Chapter 324: 万法身

In the evening, Chen Mobai sat in the courtyard of his Divine Wood City residence.

Luo Yixuan stood by his side, pouring wine. The wine was a new brew made by Zhuo Ming, a hybrid of Jade Sprout Spirit Rice and Profound Frost Rice. It required a lot of water during its growth and demanded high-quality water, specifically spiritual rain. This made the wine exceptionally clear, and upon tasting, it offered a refreshing, icy coolness.

After Chen Mobai finished drinking, he felt his spirit invigorated. If a Qi Refinement cultivator were to consume it long-term, it could even enhance their spiritual sense.

However, for a Foundation Establishment cultivator like him, it merely satisfied a craving.

"We have a guest," Chen Mobai said. "Please go welcome them." Hearing Chen Mobai, Luo Yixuan obediently set down the wine cup and went to the gate, bringing Yu Lian in.

"Greetings, Senior Uncle Chen."

"Did you get your Foundation Establishment Pill? No one gave you trouble, I hope?"

Two days had passed since the exchange for the Azure Wood Fiend. Chen Mobai had heard that Pang Yunfa, the true disciple from the Artifact Forging Department in the Spirit Treasure Pavilion, was somewhat discontent and wanted to challenge Yu Lian again to determine the ownership of the Foundation Establishment Pill.

But Yu Lian remained calm. Despite his confidence, he did not accept the opponent's provocation.

After all, the sect's laws were clear: he was last year's second-ranked true disciple, and he was rightfully entitled to one Foundation Establishment Pill. Even if someone wanted to contend for it, they should, by order, go after Li Yixian, who was ranked third.

Yu Lian's handling of the situation impressed even Chen Zhenwu.

Ultimately, Chen Zhenwu exchanged the Foundation Establishment Pill for Yu Lian in front of everyone. Although Pang Yunfa, the true disciple from the Artifact Forging Department, was extremely unwilling, he dared not violate the sect's rules and could only watch as Yu Lian took the Foundation Establishment Pill.

After all, with his cultivation level, even if he didn't get this particular Foundation Establishment Pill, he was guaranteed to receive one from the batch of standard Foundation Establishment Pills three years later. If he had tried to seize it now, not even the head of the Artifact Forging Department could have protected him; he might even have been sacrificed for the greater good of the sect.

"The sect's rules are paramount. My acquisition of the Foundation Establishment Pill was lawful and reasonable; no one troubled me." Yu Lian spoke very calmly. Chen Mobai simply smiled faintly upon hearing this, then pointed to a wooden stool beside him, gesturing for Yu Lian to sit.

"Xuan'er, fill Senior Nephew Yu's cup. Let him taste Ming'er's Jade Frost Wine." Luo Yixuan listened, then walked over to Yu Lian, gracefully pulled up her skirt hem, bent at the waist, and tilted the wine cup in her jade-white hand, pouring a small amount for him.

Although Yu Lian didn't particularly like drinking, Chen Mobai had been so courteous that he could only drink it all in one gulp. After drinking, he felt a clear, cool energy surge directly into his Spiritual Sea, making him shiver involuntarily, yet also feeling his mind clearer and more refreshed than ever before.

It was at this moment that Chen Mobai uttered words that made Yu Lian ponder deeply.

"For a sect to be stable and powerful, a unified set of laws and standards, enforced from top to bottom, is paramount. Your ability to exchange for this Foundation Establishment Pill also benefited from the sect's willingness to uphold these laws. I hope that after you establish your foundation, you will sincerely defend the sect's rules. Only then can the sect grow stronger."

"Senior Uncle Chen," Yu Lian began, "the sect has its rules, but beyond the sect, the Eastern Wilderness remains chaotic. My master, senior brothers, junior sisters, even all my relatives, died before my eyes. At that time, my cries for help went unanswered by heaven and earth. From then on, I knew that only one's own power is truly real."

After drinking, Yu Lian seemed a bit tipsy. Also, knowing that his identity was no longer a secret to the higher-ranking cultivators of the Divine Wood Sect, he spoke with emotion, revealing thoughts he had kept hidden for a long time.

"What if the sect's rules encompassed the entire Eastern Wilderness? Would that not prevent tragedies like the Silver Sky Sect's from recurring?" Chen Mobai countered with a question, leaving Yu Lian momentarily stunned.

"Does Senior Uncle mean... to have the Divine Wood Sect rule the entire Eastern Wilderness?"

"Consider it a goal I've set for myself. After all, breaking through cultivation realms isn't particularly difficult for me. To create some challenges for my relatively simple life here, I find this to be a rather good ambition."

Both Yu Lian and Luo Yixuan looked surprised. Luo Yixuan's bright eyes turned to Chen Mobai; while she knew her talented young master certainly had grand ambitions, she hadn't expected such immense aspirations.

"If I can avenge myself, I am willing to help Senior Uncle achieve this goal." Yu Lian spoke, assuming Chen Mobai valued his talent. After considering it, he thought that if he could use the guidance of this highly regarded genius of the sect to successfully establish his foundation and fulfill his obsession, then working for Chen Mobai in the future wouldn't be out of the question.

"I've also reviewed the archives of the Silver Sky Sect. If you want revenge, the power of a single Foundation Establishment cultivator might not be enough." Chen Mobai gently shook his head, then began to discuss the real reason he had asked Yu Lian to come today.

"If you have any questions about Foundation Establishment, feel free to ask me. I will tell you everything I know."

Hearing this, Yu Lian gritted his teeth, took two scrolls from his storage bag, and handed them to Chen Mobai. The latter took them and couldn't help but show surprise.

*Silver Sky Thousand Absolutes Sword Scripture*!*Myriad Dharma Body*!

Yu Lian: "Senior Uncle Chen, these are the two major cultivation methods inherited by my Silver Sky Sect from the Myriad Ancient Sect. Please accept them."

Chen Mobai: "I'm teaching you because I think you're a decent person. Besides, no matter how powerful the Myriad Ancient Sect's cultivation methods are, my foundation is already set. For me, these are useless books."

Yu Lian: "The Myriad Dharma Body is compatible with any cultivation method and was once the Myriad Ancient Sect's ultimate technique, allowing them to dominate the Eastern Wilderness. However, it's incredibly difficult to cultivate, so it has always been kept untouched in the Silver Sky Sect. Senior Uncle Chen's talent is astonishing; you comprehended the Sword Rainbow Splitting Light in the early stages of Foundation Establishment. This cultivation method might just regain its glory in your hands."

Chen Mobai didn't pay much attention after hearing this.

No matter how powerful the Myriad Dharma Body was, could it compare to the Immortal Sect's Spirit Transformation Great Dharma? Furthermore, his Pure Yang Dharma Body was still incomplete; he had no time to be distracted by something like the Myriad Dharma Body.

Even if he were to cultivate body refinement techniques, it would be something like the Longevity Dao Body, which only required resource investment to achieve great success, making it more suitable for someone with ordinary talent like him.

"Since you have this intention, I'll accept them. It also gives me an opportunity to look at the *Silver Sky Thousand Absolutes Sword Scripture* you cultivate and simulate the possibility of your Foundation Establishment."

Chen Mobai had originally only intended to verbally impart his Foundation Establishment experience. After all, he had only succeeded after two attempts, and he had used the Critical Law to pause and thoroughly experience the transformation of essence, qi, and spirit. He believed he understood the process of Foundation Establishment more thoroughly than any other successful Foundation Establishment cultivator in the Sky River Realm.

However, since Yu Lian was so understanding, Chen Mobai felt that if he wanted Yu Lian's help in retrieving the Longevity Tree Fruit from the Divine Tree Secret Realm, he would need to invest a little capital.

"Wait here for a moment, I'll go get a magical artifact." After Chen Mobai finished speaking, he got up and returned to his room. He then took out the Formless Puppet from his storage bag, removed the high-grade spirit stone inside, and replaced it with a mid-grade spirit stone.

Although he hadn't used the Formless Puppet's deduction function in a long time, Chen Mobai, as Che Yucheng's personal disciple, adjusted its mode and restarted it seamlessly. After scanning and inputting the *Silver Sky Thousand Absolutes Sword Scripture* into the puppet, only Yu Lian's physical data model was missing. Chen Mobai then retrieved the Six-Yang Divine Fire Mirror and returned to the courtyard.

"Relax a bit, and don't use your spiritual energy to resist this mirror's light." As soon as he spoke, the ancient bronze mirror emitted a powerful spiritual light that made both Yu Lian and Luo Yixuan unable to look directly at it; they both lowered their heads.

*What kind of magical artifact is this?* Yu Lian thought. *During the sect's grand competition, those second-tier artifacts were like fireflies compared to this mirror's full moon.* Yu Lian was inwardly astonished.

Luo Yixuan, on the other hand, had already heard during her time at Rolling Thunder Mountain that her master possessed a third-tier mirror artifact, so she was prepared. But even with prior knowledge, seeing the Six-Yang Divine Fire Mirror for the first time still left Luo Yixuan deeply shaken.

She felt as though, under the mirror's illumination, she was completely exposed; even her cultivation realm, hidden by the Reversion Secret Art, was clearly revealed.

The Six-Yang Divine Fire Mirror was a third-tier magical artifact forged in imitation of the Crimson Heart Treasure Mirror, capable of discerning all of a cultivator's physical data. Under Chen Mobai's activation, Yu Lian's physical model data was projected into his spiritual sea via the artifact.

He then remotely injected this data into the Formless Puppet using his spiritual sense, beginning to deduce Yu Lian's Foundation Establishment scenario.

*It actually succeeded on the first try.* Chen Mobai was slightly surprised, though the Formless Puppet would display success if the Foundation Establishment probability exceeded 50%. In reality, there was still a possibility of failure during actual Foundation Establishment. After using his spiritual sense to observe the entire deduction process, he particularly focused on the parts of the Formless Puppet where spiritual energy flowed and glowed.

He now understood everything clearly.

"Have the meridians in your right hand been injured?" Yu Lian looked surprised at the question, hesitated, then nodded gently.

"When I was cultivating the Silver Sky Sword Qi, I damaged my hand meridians because I had no guidance. I thought they had healed later."

"They only recovered superficially. Your sword qi is of the orthodox Metal attribute, which is most detrimental to Wood qi. Therefore, your liver and gallbladder are somewhat weaker compared to your other internal organs. When spiritual energy flows through this area during Foundation Establishment, this weakness might prevent you from fully completing the Qi Condensation to Liquidification step." Chen Mobai then shone the mirror on Yu Lian's face again. Compared to Luo Yixuan's delicate, even pale and translucent skin beside him, Yu Lian's complexion was slightly sallow.

This was a manifestation of poor liver and gallbladder health.

"You might feel your hand meridians are fine, but the part that was cut by the sword qi didn't fully heal. It's best for your physical body to be flawless during Foundation Establishment; this increases the success rate of marrow cleansing and tendon transforming."

Yu Lian listened, then used his left hand to touch the wound on his right hand where the sword qi had cut it. When he fully circulated his Silver Sky Sword Qi to that spot, he indeed felt a slight, needle-prick-like pain. He had never paid attention to it before, thinking that was simply how his cultivation method worked.

Only now did he realize that his old injury had not fully healed.

"Senior Uncle, how should I treat it?" Yu Lian's address of "Senior Uncle" was exceptionally sincere.

Chen Mobai recalled his encounter with the sunglass-wearing girl from the Divine Mechanism Mansion in Scarlet City Grotto-Heaven. With their roles reversed, he was now a master in someone else's eyes.

"I only have a rudimentary understanding of medicine, but coincidentally, two types of wine brewed by Ming'er are very suitable for your condition." Chen Mobai had recently tasted all twenty-plus new wines brewed by Zhuo Ming from different hybrid spirit rice varieties. Relying on the potency of the Lantern Lighting Art, he had thoroughly understood all their effects. Each new wine was stocked in the warehouse behind Little South Mountain Store. Chen Mobai asked Luo Yixuan to bring them.

"This is a Blood-Activating Meridian-Clearing Wine. It's a bit strong, unsuitable for Qi Refinement cultivators to drink. Each day, dampen a handkerchief with it and apply it to the injury on your hand meridian for one month. During this period, do not circulate sword qi through this meridian, and it will heal."

"As for the Liver-Nourishing Wine, you can drink this, but it needs to be taken with this tier-one high-grade Treasure Ginseng Spirit Rice. For one month, eat the cooked spirit rice with your three daily meals, then drink a cup of the wine. Also, during this period, do not cultivate, allowing your liver and gallbladder to rest and recover properly."

Chen Mobai also noticed that Yu Lian's heart beat exceptionally strongly, and his Triple Burner contained a pure spiritual energy that had not yet been refined.

"Have you consumed a fire-attribute spirit medicine?" After a moment of hesitation, Chen Mobai asked directly. Yu Lian was indeed greatly surprised, but by then he was utterly convinced by Chen Mobai and honestly admitted that when he was a child, in an underground celestial pond in the Snow Country, he had consumed a fiery red lotus.

It was after that experience that he began to transform, and his cultivation became increasingly smooth.

"Indeed," Chen Mobai nodded. "No wonder your sword qi is so pure. Fire refines metal. Every time your cultivated metal spiritual energy circulates through your Triple Burner and heart, it's refined by this fire spiritual energy. This is actually beneficial for your Foundation Establishment; with fewer impurities and pill toxins in your spiritual energy, as long as your liver and gallbladder are well-nourished, the Qi Condensation to Liquidification step should largely be without issue."

"Thank you for your guidance, Senior Uncle Chen. If I can establish my foundation, I will never refuse any future assignments." As he spoke, Yu Lian's face was filled with sincerity, entirely devoid of the wariness and caution he had shown upon first entering.

This was because, after Chen Mobai's guidance, Yu Lian felt that his hopes of establishing his foundation had increased to forty or fifty percent. For cultivators in the Sky River Realm, this was an act of profound beneficence.

Although they did not have the formal title of master and disciple, after this evening, they already had the reality of such a relationship.

"If you establish your foundation, I will need your help to retrieve something from the Divine Tree Secret Realm." Chen Mobai now began to state his true purpose.

"What is it?"

"We'll talk about it once you've established your foundation." It concerned his own perfect Foundation Establishment, and even Core Formation. Although he knew Yu Lian's probability of establishing his foundation was over fifty percent, Chen Mobai was still cautious and did not reveal it before Yu Lian truly succeeded.

"Master," Luo Yixuan began, "could you tell me what I should pay attention to when establishing my foundation?" After Yu Lian respectfully bade farewell and left, Luo Yixuan hesitated to speak, stopping and starting. Finally, only when Chen Mobai prompted her did she somewhat shyly voice her wish.

"Stand over here." His little disciple had a request, and conveniently, the Formless Puppet was already set to deduction mode today. Naturally, Chen Mobai would not refuse her. He raised the Six-Yang Divine Fire Mirror in his hand, gesturing for Luo Yixuan to step before it.

"Thank you, Master!" To his surprise, Luo Yixuan first performed a deep bow before stepping formally towards the ancient bronze mirror.

Her face was composed, but her eyes revealed unconcealed nervousness.