“When you were on your way to collect the Geocentric 9 Yin Essence, I saw a glimmer of white frost wrapping around your feet, yet you were still able to get rid of it… Sometimes I can’t help but think that when you were on your way to collect the Underworld Soul Flower, if Xu Yingdei did not eat the Burning Life Pill to save you, wouldn’t you still have the means to escape? And once you obtained the Geocentric 9 Yin Essence, would you still be safe if I hadn’t broken your fall?”
Ning Cheng was a little stunned at all these questions, he really had not thought in such a detailed manner. When he was picking up the Underworld Soul Flower, if Xu Yingdei had not lent a hand back then, then he really did have a method at his disposal, however whether he could use it or not, he was not sure about it. As for the cold poison from that hill, he really had no tangible way to deal with it. The moment he was caught by Yin Kongchan, it was already impossible for him to enter his miniature world. So, at that time, Yin Kongchan had truly helped him.
While Yin Kongchan spoke, Xu Yingdei kept looking at Ning Cheng, besides a gentle limpidity in her eyes, she did not have anything else.
“Ning Cheng, thank you for saving me again, but I cannot give the ring back to you. I’m sorry.” This was the first time Yin Kongchan had expressed her apology since the time Ning Cheng and Yin Kongchan met.
Xu Yingdei frowned, before she stared at Yin Kongchan and spoke, “Yin Kongchan, although I already know that you took Ning Cheng’s ring, but I also am aware that once you restore your soul, you will definitely return it to Ning Cheng. Moreover I also aware of the poisonous oath that you took for yourself.”
Yin Kongchan’s eyes darkened before she spoke, “I simply was not able to open the ring at all because my attainments in the field of Restrictions is simply too low, while the restrictions on the ring were just too high. I accidentally ended up destroying the ring, causing the contents inside to disappear without a trace.”
Xu Yingdei on hearing Yin Kongchan’s words, felt her body trembling, she could not even dare to look Ning Cheng in his eyes, before she spoke up in a somewhat frightened voice, “I should not have let her take the ring, but I really did not discuss it with her. She took the ring and also took an oath, of that I know. These were all things tacitly approved after she mounted a sneak attack on me. It was her own doing. I had thought that I would be able to help you out even if you did not have the ring. If I knew that Yin Kongchan would end up destroying your ring, then even if it had resulted in my death, I wouldn’t have let her take it. I just want to be with you, and I did not want anyone else…”
Yin Kongchan also lowered her head, while her expression was downcast before she spoke up, “Although we really did not discuss it, but I knew what Xu Yingdei thought and she also knew what I was thinking. Moreover, I knew that she wouldn’t make a move on you before I returned the ring, so I felt relieved when I left. If I knew that I would end up destroying the ring, I would definitely have not done that……”
Ning Cheng stood up and stopped the two from talking anymore, “Let’s just stop this matter here, even if the ring was not lost, at this moment it cannot be opened anyway. I’m going to sleep; you can also go and rest up, before we start thinking of ways out.” Ning Cheng really did not want anything to do with either Xu Yingdei or with Yin Kongchan. As long as they were able to get out of this place, he would never again cross paths with the two of them.
Xu Yingdei and Yin Kongchan saw that Ning Cheng was not very keen on playing nice with them; Yin Kongchan actually took the opportunity to stand up and withdraw. Xu Yingdei’s eyes were somewhat dim; she hesitated for a short while, before she also decided to follow Yin Kongchan out.
Ning Cheng was also waiting for the two of them to withdraw, before he immediately choose a flat spot, and immediately slept. To get out of this dessert, just food and water was not enough, he had to recharge himself. Only if he were full of energy, would he have the strength to seize the opportunity.
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Ning Cheng was also terribly fatigued, as he immediately fell asleep under the murky sky and over the dark earth. Even he did not know when the last time he fell asleep this easily was.
When he once again dreamt of Tian Muwan, he immediately woke up and suddenly sat up. During the time he cultivated in the Yi Xing Mainland, he had forced himself to forget this name, and in fact, he rarely ever remembered this name. But now that his cultivation was currently lost, he unexpectedly ended up seeing this woman in his dream again.
“Did you have a nightmare?” Yin Kongchan’s voice rang in Ning Cheng’s ear.
“Oh, it’s dark again?” Ning Cheng felt the moonlight trickling into the cave through the crevices of the surrounding rocks and subconsciously spoke out. Only then did he immediately realize that Yin Kongchan was here.
“What are you doing here? Didn’t I say that I was going to sleep?” Ning Cheng had just dreamt of a name that he was unwilling to remember, as such his tone and expression was also not very comfortable.
Yin Kongchan however did not care about Ning Cheng’s attitude, and still spoke like before, “You slept from morning till night……”
“I see.” Ning Cheng waved his hand, interrupting Yin Kongchan and spoke, “Xu Yingdei, you can come in too.”
When Xu Yingdei came in, Ning Cheng took out forty pills, and gave twenty to each on before speaking, “Each one of you now has 10 Fresh Water Pills and 10 Hunger Supressing Pills. I don’t have many such pills, if my pills are finished, and we are not out of the desert by then, then we deserve to die a premature death and enter reincarnation.”
This time, Yin Kongchan and Xu Yingdei clearly saw that Ning Cheng took out the pills from his belt. After Ning Cheng saw Xu Yingdei come in, he knew that these two women were standing guard over him;
it looks like he was wrong about Yin Kongchan.
The two of them only took a single Fresh Water Pill and did not take any other pills. Ning Cheng understood that these two women although looked pretty, and were wearing women’s robes, however they simply had no pocket to store the pills. Thinking about it, he put the pill away and spoke, “Forget it, you can come to me every day to take it.”
Yin Kongchan sucked on the Fresh Water Pill and spoke, “I and Xu Yingdei have one thing that we want to discuss with you.”
Chapter 0312 – Embracing Yang God Tactic
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Seeing Ning Cheng not replying, rather staring at them, Yin Kongchan had to take the initiative and speak, “This Forsaken Land is not a naturally occurring one rather it is a place that was banished by some ancient powerhouse. In other words, it is equivalent to an array formation, if we are able to restore our true essence and spiritual consciousness, we should be able to come out of this place.”
Ning Cheng gave a smile and spoke, “Are you done talking nonsense? If you could restore your true essence and spiritual consciousness, would the two of you even come to me and discuss about it?”
“We cannot, but there was a person who could.”
“Who?” Ning Cheng immediately interrupted Yin Kongchan’s words and asked.
“Yan Fenghua.” Yin Kongchan replied calmly.
Ning Cheng frowned; he seemed to have heard this name before. It seems that it has something to do with the Heavenly Dao Academy. Even so, what was the connection of him with the ability to restore one’s true essence and spiritual consciousness in this place?
Knowing Ning Cheng’s doubts, Yin Kongchan slowly spoke, “Yan Fenghua was a disciple of the Heavenly Dao Academy, however he was able to obtain an extremely powerful ancient heritage, which is a cultivation method by the name of Embracing Yang God Tactic. This kind of cultivation method does not need any spiritual qi, as long as a place has sunlight, one would be able to cultivate it. Once successfully cultivated
, it would give birth to a certain kind of power, called the Power of Myriad Beings. If one is successful in cultivating it to the end, then the Power of Myriad Beings would be much stronger than the power of one’s true essence, moreover the Power of Myriad Beings’ strength actually stems from the practice of cultivation that involves creating something from nothing. However, my master told me that the Power of Myriad Beings was not something that would be generated out of thin air, but rather is a power derived from one’s Dao Charm…”
Ning Cheng on hearing until here suddenly had a sentence that popped into his head, ‘
The Dao brings life to one, one brings life to two, two begets three, three gives birth to the myriad beings, while the myriad beings bear yin as well as embrace yang.
’
As he thought of this sentence, he immediately spoke, “
The myriad beings bear yin to embrace yang
, is the Embracing Yang God Tactic stem from this?”
Yin Kongchan looked in complete shock at Ning Cheng. It was only after a good long time did she once again spoke up, “Yes. Myriad beings indeed bear yin to embrace yang, the Embracing Yang God Tactic is indeed originating from this phrase. So if you would like to cultivate it, we can continue discussing about it.”
“You mean to say that you have the Embracing Yang God Tactic?” Ning Cheng stared at Yin Kongchan and asked in a somewhat loud voice.
Although Yin Kongchan was still surprised as to how Ning Cheng was aware of such an amazing thing like ‘Bearing yin to embrace yang’, she still was able to restore her previous calm in a short while and spoke, “I don’t have the complete Embracing Yang God Tactic, which is because the Heavenly Dao Academy’s Yan Fenghua had two lovers. One of them was my ancestor, Sang Yan. While the other was Xu Yingdei’s ancestor, Xu Binglan. He had given the Embracing Yang God Tactic to Sang Yan and Xu Binglan for the sake of fairness. However, he only passed over one half to each of them; as such it was not handed down completely.”
“Because Sang Yan and Xu Binglan were like fire and water to each other, as such Yan Fenghua knew it well that the two of them would never cooperate together to complete the cultivation method, so although he was fair on the surface, but the fact was that he did not pass down the other respective halves to the two of them. At this moment, Xu Yingdei and I both know the respective halves of the Embracing Yang God Tactic’s cultivation method. If you are willing to learn it, then we can pass it on to you separately, and you can cultivate it.”
Ning Cheng on hearing these things immediately understood a few things, that Yin Kongchan was Sang Yan’s descendent, while Xi Yingdei was Xu Binglan’s descendent. Although Yan Fenghua calculated that even the descendants of the two would never pass on their part of the cultivation method to each other, but he would never have thought that two such people would meet someone like him, while at the same time be also trapped in the Forsaken Land.
Seeing Ning Cheng seemed to be still thinking of something, Yin Kongchan spoke up, “The Forsaken Land in fact can be considered to be a top grade restriction that seals a cultivator’s spiritual consciousness and true essence. However, cultivating the Embracing Yang God Tactic is similar to starting from scratch, and would lead to a trace of true essence and a trace of spiritual consciousness emerging eventually, which can then be used to lift up the restriction on our own true essence and spiritual consciousness. In that case, we would have a significant chance of making it out of this place, but……”
“But what?” Ning Cheng asked very simply.
Yin Kongchan hesitated for a slight while before speaking, “”The Embracing Yang God Tactic is a part of the ‘Bearing Yin To Embrace Yang’, so cultivating it could result in being overpowered by Yang Qi, as such would need repeated reconciliation with Yin Qi, otherwise it would only lead to being burned to ashes because of the Yang Qi.
Ning Cheng sneered in his heart; it was not that he never encountered the phenomenon of Yang Qi burning the body. It was just that this cultivation method might have a sequela to it, because of which he had to be careful about it.
Seeming to have noticed the sneer in Ning Cheng’s eyes, Yin Kongchan took the initiative to say, “If it was the outside, having a strong Yang Qi would not be much of a problem, just undergoing some casual dual cultivation can resolve it. It is just that my own cultivation method cannot get along with dual cultivating with you, so I basically have no way to be able to help you in this regard. So whether you want to cultivate in this or not, is completely up to you.”
“I’ll help you.” Xu Yingdei immediately spoke without hesitation; her tone showed that there was simply no room for negotiation. Although she looked into Ning Cheng’s eyes, but her own eyes were as soft as clean water.
Ning Cheng gave a slight nod, but did not care about it. He had the Mysterious Yellow Origin and the Star River, so even if the situation reached the point of Yang Qi trying to burn his body, he would still be able to control it. At first, his Star River Spark had absorbed the Yang Qi that was about to burn him, bringing it to the point of almost breaking out of its shell. Although doing such a thing might be dangerous for him, but even if it was more dangerous, at least it was better than staying permanently in this kind of place.
Once, when he was at the bottom of the Blood River, he still was able to find a way out of that place. So in this place, as long as his true essence and spiritual consciousness were restored, he was sure that he could deduce the way out. But at least he had to stay in this place until the time he could pick up clues about the Array Formations or Restrictions in this place.
Yin Kongchan on seeing Ning Cheng give a nod, breathed out a sigh of relief, before speaking, “Xu Yingdei and I will pass on the parts that we know, and you can sort out the cultivation by yourself. This kind of cultivation method is directly related to one’s aptitude, if you have a strong aptitude then you would be able form a trace of Power of Myriad Beings in three years or so. However, a person with a weak aptitude and qualifications might need a longer time.”
“So long?” Ning Cheng frowned. He thought it would, at maximum, take a month or two, but he did not expect that it would take him a few years, how could he possibly remain here for a few years?
“If you can get out in a shorter time, then nothing would be better than that. But if you can’t get out, then it would already be good for us to have a backing like you in the future.” Yin Kongchan spoke seeing Ning Cheng’s hesitation.
Ning Cheng finally nodded, “Ok, let’s do it. You can pass the Embracing Yang God Tactic to me, while I’m cultivating it, we will still look for the edges of the desert. In any case, he have to get out of this desert fist.”
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Once the three of them reached an agreement, it ended up becoming a tacit understanding between them. Under normal circumstances, the three of them would look for a place to rest during the day; Ning Cheng would then cultivate the Embracing Yang God Tactic, while Xu Yingdei and Yin Kongchan would take shifts in guarding the three of them. Finally, the three of them would once again hit the road at night.
In a flash, a month passed by, but the three of them were still walking in the vast expanse of the desert that stretched out in front of them. Ning Cheng was still cultivating for more than a month, but he was not able to produce even a shred of the Power of Myriad Beings during his cultivation. He was aware that without the support of the Mysterious Yellow Origin Aura, his aptitude and qualifications regarding cultivation was simply one of the worst.
Walking in the desert for more than a month, although Ning Cheng did not feel too much uncomfortable, however for Xu Yingdei and Yin Kongchan, this kind of life was no better than death. Although the two of them were deliberately trying to keep up their appearance, however both of them currently were akin to pruned up street flowers.
These days, Ning Cheng had also lost interest in cultivation, while his Fresh Water Pills were growing fewer. Even if the three of them were completely thrifty with them, the remaining pills w
ould only be able to support them for half a month.
Xu Yingdei and Yin Kongchan also felt Ning Cheng’s concerns, but although the two of them were anxious, they were aware that they simply had no other option.
Just as the sun was about to set down that day, the three people continued as usual, leaving their resting spot, they once again prepared to hit the road.
“Water…..” Xu Yingdei’s startled cry immediately ripped apart the silence of the night in the stark loneliness of the desert.
Ning Cheng and Yin Kongchan also looked into the direction pointed by Xu Yingdei, seeing a huge lake appear in front of the three. There were even a few flickering shadows of trees around the lake, along with a slight ripple flowing across the surface of the lake due to the winds.
“Is that an oasis…..” Yin Kongchan spoke in a trembling voice. Since they were able to encounter an oasis, so how could the three of them not be happy about it?
The three of them stopped, but did not rush towards it. Because the three of them were seeing such a thing in this kind of place, they were also aware that it might just be a mirage. Maybe once they rushed towards it, they might just find it to be empty air.
“Let’s just observe it for now.” Ning Cheng on seeing Xu Yingdei and Yin Kongchan both looking at him, immediately spoke up.
After observing it for half a day, the vision in front of them did not disappear, showing that it might not be a mirage at all, rather was a real oasis.
The three of them immediately speed up towards it, and in just the time it took for half an incense stick to burn, arrived at the place from where the ripples of the lake were originating.
When the three of them saw a huge lake in front of their eyes, they became so elated with happiness that they even forgot to breathe.
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