Tao and Heaven

Chapter 16: Heart to the Sun
In the alley at night, the sound of hurried footsteps echoed. A black shadow flashed by, and the mouse on the ground turned into a pancake before it could react.

Gu Wen was running at full speed, the Qi in his body was no longer suppressed, and it surged again and again, pressing the potential of his body. Although his speed had not yet reached an inhuman level, he was able to maintain it and still had some strength to spare.

The key is to maintain high-speed movement without showing signs of decline.

[The First Level of Yuqing Dao Foundation: Endless Life]

'Who is it? Friend or foe?'

Gu Wen still had the energy to think while running along the escape route that he had rehearsed countless times long ago.

He noticed the mysterious man the moment he entered the yard. After all, in the entire Bianjing, Gu Wen had never encountered a person with spiritual energy fluctuations. Even Zhao Feng only had a special aura, and there was no sign of cultivation on his body.

In Gu Wen's eyes, a person with cultivation was no different from a light bulb. He was not sure whether the other party was an enemy or a friend. But coming alone late at night, the possibility of malicious intent was greater.

Suddenly, a beautiful figure in white appeared in Gu Wen's mind.

'It can't be her?'

Fairy Yu Hua is the most likely person to have cultivation so far. Gu Wen cannot see her cultivation level, which only means that she is above him.

With this thought in mind, although Gu Wen did not stop running, the urgency in his heart was reduced a little.

Maybe it was a little ridiculous now. He had been in this man-eating last dynasty for several years and had long been accustomed to seeing people as evil. This world did not tolerate good people. But Gu Wen still believed that the goddess who came down from the sky was a good person. Maybe she gave him the skills, or maybe she came from the sky and should not follow the rules of mortals.

I am already a bad person, but I still expect a good person to help me. It's really ridiculous.

hum!
Suddenly, I heard the sound of dripping water, and the layers of dark clouds were parted, and white silver light fell into the muddy alleys of the world.

Gu Wen stopped where he was, his right foot only a fist's distance from the ground. He stopped in a way that a normal person could hardly maintain, one second, two seconds, three seconds.
He couldn't move, but it seemed not that he couldn't move, but that the whole world had stopped.

"Why are you running away?"

A soft whisper came from above. Gu Wen looked up. The bright moon above the sky was like a huge silver plate. A fairy floated down. The breeze lifted the veil, revealing the true face of the goddess.

It was just a quick glimpse, and Gu Wen only saw a pair of eyes that were as quiet as the night and as bright as the full moon, with three flowers gathered between the eyebrows, like a banished immortal.

It is really beautiful, and it doesn’t seem to exist in this world.

Then the veil fell, and Yu Hua stood five steps away from Gu Wen, then took two light steps to close the distance.

"Can I eat you?"
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The alley at night was shrouded in moonlight, and for some reason the moon tonight was unusually large and round.

Yu Hua looked at Gu Wen in front of him. He had no words or movements, but for some reason this "humble" descendant of the Gu family had undergone a drastic change, like a quiet pond, cold and calm.

This may be his true face as a family slave.

Gu Wen bowed his head and said, "Greetings to Fairy Yu Hua."

"Greetings?"

Yu Hua raised the corners of his mouth and said, "You didn't look like you were paying homage when you ran away."

Gu Wen still lowered his head and explained: "Gu has been in business for many years and has encountered countless assassinations. If I hadn't been more vigilant, I would probably have been a dead body."

This was the truth. He didn't know who was coming, but it was always right to run first, at least to call back the guards of the palace. Put yourself in a safe position, instead of meeting privately with a cultivator who didn't know who was the enemy in the dark and windy night.

It is intriguing that the person who came is Yu Hua.

He changed the subject and asked, "I wonder why the fairy came to visit my humble abode at night?"

"I will teach you a simpler method of training your Qi. Perhaps in a few decades, you can use this to train your Qi and build a foundation to live a hundred years longer. Even if your practice is slow and stagnant, you can still extend your life by several dozen years."

Yu Hua reached out to Gu Wen for the second time and said calmly:
"Hold my hand, just for a moment."

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Gu Wen could now confirm that Yu Hua must have seen some clues and this was a test for him.

He had been prepared for his cultivation to be discovered. This was inevitable, and it was also because his cultivation method was given to him by Yu Hua. He just didn't expect that this day would come so early, nor did he expect that the other party would pay more attention to him than expected.

Perhaps in her eyes, I was not a house slave. This disguise disappeared from the moment she gave me the skills.

He shook his head and said, "Thank you for your kindness, Fairy, but I'm afraid I can't use a simpler method of practicing Qi."

"Oh~ So you have mastered the Yuqing Heart Method?" Yu Hua narrowed his eyes slightly. He had expected this in his heart, but he was delighted that he finally caught Gu Wen and made him confess to him.

Gu Wen nodded calmly: "I only learned the basics."

If you can't hide, you should retreat as you advance. The skills are given by the other party, which is not entirely a bad thing, but it does not suit your own rhythm.

"How far have you come to understand?" Yu Hua's eyes lit up slightly, and his calm tone became a little more anxious.

The Jade Purity Taoist Foundation is the core secret technique of the Sanqing Sect, but because there have been very few people who have mastered it over the past few thousand years, the sect has opened it to talented people from all over the world many times. Gu Wen may be the first one in a thousand years.

"Gu, I don't know much about cultivation, I just feel a breath in my Dantian, and I can drive this breath to travel through the meridians of my body. Please explain it to me, Fairy."

Gu Wen threw out a rather vague message. The ideal result was to make the other party feel that he had some talent, but not to arouse too much vigilance.

It is necessary to conceal one's shortcomings, but it does not mean to cover them up.

Yu Hua remained silent for more than ten breaths, and every extra breath made Gu Wen's importance to her increase.

"getting Started."

She uttered two words slowly, and these two words seemed to contain so much weight that she could hardly breathe after she finished speaking. Surprise, surprise, and disbelief surged up in her mind. Yu Hua had never thought that Gu Wen could actually master it. She gave this technique not to him personally, but to the Gu family, a bloodline that would continue for another thousand years.

They are the countless descendants of the Gu family, not a man named Gu Wen.

So she came again, this time just for Gu Wen. Yu Hua did not bring up the cause and effect between the sect and the Yuqing Sect, but just admired him personally and taught him the method of cultivation.

But now, her casual action seemed to have untied his restraints, and the fish whose immortal fate was taken away jumped over the Dragon Gate and turned into a real dragon.

Gu Wen asked, "I wonder what Gu's qualifications are?"

"No one has mastered the Yuqing Dao in a thousand years, and you are the only one." Yu Hua's eyes were complicated. This was somewhat unpredictable. The sect sold out Gu Wen in order to get the help of the Zhao family, but this abandoned child turned out to be the only one in the world who had mastered the Yuqing Dao foundation.

"Do you know what this means?"

"I don't know."

"You can use this opportunity to enter the Sanqing Sect. I can recommend you and you will become an elder after you enter."

Yu Hua was halfway through his words when he suddenly heard the other party's alertness rising again. He changed the subject and said, "But this is not mandatory. The Sanqing Sect is not an ordinary sect. We do not object to outsiders learning the Sanqing Dao. Half of the most popular Qi training methods in the world come from the Sanqing."

She didn't know how many times she sighed in her heart. She was very satisfied with Gu Wen's abilities and character. Now even his talent was many times better than Zhao Feng's, and he also learned the Yuqing Heart Method.

What is most surprising is the loss of him, who should have been his protector.

But now it is impossible. Unless the sect and the Zhao family can return the treasure, why should Gu Wen fulfill the original cause and effect? ​​Similarly, who can guarantee that he will not bear a grudge and destroy the Sanqing Sect's plan at a critical moment.

Yu Hua couldn't tolerate any injustice, but she found it ironic that she didn't trust Gu Wen, the victim, because of the dirty tricks between the sect and the Zhao family.

"Gu will consider it carefully, but before that, please keep it a secret for me. The Zhao family and I are not king and subject."

Gu Wen did not say anything definite. His emotions were as complicated as the roots of vines. He wanted to seize this opportunity, but was afraid of falling into a place where he would die without a burial place.

Now that he couldn't hide it anymore, he might as well show his talent and let the other party see his value. Otherwise, how could he let others invest in him? There was no favor without reason. The benefits brought by his surname were probably exhausted.

But he has no room for failure and must be cautious again.

In the eyes of the Taoist goddess in front of him, Gu Wen's thoughts were like a raccoon cat cowering in the shadows, alert and wary of anything that approached him.

Yu Hua nodded and said, "Come to me when you have thought it through. I will have someone escort you out of Daqian."

She could understand these things, and she really couldn't let the Zhao family know about them. However, Gu Wen's constant vigilance towards her made her irritated.

Especially after knowing that he had cultivated the Jade Purity Dao Foundation.

She waved her sleeves and prepared to leave: "Then I won't bother you anymore."

"The fairy came and went in a hurry, and I was not able to entertain her well enough."

Gu Wen tried to persuade him to stay, but was interrupted by Yu Hua's chuckle, saying, "If you really want to entertain me, you won't be on guard everywhere. Cultivation is like sailing against the current, it is impossible to be perfect in everything."

“Small one.”

"Gu Wen, do you know the origin of the Jade Purity Heart Method? The Jade Purity Heart Method, Dao Building Chapter, is one of the thirty-six methods of becoming an immortal. It is the best in the world and the best in the world. You are the only one who has mastered it, and you call yourself a junior? Don't tarnish the Jade Purity Heart Method."

There was a hint of coldness in Yu Hua's calm tone. She knew that this was not communication, but an argument.

But she inexplicably felt more and more unhappy with Gu Wen, and developed an inexplicable disgust, which was a kind of jealousy.

The Jade Purity Heart Sutra begins with "If one wants to practice Taoism, one must first observe the heart. The heart is the master of the spirit, and movement and stillness are determined by the heart." It took the master five hundred years to write these short sixteen words. From the time Yu Hua could remember until now, he has never received the master's favor.

Now, the only successful learner in a thousand years has appeared, but he is a humble mortal.

He should have been a favored son of heaven, not a humble slave.

Gu Wen was not embarrassed or annoyed after being interrupted twice. His eyes became calmer. He looked at Yu Hua quietly and said, "It is not a shame to be born in a humble family. Only a man who can bend and stretch can be a real man. Gu was born in a poor family. A small word is necessary for me to make a living."

Yu Hua's jealousy disappeared at that moment. The sentence "It is not a shame to be born in a humble family. Only a husband who can bend and stretch can be a good husband" made her heart ache. She lowered her bamboo hat slightly and said, "I made a mistake."

As if driven by shame in her heart, she turned around and left in a hurry. Just after taking two steps, a breeze suddenly came from behind her.

A tiny bit of spiritual energy was affected, like the clear sound of water dripping into a jade lake.

She looked back suddenly with disbelief in her eyes. The mental barrier that she could not cross suddenly cracked at this moment, and the person hiding behind the barrier reached out to her through the crack.

It’s not just the beginning, but the first level of cultivation!!!

Gu Wen stretched out his hand, and a ray of Taoist aura appeared, revealing some of his cultivation.

The first level of Jade Purity Taoism.

She was right, it was impossible for everything to be perfect. If everything were perfect, then I should be Zhao Feng, not Gu Wen.

He is a vine spreading in the gutter, accustomed to hiding in the shadows, but if he wants to thrive, he must eventually move towards the sun.

"Fairy Yu Hua, how high should you be ranked in the world for the first level of the Jade Purity Heart Method Dao Building Chapter in four days?"

　Regarding the pace, it may be slow indeed, but I am definitely not filling in meaningless things here and there under the banner of slow start. I have been preparing for half a year and I am not here to just go through the motions.

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(End of this chapter)