I, the Daoist Master, Have Done It

Green Mountain Town, the World-Saving Medical Hall.

Liu Yi lay in a rocking chair, his eyes gently closed.

He was circulating his Cultivation Method and practicing breathing exercises while working out a Cultivation Method in his mind.

Beside the rocking chair, Little Yellow lay lazily on the ground, his belly rising and falling gently with each breath. He looked utterly relaxed.

More than a month had passed since the destruction of the Black Wind Stronghold.

During that time, Liu Yi had opened a medical hall in Green Mountain Town, partly to have a place to stay while he recovered from his injuries.

He also wanted to gather data on the human body's meridians and Qi and Blood by treating and saving people.

Perhaps because he looked young, he did not much resemble an experienced physician.

Most of the townspeople thought him unreliable, so very few came seeking treatment.

He did not mind, though. When someone came, he treated them to the best of his ability; when no one came, he took the opportunity to recuperate.

He had not been idle over the past month or so.

He had successfully perfected the Moon-Swallowing Art and the Star-Devouring Cultivation Method. The former could absorb the power of Taiyin, while the latter could absorb the power of the stars.

He had been able to perfect them so quickly entirely thanks to the solid foundation laid by the Yang-Devouring Cultivation Method.

The energy contained in sunlight was far more violent than moonlight or starlight. With his experience and data on absorbing and converting solar energy, creating the Moon-Swallowing Art and the Star-Devouring Cultivation Method naturally went much faster.

Of course, his progress had also been so swift thanks to the selfless contributions of Green Mountain Town's evildoers, who served as his test subjects.

Every night, he went out and caught evildoers in town to test the techniques on.

In this world, good people might have been hard to find, but those who committed all manner of evil were everywhere.

After his efforts to set things right, the atmosphere in Green Mountain Town improved greatly. Throughout its streets and alleys, people sang the praises of a great hero who had appeared to punish evil and uphold good.

He suddenly opened his eyes, delight flickering in them, and called out, "Little Yellow, close the door! I'm going into secluded cultivation."

Before his voice had faded, Little Yellow, who had been lying at his feet, nimbly sprang up, his bushy tail swishing in delight.

In two or three bounds, he reached the door and shut the medical hall's main doors tight with a creak.

His movements flowed like clouds and water; plainly, he had practiced them often.

Liu Yi nodded in satisfaction, then turned and passed through the ornamental gate. He sat down in the middle of the courtyard, which was paved with bluestone slabs.

He formed a hand seal and rested his hands on his knees, his back straight as a green pine. The presence around him gradually grew subdued.

What he intended to cultivate this time was the Five Elements Qi Refining Instruction 5.0, which he had just finished working out.

He had originally planned to cultivate version 4.0 once his injuries healed, but the Moon-Swallowing Art and the Star-Devouring Cultivation Method had been perfected so quickly

that he decided to use the Five Elements Qi Refining Instruction 4.0 as a foundation and incorporate the methods of absorbing moonlight and starlight to create version 5.0.

The new Cultivation Method could not only speed up the refinement of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, but also absorb and convert sunlight, moonlight, and starlight into energy for cultivation.

But knowledge gained on paper was bound to remain shallow; he would only know how the Cultivation Method actually performed after cultivating it himself.

He held his breath and focused, pressing the tip of his tongue against the roof of his mouth and casting aside every stray thought.

As a wisp of warmth rose from his Dantian, he slowly set the Five Elements Qi Refining Instruction 5.0 in motion.

In an instant, five-colored spiritual power emerged from his Dantian like five spirit serpents. Guided by his consciousness, it followed the profound path prescribed by the Cultivation Method, passing through all 129,600 acupoints in his body.

The instant the spiritual power completed its circuit and returned to his Dantian, his whole body shook violently, and a brilliant Five-Colored Divine Light burst from his skin.

Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi surged like the tide, while the noon sunlight took on the substance of golden rays and swarmed toward him.

The moment the scorching solar energy entered his body, he felt searing heat all over, as though he had fallen into a furnace.

But the Five Elements Spiritual Power immediately began absorbing the energy, and as the Cultivation Method circulated, the violent solar energy was steadily refined.

Through the wondrous process of the five elements generating and overcoming one another and the transformation of yin and yang, the solar energy was ultimately converted into gentle Five Elements Spiritual Power, filling his Dantian.

From the time the Sun hung at its zenith until the hour of the boar, he remained immersed in cultivation.

As night fell, moonlight streamed across the sky like a silken ribbon and starlight shone like silver, both turning into streams of light that flew toward him.

Five-colored radiance enveloped him, with moonlight curling gently around its outer layer like gauze and specks of starlight adorning the flowing halo. The magnificent sight was like an immortal descending into the mortal world.

Suddenly, the radiance of the stars and moon receded like a tide, and the five-colored light withdrew entirely into his body.

He opened his eyes and sprang to his full height, then planted his hands on his hips and laughed aloud:

"Ha ha! I, the Daoist master, have done it! With an achievement like this, who else but me could have pulled it off!"

Looking back, over a thousand experiments with Cultivation Methods and more than ten thousand analyses and deductions had finally led to this completion.

He had not only succeeded in incorporating the three energies of sunlight, moonlight, and starlight into a Cultivation Method.

He had also discovered, to his delight, that cultivating with it was far more efficient than relying on Spiritual Qi at the Heavenly Revelation Sect.

The power of the Sun, moon, and stars was pure and immense, and the spiritual power refined from it was purer and more condensed.

Better yet, the Sun, moon, and stars hung high in the sky, their energy inexhaustible.

There was no longer any need to do as the immortal cultivation sects did, squeezing their disciples to operate Spiritual Qi conversion formations and produce Spiritual Qi.

The Five Elements Qi Refining Instruction 5.0 now circulated ceaselessly through his meridians on its own, without any deliberate guidance.

Even if he merely stood beneath the Sun and basked in its warmth, the spiritual power in his body would quietly grow.

Granted, the efficiency of this passive cultivation could not compare to focused cultivation.

But people were not made of iron; it was impossible to remain strung tight in cultivation for all twelve hours of the day.

So, accumulated day after day, the gains from passive cultivation would also be considerable.

At the same time, this success held extraordinary significance for Liu Yi.

It was not only a solid first step on his personal path to Longevity, but also the solution to the first problem in overturning the entire world.

With the Sun, moon, and stars turned into inexhaustible sources of cultivation energy, the shackles of energy had been completely broken.

If he could also create a complete cultivation framework and system, the rules of this world would surely be rewritten.

Although absolute equality for everyone could not be achieved, ordinary people could at least be given the ability to resist oppression.

Of course, the benefit to him was even greater. After all, without a benefit, who would put their heart and soul into doing it?

As for the cultivation framework, he had a good idea of what to do and felt he could put one together.

He also had some ideas about the system, but under the current conditions, the most he could make was a beggar's edition of the Pinduoduo version.

Liu Yi took a deep breath and put those thoughts aside for the time being.

For him, the most pressing matter was breaking through to the Foundation Establishment Realm and solving the problem of his lifespan.

Looking down, he saw Little Yellow wagging his tail and circling him joyfully. He grinned and said, "Come on, I'll take you out for a good meal today!"

At the third quarter of the hour of the boar, the lights of Green Mountain Town gradually went out, but the entertainment quarters still buzzed with voices.

He gazed at the scarlet silk lanterns swaying above the entrance to the Drunken Spring Pavilion. His throat moved slightly, and at last he stepped over the threshold.

He had always been curious about these ancient dens where money vanished, and this time he merely wanted to see what such a pleasure house really looked like.

He was neither seeking pleasure nor interested in the affairs of men and women; he was just joining the fun, having a meal, and enjoying a song.

An hour later, he emerged from the pavilion with Little Yellow and could not help remarking:

"Rich people really know how to enjoy themselves. Their lives are far too extravagant."

Inside, he had watched singing and dancing while someone gave him a massage, and even had food fed to his mouth.

Even a dog like Little Yellow could enjoy VIP service in there.

He looked down at Little Yellow, who still had his eyes narrowed as though savoring the service he had just received, and felt a faint sense of foreboding.