You Are the Painting
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A few days later, Qin Yi stood by the Herb Garden, looking at the newly sprouted buds, feeling quite satisfied.
When you fully immerse yourself in something and watch it grow step by step, that is a form of spiritual practice. Mortals use this to refine their hearts and cultivate their character, while immortals use it to achieve harmony and unity, like the Three Stacks of the Heart of the Harp.
As the tender shoots broke through the soil, Qin Yi's Heart of the Harp Realm had also been completely stabilized. The Qi within his body was steaming like smoke, spreading throughout his body and permeating every drop of blood.
The Dantian was a swirling, clear pool, or a vast swamp, filled with mist that seemed almost tangible.
This energy pool is Qin Yi's own vision; others may see it differently. For example, Du Pingsheng might see it as a die, and Minghe might resemble the Milky Way hanging high in the sky. This is the foundation of the Dao, the Foundation Establishment.
Qin Yi didn't know why his image was of a vast expanse of water. He originated from the Kingdom of Li Huo, and his Technique Method was Fire Element; did he simply have an abundance of water in his body?
"It's because you claim to be a chivalrous knight-errant, but in reality, you have no fiery spirit. Instead, you are very calm, with only a passion hidden in your heart, like a flame concealed at the bottom of the sea," Liusu said. "Moreover, you are tolerant. Normally, a beginner in the Dao will only insist on their own path and will be resistant to the paths of others. Only when one has a deep understanding of the Dao can one laugh it off and say that the stones from other mountains can be used to polish jade."
"You're becoming increasingly adept at boasting about your profound skills."
"My profound cultivation goes without saying." Liusu spat, "That's the problem. With your limited cultivation, how can you be so... as if you can understand everyone's Dao, as if you've seen them all, and even if you disagree, you don't feel a strong sense of conflict. This is the ability to accommodate, hence the image of a marshland, which transforms into the sea, capable of embracing all rivers."
"Uh, I've seen far too many pigs run away." Compared to the cultivation world, modern people may not be able to compare in many ways, but there is one thing that is absolutely far superior: the amount of information is simply too vast. A cultivator who has lived for thousands of years may not have seen as much as a modern person has seen in a few years of surfing the internet.
Qin Yi had no intention of comparing the strengths and weaknesses of the technology side and the cultivation side. For someone who wasn't an engineer, that little knowledge wasn't enough in this world. It would be good enough if he could make a toothbrush for himself; he could forget about anything else.
Thinking about this, I realized I haven't seen the section on Strange Skills and Ingenious Crafts yet; I should check it out another day.
Then again, he no longer needs a toothbrush...
He can also Grain Avoidance and eat only wind and dew... Even if he wants to eat, he can finish a Cleansing Spell and that's it, no need to brush his teeth anymore... He won't secrete any foreign matter on his body or face, and he won't be stained by external dirt, so he doesn't even need to wash his face or take a bath.
He's truly become an immortal.
At the beginning of the Phoenix Realm, it can prolong life and slow down aging. However, this effect is not very strong; it's good enough to extend the lifespan of someone who was originally expected to live to sixty or seventy to eighty or ninety. Even if the Phoenix Initial Completion, it would only be around one hundred and twenty or thirty years old, which is still within the range of longevity as commonly understood, and does not exceed the human limit.
Once you reach the Heart of the Qin, the starting point is two hundred, and the perfect score can reach over five hundred.
Now that Qin Yi's Qin Xin skill has stabilized at the first level, and with his Martial Cultivation reaching the Yi Jin stage, his physique has been enhanced, so theoretically his lifespan should be 250 years... Back then, Qing Xu was just a figurehead, but Qin Yi truly is 250 years old...
Even a tough guy sheds tears; to get rid of this number, we have to keep revising it upwards.
Furthermore, the higher one's cultivation level, the slower one ages, and the less likely one's appearance will change. Qin Yi currently looks like a seventeen-year-old baby, but in ten or twenty years, he might appear to be an eighteen or nineteen-year-old youth. It's not that they won't age, but rather that it happens more slowly. If they can't break through to the Cloud Ascension stage, they will eventually become old men and women. Therefore, not everyone in the cultivation world looks like a teenager; there are quite a few middle-aged and old men as well.
Once one reaches the Cloud Ascension stage, the Golden Elixir Core is formed, and the body is almost energy-based, then one will retain that appearance from that moment on and never change again.
Therefore, in the study of internal alchemy, it is often referred to as the Golden Elixir Path, at which point one truly attains the Path to Immortality, because one has already achieved the basic goal of "not aging".
Ju Yunxiu might be an old maid over a thousand years old, yet she looks like she's still in her twenties. This isn't because she deliberately makes herself look younger; it's because she genuinely has the body of someone in their twenties, without any pretense. Minghe has already reached the Cloud Soaring stage, and that will never change.
Qin Yi had already left the cave abode to meet the ancient old woman.
Whether they are Senior Sister disciples, or department heads or staff, it's clearly not a good idea for them to hide in their cave abode for days without seeing each other. Now that Qin Xin's heart is stable and the seed has been planted, it's time to go out and see the world.
In fact, considering the nature of the Myriad Ten Thousand Dao Immortal Palace, Qin Yi felt it was more like a comprehensive university, Ju Yunxiu was more like a department head. The entire art department, including Zither, Chess, Calligraphy, Painting, had different majors, and the Peak Master of each department were the heads of their respective majors or class advisors.
Now that I've been appointed as the Peak Master but don't have a specific major, I'm basically just a department counselor...
This is the most vivid example. What kind of sect leader is this? It doesn't conform to the traditional structure of immortal sects at all.
But the moment the train descended from the Main Peak, all those preconceived notions about "old maid" and "department head" were immediately thrown to the winds.
On the edge of the cliff, in a pavilion with green tiles, Ju Yunxiu alone, playing the zither.
The melodious sound of the zither is just like the warm morning sun shining on the world. On the summit of a towering snow-capped mountain, the snow slowly melts, clear springs flow down, white deer roam among the mountains, and hundreds of birds dance and flutter. The fragrance of flowers rises gently, and butterflies alight. In that instant, all sounds are ethereal, transforming into a static painting.
Mist curled around her at the edge of the cliff, aimless and uncertain of where she was going. Several birds perched on the green pines on the cliff side, listening quietly to the zither, as if weary from flying, creating a moment of tranquility.
Clouds drift aimlessly from the mountain peaks, and birds, weary of flying, know to return home.
She was in the mountains... she herself represented a fairy.
Fairy unlike Minghe, but equally undeniable.
"Zheng!" The music suddenly stopped, as if the world had suddenly returned to its hustle and bustle. The wind began to move, the birds began to sing, and the heavens returned to the human world.
"Is Junior Brother well these days?" Ju Yunxiu asked softly. Qin Yi realized that her voice itself represented a kind of music, light and ethereal.
Is the woman from when she was a bookworm and confused really the same person as now?
He composed himself and replied, "The cave was quiet and peaceful; I gained quite a bit from it."
Ju Yunxiu placed her slender hands on the strings of the zither, seemingly deep in thought. After a while, she said, "You intended to conceal your true abilities, so why did you reveal your true cultivation in public that day?"
Qin Yi shook his head. "I never intended to deliberately hide my abilities or play dumb to fool others. It just so happens that they don't understand Martial Cultivation, and I didn't mean to do it."
Ju Yunxiu nodded and then asked, "So, how does it feel to play dumb to outmaneuver your opponent? Doesn't it feel pretty good?"
Qin Yi said, "I cultivate so that I can control my own destiny and protect those I want to protect. The best protection is to gain the respect of others, not to be despised, bullied, and have Quiet Serenity by others."
Ju Yunxiu's beautiful eyes were fixed on his face, and she suddenly smiled, "So you are not actually in line with the Way of Scheming as they say. You are Quiet Serenity and otherworldly, living like a passerby, without any attachments. You are the most traditional Immortal Dao. It is a pity that you have wasted your talent by coming to my Ten Thousand Dao Immortal Palace."
Qin Yi smiled and said, "It's not a pity. Being able to hear this zither music and see this painting makes the trip worthwhile."
Ju Yunxiu was taken aback. "The zither is gone, but there are no paintings here."
"You are the painting." Qin Yi paused, then pointed to his surroundings. "This scene of clouds emerging from the mountains and birds singing is itself a painting."