Turning the Tangible into the Intangible, Valuing Meaning over Form!

Chu Xinghe was completely dumbfounded when he saw Empress Ji Ya...

At that moment, Chu Xinghe suddenly understood a principle: in this world, you are not afraid of ordinary people talking nonsense.

Because if an ordinary person talks nonsense, there will always be someone more powerful who will utterly crush them!

What's worrisome is when those big shots come out and spout nonsense... because in such situations, it's hard to tell whether what they're saying is true or false.

And what's most terrifying is those who stand at the very top... like Ji Ya... At this moment, Chu Xinghe was so taken aback by Empress Ji Ya's words that he was starting to doubt what path their sect leader had taken...

The problem is, Empress Ji Ya, how can you lie so blatantly...?

Could you please take a look at that Dao Porcelain?

The Dao Porcelain being carried over by the Vast Heaven Sect disciples... well, if it has anything to do with the word "porcelain," Chu Xinghe would say, "I'd rather die here today!"

Isn't that just a roof tile?

What? Sect Master, if you fire the tiles bigger and more abstract, they won't be tiles anymore?

Stone carving techniques? What the hell is there to carve in this...? Isn't this just the shape left after a lump of clay falls to the ground?

The painting even incorporates Daoist principles? Come, come... Empress Ji Ya, please take a look... On this giant tile... no... this giant Dao Porcelain, can you find any trace of the painting?

Isn't this just a big, dark, black blob?

What kind of principle is there to speak of in this?

Let alone Chu Xinghe and the Grand Elder, even Gu Mingchao felt a little embarrassed looking at his Dao Porcelain...

Just as Gu Mingchao was pondering how to explain himself, Ji Ya spoke up...

"To transform the tangible into the intangible... Main God Gu has actually managed to merge the Way of Painting with the Way of Stone Carving, achieving a state where each contains the other... Main God Gu's Way has reached a level that Ji Ya cannot comprehend..."

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Right now, Chu Xinghe's eyes are brimming with tears... No wonder she's an empress... No wonder she could reach the Peak Mystic God!

Look at what this is saying... It's not even human language!

What do you mean by "transforming the tangible into the intangible"...? Empress Ji Ya, you call this pitch-black lump "transforming the tangible into the intangible"? Wasn't this something that went wrong during the firing process?

"You are in me, and I am in you?" Chu Xinghe couldn't find a suitable word to refute this statement...

The problem is, Empress Ji Ya, please take a look... This isn't even Dao Porcelain; it's just a big piece of tile! How can you have the nerve to call it porcelain?

"Main God Gu, I've seen the method of firing porcelain a few times, but after seeing Main God Gu 'Ji Ya Dao Porcelain today, Ji Ya realize that Ji Ya was wrong... terribly wrong. In the past, the porcelain I saw was either as warm and smooth as Ji Ya or as gorgeous as gold... Many porcelain craftsmen dreamed of firing porcelain as precious as jade and gemstones... But not only Ji Ya wrong... they were all wrong too..."

"The way of porcelain making is like the way of martial arts. When a porcelain craftsman only pursues the beauty of the porcelain, it's like a Martial Warrior only pursuing the beauty of martial arts... How can one see the true essence of martial arts in this way!"

"Although Ji Ya cannot understand the martial arts path of Main God Gu today, she has been enlightened by it. Only by letting go of those flashy and impractical pursuits and returning to the most fundamental pursuit of martial arts can one achieve something!"

"The martial arts of Main God Gu like the art of porcelain making, emphasizing meaning over form, transforming the tangible into the intangible! Ji Ya has learned this today!"

Ji Ya looked on with a sigh...

Gu Mingchao smiled...

The Grand Elder looked completely bewildered...

Chu Xinghe remained calm...

Emphasizing meaning over form? Transforming the tangible into the intangible? And you've learned something?

Chu Xinghe said to Empress Ji Ya, "Whether you learned anything today or not, I Chu Xinghe, do not know, but I, Chu Xinghe, have truly learned something today..."

How did you manage to make the sect leader's statements sound so natural and reasonable?

Let alone Chu Xinghe... even the Grand Elder was dumbfounded... After Ji Ya's words, even the Grand Elder began to doubt what path the Sect Master was truly on...

Needless to say, Gu Mingchao personally led Ji Ya on a tour of the entire Haotian Palace, and even prepared a lavish banquet at the Vast Heaven Sect, where Gu Mingchao personally entertained Empress Ji Ya...

Gu Mingchao even personally escorted Empress Ji Ya all the way out of the Vast Heaven Sect. Look at the reluctant look in his eyes... it was as if he had found a kindred spirit...

Ji Ya is gone... but the things that happened to Ji Ya at the Vast Heaven Sect can't be kept secret...

With Gu Mingchao's breakthrough to the Half-Step Main God, the entire world is watching Gu Mingchao... not just the various sects, but even all walks of life...

Whether others are grateful to Gu Mingchao or not, we don't know... but in the past two years, painters and stone carvers across the land have already revered Gu Mingchao as a figure comparable to a patriarch.

As news of Gu Mingchao's paintings and stone carvings spread far and wide, the status of painters and stone carving masters across the land also rose accordingly!

With Gu Mingchao's breakthrough to become Half-Step Main God, people from all walks of life are praying to the heavens...

Let's hope this time we hit the jackpot!

Now that the news of Gu Mingchao firing porcelain has come out, porcelain artisans all over the world are moved to tears!

Thank you Vast Heaven Sect... Thank you, Main God Gu...

We porcelain craftsmen have finally made something of ourselves!

Just when the whole world was analyzing whether Ji Ya's claims about emphasizing meaning over form and about transforming the tangible into the intangible made any sense.

Master porcelain craftsmen from all over the world have spoken up!

The master porcelain makers from all sides agreed that the Main God Gu's teachings were entirely correct, and Empress Ji Ya's analysis was truly insightful!

What the hell? You're saying the Dao Porcelain made by Main God Gu is no different from ordinary tiles?

You're all wrong... that's because you simply don't understand the ways of porcelain...

Think about it... The earliest purpose of firing porcelain was for its practicality... Whether it was for eating or drinking, its main function was practicality.

But at some point, the practicality of porcelain was forgotten, and people began to focus more on its aesthetic appeal...

Even we porcelain craftsmen believe that only the most beautiful porcelain is the best.

But now, Main God Gu has shown us with facts that we have all lost our original intentions, and we have all forgotten what porcelain is all about!

Porcelain is like martial arts; if one only pursues superficial beauty, how can one achieve the ultimate path?

Main God Gu abandoned extravagance and pursued the most simple and unadorned porcelain; this is Main God Gu's way!

Therefore, in the art of porcelain, just as Empress Ji Ya said, Gu Main God Gu combined his art of painting and stone carving into the art of porcelain... Empress Ji Ya's description of Main God Gu's Dao Porcelain" Daoist porcelain" is not an exaggeration at all!

Faced with the explanations from various porcelain masters, no one could help but believe them... because they were all logical and well-founded!

Just as everyone was astonished by Gu Mingchao's expertise in porcelain, another piece of news emerged.

Upon hearing about the Dao of Porcelain, Cheng Xiaotian, the Martial Emperor City Lord, immediately built a porcelain kiln on the outskirts of Martial Emperor City and personally fired Dao Porcelain... At the moment of firing the Dao Porcelain, Cheng Xiaotian seemed to have comprehended something extraordinary... and actually broke through...

Moreover, it was a huge breakthrough, surpassing the Peak Martial God and successfully entering the ranks of Half-Step Mystic God!

Upon hearing this news, all sects and Lineage, large and small, across the land began constructing kilns...

After the kilns were built, everyone desperately sought out master porcelain makers from all over to provide guidance. After completing their porcelain training, each family started firing porcelain in their kilns.

But you don't know until you fire it... Only after firing it did everyone realize that the Dao Porcelain fired by Gu Mingchao, seemingly simple... actually contained hidden secrets...

After receiving guidance from the masters, each family produced countless beautiful porcelain pieces... but none could replicate the Dao Porcelain of Gu Mingchao!

Only then did everyone realize that Gu Mingchao's Dao Porcelain was indeed as Empress Ji Ya had said... it had reached the level of transforming the tangible into the intangible and emphasizing meaning over form!

The reason we can't burn it is because our level of understanding is not high enough...

As Gu Mingchao's expertise in porcelain became known to all, the prices of porcelain across the Three Continents skyrocketed...

And the pieces that saw the most dramatic price increases weren't the ornate porcelain of the past, but rather... the simple, unadorned porcelain...

In the past, the closer a piece of porcelain was to the texture of jade, the more expensive it was. Now, the closer it is to the texture of Dao Porcelain, the more expensive it is...

In the past, when you gave porcelain as a gift, people would open it and say things like "it's as warm and smooth as jade" or "it's inlaid with gold and jade" to consider it precious.

If you give a gift and it looks like this when you open it, the recipient will not only be unhappy, but might even return it to you on the spot!

Who are you insulting? By sending such ornate porcelain, are you implying that I'm all show and no substance?

Everyone knows that the pinnacle of porcelain today lies not in its so-called ornate style, but in its pure simplicity...

Overnight, the prices of ornate porcelain in porcelain shops across the land plummeted, while those porcelain pieces that were previously unsellable and nearly Dao Porcelain became highly sought-after by wealthy merchants!

Yu City... Zhao Liu was originally a beggar. Every day he would hold a bowl and beg for food at the crossroads. Although his life was hard, he had the advantage of being able to lie down early... Zhao Liu was quite satisfied with his life.

But one afternoon, when Zhao Liu hadn't provoked anyone, his fate underwent a dramatic change!

A wealthy merchant who was passing by and gave Zhao Liu some silver coins was so shocked when he saw the broken bowl in Zhao Liu's hand that he screamed in horror!

"Dao Porcelain! This beggar actually Dao Porcelain in his hand!"

Good heavens! With the wealthy merchant's shout, countless people swarmed around Zhao Liu... and admired Zhao Liu's Dao Porcelain repeatedly.

Everyone asked Zhao Liu about the origin of the Dao Porcelain... Zhao Liu didn't know what "Dao Porcelain" was; Zhao Liu only knew that he had found the bowl before... "Isn't this just a broken bowl? How can it be Dao Porcelain?"

As Zhao Liu revealed that he had found it, someone on the spot immediately said, "Zhao Liu, you've hit the jackpot... This bowl of yours is no ordinary bowl; it's incredibly close to the Dao Porcelain of Gu Mingchao... Although your bowl doesn't quite reach the level of Main God Gu's emphasis on meaning over form, it's already the finest of the fine... You could say it's Half-Step Dao Porcelain!"

While Zhao Liu was still completely bewildered, a small auction was held on the spot, and Zhao Liu's Half-Step Dao Porcelain sold for a price that could change Zhao Liu's fate against all odds.

As they left with the Half-Step Dao Porcelain, Zhao Liu, clutching countless silver coins, looked on with teary eyes...

What Dao Porcelain is this...? I, Zhao Liu, am just a lazy beggar... I just want to lie down and beg for food... How can I lie down and beg like this...?

Thus, Zhao Liu, who had always dreamed of a peaceful life, had no choice but to take the money and embark on his arduous entrepreneurial journey, working like a beast of burden every day...