Chapter 324

Having learned the unique understanding of the "Great Commentary on Yin-Yang" regarding the "Yin-Yang Scripture," and with the help of his master, Lin Jue continued to comprehend in this True Treasure Pavilion for more than a month.

During this period, difficult points often troubled him. He was confused several times, lost several times, and didn't know how many times he had stagnated. Some required him to ponder for an afternoon, some trapped him for a night, and the most difficult ones required him to worry and fret alone in the True Treasure Pavilion for several days, staring out the window for a long time, experiencing several Yin-Yang transformations, before he could think them through.

Since he was groping and walking on the Great Dao, unless he was completely ignorant of the direction, as long as there were gains and results, he would naturally know his approximate progress.

Gradually, Lin Jue's confusion in his heart became less and less, and his clarity and transparency regarding the legendary, ethereal, and mysterious Great Yin-Yang Method became more and more. Gradually, he was able to connect and fit them together, and he knew that he was very close to completely comprehending the principles of the Great Yin-Yang Method.

He was even just one step away.

That was the only remaining doubt.

This one hurdle troubled him for three days and three nights.

During this period, he even forgot to eat and sleep, with his whole mind focused on it. He didn't even know when Master Fan came, and could only know he had been there from the change and position of the food box. But many times, many problems are like this: the more anxious one is, the easier it is to trap oneself.

I don't know when, but it seemed as if someone had opened the window for him.

It was about the middle of early autumn, an afternoon near twilight. The weather was clear and bright. Looking out through the window, behind several white walls were the endless green-tiled roofs of the capital.

The sky above his head was deep blue and cloudless. The setting sun was just at the lower edge of the center of the square window, just a little above the distant mountains. The twilight mist and water vapor also seemed just right, making it hazy, not so dazzling that one couldn't see clearly, and without forming clouds to completely cover it, one could clearly see that orange-red round sun.

Yet, not far away in the slanting sky, on the pale blue background of the sky, hung a pale white moon.

Today, the sun and moon were in the same sky.

The setting sun was not as dazzling as usual, and the bright moon was also very pale. The two had a mysterious harmony, so harmonious that the commoners of this capital had long been accustomed to it, and except for a few poets, none cast much of a glance at it.

"……"

Lin Jue breathed a sigh of relief and relaxed.

I don't know who opened the window,

The wind blowing from the window also made his heart gradually calm.

He put down the two books and stood in front of the window for a long time, until the sun sank behind the western mountains and the bright moon bloomed with light, becoming brighter and brighter. The sun and moon completed an alternation, but Lin Jue did not turn the pages, nor did he close the window. Instead, he lay down on the long couch nearby, blowing the early autumn night wind, and fell asleep there.

It seemed to be within expectations—

After emptying his mind and not thinking for a night, when he woke up in the morning, his mind was clear, as if he had divine help.

And at the moment the problem was solved, there was a palpitation in his heart.

"……"

Lin Jue couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

The Great Yin-Yang Method that his master had not obtained in his whole life, he had already obtained.

He didn't know whether to feel joy or emotion first.

And he didn't say much. At this moment, there was no one to talk to. He put away the "Great Commentary on Yin-Yang," put it back in its original position, leaving it for the next person with affinity, and also carefully put away the book his master had left him.

He originally wanted to leave, but after thinking for a moment, he still bowed to the empty pavilion:

"I have disturbed you much, many thanks for your care."

After speaking, he didn't look back and went straight downstairs and out.

Soldiers were still lazily guarding the entrance. Seeing him come out, they were all respectful. Lin Jue nodded to them and went straight out of the courtyard.

And only then did they react: this Master Lin, who had become famous in the capital for going to Jinping County to eliminate demons, but had immediately entered this pavilion and not come out again, was finally leaving.

Outside the courtyard, there were several more Daoist courtyards.

Lin Jue saw people coming to offer incense sparsely, saw the little Daoist priest sweeping the floor in the courtyard, and also saw the Daoist priest sitting cross-legged under the tree, offering incense in the divine hall, and the Daoist priest doing homework in the side hall. And sure enough, as Master Fan said, several palaces and the divine statues within them had signs of being smashed, and some had not even been completely repaired.

Some little Daoist priests saw him and immediately ran away in surprise.

Some middle-aged Daoist priests saw him and remained silent.

Lin Jue was in a great mood and didn't care.

Until he was about to walk out of the Star Gazing Palace, he happened to meet Lingxiuzi.

This Lingxiuzi was thick-skinned, smiling, and asked when he saw him: "Has fellow Daoist finished your seclusion?"

"Finished."

"I wonder what books you were reading inside, fellow Daoist?"

"Not worth mentioning."

Although Lin Jue answered him, his footsteps did not stop.

"Why are you in such a hurry to leave, fellow Daoist?"

"Naturally, I am in a hurry to go home," Lin Jue smiled. "Do I still need to offer a stick of incense in some hall of the Star Gazing Palace?"

"That is not impossible."

"……"

Lin Jue smiled and continued to walk.

Seeing this, Lingxiuzi asked: "Fellow Daoist, you previously said that you did not take the two stone horses at the entrance of my temple as your own, but why did you ride the stone horses of my temple back after going to Jinping County?"

Lin Jue had previously thought that people from the Star Gazing Palace might ask him for these two stone horses again, or use the stone horses as an excuse to come and talk to him.

At that time, he thought he would just ignore them.

But today he was in a good mood, and wanted to be in an even better mood, so Lin Jue stopped again and said:

"Stone horses have spirits. Senior, you should manage the virtue of the Star Gazing Palace well, and seek good for the people, so as to avoid having the temple smashed again. Perhaps the stone horses were afraid of being smashed at the entrance of the Star Gazing Palace, so they predicted it and left in advance. Perhaps one day when the Star Gazing Palace regains its virtue and the hearts of the people, the stone horses will return."

No answer came from Lingxiuzi behind him.

I don't know what his expression was, gloomy or angry, and Lin Jue didn't look. The Daoists of the Spiritual Method Sect don't really need to look at the faces of the Daoists of the Talisman Sect, and at this moment, he was even more capable of ignoring him, so after speaking, he stepped out of the entrance of the Star Gazing Palace.

The entrance of the Star Gazing Palace was also somewhat deserted.

This made people sigh—

I heard that when the Star Gazing Palace was first built, it was like the Heavenly Lord of the contemporary era, wholeheartedly serving the people and winning their hearts. It is a pity that the hearts of the people cannot withstand the passage of time.

Lin Jue didn't think much and went straight home.

The fox had previously gone to Fengshan, but it would return every few days and stay for a few days. Anyway, it ran fast, to see if Lin Jue had come out.

It returned a few days ago, and now it should be waiting for him in the courtyard. He walked through the streets and alleys and quickly returned to the courtyard.

Lin Jue met Master Fan fishing by the lake, greeted him first, thanked him for bringing him food during this period, and then returned to his room.

It was just early autumn, and the crabapple leaves in the courtyard had not yet turned yellow; they were at their most lush. However, the courtyard was covered with fox holes of all sizes, riddled with holes.

Lin Jue couldn't help but be stunned.

"This little thing……"

Lin Jue shook his head, looked left and right, but didn't see the fox's figure.

Just as he was about to go into the room to look, he suddenly heard a voice:

"Here!"

The voice was clear and thin, like a mosquito or fly.

Lin Jue frowned and looked left and right.

"Here!

"Under the tree!"

Lin Jue looked down and almost didn't see it.

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Although he saw it, he was equally surprised.

It was under the crabapple tree in the courtyard, standing a beautiful, exquisite, and extremely small white fox, about the size of a human finger joint. In contrast, that crabapple tree had become a towering tree, and it was tilting its head and staring at him without blinking.

Lin Jue squatted down and looked at it.

Then he spread out a palm and slowly reached out to it.

The fox looked down, jumped, and nimbly jumped onto his hand, riding the wind.

In such a contrast, it was really as small as a human finger joint.

It was surprisingly small, but exactly the same as the original fox, so it looked exceptionally rare and cute, making one want to reach out and pinch it.

However, at this moment, this extremely small fox stood on Lin Jue's palm, but still tilted its head, staring at him with a serious face. As Lin Jue raised his hand, it still tilted its head and stared at Lin Jue.

Its expression remained serious, its eyes didn't blink, as if it were questioning why he had been away for so long.

"……"

Lin Jue turned his head and looked around the courtyard, and asked: "You little thing, why did you dig so many holes in the courtyard when I was away for only a month or two?"

Upon hearing this, the fox's eyes turned, and it immediately looked away.

"Because there were mice moving under the courtyard, I went to see what they were doing." The fox's voice was as small as its body.

"Fill them up quickly."

"……"

"Did you hear me?"

"……"

"Fill them up! What does this look like?"

"I'll fill them up in a few days!"

The fox said very reluctantly, then turned around, walked a few steps on his palm, and jumped down. While still in the air, its body grew rapidly, and when it landed, it was already about the size of a cat.

"I've learned to become small!"

The fox said while looking back at him.

The implication was that he should be its teacher.

"I learned to become small long ago!"

If he hadn't been away, he should have been its teacher long ago.

"I've even taught Little Flower!"

For this, it even found Little Flower to practice.

Everything was to express dissatisfaction with Lin Jue running to the True Treasure Pavilion for a month or two without a trace, but because it had dug holes all over the courtyard and done something wrong, it couldn't complain openly.

"I'll learn from you in a few days."

Lin Jue said this and walked into the room.

He lit the night lamp and opened the ancient book.

"Whoosh……"

As expected, there was a new page—

Yin-Yang Annotation Method, Great Yin-Yang Method.

The Yin-Yang Great Dao is mysterious and profound. Cultivators are always troubled by the difficulty of balance, hence the distinction between the Lesser Yin-Yang Method and the Great Yin-Yang Method.

The ancient sages wrote the "Yin-Yang Scripture," describing the Yin-Yang qi and the principle of balance. Later generations studied and annotated it for generations, gradually obtaining the essence of the Yin-Yang Spiritual Method. However, it is difficult to divide the Yin-Yang qi equally in a day, so these Yin-Yang Spiritual Methods, without exception, take the equal qi, either by using the small to lead the large, or by carefully taking it at dawn and dusk. In short, each has its own method, all for the two words "balance."

Later, a person of great ability painstakingly groped and gradually obtained the Great Yin-Yang Method.

The Great Yin-Yang Method draws Yin-Yang qi together; it is enough to divide the Yin-Yang qi taken within a day equally, without needing to divide it equally at all times, hence it is the Great Yin-Yang Method.

The former is slow and the latter is fast; the former is stable and the latter is urgent.

This method originates from the "Great Commentary on Yin-Yang" annotated by a person of great ability surnamed Pang, so it is often called the Yin-Yang Annotation Method, and also called Pang's Yin-Yang. Its insights are unique, its cultivation is fast, and it is called the Great Yin-Yang Method.

"Sure enough……"

In fact, Lin Jue had already comprehended the true meaning of the Great Yin-Yang Method, and the principles were already in his heart. Even without the ancient book, he could continue to move forward without going astray; he just lacked the experience of his predecessors and needed to perfect the details himself.

With this ancient book, he had the experience accumulated by his predecessors for generations and the method of walking the Dao perfected for generations, which undoubtedly saved a lot of time.

At this time, the sun was gradually coming out.

A major node on the path of cultivation had been completed, and his heart was joyful and relaxed. The sunlight shone on the crabapple tree, with light spots and tree shadows interlaced. Coupled with being home, he naturally felt beautiful and at ease.

(End of chapter)