What is true? What is false?

When Ye Tian woke up, he found himself lying in his own alchemy room.

Beside him, Chen Su sat with a worried expression on her face. Seeing him awaken, she let out a long sigh of relief.

"Disciple, you're finally awake," she said.

Ye Tian felt moved and quickly sat up, forcing a smile at Chen Su.

"Thank you, teacher, for your concern. I'm fine now. I'm sorry to have worried you," he replied.

"As long as you're okay, that's all that matters," Chen Su said with a smile, patting Ye Tian's shoulder with one hand. The empty sleeve of her robe swung happily.

Ye Tian noticed for the first time that Chen Su's sleeve was empty.

A thought popped into his head.

"teacher, what happened to your arm?" he asked.

Chen Su laughed heartily.

"Oh, it's nothing. I lost it in a fight with those monks from the Nine Dragon Temple," she said.

"But it was worth it. I managed to destroy their precious Buddha statue that they had nurtured for many years, dealing a severe blow to the entire Nine Dragon Temple!"

Saying this, Chen Su's face was filled with pride.

"I said I would take you away, and I did!"

"No one I want to protect has ever been harmed!"

"Now that we're back at our Qingcheng Monastery, even if those monks wanted to pursue us, they wouldn't dare!"

Looking at Chen Su's proud expression and her empty sleeve, Ye Tian felt a pang of guilt in his heart.

"I'm sorry, teacher. I've caused you trouble," he apologized.

At this moment, he began to doubt everything he had seen before.

Was what he had seen really the truth?

The monks from the Nine Dragon Temple had been severely injured and killed because of him. Chen Su had lost an arm because of him. All of this was due to his bizarre and eerie visions.

Were they the truth of this world, or just illusions?

If they were illusions, why were they always different and connected to reality?

If they weren't illusions, why would Chen Su sacrifice so much for him?

What was real? What was fake?

Perhaps they were just symptoms of his mental illness.

Maybe he really was going crazy, just as they said.

The more he thought about it, the more confused Ye Tian became. He didn't know whether to believe what he had seen or not.

Sensing the confusion in Ye Tian's eyes, Chen Su beside him fell silent for a moment before speaking up.

"Disciple, are you troubled by your own state of mind?"

"Do you feel that what you see is different from others and difficult to understand?" she asked.

Ye Tian was startled by her words and looked up at Chen Su, unsure whether to answer or not.

He stared into her caring eyes and took a deep breath before nodding his head.

Chen Su sighed heavily upon seeing his reaction.

"This is all my fault. I didn't realize that you were suffering from such severe mental illusions," she said.

"Although the Pure Body is highly talented in cultivation, its state of mind is often different from ordinary people's, prone to illusions and being influenced by them."

"I thought you would only be affected by these illusions after achieving some level of cultivation, but I never imagined that you would be affected so deeply already."

Saying this, Chen Su pursed her lips and looked at Ye Tian as if she had made a decision.

"Disciple, you should rest here and recover. I need to go out and handle some things," she said.

After patting Ye Tian's shoulder gently, Chen Su turned and left.

Watching her leave, Ye Tian unexpectedly didn't feel the urge to run away. He only felt a mess inside, unable to sort out his thoughts.

In the evening, Chen Su knocked on Ye Tian's door with a pale face. Her expression was filled with excitement as she held a jade vial in her hands.

"Disciple, take this!"

"I consulted some ancient texts and used a secret method to create these two pills that can overcome your mental illusions!"

"After taking this pill, you won't be affected by mental illusions anymore!"

Ye Tian took the pills from her and looked at Chen Su's pale face. He hesitated before asking, "teacher, what ingredients were used to create these pills?"

Chen Su was taken aback by his question but quickly laughed it off.

"Why do you ask?"

"I just want to know the recipe so I can make them myself if the symptoms recur," Ye Tian explained.

After a moment of hesitation, Chen Su replied, "It's nothing special. You just need to combine the essence of a person's heart with Qingming grass to create the pills."

"The higher the cultivation level of the person whose essence is used, the better the effect of the pills."

Upon hearing Chen Su's answer, Ye Tian fell silent and stared at the pills in his hand. They suddenly felt much heavier, as if they were too difficult to hold onto.

He tightly gripped the pills and said with emphasis, "teacher, I will never forget your kindness."

Seeing Ye Tian's expression, Chen Su laughed heartily.

"These are just two pills. They don't mean much. I'll recover soon, don't worry about it," she said.

"I'm leaving now. I need to go into secluded meditation for a while. After you've recovered, you can start cultivating according to the 'Qingyang Notes.' If you have any questions, you can ask the other elders in the monastery. If there's anything you don't understand, write it down first, and I'll answer your questions when I come out of secluded meditation."

With that, Chen Su turned around and left, her empty sleeve swinging behind her.

Watching her leave, Ye Tian felt a mix of emotions in his heart.

He lowered his gaze to the jade vial in his hand and took a deep breath before shaking out one of the bright red pills.

He stared at the pill for a moment before swallowing it.

...

In Qingcheng, Ye Tian awoke from his sleep.

Since taking the pill that Chen Su had made for him, his mental illusions had not recurred, and everything in front of him seemed normal again.

"It seems that teacher was right. My symptoms were caused by the Pure Body's mental illusions," he thought to himself.

Filled with guilt towards Chen Su, Ye Tian picked up the "Qingyang Notes" she had given him and began cultivating according to the instructions within.

"The key to cultivation lies in the dantian, which is located below the heart and above the kidneys, in the empty space between. It faces the navel in front and the mingmen in back..."

As if the Pure Body was truly suited for cultivation, Ye Tian had no difficulty understanding the words in the "Qingyang Notes." He quickly located the key points for cultivation and began circulating qi through his body, following the instructions for cultivating and absorbing the essence of heaven and earth.

Soon, whirlpools of qi appeared around him, sucking in the essence of heaven and earth like a voracious beast.

A powerful wave of qi spread out from him, nourishing his meridians and collaterals.

In just a short while, he had reached the stage of Qi Condensation.