Seeking the Tao in the Mortal World

Chapter 148: Follow-up of the Ancient Painting

Chapter 148: Follow-up of the Ancient Painting

Qing Cha was sent to the main mountain to report.

In a regular immortal sect, when someone joined the sect, it must be registered. It involved the distribution of various rights and obligations. It also marked someone as an 'ally'.

Qin Yi did not join to learn piano, chess, calligraphy, and painting, but to the others, Ju Yunxiu accepted a disciple. This sect also gained a senior cultivator.

Inside the main house.

Ju Yunxiu and Qin Yi were sitting opposite each other on the low table. Ju Yunxiu was making tea with bare hands. The immortal water flowed and fell into the teacup. There was a natural tranquility and etherealness, like the music of nature.

This time it was finally not tea made with Qing Cha, but the immortal tea. As soon as the water was filled, immortal aura overflowed, the aroma of tea filled the room, and aura permeated the air. ——Of course, there was nothing to say that it was Qing Cha’s siblings.

Qin Yi's heart moved slightly.

This kind of immortal tea was delicious and had an immortal intent to cultivators. The actual effect was at best a little refreshing effect. But if an ordinary person drank it, it might have the effect of washing away impurities and boosting cultivation. Maybe an ordinary person could set foot on the road to cultivation with just a sip of tea.

Judging from this, the food and wine were not as simple as imagined.

After coming into contact with life in the real immortal life, he found that everything was no longer the same in the mortal world. It was like a different class or a different species.

A Radiant Yang Stage boss was indeed not the same species as a mortal. She could effortlessly destroy a kingdom with one hand.

So in fact, immortals really sought nothing from the mortal world, and they didn't need to strive for mortal power. They needed only spiritual mountains with abundant aura, which didn't exist in the mortal world. They only needed a few things that needed mortals to collect, but they just had to give an order and someone would do it for them.

This was the basis for staying reclusive in the mountains. Over time, they might not treat themselves as human beings.

Like Ming He and Yunxiu.

Before Qin Yi and Ming He entered the cave house, they had a brief "tao dispute". It was based on this difference in cognition, whether to differentiate himself from ordinary people.

"Myriad Tao Immortal Palace believes that all the hobbies in the world can become a tao as long as one goes extreme and devotes his soul." Ju Yunxiu poured the tea and said slowly, "But people are easier to be addicted to eating, drinking, and whoring than those who are addicted to music, chess, calligraphy, and painting. It has always been like this. Maybe someone says that he loves music, but the purpose is too strong. It is for fame, profit, and being popular. That is not the way of playing music. Those who like wine and beauty are simple without such utilitarian purposes, so they have a town of people. There are only a few in the piano, chess, calligraphy, and painting.”

After a pause, she sighed softly, "If one pursues only music and has a certain level, he may be able to find his tao, but how many are like this?"

Qin Yi couldn't help but say, "I know a friend, Jing Ze. He seems to be purely interested in painting, and his level of understanding is also high. He seemed to have been here a few years ago, but Senior Sister didn't accept him?"

"It's not that I don't accept him. He was young and impulsive. He said that we are so addicted to one thing that we are already non-human." Ju Yunxiu smiled slightly, "In fact, isn't he a painting fanatic in the eyes of others? As for non-human… he will be too sooner or later. Isn't the pursuit of immortality like this?"

Qin Yi was silent.

He thought of Ming He again.

After a while, he said, "So, Senior Sister actually thinks Brother Jing Ze is okay?"

"Well... I pretended to be angry and chased him away just to hone his temper a little more. When he wears off the arrogance of a young man and experiences the ups and downs of life, he will think through it." Ju Yunxiu took a long sip and said with a smile, "He will come back sooner or later."

Qin Yi felt a little admired. She must have seen through it.

Jing Ze will indeed come back. He said that he would paint along the way slowly.

"But if that's the case, doesn't it mean that you have a successor?" Qin Yi wondered, "Why is Senior Sister insisting on keeping me as a protector with such loose conditions?"

"The mountain of music, chess, calligraphy, and painting is declining day by day, except that the person who fits this tao is hard to find, because it lacks actual combat." Ju Yunxiu smiled and said, "Your cultivation is very practical and is achieved through actual combat. You’re a good candidate to be a protector. Maybe Jing Ze can carry forward the way of painting, but I can't count on him to uphold the prestige and reputation of our sect. Why did I ask Qing Cha to not interrupt? Because she can't be counted on..."

Qin Yi was dumbfounded, "It turns out I'm a hitman."

"Do you know how hard it is to find a hitman who can paint, write, and is not greedy and lustful?" Ju Yunxiu said.

Qin Yi stared.

"Don't stare. Be a good boy." Ju Yunxiu said with a smile, "You also have the need to join our sect, otherwise you wouldn't come all the way to visit the tao. On the surface, you are visiting to gain insight, but the deeper meaning is - if you like it, you can join us, right?"

"Then what's the benefit of joining you? I have no intention of learning calligraphy and painting."

"Oh my, you have such a beautiful senior sister. Isn't that a benefit?"

Qin Yi's eyes widened even more.

"You can use those painting souls as you please. Is that considered a benefit?"

"I joined the piano, chess, calligraphy, and painting mountain not for this." Qin Yi snappishly said, "Besides, don't think that I didn't notice that those painting souls can't do that at all. They are just souls and do not have that kind of function."

"Eh..." Ju Yunxiu was startled, "You actually noticed this?"

Qin Yi snorted without answering her. His cultivation had not yet reached the soul level, but he had seen a mace fly!

Stick Stick now had the soul power at the Cloud Riding Stage, but it still couldn't separate from the mace as a single soul. Even if these painting souls had the paintings as supports, they couldn't entertain the guest without a real body. He was already surprised that they were able to copy books.?

Presumably, being able to draw a truly embodied, flesh-and-blood person was the ultimate pursuit of this path. This was a bit unreal. It was almost on the level of creation. Even the Radiant Yang Stage couldn't do it. Stick Stick at its peak might be able to do it...

Qin Yi suddenly remembered something and took out the woman painting in the ancient corpse cave house. "The Senior said that someone from the Myriad Tao Immortal Palace can realize the person in this painting."

Ju Yunxiu took the scroll and touched it gently, looking somewhat reminiscing. She did not answer for a moment.

After a while, she sighed and said, "Where is the owner of this painting? Judging from his life span, he must be dead. I wonder if he has another opportunity?"

"Senior passed away a long time ago."

"Well... my master painted this painting for him. I was quite young at that time... My master thought that if we could reach that level, it would be the same as resurrecting the dead. It's ridiculous... he couldn't resurrect the dead. The people who wanted to achieve this die one after another." Ju Yunxiu chuckled ironically.

Qin Yi said, "Aren't you also pursuing this?"

Ju Yunxiu thought for a while and shook her head. "It's too futile. Creating things out of thin air is like creating the power of earth, water, fire, and wind. Who can do it? But if you ask me to capture a trace of the soul in the painting and copy a person, it has higher possibility..."

This is already awesome, okay... Qin Yi was moved. He asked, "In that case, our sect has done a lot of research on soul?"

Ju Yunxiu looked him over and said, "You haven't reached the level of cultivating the Yin Spirit yet, so discussing about Yang Spirit is too early for you. Try to form your own pellet first."

After a pause, she continued, "There are some secrets… hidden in this painting. Only those who are proficient in painting can see it... You didn't get anything for joining the sect, but you gave me a huge secret instead."

Qin Yi scratched his head and was a little speechless. He didn't expect that there were secrets in this painting.

Suddenly, the "door" that Liu Su kept secret came to his mind.

The secret in this painting might be related to the "door".

Thinking of this, he said, "If it is a treasure map, can you take me with you?"

Ju Yunxiu pondered for a moment and shook her head. "I have to spend time deciphering these secrets... If it is a lead to a secret realm, let's see how dangerous it is before we discuss it. Since you have joined the sect, I will not hide from you."

Qin Yi breathed a sigh of relief. This mountain is indeed like the genuine immortal sect. There are no schemes.

"As for you now... you don't learn the art of calligraphy and painting, and you have your own foundation. I can't think of anything that suits your needs for a while..." Ju Yunxiu muttered, "First of all, you can have your own cave house. I suggest you settle down first, then we'll discuss the other matters later."