Chapter 81: A Dark and Windy Night



"Two purple auras, one is called purity, the other is called inaction."

"Good stuff." Gui added.

Zhao Rong lay on the desk, supporting his chin with one hand and teasing the two "little guys" with the other hand.

The two were shaped like purple meteors with tails, and at this moment, they looked like two koi carps swimming around the bright lamp on the desk, which was the only light source in the room.

The dim orange light of the candle passed through their misty bodies and turned into a hazy purple light, "rampaging" around the house.

Outside the window is a cool moonlit night, and inside the window is a dreamy light and shadow of alternating yellow and purple.

Looking at two purple auras that look like children.

Zhao Rong suddenly reached out to grab the most active one among them, but the little guy dodged swiftly, slipped out from between his fingers, and circled around his right hand like a meteor, proudly extending a "comet tail" and touching the back of Zhao Rong's hand provocatively.

It feels icy cool to the touch.

Zhao Rong raised his eyebrows and reached out to grab another bunch. This little guy named "Qingjing" was much more well-behaved. It turned around in place and was gently held by his five fingers. It did not struggle, but just wagged its little tail "pitifully", lowered its head, and tapped the back of Zhao Rong's hand as if to please him.

"Wuwei" is naughty. "Qingjing" is well-behaved.

"Why does it feel like a man and a woman?"

"This Taoist wonder does not distinguish between yin and yang. It only has a little innate spiritual light and the mind of a child."

Gui said with regret, "This thing is magical, but it is also bound by the Great Dao. It is almost impossible to transform into a human form for cultivation, so it can't become a delicate and beautiful lady to repay Master Zhao. So Master Zhao, why don't you go to Zhongzhou and ask the Louguan Taoist sect to give you a stunning Taoist nun?"

"What are you talking about? Do I look like someone who has such dirty thoughts?"

Zhao Rong blinked, loosened his claws and let go of "Qingjing" who was as well-behaved as a little girl. He stood up and walked to the window, breathed a breath of fresh air, and looked up at the cliff carving in the darkness in the distance.

When he came back in the evening, he saw that there were no more words on it.

The former wonders of Zhongnan have been transformed by the strange old man today into two streams of purple air that are close to him... Or maybe they were purple air themselves, but turned into four words, standing on the cliff for a thousand years.

In front of the window, two "purple koi" were circling around me. "Purity" was just turning in circles quietly, while "Wuwei" was running around mischievously, pulling at the belt with the left and diving into the sleeves with the right.

"Zhao Rong." Gui suddenly said in a cheerful tone.

"No, no, I refuse."

Zhao Rong said without thinking, then raised his head, looked at the bright moon, turned around and went into the house to get the Tingni purple gold furnace.

"I haven't said it yet." Gui said unhappily.

"I don't know what you are going to say?" The young scholar said expressionlessly.

The person who shouts so disgustingly must be a rapist or a thief.

"I don't care, you have to give me one."

Zhao Rong persuaded him, "Gui, we are brothers, who are we? Yours is mine, and mine is still... in a sense, mine is still yours, so why do you say 'give it away'? Isn't it the same whether you use it or I use it? Don't you think so?"

But the sword spirit was not confused and did not fall for it. He said calmly, "Oh, well, I won't be polite. Give me one now."

Zhao Rong was helpless. He looked at the purple energy in front of him that was about to be cruelly abandoned by its black-hearted master. "Why do you, a noble sword spirit, need it?"

"It can enter the Ajna Chakra." Gui said softly.

Zhao Rong held back all the excuses he had in his mind, and said in a sullen tone, "Which one do you want?"

Zhao Rong's gaze lingered on the "tranquility" that was quietly spinning around.

"Send me 'Wu Wei'."

After saying this, Gui did not wait for Zhao Rong to ask him how to send it, but recited a spell softly.

The next moment, "Wuwei", which had been running around, suddenly stopped, and then, as if attracted by something irresistible, it suddenly plunged into Zhao Rong's brow chakra.

Zhao Rong's head tilted back subconsciously. He reached out and touched his forehead, and found that he felt no pain and no hole was made.

After a moment of silence.

"This Taoist purple qi is ignorant and intelligent, can change at will, and has many magical uses." Gui said in a cheerful tone, "'Pure' and 'Wuwei' are both top-grade purple qi, but the word 'Wuwei' means more to Taoists. In the Daoist Scripture, 'Wuwei' appears thirteen times. Therefore, among the many purple qi that appeared in the 5,000-word Daoist Scripture, there are only thirteen 'Wuwei' purple qi, and this is one of them."

Zhao Rong didn't pay attention to what it said next, but asked curiously: "Can it really change at will?"

He looked down at the two jade plates pressed tightly against his waist, one black and one white.

The black jade plate was decorated with a silk tassel, which was the colorful ribbon on her wedding dress.

But the white jade plaque was empty. He had always wanted to tie something on it...

Gui Suiyi replied: "It can transform anything you can think of. This is just one of its many uses..."

"Wait, why are you asking that?"

"fine."

Zhao Rong looked up, picked up the Tingni purple gold furnace and placed it in front of the window under the moonlight.

Gui thought about the pair of jade tokens that he had seen through his brows when he lowered his head just now, and sneered, "I was wondering why you were hiding them, it turns out you had already decided to give them to someone."

Gui said sincerely, "Mr. Zhao is really generous. He can give this kind of thing to others. Oh, it's for a girl. That's fine. Do you want me to return 'Wuwei' to you? I feel that your two purple qi are not enough."

It joked, "What will you give me next time? Forget it, just give me the Li Ji Sword Pill as well. It's just a Class A flying sword, haha."

Zhao Rong suddenly felt a little guilty. He coughed and ignored his sarcasm and jokes. He asked hurriedly, "Which furnace core is this?"

He picked up the rosary on the table that was still in Qingjingzi's hand half a day ago.

He successfully got the Tianxian Dongyi, but just put it aside casually. His real target was the rosary in his hand.

Suddenly, Zhao Rong remembered the scene during the day when, after the debate between Confucianism and Taoism was settled, Qingjingzi trembled all over and took off his clothes in a daze in front of thousands of people. When he thought of his expression at that time, Zhao Rong couldn't help laughing.

This is real social death.

Zhao Rong glanced at the eighty-one beads, twisted them carefully with his fingers, and felt that each bead was made of extraordinary material.

The sword spirit didn't think much about it, "Above the thumb, the third black bead from the bottom."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Rong took it down and examined it carefully.

This bead is pitch black and round, with a positive image of the Tai Chi Bagua diagram on it. It is difficult to distinguish if you don't look carefully.

Zhao Rong put the furnace core back into the groove in the center of the furnace cover and immediately withdrew his hand. However, after waiting for a while, he did not find anything strange happening.

"That's all?"

"Um."

"Finally it's complete. Come on, let's practice quickly. By the way, how do I practice alchemy? I'm a little nervous for the first time. Hey, do you think I'll be an alchemy genius? Although my cultivation is useless, my alchemy talent is one in a million. In the future, I can take elixirs to advance, wouldn't it be great..."

Zhao Rong was eager to try.

"What are you practicing for? Put it away and don't drop it."

Zhao Rong said sternly, "Why not practice? Isn't the aptitude for alchemy also based on the same criteria as the bloodline of the Li clan... on one's character?"

Zhao Rong suddenly felt the deep malice of this world.

"It's not because of your alchemy talent, but because of the current conditions. You can't practice it."

"I can go to Wen Ruo to borrow an alchemy room."

"Who told you that you have to practice alchemy in the alchemy room?"

Zhao Rong said calmly, "Oh, I understand. You mean I should generate fire in my body to practice it, or find some extremely rare heavenly fire or earthly fire?"

"Forget it, I won't practice anymore. I don't want this damn sword pill. Whatever you want, is it so troublesome to practice a pill? I suspect you are deliberately trying to lure me in. By the time I have completed all of your inhuman conditions, I will have already reached a level that defies the heavens. I won't even need to practice a damn pill."

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The sword spirit coughed lightly, "What nonsense have you imagined? Also, who said that you must use fire to refine the elixir? The Thunder Purple Gold Furnace is a thunder furnace, and it must be tempered with heavenly thunder."

Zhao Rong's eyes lit up, as if he had realized something. "So, this furnace core is a lightning rod?"

"What is a lightning rod? But this furnace core is indeed a lightning-attracting object, because Kui Niu is a thunder beast."

"Oh, nothing, just continue."

Gui said leisurely, "Let's wait for a thunderstorm, put the stove on the highest mountain around, and then you quickly hide far away, cover your ears and wait for the loud bang."

"Is it really just going to be done with a loud bang?" Zhao Rong was skeptical.

"It'll be fine with a boom."

Zhao Rong raised his eyebrows and was about to say something else, but suddenly he heard someone knocking on the door outside the yard.

He put down the work in his hands, went to the yard, opened the door, and found Lin Wenruo in white clothes.

"Let's go," he said.

Zhao Rong was stunned, then looked around.

It was a dark and windy night.

Zhao Rong pursed his lips and nodded, then went back to the house, picked up his sword, and the two of them went out.

Go to a place you’ve been to during the day, only you’re no longer a guest.


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