"The Primordial Spirit is strong enough to shoulder mountains. How can it be held steady?"
"Nine Peaks Rock specifically counters Divine Thought. It can hold the spirit in place."
"New life arises amid great destruction. How do you interpret that?"
"As Nirvana!"
"Nirvana?"
"To be placed in the land of death and then find life, or to leave deluded dreams behind, to find accord with the subtle and become one with the unseen, until things are no different from me and I am no different from things, until self and world meet in mystery and return to the Limitless... All of these are Nirvana."
"You have considerable insight into this path?"
"I studied it during my cultivation. Applied to the Alchemy Dao, it reaches the same destination by another road."
"Mm. And what do you make of this part?"
In a side hall of the Pill Saint Hall, two figures sat cross-legged facing each other. Before them lay a mass of papers recording theoretical details of every kind.
They were Luo Chen and Chu Yan.
They were discussing the Mind Stabilization Pill.
It was a Sixth Order pill. Even Chu Yan could not rush straight into refining it; he had to make every preparation.
Studying its medicinal principles, the pill techniques it required, and even the properties of the necessary ingredients was essential.
Luo Chen had already studied the Mind Stabilization Pill Recipe, and he was particularly skilled in matters of the soul. As a result, he could often offer Chu Yan insights that broke new ground.
As the two discussed it day and night, working from the complete Pill Recipe, they had settled most of the questions within a few days.
"Next comes the refining."
Chu Yan suddenly raised a hand and reduced every sheet recording their research to