"You're not a cultivator, so you wouldn't know these things. There are many more things in this world that you don't know about. If I had succeeded back then, maybe these wouldn't be secrets anymore... Alas! ...Little White, don't you believe me?"

  "I believe!"

  Xiao Bai replied so bluntly that the donkey was unexpectedly surprised: "So you fully believe it?"

  Bai Shaoliu: "I have no choice but to believe you, I know everything you said is true, although it's not very detailed. And I've also seen many incredible things, including this donkey of yours. If there are talking donkeys in the world, I've met them all; one more immortal wouldn't be surprising either." After finishing speaking, he patted White Hair's buttocks and sighed: "White Hair, you're so pitiful! But don't be sad, before you were the number one person under heaven, now that you've become a donkey, you're also the number one donkey under heaven; I just haven't found any other donkeys that can speak human language."

  Bai Mao's front legs softened at the words and almost knelt down. He angrily said, "Xiao Bai, what do you mean? Are you intentionally trying to annoy me?"

  "Hey, don't get me wrong, White Hair. I'm not misunderstanding you. It's just that your current appearance and the story you're telling are too contradictory, so I couldn't help but joke around. You said you had something to ask of me, what do you need my help with? Is there anyone else in your family or friends that you want me to pass on a message to?"

  The donkey also fell silent, and after a long while, it lifted its head, narrowed its eyes, and gazed at the sky, saying vaguely: "I have no family or friends; since ancient times, those who achieved great things were all solitary and had few people."

  Xiaobai sensed the four words "lonely and few people" coming from Lu's brain, and couldn't help but think of Baimao being the only donkey in the horse farm as well. But he didn't say it, instead asking: "Baimao, don't be too sad, I'm still here for you, what do you need me for?"

  Bai Mao: "You are naturally extraordinary, with a good foundation and blessings. It's hard to find someone like you. I want to pass on my lifelong knowledge to you, and you will also become a superior being who looks down on the world."

  Xiao Bai came to find Baimao, originally intending to ask if there was a way to obtain magical powers. Before he could even open his mouth, Baimao had already spoken up, with a hint of pleading in her tone. Xiao Bai hastily said: "Alright, alright, I came to find you precisely for this matter. Lately, I've been feeling really insignificant, and there are many things I want to do but can't do well... So what can I do for you?"

  Bai Mao: "After you obtain the Supreme Divine Ability, help me undo the Heart-Killing Lock and then kill me."

  Bai Shaofeng jumped in fright: "Kill you?"

  Bai Mao smiled with some complacency: "You killed me, but that only ended the life of this donkey. My divine consciousness will not be destroyed and I can reincarnate again. As long as I resolve the Heart-Killing Lock, I can become human once more."

  "What's next after becoming human?"

  Bai Mao: "Let's be human again and talk about it step by step. I've had enough of being a donkey for three lifetimes!"

  Bai Shaoliu: "You taught me, and then I learned to unlock the Heart Lock. You have such great abilities, why can't you unlock it yourself? What exactly is this Heart Lock?"

  Bai Mao: "Can you lift yourself up from the ground by grabbing your own hair? My yuan Shen is currently bound, and all my divine powers are unable to be deployed. Even if I wanted to cultivate using this donkey body, it's impossible... Actually, even if I were to be reborn as a human again, unless I had the True Person Furnace鼎代之 (a powerful artifact), but instead relied on reincarnation, I wouldn't be able to immediately recover my magical powers. However, my divine consciousness remains, and all the paths of cultivation are verified in my heart, so there won't be any more doubts or deviations. Starting from scratch will naturally allow me to progress a thousand miles in a single day, far surpassing others. It won't take many years for me to recover my former cultivation."

  Bai Shaoliu: "Wait a minute, you first tell me how to unlock the Heart Lock. How long will it take for me to learn?"

  Bai Mao: "Actually, I don't know either. In my heart, there are countless wonderful methods that cannot be displayed, but I can teach them to you. You can learn as much as you want, and try slowly. I will point out your mistakes at any time. Think of me, the Seven Leaf Sect is also a self-made school, self-enlightened, and has made great progress in cultivation. I don't believe that this Heart Locking Seal cannot be solved."

  Bai Shaoliu: "Alright, let's do it this way. You help me and I'll help you! ... Bai Mao, there's one more thing I want to ask of you."

  Bai Shaofeng's tone was unpleasant, and Bai Mao also sensed it, taking a step back to ask: "What are you planning to do with me again?"

  Bai Shaoliu: "Just like old Chinese doctor Jin Grandfather used to do, add some donkey blood."

  "What do you want to do?"

  Bai Shaofeng: "Make medicine for others to heal their wounds."

  Bai Mao: "How can you all go against my wishes?... I am a proud Seven Leaves, how can I suffer such humiliation!"

  Bai Shaoyu shook his head and said, "You can't think like that. You just asked me to kill you in the end, but now you're willing to give up this donkey body of yours? Why not do something useful while you still can? Taking your blood is to help others, it won't harm your life, I won't take too much, only one cup each time, shouldn't you be able to bear with it?"

  Bai Mao: "Do you want me to mix the Golden Sore medicine with interrupted glue? I know this medicine, it's best to use one's own blood."

  "My friend has too many scars and her body isn't very strong, I'm afraid it won't work to use her blood as a medicine guide."

  White Hair: "Why don't you go find another donkey?"

  Bai Shaofeng smiled: "You're a donkey, and other donkeys aren't donkeys? Don't be unhappy when I talk like this. Although you were very fierce in your previous life as a human, now you really are just a donkey I'm raising. You live better than any other donkey in the world, with treatment equivalent to that of a prized racing horse, and you don't even have to participate in competitions... Every month, the money spent on you is more than what an entire rural family earns in a year. Although Miss Luo pays for it, I'm the one who has to bear the favor. As her bodyguard, if anything happens, I'll risk my life to repay this favor... I won't be able to find a few more donkeys like you to raise on the ranch; raising just one donkey like you is already excessive. Do you understand?"

  A sigh in the mind of the White Haired Heavenly Lord, with a hint of heroic melancholy: "I understand what you're saying, you want to shed my blood! When? Now? I have one condition, don't use that Divine Requiem Sword."

  Bai Shaoliu: "If I don't use this, then I won't use it. I also have a small shovel that is very sharp, and my hands move quickly so you won't feel too much pain. I'll also prepare some medicine for your wound... Today, seeing that you're not in the mood, let's forget about it. Next time, we can use your blood. This first time, let me try using my own blood."

  "Your own blood?"

  "Right, I'll use my own blood first, but I can't use too much or it will harm my body. You're more than twice as heavy as me and you spend all day taking care of your body without doing any other work, so most of the blood will still have to come from you. I'm treating you like a friend by discussing this with you, otherwise I would just treat you like a ox and take your blood without even asking."

  Bai Mao fell silent for a moment, seemingly thinking about something but not quite understanding it. He nodded slightly, as if he were human: "Since you want to do it this way, then so be it... Now I have something to ask you. Since our mental connection has reached the level of telepathy, have you had any strange encounters recently? Tell me, I can see that you've changed."

  Bai Shaoliu: "Right, as soon as I saw you, I felt it! Now listening to your words is very clear, and even the words and sentences you want to express, I can feel them all."

  Bai Mao: "What I used was originally divine intention. For those who hear it, either their cultivation is high and reaches the realm of auditory wisdom, or they are proficient in the art of empathy and telepathy. The telepathic ability you possess is innate, but it's impossible to reach the level of auditory wisdom unless you practice another method. Tell me what you've learned recently and what strange things have happened to you?"

  Bai Mao's words were half-understood by Xiao Bai, but he got the general idea. After thinking carefully, he said: "I recently learned Ba Gua You Shen Zhang... it shouldn't be related to this. Ah! Someone taught me a set of Xing Shen Xiang He heart method, I've been practicing and feeling great! The day before yesterday, I seemed to have experienced another realm, and suddenly saw things from my childhood in front of my eyes."

  Xiaobai didn't hide anything, and told Baishou about the mental and physical cultivation method that Qingchen had taught him, as well as his own experiences and insights. He also shared with Baishou the detailed process of how he had suddenly relived his childhood memories in a state of deep contemplation that night. After listening to Xiaobai's account, Baishou lowered her head and remained silent for half a day before finally speaking four words: "Return to the Immortal Dream!"

  "What is the Soul Returning Immortal Dream?"

  White Hair: "At the beginning of sitting and forgetting, the five senses return to their original state, from stillness to clarity. If your heart is submerged in thought without miscellaneous thoughts, you can present what you are thinking of, this mind method is called the Returning Spirit Immortal Dream. The key point lies in holding onto thoughts strongly yet unintentionally, it's extremely difficult to grasp!... This set of shape and spirit unifying technique is the most pure foundation-building gongfu, you yourself being able to reach the state of shape and spirit being at peace as one body, shows that your roots are hard to obtain and your heart nature even harder. You can unintentionally merge with the mind method, therefore triggering the Returning Spirit Immortal Dream."

  "What mental method?"

  "What I just said is the heart method. The oral formula of this method is very complicated, but if you ask me to say it out, it's simply eight words - Pure thinking miscellaneous filtration, quiet and then grasp."

  "Wow, you're amazing! You know everything!" This time he was truly admiring Bai Mao.

  Bai Mao: "If I don't know, then probably only a few people in the world would know. It's just like a small magic trick."

  "Minor magic? You still say it's extremely difficult to master."

  His emotions became more cheerful, and he said in a pointing tone: "These are two concepts. Even small ways can be very difficult. For example, those acrobatic performances that don't use magic to balance ten or eight cups on their heads, even highly cultivated people can't do it. The difficulty of this method lies in the fact that thoughts are not eliminated but return to being unintentional. If you deliberately try to find past memories and dreams, the method will be ineffective. Monks often use this method to cultivate their minds. You may have succeeded once by chance, but if you want to succeed every time and reach a state of freedom, I'm afraid you still need to cultivate."

  Bai Shaofeng nodded repeatedly: "Right, right, right! I tried again last night to see if I could think of anything else, but no matter what, I couldn't think of it. Instead, the calm and peaceful state I had before was nowhere to be found."

  "This is the difference between having a master's lineage and being self-taught. You haven't reached the level of maturity to be independent, so you should learn from me."

  "What do you want to teach me?"

  Bai Mao: "It's going to get dark, you go back first, come again in three days... no, seven days!"

  This donkey was very interesting today. At first, when he saw Xiaobai, he was a depressed donkey because he had been waiting for too long. When he started telling stories, he unconsciously became a proud donkey, immersed in the memories of his glorious years. After finishing the story and conversing with Xiaobai, he became a longing donkey, eagerly hoping that Xiaobai could learn his magic to help him unlock his heart seal. When Xiaobai discussed bleeding with him, Baimao transformed from an angry donkey to a contemplative donkey, and finally, when it came to magic, Baimao was deeply absorbed in thought. It was only because of Xiaobai's Heart Communion Empathy Technique that he could understand the donkey's state of mind so intuitively.

  "Why seven days later?" asked Xiaobai.

  Bai Mao nodded his head, shaking off a beetle that had landed on his mane. He said thoughtfully: "Cultivation emphasizes the importance of adapting to individual circumstances and teaching according to one's nature. Although I have countless thoughts in my mind, there is only one path up the mountain for you. I've already understood your situation, give me some time to think carefully about how to teach you. While cultivation has no shortcuts, there are many detours and dead ends. I want to help you avoid taking unnecessary detours."

  The donkey had become a great master at this time, and unexpectedly infected Xiaobai without realizing it. Xiaobai no longer thought it was funny, but instead felt a bit solemn. He repeatedly said: "Thank you for your trouble, I'll come see you again in seven days! Should I bring some delicious food, do you want peanuts?"

  Bai Mao glared at him: "Although I have a donkey's body, how can I be greedy for the benefits of your mouth and stomach? My teaching you to cultivate has no other purpose. How can you think of me as being like an ordinary worldly person?"

  Bai Shaofeng smiled and stopped arguing with it. Bai Mao's words just now were very serious. However, the emotions in his heart made Xiao Bai think of when he gave those 200,000 yuan to Luo Bing, Luo Bing felt the same way at that time. The money couldn't buy Luo Bing's loyalty, but Luo Bing was still happy after taking the money. Peanuts can't move Bai Mao, but next time if I bring peanuts over, Bai Mao won't be unhappy either.

  Send the white hair back to the stable, and just as he was about to leave, Xiao Bai suddenly remembered something else. He held up the divine carving and asked White Hair: "You said this is a magical artifact, how do you use it?"

  "You might as well ask now, it's pointless anyway. Just consider it a sleeve sword!"

  Xiao Bai was about to leave when Baimao suddenly remembered something: "Xiao Bai, wait! I forgot to ask you what happened to your leg injury, who hurt you?"

  Bai Shaoliu: "Someone tried to assassinate Miss Luo, I'm her bodyguard and got hurt."

  Bai Mao: "How can the words coming out of your mouth be so simple? I see that your physique and footwork are among the best even among ordinary people, so the person who can hurt you is absolutely not a petty thief. A young master from a wealthy family encountering such a high-level assassin's attack is absolutely not a simple matter, it's probably more complicated than you think."

  Bai Shaofeng: "Can you see everything? Even my figure and footsteps?"

  Bai Mao: "When I first entered the Zhongnan Sect, I was also a martial arts practitioner, but my physical limitations made it difficult to demonstrate and pass on my skills. However, it seems that your master is quite good... You can read people's hearts, which is great, but you don't understand worldly schemes, and now you're caught up in the internal conflicts of a wealthy family. In the future, you'll likely encounter many problems; if you don't understand something, you can come ask me, and I can teach you more than just cultivation techniques." This donkey saw the danger but didn't advise Xiao Bai to withdraw like Zhuang Ru did, because if Xiao Bai left Luo Xue, Bai Mao himself might not be able to stay in the horse farm.

  Bai Shaoliu: "Thank you, you really care about me too much."

  Bai Mao: "I'm not just worried about you, if you're not careful and get yourself killed, who will I find to untie my heart knot?"

  ……

  Xiao Bai left the horse farm and went home, where Baimao told him to come back in seven days. Luo Bing's vacation still had more than half a month left, and he planned to try out the "Golden Hemostatic Gel" during this time. However, before he could even start testing it, he had to cut his vacation short and return to Luoyuan Garden. This was because something had happened at the Luo household - Huang Yisu, Luo Xue's half-brother from a different father and mother, had become a vegetable due to an accident. Recently, Huang Yisu had been very careful when going out, always riding in an armored car, but he still ended up getting into a car accident.

  Here is the translation:

  The incident happened like this. That day, Huang Ya-su was riding in an armored car with two bodyguards back from a golf course on the outskirts of town, his first time out in over half a month, when they encountered an unexpected event. The car came off the highway exit and turned a corner, where there was a traffic violation, and coincidentally, a large dump truck drove by and crashed into the side of the car. Although the speed wasn't fast, the force was great, and the car rolled out of control down the mountain slope until it fell to the bottom of the ditch.

  When the rescue personnel arrived, Huang Yasi was still conscious, constantly knocking on the car body to call for help outside. However, the car door had been deformed and could not be opened, and the bulletproof vehicle's body was very strong, ordinary rescue tools could not move it, until the fire brigade brought special cutting tools to pull Huang Yasi out of the car, at which point he had lost consciousness. After being sent to the hospital for emergency treatment, vital signs such as breathing and heartbeat were restored, but there was no brain activity. The doctor diagnosed him with brain death, according to foreign medical standards this person is already dead, but in Rihouxing country it cannot be determined as medical death, whether or not to stop life support systems requires family consent.

  Huang Yasi's mother, Ai Si, received the news in Shanmo Country and could not agree to it. She immediately asked the hospital to do everything possible to save Huang Yasi, even if there was only a glimmer of hope that he would wake up one day. Luo Shuihan and Ai Si, who had been staying in Shanmo Country for a long time, were finally going to set off on their journey home tomorrow. The atmosphere at the He Luo Group became inexplicably tense after this incident, and Luo Bing did not dare to be careless. On this day, when Luo Xue was about to visit Huang Yasi in the hospital, Luo Bing called back Xiao Bai, who had already been discharged from the hospital.

  When Xiaobai saw Luo Xue again, he felt that she had lost a bit of weight and grown slightly taller. Of course, this might be an illusion, stemming from the changes in Luo Xue's emotions that he sensed. Luo Xue's heart was filled with contradictions, sadness, regret, and anger, all of which were reflected on her face, making her look somewhat depressed. Seeing such a melancholic expression on the face of a sixteen-year-old girl in bloom made Xiaobai feel a pang of sorrow.