Chapter 202: Original Heart Covered in Dust

Hua Changxi walked out of Dixiu Temple quickly with a dark face.

Tong Yao followed behind her, his face full of hesitation.

When they reached the gate of Dixiu Temple, Hua Changxi suddenly stopped and asked: "Fellow Daoist Tong, Master Jingliao is not very old, right?"

Tong Yao nodded.

Hua Changxi's expression softened slightly: "That's right. He's not very old, so his cultivation is probably just average, and his understanding of Buddhism likely remains on the surface."

"..." Tong Yao looked at Hua Changxi and really wanted to say, you don't look very old either, but your cultivation is somewhat shocking.

Hua Changxi hummed and complained to Tong Yao: "Master Jingliao couldn't help me ignite the white flames, and I wouldn't blame him for anything, so why did he make a rash conclusion about me? Does he know me very well? As if he had seen through me."

In fact, if Jingliao had said something about her other aspects, she might not have been angry, but saying she didn't believe in herself was simply nonsense.

Hua Changxi paused: "Do monks all like to say some profound things and directly comment on and summarize other people's lives?"

Tong Yao hurriedly explained for his friend: "Jingliao definitely didn't mean to comment on you. I know him; he always says what he sees."

"Of course, I'm not saying that what he sees is right. It's just that we can't always listen to the same voice. Sometimes, we have to allow different voices to enter our ears, don't you think?"

Hua Changxi: "I agree with what you said, and I'm not arrogant enough to let the world only allow voices similar to mine to exist. What I mind is Master Jingliao's certain look."

Tong Yao smiled and nodded: "Jingliao is sometimes a bit too persistent in his own opinions."

Hua Changxi's expression became peaceful: "Fellow Daoist Tong, thank you for accompanying me to Dixiu Temple today."

Tong Yao smiled: "You are too polite." He paused, "I will ask Jingliao about the Yang flames again. If he thinks of other ways, I will let you know."

Hua Changxi nodded: "Then thank you very much."

Afterwards, Hua Changxi left. Tong Yao watched her walk away, then turned and returned to Dixiu Temple.

Jingliao was still thinking about why Hua Changxi couldn't ignite the Yang flames. Seeing Tong Yao return, he asked: "Fellow Daoist Hua didn't ignite the Yang flames, is she very disappointed?"

Tong Yao shook his head: "I didn't see disappointment, but she was really angry at you."

Jingliao looked surprised: "Why would she be angry at me?"

Tong Yao looked at the confused Jingliao and said in a bad tone: "You made a rash judgment, saying that Fellow Daoist Hua doesn't even believe in herself. Not to mention her, even I think you are talking nonsense."

Jingliao looked enlightened: "So that's what she was angry about." He smiled, "She was angry, which shows that my words touched her. If she were really ignorant and unaware, she wouldn't be angry because of a word from me."

Tong Yao thought about it, and it seemed to be the truth, but he was still unsure: "But Fellow Daoist Hua looks so bright and unrestrained, how could she not be confident in herself?"

Jingliao was silent for a moment: "Those are all appearances. To look at a person, you have to look at what kind of world lives in her heart. Fellow Daoist Hua must have experienced very hurtful things. Her lack of confidence stems from her not believing that she will be treated kindly by this world. Her original heart is covered in dust, isolating love and kindness from entering her heart."

Tong Yao couldn't understand this at all. Is there someone who would actually reject love and kindness?

"That's not right. Fellow Daoist Hua is willing to take the initiative to help me stabilize the center of the formation eye, help me drive away the demon race, and help me save Xia Yang and Xia Xue. Isn't this enough to show that she is a kind person?"

Jingliao: "I mean, her original heart is covered by some bad things, but the heart is still that heart. Human nature is inherently good. Although the heart is covered, she will still do good within her power."

Tong Yao: "I understand. That is to say, Fellow Daoist Hua is worth making friends with, right?"

Hearing his utilitarian words, Jingliao shook his head silently, seemingly not agreeing.

Seeing this, Tong Yao was very disapproving: "Jingliao, if you were just an ordinary monk in Dixiu Temple, it would be fine for you to be pure and untainted. However, you are the future Holy Master of the Rune Saint Pavilion. If you want to manage a holy land, you have to learn to be utilitarian and weigh the pros and cons."

"I am utilitarian, but I am utilitarian in an open and aboveboard way. I have the value that Fellow Daoist Hua needs, and Fellow Daoist Hua also has the things I want. We each take what we need, neither taking advantage of the other, cooperating with each other, and developing together. What's wrong with that?"

Jingliao: "... There's nothing wrong with it, I just feel that you are a bit pitiful."

Tong Yao was speechless: "How are we pitiful?"

Jingliao: "Only seeing what is needed and sought, not seeing the real person, only desire, no true feelings, isn't this pitiful? Treating each other as tools for one's own use, cold and indifferent, isn't this pitiful?"

Tong Yao was silent for a moment: "Everything is for development, this is also something that can't be helped. Besides, people have limited energy, how can they have true feelings for everyone?" After saying this, he hurriedly got up and slipped away.

Arguing with Jingliao was definitely asking for trouble. Not only could he not win the argument, but in the end, he might even doubt himself and feel guilty. It was easier to get along with someone like Fellow Daoist Hua who traded at a marked price.

After Hua Changxi left Dixiu Temple, the more she thought about Jingliao's words, the more restless she felt. Thinking of the spies in the thirteenth Huang-Yellow Pavilion, she immediately lost the desire to go back, went straight out of the capital, and flew to Lingguang Hall.

On the Red Stone Square, figures burning with desire were moving with difficulty toward the Transmission Hall.

Hua Changxi took a look and went straight to the main hall, sat cross-legged in the main hall, and began to close her eyes and grind the Heart-Clearing Mantra.

Jingliao's words echoed in her ears, and the more she thought about it, the angrier she became. She didn't know what she was angry about, only feeling a sharp pain on the back of her hand. Looking inside her dantian, she would see the black flames on the heart of the Nascent Soul showing a tendency to burn again.

After reciting the Heart-Clearing Mantra for half a day, until dark, Hua Changxi's heart finally calmed down completely.

An insignificant person, a self-righteous comment, actually made her waste half a day to calm her mood!

Hua Changxi took out the white jade lotus petal, her expression somewhat dark and unclear.

Without the white flames to balance the black flames on the heart of the Nascent Soul, the black flames would swallow more and more of the heart. Relying solely on the Heart-Clearing Mantra to suppress the black flames was obviously unrealistic. First, the Heart-Clearing Mantra took too long, and second, the spread of the black flames was very rapid. At a critical moment, the Heart-Clearing Mantra might not work.

"Still have to find a way to ignite the white flames..."

One white jade lotus petal couldn't help her ignite the white flames, so she would find a few more. She didn't believe she couldn't ignite them.

Hua Changxi, who had no intention of returning to the Medicine Department, went back to Mount Wuzhi, collected a batch of third-grade spirit herbs, transplanted some third-grade spirit herbs and plants into the Sumeru Mustard Space, and after returning to Lingguang Hall, stayed in the main hall of Lingguang Hall to concentrate on refining third-grade pills.

This time refining pills, she not only used her divine sense to assist but also used the Shennong Cauldron for the first time.

The Shennong Cauldron gave her a big surprise!

An ordinary alchemy furnace, no matter how good the alchemy technique was, could refine at most ten spirit pills in one furnace, but the Shennong Cauldron could refine hundreds of spirit pills in one furnace. This was because her control of spiritual power was not delicate enough, and her use of divine sense was not smooth.

She could sense that if her control of spiritual power and divine sense could go a step further, the yield of pills at one time would be even higher!

Hua Changxi was addicted to the harvest of refining pills with the Shennong Cauldron until the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth lunar month, when the communication talisman at her waist vibrated, and she stopped refining pills.

"Jiuniang, Pharmacist Xu asks you to return to the Medicine Department quickly. Prince Shou is going to summon all the Huang-Yellow Pavilion masters tomorrow."

Hearing Pucao's message, Hua Changxi frowned. Tomorrow was New Year's Eve. Summoning people on New Year's Eve when families were reunited, this Prince Shou was annoying enough.

【Third-grade Alchemist (Top-grade Pill): Alchemy 1501 furnaces 1501/】

After refining pills for more than half a month, she harvested more than 10,000 third-grade top-grade pills, but the number of alchemy furnaces refined was much less than before, only more than 100 furnaces.

"It seems that upgrading still requires using an ordinary alchemy furnace. Wait until the level goes up, then use the Shennong Cauldron to refine pills."

Hua Changxi tidied up the main hall and was ready to leave. Before leaving, she flipped her wrist, summoned the "Zhu Que Army Roster" and looked at it. On the roster, 1,500 Zhu Que Army soldiers had already been recorded. ===== CHAPTER 203 =====