261: Finding a Daoist partner will solve everything.

"You scared me, is that all it is?"

Qingxuan stroked its chest with its wing, looking as if it had let out a sigh of relief.

After hearing Zhou Yan's subsequent requirements, Qingxuan waved its wing and agreed.

"Isn't it just that your cultivation is stagnant and simply accumulating resources is useless? Isn't it just that the Law of the Heart has too many flaws and is hard to control?"

"Simple, it's too simple. If you find a Dao Companion, it will all be solved... Argh!"

Zhou Yan punched it, sending it flying, right in the middle of its sentence.

"Holy Brother, why did you hit me?"

Qingxuan covered its cheek, looking completely bewildered.

Zhou Yan looked furious.

"Are you messing with me?"

"What do you mean 'finding a Dao Companion will solve everything'? Are you really the Book Spirit of Qingxu, or are you the Book Spirit of the Joyous Union Sect?"

Qingxuan rubbed its face, looking very innocent.

"I'm not wrong, in fact, I'm the one who doesn't get it."

"Since the Law of the Heart is a subordinate Law of the Law of Love, it should logically be something the Joyous Union Sect comprehends. Holy Brother, you are the Saint of Qingxu; isn't it even weirder that you comprehended this thing?"

Zhou Yan was momentarily speechless. After making a few feints, he forced himself to speak.

"That... that's different!"

Once those words were out, the well-read Qingxuan knew the other party was about to start being unreasonable.

When you can't beat the other party, and they are being unreasonable, the best method is to change the subject.

"Holy Brother, listen to my explanation first."

"Let me analyze the meaning of this."

"First, your cultivation is stuck, right?"

Zhou Yan nodded.

"Secondly, your Law of the Heart cannot progress either, right?"

Zhou Yan nodded again.

"Then practicing the Law is definitely beneficial to cultivation."

"If your Law can advance further, wouldn't your cultivation also be able to have a Breakthrough?"

Zhou Yan nodded, but then felt something was wrong and shook his head.

"But you saying to find a Dao Companion is too ridiculous, right? What kind of problem can be solved just by getting married?"

Qingxuan tapped its wings together, simultaneously using vocal mimicry to imitate the sound of clapping.

"Clap."

"Holy Brother, you've hit the nail on the head. This matter really does need a Dao Companion to be solved."

"As everyone knows, the path of the Law varies from person to person. Depending on the method and timing of comprehension, the nature of the Law will also differ."

"But as the saying goes, all changes stem from the same origin, and the general direction can still be referenced mutually."

"For example, the Law of Love, as the superior Law to the Law of the Heart; practicing the Law of Love is naturally beneficial to the Law of the Heart."

"And there are many kinds of love. Among them, the easiest to obtain, the most direct, and the one that contributes the most to improvement, is personal romantic love."

"You find a Dao Companion, improve the compatibility between the two of you, the relationship heats up rapidly, and the affection level rises linearly. Gradually, the two hearts meet, and naturally, it can trigger the stirring of the heart."

"Plus, there is the effect of fate being connected between Dao Companions, so even if you aren't truly in love, as long as you first become Dao Companions and bind yourselves to each other, you can also obtain a certain improvement."

"This is the so-called 'a forced melon isn't sweet, but it quenches thirst'."

"Anyway, times have changed, and we aren't those old fogies from the Southern Desert."

"Holy Brother, you can just find anyone to become Dao Companions with, and then divorce afterwards, wouldn't that be fine?"

"At worst, you can just spend some money to hire one."

"You are a Saint, you certainly don't lack such people, nor do you lack money."

"Cultivating immortality, it's nothing shameful; as long as it's efficient and yields quick results, that's fine."

"Besides, one look at you, Holy Brother, and I can tell you are like Xiao Chunan; people like you will definitely comprehend it even more..."

Listening to Qingxuan endlessly recounting this "Evil Cultivator Crash Course", Zhou Yan's fist hardened again.

With a punch that whipped up a strong wind, he stopped precisely in front of Qingxuan's nose tip.

Feeling the wind pressure that could even blow a spirit body, Qingxuan immediately stopped its wild words, silently disappeared from Zhou Yan's side, and slipped back to the main city to wander around.

Zhou Yan, on the other hand, had a headache.

If the Law of the Heart doesn't improve, it's truly troublesome; it has now affected his life, and places with many people always give him a headache from the noise.

As for cultivation, he wasn't in a rush; he was quite satisfied with his current Realm.

Coupled with a stable Dao Heart, he didn't feel anxious or uneasy about his cultivation stagnation, and his state of mind was surprisingly peaceful.

Therefore, he hadn't considered what Qingxuan said about "using the Law Breakthrough to propel cultivation".

Zhou Yan knew plenty of Laws; he could find a way to comprehend others to improve his cultivation, there was no need to fixate solely on the Law of the Heart.

It's just, how should he deal with the negative effects of the Law of the Heart?

Did he really have to do what Qingxuan said and have a fake marriage?

Sigh, he shouldn't have chased it away so quickly. If he had known, he should have asked it if there were any other methods.

Zhou Yan sighed and decided to first ponder the issue of his Physique himself, and later ask Qingxuan if there were any other ways to have a Breakthrough in the Law of the Heart.

Grace City.

"Speak up, what's going on?"

Mo Ran pulled a chair to the side, straddled it, rested his arms on the back of the chair, and looked at the soul of the staff member who had been temporarily detained in front of him.

At this moment, they were in the basement of Mo Ran's small shop.

He didn't know if all Cultivators had the habit of digging holes; most would dig one or two underground rooms under their Immortal Cave or Dao field.

Mo Ran was no exception.

However, his basement was mainly used to store a large number of items related to curses, so although there was no special setup, it was exceptionally chilling in this setting.

"Ahhh... spare me, spare me!" The staff member's soul body was trapped by a straw doll and could not break free, so it could only wail incessantly.

"Crying?"

"Crying counts as time!"

Mo Ran's shout made the staff member immediately stop crying and hurriedly shout.

"It was Young Master Wang! It was Young Master Wang who made me do this!"

"You can't kill me, I am a person from the company, if you kill me you will be in trouble!"

"I beg you, be the bigger person and spare me! If it weren't for Young Master Wang forcing me, how would I dare to provoke an Immortal?"

"Yes! It was Young Master Wang! He must have wanted to force you to take action; if you kill me, he will definitely use this to deal with you!"

Mo Ran began to ponder.

This "Young Master Wang" sounded like he carried some weight; being able to force the other party to act, he was highly likely to be a person from the company's faction.

But since he came here, apart from Chu Tianci and the few intermediaries he met when he first arrived, he hadn't really come into contact with many people from the company.

Plus, he had been running his shop in the outer ring, so those he interacted with were mostly local ordinary people and Cultivators who came from outside regions to retire.

"Who is this Young Master Wang? Why did he want you to come and do this?"

When the staff member heard Mo Ran ask for Young Master Wang's name, his originally flustered brain seemed to crash, and he stammered, unable to say it.

Mo Ran immediately understood.

The other party had likely been placed under some kind of contract, so asking again would be useless.

Since the other party could send someone to mess with him, they must have been fully prepared, and detailed information was likely restricted by the contract.

As for those not restricted, they were likely traps to lure him into the plot; hearing them was worse than not hearing them.

Finally, Mo Ran grabbed the straw doll from the ground, ignited a flame, and the straw doll and the soul were simultaneously swallowed by green fire.

"Ahhh! Don't—!"

In no time at all, the straw doll burned to ashes.

Mo Ran brushed the ash off his hands and stood up to start cleaning.

He did not kill that staff member.

After all, this was just a small fry, and as he said, killing him would be more troublesome.

But his Master had once warned him.

When out and about, do not easily make enemies; if someone makes an enemy of you, you must handle it cleanly, otherwise you will be treated like a soft persimmon and squeezed.

Therefore, Mo Ran used the other party's hair as a medium to extract the "Que Yin" and "You Jing" from the Three Ethereal Souls and Seven Corporeal Spirits.

These two are the easiest to extract information from, and burning them causes the least damage to a person.

Now that the person had lost part of their Que Yin and You Jing, they would likely be emotionally unstable and sleep poorly for a while.

As for the scene before him, the other party would not remember it and would only think they had had a nightmare.

As for the mastermind of this plot, that Young Master Wang.

Mo Ran frowned, his expression turning cold.

"It seems I have to find an opportunity to ask Uncle Chu indirectly if he knows this Young Master Wang."

"But for now, I should go back and update the log to report the issue of the Divine Name."

Speaking of this, Mo Ran had a worried look on his face again.

"Sigh... I hope the Lord Tianzun does not get angry."

"I must change the name back as soon as possible."

Meanwhile, the Lord Tianzun was lying on the bed, enthusiastically scrolling through his token.

"Wonderful, truly wonderful! If only I had known this token had such functions earlier!"

"Isn't this just a mobile phone version for cultivating immortality?"

On his way back, Zhou Yan stopped by his cheap Master's Immortal Cave and only then discovered the wonderful use of the token.

It turned out that as long as one was within the range of the Qingxu Grotto-Heaven, one could connect to the "signal" and unleash such effects.

And these signals could help him view various anecdotes and gossip from the cultivation world.

As he scrolled, Zhou Yan scrolled onto a peculiar piece of information; this was the latest list of Prodigy Cultivators released by the Butian Pavilion.

And his name was prominently listed among them.

Nineteenth on the Heaven Ranking, True Person Yunshu — Zhou Yan.