Passing on the Light of Buddha's Wisdom: Enchanting Wu Song and Developing an Emergency Headband! (Continued)

They came from Bai Yuchan himself—from the "heart fire" and "kidney water" he had refined within the heaven and earth of his own inner elixir.

In the art of the inner elixir, water and fire had never been opposing forces. Instead, they symbolized yin and yang, complementing one another.

This was called Water and Fire Mutual Benefit.

Only when water and fire joined could a golden elixir be formed.

That demon Daoist had forcibly turned the art of alchemy into a method of murder!"

High in the sky.

Bai Yuchan stood with his hands behind his back, water and fire circling his body as arcs of lightning darted across him.

He looked down at Sun Simiao below, who carried a medicine basket on his back and tended to the wounded. A rare hint of appreciation appeared in his sinister toad eyes, and he did not press his attack.

"This Old Daoist must admit, among all these vermin, only you understand the wondrous alchemical principles behind my Water-Fire Conjunction.

"You are so well versed in alchemy and medicine, yet you hide among this rabble of ignorant mortals. What a waste.

"How about joining my sect? Tend the furnace and control the fire for me—be an alchemy master~"

With a sweep of his wide sleeve, his tone even carried a trace of coaxing.

"My wondrous golden-elixir arts reach through heaven and earth.

"If you learn them, you too can summon wind and rain as I do, seek the Dao, and attain immortality. Well?"

The entire field fell silent for a moment, leaving only thunder and rain.

Zhang Fei and Pei Jin were both men who would rather die than be humiliated. Once they came to their senses, they were so provoked by those words that they were about to curse him out,