Chapter 101 The Great Way is Simple and Boring

Two hundred thousand sticks of incense are almost equal to the annual incense tribute paid to the county god.

Using the annual incense donations of a county as the annual study tuition is tantamount to selling the Tao.

Don’t be involved in cause and effect and don’t owe favors to others.

Gu Yunli pondered for a moment, then bowed and said, "From now on, I will trouble you to give me guidance."

Two hundred thousand incense sticks are very expensive.

But Ji Zhixian is worth it!

Rumor has it that Ji Zhixian, who is nearly thirty years old, has reached the level of Refining Qi into Spirit and is only one step away from Refining Spirit into Void, which is the level of Heavenly Immortal!
He is one of the few great elders in the old law court.

Ji Zhixian bowed in return: "You are welcome, fellow Taoist."

Seeing that the two had reached an agreement, Cao Guanzhu took a deep breath and bowed his hands in congratulations: "Congratulations to Gu Zhenzai. I hope you can sincerely seek it and hope that it will be successful."

Gu Yunli returned the gift and was quite happy.

After some greetings, Ji Zhixian led Gu Yunli back to Lingbao Taoist Temple.

Entered the Taoist temple and entered the quiet room.

Ji Zhixian sat cross-legged, and said solemnly: "Before practicing, I have to say something ugly in advance."

"Speaking!"

"The Great Dao is simple and boring, while the evil realm is deep and fascinating. The way of refining equipment is very boring. Without sufficient talent, diligence, and even financial resources, it is difficult to achieve anything. I don't know what your purpose is. But please be mentally prepared. Once you follow me to practice, you must follow my rules. If you can't pass the first level, don't even think about practicing the next level."

"Of course, the checkpoints I set are public in Lingbao Daoyuan. There is absolutely no reason to deliberately make things difficult for you. If you feel that you are not suitable for refining weapons, you can quit at any time."

Gu Yunli said: "Since I am practicing with you, I should follow your rules."

Ji Zhixian nodded with satisfaction: "In that case, let's start with the method of refining weapons today..."

Gu Yunli nodded and listened attentively.

Before becoming an apprentice, Gu Yunli had read quite a few books.

He also has a relatively good understanding of the art of refining equipment.

However, when listening to Ji Zhixian's explanation, it was a different feeling.

Ji Zhixian is indeed an expert in the art of refining weapons. He spoke eloquently, unravelling the mystery from the shallow to the deep, layer by layer. Gu Yunli was entranced without realizing it.

Even when Ji Zhixian stopped, he still looked unsatisfied.

I thought to myself, these two hundred thousand incense sticks are worth it!

When he read books by himself, his understanding was haphazard; although he understood, he had no system.

Moreover, due to the disputes among schools of thought, there is no shortage of self-contradictory and mutually derogatory theories.

It seemed that he was in a fog.

Now, after listening to Ji Zhixian's analysis, I suddenly understood.

Even if he read books for months, he might not be able to understand it as thoroughly as he did in this class.

This is the real high-level view!
"We have taught a lot today. You can try the theory when you go back. Tomorrow we will start teaching you how to turn gold into gold, the temperature of the fire, and the ritual method."

"Thank you, fellow Taoist."

Gu Yunli expressed his gratitude in return and then, under Ji Zhixian's personal arrangement, he settled down in the back mountain of Lingbao Taoist Temple.

After arranging the defensive instruments, Gu Yunli called out to the Internet backend, dealt with some accumulated affairs, and then began to plan his future practice arrangements.

Regarding refining equipment, it is not the focus of his practice. The main purpose is to understand and master it.

Cultivation is the key.

Having already cultivated a phantom body, he has decided to switch to the path of cultivating Qi.

The technique he practiced was exactly the "Way of Mixed Spirits and Yellow Elements" given by Emperor Qingxu.

This is the most comprehensive Taoist tradition among the currently known techniques, and it has already been recorded up to the realm of refining the spirit and returning to the void.

Currently, he has cultivated to the third stage of refining essence into Qi - the stage of sealing the furnace.

Speaking of refining essence into qi, it means refining the essence and qi of the physical body to become the true seed of the Great Dao.

It has very high requirements on the physical body. If one is old and his energy is weakened, it is almost impossible to refine the true seed.

The best time to practice spiritual cultivation is during adolescence.

Even so, it is necessary to use a series of methods to cultivate the spirit, energy and vitality to the peak state, so that it will be easier to enter the Tao.

Therefore, the first stage is to prepare the medicine, to use oneself as the medicine, and to prepare the medicine to enter the Tao.

Gu Yunli has no physical body, and his phantom body is not his real body. Logically speaking, it is difficult for him to enter the Tao.

Unfortunately, he was a cultivator who had switched from refining Yang to cultivating, so he had already hidden his true nature, so he entered the realm of sealing the furnace without any effort. Unfortunately, this realm requires cultivation.

The stronger the Tao Seed is nurtured, the stronger the foundation will be.

Therefore, Gu Yunli was not in a hurry. He used incense as firewood, sealed the furnace and warmed it. He was not in a hurry to break through, even though the data indicated that he had already cultivated to 100% of the realm.

He is also continuing to nurture it.

Because the Tao Seed is strong enough to a certain level, it can break out of the furnace on its own. This is the strongest Tao Seed.

While nurturing silently, Gu Yunli unknowingly recalled the method of refining equipment taught by Ji Zhixian. It took him a long time to come back to his senses, and he was surprised to find that the nurturing process was a completely mechanized action.

As the person in charge of data, he is best at handling mechanized processes.

Now he can fully devote some of his attention to doing other things.

This discovery surprised him so much that he simply tried to read the jade scepter.

After seeing that it did not affect the nourishment of the Dao Seed, he tried to get up and do some more vigorous actions.

It would have been fine if he hadn't done this, but after doing this, Gu Yunli felt really dumb.

"Can data be used in this way?"

"I've really become a nerd from studying so much!"

Isn't it?
Ever since he started practicing, he has been extremely cautious, fearing that he might go astray.

There has never been any act of usurpation.

I just realized today that he is still too honest.

Of course, the essence lies in the special meaning of the data, which makes it impossible for him to follow the map. He can only follow the experience of his predecessors and practice carefully.

After some careful exploration, Gu Yunli discovered that unless the data was mobilized on a large scale, the process of sealing the furnace and maintaining the Tao would basically not be affected.

In other words, it can handle tasks in multiple threads as long as the foreground program does not occupy the background computing power.

"What a huge loss! If I had known this earlier, I might have made great progress now!"

"But that's not the way to say it."

"My data and Dao meaning have been further improved because I swallowed a large amount of Taizhen Tianxiang."

“So even if we knew this long ago, it would be difficult to maintain multi-threaded work with limited computing power, and it’s just right for now.”

Gu Yunli, who was almost crying because of his own stupidity, had to comfort himself and calm his mind.

Hearing the truth day and night, it is the law of heaven and earth.

No matter what, enlightenment is ultimately a good thing.

This enlightenment also gave Gu Yunli unexpectedly more time.

He had originally intended to just understand and gain a rough understanding, but now he has the possibility of trying to master the art of refining equipment.

Silent all night.

The next morning, Gu Yunli went to class as scheduled.

After Ji Zhixian tested him, he found that Gu Yunli not only could recite the content taught yesterday by heart, but also had some of his own insights. He was immediately quite satisfied.

I was so excited that even the following lectures were more passionate.

The days passed by peacefully.

On the third day that Gu Yunli stayed at Lingbao Taoist Temple, Ouyang Mi sent him a trial version of the news broadcast.

On the sixth day, Gu Yunli finished theoretical study and started practice.

This time is really rushed.

Generally speaking, practical teaching of weapon refining will only begin after a solid theoretical foundation is mastered.

Equipment refiners will also find various reasons to justify this teaching method.

However, the fundamental reason is the fear of wasting materials.

However, this obviously doesn't matter to Gu Yunli.

In fact, when it comes to the art of refining equipment, practice is the best way to teach.

It’s better to practice it yourself than to say a thousand words.

"Today, we will start with the most basic Gui Jian. This item consumes the most energy and may seem simple, but it actually has a lot of secrets. A piece of unpolished jade will show different characteristics in the hands of different refiners. Come, try to refine it first."

Ji Zhixian took out a piece of unpolished jade and handed it to Gu Yunli.

(End of this chapter)