Sister, I don't want to be a furnace anymore. I'm about to become an immortal.

Chapter 65: Cultivating the Mind

Everyone returned to Qingfeng Pavilion exhausted, with happy expressions on their faces. Some of the Ye family girls even covered their faces and cried softly. After this incident, the number of people in their Ye family was reduced by half, and the resources of the clan were looted. They had to start all over again.

"Junior brother, go and accompany your people. I will report the rest to Master." Jun Mo walked up to Ye Xingchen and said softly. At this moment, Ye Xingchen's face was full of sadness, especially since there was still no news about his parents and sister. But despite this, he still had to cheer up and slowly walked towards his people.

Jun Mo called Xiao Yichen and Jiang Luoyao, and the three of them walked towards the sect hall together, where Xuanqing was waiting for them.

After arriving at the main hall, Jun Mo and Xiao Yichen respectfully bowed to Xuan Qing above, while Jiang Luoyao rushed to Xuan Qing and began to complain.

"Junior sister, come back." Jun Mo called out in a serious tone, and then asked the person to stay beside him quietly.

Xuan Qing tugged at his messed-up clothes and said to Jun Mo, "Tell me about what happened this time."

More than ten minutes later, the three of them slowly left the hall. Xiao Yichen prepared to go back and rest, so he said goodbye to Jun Mo and the others and left towards his residence.

Jun Mo and Jiang Luoyao did the same. They greeted each other and walked towards their respective residences, but not long after, Jun Mo quietly returned to the hall.

"Are you back?" Xuan Qing looked at the secret book in his hand without turning his head, his brows slightly frowned.

"Master, something happened when we went to rescue my junior brother's clansmen this time. I didn't tell you just now." Jun Mo walked to Xuan Qing and skillfully poured a cup of tea and handed it to Xuan Qing.

"Hmm... I just heard that you had something to say. I guess it's because of Yi Chen." Xuan Qing took a sip of the tea in the cup and said softly, his eyes still fixed on the secret book in his hand.

"Yes, Junior Brother Xiao..."

A few minutes later, Jun Mo told them everything he had seen, from Xiao Yichen entering the cell to rescue the Ye family members, then slowly losing his mind, and finally Xiao Yichen completely turning into a bloodthirsty beast, biting a high-level Qi training realm cultivator to death. He told them everything.

After hearing all this, Xuanqing's face became a little solemn. He rubbed his eyebrows and said nothing.

"Master, could it be that my junior brother has been possessed by a demon?" Jun Mo whispered his guess. At that time, Xiao Yichen's appearance was really not much different from that of a demon.

Xuan Qing didn't answer his question directly. Instead, he sighed and said, "I will take care of Yi Chen's affairs. You must have heard about his experiences. It's normal for him to be hostile to the Spirit Sword Sect. You should go back and rest first."

Upon hearing this, Jun Mo did not delve further. He originally wanted to ask why there was such a big gap between Xiao Yichen's cultivation and his actual strength, but when he saw the distress on Xuan Qing's face, he stopped talking and quietly left the hall.

After Jun Mo left, Xuanqing slowly placed his hand on the book on the table, which told some secrets of ancient monks. After closing the book, Xuanqing shook his head, looked into the distance of the hall, sighed softly, and didn't know what he was thinking.

On the other side, after Xiao Yichen returned to his residence, he simply washed up and lay down on the bed. He was so tired that he fell asleep not long after. However, he did not feel relaxed in his sleep, but instead had a nightmare.

In the dream, a guy who looked exactly like him stood in front of him, with a gloomy expression and an evil smile on his lips, staring at him.

I wanted to run away, but my body was completely out of control. I wanted to speak, but found that no words came out.

Two people with the same appearance just looked at each other without saying a word. Xiao Yichen felt a little scared by being stared at. Just when he thought this dream would continue, the person opposite spoke.

"Stop suppressing it..."

"let me out……"

"I'll help you kill them all..."

"I am the person who understands you best and hates you getting hurt the most. Let me out..."

The voice was like a spell, constantly circling in his mind, as if it had some kind of magic. Xiao Yichen gradually went from ignoring it at the beginning to becoming a little dazed and tired. He wanted to just keep sleeping like this. He didn't want to care about revenge anymore.

Just as his eyes were about to close, the dream suddenly collapsed, and the darkness receded quickly like a tide. The next moment, a flash of light appeared in front of his eyes, stinging his eyes. He sat up suddenly from the bed, breathing heavily, and looked back at the bed, only to see that the mattress was soaked with sweat.

"Hs...hs..."

His face suddenly felt itchy and he turned his head to see Xiao Zi licking his face. He gently touched its little head and said, "Huh... Xiao Zi, you are really my lucky star. Fortunately, you woke me up." When he thought of the scene in his dream, he couldn't help but feel a chill.

"Is that the inner demon?"

I took a look at the sky outside. The sun had already risen high in the sky. I moved my limbs casually. Although I still felt a little sore, it did not affect my normal activities at all.

He changed his clothes and walked out of the room. After the previous battle, he knew that his current strength had reached the high level of Qi training realm, but he didn't know how much difference it was compared to the peak of Qi training realm. He wanted to try his luck in the mission hall and see if there were any monsters at the peak of Qi training realm nearby for him to practice with.

Before he had walked far, the sound transmission stone in his arms vibrated slightly. Xiao Zi bit it and held it in front of him. After the connection was made, Xuan Qing's voice came from it.

"Yi Chen, if you have nothing to do, come to the back mountain."

After cutting it off, Xiao Yichen didn't think much about it and walked quickly towards the back mountain.

When I arrived here, I saw Xuan Qing sitting cross-legged in the middle of the pool, with only a lotus leaf below him, as if he was in an extremely mysterious state.

"Master." Xiao Yichen called softly and waited quietly on the shore.

Xuan Qing opened his eyes and slowly straightened his legs. He stood up under Xiao Yichen's surprised gaze. The reason for his surprise was that Xiao Yichen didn't feel any trace of spiritual energy from the other party at all.

"Master, how did you do that?"

Xuan Qing smiled slightly, jumped up, lightly touched the water surface with his toes, causing ripples around him, and then jumped back to the shore.

"Do you want to learn this set of body movements?"

Hearing this, Xiao Yichen nodded. Seeing this, Xuan Qing pointed at the lotus leaf.

"Go try it."

"Ah?" Xiao Yichen was a little confused. He was asked to try without being taught anything. But after looking at Xuan Qing who still had a smile on his face, he slowly walked to the water's edge.

He lightly stepped on the water, and ripples instantly appeared on the surface, spreading outward in circles. He retracted his foot and said to Xuan Qing:

"Master, I am stupid and have no idea what is going on."

"You haven't even tried, how do you know you can't do it?" Xuan Qing still looked at him with a smile.

Xiao Yichen turned his head to look at the water surface, gritted his teeth, touched the water surface with his toes again, lifted his back foot, and the next moment, his whole body fell into the pool, choking on a mouthful of water.

He climbed back onto the shore, soaking wet like a drowned rat, and said with a wry smile, "Master, it still doesn't work."

Xuan Qing looked at the wet Xiao Yichen in front of him, stroked the white beard on his chin, and said with the same expression: "Why did you fall into the water?"

Xiao Yichen thought about what he had learned during his nine years of compulsory education and said without hesitation, "I am denser than water."

Now it was Xuanqing's turn to be confused. He didn't even know what density was. Xiao Yichen reacted and lowered his head and asked humbly, "Master, please enlighten me."

"Haha, if you want to learn, you must first know what water is." Xuan Qing said with a smile.

Xiao Yichen didn't say anything and continued to listen attentively. Xuanqing was very satisfied with his attitude. He slowly walked to the water's edge and squatted down. He lightly touched the water surface with his fingers, and ripples spread outward in circles along his fingertips.

"At the beginning of the creation of all things, everything returned to chaos. A powerful being awoke from this chaos, dissatisfied with the current state of the world. He separated everything from the chaos, forming the present world of cultivation. You, me, and all things, from the root, are all one."

Looking at the confused Xiao Yichen, he chuckled and asked, "Now, close your eyes and imagine yourself as a drop of dew. What will happen when you fall from a leaf into the pool?"

Xiao Yichen immediately closed his eyes and did as Xuan Qing said.

Imagine yourself as a drop of water, suddenly falling from a high altitude and dripping into the water surface.

And then...then nothing happened.

The water drop merges into the pool, vanishing without a trace, never to be found again. Where did it go? Which drop is the original one?

I can't even imagine what it would look like if the drops landed on the water.

He opened his eyes again with some embarrassment, smiled bitterly at Xuan Qing and said, "Master, I can't imagine..."

Seeing his frustrated look, Xuan Qing suddenly laughed out loud: "Haha... If you figured it out now, then I've lived for three hundred years in vain."

Slowly putting away his smile, Xuan Qing walked over to his side and whispered, "It has substance but no form, encompassing everything. It is peaceful when still and turbulent when in motion. Remember this and slowly comprehend the principles within. Don't fixate on it. I believe you can comprehend something different from me. Remember, what's most important is what suits you."

Xuan Qing's words were very clear. He would not teach Xiao Yichen the set of body movements he had just used. Xiao Yichen had to figure it out on his own. Even if he told Xiao Yichen the techniques of the body movements, he would only learn the form but not the essence.

After saying all this, Xuan Qing patted him heavily on the shoulder, turned around and flew away, leaving Xiao Yichen alone here.

"Eh...it's even harder than reading comprehension. When Mr. Lu said 'good night', I thought he was just sleepy."

Xiao Yichen was helpless and sat down cross-legged, closed his eyes again, and quietly recalled the few words left by Xuanqing just now. Slowly, his originally impatient heart became calm, and his whole body was peaceful. Xiao Zi swam to his shoulder and kept rubbing his face, wanting him to play with him for a while, but found that he could not wake up this person who was pretending to be asleep, so he could only crawl to the ground and chase his own tail and bite it.

In the distance, Xuan Qing, hiding under a tree, watched Xiao Yichen's every move and nodded with satisfaction. However, when he recalled Jun Mo's description of Xiao Yichen's terrifying appearance when he went mad, a trace of worry flashed in his eyes. He said to Xiao Yichen in the distance in a deep voice, "I hope you can get through this hurdle. Don't let hatred lead you down a path of no return."