Cultivation begins with separation.

Chapter 30: Being a Human Being
Since entering the secretariat, Yi Dong's understanding of essence, energy and spirit has become deeper, and his knowledge of spells, magic tools, alchemy and so on has also become more in-depth.

There is no such thing as first-level, second-level, or upper, middle, or lower-level alchemy and weapon refiners in today's cultivation.

Even some weapon refiners who are able to refine Nascent Soul magic weapons, if they encounter some unconventional Golden Core magic weapons, they still have to learn many principles.

After understanding the knowledge of the Qi Refining Period, Yi Dong gained a new understanding of the principles of the spells and spiritual power circuit construction in the Qi Refining Period.

Many previous production processes have also begun to be adjusted based on existing understanding.

Although relevant instruction manuals have been issued for the Taoist temple's missions, such as some processing and assembly or alchemy tasks, the products in each place are different, and the same spiritual materials can have slight differences in different areas.

For example, among the first-level materials, the density of spiritual iron produced from ores in different places is slightly different.

Even subtle external factors such as temperature, humidity and spiritual energy concentration have an impact on some production tasks.

Understanding the differences and then producing qualified products is the way to accomplish the mission.

If we set up various production lines based solely on the instruction manuals issued by the superior Taoist academy, it is highly likely that we will not be able to produce any qualified products.

Today's magic weapons and universal elixirs are all refined to perfection, so that the combined magic weapons can exert their powerful power and the elixirs will not have uncertain effects on the cultivator's body.

Nowadays, cultivators generally do not take elixirs made by other cultivators. If they have no other choice, they will only take universal elixirs that have undergone all kinds of meticulous inspections and are confirmed to have almost no side effects.

Modern cultivators will not use any pills with even a slight flaw. Generally, these flawed pills will flow into the market and be sold to ancient cultivators at the price of perfect pills.

In fact, many of the flawed elixirs of today's cultivators are far superior to the so-called perfect elixirs of ancient cultivators during the chaotic period.

It is precisely because there are now many more tasks of this kind in the Hongtu Taoist Temple that cannot tolerate any mistakes that Gongsun Ziping offered various favorable conditions to keep Yi Dong.

Only Yi Dong, with his extensive knowledge, could complete all these difficult tasks for him.

After entering the secretarial library, Yi Dong's abilities became even stronger.

In the past, I had to spend some time thinking and experimenting on many difficult problems.

But now, it is easy to find the direction and solve it easily.

I thought that in this way, I would have more time to transfer knowledge from the secretarial library.

Unfortunately, after Gongsun Ziping discovered Yi Dong's efficiency, he directly took on more tasks.

The assistants recruited by Gongsun Ziping were all from other families, and only his followers were members of his own family.

He would definitely exploit assistants like Yi Dong who clearly wanted to leave as much as possible.

Not only that, he also sent several followers to follow Yi Dong to handle the process of producing magic weapon parts or elixirs.

The desire to learn secretly is obvious.

Unfortunately, a lot of knowledge cannot be understood just by looking.

Yidong dealt with the same problem in a seemingly similar way, but that slight difference was precisely the key to the problem.

Without being proficient in the principles of spiritual power operation, materials science, plant properties, and other knowledge, how can one easily see through the principles of Yi Dong's methods of solving problems?

The followers behaved very respectfully, looking as if they were willing to learn from the emperor and even give him generous gifts.

But Yi Dong turned a blind eye from beginning to end.

Yi Dong is not a person who is well versed in human relationships, nor does he want to be such a person, so there is no need for him to be polite to others.

In Yi Dong's eyes, those who become followers of others are not complete people, and he will not say a word to these people.

If it weren't for the prosperous times of the Immortal Kingdom, Yi Dong might have to go through dozens or even hundreds of life-and-death battles during this period of time alone.

Because he is so hateful.

As time went by, Gongsun Ziping's followers no longer sought advice from Yi Dong.

During these days, Gongsun Ziping put forward all kinds of conditions through the mouths of his followers, ranging from natural treasures, spiritual veins and spiritual beasts, to Taoist companions with natural spiritual roots, teachers in Taoist temples and even positions as immortal officials.

As for Yi Dong, what stands out is that he remains unmoved.

Whether it was sincere or just a blank check, Yi Dong was not interested at all.

Yi Dong knew very well that what he needed now was only the latest research on space chakra and the knowledge of refining space fragments and the most critical space fragments.

These things are obviously not something Gongsun Ziping can produce.

However, through more contact with Gongsun Ziping's followers and some knowledge from the secretariat, Yi Dong also learned about the current situation of some Taoist temples and fairy kingdoms.

For example, in Taoist temples and among immortal officials, there are still many current practitioners who have not established a foundation in the Great Dao.

Under the Great Dao foundation building, there are three other foundation building methods: Heaven, Earth and Man. These three foundation building methods can be regarded as the three kinds of golden elixirs that can be achieved in the present practice and in the future. They are also far superior to the nine-turn golden elixirs or even above the nine-turn golden elixirs of the ancient practice.

After all, although the lifespan extended by these three types of foundation building is not as amazing as that of the great way foundation building, it is definitely far superior to that of the ancient foundation building.

Among the instructors in the Taoist temple, except for a small number of people like Gongsun Ziping who came from ancient families and had deep backgrounds and pursued the great way to build the foundation, most of the instructors pursued the three methods of building the foundation.

After understanding these situations, Yi Dong breathed a sigh of relief.

From the Qi Refining King, we can see how powerful the Dao Foundation and Dao Golden Pill are. If all the immortal officials in the Immortal Kingdom are like this, it would be a hopeless situation.

Well, although Yi Dong would not think about such messy and unrealistic things as overthrowing the fairyland, but with too many strong people, the environment will inevitably be unfriendly to him.

After knowing these things, he felt slightly relieved.

He is not in a hurry for the Qi Refining King.

He is only forty-five years old now. If he waits a few hundred years before pursuing the Qi Refining King, perhaps the situation will have changed.

Besides, Yi Dong didn't have to become a Qi Refining King and then build the foundation of the Great Dao.

If it is really too difficult in the end, it would be nice to take a step back and become the Heavenly Dao Foundation Building Stage. Although the Heavenly Dao Golden Pill refined cannot be compared with the Great Dao Golden Pill of today's era.

But compared with the ancients, I am still a rare genius in a thousand years.

In this way, Yi Dong was satisfied.

After all, he does not hang out in official circles or Taoist temples, but only in the circles of small families and independent cultivators, so the enemies he can attract are quite low-end.

The so-called strength is not just being the strongest in the world, but also being strong compared with the people around you.

"The saying 'no desires, no strength' probably refers to people like me."

Yi Dong is not at all ashamed of his lack of ambition, but rather proud of his self-awareness.

"There are still two years left. It's time to go to the other three Taoist temples."

Thinking of this, Yi Dong immediately summoned Gongsun Ziping.

Gongsun Ziping is completing various tasks at a high intensity. Yi Dong is the most critical person. Many problems probably cannot be solved without Yi Dong.

Under such circumstances, he naturally didn't want Yi Dong to leave the Hongtu Taoist Temple, even for a short period of time. He went to his house in person to persuade him earnestly, and even offered him various benefits, saying that it would not be too late for him to go to other Taoist temples in two years.

But Yidong’s good habit is that he never understands other people’s difficulties, and he always considers problems from his own perspective.

What is putting yourself in other people's shoes? What is understanding others? He has learned so much knowledge, but he still doesn't understand what it means.

He made it clear directly that if Gongsun Ziping did not provide him with a channel to enter the secretarial library of other Taoist temples, they would part ways immediately.

Gongsun Ziping had a grim look on his face. Obviously, since he was born, few people dared to offend him like this. The amount of anger that Yi Dong had caused him in just this short year might not be so much in the next few decades.

"Well, if you really didn't convince the deans of the three Taoist academies, don't think too much about it. You can continue your academy life, and I will continue my travels."

Yi Dong didn't even look at Gongsun Ziping's ugly face. So what if Gongsun Ziping came from an ancient family?

While Yi Dong would not suffer a loss in the present, he would also not be timid and cowardly. When it came to offending people, as long as he could afford to offend them now, he would never consider the consequences in the future.

"Three months. Give me three months, and you can go to Lijiang Taoist Temple and enter the secretarial library."

"Three months is too long. A year has already passed. If you are not capable enough, don't waste our time.

Ten days, in ten days I will set out for Lijiang Taoist Temple."

After saying that, Yi Dong closed his eyes and thought, looking as if he had no intention of discussing anything.

Gongsun Ziping walked out of Yi Dong's yard with a grim face.

If it were during the chaotic times, a series of "old men" from Gongsun Ziping's family would have come out to teach Yi Dong a lesson.

pity.

Yi Dong knew that Gongsun Ziping was very angry, but he didn't care.

He did not completely believe in the laws of the fairyland.

In fact, he was not worried that Gongsun Ziping would find a killer to "sniper" him.

Because in the process of helping Gongsun Ziping refine weapons and elixirs, he collected a lot of "lost" materials silently through superb and delicate operations.

As a result, he successfully helped himself to refine a magical weapon similar to a "rocket launcher", a detector that was extremely sensitive to spiritual power, and a powerful magical weapon that resisted force fields.

The "rocket launcher" is not an offensive weapon, but a propeller that can carry itself thousands of miles with one shot.

Every immortal cultivator is a collection of spiritual power. In the wild without any "cameras", the detector can detect an immortal cultivator approaching from about ten kilometers away.

The force field weapon is used to deal with situations where gunmen using spiritual power firearms suddenly launch an attack in the city and the person himself is faced with a hail of bullets.

Yi Dong used his sophisticated knowledge of refining instruments and rare materials to refine these three magical instruments into many small pendants as big as ornaments. Whenever he travels, he can carry them with him. They are not foolproof, but in most cases they can prevent sudden death from external forces.

Ten days is what Yi Dong has considered.

If Gongsun Ziping was fooling me, at most I would have worked for ten days in vain, which was not too bad.

If Yi Dong really missed the secretarial libraries of other Taoist academies due to lack of time, it would not be a pity. Most of the knowledge in the secretarial libraries of other Taoist academies should be similar, so it would not be a big deal if he did not get it.

Soon, ten days passed.

(End of this chapter)