The Great Dao of the World Does Not Distinguish Between Left and Right

The next three days...

Xie Xuanyi patiently taught Deng Baiyi how to inscribe arrays.

It had to be said, Deng Baiyi truly was a genius in the Dao of array patterns and talismans.

Her first attempt at array inscription was the extremely difficult Ninefold Bright Phoenix Fire Refinement Grand Formation!

This grand formation required the use of several different talismans to suppress the array.

To complete the final formation...

The array techniques and talisman techniques needed were more than one, and quite complex... but Deng Baiyi progressed rapidly, understanding almost everything with a single explanation.

Xie Xuanyi watched, feeling very gratified.

The higher Deng Baiyi's aptitude in the Dao of talismans, the more it proved that his previous decision was correct.

This talent, like unpolished jade, should not follow him in cultivation.

The most outstanding places for talisman techniques in the world were the Daoist Sect and the All-Under-Heaven Pavilion.

Three days passed in a flash.

At dusk, as the sun set...

Deng Baiyi, whose clothes were soaked with sweat, had almost exhausted her last bit of mental energy.

"Finally finished..."

She sat on the grass on the mountaintop, her hands supporting her, her temples fluttering in the wind, murmuring softly.

The grand formation was complete!

At this moment, this entire mountain, nearly a hundred zhang in radius, was encompassed by the "Ninefold Bright Phoenix Fire 炼虚 Grand Formation."

It had taken her three days and three nights, during which she had barely closed her eyes.

But at this moment, Deng Baiyi felt no fatigue. Just now, she had completed the final formation ritual. Jiang Huang had very cooperatively squeezed out a drop of blood from her fingertip. As this drop of essence blood spread in the array pattern hub, Deng Baiyi, holding the "Phoenix Fire Main Array Talisman Paper," suddenly felt herself entering an unprecedentedly mysterious realm!

Every inch of soil here seemed to be under her control.

She could feel every wisp of wind that passed.

She could also feel every blade of grass that fell.

With just a thought, this grand formation could be activated...

She was the absolute master of this world!

"This is... array completion?"

First time inscribing an array, first time completing an array, first time controlling an array.

Deng Baiyi was immersed in this supreme feeling of control, completely captivated. Suddenly, out of the corner of her eye, she caught sight of an unprecedentedly stunning figure.

Xie Xuanyi stood at the top of the small mountain.

He had changed his clothes.

No longer the snow-white robes.

Xuan Yi, Xuan Yi.

For the past twenty-odd years, he had mostly worn black clothes.

His former sword, Chen Ke, was also a pitch-black sword.

At that time, many people in Great Chu said that where Xie Xuanyi was, it was like a long night, because he often wore a stern, dark color.

And every time he drew his sword, it was like the cold light of dawn.

Perhaps because he had "died once," Xie Xuanyi's complexion was fairer than in his previous life, even appearing somewhat pale against the backdrop of his black clothes, but this created an even more striking contrast.

After igniting nearly half of his acupoints, Xie Xuanyi's Blood Essence gradually returned to normal levels.

Now, his eyes contained the essence of wind and thunder, his lips were red, and his teeth were white. If he didn't wear a human skin mask, it would be impossible to look away from him.

At least, Deng Baiyi couldn't look away for a moment.

She had never seen such a handsome young man.

"There's a famous saying in the cultivation world."

Xie Xuanyi suddenly spoke, "The bigger your fist, the bigger your truth... Many people mistakenly interpret this to mean that when two cultivators meet, the one with the lower realm should always be subservient. But that's not really the case. This saying should actually have another half sentence added to it: 'Heaven and earth are vast, but staying alive is the greatest.'"

Deng Baiyi was slightly stunned.

"The person with the bigger fist won't necessarily be the one who lives to the end."

Xie Xuanyi lowered his eyes and said softly, "Sometimes, life-and-death duels aren't just about fists. Flying swords, magical artifacts, poisons, array patterns, talismans, mechanical arts... the cultivation world is very cruel. To survive, there's no limit to the means you can use. That's why there are so many shady rogue cultivators in the Southern Borderlands. They're dirty, despicable, and shameless, but they live better than many people."

Deng Baiyi's eyes were somewhat lost.

"Many righteous people, claiming to be noble, disdain to use 'heterodox methods' or 'schemes and tricks.'"

Xie Xuanyi smiled self-deprecatingly and said, "Such people often don't have a good end. The more they overestimate themselves, the easier it is for them to be plotted against. You must remember, don't become such a fool. A lion uses its full strength even when hunting a rabbit... There's nothing shameful about using talisman and array techniques to fight."

Deng Baiyi nodded in a daze, she understood this principle.

Lose face, or lose your life?

Survival is the only truth!

She didn't quite understand, though, why Xie Zhen would suddenly say these things to her.

"I'm going out for a while later. If things go smoothly, it'll be like Taian City. I'll be back before long. If that's the case, we won't need this grand formation."

Xie Xuanyi paused for a moment and said, "But if things don't go well... I might come back in a bit of a mess."

Deng Baiyi immediately became nervous.

She clenched the main array talismans in her palm tightly.

"The Ninefold Bright Phoenix Fire Refinement Grand Formation, while possessing unparalleled killing power, also has its drawbacks... The range of this array is limited. If someone notices it in advance and doesn't enter the array, even overwhelming killing power will be useless."

Xie Xuanyi's expression was solemn as he said, word by word, "So I need you to remain calm and wait until the prey takes the bait before activating the grand formation!"

Deng Baiyi gritted her teeth and asked, "Is this enemy that strong? Even you aren't confident?"

In recent days, she had learned about the approximate cultivation realms.

After Qi Manipulation comes Grotto-Heaven—

So even Xie Zhen needs to rely on array patterns to deal with a Grotto-Heaven Realm cultivator?

Deng Baiyi's words made Xie Xuanyi chuckle.

He shook his head and softly uttered three words: "...All in the past."

Deng Baiyi heard a hint of helplessness in these three words.

More than that, it was indifference.

"Remember what I told you just now? Many years ago, I was that kind of idiot."

Xie Xuanyi said softly, "Knowing a little bit about Sword Dao made me think I was amazing. Relying on a flying sword, I didn't know the immensity of heaven and earth, thinking I was the greatest. Now I know how wrong I was back then."

He gently stretched his muscles and bones.

The muscles and bones, nourished by the Immortal Spring, crackled like popping beans. Golden Qi ignited in the acupoints, like blossoming stars in the dark night, incomparably dazzling.

The next moment.

Accompanied by Xie Xuanyi's long, drawn-out sigh, the golden Qi that had been boiling in the acupoints gradually extinguished.

His entire being concealed itself in the darkness.

Black clothes, a black robe, and an ordinary black sword bought in Carp Tide City.

Xie Xuanyi took out the human skin mask and slowly pressed it onto his face.

That handsome, unparalleled face instantly became ordinary.

"Hey!"

A nervous voice rang out on the small mountain.

Deng Baiyi clutched the talismans tightly, her voice very small, almost inaudible like a mosquito: "Xie Zhen... I'll be here waiting for you..."

"You, please be careful..."

Xie Xuanyi waved his hand and took a light step forward.

His figure fell like a leaf.

He closed his eyes.

The wind howled.

His master's teachings reappeared in his mind.

["...The great Dao of the world does not distinguish between left and right."]

["...The myriad laws of the world have no high or low."]

["Xuanyi, the Dao that a sword cultivator can comprehend is not necessarily just the Sword Dao."]

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