The sky is empty and still, with green pines and a bright moon.
Suddenly a bright ray of light shone through the overlapping sea of clouds, as if the sun had broken through the clouds to reveal a clear sky.
Bai Cang climbed to a high place and looked out. The vast blue sky stretched out like a slowly unfolding scroll.
"Moonfire of the Moon, by imperial decree!"
A piece of blood-red amber appeared in his hand, its pale flames seemingly dancing and leaping.
The silvery-white Primordial Dark Heavenly Cold Qi spread from his hand, bursting out with dazzling brilliance, intertwining and swirling in the air.
A treasure mirror, as bright as the moon, appeared out of thin air, its fine and dense seal script patterns resembling ten thousand dragons returning to their home.
“Floating pearls roll, and auspicious clouds rise.”
"The moon bestows life, igniting the fire in my heart."
Bai Cang chanted the maxims, repeating them three times and nine times, the resounding and echoing Daoist sounds gradually rising from low to high.
Finally, the sound was like thunder, like a great bell, as if it had drawn the bright moon in the sky, causing it to cast its radiance.
A wisp of pale candle flame, which had disappeared from the blood-red amber at some point, appeared out of thin air in the silvery-white treasure mirror that resembled the bright moon.
In an instant, the pale, cold flame that had ignited in Bai Cang's body merged with the ancient Xuanming Heavenly Cold Qi, weaving together to form intricate seal script.
Countless seal characters seem to outline the endless scene of the netherworld, with the Yellow Springs Road, the Terrace of Longing for Home, the Ten Courts of Yama, and the Eighteen Levels of Hell faintly visible.
The final image is set in the Netherworld, with a bright moon in the sky.
The two intertwined and merged, causing the magical power in his Xuanqiao (a point in the body) to seem to be burning.
"Buzz!"
The next moment.
The heavenly sounds resounded, and the Taoist rhythm flowed.
A beam of cool moonlight descended, like a sliver of silver light shining through the clouds, pushing aside layers of clouds, or like the first ray of light torn apart the heavens and earth.
That silver-white mirror, as bright as the moon, received the falling moonlight and weaved together all sorts of strange phenomena.
Differentiate Yin and Yang, evolve the Four Symbols, gather the Five Elements, and condense the Eight Trigrams.
Ultimately, all nine returned to one, condensing into a pale, constantly leaping flame, with its core resembling an icy, frigid soul.
"boom!"
In an instant.
A profound and mysterious realization suddenly welled up in Bai Cang's heart.
Strands of pale, cold flames intertwined and crisscrossed within his Yellow Court Sea of Consciousness, condensing into a silver-white light egg, wrapped with sixty light wheels.
"Lunar Flame, Condense!"
Bai Cang sensed the continuous stream of insights within his heart.
An invisible, powerful force was bestowed upon the silvery-white egg, accelerating its transformation.
"boom!"
The next moment.
Bai Cang's entire figure seemed to have transformed into a blazing torch.
The brilliant, pale, cold flames surged and exploded with a deafening roar.
Finally, a flame-shaped divine pattern intertwined between his brows, resembling pure white flames, swaying and radiating an aura that was both extremely yin and cold, yet also intensely hot and explosive.
Immediately, a mysterious aura rose up, condensing into a pure white halo behind his head, slowly rotating, which was quite miraculous.
"What a magnificent Xuan You Moonfire! What a magnificent Taiyin Moonflame!"
Bai Cang composed himself and couldn't help but show joy on his face.
As he expected, after refining the "Mysterious Nether Moonfire" using the "Taiyin Moonfire" secret method.
A minor supernatural power called "Taiyin Moon Flame" was formed almost naturally.
Even the Primordial Profound Netherworld Cold Qi underwent a mysterious change at this moment, as if it had filled in some missing change in the Taiyin Dharma Nature.
Thinking this, Bai Cang curled his fingers into a claw and lifted them upwards, and a silvery-white light suddenly rose from his hand.
Then it transformed into a moon flame, leaping and rising in the palm of my hand.
"boom!"
The next moment.
With a single push, he unleashed a torrent of pure white, cold flames that spread across the sky, enveloping an area of several dozen feet and stretching into a sea of fire.
It appears fiery and dazzling, yet it has no temperature whatsoever, seemingly merely a form, yet it distorts the air, as if it could erode the void.
An extremely explosive aura was deeply hidden within the seemingly peaceful pure white cold flame.
If it were to erupt, even cultivators with hundreds of acupoints would likely be in serious trouble. Furthermore, it possesses characteristics such as being indestructible when exposed to water and having a bone-deep, persistent nature.
"Not only that, but my cultivation level has also increased by ten apertures."
Bai Cang looked inward and his smile grew even brighter. "From now on, the bottlenecks in opening acupoints will be meaningless to me!"
For Bai Cang, once the Taiyin Moon Flame was ignited, opening the Xuanqiao (mysterious aperture) was as simple as eating and drinking.
The only "shortcoming" that can limit his cultivation improvement is the accumulation of magical power, or rather, the deficiency of insufficient essence.
"And there was an unexpected bonus!"
Bai Cang clenched his fist, and the cold flames and sea of fire in mid-air suddenly dissipated. Then, with a wave of his hand, frost-like lightning, resembling ice crystals, instantly appeared.
"Boom!"
The next moment.
An invisible shockwave swept across an area of more than ten feet, with wisps of lightning intertwined in the transparent ripples. The jagged rocks on the ground seemed to be weathered into dust, and a gust of wind would raise clouds of dust.
This is "Gui Water Yin Thunder", the water-related thunder in the "Five Qi Yin Thunder Method".
Since obtaining the "Five Qi Yin Thunder Technique", Bai Cang has been practicing it every day without fail.
However, due to the short time available and the lack of spiritual materials of the five elements, he has not yet been able to truly complete his cultivation.
Now that the "Taiyin Moon Flame" supernatural power has been condensed, the "Gui Water Yin Thunder" is also a natural outcome.
"In less than three months, he has reached the level of sixty acupoints!"
"Even without Xiao Nie's blessing, I, who have mastered minor supernatural powers, should not be considered weak among the true disciples, right?"
Although it has not yet been tested in actual combat, Bai Cang estimated that an ordinary cultivator with all Hundred Apertures might not even last a single round against him.
If Xiao Nie were to be added to the mix, who among the true disciples could rival him?
However, Bai Cang had no intention of trying at all; instead, he became even more cautious.
During this time, he carefully studied every sentence of the "Cultivation Manual" and deeply agreed with the saying "the strong bully the weak".
Fighting against opponents of a higher level is too risky; the real strategy is to fight against opponents of a higher level in reverse.
It would be best to add poisoning, sneak attacks, or other methods to kill the opponent in one move, and never let them last two moves.
Unless absolutely necessary, when faced with a narrow encounter, one should make a decisive move and fight back.
Most importantly, Bai Cang's strength is increasing every day, so there's absolutely no need to rush.
Time is on his side; it's others, not him, who should be anxious.
In the days that followed, Bai Cang returned to his simple and unpretentious life.
He spends his days refining elixirs, taking medicine, and hunting turtles—no, I mean fishing—living a regular and carefree life.
The only difference is that the alchemy location has changed to the alchemy academy's exclusive alchemy room, and students go to the scripture pavilion every day to broaden their knowledge.
Within the Dan Academy, Bai Cang also received "emperor-like" treatment, able to "summon the wind and rain" and take whatever he wanted.
Even Luo Jin, who was once full of resentment, became enthusiastic and obsequious, calling him "Senior Brother Bai" repeatedly and serving him very attentively.
I heard that even Master Luo publicly praised him for his sensibility, saying, "Your elder brother is far away in Heshan, you must work harder!"
But beneath this calm surface, the entire Crimson Dragon Temple was in turmoil because of Bai Cang's actions!
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