The Worldly Law

The melodious chime of the morning bell rang out, directly startling Huang Huai awake. As his senses returned, Huang Huai realized that his seated meditation practice had somehow spanned over two hours.

These two hours felt like a mere instant to him, passing in the blink of an eye. Faintly hearing the voices of his senior brothers from the temple, Huang Huai got up.

Although his cultivation attempt had failed, it didn't dampen Huang Huai's spirits. With a cultivation method in hand, he could always go to another world to break through. Huang Huai firmly believed his path to transcendence was right before him.

It was precisely because of this that Huang Huai hadn't forgotten about the Yellow Turban Warrior statue.

Huang Huai knew very well that once he entered the ranks of cultivators, the importance of statues like the Yellow Turban Warrior and Holy Lord Emperor Guan would surely become apparent. Naturally, how much Incense and Fire Prayer Power these statues could garner would be particularly crucial.

After breakfast, everyone dispersed. Huang Huai, however, sidled up to his third senior brother, Sun Chen, and followed him towards the Sanqing Hall.

Sun Chen shot Huang Huai a strange look and said, "Hey Xiao Jiu, aren't you supposed to be in the side hall helping Chen Wei? What are you following me for?"

Huang Huai coughed lightly and lowered his voice, saying, "It's just that there's something I need your help with, Sixth Brother."

Sun Chen's eyebrows shot up, and he looked at Huang Huai with surprise. "Whoa, this is a rare occurrence. Don't tell me there's something you can't handle. Go on, what do you need my help with? Sixth Brother is making a bold promise today: as long as it's something Sixth Brother can do, I'll definitely do it for you, Xiao Jiu."

Huang Huai had excellent rapport with everyone at Xunzhen Temple. Regardless of the reason, the relationship between the senior brothers and Huang Huai was quite harmonious.

Upon hearing this, Huang Huai chuckled and immediately said, "Then I'll thank Sixth Brother in advance."

Seeing Huang Huai's reaction, Sun Chen felt a little uneasy. "You better tell me clearly what you need my help with, kid. I'm feeling a bit unsure here."

As they spoke, the two had already entered the Sanqing Hall. Huang Huai directly pointed to the Yellow Turban Warrior statue that had replaced the Golden Boy and said, "Sixth Brother, look!"

Sun Chen glanced over, then froze, instinctively exclaiming, "What the heck, who did this? How did my big Golden Boy statue turn into a Yellow Turban Warrior statue..."

Before he could finish, Sun Chen immediately turned to look at Huang Huai, a hint of astonishment in his voice, "Xiao Jiu, this couldn't be you, could it?"

Huang Huai nodded calmly, "That's right, it was indeed me, Little Brother. What do you think, Sixth Brother?"

Sun Chen couldn't help but feel a mix of amusement and exasperation. Looking at the Yellow Turban Warrior statue to the left of the Three Pure Ones statue and the Jade Girl statue to the right, he found it looked much stranger than the previous Golden Boy and Jade Girl.

He looked at Huang Huai and couldn't help but ask, "Why did you replace the Golden Boy statue with a Yellow Turban Warrior statue? If Master finds out, he'll probably scold you again."

Huang Huai smiled and said, "You don't need to worry about Master, Sixth Brother. This Yellow Turban Warrior statue will temporarily be placed here in the Sanqing Hall. I'll go find Master tonight, and perhaps by then, this Yellow Turban Warrior statue will be moved to the True Warrior Great Hall, standing beside the True Warrior Great Emperor!"

Hearing Huang Huai say this, Sun Chen looked at the Yellow Turban Warrior statue, then at Huang Huai's serious expression. He took a deep breath and nodded helplessly, "I don't know what you're up to, but fine. I'll help you keep it from Master. But you'd better tell Master soon, this kind of thing can't be hidden for long."

Huang Huai smiled at Sun Chen and said, "Thank you, Sixth Brother!"

Sun Chen waved his hand at Huang Huai, "Alright, hurry up and go help in the side hall. Otherwise, when more tourists come, that kid Chen Wei will have a meltdown again."

In the side hall, Chen Wei saw Huang Huai walk in and eagerly approached him with a curious look, asking, "Hey Xiao Jiu, what were you looking for Sixth Brother for?"

Huang Huai glanced at Chen Wei and said, "Naturally, I had something to ask Sixth Brother about. Why don't you help me get it done!"

Upon hearing this, Chen Wei reacted almost instinctively, "No way, I shouldn't have spoken. Whatever it is, you'd better let Brother Sun handle it for you!"

As the two bantered, the number of visitors in the side hall gradually increased.

Huang Huai stood in the hall, head bowed, appearing to be on guard. However, at this moment, Huang Huai was actually practicing the White Bone Visualization Method.

He had attempted to break through to transcendence earlier but failed. Not only did he not break through, but his mind was also injured. Fortunately, Huang Huai had a solid foundation in visualization. While his mind was injured, he instinctively gathered his focus, minimizing the harm caused by the backlash.

In other worlds, such breakthroughs are rarely achieved in one go, so injuries to the mind are not uncommon.

If the mind is injured, one simply uses a visualization method to heal it. Huang Huai attempted to use the White Bone Visualization Method to heal his mind and felt the mental fatigue and weakness lessen slightly.

Based on Huang Huai's experience with visualization, it would likely take over a month to fully recover using only the White Bone Visualization Method.

With a thought, Huang Huai's mind cleared, the white bones dispersed, and in their place appeared a Taiji Diagram with flowing yin and yang. Huang Huai decided to use the Tai Chi Diagram Visualization Method to heal his mind.

The moment the Taiji Diagram formed in his mind, Huang Huai felt a warmth spread through his mind. His previously injured mind was recovering at an extremely rapid pace. Compared to healing with the White Bone Visualization Method just moments before, the speed was more than several times faster.

He suddenly opened his eyes, a sense of surprise and joy rising within him. Although he had previously felt that the White Bone Visualization Method from the Xuan Yuan Casting God Method was inferior to the Tai Chi Diagram Visualization Method and the Internal Landscape Visualization Method, he hadn't had a chance to verify it then.

Now, with his mind injured, a direct comparison made Huang Huai truly feel the vast difference between the two visualization methods.

He took a deep breath, suppressing the turmoil in his heart. Relying on the Tai Chi Diagram Visualization Method, Huang Huai was confident that he could recover his injured mind before the upcoming May Day holiday ended.

The day passed in a blur as Huang Huai intermittently visualized to heal his mind. He managed to tend to some tourists while healing himself, neither activity interfering with the other.

In the evening, Huang Huai went to the Sanqing Hall and happened to see Sun Chen organizing the prayer mats and incense burners.

Approaching, Huang Huai proactively offered his help, saying, "Sixth Brother, is there anything you need help with here?"

Sun Chen seemed to know what Huang Huai meant. He glanced at Huang Huai and said, "Although your replacement of the Golden Boy statue with the Yellow Turban Warrior statue looks a bit discordant, who would know about it among those tourists? Even if someone finds it strange, do you think they'll raise any objections?"

Huang Huai thought about it and realized Sun Chen was right. He was accustomed to seeing the Golden Boy and Jade Girl serving on either side of the Three Pure Ones statue, which was why he found replacing the Golden Boy with a Yellow Turban Warrior statue so odd. However, for the tourists, very few would pay attention to such details.