I forge immortality with spiritual treasures.

Chapter 27 Entering the Wonderful Realm Through Non-Thought and Non-Action

They say that every autumn rain brings a chill.

However, over the past ten days or so, there have been three or four rainstorms of varying sizes, but Ying Chan has not noticed them at all.

Before dawn each day, he would go up to the mountain peak to gather qi. When the time for meditation began, he would rush to the equipment workshop to check in. He could not return to the courtyard until the time for meditation ended. He still had no free time and had to catch up on his studies.

Day after day, the ends of his hair were scorched by the heat of the stove, and finally he was done.

The orders received by the State Council were not official duties, but merely menial tasks within a specified timeframe.

The tasks in the workshop were usually for a period of ten days to half a month, and the task could be completed once the period was over.

Of course, if the task is too heavy and has to be postponed for a few days, the workshop will also inform the State Council to record the merit or provide additional compensation.

Ying Chan stayed at the workshop for fifteen days and finally completed his task.

Back at the 26th Hospital, after finishing my homework, it was already late at night.

He didn't meditate to rest for a long time, but instead took a long nap. When he woke up, he felt refreshed and full of energy.

It was still dark, and the Taoist temple was completely silent.

Ying calculated the time and figured he should still have enough to climb to the summit, so he got up easily.

Upon entering the courtyard, the doors and windows of the west hut were closed. It was unclear whether Li Xuanying had already left or simply did not wish to gather qi today.

Upon seeing this, Ying Chan left the courtyard alone.

For the past six months, gathering qi at sunrise has become his most unwavering routine.

We've long been very familiar with this road to the summit.

Along the way, he still had some leeway, allowing him to think about what he needed to do that day.

Even so, they still managed to reach the summit before sunrise.

At this moment, the sky was already tinged with golden light, which had not yet illuminated the entire world, but had already dyed the sea of ​​clouds.

Everything seemed to awaken at this moment, and even Ying Chan felt that his spirit was more refreshed.

He sat down cross-legged facing the sea of ​​clouds, and without much effort to regulate his breathing or seek stillness, he naturally began his practice of absorbing Qi.

A surge of inspiration and auspicious energy rushed in, drawing upwards to the Jade Pool and downwards to the Multi-Story Tower…

Guide the Qi into the body and circulate it throughout the body.

The "One Yuan Refining Qi Scripture" was constantly circulating within Ying Chan's body, yet he seemed completely unaware of it, having entered a wondrous state of mind where his thoughts were undisturbed.

Time flies by in the blink of an eye.

Ying Chan suddenly had a thought, and finally withdrew from it, as if he had been in another world.

Looking at the sky, it seemed that only half a day had passed.

Huhu——!
He subconsciously channeled his magical power, and an invisible whirlwind inexplicably arose, sweeping out in all directions and howling incessantly!

This is not about summoning wind or controlling air; it is merely the flow of wind created by magical power leaving the body.

"This……"

Ying Chan, upon hearing this, exclaimed in surprise, "How could this be?"

Within the 'inner world', thirteen mysterious and seemingly existing acupoints shimmered with light!
However, during one of his routine Qi gathering and refining exercises, he unexpectedly opened three more orifices.

Moreover, all thirteen mysterious apertures, including these three, were filled with magical power.

Why was he able to achieve such results in this Qi cultivation?

Ying Chan thought about it carefully and gradually began to have some guesses: "Immovable and unshakable, without worry or fear, without thought or desire... Have I entered the wonderful state of 'no thought and no action'?"

To be free from thoughts and actions, yet remain in a state of constant cultivation, is a great wonder of Taoist practice.

If he had entered this realm earlier, it would have been reasonable for him to progress very quickly.

Unfortunately, such a wondrous state cannot be forced, and even if one knows the reason, it is difficult to reproduce.

Otherwise, he would not be far from reaching the pinnacle of Qi Refining.

Ying Chan shook his head, no longer dwelling on it. He flicked his sleeves, stood up, and used the protruding rocks on the cliff to leap down one step at a time.

After descending the peak, he didn't rush back. Instead, he gathered some dry branches and firewood in the mountains before leisurely returning to the courtyard. By then, it was past noon, and there was still no one in the courtyard.

Ying Chan pushed open the door and entered, temporarily setting aside the firewood he had gathered. He then glanced around the courtyard and noticed it was covered with fallen leaves.

He clearly remembered that Li Xuanying had swept the yard just yesterday, so how come there was so much dirt again in the blink of an eye?

Ying Chan had no choice but to grab a broom from under the courtyard wall and sweep up the fallen leaves while jokingly saying to himself, "Brother Tree, did you shed a little too many leaves today?"

Whether or not the tree senior brother had heard Ying Chan's words, he actually shook his branches and leaves.

Ying Chan was somewhat surprised.

Although Brother Tree has become a spirit, he is usually very 'silent'. Why did he respond to him today?

He was quite surprised, but when he tried to speak to his senior brother again, there was no response.

Seeing this, Ying Chan had no choice but to continue sweeping the fallen leaves. However, as he swept, his gaze suddenly fell on the timetable on the wall.

"what."

There is no calendar in the mountains, so time is inevitably unclear.

Therefore, in order not to miss their lessons, he and Li Xuanying would make a new mark on their timetable every day.

The class schedule at this time had been updated since Ying Chan left home.

"I see……"

Ying Chan suddenly realized that he had not only been practicing Qi for a short while in the wonderful state of non-action and non-thought, but for a full day and night.

No wonder there were more fallen leaves in the yard than usual.

After sweeping the courtyard, he returned to the shade of the tree and bowed, saying, "I have misunderstood you, senior brother. Please don't be angry."

The tree gently shook its branches and leaves again.

Ying Chan shook his head and smiled, then picked up the firewood again and went into the alchemy room.

Since moving into the 26th courtyard of the Jia family, he has never entered this alchemy room.

Normally, Li Xuanying would not use it, so Ying Chan originally thought that the inside must be covered with a lot of dust, but unexpectedly, it was very clean.

He looked around and finally found a yellow talisman on the eaves of the door.

"A purification talisman?"

"Was it left behind by that Senior Brother Xu?"

Ying Chan raised an eyebrow, but he clearly remembered that the academy teacher had said during the lecture that talismans were not like restrictions; once the magic power within them was exhausted, they would lose their effectiveness...

Before Ying Chan entered the Taoist academy, Xu Yuan had already become a disciple of the Xuandu sect.

But the purification talisman he left behind still hadn't exhausted its magical power...

Ying Chan looked away thoughtfully, then stuffed all the firewood under the alchemy furnace and began to study it.

Each courtyard has a pill-making furnace, which is indeed just an ordinary bronze furnace. Fortunately, the heat can be adjusted, which is enough for his needs...

Ying Chan stuffed the firewood in the fire, then immediately made a hand gesture with one hand and gently exhaled.

A plume of crimson smoke shot out and landed on the firewood, instantly bursting into flames with a 'whoosh' as ​​sparks flew everywhere.

It is the fire-repelling technique from the "Collection of Forty-Nine Spiritual and Response Techniques".

After starting the fire, Ying Chan did not rush to start working. Instead, he let the fire heat up the alchemy furnace, then went to the house and retrieved a small cloth bag.

He was not knowledgeable in alchemy, so he was not trying to refine any elixirs or miraculous medicines. What he was refining this time was 'medicinal gold'.

However, this alchemy task was not related to the equipment workshop.

What he needs to do is to reforge the divine runes for the 'Qiankun Bow'!
When Ying Chan first made the Qiankun Bow, he had not yet learned how to refine weapons, so how could he know about medicinal gold and medicinal silver?

He simply used the most ordinary engraving method to carve divine patterns on the bow, and it became as powerful as a magic weapon. Now, he is using medicinal gold as ink to inscribe divine patterns on it. I wonder what changes will occur.
The materials should be prepared in the workshop; as for the technique of engraving divine patterns…

During his two weeks at the workshop, he naturally made some gains.

(End of this chapter)