Light Field Sows Dao

"He's more diligent than before!" Yuan Tian Gang thought.

On the bridge over the River of Oblivion, the sorrowful old man queued behind a crowd of ghosts. His face was etched with misery, even more so than before.

After an unknown amount of time, it was finally his turn.

When Meng Po saw him, she couldn't help but tremble again.

"Grandma, give me ten bowls of tea. Make the soup thick."

The sorrowful old man frowned, "I want the first batch of soup, not the second or third."

Meng Po couldn't help but ask, "Didn't the Emissary come yesterday? Why are you here again today? Also, where is the Emissary's umbrella?"

The sorrowful old man sighed, not mentioning the Green Paper Umbrella. "Your tea soup was watered down last time, and it couldn't do anything to him. This time is different. I need ten bowls of the first batch of soup. It will reinforce the seal."

Meng Po was so angry she laughed. "My tea doesn't have a first or second batch. The medicinal effects are all the same! My tea is also called Soul-Bewildering Soup. After drinking my tea, all memories will be washed away from your soul, making you forget past events and fall into the confusion of the womb, becoming more infantile than an infant! There's no way anyone can remember things after drinking my tea!"

The sorrowful old man said, "You can say whatever you want. After he drank your tea, he became even more energetic, even a little excited."

Meng Po was furious. "Impossible! If I can't bewilder his soul, I'll smash my golden signboard for you!"

The sorrowful old man said, "Ten bowls of tea, and make the soup thick."

Meng Po gritted her teeth and stared at him. After a moment, she said helplessly, "Ten bowls of tea? Are you feeding an elephant? Even if ten bowls of tea were placed before him, he wouldn't drink them. Also, you took my tea bowls last time. Where are my bowls?"

The sorrowful old man lined up ten tea bowls in the air and said, "Ten bowls. I have a way to make him drink them."

Meng Po had no choice but to pour the tea. "If the seal truly fails, what are your plans, Emissary?"

The sorrowful old man was silent for a moment. "Then I can only report it. The target has escaped. I will await instructions from above."

Meng Po shivered and said nothing more.

After a moment, the sorrowful old man slowly walked off the bridge over the River of Oblivion and disappeared into the vast darkness.

In the Qin Yan Cave on Mount Wu Wang, within the Ni Wan Palace.

The Great Bronze Bell grumbled unhappily. Originally, its bell chime should have shaken Xu Ying's soul out of his body, leaving the body behind. But now, the bell chime had shaken Xu Ying's body out, leaving his soul behind.

The reason for this situation was that someone had consumed too many Myriad Spirit Pills, filling his soul with an indestructible Primordial Spirit, making it incredibly robust!

Xu Ying looked at his hands. Milky white light emanated from his palms. His bones were like jade, and his skin like ice, not like flesh and blood!

He looked at his body. It shone brightly, with inch-long wisps of light radiating outward from within!

"Is this my soul?"

Xu Ying suddenly felt a burning sensation on his left shoulder. He turned his head and saw a ball of flame on his left shoulder, emitting a faint glow.

He looked at his right shoulder. There was also a ball of flame on his right shoulder!

He tilted his head back and saw another ball of flame floating above his head, even more vigorous!

The Great Bronze Bell said, "These are the three Yang fires of the human body. When refined into one, they become Samadhi True Fire, the most rigid and yang, capable of burning all things."

"But..."

Xu Ying pointed at the Bull Demons and asked, "Why are their Yang fires different from mine?"

The Bull Demons looked at his soul and trembled, shrinking into a ball, as if extremely afraid of him.

Xu Ying could even see the souls within the Bull Demons.

They also had souls, roughly the same size as their bodies, but they lacked his brilliance!

They also had three Yang fires. Although they appeared vigorous, they flickered precariously at the slightest breeze, looking as if they could be extinguished at any moment. They were nowhere near as stable as his own three Yang fires, which remained unmoving in the wind!

The Great Bronze Bell said, "So that's how it is. No wonder these Bull Demons submitted to you. Your soul is too strong. When they whipped you with the Soul Striking Whip, you didn't feel pain, but the whip did. When you whip others with the Soul Striking Whip, its power can probably be amplified three to four times! Your current soul mastery has likely surpassed that of the City God and the Prefect, approaching that of a Ghost King! These Bull Demons most likely mistook you for a Ghost King, which is why they are loyal to you!"

"Ghost King?"

Xu Ying was stunned. Then wouldn't he be Xu the Great Ghost King? But shouldn't he be Xu the Great Demon King?

"Your three Yang fires are so pure and unmoving in the wind because they were tempered by the Pure Yang Strange Fire. But your Yang fires being so vigorous isn't due to the Pure Yang Strange Fire, but because you've consumed too many Myriad Spirit Pills!"

The Great Bronze Bell sneered, "Your soul is almost solid, composed of indestructible Primordial Spirits. Compared to your soul, your three souls and seven spirits, as well as your physical body, appear extremely weak. These three Yang fires burn your vital energy on one hand and your essence on the other. Vital energy comes from the physical body, and essence comes from the spirit. In other words, these three Yang fires are burning you like a candle! You must cultivate your body and soul as soon as possible, otherwise, your own three fires will burn you to ashes!"

Xu Ying's heart skipped a beat. He suddenly realized the gravity of the situation.

Having the soul of a Ghost King without the cultivation of one was by no means a good thing!

It was like earning two copper coins a day but spending four, leading to a deficit and quickly becoming destitute.

The Great Bronze Bell urged, "You have just entered the Gate Knocking Stage. The Tail Gate Mystic Pass opens, the gateway for Qi refining, and the grand path to the Heavenly River. This realm understands life and death, knows yin and yang, uses the water of the Heavenly River to regulate the five viscera and six entrails to strengthen the physique. On the other hand, it opens the Heavenly Mountain within your body, encouraging you to climb bravely and advance to the next realm. The phrase 'understands life and death, knows yin and yang' signifies that you can now adjust and cultivate your soul."

With a shake of its bell, it sent Xu Ying's soul back into his body, saying with great care, "Do you think I urge you to cultivate merely to steal your Blood Essence? Not entirely. My goal is for you to diligently cultivate, improve your cultivation, and become self-reliant sooner so that I can steal more Blood Essence!"

It lectured him earnestly, "Rest early. You still have to cultivate tomorrow morning."

Xu Ying took out a Myriad Spirit Pill and tossed it to Yuan Qi. "I saved one for you."

Yuan Qi was surprised and delighted, but also a little scared. He whispered, "Bell Master, if I eat this Myriad Spirit Pill, will my soul burn like A Ying's?"

The Great Bronze Bell said, "No. After you take it, your soul should become stronger than these Bull Demons."

Yuan Qi hurriedly took the spirit pill.

Xu Ying was also tired from the day. He ate some wild game to fill his stomach and soon fell into a deep sleep.

In the dead of night, several Bull Demons transformed into yellow oxen, dozing on the ground of the Ni Wan Palace. Suddenly, the mountain wall behind the palace split open, and a White Bone Skeleton emerged from it.

As soon as the Bull Demons saw the skeleton, they fell unconscious and lost all awareness.

The White Bone Skeleton floated up silently and entered the Ni Wan Palace, arriving at Xu Ying's residence.

The Great Bell, which was suspended above Xu Ying, sensed something unusual and was about to ring to awaken him. Suddenly, it too became disoriented, its consciousness muddled, and it fell into a stupor.

The Great Bell fell from above, narrowly missing Xu Ying. However, the White Bone Skeleton gently raised a hand, and the bell floated to the side.

The White Bone Skeleton leaned forward, extending a withered finger towards Xu Ying's brow. Just then, a ball of Heavenly Flame surged from Xu Ying's brow, erupting in a brilliant blaze that swept towards the White Bone Skeleton, filling the room with light!

"Qing Bi, are you going to oppose me too?" The White Bone Skeleton exclaimed in surprise, dissolving into a wisp of green smoke.

The Pure Yang Strange Fire retracted sharply, extinguishing the light in the room. The flame also shrank back into Xu Ying's body, disappearing without a trace.

The Great Bell clanged as it landed, suddenly awakening. It asked in confusion, "Strange, how did I fall asleep? Wasn't I supposed to be hovering above A Ying, protecting his soul and suppressing the Three Yang True Fire within him?"

It worried that Xu Ying's true fire was too potent and would cause his soul and physique to age prematurely, so it had been suppressing the three yang fires on Xu Ying's shoulders even while he slept.

Xu Ying was also woken by the commotion. Finding that everything was fine, he drifted back to sleep.

The next day, before dawn, the Great Bell began to chime, making Xu Ying's eyes water. This bell was even more diligent than he was. It would fly into his room and chime a few times, then fly to Yuan Qi's room and clang loudly, urging them to begin their morning exercises.

Even the Bull Demons were woken by it, yawning groggily.

Xu Ying jumped into the water to wash his face, then swam out of Qin Yan Cave. He stretched lazily, put on his trousers and clothes, and began his cultivation for the day. In the distance, a few female demons watched shyly.

At this moment, the young man exuded a masculine aura that was quite attractive to the female demons.

However, how could female demons compare to the joy of cultivation?

Yuan Qi and the Bull Demons left Qin Yan Cave and also began their day's practice.

Yuan Qi was pondering the Dragon Snake Awakening Technique and asked Xu Ying for guidance on how to cultivate it. Xu Ying, while activating his guiding technique, deciphered the scripture. "The so-called Awakening is when spring thunder rumbles, yang energy rises, and all things sprout and compete. This technique cultivates the Dragon Snake Pure Yang Qi and is a method for physical transformation."

As he explained, he demonstrated. After explaining it once, he practiced the Dragon Snake Awakening Technique himself.

Yuan Qi immediately gained a great deal. He understood the technique thoroughly and was filled with admiration. "Although A Ying doesn't have the patience of the White-robed Nuo Immortal, he is indeed a good teacher. I understand everything he says the first time I hear it."

Xu Ying then explained another scroll, the True Cultivation of the Flood Dragon. "The True Cultivation of the Flood Dragon is about the principles of size transformation. It contains a transformation method that is extraordinary and can be cultivated in conjunction with the Dragon Snake Awakening Technique."

He continued to explain while practicing. After practicing it once, he had also explained the True Cultivation of the Flood Dragon. Practicing and explaining simultaneously allowed for mutual verification and helped him check if his understanding was incorrect.

The Great Bell was also breathing and meditating nearby. Seeing Xu Ying explain the two techniques with such profound insight, and grasping them after only one reading, it was shocked.

"This kid doesn't seem as simple as a Snake Catcher. How could an ordinary Snake Catcher explain a Qi Refiner's technique so thoroughly after reading it just once?"

Although the Dragon Snake Awakening Technique and True Cultivation of the Flood Dragon were more suitable for Yuan Qi's cultivation, they were both Qi Refiner techniques. Qi Refiner techniques were much more obscure than Nu Master techniques. While not impossible to decipher, it was certainly not as easy as Xu Ying made it seem.

"Does this mean I've stumbled upon a treasure by chance?"

The Great Bell felt a thrill of excitement. "I truly am favored by destiny, incredibly lucky!"

After Xu Ying finished explaining, he suddenly felt something. A passage of extremely profound scripture surged into his mind.

It was the subsequent scripture of the Taiyi Guiding Technique, far more obscure than the Dragon Snake Awakening Technique and True Cultivation of the Flood Dragon. However, he naturally understood the meaning of the scripture.

With a slight movement of his mind, he followed the mental cultivation method of the Taiyi Guiding Technique to circulate the vital energy within him. His divine sense entered the Realm of Serenity, and instantly, the Realm of Serenity was filled with changing winds and clouds, white clouds transforming into blue skies, as if the sun and moon were shuttling through, time flowing with the ages.

In the outside world, Yuan Qi and the Bull Demons all looked up at the sky.

A patch of Light Field in the sky grew brighter and brighter, sunlight converging like a storm upon it. The seedlings in the Light Field seemed to absorb the sunlight and grow slowly, as if they had a life of their own.

It appeared slow, but in reality, the seedlings grew taller within a few breaths.

Then, the seedlings in the Light Field tasseled and flowered, quickly producing heavy seeds.

"Master Bell, have you ever seen this kind of cultivation method?" Yuan Qi asked dazedly.

The Great Bell was also somewhat bewildered. "Never," it replied.

Before it finished speaking, the seedlings in the Light Field matured. Golden seeds flew out, like a rain of light, falling into Xu Ying's body!

Yuan Qi attempted to intercept a golden seed. As the seed entered his body, it instantly transformed into dense vital energy, spreading out with potent yang energy!

"It looks like rice seeds, but they're Pure Yang Rice Seeds!" he exclaimed in surprise.

"Rice seeds, rice seeds..."

The Great Bell murmured a few times, then suddenly cried out, "I know! They're not rice seeds, they're Dao Seeds! Planting Dao in the Light Field, cultivating lotuses in fire – this is a technique that directly points to the Great Dao! But, but..."

It was utterly perplexed. Such a technique that directly pointed to the Great Dao was something even its owner had never obtained. How could Xu Ying, a Snake Catcher from a remote village, have acquired this technique?

It had witnessed Xu Ying cultivating the Light Field and seedlings during his practice, and it had seen the seedlings mature into Dao Seeds and enter Xu Ying's body. However, it had no idea when Xu Ying had learned this peculiar technique.

"At his cultivation speed, my injuries should heal even faster!" The Great Bell rejoiced inwardly, casting aside its previous doubts.