Although Shi Feiyang was in seclusion, he was refining arts, not Cultivation.
Had he been cultivating the Dao of the elixir, refining his body through the Returning Elixir, or nurturing his Nascent Soul, he would have needed to immerse his mind completely, uniting body and spirit without the slightest disturbance. He would ordinarily have been oblivious to the outside world, and being abruptly awakened would have gravely damaged his vital essence.
Cultivating Hesha's Marvelous Book, however, involved continuously drawing the Five Elements Essence Qi from outside into his body, merging it with his five viscera essence qi, and refining them into one. The outer five elements became the inner five elements, which then merged with the outer five elements again. Through this exchange between inner and outer, his power gradually increased.
This was painstaking work, like grinding with water. As long as he wished, he could still perceive what happened outside. The only question was whether he wanted to intervene.
When the White Deer raced toward Great Bear Ridge with Black Dog Nails embedded in its waist and hips, it alerted his Divine Sense. He examined it from afar and realized it was not a real deer, but a transformed human.
In the entire Zu Mountain World, apart from those who killed people and thrust their souls into animals, the only person who could directly turn humans into animals was Lin Rui, the Heavenly Gate Divine Lord of Ailao Mountain, who happened to live nearby.
He silently cast a divination and immediately understood Lin Rui's intentions.
First, he could use this incident to teach his disciples, especially the Ganoderma Immortal, how to seek good fortune and avoid calamity.
Second, he was very interested in the Heavenly Gate Divine Lord's method of turning people into animals.
Third, there were quite a