Chapter 66: Chapter 64: Refining Yin-Yang
Su Fei had now fully recovered. She was shaken by the sight before her.
’What level of Cultivation Technique could cause such a commotion?’
’It has to be a Legendary-grade Cultivation Technique!’
She muttered to herself, then flickered over to Ouyang Xue’s side. First, she sealed Ouyang Xue’s Cultivation completely, then, feeling relieved, she carried her over to the edge of the enormous cavern.
Having witnessed the power of the Ice Spirit Soul, she certainly wasn’t going to give Ouyang Xue another chance to awaken it.
Standing at the edge of the cavern, Su Fei watched the young man in the Cold Pool with a complicated expression.
The Yin Yang Spirit Pool was a treasure of heaven and earth, an irresistible temptation for anyone. The benefits of absorbing its power were immense, likely rivaling those of the Ice Dragon Flower.
Take Ouyang Xue, for example. If she could refine the power of the Yin Yang Spirit Pool, she could permanently awaken a portion of her Ice Soul Power within five years and become incredibly strong.
Su Fei herself also possessed a Secret Technique to absorb the Yin-Yang Spirit Pool’s power, and even a Secret Artifact to collect its water.
However, watching Jiang Jichen absorb the Spiritual Power from the Yin Yang Spirit Pool, it seemed as if there was no end to it. It was as if no amount of Yin Yang Spiritual Power would be enough for him.
Of course, Su Fei could use her Secret Artifact to take the water from the Yin Yang Spirit Pool right now, but Jiang Jichen would undoubtedly be affected.
He was at a critical juncture in his breakthrough and was already severely injured. Without the Spiritual Power from the Yin Yang Spirit Pool, not only would his breakthrough be impeded, but his injuries would likely worsen. Even his Dao Practice could be damaged.
Just then, a voice suddenly sounded in Su Fei’s mind. ’Why not kill him and seize the fortune that should be yours?’
The voice was similar to Su Fei’s own, but its tone was utterly cold and emotionless, a stark contrast to Su Fei’s usual charming demeanor.
Hearing this voice, Su Fei’s expression flickered. Finally, she responded coldly with her Divine Thought, ’My business is none of your concern!’
’You and I are one and the same. You are me, and I am you. One day, we will have to fuse. The stronger this body of yours becomes, the more power we will gain when we finally merge!’
The voice in her mind spoke again.
However, at the mention of merging, Su Fei felt an instinctual revulsion. ’You are you, and I am me!’ she retorted in disgust. ’It’s not your place to meddle in my affairs!’
’Haha... You can reject power, reject resources, reject marriage alliances—you can reject everything. But the one thing you cannot reject is our Fusion. I, Su Yun, will reign supreme over the world and sweep across the universe! Mwahahaha...’
Within her mind, the cold voice suddenly became incomparably arrogant and frenzied, echoing endlessly and throwing her thoughts into disarray.
’Go fuck yourself!’
Su Fei cursed back with her Divine Sense, then forcefully severed the connection with the mysterious soul.
Letting out a breath, Su Fei looked at the young man in the Cold Pool, and a gentle look flickered in her eyes.
’The kiss in the Cold Pool... let’s just call that the extra reward I promised you. We’ll let the matter drop. You got off easy, kid.’
’As for this Yin Yang Spirit Pool, consider it a parting gift. After all, once we part ways, we may never see each other again.’
Su Fei sighed softly. In the end, she did not take the water from the Yin Yang Spirit Pool.
She gave Jiang Jichen one last, deep look. "So your real name is Jiang Jichen? I’ll remember it. Farewell!"
With that said, Su Fei struck out with her palm. In the distance, the Eldest Senior Brother turned into a spray of blood-red ice shards. His Pure Yang Power scattered and was automatically absorbed by the Yang Pool, causing it to grow a little larger and its Yang Spirit Power to become even more abundant.
Carrying Ouyang Xue, she turned and walked out of the cavern’s mouth, disappearing into the swirling blizzard.
...
Jiang Jichen was completely immersed in his cultivation, oblivious to the world and everything that had just happened around him.
This also showed that he trusted Su Fei completely. With anyone else, he would never have dared to enter a state of cultivation so recklessly, as it was clearly his moment of greatest vulnerability. Moreover, he was still severely injured.
He and Su Fei had known each other for less than a day, but they had been through a great deal. At the very least, she had given him her first kiss, albeit by accident.
In truth, it wasn’t necessarily that Jiang Jichen trusted Su Fei. At the time, he had been under continuous assault from Ouyang Xue’s Ice Spirit Soul. His injuries were so severe and the situation so perilous that he had no other choice but to desperately enter the Spirit Pool to heal.
Of course, one could also say he was just extremely lucky. He had made the right gamble. Su Fei had not taken the Yin Yang Spirit Pool and had chosen to leave quietly instead.
Before leaving, she even took the threat of Ouyang Xue with her. If Ouyang Xue had woken up first, Jiang Jichen would have been in grave danger.
At this moment, the water of the Yin Yang Spirit Pool transformed into Yin-Yang Power, which floated in the air and was devoured by Jiang Jichen at a terrifying speed.
Anyone else, even someone with an Ancient Legend Technique, would have been incapable of simultaneously absorbing both Yin-Yang Power like this.
Take Ouyang Xue’s Profound Yin Technique for example. Even with her Ice Spirit Soul, she could only absorb the Yin Pool Spiritual Power first, then use a Secret Technique to refine the Yang Pool Spiritual Power later.
Then there was the Eldest Senior Brother, now a pile of blood-red ice shards. He cultivated the Pure Yang Wuji Technique and could only absorb the power of the Yang Pool first. Lacking a Fire Spirit Soul, he could only refine the Cold Pool Spiritual Power by having intercourse with Ouyang Xue.
Both Ouyang Xue’s Profound Yin Technique and the Eldest Senior Brother’s Pure Yang Wuji Technique were single-attribute Cultivation Techniques.
But Jiang Jichen’s Source Character Qi Condensing Technique was the closest thing to an Original Technique. It could refine Yin-Yang and devour the Ten Thousand Spirits. There was simply no Spiritual Power it could not refine; it was absolutely tyrannical to the extreme.
Jiang Jichen himself hadn’t even fully realized this. He didn’t know if he could refine the Ten Thousand Spirits, but he knew he could definitely refine Yin-Yang.
At this moment, a mysterious and powerful force field lifted his entire body into the air in the middle of the cavern. Endless Yin-Yang Power enveloped him completely.
Jiang Jichen’s injuries had long since healed. In fact, his Spirit Cultivation was breaking through at an astonishing speed.
Eighth-level Mortal Initial Realm, Middle Realm, Late Stage, Perfection Realm!
Ninth Level Mortal Initial Realm, Middle Realm, Late Stage, Perfection Realm!
After numerous life-and-death battles, combined with refining Yin-Yang using the Source Character Qi Condensation Technique, these breakthroughs were all a natural result.
Originally, Jiang Jichen could have used the refined Yin-Yang power to break through to the Innate First Realm in one fell swoop. However, he held back. Instead, he fused the Yin-Yang Power into his physical body to prepare for the Undying Scripture’s First Turn Great Perfection Realm. This was his attempt to break through to the Innate Body Refining Realm and reconnect his severed path of Body Refining!
As time went on, two days later, the Yin Yang Spiritual Power within the cavern was completely exhausted, leaving behind only two dried-up Spirit Pools.
The process of refining Yin-Yang was tyrannical and terrifying. Not a single trace of the Yin Yang Spiritual Power in the air was left.
Jiang Jichen finally stabilized his Cultivation at the Ninth Level Mortal Perfect Realm. His Body Cultivator level was also at the Ninth-level Body Refiner Perfection Realm. With his Spirit-Body Dual Cultivation now in balance, Jiang Jichen could feel immense power in his every move.
He rose to his full height and saw that Su Fei and Ouyang Xue were gone.
He didn’t care about that heartless, cruel woman Ouyang Xue, but not seeing Su Fei left him with a faint sense of disappointment.
In the end, Jiang Jichen collected himself, turned, and strode out into the swirling blizzard...
