unchanging past, so that the soul can remain forever as it was in the past.

To this, Xiao Yan could only ask: Did Tathagata come or not? Tathagata.

Leave this area untouched.

Using this thing to repair one's soul is absolutely amazing.

However, apart from that, Xiao Yan's biggest feeling was not how advanced the technique was, but rather that he wanted to complain about something.

The power gap in this realm is too great.

There are ten realms in the Refining Spirit stage: Stabilizing the Spirit, Astral Projection, Night Travel, Day Travel, Controlling Objects, Manifestation, Possession, Body Seizure, Thunder Tribulation, and Yang Spirit.

Possession is also known as ghost immortality. Before becoming a ghost immortal, one's soul may be directly scattered when encountering a person with strong blood and energy.

The Six Tribulations Ghost Immortal who survives six tribulations is at a pivotal point in life, after which he directly becomes a creator.

On the other hand, the same applies to martial arts. A Martial Saint trains his entire body and undergoes a complete transformation, including marrow cleansing and blood purification. After the Martial Saint comes the Human Immortal. Only when one reaches the peak Martial Saint realm can one be considered to have truly entered the path.

A weak Martial Saint can be killed by elite soldiers, but a peak Martial Saint can destroy a mountain. The ultimate peak Human Immortal can shatter the vacuum. It seems that Xiao Yan is not weaker than the Quasi-Emperor of Shrouding the Heavens, and may even achieve Dao in an alternative way.

This thing seems to work perfectly with the secret realm method for uncovering one's own divine treasures.

"My physical body doesn't need the cultivation methods from before the Martial Saint; what I need is the method for opening up acupoints."

With the past scriptures in hand, there's no need to worry about the spiritual path. However, there are problems with the martial arts methods of the Human Immortals.

Even if there are methods to open acupoints, one still needs to measure them oneself, let alone the fact that he doesn't have any at all.

However, Xiao Yan suddenly remembered something.

Of course, the best approach is to find a suitable method. However, it seems that if all else fails and a suitable method cannot be found, one can also follow the example of the sages of the past.

Let's use an exhaustive search method.

What acupoints are there? Exhaustively list them all. Where are the acupoints? Exhaustively list them all. How to open them? Still exhaustively list them all.

Xiao Yan refused to believe that with his comprehension, he couldn't modify it himself and create a martial arts method that suited him.

Surely you can't die ten thousand times and still not find an acupoint.