373: Chapter 10: Spiritual Essence Pill, People in the Underworld 373: Chapter 10: Spiritual Essence Pill, People in the Underworld Inheritance Treasure Cave Heaven.
Lan Yongning woke up groggily, finding himself in an unfamiliar world.
There were no clouds, sun, or moon in the sky, nor any visible constellations.
He had no idea which secret realm of Grotto Heaven it was.
His Divine Thought sensed a Spiritual Spring nearby, surrounded by a vista of Spirit Fields, planted with various things: grains, fruit trees, Lingzhi, and even some herbs of unusual shapes.
These crops grew wildly and sparsely, much like weeds, clearly unattended on a daily basis.
Exploring further, he spotted only a black-and-white cat, which seemed to be conversing with a presence his Divine Thought could not detect.
“Venerable sir, it seems the cat can make it rain now.”
A light rain began to fall in Grotto Heaven, and the water level of the central Spiritual Spring noticeably dropped.
Lan Yongning used a Water Avoidance Skill and then pushed through the spirit rice in front of him to approach the central Spiritual Energy.
A hundred steps later, he emerged from the chaotic Spirit Field and saw a crystal-clear lake, with one man and one cat standing on the shore.
Gu Wen turned and said, “Brother Lan, you’ve awakened.”
“I drank the water you gave me and seemed to have fallen into a deep sleep.”
“Your foundation was damaged, and I used some special methods to repair it for you.”
“How did you repair it?”
As Lan Yongning asked, he introspectively viewed his Qi Sea and saw the pristine foundation, which seemed incredible to him.
As a Venerable of this realm, aligned with the Daoist Sect from the beginning, he had access to countless heavenly treasures and even had the aid of Qingcang Immortal to suppress his injuries.
Yet, despite consuming numerous Pills over the years, he had never healed.
The same was true for others, the cause lying in the word “Innate.”
Innate imperfections, once damaged, cannot be fully restored to their original state, no matter how they are repaired.
Just as many cultivators use beautification techniques to seek a better appearance, but those with high cultivation can see their true essence.
After pondering for a moment, Gu Wen could not provide an explanation, simply describing in vague terms, “In the mundane world, there is something called ‘golden repair’ used to mend broken items.
For aesthetic enhancement, some use gold.
Though porcelain is ordinary and gold is precious, after the repair, it’s still incomplete, yet no one thinks it ugly.”
“So the flaw still exists, it is just that Brother Gu’s profound Law has covered this defect?”
Lan Yongning realized suddenly and sat down on the ground to meditate.
Upon a careful sensing, he felt the original cracks being filled by divine light.
Though not Innate, it was a sort of fulfillment, perhaps even better than the original.
He opened his eyes and remained silent for a long while.
“Compared to Brother Gu’s stature, I am but an ordinary mortal.”
Back then, it was the same at Heavenly Spring Mountain.
When they first met, he brought fine wine to visit, being just a junior with half-baked knowledge of Sword Dao.
He was only hospitable because of Gu Wen’s reputation as a Heavenly Girl.
Later, Gu Wen surpassed him in just a few months.
“Not mortal, hence Immortal.”
Gu Wen smiled indifferently, void of his former arrogance.
“I am now merely a Little Saint.
There are many in the universe stronger than me, like Jianmu, the Heaven and Earth Two Saints, and even my master.
I have only recently entered the stage of Little Saint, and there is still much I need to cultivate.”
“Brother Gu is being modest.”
Lan Yongning asked, “The Heaven and Earth Two Saints that Brother Gu mentioned, are they from Heavenly Court and the underworld?”
“Yes, precisely.
Specifically, they are the Heavenly God and Lord of the underworld after becoming Great Saints.
My master refers to the Heavenly God as Spirit Ancestor because after becoming a Saint, the Heavenly God is the origin of Spiritual Energy, the beginning of pure Qi.”
Gu Wen explained carefully, just as Lan Yongning once taught him Swordsmanship.
A small kindness deserves a fountain in return.
“Yesterday, I used a method similar to that of Spirit Ancestor to restore your foundation, which I call the Heavenly Law.
The way of Heaven is to compensate for when there is loss, like dew condensing into Qi and then falling as rain, all things are replenished by Heaven.”
He understood the Heavenly God quite well because Immortal Land was created by him, and having contemplated the path there for eight hundred years, he had the most contact.
The tiny figure within the Qi Sea embodied its profound Law, a glass figure with a single hair growing.
Its crystalline, glass-like body, formed from pure Qi, meant that, in a sense, Gu Wen was now a ‘close relative’ of the Heavenly God, their profound Laws similar.
Yet Gu Wen would not stop there; he hoped to find the Earth Law, for Yin and Yang to coexist, transforming him into a human.
Then the profound Law would not be glass but a True Man.
Of course, this would take a long time.
The laws of the Cultivation World were enough for him to contemplate for a long while.
Now, the glass figure with a single hair above symbolized the principle of Qi Cultivation.
Lan Yongning felt dizzy halfway through listening; many of the things Gu Wen explained were beyond his comprehension.
Forcing oneself would only lead to discomfort.
He repeatedly waved his hand, rubbing his throbbing forehead:
“Brother Gu, that’s enough, that’s enough.
The profound truths of the great path are not something a mere mortal like me can understand.”
“Perhaps in the future, after Brother Lan becomes an Immortal, we can discuss the profound path.”
Gu Wen, halfway through speaking, seemed somewhat reluctant to finish.
After all, this was the profound Law he had painstakingly developed and the first time he had shared it with someone else.
“By the time I become an Immortal, you might already be a Great Saint.” Lan Yongning smiled and changed the topic, “Actually, I was searching for relics of the Heavenly Court.
In earlier years, Lu Chan saved many people by collecting formulas from the Heavenly Court.
Even Fellow Chi Yu Zi’s Heavenly Defect is suppressed by one such medicine.”
He paused, feeling the comfort of his restored foundation, and said, “It seems now, Brother Gu alone is sufficient.”
Gu Wen shook his head and replied, “Your case was minor, but I cannot make assumptions without actually seeing the others.”
“That’s alright, I’ve already got some clues.
By a fortunate coincidence, I found a residual soul of the Heavenly Court, which promised me that as long as I provide a formula, it can repair physical flaws and even the Divine Soul.”