bookcurios Chapter 332: Yin and Yang Combination Technique
Chapter 332: Yin and Yang Combination Technique
After listening to Elder Su's lecture, a large number of fellow Daoists, inspired by his teachings, hurried away, eager to find a safe place to retreat and achieve breakthroughs, and even skipped the subsequent auctions. The other Daoists naturally understood this, and each of them showed envy.
However, the vast majority of the monks did not have this opportunity, so they stayed to participate in the following activities. Since they had come this time, they naturally could not return empty-handed.
Liu Xing was naturally concerned about the Rat King and his entourage, but when he found that it was inseparable from the Bull Demon King, he knew that it was not appropriate to take action for the time being and he had to wait for an opportunity in the future.
"Let you live a little longer." Liu Xing thought secretly.
After Su Xingchen finished his lecture, he invited several visiting late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators to privately exchange ideas. The other Nascent Soul ancestors and demon kings were summoned by the other Thousand Machine Sect elders for a private exchange. Cultivators below the Nascent Soul stage were free to roam freely, unaccompanied by a designated escort. However, the Thousand Machine Sect had naturally arranged accommodations, ensuring a large but harmonious gathering.
Before leaving, Elder Su threw him a secret book called "The Art of Yin and Yang Harmony".
"This is the gift sent by the Hehuan Sect. I have studied it and found that it is indeed profound and difficult to comprehend. Moreover, it uses ancient characters, so it should be a treasure from the upper realm that has been left here. I judge that the secret book should be a complete copy. Since it is given to you, you can keep it for research. However, you still have to be more careful. Don't practice it if you are not sure, so as not to fall into the opponent's trap. This secret book has been in the hands of the Hehuan Sect for so long, but I have not heard of anyone who has mastered it. It is better to be cautious in everything." Su Xingchen also reminded Liu Xing specifically.
Liu Xing was also puzzled. While the Hehuan Sect's public friendship with the Qianji Sect was merely a facade of alliance, it was all a show for the benefit of others. Behind the scenes, there were constant backstabbings, and as a high-ranking sect leader, Liu Xing was well aware of this. Sending such a precious secret manual today was clearly a case of ulterior motives. The correct approach would have been to seal the manual away and not practice it. Besides, Liu Xing had no shortage of top-tier techniques.
However, how could Liu Xing, who loved reading, resist the temptation of a new martial arts book? Especially since it was an ancient secret book written in ancient characters, he had to study it carefully.
So, he apologized to his newlywed wife and retreated to his cave to study the Yin-Yang Harmony Technique. Nie Xiaoqian was well aware of his love of reading, but she found Liu Xing's nerdishness endearing and loved him deeply. Since they were already married, why rush the wedding night? It just so happened that after listening to the Great Elder's teachings, she had gained a lot, so she decided to retreat and contemplate the Great Dao as well.
In the world of cultivation, there was no custom of pranks at weddings, and everyone valued their privacy, so no one bothered them. Everyone thought they might have gone into seclusion to meditate after hearing Elder Su's teachings, but someone who kept an eye on them immediately reported the news to the Hehuan Sect.
"Ancestor, Liu Xing is in seclusion with the secret book." In Chu Shixiu's cave, an old man in a black robe knelt on the ground.
"You did a good job." Chu Shixiu nodded in praise, and without any warning, he suddenly slapped the old man on the back of the head.
"Ancestor! You..." Although the old man had the cultivation level of the early Nascent Soul stage, he had no power to resist the sneak attack of a great cultivator in the late Nascent Soul stage. He fell to the ground and lost consciousness, and even his Nascent Soul stage could not escape.
Chu Shixiu stretched out his hand to take the old man's body, pinched his head with one hand, and began to search his soul without any hesitation. Although the old man was unconscious, his distorted expression showed how painful the soul search was.
"You've kept your mouth shut and didn't expose me. Sacrificing yourself for the sect is a worthy death." Chu Shixiu pinched his five fingers, and a burst of devilish fire burst out, instantly turning the old man's body into ashes.
"Liu Xing's threat is too great, and he must be eliminated. Otherwise, once he breaks through the Nascent Soul stage, Qianji Sect will surely soar to the sky, and other sects will have no choice but to bow down to him." Chu Shixiu stood there in a daze.
The "Yin-Yang Harmony Technique" is a secret manual passed down by the founder of the Hehuan Sect, passed down for thousands of years. However, disciples were always warned that it could only be used as a reference, not practiced. Therefore, this secret technique was passed down only by the Grand Elders, never publicly disclosed. Several successive Grand Elders, skeptical of superstition, instructed their Jindan disciples to practice it, finding that cultivating both Yin and Yang allowed for rapid advancement. However, in the end, no one, regardless of their talent, succeeded in achieving the Infant Formation. The reason for this remains unanswered.
After sacrificing numerous gifted disciples, the He Huan Sect's great elders finally gave up, sealing the secret technique within their own ranks and refusing to pass it on to their disciples. Naturally, for nearly a thousand years, no one knew about it. Chu Shixiu had also studied the manual, and while many of the techniques within it were indeed miraculous, he himself could not fathom the secrets that hindered the Nascent Soul stage breakthrough.
He had heard that Liu Xing was a book lover and had even come to the Hehuan Sect to study many years ago. So he came up with a plan: give him the secret manual, so he wouldn't be afraid that he wouldn't be tempted. And once he started practicing, the breakthrough would be... hehe...
No one knew about Chu Shixiu's despicable tactics anymore.
After Liu Xing took over as the head, he quickly completed the handover. Since he was already very familiar with the sect's business, he quickly arranged the relevant tasks.
Over the past few years, he had sent a large number of cultivation-enhancing elixirs to his avatar in the Ten Thousand Bone Pit. The clone's talent was far superior to his own, and it had finally broken through to the middle stage of the Core Formation Realm, its magical power rivaling that of a late Core Formation Realm cultivator. Liu Xing now brought the clone back to the sect, having it handle sect affairs on his behalf while the main body concentrated on studying the secret manual in seclusion.
Fortunately, Liu Xing had read so many books that he was familiar with the ancient characters in the secret book and could recognize most of them. For other unfamiliar characters, he could also explain them one by one by referring to and comparing them with other knowledge points.
In this way, after spending half a year, Liu Xing finally translated the entire "The Art of Yin and Yang Harmony".
"It's really obscure and difficult to understand." Liu Xing sighed. The words used in the secret book are extremely concise. Often, one ancient character requires thousands of words in modern language to explain it clearly. Moreover, the same ancient character expresses completely inconsistent meanings in different contexts, making it even more difficult for readers in later generations to understand.
Only an old scholar like Liu Xing, who is well-read, can study and understand this mysterious ancient text.
"What a great technique!" Liu Xing was very excited after carefully reading the secret book countless times.
Tai Chi gave birth to Yin and Yang. By adopting the dual cultivation method of Yin and Yang, one could cultivate with the power of Yin and Yang from heaven and earth, seizing the creation of heaven and earth. This was a marvel beyond words. He could conclude that this secret manual must be the master formula of the founder of the Hehuan Sect, and that the various techniques currently practiced by Hehuan Sect disciples must have been derived from this secret manual.