I Outworked the Entire Cultivation World

Chapter 654: Chapter 601: Shishu, May I Ask for Your Guidance?

In the following days, Jiang Yuebai used two of her clones to continue with her teaching and learning tasks at the Zhuge family, while her main body stayed at the residence, focusing on accompanying Zhao Fuyi and Wenn Miao.

Wenn Miao, well aware of Jiang Yuebai’s ’nature’, didn’t even need to speak to drive her away. When Jiang Yuebai didn’t want to leave, Wenn Miao simply said, ’If you don’t leave, I will,’ and then disappeared without a trace.

Jiang Yuebai saw the direction she left in and thought it’s very likely she went to disguise herself and investigate the Seven Stars River area.

Zhao Fuyi, taking on the demeanor of a senior, couldn’t bring herself to speak bluntly, so she sat at the table and downed her tea as if facing her doom. She took a deep breath, tapped the table, and braced herself.

Seeing Uncle Fuyi’s warm initiative, Jiang Yuebai couldn’t bear to refuse the elder’s goodwill. She immediately sat down with a smile and took out the New Taihe Umbrella, asking Uncle Fuyi to help her check if there were any issues with the talisman array group on it.

Upon inspection, they indeed found some areas where the connections weren’t smooth. As expected of an Array Dao Master, Zhao Fuyi’s insights and experience were hundreds of years more comprehensive than Jiang Yuebai’s.

With Zhao Fuyi’s guidance, Jiang Yuebai made adjustments, further perfecting the New Taihe Umbrella.

After the talisman array group on the Taihe Umbrella was thoroughly inspected, Jiang Yuebai also took out notes she had compiled over the years at the Zhuge family, relevant to armor talisman arrays, and discussed them with Zhao Fuyi.

In the following days, other Divinity Transformation cultivators from the Heavenly Interence Sect gradually arrived at the Zhuge family.

The two Refining Void Star Monarchs were expected to arrive later because they, having found their directions in the Dao and possessing higher cultivation, would be subject to Daoist erosion by the realm lord Immortal Monarch Chongmin’s Dao Fruit upon entering the Nine Rivers Realm.

Therefore, they would only make a brief appearance at the beginning of the Dragon Group Gathering, quickly discussing matters that needed attention, and then leave promptly.

Back in the Green Dragon Realm, if the Immortal Monarch of the Green Dragon Realm hadn’t been absent, other sects’ Refining Void Cultivators and Integration Cultivators wouldn’t linger in their sects.

Indeed, it’s just like what Wenn Miao said to Jiang Yuebai, if you don’t leave, I will!

Zhao Fuyi, being meticulous, had previously instructed others not to reveal their identities and cultivation levels upon arriving.

Therefore, the outside world still doesn’t know how many Divinity Transformation cultivators have gathered at the Zhuge family at this time.

Many of them hadn’t seen each other for decades or even a hundred years, and after meeting, they had endless things to talk about.

As the only junior and a standout disciple from the Earth Spiritual Realm’s Heavenly Interence Sect, Jiang Yuebai naturally received care from all the seniors, and upon meeting her, quite a few greeting gifts were handed to her.

However, the process of meeting Jiang Yuebai was somewhat similar for everyone...

”Oh dear, is this Little Wangshu mentioned in the letter by Junior Sister Fuyi? Such a spirited, intelligent, and jade-hearted good child, where is she unruly? Junior Sister Fuyi is simply talking nonsense. Come, come, Uncle will give you something nice...”

At moments like this, Zhao Fuyi would be calmly sipping tea on the side, thinking to herself, no one can last a day! No one!

Moments later, when the senior-junior pleasantries seemed to be controlled increasingly by the innocent-looking junior, the scene would start gradually getting out of hand.

”... I wonder which path Uncle Mo Ping specializes in? I’ve encountered some bottlenecks in my recent cultivation, may I seek advice from Uncle?”

”Encountering a bottleneck, are we? Feel free to speak, Uncle has also been through the Nascent Soul Stage, and will surely help you resolve it!”

At these moments, Zhao Fuyi would put down her tea cup, revealing a subtle, faint smile, quietly watching.

She recollected the time she praised Jiang Yuebai in front of Lii Jiuchuan, and Lii Jiuchuan mentioned that while Jiang Yuebai was good in many ways, she surely had too many questions. At that time, she naively thought having many questions was a good thing.

Now, looking at Senior Brother Mo Ping in front, with a naive smile identical to hers from back then, Zhao Fuyi’s normally unperturbed heart actually felt a bit of anticipation and a small hint of ’schadenfreude’ for what might happen next.

Jiang Yuebai started questioning, and at first, Mo Ping could handle it smoothly. However, as the discussion delved deeper, the more time Mo Ping took to ponder with a furrowed brow.

At advanced stages of cultivation, many universal truths are more easily grasped than explained; they simply cannot be elucidated clearly in words.

Dao, undoubtedly profound and intricate.

However, the more vaguely and profoundly Mo Ping answered, the more questions it sparked.

Jiang Yuebai, with her neck held upright, persisted in pursuing her queries. When she felt her brain was not enough, she released a Divine Thought she’d hidden away into a clone, having two of her facing a single Mo Ping.

Seeing this, Mo Ping finally couldn’t endure it any longer and stood up, the youthful face now lined with wrinkles of weariness and distress, trembling bloodshot lines in his eyes.

”Well... Uncle and Elder Zhuge have not seen each other for decades and have yet to resolve a previous chess match. It’s not good to keep them waiting, I’ll be right back!”

Mo Ping fled as if to escape, Zhao Fuyi couldn’t hold her laugh, and the water spilled out of the tea cup she was holding.

”Uncle, don’t go, my bottleneck is not resolved yet!”

Jiang Yuebai pouted pitifully, looking at Zhao Fuyi, who quickly feigned distraction, avoiding her gaze.

Unbeknownst to them, Mo Ping happened to run into a senior sister who had just entered the Zhuge family, quickly complimenting Jiang Yuebai after exchanging greetings.

”Senior Sister, Senior Sister, our Heavenly Interence Sect has not seen a genius girl like her in thousands of years, a sign of the great prosperity of Heavenly Interence Sect. She’s truly adorable, innocent, and possesses a remarkably high comprehension.”

”Is she really that good?”

”Absolutely, once you meet her, you’ll understand.”

”Is that so? Then I really must look forward to it and also test her a bit!”

”... Senior Sister, you... take care!”

Mo Ping fled, a senior sister took over, she got defeated; then came a junior brother, he collapsed, after which a junior sister took over...

Out of the eight Divinity Transformation cultivators of the Heavenly Interence Sect, only Zhao Fuyi was left accompanying Jiang Yuebai at the residence, while all the others found various excuses to leave.

Of course, Jiang Yuebai knew it wasn’t right to bombard someone with so many questions upon first meeting, but the opportunity was rare, and no one from other families would entertain her whims.

Being a junior from the same sect, these seniors surely found her numerous questions annoying while at the same time feeling lucky that she was a disciple of the Heavenly Interence Sect, and again hoping for the future she could bring to the Heavenly Interence Sect.

It was this conflicting mindset that made them grit their teeth to endure her myriad of questions, being compelled to patiently guide her.

If it were other high-level seniors, they would have killed her with a slap, rather than wasting words with her.

Jiang Yuebai, she surely was clever!

In these recent days, under the meticulous guidance of many Divinity Transformation cultivators from the Heavenly Interence Sect, Jiang Yuebai finally figured out why she encountered a bottleneck upon reaching the Mid-Stage Nascent Soul.

On the path of cultivation, having guidance is the quickest shortcut; otherwise relying solely on herself to perceive and understand might have wasted an unknown amount of time.

The root of the problem lay in the insufficient strength of her divine soul.

The Second Layer of ’Chaos Nirvana Skill’ involves ’Qi Refining and Divinity Transformation’, which requires the integration of Qi and Spirit, assimilating Qi into Spirit, adjusting the distribution and flow of internal Qi with divine soul power to enhance one’s strength.

In ancient times, Qi Refiners had a nature-given suitable environment, finding this step not challenging at all.

But it won’t work for her, especially not in these times!

From ancient times to present, there have been only two known solutions.

This was still shared by Uncle Mo Ping, the chess enthusiast with a youthful and ordinary appearance.

One is ’Great Medicine Pass’, and the other is ’Guarding the Middle’.

Uncle Mo Ping had extensive research on the cultivation methods of ancient Qi Refiners. He mentioned that ancient Qi Refiners, upon mastering the ’Qi Refining and Divinity Transformation’ stage, could rejuvenate, their bodies genuinely becoming younger and stronger, much like the ’Nirvana’ in ’Chaos Nirvana Skill’.

This also indirectly confirmed the feasibility of the two methods proposed by Uncle Mo Ping.

The ’Great Medicine Pass’ involves a Divinity Transformation cultivator condensing their Primordial Spirit into their Dantian, transforming their acquired essence Qi into innate essence Qi to form the ’Medicine’.

This means if a Divinity Transformation cultivator is willing to deplete their own essence Qi, risking a drop in their cultivation to refine the medicine for her, and she incorporates this innate essence Qi medicine into her body, she could pass the hurdle smoothly.

’Guarding the Middle’ is a state of mind, maintaining inner voidness and tranquillity, realizing the unity of heaven and man where divine soul and the universe meld.

As long as she can reach this realm, she could gradually enhance the power of her divine soul, and when it becomes strong enough, she would naturally break through the bottleneck.

However, Uncle Mo Ping also mentioned this realm is challenging to achieve, and even if attained, enhancing the divine soul is an exceedingly slow process, akin to a seed growing into a century-old tree, with no shortcuts, simply bearing the washing of time and storms.

The first method, Jiang Yuebai couldn’t possibly compel others to sacrifice for her, nor would she make such a request to the seniors of the Heavenly Interence Sect.

The second method is time-consuming but secure and worth attempting.

Currently, the Zhuge family is prepared to head to the Upper Three Tours Immortal Palace, so it’s better to wait until returning before entering seclusion for cultivation.