Honghuang: It makes sense that there are four Sanqing, right?

"This title is not bad. It sounds better than my Xuqing title," Xiao Xuqing smiled in front of Yuanshi.

"Hehe, this child is quite intelligent."

Yuanshi smiled slightly and handed Xu Qing to Randeng.

"I will entrust this child to your care for now. After he turns three, when he begins his formal education, I will teach him the Great Dao of Golden Elixir."

Ran Deng bent down to receive Xu Qing and said respectfully.

"Yes."

Afterwards, Randeng took Xu Qing to his residence in Kunlun Mountain, Lingjiu Peak, Yuanjue Palace.

As the sun rises and the moon sets, all those who cultivate the Tao find that three years pass in the blink of an eye.

Qingdi was reincarnated once, but he retained his innate wisdom and is now known as a precocious genius on Kunlun Mountain.

The entire sect knew that Randeng had brought another disciple with terrifying talent, but in their view, the final outcome would depend on the speed of his cultivation.

Although Yuanshi explored talents, he never told the others the results. Some of his disciples were only teenagers. He did this to prevent their Dao hearts from becoming unbalanced.

On this day, Qingdi had been on the mountain for three years, and Randeng took him to the main peak of Kunlun Mountain, Yuqing Peak, the main hall of Kunlun Mountain, and Yuxu Palace.

Because Qingdi was already famous for his precocious talent, this matter naturally attracted the attention of many fellow disciples.

For example, the disciple that Randeng brought back several years ago, who was given the Daoist name Shiqi by Yuanshi, after his enlightenment, was taken in by Yunzhongzi as a disciple and has been paying attention to Qingdi ever since.

"Senior brother, I've met this junior brother before. He is indeed remarkably precocious. It is said that after Uncle Ran Deng taught him human writing, he learned Daoist script without any instruction."

"If he's more skilled than you, I'll definitely ask him for some guidance on the great Dao, and I won't bother you anymore."

Shi Qi, who looked like a young boy and wore a yellow robe with black patterns, stood next to Yun Zhongzi, a young man with a warm face and wearing a white robe with blue patterns, and chuckled.

"This is only natural. There is no order in learning the Way; those who are enlightened are our teachers. Not to mention you, even if you were to walk before me, I would still go and seek the Way."

Yun Zhongzi smiled and nodded, inheriting his kind-hearted nature from his previous life, and also because of Yuanshi's teachings, he was single-minded in seeking the Dao and had no desire to compete or be competitive.

Shiqi pouted, "Boring."

However, he didn't have any ill intentions towards this junior brother; he was just stirring things up for fun.

Two flowers bloom, each telling its own story. Now, Qing Di, who is still a child, has entered the Jade Void Palace and is already sitting cross-legged in a rather proper manner.

Yuanshi sat upright on the futon, solemn and dignified.

"I will pass on to you the Golden Elixir Method, a cultivation method I designed specifically for the human race."

"The Dharma should not be passed on lightly. You have lived in the mountains since you were a child, so I don't need you to serve tea and water, offer incense, or pay respects to Heaven and Earth and the Four Pure Ones."

Qingdi blinked, looked around, and found that there was indeed no one else. It was a sage's dojo, and no one would be checking it out, so he spoke in a low voice.

"Second brother, it's me!"

Upon hearing this, Yuanshi, who had been solemn with his eyes slightly closed, suddenly opened his eyes on the futon.

Qingdi continued.

"Back then, when you forged the Four Swords of Trapping Immortals for me, the materials given by my third and eldest brothers were Crimson Gold Copper Mother, Three Lights Divine Water, Five-Colored Divine Soil... merit."

Yuanshi suddenly stood up, quickly helped Qingdi up, and asked anxiously, "Fourth brother?"

"That's right, it's me!"

Qingdi, now with a childlike heart, was somewhat pleased to see Yuanshi, who usually had a great air about him, acting like this.

Yuanshi had no time to pay attention to these little expressions, and asked again.

"What's going on with you?"

"It's a long story, it goes like this..."

"I see."

Qingdi told Yuanshi the whole story. Yuanshi and Lingbao were undoubtedly trustworthy, and he really didn't want to kowtow to his own memorial tablet.

Lingbao's memorial tablet won't work either!

"Second brother, do not spread this matter to others. If we leave this hall, I will still call you Master."

Yuan Shi stroked his beard, his expression somewhat strange.

"All right."

He paused for a moment, then continued.

"In that case, you'd better not worship the Four Pure Ones' tablets. Just worship Heaven and Earth instead."

"Uh-huh!"

Qingdi nodded emphatically, offered incense and kowtowed before the memorial tablet inscribed with the words "Heaven and Earth".

Yuanshi's face returned to calm as he sat upright on the futon, speaking solemnly.

"The Golden Elixir Method is the method for those who cultivate Qi."

"The one who refines Qi is cultivating primordial Qi, not the breath we breathe through our mouth and nose. Primordial Qi undergoes seven cycles and nine transformations to achieve the Golden Elixir, which is called Foundation Building. Seven is the number of fire, and nine is the number of metal. Refining metal with fire to return to the origin is called the Golden Elixir."

"Having cultivated to this point... a sacred embryo has been formed."

The Golden Elixir Path, revised several times by the Primordial Beginning, has become a concise and profound text, summarizing the entire process from mortal to true immortal in just four hundred characters.

After True Immortal comes Profound Immortal, who requires cultivators to comprehend and understand the Dao, and there are no further cultivation methods to rely on.

A short while later, Yuanshi finished his sermon.

"Alright, give it a try."

Qingdi nodded, reciting the previous content while shaking his head and comprehending the primordial energy of heaven and earth.

Or rather, there's no need for comprehension. With Qingdi's aptitude, the primordial energy of heaven and earth is always within his five senses; it's a tangible thing that he can see, hear, and touch.

Not flattering, not despising, not insignificant.

To break through to the Qi Refining stage, all Qing Di needed to do was take a deep breath of the milky-white primordial energy in front of him.

Following the trachea, a breath of primordial energy entered Qingdi's body. It was refined by Qingdi at the entrance, transformed into a drop of golden liquid when it entered the Qi Palace, and transformed into a small golden pill when it entered the Dantian.

In just three breaths, Qing Di had already advanced from a mortal to the Golden Core realm.

The process, which took Yun Zhongzi three days, was already an unimaginable speed.

This is related to Qingdi's early awakening of innate wisdom, and also to the fact that Yunzhongzi had just learned to read and was not yet proficient.

However, if this achievement were to spread, it would shock the entire Kunlun Mountains.

Seeing Qingdi begin to inhale his second breath of primordial energy and circulate it for the second time, and his golden core begin to grow rapidly, Yuanshi's face twitched involuntarily, and he said.

"Sit here for a while before going out. My disciples haven't been disciples for long and their faith isn't strong yet. Don't frighten them. Just... three days will do."

"Yes, Second Brother."

Upon hearing this, Qingdi, who was cultivating, stood up and patted his chest with his chubby hand to assure him.

"They're all my own junior disciples, of course I'd do what's best for them, so don't worry."

"That's good."

Yuanshi looked at the three-year-old Qingdi and felt that something was wrong with what he had just said, so he couldn't help but turn his face away.

Three days later, Qingdi left Yuxu Palace...

Immediately, countless divine senses swept over, all unable to resist checking Qing Di's current cultivation level.

The next moment, countless gasps of astonishment echoed through Kunlun Mountain, and someone cried out in surprise.

"The Golden Core stage at its peak is terrifying."

"This is about the same as what happened to our senior brother back then, isn't it?"

"Yes, my senior brother achieved the Golden Core in three days. I remember it clearly. It took me more than a month to achieve the Golden Core. When I went to ask him, I was quite discouraged."

Ordinary disciples are fine, since Yun Zhongzi is already standing above them, a towering mountain that is impossible to climb.

The top four core disciples, upon learning of this news, had gleaming eyes and displayed various expressions.