Please call me Huanxian

Chapter 300: Between Gains and Losses, My Mind Opens Up
Blue star mist surged from Gu Yunzhu's body and star sand the size of a pigeon egg appeared in his hand. He slowly retreated as if facing a formidable enemy.

After several years of practice, she had no shortage of high-level resources and believed that her strength had recovered to the point where she could dominate the dark world. However, she was not sure she could deal with the mysterious existence hidden in the Yingcai Crystal.

The battle between masters is earth-shattering.

She was worried that she wouldn't be able to take care of Master Xu, Xianfeng and her three senior brothers.

When Xu Yuanchang heard that the Yingcai crystal in front of him was hollow, he felt a sense of absurdity and asked through voice transmission: "Shengtian, is the summoning you felt like the 'thumping' feeling of your heart?"

Xu Shengtian was stunned for a moment, and after being reminded by his uncle, it seemed to be the case.

"Yes, Uncle San, have you noticed it too?"

Xu Yuanchang already knew what was going on. He stopped and, suppressing his smile as if he was catching a thief, called out, "Old Li, Old Senior Li, we have been destined to meet each other. Why don't we come out and have a good chat?"

Let's talk about debt, talk about illusions, anything can be discussed.

In short, they had a lot of common topics to talk about, and he thought he would never see Lao Li, who absconded with the money, again.

Good guy, Old Li, he was caught stealing his Yingcai crystal stone again.

Gu Yunzhu also came to her senses. The only person who could make her sense the danger in the lower realm could be Fellow Daoist Li. She did not relax because of this. She signaled her senior brother and Liu Xianfeng to be on high alert and continue to retreat.

If it wasn’t Fellow Daoist Li, we would definitely not be so friendly.

"Fellow Daoist Li, please show yourself!"

After a while, the colorful crystal stone blossomed into a colorful scene, and the lazy yawn that Li Dan was familiar with was heard.

"The guest who disturbed my sweet dreams is an evil one. Xu boy, now that you have guessed who it is, why don't you just sneak back? You had to wake me up and I finally got a good night's sleep."

A light figure walked out from the huge colorful crystal stone, smiling in an irritating way.

"Congratulations to Daoist Xin Zi, you have completed your merits and can ascend to the upper realm on a certain day."

"Congratulations, Fellow Daoist Li, for recovering your 'illusory mind and clear vision'. You will achieve the Great Dao in no time."

Gu Yunzhu responded with ancient etiquette. She already understood that Fellow Daoist Li had chosen the Yingcai Crystal Stone below Fucai Ridge as a hiding place for cultivation because he had calculated this day in advance.

The seventh stage is also known as the "Dongxu Realm". When one has cultivated to a certain level, one possesses the instinctive ability to "see through oneself and clearly see good and bad luck". If one concentrates on "observing", one can even foresee things that are closely related to oneself ten years later.

It is a different approach from the sorcerer's method of deduction.

Li Dan put on a bitter face and sighed, "'The road is not easy, it is neither life nor death', otherwise why would I have to hang around in the dark world and look at Xu's face? I would have ascended to the upper world long ago and lived a carefree life."

When Xu Yuanchang met Lao Li, he had no idea what was going on. He extended his hand to invite Lao Li, showing his respect for his strength. He said, "Lao Li, if you have any difficulties, please tell me. I hope Yunzhu can help you with the discussion."

He changed the words he almost blurted out, "Say it out and make everyone happy," for fear of getting beaten.

He had already guessed that Lao Li was waiting for him here on purpose.

The call that the nephew sensed was a deliberate trick by Old Li. The old man was not a kind person.

Xu Shengtian was full of admiration for Elder Li whom he had met once. He looked at the mysterious old man who was full of mastery in his every move and interrupted to ask, "Elder Li, are there any rare treasures deep in the Yingcai Crystal Mine?"

Li Dan grinned, "You are not a simple kid. You are worthy of being looked at differently by Daoist Fellow Xin Zi. I have no problem telling you that there is a pool of 'Tai Yuan Liquid' in the Ying Cai Crystal Mine. It is a precious natural treasure that can allow a fourth-level junior to drink a drop and upgrade to the next level."

Seeing that Xu Shengtian and Xiao Shumei's eyes were shining at the same time, he swallowed subconsciously.

He burped and said in a deliberately angry tone, "I was bored, so I took a nap in the Taiyuan Liquid and absorbed all the Taiyuan Liquid. If I had known you needed it, I would have left a jar for you."

He also used his hands to gesture out a three-foot-long jar.

Xu Shengtian and Xiao Shumei wanted to strangle this weird old man who wasted good things and deserved to be struck by lightning.

"Is there nothing left?"

Liu Xianfeng refused to give up and stared at the old man with resentful eyes.

"Even if there is some left, you can't drink my bath water. Tell others and you will embarrass Xu."

Li Dan was very familiar with the little tree spirit, whom he had never met before. He knew that the little girl was greedy, timid, sharp-tongued, and loved fun and excitement. She was a very interesting spirit.

"Actually... use magic to refine the bath water to remove the unclean things..."

Liu Xianfeng's brows were twisted into a frown.

Xu Yuanchang coughed quickly to interrupt Lao Li's "ill-intentioned" words and said, "Lao Li, let's go upstairs and talk. I'll treat you to some Dingzhou specialty tea."

He refused to mention the fact that Lao Li absconded with the money.

The thief is the boss and needs to be served with good tea and water.

Lao Li laughed and casually threw out two crystal-clear yellow stones the size of fingers, saying, "The Taiyuan Liquid has run out. I'm giving you Taiyuan Stones, which are better than Taiyuan Liquid, as a gift to you so that you two won't curse me behind my back."

"Thank you for the reward, Mr. Li."

Liu Xianfeng smiled and saluted gracefully.

As soon as she came up with the idea of ​​stabbing a voodoo doll, she was exposed by the strange old man. What a coincidence.

Xu Shengtian thanked him quickly. He could feel the rarity of the treasure. The pure earth energy inside the Taiyuan Stone made him unable to stop. He wanted to go into seclusion for a while.

The group walked out of the mine and sat down in a garden surrounded by colorful flowers and trees.

The cricket pupa crawled towards the pavilion, then quietly retreated. It was instinctively afraid of the kind-looking old man who suddenly appeared, and did not dare to approach him at all.

Liu Xianfeng was busy making tea, while Xu Shengtian was arranging the spiritual fruits.

Li Dan lazily leaned back against the tree chair, looked up at the bright grey sky, and said, "To be honest, whenever I step out of the dark world, I get robbed. It's the damn 'heavenly calamity'. It's really unfair. I'm so unlucky."

He held his head in his hands, puzzled. It wasn't his fault that he was stuck in the world, so how could it be blamed on him?

Gu Yunzhu was shocked. The Heaven and Earth Tribulation is also called the "Life and Death Tribulation". How can one survive it without the eighth-order cultivation? Even if Fellow Daoist Li recovers to the peak seventh-order cultivation, he will definitely not survive without a suitable treasure.

The rules of the lower world had long since changed, and it was no longer possible to refine a seventh-tier treasure.

The door to the dark world can only be opened for a hundred years at most, so Fellow Daoist Li cannot stay there for too long, unless he hides back in Daoist Master Xu's artifact space. However, this is not a long-term solution, and it may even implicate Daoist Master Xu.

"Did Taoist Master Yanshan give you any hints? Think about it carefully."

"I'm racking my brains. That old man is so evil... I can't find any useful clues."

Li Dan was helpless, his face full of despair, muttering: "The great way is not easy, it is neither life nor death... Alas, I cannot comprehend the true meaning, it is too difficult."

Gu Yunzhu pondered for a moment. What she had learned was far from illusion and Taoism. She could not figure out the meaning of "neither life nor death" that Taoist Li repeatedly emphasized. She looked at Taoist Master Xu who was sitting on the side and said to Li Dan, "Taoist Master Xu has inherited Taoist Master Yanshan's true teachings. He is well versed in Taoist scriptures and has unique insights. Why don't you ask him to help you solve your doubts?"

Li Dan quickly sat up straight, cupped his hands and smiled, "Xin Zi's reminder is reasonable. Last time, I left without saying goodbye and acted rudely. I hope Brother Xu will not take it too seriously if I have offended you. I apologize."

He is extremely shameless and is willing to be humble and call someone "Master" just to see if the other party dares to take advantage of him.

With his right hand, he wiped the tree table, leaving behind a pile of glittering, sparkling, and precious items. When you give a gift to someone, you must have something to ask for. Moreover, it is a valuable gift that has no market value in the underworld, and is much better than the garbage that was swept away at the beginning.

He admitted defeat and vomited out everything he had eaten, including the principal and interest.

Since old man Yanshan asked him to follow Xu Xiaozi, the answer to the "neither life nor death" that he couldn't figure out on his own should lie with Xu Xiaozi. He was later wandering happily and freely in the dark world, and suddenly wanted to turn around.

So he realized his mistake and turned back, "ambushing" in the Yingcai crystal mine in advance to create coincidences.

"Taiyuan Stone, Solid Foundation Stone, Life Wood Stone, Soul-enhancing Jade... Fellow Daoist Li is really generous. To collect so many rare treasures, you must have traveled to many places, right?"

Gu Yunzhu pretended to be surprised and picked out the treasures piled on the table and read out aloud them one by one.

Li Dan chuckled and said, "I run fast, coming and going without a trace. It took me almost two months to find these goodies. Now they all belong to Brother Xu."

Liu Xianfeng stared at a bright, vibrant green stone on the table, unable to move her eyes away, and was instantly lost in thought.

Even though Xu Yuanchang did not recognize the treasures on the table, he knew the value of the items through observing the aura. He reached out and picked up one of the life-saving wood stones and stuffed it into the hands of the little tree spirit, letting the overjoyed little tree spirit go out and put the treasure in his pocket first.

He wanted to show off his shallowness, but instead, he wanted to use his eloquence to earn this pile of hot treasure.

Yunzhu and Lao Li sang the same tune, and it was obvious that he was very smart.

"Please ask Brother Xu to help me understand 'Neither Life nor Death'."

Li Dan sat upright, his expression extremely serious and solemn, his back straight, as if he was listening attentively to the request.

Gu Yunzhu pulled her senior brother who was staring at the treasures on the table to sit on a chair nearby. She also wanted to listen to Master Xu's sermon.

Xu Yuanchang sorted out his thoughts and spoke slowly: "From the perspective of Taoist doctrine, the essence of the four characters 'neither life nor death' is 'inaction', which can be interpreted as 'life is not life, death is not death'. Don't be bothered by the mundane world, don't be burdened by yesterday's right and wrong. If you lose, you will gain, and if you gain, you will lose. That's why you are free and extraordinary."

He only expressed his own understanding and opinions, which are just his personal views and may have an indirect effect.

"'Life is not life, death is not death'...so it is free..."

Li Dan stood up and muttered to himself, walked out of the pavilion, and walked slowly among the flowers and trees.

He had previously tried to solve it from the perspective of the "Illusionary Way", but it was too complicated and confusing to make any sense. He had also tried to figure it out from a Taoist perspective, but found that the road was full of forks and obstacles. After practicing for thousands of years, he had already understood the widely circulated theories of "Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism, Mohism and Legalism". However, when he tried to use them to comprehend the mysteries of heaven, he found that what he had learned was superficial, or it was not passed down and was of little use.

He suddenly woke up. The eighth level is also called "the state of great freedom" in Taoism.

The whole person seemed to be struck by lightning, with colorful light flashing all over his body, and he stood still under the tree.

Gu Yunzhu looked at Daoist Fellow Li with envy, as if he had found the answer. Daoist Master Yanshan had indeed left the clue in Daoist Master Xu's hands, and whispered, "Put the things away, let's go out and wait, let him be quiet for a while."

People who are “viewing the scene” should not be disturbed, otherwise it will become a matter of life and death.

She silently comprehended the few words that Taoist Master Xu had just said, then floated through the flowers and trees and walked out of the garden gate.

After thinking for a long time, she gave up. She couldn't figure out the deeper meaning of it, so she didn't bother thinking about it.

Xu Yuanchang collected a lot of treasures and felt his pockets were bulging.

"Uncle, is the master about to break through?"

Xu Shengtian felt that although what his uncle had just said was a bit confusing, it was easy to understand. He couldn't figure out what had touched the master's heart?

Gu Yunzhu waved his hand and activated the formation on the outer wall of the entire garden. He said, "Friend Li has been trapped in this realm for eight thousand years. Let's see how much he can gain. Maybe he can break through in one go... No, the rules of the world in the Dark Realm are different from those in the outside world. He must go to the Thousand Directions Realm."

Xu Shengtian was shocked. Oh my God, how could someone live that long?
He didn't know that the master's soul and body had been separated, and he had been suppressed and survived for eight thousand years in a unique way of sleeping, otherwise he would have died long ago.

Xu Yuanchang felt that this statement was contradictory. He had heard from Lao Li that as long as he dared to show his head in Qianfang Realm, he would be immediately struck by thunder. However, if he did not break through the realm, he could not resist the "calamity of heaven and earth". Why?

Gu Yunzhu suddenly raised his head and looked towards the southwest sky, saying, "A guest is here to visit."

After a while, the old sect leader Xi led the three people to land slowly. He greeted Gu Yunzhu first, then greeted Xu Yuanchang, and laughed, "Yuanchang, how about the three disciples I accepted?"

Xu Yuanchang smiled and said "Congratulations" to his three old acquaintances Zhao Jun, Meng Caiqin and Xue Chunni respectively.

Mr. Xi is really generous. He accepts three disciples as his last disciples.

"Who among you is the junior sister?"

"she!"

Meng Caiqin and Xue Chunni pointed at each other and shouted in unison.

The struggle for status will accompany them throughout their lives.

After five years of accumulation, using what they have learned to reconstruct their natal formation diagrams, the three of them have all been promoted to fourth-level formation masters. Otherwise, they would not have been accepted as disciples by Master Xi.

They are both formation masters, called disciples, but actually they are fellow practitioners.

Zhao Jun just laughed out loud with gloating.

The two girls pointed at the enemy with a common hatred and said, "Zhao Jun is a junior fellow apprentice, so he closed the door."

"Are you still being unreasonable? I am older than you..."

"The one who has achieved success is our senior sister. We broke through the realm and advanced to the next level a year earlier than you, so you, little junior brother, don't struggle and quibble, unless you can outsmart both of us in the art of formations."

Xue Chunni clenched her fists and smiled in a not ladylike manner.

Zhao Jun had no way out. His two fists were no match for four hands, and a good man never fights with a woman.

Sect Master Xi smiled as he watched his three disciples making trouble. He didn't like the fact that his disciples feared him like a tiger and were submissive. He was just a little surprised that Xu Xiaoyou didn't invite him into the garden. He had been there twice before and was very familiar with Fu Cailing.

Chief Xu Yuan stretched out his hand and led the few people to the tree pavilion nearby. The gate of the courtyard creaked open and Old Li came out with a flushed face.

"Uh...Xi Yuelou greets Senior Li."

Xi Yuelou never dreamed that he would be able to meet the mysterious Senior Li again.

The battle that year left a very deep impression on me.

Seeing their master bowing respectfully, Meng Caiqin, Xue Chunni and Zhao Jun dared not be negligent and hurriedly returned the greeting in silence.

Li Dan ignored the people in front of him. He didn't know any of them. However, seeing Xu's face, he gave him a perfunctory hand and smiled brightly at Xu Yuanchang: "Brother Xu, please accompany me to Dingzhou. I have some karma to settle when I go back."

He figured out a lot of things, and his previous resentment disappeared.

Old man Yanshan is very cunning. If he wants to be free, he must truly let go.

Between gains and losses, my mind suddenly opens up.

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(End of this chapter)