Sit on the Mountain and Enjoy the Fruits

Sit on the Mountain and Enjoy the Fruits

After purging the miasma from his body, Li Fan's panel underwent tremendous changes.

Name: Li Fan

Realm: Mortal

Physical Age: 42/120↑

Mental Age: 505/2053↑

Transformation of Emptiness Charging Progress: 121%

Anchor Charging Progress: 51%

Current Anchor Point Count: 1
Bound Items: "Thousand Machines Jade Ring Golden Chapter," Taiyan Boat, Halting Remnant Stele (Damaged)
Cultivation Method: Profound Yellow Heart Refining Mantra

His physical age limit had broken through the hundred-year mark, and for the time being, it was still showing signs of rising.

What delighted Li Fan even more was that his mental age limit had nearly doubled outright, reaching over two thousand years! The Purification Spirit Pool alone could never have produced such an effect.

Was it because of this mysteriously appeared "Profound Yellow Heart Refining Mantra"...

Li Fan himself was utterly baffled as to why the Profound Yellow Heart Cleansing Mantra had turned into the Heart Refining Mantra.

Inside the Purification Spirit Pool, unable to endure that excruciating pain, he had nearly completely lost consciousness.

He had no idea what had happened afterward.

But this was not the time to examine it closely. Li Fan steadied his mind, cupped his hands toward He Zheng Hao, and said, "I will never forget Immortal Master's kindness. One day, I will surely repay it generously."

This was precisely the sentence He Zheng Hao had been waiting for, and his tone grew even kinder. "What are you saying, little friend? The immortal path is difficult. I merely do my best to lend a hand where I can."

He took out a book and handed it to Li Fan. "After purging the miasma, the next step is to sense Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy and draw qi into the body. If you can condense the first wisp of spiritual energy within your body, that means you have entered the Qi Refining Stage. At that point, you can officially be called a cultivator. This Five Spirits Qi Induction Method is a collection of the experiences of those before us in sensing spiritual energy. You must study it carefully."

He then took out a square talisman and solemnly handed it to Li Fan. "This is a Dust Separation Talisman. Before drawing qi into your body, you must carry it with you at all times."

Only after seeing Li Fan put away both items did He Zheng Hao explain, "Although you have purged the miasma from your body, that does not mean you can rest easy forever. You still live in the mortal world and must interact with mortals every day. Given enough time, you will inevitably become tainted by miasma again. This Dust Separation Talisman can help shield you from miasma, but it cannot last indefinitely. It can only endure for around five years."

"However, with little friend's talent, breaking through to the Qi Refining Stage within five years should not be difficult." He Zheng Hao smiled.

"After breaking through to the Qi Refining Stage, you may come to the island to find me. Then I will take you to Ten Thousand Immortals Island, the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance's base in the Congyun Sea. Once there, you can select an appropriate cultivation method and continue cultivating."

He Zheng Hao carefully explained to Li Fan the matters requiring attention during the process of drawing qi into the body.

Li Fan committed every word firmly to memory.

Once all relevant matters had been explained, Li Fan tactfully took his leave.

"I hope there will be some gains this time."

Watching Li Fan's receding back, He Zheng Hao murmured to himself.

He then surveyed the mountain beneath his feet and shook his head. "Its potential has run dry. It is time to change mountains."

With that, he flew above the sea of clouds. With a sweep of his long sleeve, he gathered the rolling clouds entirely into it.

Gazing down at the endless mountain range below, He Zheng Hao selected the mountain peak that would grow the most over the next century.

The cultivation method He Zheng Hao practiced was called the Mountain Sitting Art.

The greatest feature of the Mountain Sitting Art was to sit on the mountain and enjoy the fruits.

Choose a mountain peak, sit upright atop it, circulate the cultivation method, and after spending several years, one could merge one's aura with the mountain.

Thereafter, every bit the mountain grew taller would feed back into one's cultivation, raising it accordingly.

Conversely, if one misjudged, and the mountain's height failed to increase afterward, it would amount to wasting more than a decade of cultivation time for nothing.

Besides benefiting from a mountain's growth, one could also gain benefits from helping others.

Just as he had helped Li Fan this time—if Li Fan broke through to the Qi Refining Stage in the future, He Zheng Hao would receive invisible feedback that increased his cultivation.

It was not a matter of absorbing or stealing the other person's cultivation, but was more like when one person attained the Dao, even chickens and dogs ascended to heaven.

As a mountain grew taller, the trees upon it would grow taller along with it; as a giant grew, it would also lift up the things within its sleeve.

Of course, compared with mountains and rivers, the conditions for helping others were not so harsh. There was no need to bind oneself to a single person; one could cast a wide net. Yet correspondingly, how much one gave in the beginning determined how much one would gain later.

Therefore, whenever he encountered a promising junior, He Zheng Hao was never stingy about lending them a hand.

After leaving the Central Formation on Liuli Island, Li Fan did not alert anyone and quietly returned to the Listening to Seclusion Pavilion.

After purging the miasma, Li Fan truly felt that he was vastly different from before.

It was as though he had become more than ten years younger. Both his eyesight and hearing had improved greatly.

He could even faintly sense the pure energy flowing through heaven and earth, present everywhere.

So this is spiritual energy...

Li Fan was filled with joy.

After drawing qi into his body, he would become a Qi Refining Stage cultivator.

Li Fan wished he could begin cultivating day and night without pause at once.

But before that, he still needed to examine the mysteriously appeared "Profound Yellow Heart Refining Mantra."

After searching through his mind, he found no new method of circulating it.

So Li Fan still began cultivating according to the method of the Profound Yellow Heart Cleansing Mantra.

The moment he activated it, Li Fan noticed the difference between the Heart Refining Mantra and the Heart Cleansing Mantra.

When cultivating the Heart Cleansing Mantra before, he often had to spend nearly half an hour before he could slowly calm his mind and clear away every other distracting thought from his head.

But once the Heart Refining Mantra was cast, in no more than a moment, Li Fan felt his heart become like a clear mirror.

It was as if a massive millstone had appeared in his mind, endlessly drawing in and grinding apart distracting thoughts, turning them into nourishment that strengthened his mind.

After cultivating the Heart Cleansing Mantra for three years, aside from what was reflected on the Return to Truth Panel, Li Fan had not discovered any other benefits.

But when cultivating the Heart Refining Mantra, Li Fan could clearly feel his spirit strengthening every moment.

Though the increase was tiny, truly tiny, it was indeed growing! Li Fan was overwhelmed with delight, followed by countless doubts.

Why had the Profound Yellow Heart Cleansing Mantra, which could be found everywhere in the Cultivation World and was used only to purge miasma, become this extraordinarily wondrous Profound Yellow Heart Refining Mantra in his hands? Immortal arts could not be cultivated together—then did this Heart Refining Mantra count as a cultivation method?

With his current understanding of the Cultivation World, Li Fan could not find an answer.

But Li Fan vaguely felt that an enormous secret must be hidden within this.

He would have to investigate it in secret when he had the chance in the future.

Li Fan thought to himself.

Only one step away from crossing the threshold into becoming a cultivator, and having gained such a miraculous cultivation method as the Profound Yellow Heart Refining Mantra, Li Fan could not help feeling a little lightheaded with triumph.

Yet not long afterward, he received a letter.

The news in the letter smashed all his self-satisfaction to pieces.

Xiao Heng had successfully drawn qi into his body and had already departed for Ten Thousand Immortals Island.