Gou Zai Fei Men made up myths

Deep within the Danxiang Hall, Li Xiaocao's "Golden Elixir Condensation Special Study Group" had been operating quietly for over ten days. A corner of the hall had been set aside and equipped with layers of restrictions to isolate it from the outside world.

The pile of animal hides, jade slips, and herbal illustrations on the jade table was several times larger than before. The air was filled with a stronger and more complex medicinal fragrance, as well as an atmosphere of near-excitement and complete concentration.

The participating elders and core disciples of the Dan Hall had all made a solemn oath to their inner demons, each with a solemn expression, but their eyes burned with the same fervent light as Li Xiaocao's.

For them, this was not just about deducing an ancient elixir formula that might never be perfected, but also about touching upon an unprecedented, almost "Taoist" concept of alchemy.

Every subtle resonance of the simulated medicinal properties, every ripple of star power stirred by the array, captivated them, as if they had glimpsed a whole new world of alchemy.

Liuyun Palace, quiet room.

Shen Mo sat cross-legged, his eyes slightly closed, his aura subtly connected to the spiritual energy of the earth's veins throughout the entire Qingyun Mountain Range.

Ever since that night when he sensed the subtle ripples in the sect's fortune resonating with the Myriad Laws Source Pearl, he has spent several hours every day using his divine sense to perceive the flow of the sect's fortune.

The faint yet clearly present ripple caused by the "Golden Elixir Formula" did not disappear as quickly as it appeared. Instead, like a pebble thrown into calm water, the ripples gradually subsided, but the "activity" and "texture" of the entire "water surface" underwent some indescribable change.

The most direct manifestation of this is in the sky above the Danxiang Hall.

In his perception, the tributary of Qi that represented the "inheritance of Daoist alchemy" and the "creation of life force" not only became slightly thicker and brighter, but its flowing "rhythm" also seemed to become more dynamic and more "creative".

The "belief" and "practice" of Li Xiaocao and others are like fuel, constantly being added to it, allowing this flame of "Daoist fortune" to burn continuously, weakly, yet firmly and grow stronger.

He could even faintly "hear" a faint "Daoist sound" in the river of fortune, representing enlightenment in alchemy and breakthroughs in skills, gently echoing.

This is not an illusion. In the past few days, two alchemists who had been stuck at their bottlenecks for many years have made breakthroughs after studying and simulating the pharmacology of the Condensing Gold Pill formula.

Although the news was suppressed, the vigorous and upward momentum was real.

"Just as I thought..." Shen Mo murmured to himself, slowly opening his eyes. In his deep eyes, stars seemed to vanish and clouds to gather and disperse, before finally settling into a profound tranquility.

He opened his palm, and a jade slip emitting a soft white light floated on it; it was the "completed" "Formula for Condensing Gold Elixir".

At this moment, the jade slip appears to be no different from ordinary jade slips, but Shen Mo can sense that the set of "fabricated" refining concepts, medicinal combinations, and even the "concept" that "can help the Golden Core to be refined nine times and to glimpse the wonders of the Nascent Soul" contained within it are resonating and connecting with the tributary of fortune above the Danxiang Hall in an extremely faint but real way.

It is as if the jade slip itself is no longer a simple recording medium, but has become a vessel for some kind of "Dao", an "anchor" that triggers changes in fortune.

"My 'fabrication' can trigger unseen causes and effects, deepening the sect's foundation..."

Shen Mo's gaze pierced through the walls of the quiet room, looking towards the direction of the Sutra Repository, where the vast collection of ancient books, fragments, and rubbings of inscriptions collected by the Qingyun Sect over the past thousand years were sealed away.

How many of these are truly useless "old papers," and how many, like the legend of the "Star River Ruler" and the "Golden Elixir Formula," conceal forgotten truths?

"If this is truly 'resurrection' and not 'creation'..." he murmured to himself, his voice echoing in the empty, quiet room, carrying a barely perceptible tremor—not fear, but a shudder mixed with excitement and awe at the edge of a grand truth.

"If the story I 'fabricated' is not fabricated out of thin air, but rather... touches upon real fragments scattered throughout the river of time and the network of cause and effect, and in some way that I do not yet understand, 'salvages,' 'manifests,' or even... 'completes' them..."

The thought made his heart race slightly. If that were true, what would it mean?

This means that Shen Mo, or rather, the Myriad Laws Source Pearl he refined, possesses an almost "heaven-defying" power—to condense, reshape, and even "create" a real "inheritance" from the void "legends" and the broken "history"!

This is no longer a simple "storytelling" but involves cause and effect, fortune, and even... the great power of "existence" itself!

"Recovery" and "creation" may seem to have similar outcomes, but their essence is completely different.

"Creation" is something out of nothing, pure illusion. It may deceive people for a while, but it is ultimately just a mirage, with a shallow foundation.

"Revival" is different; it is based on a certain "real" "seed" or "shadow," and it is about awakening, reconstructing, and giving "concepts" a realistic weight.

Like the "Golden Elixir Formula," the reason it can attract fortune may not be because it is "written" so perfectly, but because it "should have existed in the first place," and is an "echo" of a lost alchemical lineage.

Shen Mo's "fabrication" merely happened to pluck the string of cause and effect that had long been broken, allowing its "echo" to manifest in the present world.

"Then, the legend of the 'Star River Ruler'..." Shen Mo's gaze became incredibly deep. Was the appearance of the murals and inscriptions in the Starfall Ancient City a coincidence?

Was it when he "fabricated" the story of Xinghe Daoren that he inadvertently touched upon the true cause and effect of "Xinghe Zhenjun" in a distant time and space, which triggered a certain resonance and brought about the "present world" of the ancient city?

Or perhaps, conversely, the true accounts of "Star River True Lord" in the ancient city influenced his "inspiration" back then in some way that transcended time and space?

Cause and effect are intertwined, and reality and illusion coexist. For a moment, Shen Mo couldn't make sense of it all. But he was certain of one thing: this phenomenon of "fabrication becoming reality" was neither accidental nor omnipotent.

It must have some kind of rule, some kind of limitation, some kind of... cost.

"The Pearl of All Laws..." He sank into his sea of ​​consciousness, gazing at the slowly rotating pearl that exuded a chaotic aura.

After refining this bead, his comprehension greatly increased, and his understanding of the Dao far surpassed that of his peers. He also had a faint feeling of being closer to the laws of heaven and earth. Now it seems that the bead's miraculous power is probably far more than that.

It may be a treasure that can communicate, gather, and even "weave" cause and effect and fortune!

His so-called "fabricated myths" were likely unconsciously "captured" and "manifested" causal fragments related to Qingyun Sect and himself under the subtle influence of the Myriad Laws Source Pearl.

"If that's really the case... then what I can do might far exceed imagination." Shen Mo's eyes gleamed. What would it mean if one could actively and consciously use this ability, instead of passively waiting for "inspiration" to arrive?

This means he can "revive" more lost traditions, complete incomplete techniques, and even... "create" "ancestral legacy" and "ancient secrets" that meet the needs of Qingyun Sect's development and are "reasonably" existing in history!

What profound foundation will this bring to the sect? What tremendous help will it provide in his fight against the Blazing Sun Sect, the Heavenly Sword Sect, and even the Profound Yin Sect?