Chapter 31: The Person With Extreme Yin

Chapter 31: Chapter 31: The Person With Extreme Yin

The next few days passed in much the same way, each of them minding their own business. Yizhou devoted himself to cultivation, while Sui Sui continued feeding the Frost Lotus with his blood.

On what he estimated would be the final feeding, Sui Sui carefully took out the jade box. Nestled inside, the once snow-white Frost Lotus had undergone a remarkable change. More than half of its petals had already turned the color of fresh blood, their crimson hue standing in stark contrast to the few pale petals that remained.

Setting the jade box on the ground, Sui Sui retrieved a small knife from his pouch. Without hesitation, he sliced across the center of his palm. Blood immediately welled from the wound before dripping onto the lotus below.

The flower greedily absorbed every drop.

The process lasted far longer than any of the previous feedings. By the time the final drop was absorbed, Sui Sui’s face had noticeably paled. It felt as though nearly half the blood in his body had been drained away.

He quickly swallowed a medicinal pill to restore some of his vitality before carefully lifting the flower out of the jade box.

The Blood Lotus was surprisingly small, even smaller than most ordinary spiritual herbs. Yet despite its size, it possessed an extraordinary origin. Born from the Frost Lotus’s accumulated yin energy and nourished by the yang essence contained within the blood of a living person, it was a rare herb capable of balancing yin and yang.

More importantly...

It was the herb that would change his life.

Naturally, Sui Sui handled it with the utmost care.

After examining it for a moment, he gently returned it to the jade box.

The ritual was only halfway complete.

Reaching into his storage pouch once more, Sui Sui took out several items. First was a sheet of paper containing the formation diagram recorded in the ancient manual. Next came several low-grade spirit stones.

Using the same knife, he reopened the wound on his palm. Dipping his finger into the fresh blood, he carefully traced the formation onto the cave floor exactly as it appeared on the paper before embedding a spirit stone into each designated position.

Only after checking every detail twice did he allow himself to relax.

Satisfied that nothing had been overlooked, Sui Sui walked to the center of the formation and slowly sat down.

Finally, he picked up the Blood Lotus once again.

According to the manual, once the preparations were complete, all that remained was to consume the flower. There was no mention of any special refining method or specific way to ingest it, which meant swallowing it directly should be sufficient.

Some cultivators might choose to refine such a precious herb into a medicinal pill to maximize its effects. However, Sui Sui neither knew an alchemist he could trust nor wished to reveal the secret of the Blood Lotus to anyone else.

Swallowing it whole was his only option.

Although eating a flower that had been nourished by his own blood felt a little strange, compared to everything else he had experienced since transmigrating, it hardly seemed worth worrying about.

After mentally preparing himself, Sui Sui picked up the Blood Lotus and placed it into his mouth. He slowly chewed before swallowing it whole.

Surprisingly, it didn’t taste bad at all. There was none of the metallic or fishy taste he had expected despite the amount of blood it had absorbed. In fact, it had almost no flavor whatsoever. Only its strange, almost gelatinous texture lingered in his mouth before disappearing down his throat.

Without wasting another second, Sui Sui began chanting the incantation recorded in the ancient manual.

At first, nothing happened.

The cave remained silent, and aside from the faint glow of the formation beneath him, everything appeared completely normal.

A few moments later, however, a faint chill began to spread through his body.

Sui Sui initially dismissed it, assuming it was merely the cold air inside the cave. But as time passed, the chill grew stronger and stronger. What had begun as a slight discomfort soon became an unbearable cold that seemed to seep into his flesh, his bones, and even his soul.

Then the pain arrived.

It originated from his dantian, where it felt as though countless ice thorns were relentlessly piercing his insides. Every pulse of pain was sharper than the last, causing his body to tremble uncontrollably.

Despite the agony, Sui Sui gritted his teeth and continued reciting the incantation. He didn’t dare stop. The manual had repeatedly warned that interrupting the ritual halfway would cause all previous efforts to be wasted.

The pain only intensified.

Blood slowly trickled from the corner of his lips as the freezing sensation spread outward from his dantian, gradually engulfing the rest of his body.

According to the manual, this was the result of the accumulated yin qi sealed within his meridians for all these years finally being released at once.

Unaware of it himself, the overwhelming cold escaping from his body had already begun freezing everything around him.

Starting beneath where he sat, a thin layer of frost rapidly spread across the ground before climbing the cave walls. In only a few breaths, countless layers of ice had enveloped the entire chamber.

In another chamber, Yizhou slowly opened his eyes from meditation. He had also sensed the sudden drop in temperature as an overwhelming wave of yin qi spread throughout the cave. Judging from the fluctuation of spiritual qi, it seemed Sui Sui had already begun the process of unblocking his meridians.

Seeing that everything appeared to be progressing as expected, Yizhou was about to close his eyes and continue cultivating when he suddenly felt something stirring within his dantian. It was the Nether Azure Flame. The usually obedient heavenly flame had unexpectedly become restless, struggling as though it wanted to leave his body.

Although puzzled by its unusual behavior, Yizhou did not stop it. Since he had already refined the Nether Azure Flame, there was no possibility of it escaping his control. He simply loosened his restraint, allowing the flame to emerge from his dantian.

The moment it was released, the purple flame flew straight toward the chamber where Sui Sui was.

Yizhou immediately spread his spiritual sense to follow it. Through his perception, he saw that the entire chamber had already been covered in a thick layer of ice.

Spiritual qi surged chaotically in every direction, while Sui Sui remained seated in the center of the formation. Blood trickled continuously from the corner of his mouth, yet he stubbornly continued circulating the incantation without the slightest intention of stopping.

Seeing this, Yizhou couldn’t help but frown. The amount of yin qi being released far exceeded his expectations.

Even an ordinary cultivator would struggle to survive after being submerged in such overwhelming yin energy, let alone someone who had never cultivated before. He was already considering whether he should intervene when the Nether Azure Flame suddenly reached Sui Sui.

At first, Yizhou assumed it intended to suppress the rampant yin qi. After all, the Nether Azure Flame possessed an extremely pure yang attribute and was the natural enemy of all yin-based energy.

To his surprise, however, the flame showed no intention of attacking. Instead, it drifted toward Sui Sui’s forehead before quietly entering it. A gentle warmth spread from the flame, gradually enveloping Sui Sui’s frozen body as though wanting to ease the cold that had invaded the other person

Back in Sui Sui’s chamber, as the freezing cold engulfed his body, he suddenly felt something else awakening within him. It was as though an endless stream of water had begun flowing through his meridians, filling every part of his body with an unfamiliar energy.

Is... this spiritual qi?

Although he had read countless descriptions of it in books, this was the first time he had ever truly felt it.

Acting on instinct, Sui Sui immediately tried to guide the spiritual qi. Tracing its flow inward, he soon discovered that it was pouring out from deep within his dantian.

For years, his blocked meridians had imprisoned both his innate spiritual qi and the accumulated yin qi within his body. Naturally, it was impossible to unblock all of them at once. At most, only a few meridians could be opened for now, while the rest would gradually be unblocked as he began cultivating.

It would be just enough for him to sense spiritual qi, circulate it through his body, and officially begin his cultivation journey.

Yet now that the blockage had finally been broken, the spiritual qi and yin qi that had been trapped within him for years were being released all at once.

The sudden surge was far beyond what he could control.

The bone-piercing cold continued to invade his body, disrupting his concentration. Sui Sui gritted his teeth as more blood trickled from the corner of his mouth, yet he stubbornly continued circulating the incantation, refusing to stop halfway.

Just as he felt himself reaching his limit, a gentle warmth suddenly enveloped him.

Sui Sui had no idea where it came from. The warmth entered through the center of his forehead before slowly spreading throughout his body, finally reaching his dantian. Wherever it passed, the unbearable cold seemed to recede, allowing his mind to gradually regain its clarity.

Seizing the opportunity, Sui Sui once again guided the overflowing spiritual qi. This time, the energy no longer resisted him. Little by little, he brought it under control, and as the spiritual qi gradually settled, the rampant yin qi escaping from his body also calmed. Outside the formation, the spreading frost finally came to a halt.

Seeing all of these happen, Yizhou retreated his spiritual senses. Although he still couldn’t understand why the Nether Azure Flame had chosen to help Sui Sui, Yizhou didn’t dwell on it.

Ever since refining the heavenly flame, he had known that it possessed a certain degree of spiritual consciousness. Trying to understand its thoughts was ultimately a futile effort, so he simply let it be.

Seeing that Sui Sui had already stabilized the situation, he resumed meditating, knowing that the process of unblocking his meridians would not be finished anytime soon.

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Unbeknownst to the two of them, the immense amount of yin qi released during the ritual had already overflowed beyond the cave, silently spreading throughout the Northern Region.

To ordinary people, and even most cultivators, the fleeting chill blended seamlessly with the biting cold of winter. No one paid it any mind, dismissing it as nothing more than another icy gust carried across the snowfields.

However, there were a few exceptions.

Inside Xuánshuāng City, a person leisurely sipping tea suddenly paused. The teacup stopped just short of their lips as their brows furrowed almost imperceptibly.

"...This aura..."

Although the yin qi had already become incredibly faint, they would never mistake it.

Without another thought, they set down their teacup and took out a high-grade communication talisman.

"My Lord," they said respectfully after the communication talisman connected. "Just as you have divinated, the person with the Extreme Yin Physique has appeared in the Northern Region. We await your orders."

The communication talisman remained silent.

The person lowered their head slightly, not daring to speak again. They simply waited.

Several breaths later, a faint ripple spread across the talisman before a low, indifferent voice echoed from within.

"Good."

It was a single word, calm and devoid of any emotion, yet it carried an inexplicable pressure that caused the surrounding air to grow heavy.

"Find them and bring them to me."

There was neither urgency nor excitement in his tone, as though he were merely giving an ordinary instruction. Yet the person holding the talisman understood better than anyone that those simple words were an absolute order.

"Yes, My Lord."

The light on the communication talisman gradually dimmed, and the connection was severed.