Chapter 323: Master Fan Tian and the Gift

The Cangzhen Pavilion was quiet, with only the sound of Lin Jue's breathing and the turning of pages.

Lin Jue still turned the pages carefully.

Especially when reading the handwritten book.

This was the last guidance his master gave him.

Back then, on Tiandou Peak, Daoist Daoist Yunhe accidentally heard immortals talking and discussing scriptures, and learned that there was actually a "Great Yin Yang Method" in this world. On one side was his own yearning for the cultivation of the Great Dao and the immortal path of longevity, and on the other side was the shackle that made it difficult for generations of disciples of Fuqiu Peak to become immortals. Coupled with his youthful vigor, how could he endure it? After returning, he pondered day and night.

However, the Yin Yang Spiritual Method was as mysterious as Yin Yang magical arts, not to mention the Great Yin Yang Method, which was often contrary to the Small Yin Yang Method.

Even among the many immortal sages throughout history, only one supreme genius had comprehended it.

His master's cultivation path therefore went astray.

Perhaps when he passed away, his greatest regret in his heart was that he hadn't seen the true Great Yin Yang Method?

Therefore, before he left, he wrote down all his life's insights and the mistakes he had made, and handed them to his little disciple who was also interested in this. His thoughts at the time were probably, besides knowing that this little disciple was the same as he was back then and would not easily give up the pursuit of the Great Yin Yang Method and becoming a true immortal, wanting to help him avoid some of the detours he had taken, and more or less having the thought of letting this little disciple with outstanding talent realize his ideals for him and help him take a look at the Great Yin Yang Method?

It was a pity that he wouldn't be able to see it.

And at this moment, when Lin Jue compared this "Yin Yang Da Zhu" and carefully read the scroll left by his master, he discovered that his master's insight into the other kind of balance of the Yin Yang Great Dao was so deep that it was breathtaking.

In many places, he had already said it correctly, and it could be completely corresponded to the content in this "Yin Yang Da Zhu."

Perhaps his master, ever since he failed and went astray, still hadn't given up on thinking about and seeking this other kind of balance, still pondering day and night, day after day, exhausting his whole life.

And by the time he was in his later years, when he wrote this scroll, combining his life's insights and the mistakes he had made, the difference between his insights and those in this "Yin Yang Da Zhu" was already very, very small.

If it weren't for the fact that the Yin Yang Spiritual Method was too mysterious, and after his master failed once, the Yin Yang Dao in his body had already become unbalanced, losing his only chance for experimentation, it was hard to say what the outcome would have been.

At the beginning, what his master lacked might have been some opportunities, or perhaps a little luck.

"Master was also a genius..."

Lin Jue sighed deeply, only saying that creation plays tricks on people.

At the same time, footsteps came from the pavilion.

Lin Jue knew without looking that it was Master Fan Tian.

The books in this Cangzhen Pavilion could not be taken out, and other people could not enter—servants and Daoist protectors couldn't, and cats, dogs, and foxes couldn't either. Only Master Fan Tian and Lord Pan could come.

Lin Jue recalled and savored it slightly in his heart, then turned his head to look at Master Fan Tian.

"This is today's meal." Master Fan Tian put down a food box and said to him, "The fox in your home, Fellow Daoist, misses you very much and often asks when you will return."

"I'm afraid it will take some time." Lin Jue said, "You can tell it that if it's so idle that it has nothing to do, it can go to Hongye Guan to play with Xiaohua."

"There is one more thing."

"What is it?"

"Because some time ago, you and several other fellow Daoists of the Ju Xian Fu, as well as the three fellow Daoists of the Zhen Yu Jian Gong, contained the two great Many Yaoguai kings under the Leopard King in Jinping County—one died and one was injured, and you also killed over two hundred Many Yaoguai soldiers—the fellow Daoists of the Ju Xian Fu who were originally confronting and fighting the Leopard King in the northwest won a great victory." Master Fan Tian said to him, "That Leopard King has already retreated to his old lair."

"Heh..."

Lin Jue couldn't help but laugh.

The original purpose of that Leopard King was to contain the power of Zhen Yu Jian Gong and the Heavenly Fire Divine General, but he didn't expect that the ones who were contained and led to defeat were themselves.

But this was also good—

He had just obtained "Yin Yang Da Zhu" and needed to use it to comprehend the Great Yin Yang Method. The Leopard King retreating to his old lair gave him the opportunity to study with peace of mind. If that Leopard King were to cause trouble at this time and create turmoil, it would instead put him in a dilemma of "it's not good to go, and it's not good not to go."

"Among the fellow Daoists of the Ju Xian Fu who were originally in the northwest, more than half have returned to the capital, including that Master Nan Tian." Master Fan Tian said to him.

"Master Nan Tian?"

"Exactly. Those extraordinary people and experts of the Ju Xian Fu heard that it was you, Fellow Daoist, who went to Jinping County in person, killed the Wolf General, and severely injured the Treasure Lamp General, which saved them from a great defeat and instead turned this great defeat into a great victory. They were all very surprised and also grateful and admired you, Fellow Daoist, and all said they wanted to visit you." Master Fan said, "Among them, that Master Nan Tian even came to visit in person, but because you were not in the courtyard, Fellow Daoist, he made a wasted trip."

Master Fan paused:

"Originally, Master Nan Tian could also come to the Cangzhen Pavilion, but hearing that you were concentrating on comprehending the Daoist method, he didn't come to disturb you, but said he would send you a gift, Fellow Daoist."

"A gift?"

Lin Jue was a bit curious.

"This poor Daoist doesn't know what it is either." Master Fan Tian shook his head, "We will know in a few days."

"Many thanks, Fellow Daoist."

"Why be so polite?"

Master Fan Tian bowed to him, picked up yesterday's food box, and then bid him farewell and left.

Lin Jue opened the food box.

Inside were a few steamed buns, a small bowl of clear porridge, a small plate of tofu mixed with scallions, a dish of pickles, and a pot of tea. It was very light, but it was suitable for the midsummer season that was gradually becoming hot, and also suitable for this pavilion and the quiet time of reading and comprehending the Dao.

After Lin Jue finished eating, he continued to read and comprehend.

The so-called Dao of Yin Yang was different from the Dao of natural and peaceful heaven, earth, mountains, and rivers, and also different from the Five Elements Great Dao of mutual generation and mutual restraint. Yin and yang were originally the two sides of heaven and earth, the two ends of things, originally completely contrary, yet connected to each other. Externally, they coexisted between heaven and earth, and in cultivation, they coexisted within the Daoist's body.

The most important thing among them was the two words "balance."

For any person cultivating the Dao, the whole body's cultivation and magical power had the saying of "root" and "end." Ordinary use of magical power was "end," and the exhaustion of magical power was also "end." The "root" could not be shaken, and how the root was, the end would be. Therefore, even if the Daoist's magical power was exhausted, as long as the root remained, the magical power after recovery would still be at the original level. And this root was cultivation.

The Dao of Yin Yang balance meant that the Yin Yang root cultivated in the Daoist's body must be balanced in yin and yang. It didn't mean that the yin and yang balance of magical power must also be taken care of when performing arts in ordinary times.

The root was accumulated by the end day by day.

The Small Yin Yang Method took people as the foundation. Every time one cultivated and grabbed spiritual rhyme, one needed to take half of the yin and yang qi. No matter how different the yin and yang spiritual rhyme was at this time, one must take half of each.

Therefore, when the yang qi was weakest and the yin qi was strongest in a day, or when the yin qi was weakest and the yang qi was strongest, cultivation was extremely slow.

And in this "Yin Yang Da Zhu," another kind of annotation was made to some content in the "Yin Yang Jing." This immortal sage believed that the human body should be viewed as heaven and earth. Since heaven and earth, the sun and moon rotate, the yin and yang qi are sometimes weak and sometimes strong, but it does not affect the overall balance. Therefore, people can also be like this, not seeking balance at every moment, but seeking a greater balance.

Thinking about it, when he first proposed this statement, it also caused doubts and even rebuttals from other Daoists or immortals at the time, thinking that this was impossible, and this was also different from the mainstream Yin Yang annotations at the time.

Therefore, in order to explain that this method was indeed feasible and that his own annotation was not misleading, this path was passable. This immortal sage made annotations below, in an extremely clever way, bypassing the original restrictions of Yin Yang Spiritual Method cultivation, from taking "small balance" to taking "great balance."

The Great Yin Yang Method came from this.

From this beginning, the Yin Yang Method had a distinction between large and small.

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"Genius..."

Lin Jue couldn't help but sigh and exclaim.

Three days later, there was a faint noise outside.

The noise was not small, but at this time Lin Jue had already been fascinated, gradually reaching a state of self-forgetfulness, and his ears did not hear things outside the window, so he didn't care.

The gods of the pavilion often appeared, looked at him, and then disappeared without a trace.

Master Fan Tian came again.

This time he brought the gift Master Nan Tian gave him.

Seeing Master Fan Tian's strange expression, he said to him: "Did you hear any movement yesterday, Fellow Daoist Lin?"

"What movement?"

"Yesterday, that Master Nan Tian brought some extraordinary people and experts of the Ju Xian Fu, and also incited the commoners of Jinping County who remained in the capital, and smashed several main divine halls of the Guanxing Palace. The only one that was spared was this courtyard where the scripture pavilion of the Ju Xian Fu is located." Master Fan Tian said to him.

"Smashed the Guanxing Palace?"

Lin Jue raised his eyebrows. Even though he had been concentrating on comprehending the Dao recently and his heart was very calm, hearing this news, he couldn't help but be a little surprised.

"Yes." Master Fan Tian nodded, sighing deeply, as if that scene was still reflected before his eyes, "If you leave this Cangzhen Pavilion, Fellow Daoist, and walk out of this courtyard, you will be able to see it."

"And you said it was a gift for me?"

"Exactly."

Lin Jue couldn't help but smile, and at the same time, he fell into thought in his heart.

It seemed that this Master Nan Tian was not as simple as he had originally thought. At the very least, he knew some things more or less.

"This person actually dared to smash the Guanxing Palace?"

"This person is a fool!"

"How so?"

"This person's temperament is upright, he does not do evil things, and he has always been afraid of nothing. He is not afraid of Many Yaoguai, nor is he afraid of gods, and he is not even afraid of death. Therefore, everyone is afraid of him." Master Fan said.

"Hmm..."

Lin Jue was thoughtful and continued to ask: "Then what does the Guanxing Palace say?"

"Although this Master Nan Tian is a fool, he is not stupid. He himself has quite a lot of prestige in the capital. Now that he has returned from the northwest, his prestige in the capital and the Ju Xian Fu has risen by a large margin. Plus, he called the refugees from Jinping County, using the excuse that the Guanxing Palace only eats human incense offerings but does not eliminate Many Yaoguai for people, and smashed the Daoist temple. Besides trying their best to stop him, the Guanxing Palace has no other way."

Master Fan sighed, also sighing deeply.

This was something he couldn't do.

Both because of his personality and because his heart was far from being as pure and calm as that Master Nan Tian, so naturally he had more concerns.

"Wonderful!"

Lin Jue's smile grew stronger. Why hadn't he thought of calling the refugees to smash the halls and statues of the Guanxing Palace?

No matter what, this gift was very much to his liking.

Master Fan Tian left again.

After Lin Jue relaxed and emptied his mind for a short time, he cast aside distracting thoughts and continued to ponder and comprehend the Dao.

Unknowingly, from midsummer to late summer.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 324 =====