Chapter 115: Inverting Yin and Yang
Chapter 115: Inverting Yin and Yang
He was currently perfecting the Yin and Yang Path-Completion Method within the Taixiao Dao Ming Scripture. The Innate Yin-Yang Profound Light had to evolve further, so accumulation was naturally the more, the better.
However, Lin Yuan did not act recklessly. He waited until the Demon King came out of the fire cavern again and, after several more days, entered secluded cultivation. Only then did he finally fly out from underground.
Silently.
The concealment technique of his Innate Spiritual Root talent was pushed to its limit. As he moved through the cave dwelling, it was like the wind passing without a trace.
Lin Yuan’s figure appeared before a cave dwelling. His incredibly sharp Innate Spiritual Awareness constantly sensed the surroundings. A point of Innate Yin-Yang Profound Light appeared at his fingertip.
Flecks of black-and-white profound light easily parted the Demon Script restrictions before the cave dwelling. Lin Yuan was careful not to attract the attention of that Demon King.
Proficient in formation principles and aided by the wonderfully mysterious Innate Yin-Yang Profound Light, this kind of “lock-picking” was familiar and easy for Lin Yuan.
Even famous habitual thieves in the Primordial World might not be as slick as him.
A dark green doorway appeared. In a single step, Lin Yuan slipped into the stone chamber.
Rows of antique jade bookshelves came into view. Lin Yuan’s eyes brightened slightly. This study was quite large. Looking around, many scrolls made of beast hide were piled on the shelves.
They just looked rather messy and disorganized.
Like a cluttered small library.
Lin Yuan hadn’t expected that Demon King to be such a learned person.
Lin Yuan picked up a nearby scroll made from some unknown mystical beast’s hide. He casually opened it. A record called “Bai Ze’s True Account” appeared before him.
This scroll was a chaotic miscellany of notes. It contained the observations and experiences of the Heavenly Court’s Demon Sage Bai Ze during his travels in part of the eastern Primordial World.
With a thoughtful expression, Lin Yuan casually put it down. He went through the scrolls on the shelves one by one… In the end, Lin Yuan found that this library didn’t have much substantive content. There were several Demon Script methods, but they were mainly introductory, containing only some basic techniques.
More like the introductory Daoist classics of those great clans of the Primordial World.
In truth, it was probably because Lin Yuan’s own horizons had broadened now. If the Scattered Immortals of the Main World saw these beast-hide scrolls, they would fight desperately over them.
Many of the records and accounts on these scrolls were personally documented by some high-ranking Innate Demon Sages and Primordial Ancient Deities of the Heavenly Court.
Lost in thought, Lin Yuan suddenly stirred. His Innate Spiritual Awareness detected a faint trace of mana emanating from underground. A cool, clear voice came through.
“Useless. He carries all the valuable methods on his person!”
Lin Yuan’s expression showed slight surprise.
It was that fellow called Fei Lian, trapped underground.
“Don’t be surprised, sir. Your concealment technique is indeed very unusual, but the Innate Dharma Eye I’ve cultivated also has its own mysteries!”
That cool voice transmitted again. After pausing briefly, it spoke once more.
“If you desire divine abilities and profound arts, I suggest you come down here!”
“This demon has some tricks indeed!”
Lin Yuan thought to himself. His skills were high, and his courage was great; he wasn’t afraid at all. His expression unchanged, he walked out of this stone chamber study. The Demon Script restrictions behind him quickly restored themselves.
In a few steps, he arrived at the entrance of the fire cavern from before. Using the same trick, his Innate Yin-Yang Profound Light effortlessly breached a hole in the restrictive seals at the cavern entrance.
“Heaven truly does not abandon me!”
Deep in the fire cavern, Fei Lian’s heart trembled slightly.
Tricked by Scarlet Chain and imprisoned in this sunless place, his original fate might have been to be tortured to death, or for Scarlet Chain to grow tired of the repetitive interrogation game and kill him.
He never imagined there would be a Divine Demon who could treat Scarlet Chain’s lair as nothing, coming and going freely.
“Speak. Hand over the divine abilities and profound arts you possess.”
The newcomer directly waved his hand.
“And don’t try any tricks with me. I don’t fall for that.”
Hearing this, Fei Lian pondered slightly. As a famous genius among the great clans of the Primordial World, he was proficient in various methods. He could clearly sense that the other party was someone who wouldn’t act without seeing a rabbit first, not easy to fool.
Fei Lian raised his head. His whole body was covered in injuries, making him look exceptionally fierce. Flecks of purple light flashed in his Dharma Eyes. After a moment, he said, “Sir, you are an Innate Divine Demon who primarily cultivates thunder magic. I happen to have a manual compiled by the Heavenly Court called ‘The Nine Ministries Divine Thunder Arts of Shenxiao.’ I wonder if this item could persuade you to help me escape?”
“The Nine Ministries Divine Thunder Arts of Shenxiao?”
Lin Yuan was secretly moved. This thunder method was mentioned among the pile of scrolls in that Demon King’s study. It was a compilation of thunder law texts by various Innate Great Deities of the Heavenly Court’s Shenxiao Thunder Ministry.
The name was quite illustrious, but in reality, this thunder method wasn’t considered very precious within the Nine Heavens Thunder Ministry.
Additionally, he already had that “Scripture of Dutian Divine Thunder.” How could “The Nine Ministries Divine Thunder Arts of Shenxiao” be compared to the secret transmission “Scripture of Dutian Divine Thunder” of the Qiangliang Tribe?
“I do not need thunder path methods.”
Lin Yuan shook his head.
Fei Lian’s expression remained unchanged, and he spoke again.
“I possess a supreme divine ability and dao method called ‘Shaking Mountain and Moving Earth.’ No matter the time or place, it can open a Nine Nether portal, restraining all kinds of earth deities and ghost spirits!”
“Shaking Mountain and Moving Earth?”
Lin Yuan was intrigued. This was indeed a rather powerful dao method. But he himself also practiced the Earth Immortal Lineage, possessing methods that similarly could restrain earth deities and ghost spirits.
Lin Yuan still refused. “No, no. Offer something else.”
Fei Lian gritted his teeth a little. This guy opposite him was not just ordinarily difficult to deal with.
His learning was varied, and his means were many, but “Shaking Mountain and Moving Earth” was definitely a rare great divine ability in his possession!
“I also have a method for forging a treasure called the Primordial Two-Polarity Divine Tower. This treasure is extraordinary. It can suppress the Two-Polarity Qiankun, its divine abilities are exceptional, incredibly unfathomable!”
“Not good, not good. I already have a life-protecting treasure.”
Lin Yuan shook his head repeatedly. The Primordial Two-Polarity Divine Tower’s name was grand enough. But he already had the Primordial Yin-Yang Qiankun Diagram, his Life-Bound Treasure. Lin Yuan considered and reckoned that the future achievements of the Primordial Yin-Yang Qiankun Diagram would not be inferior to this Primordial Two-Polarity Divine Tower.
“Then I’ll teach you Inverting Yin and Yang, and the Primordial Two-Polarity Annihilation Art!”
Fei Lian’s eyes were now bloodshot. He could only bring out his two ultimate divine abilities, hoping to satisfy the appetite of this troublesome Innate Divine Demon before him.
“Inverting Yin and Yang, that’s not bad!” Hearing this, Lin Yuan’s eyes lit up.
He had seen mentions of both these divine abilities among the various miscellaneous records in the study. They were superior profound arts and dao methods.
The Primordial Two-Polarity Annihilation Art was a profound spell-breaking technique. It could manifest the work of destroying the Primordial World within the minute particles of the Two Polarities. It was precisely the Path-Completion Method he sought but could not obtain.
That Inverting Yin and Yang was an even more exceptionally powerful great divine ability.
Cultivated to a high level, it could cause the heavens and earth to lose their order, the sun and moon to lose their regularity, Yang to subside and not emerge, Yin to press but not steam—an inn for the reversing ten thousand things.
As the saying goes: The gods imprisoned, the heavenly calamity, turning heaven and earth upside down!
What was rare was that these profound art secret methods were also extremely compatible with his own Innate Yin-Yang methods.
“Agreed.”
Hearing this, Fei Lian inwardly breathed a sigh of relief. This person truly was not easy to deal with. Yet, he still felt a pang of heartache, bleeding inwardly. “Inverting Yin and Yang” and the “Primordial Two-Polarity Annihilation Art” were secret, unshared methods he had heard from an Innate Dao Lord. To let this person have them so cheaply was truly infuriating.
Once free, he must find this person and take everything back!
A pair of bright, spirited eyes seemed to see through the thoughts deep in Fei Lian’s gaze. Lin Yuan gave Fei Lian a faint glance.
“Trading two divine abilities and profound arts for your freedom is not impossible. But let me state the unpleasant truth upfront: Only after I master these two divine abilities and profound arts and confirm their authenticity will I let you out!”