Encountering a Ferocious Beast on the Road (Bonus Chapter for Liu Shui Luo Hua e and 71010401)

Immediately afterward, Chu Muhuan sat down cross-legged. With a sweep of his hand, he took a bag-like object from his broad sleeve. After patting it, he actually brought out the Four Treasures of the Study, including a bamboo slip.

"This..." Xiao Hua froze. Of course—he could not use a Spiritual Sense Technique, so wouldn't Chu Muhuan have to inscribe the shell inscriptions onto this bamboo slip? Otherwise, how was he supposed to read them?

The cloud crane flew with extraordinary steadiness, while Chu Muhuan's brush moved just as swiftly. One shell inscription after another appeared upon the bamboo slip, dancing like dragons and phoenixes, like golden hooks and silver strokes! In less than the time it took to eat a meal, Chu Muhuan had finished writing in one smooth, flowing sweep! Xiao Hua was utterly prostrate in admiration! That awe came straight from his heart!

"Fellow Immortal Chu," Xiao Hua praised, clapping his hands, "such masterful brushwork truly leaves this Xiao convinced!"

"Hehe, it is nothing," Chu Muhuan said with a smile. "For us Confucian cultivators, the Six Arts—rites, music, archery, charioteering, calligraphy, and mathematics—are the foundation of cultivation. If one's brushwork does not pass muster, how can one refine essence into Qi?"

Boom... Chu Muhuan's simple words struck Xiao Hua like lightning and woke him at once. Yes, Xiao Hua had only treated the Confucian Dan Xin Jue as a Daoist sect cultivation technique. Little did he know that Confucian cultivation and Daoist cultivation were fundamentally different! Xiao Hua only wanted to refine the Dan Xin passed down like kindling from flame to flame, yet he had neglected to cultivate the foundational Six Arts. How could he truly become a Confucian cultivator?

"Many thanks, Fellow Immortal Chu!" Xiao Hua bowed deeply to Chu Muhuan in heartfelt gratitude.

"Oh?" Chu