Primordial Era: I, Hongyun, take charge of the literary path

"I won't let you suffer a loss, fellow Daoist. I have a scripture, the 'Mysterious Cloud Creation Technique,' which can be cultivated to the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm. How about we exchange it for this treasure?"

The queen bee's expression shifted constantly. When Hongyun touched a nerve, she realized that she had indeed never refined the Life Pearl.

The Queen Bee has had the Life Pearl for tens of thousands of years, but no matter what method she uses, she cannot refine this treasure and can only wear it as an ornament.

The Life Pearl is an innate spiritual treasure. Although it is a low-grade innate spiritual treasure, its spirituality is unmatched by other magical treasures. Only a Great Luo Immortal can forcibly refine it.

Hongyun didn't know how the Queen Bee obtained the Life Pearl, but she figured it wasn't some kind of magical treasure choosing its master, otherwise the Queen Bee wouldn't have been unable to refine it for so long.

Thinking about the conditions Hongyun had set, the Queen Bee gritted her teeth and made up her mind, saying, "You really have the scriptures to cultivate to the Taiyi Golden Immortal level? You're not lying to me?!"

For the Queen Bee, exchanging an unusable magical treasure for a scripture that allows cultivation to the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm is absolutely worthwhile, provided it's true.

Spiritual treasures are ultimately just external objects; the Great Dao is what truly matters. The Queen Bee is currently at the Golden Immortal level, but due to the lack of a cultivation method, her cultivation has not yet broken through.

If there were a cultivation method that could lead to the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm, the Queen Bee's achievements would be even greater.

"Look at the halo of merit behind my head, and you should know that I am a man of my word."

Hongyun said with a smile, and then a jade book appeared in his hand, which read "Mysterious Cloud Scripture".

The queen bee gritted her teeth and said, "Fine, I believe you. I hope you're not lying to me. Otherwise, I will risk the lives of all the people of Amber City to kill you."

Hongyun simply smiled and remained silent upon hearing this.

Seeing Hongyun's reaction, the Queen Bee's heart sank. She gritted her teeth, took out the Life Pearl, and threw it at Hongyun.

Without the Queen Bee's magical suppression, the Life Pearl quickly flew to Hongyun's side, circled him once, and then landed directly in Hongyun's hand.

Hongyun channeled his magic power into the Life Pearl, which did not resist and was easily refined by him.

Seeing this, the Queen Bee's face darkened, and she felt bitter. The precious treasure that she couldn't get no matter how hard she tried was now being embraced by others.

"This scripture is for you; I am leaving now!"

Hongyun tossed the "Mysterious Cloud Scripture" to the Queen Bee, then transformed into a streak of red light and vanished.

The queen bee's eyes flickered, but after thinking it over, she ultimately decided not to stop Hongyun. Putting aside the fact that Hongyun possessed merit, she wasn't confident she could keep him even in terms of strength.

Looking at the "Mysterious Clouds of Life" in her hand, the Queen Bee sensed a torrent rushing into her mind.

After receiving the inheritance of the "Mysterious Clouds of Life" technique, the Queen Bee breathed a sigh of relief. Hong Yun had not lied to her; the "Mysterious Clouds of Life" technique was indeed a cultivation method at the Taiyi Golden Immortal level.

Having obtained the Pearl of Life, Hongyun did not linger and quickly left the sea of ​​flowers on auspicious clouds.

For Hongyun, obtaining a primordial spiritual treasure without any struggle was worthwhile.

Although a Taiyi Golden Immortal-level cultivation method is precious, it is not that precious to Hongyun, since cultivation methods can be passed down countless times.

A streak of red light swept across the sky, and the red cloud, while refining the life pearl, flew towards Mount Buzhou.

While in Amber City, Hongyun only performed simple refining, since Amber City was the Queen Bee's territory, and he also had to guard against the Queen Bee turning against him, so he could not concentrate on refining.

After fully refining the Life Pearl, he discovered that it had twelve innate restrictions, making it a top-grade low-level innate spiritual treasure, on par with the Jade Dew Bottle.

The Life Pearl also has extraordinary functions; it can autonomously generate life force and restore physical injuries.

In addition, the Life Pearl can sense the rhythm of life and has a remarkable effect in assisting body tempering.

Everything has its own unique life rhythm, and their life rhythm is also unique. The higher the level of life, the stronger the life rhythm.

Changes in the rhythm of life are most noticeable in body refinement. After Hongyun's research, he developed the most suitable method for body refinement, which increased the cultivation speed by 300%.

In cultivating spiritual herbs, the Life Pearl is also outstanding. The life force it generates is a great tonic for spiritual herbs, which can accelerate their growth and is also effective for the spiritual root, the Frost Jade Tree.

The Life Pearl, when combined with the Wood Pot, allows the Jade Tree, which typically bears fruit only once every three hundred years, to now bear fruit in just thirty years, increasing its growth rate tenfold.

In order to achieve this, Hongyun crafted a postnatal spiritual treasure called the Hundred Herbs Diagram, which incorporated the Life Pearl and the Yi Wood Pot, automatically replenishing his life force and Yi Wood Divine Water.

Hongyun planted the spiritual herbs and cold jade trees he had collected over the years into it. After being nourished by the power of life and the divine water of Yi Wood, the production rate of spiritual herbs greatly increased.

Seeing the rapidly maturing spiritual herbs, Hongyun was also a little itchy, so he took out a pill furnace and began to refine pills.

One by one, the medicinal herbs were thrown into the alchemy furnace.

When refining pills, Hongyun would constantly summarize his experience, including successful and unsuccessful experiences, as well as the medicinal properties, processing methods, and condensation methods of various types of spiritual herbs, all of which were recorded in the Wenyun Diagram.

The Literary Fortune Record is a treasure of merit and virtue that carries the spirit of literary fortune. The more knowledge and principles it records, the more literary fortune it occupies.

The Way of Literature is the Great Way of the Postnatal, which is spread throughout the world and hidden in all things such as heaven and earth, stars, rivers, etc.

If Hongyun wants to prove his Dao through literature, he needs to find the literature hidden between heaven and earth, organize it into a great path to heaven, and then he can prove himself as a Primordial Saint through literature.

Therefore, Hongyun needs to be learned, so that he can transform his knowledge, understanding, and thoughts into the foundation of literature and morality.

The principles of alchemy are also part of the Way of Literature. Studying alchemy and organizing it into writing is also a form of literary cultivation.

Thinking of the principles of traditional Chinese medicine from her previous life, Hongyun would also consider the properties of the medicinal herbs when refining elixirs. The way of literature is accumulated through cognition and practice.

Hongyun's ability to identify hundreds of herbs and understand their medicinal properties greatly aids in the cultivation of Daoist alchemy. The principles of monarch, minister, assistant, and guide are endless, leaving one to struggle and pursue knowledge in the boundless sea of ​​learning.

In order to identify the medicinal properties of various herbs, Hongyun used the Life Pearl to explore the life rhythm of the herbs and the laws governing that rhythm, thereby identifying the pharmacology of the herbs.

Each kind of elixir has its own unique life rhythm. Different kinds of elixir, and different individuals of the same kind of elixir, have similar or different life rhythms.

These rhythms were very chaotic, like the noise on an old television set, but Hongyun patiently experimented and summarized their commonalities.

In my previous life, herbs had four properties, namely, warm, hot, cool, and cold.

This is also a direction for analysis and deduction.

With the vast amount of data accumulated in the Wenyun Tulu (文运图录), the essence of everything is revealed in the process of deduction.

Through repeated practice in alchemy, the knowledge of alchemy and the pharmacology of elixirs became clearer.

The Life Pearl, imbued with the life rhythms of hundreds of herbs, revealed a trace of mystical power. The life force generated by the pearl became even stronger, along with the resilience of the herbs.

Before we knew it, thousands of years had passed.

Hongyun flew for countless miles, sitting on auspicious clouds, surrounded by Daoist charm, his aura seemingly merging with heaven and earth, reaching a state of harmony between heaven and man.

For thousands of years, the exploration of the life rhythm of hundreds of herbs has transformed into a torrent that crashes into the heart of Hongyun.

Each pulse of life is like a flickering spark; they flow, they collide, they merge…