Research-Style Cultivation, Starting by Refusing to Be a Furnace – Chapter 16

Ch 16: Gathering Information, Understanding the Crisis

One month later, Qingyun Temple.

Wei Xing had already joined Dan Peak, received the Qingyuan Temple Taoist certificate proving his identity, a jade token for access to the temple’s grand formation, and several sets of Taoist robes, making him an Inner Sect disciple.

In this month, Wei Xing frantically searched for information, wanting to know everything about the World of Cultivation.

During this month, he shamelessly pestered his Senior Brothers from time to time, asking questions about everything, and gradually everyone became accustomed to it. At the same time, he also made friends with some people from the other peaks during this month, and gradually learned many things.

“So, the entrance I came through that day was just one of the eight exits of Qingyun Temple. That Senior Bai’s true form is actually a white crane. My Senior Brother said that he is from Beast Peak and has reached the Qi Refining Stage, transformed into human form, and is the leader of the many cranes in the temple. No wonder he’s called Bai Yi. I guess that grey child is a grey crane.” When Wei Xing learned the news, it was like his worldview was refreshed again. There were even animals that became spirits and transformed into human form. All of this was quite novel to him.

He is no longer the ignorant and clueless person he was then, knowing nothing about this world. He knows the dirty dealings behind Qingyuan Temple and Myriad Desires Sect. Now he gradually understands why these Taoist temples go to Wu Kingdom from time to time to select the so-called ‘Immortal Children’ from the mouths of mortals. These Immortal Children are taken in by the Taoist temples as Outer Sect disciples, and then trained and cultivated here, given specific pills and cultivation methods, and finally picked by different Fairies of the Myriad Desires Sect.

“Looking at the path from the result, there is no difference between the Inner Sect and the Outer Sect anyway, they are all picked.” Wei Xing said dejectedly. He is different from these native aborigines. He has received modern scientific training, and it is difficult to convince himself to obey this set of values. In his opinion, he must not be reduced to this point.

“I originally hoped to embark on the Immortal path, but I didn’t want my efforts to be on the road to becoming a selected breeding stock.” Wei Xing ridiculed himself. He also knew that it was impossible for him to escape. He could only bite the bullet and wait for an opportunity. At the same time, he also heard a piece of news that was very unfriendly to him, that is, when Fairies come to pick people, they mostly pick men who are handsome or vigorous.

“Dan Yi, Dan Er, Dan San, Dan Si, haven’t been seen. Seventh Senior Brother told me it was because they were traveling to collect materials. Could it be because they were picked!”

Wei Xing began to review. The expressions of that white crane and Seventh Senior Brother, and the Fifth and Sixth Senior Brothers in front of the hall that day, how could he not guess: “Presumably it’s because they think I’m handsome, so there’s a high probability that I’ll be picked!”

“No wonder, no wonder, no wonder that Enchantress said I was a Taoist from Wei Kingdom after seeing my face, and didn’t kill me. No wonder she gave me a jade token and finally guided me to this Qingyuan Temple. This is probably not that simple!” Wei Xing had a feeling of enlightenment, reacted, and said in horror: “Could it be that she guided me here to make me a breeding stock who knows how to cultivate, so she can directly pick me!”

“So that’s how it is, so that’s how it is!” Wei Xing shouted. Through the integration of these information, he vaguely groped for a direction, repeatedly recalling and thinking about the details he had missed, until he remembered that when he saw the Abbot that day, the Abbot looked at the Enchantress’s jade token and said jokingly: “Immortal Fate?”, and then agreed to let himself enter the temple.

Wei Xing was repeatedly deducing bit by bit, and finally came to a conclusion, pointing to Central Peak, his fingers trembling, and said in horror but dared not speak out: “He knew it all along, he knew it all along!”

The more Wei Xing thought about it, the more afraid he became, repeatedly extracting the memories of his journey in his mind, remembering the inexplicable memories when he first came, all kinds of lewd memories, making his scalp tingle; and remembering Old He’s words when he went down the mountain, and seeing the Post Station Shopkeeper’s respectful attitude towards him; the Man in Black’s fear and anxiety when he saw the jade token, and at the same time remembering what the Man in Black said: “I heard that Taoists like Qi and Blood Replenishment Pills, so I specially came to offer one.”

Then Wei Xing sat in the Cave Abode, with his eyes closed, and these scenes flashed before his eyes. There were already beads of cold sweat on his forehead. “I understand, I understand.” Suddenly Wei Xing opened his eyes, his eyes full of horror, and his voice trembled slightly: “This is not because the Taoist’s identity is noble, but because the Taoist is one of them, that’s why they appear noble, and others dare not but respect them.”

“She said that I have some Promiscuous Root Nature, which is not helpful to her Cultivation Method, so what is the purpose of burying such a long hidden line to let me come to Qingyuan Temple?” Wei Xing thought hard: “It’s useless to her, it’s useless to her, it’s useless to her, but she still guided me to this place, so does that mean it’s useful to others?”

“Crack” like a bolt from the blue, awakened Wei Xing: “Could it be that Enchantress, she wants to, she wants me to cultivate to some extent, and then give it to others?”

“Who to give it to? Who to give it to?”

Wei Xing kept thinking and recalling. He remembered the night when he first came to this world, when it was raining and windy. He thought that he originally didn’t know these words, but after doing that inexplicable dream, he knew these words.

“That day in that dream, that desperate man stared at me. I didn’t pay attention to his face at the time, but…” Thinking of this, Wei Xing quickly picked up the mirror and looked at himself, and then compared it with the desperate face in his memory: “Yes… it matches! That person… that person is actually… myself?”

Looking at his face in the mirror, Wei Xing was even more puzzled. Isn’t he doing well? He shook his head. The huge load made him dizzy, but he still didn’t stop and continued to think: “No, that person is me but not me, but him in this world! He’s dead!” He also thought of himself in this body, the dilapidated and withered body at that time, and the many “strawberry marks”.

“I even cursed a few times at the time, strawberry marks, death, escape, chase! Chase!”

“Maybe it’s true, it’s true! That dream is true, the woman in the dream is looking for me, chasing, chasing me!” Wei Xing stood up suddenly. He suddenly thought of a question: “If that dream is true, doesn’t that mean I’m being chased!!!”

“It’s useless to that Enchantress, but the woman in the dream is looking for me. In Wu Kingdom, those who cultivate the Path of Joyous Union, if there are other sects, it’s okay, but if there aren’t, doesn’t that mean they are from the same sect!” Wei Xing grasped the key to the problem, and the more he speculated, the closer he felt he was to danger.

“That Enchantress said that she is an Inner Sect disciple, and a jade token can make the Abbot accept me, so it seems that she has a lot of power. That woman in the dream, in that magnificent palace in that dream, sent so many Assassins to chase me, which shows that her status is noble and her power is even greater!”

“If they are all from the Myriad Desires Sect, according to this, it is impossible not to know each other, then… that Enchantress… could it be that she wants me to cultivate into a breeding stock myself!, and then pick… pick me and give it to her!”

Wei Xing’s lips had already begun to tremble, and his face turned pale, without a trace of blood. He dared not continue to speculate, and there was no need to continue to speculate. His scientific research life in his previous life gave him excellent logical reasoning ability. Phenomena, results, and side confirmations were all habits he was accustomed to, but now he seemed to have a feeling of being on the line, and he dared not speculate anymore, and just wanted to quickly verify that his speculation was wrong!

“It seems that the verification of this problem only needs two steps. One is to check whether there is anyone in Wu Kingdom who cultivates the Path of Joyous Union like the Myriad Desires Sect, and the other is to check whether anyone was chasing or searching in the Qingyun Mountain Range during the time period when I came to this world. As long as they can all be found out, I think I will know the truth.” Wei Xing understood the key to the matter and also had a direction.

“The first thing is easy to solve, I can just ask Seventh Senior Brother or people from other peaks.”

“It’s just that the second thing is difficult to handle, how do I know if there is anyone?”

“The Qingyun Mountain Range is not far from here. If the Myriad Desires Sect wants manpower, they will inevitably transfer a large number of people from the temple. If someone goes to search for something, someone must know! Just need to know if anyone in the Sect went out in large numbers during that time period!” Wei Xing deduced the key to it.

The wind rises, and the night gradually darkens.