Alchemy, divination, astrology, qi observation, corpse liberation, and the kitchen-god ritual

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"": "For a while, Bai Wei did not answer.

Only after a long, long time did he shift his gaze from Hu Xing's hands and look outside the hall.

Dusk had fallen. The dying sun was blood-red, like a scarlet alchemical pill.

"Look at the setting sun. Doesn't it look like a pill?"

Bai Wei suddenly asked.

Zhang Yunxi glanced outside and murmured his agreement.

Luo Bin also looked over and nodded.

Bai Wei finally began to talk. "Mountain, medicine, destiny, physiognomy, and divination-that's a rather superficial view."

"A true Fangshi should practice alchemy, divination, astrology, qi observation, corpse liberation, and the kitchen-god ritual."

"Zhang Yunxi, perhaps you think that although an ordinary Fangshi has a much broader range of skills than a Yin-Yang Practitioner, his Yin-Yang Arts might not be as powerful as those of a practitioner specializing in that lineage. But I'm telling you, that isn't how it works."

"The Fangshi you have in mind are merely ordinary Fangshi. What they pursue is far too narrow, and so are their inheritances."

"Six-Arts Fangshi can bring every aspect to its pinnacle, and their lineage has always been passed down intact, without losing a single thing."

"Those who practice the so-called mountain, medicine, destiny, physiognomy, and divination can only refine pills and prepare medicines for minor states and their ministers. Only true Six-Arts Fangshi can gain a heavenly audience."

"It's like how Taoism has its orthodox lineages as well as little abbeys out in the wilderness."

"It's the same with our Spirit Medium lineage. We have pure inheritances, as well as Immortal Creatures out in the wilds."

"Of course, unlike your mixed assortment, outside Sawu Mountain, Spirit Mediums mostly gather around Blackwater, Jianglin, and Shengjing. Whenever an exceptionally powerful Spirit Medium appears, someone from the mountain