Hidden moth

Chapter 293: Knowing the Constant and Observing the Return to All Things

Guo Qianhuai also waved his hand and retracted the four screens. The screens, which were originally the size of door panels, turned into the shapes of four carved wooden cards, which could be easily put into his pocket. However, he twisted the four "cards" and frowned without saying a word.

Gu Chun asked, "What's wrong with you? Do you want to play poker?"

Guo Qianhuai sighed deeply, "I've completed the refining of the weapon, but I'm still a step short of the right level. Ultimately, it hasn't become a divine weapon."

"Let me see!" Gu Chun reached out and took the four wooden signs, letting them float above his palm and rotate. The four mini screens turned translucent again, showing the changing scenes of the four seasons.

He frowned and said, "It's somewhere between the tangible and the intangible, with infinite subtle changes. It can withstand the power of a sixth-level alchemist using the Eight Trigrams Purple Gold Furnace. It's almost a divine weapon."

Guo Qianhuai: "But it's not a divine weapon after all."

Gu Chun: "Old Guo, judging solely by your weapon-refining skills, at least in my opinion, you are no less skilled than the ancestors of all generations. If the ancestors were only at the sixth level, they might not be able to create such a magical weapon.

I've seen moth wings before, imitating flying artifacts but not actually flying artifacts, and I thought they were the most exquisite magical instruments. But today, it seems that they are not as good as your four-season flower screen."

Guo Qianhuai said modestly, "It's hard to compare things with different uses." Then he sighed, "Without the legendary ultimate cultivation, it seems impossible to create a divine weapon... By the way, where did you take the moth wing?"

Jiang Daozhen interrupted, "I gave my disciple He a test. Didn't I tell you?"

Li Xiuyuan interrupted, "Master Guo, you've completed the Four Seasons Flower Screen, but you don't need it normally..."

Guo Qianhuai quickly reached out and took back the magic weapon that Gu Chun had taken away: "Stop it, all of you! Don't try to take away any good things! The Lingji Yangshen Pendant and Wanmu Huichun Plate that I made for you back then, I ended up giving them to that kid.

I finally managed to create this set of four-season flower screens today, and you want to give it to him? Don't even think about it, I intend to leave this as a family heirloom for the Ruwei Sect."

The so-called Spiritual Nourishing Pendant is the animal claw pendant that He Kao has been wearing since he was a child; the so-called Myriad Woods Rejuvenation Plate is the chessboard that Jiang Daozhen left for He Kao, which also includes the two complete sets of chess pieces, which can be used in conjunction with the Myriad Woods Rejuvenation Formation set up by Gu Chun in Pugang Town.

Li Xiuyuan: "Are there not enough heirloom artifacts in the Ruwei Sect? Instead of just keeping them in the warehouse, why not..."

Guo Qianhuai interrupted him again and said, "As for protective array devices, he already has the Ten Thousand Trees Rejuvenation Plate."

Gu Chun: "The Myriad Trees Rejuvenation Formation is only in the Pugang Town area. If it were somewhere else, it would definitely not be as effective as the Four Seasons Flower Display. Don't be so stingy."

Guo Qianhuai glared and said, "Am I petty? With his cultivation level, it's too much for him to use the Four Seasons Flower Spreading Screen."

Jiang Daozhen: "Don't underestimate young people. Think about Mei Guyu. Although he is still young, his cultivation level is not inferior to yours."

Guo Qianhuai put away the wooden sign and said, "Although it's not a divine weapon, to use it, you must have at least a fifth-level cultivation base... Besides, you guys will take advantage of it for nothing. That child didn't come to kowtow to me and respect me as his master!"

Li Xiuyuan sighed, a look of regret on his face. He turned around and said, "Old Jiang, we've taken care of things here, but there's actually a surprise. They brought the Eight Trigrams Purple Gold Furnace... What's the next step?"

Gu Chun: "I don't know how Xiaokao and Xiaomei are doing."

Jiang Daozhen said, "Don't worry. In terms of fighting skills, with the Falling Rain Sword in hand, Mei Guyu is stronger than you!" Then he said to Li Xiuyuan, "You go out first and quickly return to Qiyuan. Show up in public tomorrow."

Gu Chun had already opened the portal, and Li Xiuyuan hurried away. Guo Qianhuai asked again, "What about the three of us?"

Gu Chun looked back at the dilapidated Danding Sect's Ancestral Hall. "Don't worry, let's fix the walls and roof first. Try to make them stronger... Senior Brother Guo, what are you daydreaming about? Are you still thinking about forging a divine weapon?"

Guo Qianhuai stood there somewhat distracted, not knowing what he was thinking. He came to his senses after hearing this and said, "I'm confused about one thing. Master Danqiu's philosophy is clearly hypocritical. How could he have achieved a breakthrough to the sixth level of cultivation and achieved great success?"

Jiang Daozhen explained: "Because he really only recognizes his own ideals, he really doesn't care what you think. You need to gain his approval to be considered as an equal by him."

Guo Qianhuai shook his head and said, "I don't need his approval, and I'm not like him."

Jiang Daozhen: "That's not what I meant. I was just answering your question."

Gu Chun interrupted, "He's not from the East. Grand Master Guo has spent his entire life studying weapon forging and has rarely dealt with people like him. Besides, you're old, and you've never heard Master Zong give a lecture."

The so-called Master Zong is the head of the Wangqi Sect and the elder of the Zongfa Hall, Zong Zheng. He has a nickname called the Second Elder and another nickname called Master Yu.

Guo Qianhuai nodded and said, "I haven't heard of it. Whenever Master Zong gave a lecture, it was always the children who listened. It was said that what he talked about was thousands of years old, and the children might not like to listen, but it was hard to offend the elder."

Gu Chun: "One day, let He Kao come to the clan hall to pay respects, and then arrange for the old teacher Zong Zheng to give a lecture to the children, and have him explain this matter clearly.

Let everyone understand clearly who we are and who we are dealing with…” That night, He Kao rested in the house he rented in Sesame Apartment and did not go anywhere.

The environment here was very noisy and chaotic. Even without using his supernatural powers, he could hear all kinds of movements upstairs and downstairs very clearly, but he could still sit still and practice.

He Kao first practiced in Sesame Apartments, not being picky about his surroundings. The entry level to the art of hidden moth cultivation requires the ability to regulate the body and mind, blocking out all environmental distractions, and ultimately achieving the state of "no self."

However, for a long time after entering the practice, he was very picky about the environment in which he practiced. He not only tried to avoid being disturbed, but also tried to avoid being noticed by anyone.

As a hidden moth, he has many dojos to choose from.

The first one was the evergreen jade sycamore tree. He built a hidden seat in the treetops. That was where he grew up. It felt very familiar to him, and the environment was most suitable for his body and mind.

But it is in the middle of a busy city, with only the treetops blocking the view. The environment, including the various human activities, is extremely noisy, which is not suitable for a deep and quiet state of meditation. However, it is suitable for practicing to cultivate and regulate the spirit.

Later, he built the Gushan Cave Residence, which was a secret base with almost no outside interference, in the darkness and tranquility deep in the mountain.

Later, he opened the Piaocai Cave, so he didn't have to look for other caves. As for the secret room he built on the third floor of his house, it was also to block the perception of outsiders.

But after going through such a long journey, he returned to the starting point of his cultivation today.

This is an unprecedented state of concentration, free of distracting thoughts, yet without cutting off external influences, one can instead clearly perceive the world.

This is a bit like the state of "observing without thinking" when the soul is traveling, but at this moment he does not even "observe". Instead, all things in the world appear naturally, and it does not matter whether he observes or not.

Taking the universe and everything in it as his body, observing the universe is like looking inward at his own body. He Kao feels that as long as he takes one more step, he will usher in a whole new realm of body and mind.

But he also had another feeling at the same time. If he took this step, he might encounter some unpredictable danger. So he stayed calm and was still in the state of breaking through the barrier.

Just then, Li Xiuyuan called.

Of course, He Kao set the Do Not Disturb mode when he was meditating, but he also set reminders for a few special contact methods... He then came out of his meditation.

Elder Li asked him to meet at Longlinpo. He Kao was very cautious. Although he was sure that he was not being watched at the moment, he did not disappear in the room of Sesame Apartment.

He first went out to a nearby park, and the next moment he came to a secluded place under the Dragon Scale Slope.

Longlinpo is located in the back mountain of Fengwei Township. Thanks to the powerful infrastructure of contemporary Dongguo, there is actually a mobile phone signal on this ridge. Li Xiuyuan is already waiting here.

As soon as He Kao stepped onto Longlin Slope, he anxiously asked, "Master Li, do you already know what happened tonight?"

Li Xiuyuan shook his head and said, "I just came out of the Immortal Pot Cave Heaven and haven't contacted anyone yet. I just wanted to ask you about the situation in Qiyuan..."

He Kao: "According to Elder Gu's instructions, I disguised myself as you today and accompanied Elder Mei to Happy Valley... Using the contact information you provided, Lan Jiuwan captured that man and handed him over to Xianrui."

He briefly introduced what happened in Qiyuan tonight, which took quite a while. Then, just as he was about to ask what happened in Fengwei Township, Elder Li sent a divine thought to introduce the changes in Xianhu Cave Heaven.

The content of the divine thought basically reproduced the scene in the Immortal Pot Cave Heaven. Of course, He Kao also knew many secrets. He didn't react for a while and was stunned with his mouth open for half a minute.

Li Xiuyuan patted him on the shoulder and said, "You've captured Jiao Bi De, which is great. We should be able to find out a lot from him. I'd also like to trouble you to take me to Qiyuan. I'll be showing up there, so leave the rest to me."

Even if some cultivators were captured alive, they probably wouldn't be able to get anything out of them. All the torture methods in the world were almost ineffective. For example, from the very beginning, Jiang Daozhen and the others had no intention of keeping "Master Danqiu" alive; they didn't even ask his name.

But Li Xiuyuan believes that people like Jiao Bi De are not among them.

After the action of dismantling the Xiaomeng, there will inevitably be a thorough purge within the Shumen. A lot of people will be involved, some of whom are related to the Xiaomeng, and some are not.

In the past two months, Li Xiuyuan mobilized a large number of people and found many clues, which can be cross-verified with Jiao Bi De's confession.

He Kao opened the portal and led Li Xiuyuan into the Piaocai Cave Heaven, but he didn't rush to send him out. He asked again, "How does the Zongfa Hall intend to handle this?"

What he meant was not how to deal with those who have problems or violate the rules, but how to deal with this matter. The key point is whether to make it public and how to make it public?

Li Xiuyuan narrowed his eyes and asked, "If it were up to you to decide, how would you handle this?"

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PS: Good luck in the new spring!
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