Seeking the Tao in the Mortal World

Chapter 155: You’re the Painting

A few days later, Qin Yi stood at the edge of the medicinal garden. Looking at the new buds, he felt quite satisfied.

When one devoted himself to something and watched it grow step by step, it was a kind of cultivation. Mortals used this to refine their minds and temper their temperament while the immortals used this to train their piano hearts.

When the buds broke through the ground, Qin Yi's Piano Heart Stage state had been completely stabilized. The Qi in his body was steaming like smoke, spreading all over his bones and soaking into every drop of his blood.

The Dantian was like a clear pool that was filled with mist.

This pool was Qin Yi's own image. Others might be different. For example, Du Pingsheng might have a dice image, and Ming He might have the Milky Way image. This was the foundation of tao.

Qin Yi didn't know why his image was a pool. He originated from the Li Fire City, and he practiced fire element spells. Could it be possible that he had too much water?

"It's because you claim to be a knight-errant, but in fact you don't have the fiery will. Instead, you are very calm. Only the passion is hidden in your heart as if it is hidden under the sea." Liu Su said, "And you can tolerate it. Normally, a rookie like you will insist on your own way and reject other people's way. This requires a deep understanding of the way before you can smile and say that the ways of the others are useful."

"Have you realized that you don't even hide it when you brag about your profound cultivation?"

"You and I both know that my cultivation is profound." Liu Su sighed, "The problem is that… how can a person who has shallow cultivation like you understand the ways of the others as if you have seen them all? Even if you disagree, you won't feel too conflicted. This is toleration, so your image becomes a pool, which can progress into a sea that can connect all rivers."

"Well, I've really seen too many things." Compared with the cultivation world, the modern world might not be able to compete in many aspects, but the amount of information was too huge. A thousand years old immortal cultivator might not see as much of the world as a modern person could see online in a few years.

Qin Yi had no intention to compare the strengths and weaknesses of the two different worlds. For non-engineering people, that knowledge was not enough in this world. It was already good that he could make his own toothbrush.

Thinking of this, he remembered that he hadn't visited the eccentric skills sect yet, so he would like to check it out another day.

Then again, he could no longer use the toothbrush...

He could inedia now... Even if he wanted to eat, he could do it after just one cleansing spell. He didn't need to brush his teeth anymore... His body wouldn't excrete the excessive waste also. He would not be stained by external dirt, so he didn't need to wash his face or take a shower.

He really became an immortal.

The Phoenix Initiation Stage could prolong life and delay aging. This effect was not strong though. It could extend the life of a person who originally expected to be in his 60s or 70s to 80s or 90s. Even at the Phoenix Initiation Stage max level, one could only live around 130 years, which was still within the scope of longevity recognized by ordinary people.

When it came to the Piano Heart Stage, the lifespan ranged from 200 to 500.

Now that Qin Yi had stabilized the Piano Heart Stage, and his martial arts had achieved Muscle Alteration Stage, his theoretical lifespan should be 250.

In addition, the higher the cultivation level, the slower the aging process, and the harder for the appearance to change. Now Qin Yi still had the seventeen-year-old baby face. Ten years later, he would look like nineteen years old. He would age, but just slow. If he couldn't advance to the Cloud Riding Stage, he would turn old one day. Therefore, there were many middle-aged and old men in the Immortal Realm.

Once he reached the Cloud Riding Stage, the golden pellet would form, and his body was almost transformed into energy. His appearance from that moment on would never change again.

Therefore, in the internal pellet study, forming a golden pellet meant truly achieving the path to immortality.

Ju Yunxiu might be over a thousand years old, but she still looked like she was in her twenties. She didn't deliberately make herself look younger, but she indeed had the body of a twenty years old. Ming He had reached the Cloud Riding Stage, so her appearance wouldn't change either.

Qin Yi had already left the cave houses and went to see his thousand-year-old aunty.

Whether they were seniors or juniors, it was obviously not good to stay in the cave house for a few days right after joining. Now that he had consolidated the Piano Heart Stage and the seeds had been planted, it was time to go out.

In fact, based on the nature of Myriad Tao Immortal Palace, Qin Yi thought it was more like a comprehensive university. Ju Yunxiu was more like a department head. The entire art department of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting had different majors, and the leader of each peak was the head teacher of each major.

Now that he had been appointed as the peak master, but he had no major. He was more like a department counselor...

This is the most vivid, what kind of sect leader does not conform to the traditional immortal sect structure at all.

But as soon as the ride landed on the main peak, all the thoughts about "old aunty" and "department chair" were immediately thrown out of the window.

On the edge of the cliff, there was a blue-tiled pavilion. Ju Yunxiu was playing the piano alone.

The piano music was like the warm morning sun shining on the world. On the top of the snow mountain, the snow melted, the clear spring flowed down, the white deers roamed the mountain, and hundreds of birds danced around. Everything was ethereal at that moment, turning into a static painting.

The clouds and mist on the edge of the cliff curled around her aimlessly. Several birds stopped on the green pines on the side of the cliff, listening to the piano quietly as if they were tired of flying.

She represented the immortal.

Different from Ming He, but she was equally an undisputed fairy.

"Zheng!" The sound of the piano suddenly stopped, then the world suddenly resumed its hustle and bustle. The wind began to move, and the birds began to sing, returning from the sky to the mortal world.

"Junior, are you satisfied with the cave house?" Ju Yunxiu said calmly. Qin Yi discovered that her voice actually represented a kind of music, faint and ethereal.

Is she really the sleepy bookworm whom I met before?

He composed himself and replied, "The cave is quiet. The experience is quite rewarding."

Ju Yunxiu pressed her delicate hands on the strings, seeming to be thinking about something. After a while, she said, "You intended to hide your cultivation, but why did you reveal it in public that day?"

Qin Yi shook his head, "I never wanted to hide. They just didn't understand martial arts cultivation."

Ju Yunxiu nodded and asked, "So how does it feel to win against the noob?"

Qin Yi said, "I cultivate so that I can grasp my destiny and protect the people I want to protect. Only by being respected by others is the best protection. Being despised and humiliated every day will only ruin the serenity.”

Ju Yunxiu looked at his face and smiled. "So in fact, you are not in line with the way of scheming as they said. You’re pure and aloofness and are born like a passerby without any attachments. This is the most traditional way of immortality. Joining the Myriad Tao Immortal Palace will only waste your talent.”

Qin Yi also smiled and said, "It's not a waste. Being able to hear this music and see this painting has made the trip worthwhile."

Ju Yunxiu was startled, "It's just the music. There is no painting here."

"You’re the painting." Qin Yi paused and pointed around him, "The clouds around the mountain and the hundreds of birds listening to the music are a painting."