I have changed my destiny and become an unparalleled immortal.

Now, the thirteen Dao foundations of the "Thirteen Pearls of the Purple Mansion" have been completely perfected in the Purple Mansion Sea of ​​Consciousness, and both the divine soul and physical body have become incredibly powerful.

Only his dantian remains completely empty, unable to retain even a trace of spiritual energy.

But Gu Yun knew in his heart that his dantian could not remain empty forever.

With the thirteen Purple Mansion Dao Foundations completed, the foundation of my body is now incredibly solid.

Once I find the right opportunity in the future to fill the last gap in my dantian, my spiritual power will be fully restored, and may even surpass that of others of the same level!

Gu Yun's eyes gradually brightened.

If I wait until my spiritual power recovers in the future, and I still only know how to throw punches like a brute, without being able to set up a concealment formation or refine a healing pill, and I still have to rely on brute force to smash through restrictions, wouldn't that be a waste of my talents?

Cultivating immortality is not just about fighting and killing, but also about seizing the creation of heaven and earth.

Formations, elixirs, talismans, and orthodox Five Elements magic techniques.

These are the true foundational elements of the cultivation world, passed down for thousands of years, and are the ultimate weapons for saving one's life and scheming against others!

study!

I absolutely have to learn it!

Gu Yun slapped his thigh suddenly.

"Madam is right!"

Gu Yun suddenly stood up, his expression extremely solemn and serious, and bowed deeply to Mo Qianyan.

Mo Qianyan was startled by his serious demeanor, thinking that she had spoken too harshly and displeased the burly man.

"What are you doing?"

Mo Qianyan paused slightly, a hint of panic flashing in her usually cool eyes.

"Your words have been a wake-up call!"

Gu Yun surveyed the entire hall with an air of righteous indignation and spoke in a loud voice.

"As the Grand Elder of the Cold Moon Palace, I, Gu Yun, should set an example for the sect! In the past, I relied too much on brute force and neglected the essence of cultivation. From this day forward, I will repent and devote myself to intensive study!"

Gu Yun waved his hand and pointed towards the back mountain.

"Feng'er, later you go to the library for me and move all the sect's books on basic formations from the first to the third tier, including detailed explanations of pills, basic talismans, and various five-element basic cultivation techniques, to the side hall of the Supreme Heartless Peak!"

"I'm going to start from scratch and cram in the basics of cultivation!"

Inside the main hall, everyone who had been secretly laughing was now staring at Gu Yun in disbelief.

Gu Chengfeng's mouth dropped open, as if he had heard something out of the blue: "Father, are you serious? The basic texts in that library are vast and dry enough to put anyone to sleep. With your restless nature, how could you possibly read them?"

"Stop talking nonsense! I've even survived a lightning tribulation, how could I not be able to chew through a few tattered books?"

Gu Yun glared at her son, speaking with righteous indignation.

Su Wanyin was also full of surprise, and then a deep respect appeared in her eyes.

The eldest brother truly lives up to his name!

Even though his physical body has already become a saint, he can still maintain such a humble and studious heart, without being arrogant or impatient, and rediscover the essence of cultivating immortality.

Wan Yin has learned a lot!

Su Wanyin sighed inwardly, her admiration for Gu Yun rising to a new level.

Mo Qianyan looked at the man in front of her who suddenly seemed to have been injected with chicken blood, her red lips slightly parted, but she couldn't say a word for a long time.

She just wanted to give him a little nudge so he wouldn't be too indecent in front of others. Who would have thought that this guy would have a sudden enlightenment and want to go and learn those complicated and boring cultivation arts?

"If you... if you really want to learn, the library of Hanyue Palace is of course fully open to you."

A hint of relief flashed in Mo Qianyan's eyes, and her tone softened.

"The arts of formations and elixirs are profound and require a lot of mental effort. Without spiritual power to explore, you'll likely find it much harder to learn them. Don't force yourself."

"Don't worry, my lady, my divine sense is even sharper than that of a Golden Core cultivator. I'll memorize it by rote!"

Gu Yun grinned, revealing a set of white teeth, and began to plan in his mind:

Once I've mastered the formation, I'll go out and scam people again.

No, when I go out to run errands, I'll first set up a few illusion arrays and trap arrays, and then combine them with my invincible physical body and the sneak attack of the Thirteen Pearls of the Purple Mansion. If someone like the Yin Sha Old Demon comes, I can make sure he doesn't even know how he died!

"Good! That's ambitious."

Mo Qianyan rarely showed such a captivating smile in public, like a snow lotus in bloom, leaving Gu Yun and his son Gu Chengfeng completely stunned.

"Since the Grand Elder has such a heart for the Dao, I will naturally give my full support. Issue the order that the highest level of access to the Library Pavilion be granted to the Grand Elder. All the spiritual herbs, array plates, and other practice tools he needs will be taken from the Treasury in unlimited quantities!!!"

"Thank you, Palace Master!"

Gu Yun chuckled.

Thus, what was originally a highly charged and chaotic situation was not only perfectly resolved, but also unexpectedly began this unparalleled brute's journey of learning about immortality.

The atmosphere in the main hall suddenly became cheerful, and Su Wanyin was no longer reserved.

While asking Mo Qianyan for advice on swordsmanship, Gu Yun was already fantasizing about the awesome scene he would create when he used his spiritual power to set up a heavenly lightning trapping formation.

The side hall of the Supreme Heartless Peak.

Gu Chengfeng, shirtless, huffed and puffed as he carried several large red wooden crates across the threshold, slamming them heavily onto the blue brick floor. The crates were lifted, revealing mountains of ancient books and jade slips inside.

"Father, these are all the basic books on the first to third floors of the library."

Gu Chengfeng wiped his sweat, his eyes full of suspicion.

"Introduction to formations, Compendium of Plants, basic runes, and the most common Five Elements spells and basic sword techniques from various sects. Are you sure you want to read this? This stuff is incredibly boring. My mother used to force me to read it, and I fell asleep standing up while reading it."

"Stop talking nonsense and get out there to practice your Nine Slashes of Prison Suppression. Don't bother me again until you've practiced them a thousand times!"

Without any hesitation, Gu Yun kicked his unlucky son out of the side hall and then casually made a hand seal to close the hall door.

Although he had no magical power in his dantian, triggering the mechanisms in the hall was a piece of cake thanks to his powerful divine sense at the Golden Core level.

The hall fell silent, with only the red candles flickering.

Gu Yun walked to the wooden box and sat down cross-legged on the futon.

He casually picked up a yellowed book from the top, the cover of which read "Qingyue Basic Sword Manual".

"Let's take a look at this sword technique first, and get a feel for what it's like to be a cultivator."

Gu Yun turned to the first page.

He originally thought that after spending half his life navigating court intrigues and life-or-death struggles, he would be overwhelmed by such mysterious theories of immortality cultivation.

However, when his gaze swept over the obscure sword techniques and meridian circulation diagrams, something strange happened!

Swish!

The words and images seemed to come alive, instantly transforming into clear beams of light and shadow that were directly imprinted into his mind.

He only glanced at it, yet he not only had a photographic memory and could recite it fluently, but what was even more terrifying was that his mind seemed to have broken through a bottleneck and was operating at an incredible speed!

"The third move of this sword technique, 'Bright Moon in the Sky,' pauses slightly when the spiritual energy flows through the Lesser Yang Meridian. If the wrist is lowered by half an inch, combined with the power generated from the waist of the Great Wilderness Body, its power can be increased by at least 30%. No, it could even create a completely new killing move!"

Gu Yun slammed the sword manual shut, his eyes filled with horror.

He stared blankly at his hands, a storm raging within him.

"When did my understanding become so abnormal?"

Back in the Great Jin Dynasty, he endured three whole months of hardship just to learn a set of ordinary internal martial arts before he even got the hang of it.

This is a sword technique from the cultivation world. Even the most basic one is like a heavenly book to a mortal martial artist without spiritual roots.

But he not only memorized it after reading it once, but he was also able to apply it to other situations and even find the flaws in the sword technique itself.

Gu Yun immediately closed his eyes and focused his consciousness into the Purple Mansion Sea of ​​Consciousness between his eyebrows.

Within the Purple Mansion, the thirteen Dao Foundations slowly rotated like ancient stars.

In the very center of the sea of ​​consciousness, a red butterfly, this blood-red butterfly, was gently fluttering its wings, emitting a particularly soft blood-red light.

Those wisps of light, like fine golden dust, were continuously merging into Gu Yun's soul, making his consciousness clearer and more ethereal than ever before!

"So it was you who was behind this."

Gu Yun suddenly realized what was happening, staring at the faintly glowing red butterfly, and felt a surge of joy.

"The old Book of Fate, though capable of manipulating cause and effect and altering destiny, was a form of forced external intervention that consumed a massive amount of lifespan. But ever since that day at the bottom of Falling Star Valley, when it absorbed the laws of Heaven and broke free from its cocoon, it has actually evolved!"

"Photographic memory, divine comprehension. Isn't this the legendary innate Dao physique that only appears once in ten thousand years, the passive talent possessed by reincarnated immortals?"

Gu Yun suddenly opened his eyes, his eyes flashing with a hungry wolf-like green light.

With such an incredible level of comprehension, what's there to fear about being boring or obscure?!

"Swordsmanship? Swordsmanship is too simple! What we lack most right now are sneaky tactics and support skills!"

Gu Yun threw the sword manual aside and plunged headfirst into the mountain of ancient books.

He picked up a book titled "An Introduction to the Way of Formation".

For an ordinary cultivator, just understanding the magnetic field of the array plate, the nodes of spiritual energy, and the five elements' interactions between the gates of life and death would require several years or even more than a decade of hard work.

But in Gu Yun's eyes, this thick book on formations was like an arithmetic problem: one plus one equals two!

"I see! The principle of the Spirit Gathering Array is to create a spiritual pressure difference through the resonance of spirit stones in eight directions. If the node at the Fire position is slightly modified and connected to the earth's ley line energy, this Spirit Gathering Array can instantly become the Nine Netherworld Blazing Fire Array, which detonates the spiritual veins!"

Gu Yun's eyes shone brightly, and his fingers moved rapidly in the air. Relying on his vast divine sense, he could even perform tens of millions of array deductions in his mind without any obstacles.

After studying the formation, he picked up the "Compendium of Materia Medica" and "Introduction to Alchemy".

"The three-leafed Ganoderma prefers shade, while the sun's rays are too strong. The essence of alchemy is to control the heat with one's divine sense to blend the medicinal properties. Although I don't have spiritual power in my dantian to generate true fire, my control over my physical body is extremely precise, and my divine sense is even more powerful. If I get a good alchemy furnace in the future and use the earth's fire, I can still refine a good batch of pills!"

Gu Yun turned the pages faster and faster.