Blind Sight

Li Fan lost over a hundred points of his composure before gradually figuring out his current situation.

Skipping over all speculation and assumptions, let's directly summarize Li Fan's conclusions.

He Moon Worship, but not completely.

The current state should be slightly different from before. Strictly speaking, only the primordial spirit has left the body, but it has not flown to other primordial worlds.

Yes, this is probably still the Taiji Immortal Realm, with Earth of the Taiji Realm above. Li Fan can even vaguely sense that his physical body is still there. What is here on the moon now is only his own primordial spirit, the newly stabilized Gui Xu Nascent Soul.

That Thousand-Faced Immortal's Revered Heavenly Demon, the coordinates he linked to were actually on the moon, and he even directly sent his primordial spirit there. Incredible...

As for the mountain lord, and those four beauties whose eyes were gouged out, upon closer inspection, they weren't their true forms, but rather their spirits, avatars, or souls—well, perhaps the game they were playing now was called spiritual communion... cough cough...

But that centipede was probably real. Of course, it wasn't the kind of centipede Li Fan usually understood; it was just the one that looked most like a centipede to Li Fan at first glance. Maybe it was a demon god, maybe a monster, maybe a manifestation of the Dao body, but in any case, the centipede's physical form was lying on a crater on the moon, its back covered with the Cultivation Method passed down from the Mo Shan lineage.

Hiding the Mo Shan sect's legacy on the Moon is really something! Going to such lengths to guard against spies from the Three Great Sects seems a bit excessive, doesn't it? If this is truly to hide the Cultivation Method, then it's incredibly ruthless... How could anyone possibly find their way to the Moon...?

Wait, the Moon? Which Moon?

Honestly, Li Fan only realized today that if every world called itself Earth...

Don't they feel like they have an extra Moon?

Or is his homeland the only exception, while other Earths have two Moon? Could it be that because it lacks a False Moon, his homeland is a world without immortals and the Tai Su Dao Ancestor?

So, where is this extra 'False Moon'?

Li Fan looked up at the dark universe, but apart from the enormous blue star above him, he couldn't see any 'purple Moon '.

Is it because my visual direction is wrong? Or is it because the Earth's reflection is too strong, making it impossible to see...?

Li Fan shook his head. Now was not the time to let his mind wander. He was here to learn the Primordial Cultivation Method; he would think about it later.

So Li Fan had an idea, Nascent Soul Stage instantly flew to the back of the giant centipede's armor, where he lowered his head and silently memorized the Cultivation Method.

Look closely, those densely packed tiny characters don't seem to be written with ink; they look more like they were scratched out with fingers... Holy crap... The mountain lord is terrifying...

However, there's no doubt that these are all methods and supernatural powers comprehended by the Mo Shan lineage from the Tai Su Dao. Each one is a Dao that the many pioneers of the Five Sons Peak obtained through the blood and flesh of countless predecessors. They contain not only cultivation Cultivation Method, but also secrets and taboos of cultivation, as well as various records of their experiences in the Tai Su Realm. They are all worth reading and learning. And this centipede has more than a thousand segments; one can only imagine how many Mo Shan's ancestral disciples sacrificed themselves to develop so many Cultivation Method...

Li Fan shook his head, banishing distracting thoughts, and quickly seized the opportunity to start memorizing from the beginning. These scriptures were obscure and difficult to understand, and reading them was also disheartening, but he managed to read and memorize the very first part, which was filled with four whole sections of the Centipede Back Cultivation Method, along with his observations and records, before his mood plummeted to three digits.

"... The blind man said, 'Ju means white, and Qian means black.' Even those with clear vision cannot change this. If you were to ask a blind man to distinguish between white and black, he would not be able to tell. Therefore, I say that the blind man does not know white and black, not because of their names, but because of how he chooses them."

Li Fan's mood dropped a little.

I managed to read the entire introductory text on the Yuan Shen technique, "Gu Guan," from Mo Shan.

As the saying goes, "Li Lou looked closely, and the blind thought he was ignorant; he tried to dazzle the foolish and blind with external embellishments, but when he looked up, he could not see the stars."

The Blind Person are those who are blind. This long section of Cultivation Method at the beginning, spanning tens of thousands of words, consists of many disciples' notes and records of their exploration of the Tai Su Dao, and is more of an opening chapter.

The gist is that even those with sight find it difficult to distinguish right from wrong, black from white. How much more so for those of us who are just beginning to understand the Way of the Primordial Chaos, like the blind, groping forward in darkness and chaos. But blindness is not blindness of the heart. Even a blind person knows that silver is white and black is black. The truth of the Great Way cannot be changed even by those with sight. Therefore, the blind cannot distinguish between black and white not because they do not understand the principles, but because they are inherently limited and unable to discern which is black and which is white.

Therefore, the purpose of this text is to teach the disciples of Moshan to always remember to explore the Way of Tai Su from the perspective of a blind person, rather than defining these new things with the black and white they see with their naked eyes. The key to judging things does not depend on the black and white they outwardly reveal, but on upholding the right and wrong in your own heart.

'Li Fan has mastered the art of blind contemplation'

'The Cultivation Method is being evaluated'

'Blind Observation, Primordial Spirit Technique: Cultivating the Primordial Spirit Technique can refine the strength of the Nascent Soul Stage. This technique also greatly enhances Divine Sense perception.'

With a thought, Li Fan's primordial spirit flashed, and his eyes disappeared from his face. However, one could feel that the range of his Divine Sense's exploration suddenly swept outwards, expanding at least dozens of times, instantly covering the entire inside and outside of the crater.

He then discovered that the entire celestial Immortal Pavilion surrounded by the giant centipede at the center of the crater was fake. It was not a real structure built on the moon, but rather an illusion similar to Yan Ruyu's formation, a dreamlike illusion, some kind of extremely exquisite illusionary formation.

Within the celestial Immortal Pavilion constructed of magic arrays, the blood pool where the mountain lord and the beauties bathed was real. The pool was unfathomably deep, clearly not just a place for the mountain lord and beauties to play and have fun, but also a place where something was sealed...

"Your comprehension is truly remarkable; teaching you the Dao Seed is indeed much easier."

Li Fan raised his head, his disfigured eyes returning to him, and saw the Mountain Lord standing before him in a bright red robe. He bowed and said, "Master, what is in that pool...?"

"Hehe, I asked you to come along but you didn't. Don't dwell on missed opportunities; we'll see next time. Come on, do me a favor."

As the mountain lord spoke, he reached into his sleeve and pulled out four heads whose braids were tied together. Yes, it was the same four from before. They had been bitten clean from the neck down, leaving them covered in blood. Yet, the four beautiful heads were all smiles, as happy as if they were on their wedding day.

Li Fan almost vomited; he was severely traumatized and his mood plummeted.

The mountain lord chuckled and tossed the severed head into Li Fan's arms. "They were the concubines of Luo Feng Old Lord of Baiyue Mountain. Back then, my master and that old ghost became sworn brothers after a fight. We cut off chicken heads, burned yellow paper, and became sworn brothers, but we later fell out."

Li Fan looked at the severed head in his arms, and the head seemed to be smiling at him too. It was just a head, yet it wasn't dead... Okay, he almost forgot this was Nascent Soul Stage, not the real body... Although it still left him feeling rather down...

"After things got out of hand... you kidnapped your sworn brother's wife and slept with her, and even chopped her off?"

The mountain lord frowned. "While what you said makes sense, it doesn't sound like it's directed at me. Wait, this old story hasn't been mentioned for years; I'd almost forgotten the reason behind it..."

Oh, I remember now. Back then, I kindly invited that old devil to drink with me. Who knew the old bastard would get drunk and take a fancy to your Senior Sister Yue Lanzi, wanting to take her as a concubine. Yue Lanzi refused, and those four lowly maids actually sneaked into the mountains to kidnap her. That's why I had a fight with that old devil.

In the end, all four of his concubines lost and had to apologize to me, and were punished by having their souls imprisoned in a blood pool as slaves."

Well, why did you guys provoke those demons from Moshan in the first place...?

The mountain lord impatiently waved his hand and said, "Forget it, that was all a long time ago."

Two years ago, the old ghost's disciples and grand-disciples came to pay their respects at the mountain, saying that the experts of their Luo Feng Cave Heaven had been almost all killed or injured by the Thunder Department. Now that the Thunder Department had been transferred away, the old ghost couldn't stay idle and wanted to reappear, but he didn't have enough manpower, so he came to ask the four of them to return to life.

"As your master, I must comprehend the Great Dao of the Universe and have no time to concern myself with worldly affairs. Besides, we are brothers after all. Qingyue, now that you have achieved the Nascent Soul Nascent Soul Stage, take them to be resurrected and sent back to Luo Feng Cave Heaven, so that this old scoundrel won't keep scheming about them."

"Huh?" Li Fan stared in disbelief at the four smiling beauties' heads in his hand, swallowing hard. "You're really just going to give them back like that??"

The mountain lord sneered, "They've been locked in the blood pool for too long. Even if their Divine Sense are sealed, they're bound to discover the secrets of the sect. So I have to take back their memories from all these years."

The immortal corpses from Baiyue Mountain have already been refined and sent over. They were simply thrown into the corpses and their souls returned to life. They will not remember anything that happened here.

"It's alright. Go back to your grotto and find my Flower Slave. Ask them to fetch two magic treasures for you to protect yourself. That old ghost certainly won't dare to make things difficult for you."

Flying Immortal Corpse... Oh~~ BCCD, right! I remember now, those magnificent peaks seem so vivid in my mind... cough cough...

Li Fan shook his head to banish the phantom of the coughing corpse from his mind, looked at the pile of heads in his hand, and said, "... Why didn't Master say so earlier? I was afraid it was some kind of demon or monster. If I had known it was just an enemy of a fellow disciple, I would have gone along for a bit of fun too."

The mountain lord laughed heartily, "You're good at everything, kid, but you're too calculating and have too many worries. What's the use of such talent? No matter how high your cultivation level is, there will always be someone in this world who is more capable than you. But so what? If you can't beat them, you'll just die. Why be so afraid of everything!"

Remember this: my lineage despises hypocrites and cowards! To be my disciple, I don't expect you all to be as unruly and reckless as I am, but at least you must be able to speak freely and without fear!

As long as you remember that Heaven and Ghosts are the only ones you must respect, you can ignore everything else, whether it's righteous or demonic, or any other kind of etiquette. Anyone who gets in your way can be killed! Those who obey me live, those who oppose me die! Only by upholding your own path can you attain true freedom!

Hahaha! Hahaha! Hahahahahaha!

Li Fan replied solemnly, "This disciple has learned much."

The mountain lord patted Li Fan's head with satisfaction, "You are a gifted person. There aren't many people in this world who can face the Dao Ancestor without flinching. What I value is not your comprehension, but your courage back then. Diligence is good, but don't learn too much worldly etiquette and get confined by rules. Otherwise, you'll waste your good talent."

Okay, so Dao Seed one the mountain lord has his eye on has never been someone with a photographic memory or exceptional talent, but rather a calm and collected transmigrator like Li Fan.

"Your disciple will humbly follow your teachings..."

Li Fan bowed again, and when he raised his head, he was back in the bamboo forest, before him stood the Celestial Devil Statue of the Thousand-Faced Immortal. In his arms were four orbs of light, the remnant souls of the concubines of the Luo Feng Old Lord that he had brought back.

No wonder they were all grinning like flowers even after being eaten up to just their heads; after a hundred years of slavery, they've finally regained their freedom...

Li Fan checked his mood again: 404/4550. Wow, that's a really lucky number...

Ahem, in short, memorizing the Cultivation Method for the first joint of the centipede's cultivation method will consume about 1000 points of mood. There are many observations and deductions at the beginning, and it may take three or four sections to complete a cultivation Cultivation Method. However, many of the principles and deductions in it are also essential, so don't skip them because you find them tedious and go to learn the later techniques first.

Moreover, the "Blind Observation" technique for cultivating the primordial spirit is truly effective. Li Fan can now clearly feel the essence of his primordial spirit, his hearing and vision are sharper, his perception range has increased, and his mind is becoming clearer. It seems this is equivalent to a body-tempering Cultivation Method for Nascent Soul Stage cultivators, right? Currently, the first Cultivation Method only increases the basic range of Divine Sense, but judging from the skills of the Divine Sect, there will definitely be attack spells based on the primordial spirit in the future. This can make up for the weakness of Ink Bamboo Mountain, which only has the Tai Su Dao Body.

Moreover, as long as Moon Worship normally, you can replenish your mood with the Returning to Gui Xu Nascent Soul. This way, alternating between cultivating your primordial spirit and your Dao body makes it easier to farm rewards.

Okay! System, draw the prize first!

This time it was delivered to be...

"Holy crap! This board is huge! What is this system thing??"

'Couch'

"A couch?" Li Fan put down what he was holding above his head and took a look. It really was a wooden couch, a small bed that could be used to sit or lie down. It was quite common in this world.

"So what special effects does this have?"

A bed, right? It's for resting and sleeping, right? Li Fan tried sitting on the bed to meditate and cultivate, but he didn't seem to feel any benefit in his cultivation...

'The effects of dual cultivation on the couch are enhanced.'

Li Fan, "... System, is your lottery really random...?"

'Although the host has developed a strong desire for certain items after sleeping for three years, even the strongest desire can only slightly increase the drop rate of those items, so overall it's still random.'

Damn it!

Since I've already drawn it, I'll just put it in my Storage Jade first...

So Li Fan flew to the Grotto-Heaven Blessed Land to find the mountain lord's flower servant. Cough cough cough! He had no intention of trying out the new prop! He just completed the task assigned by the mountain lord: to revive the four corpse immortals in Luo Feng Cave Heaven.

Flying to the mountain lord's residence once more, and seeing the three flower-spirit maids, Li Fan finally took out the four souls he was holding. The maids understood and nodded, signaling Li Fan to follow them into the inner room.

The four fairies I had seen before were lying on a large bed in the inner room, their heads covered by a thin veil, so I could vaguely see everything.

Before Li Fan could even look away, two flower servants stepped forward and swiftly lifted the veil, revealing four immortal zombie corpses beneath. Their foreheads still bore talismans, but the ropes binding them had been untied and the talismans cleaned off.

Li Fan couldn't stare too intently, so he coughed awkwardly twice. Following the mountain lord's instructions, he threw the soul in his hand towards the immortal corpses. The four remnant souls hovered in the air, turning into four streams of yin energy, yet they remained lingering.

Li Fan was puzzled, but the two flower servants chuckled and stepped forward to take out many jade artifacts that had been sealed in the immortal corpse's pores. Only then did the four streams of yin energy enter the immortal corpse's mouth and nose to revive it.

Sigh, compared to the carefree mountain lord, Li Fan's pride is still weak.

He awkwardly changed the subject, saying, "Four fellow Daoists, I followed my master's orders to revive you and send you back to your mountain. I hope that you will learn from this ordeal and that from now on, Baiyue Mountain and Ink Bamboo Mountain will resolve their grievances and live in peace... Why haven't they woken up yet?"

The flower-spirited maid standing beside Li Fan smiled and said, "They've been dead for many years. Although they've returned to life, they won't be able to get back to earth so quickly. Young master will need to take them back and nurse them back for a while to recover."

Li Fan was dumbfounded. "I'll take it back and raise it? How? Wait a minute, can you talk?"

The flower spirits chuckled, "We can always talk."

"But it can only be heard when the young master is interested."

"Being able to hear it isn't necessarily a good thing, hehehe!"

Li Fan was embarrassed and could only ask, "My master ordered me to send them back. I would appreciate it if the three of you could advise me on how to care for them so that they can recover as soon as possible and return home."

The flower spirits laughed, "It's alright, they're not seriously injured. It's just that they've been out of their bodies for too long, and their immortal bodies are stiff and they can't move easily."

"Young master, you can use some flower dew picked at night to wipe their bodies, and then use some essential oil mixed with honey and milk to massage their bones, tendons, and acupoints, three times a day for seven days. Then they will be able to get out of bed."

"This servant sees that their spirits are dim and their primordial spirits are damaged. They must have suffered a lot. If the young master is willing to lend them some yang energy for dual cultivation, their recovery will be incredibly fast."

Li Fan's expression changed upon hearing this. "Me? No, wasn't it someone named Bai Ling who brought them...?"

"That boy went to undergo a bloody tribulation with the Outer Sect Disciple of Ink Bamboo Mountain three years ago. During this time, my sisters and I have been helping to clean up these rotten corpses."

"If the young master finds it troublesome and is unwilling to do it himself, he can buy some pageboys or maids and ask them to do it for him."

"However, if you'd like to try it yourself, hehe, then please undress and get on the bed. We sisters will demonstrate and give you a massage, and you'll know how comfortable and relaxing it is to relax your muscles and tendons."

"Don't worry, with your talent, little master, you'll definitely learn very quickly, hehehehe!"

Li Fan's mood improved significantly.