Mysterious mirror hanging high

"Fellow Daoist Xuan Jing, please come in."

Standing in front of Jing Yu was an old Taoist priest wearing a Yin-Yang robe. Judging from the spiritual pressure on his body, he should be in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul. In terms of cultivation level, he was the same as Jing Yu. However, he was very respectful to Jing Yu and said:

"Through this corridor, you will find the place where the ancestor of my temple has his collection of books. Fellow Daoist Xuan Jing can browse through the various insights into the [Law of Yin and Yang]."

"Thank you, Fellow Daoist Gu Hongzi." Jing Yu responded with a smile.

At this moment, more than a month has passed since Ye Xingyun's transformation into a god. The diehard confidants of [Youluo Tianjun] in the Yigui Sect have long been slaughtered by Ye Xingyun, the sect's immortal eyes have been taken away by Tianming Tower, and even the transformation into a god formation has been moved to the East China Sea.

However, the cultivators of Tianming Tower did not completely wipe out the Yigui Sect. Instead, they elected [Song Qingya] to become the new generation leader of the Yigui Sect.

Originally, the three major forces in the Guizui Sect, namely the [Conservatives], [Demon Refining Sect], and [God-Inviting Sect], were fighting endlessly. After Song Qingya came to power, the first two factions completely lost their power, and the [God-Inviting Sect] jumped from being the weakest faction to the mainstream. Since then, the [Ghost-Inviting Sect] has embarked on the path of saving the souls of the dead and connecting with the underworld to invite gods and ghosts.

After discussions with Yang Dingfeng and other incarnation cultivators, the issue of opening up secret cultivation realms and passing down skills by all the major sects was put on the agenda. At this moment, Jing Yu was in the Liangyi Temple in Penglai Zhongzhou, where he was borrowing the cultivation books in the Liangyi Temple to comprehend the principles of yin and yang.

Gu Hongzi took Jing Yu into a dilapidated library. When they entered, they saw a portrait hanging on the beam of the library.

The portrait depicts a sloppy Taoist priest with a loose and untidy posture. However, if a Great True Lord in the late Nascent Soul stage who has some understanding of the laws takes a look at it, he will know that this portrait is extraordinary, as there seems to be a hint of inexplicable Taoist charm contained in it.

Gu Hongzi stepped forward and bowed respectfully to the portrait, then turned and said:

"Fellow Daoist Xuan Jing, the person depicted in this portrait is the founder of our Liangyi Temple, the Liangyi Taoist, a contemporary of Penglai Heavenly Monarch Xiao Buyi."

"Back then, he cultivated to the late stage of the Spiritual Transformation in the Immortal Continent and ascended to heaven. Now, he still sends some treasures and spiritual resources to the lower world from time to time. This is why my Liangyi Temple can firmly hold the title of the world's number one sect."

Jing Yu stepped forward and bowed, saying, "The headmaster of your temple is truly extraordinary. I imagine he was also a genius who had reached the ninth level of his infant cultivation back then!"

"No."

However, Gu Hongzi shook his head and said, "At the end of the ancient times, heroes emerged in large numbers. It can be said that there were many brilliant stars in the world. When it comes to geniuses with the appearance of gods, there must be many more than today. The ancestors were not conspicuous among them."

"Back then, I wasn't considered a genius. I was just an infant who had achieved the Six Apertures."

"Six-orifice True Lord?" Jing Yu was slightly taken aback. "Six-orifice Infancy... sounds quite good, but among Divine Transformation cultivators, this foundation can only be considered below average. I guess the founder of your temple took the path of accumulating strength and then achieving greatness late in life."

Gu Hongzi smiled and said, "Most of the books here contain the various insights of our ancestors on the law of yin and yang. I dare not talk about other laws. Since our Liangyi Temple dares to establish its Taoist lineage with the two words "Liangyi", it is clear that our attainments in the way of "Yin and Yang" are unmatched in the entire Xianzhou world."

"I won't disturb you from studying."

After Gu Hongzi left, Jing Yu walked to a dilapidated wooden bookshelf deep in the library, picked up a jade slip at random, and after a moment, he suddenly realized:

"So that's how it is... Taoist Liangyi is a unique genius!"

It is true that the Taoist Liangyi had six orifices when he was a baby, but the combination of laws he used when he became a spirit was unique. It was not based on the law of the five elements, but instead he went down the dark path of the way of yin and yang.

"According to what's written on this jade slip, the laws that were respectively cultivated into the six acupoints of Liangyi Taoist are [Law of Yin], [Law of Yang], [Law of Taiyin], [Law of Taiyang], [Law of Shaoyin], and [Law of Shaoyang]..."

"The [Yin and Yang Law] is too high-ranking, far inferior to the [Five Elements Law] which has a low threshold and is more stable. If I cultivate Yin and Yang first, the power of this law will be difficult to control. If Yin and Yang become unbalanced, I will die immediately."

"So, Taoist Liangyi took a shortcut and first refined the lower-level laws of the [Law of Yin and Yang], [Taiyin and Taiyang] and [Shaoyin and Shaoyang]... After the physical properties stabilized, he refined Yin and Yang, proceeding step by step. This combination is certainly not as simple and stable as the conventional [Five Elements Yin and Yang], but if it is truly refined, it will also have its own magical qualities."

Jing Yu pondered, "I won't learn his combination of laws, but I can learn a thing or two from him about splitting up Yin and Yang. The threshold for comprehending Yin and Yang is too high, so why not just thoroughly understand Taiyin, Shaoyin, and Taiyang, Shaoyang first?"

With an idea in mind, Jing Yu naturally felt more confident about entering the [Law of Yin and Yang]. He simply sat down on the floor in front of the bookshelf and began to carefully study the cultivation notes left by the Liangyi Taoist...

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Three months later, the Inner Sea Dragon Palace

A red dragon swims in the deep sea.

Its dragon body, winding for hundreds of feet, stretched out in the dark sea water. Every piece of crimson scale had a metallic luster, and faint golden patterns flowed along the edges.

The long red whiskers on both sides of the dragon's head were like burning flames, slowly floating with the flow of water.

And on the top of this red-bearded dragon stood a young man in a gray robe, it was Jing Yu.

Jing Yu held the Red Bearded Dragon's horns with both hands and looked down intently: "Is this the Hidden Dragon Abyss?"

"That's right." The red-bearded dragon spoke in human language:

"Xuan Jing, this [Qianlong Abyss] is the deepest abyss in the entire inland sea. My dragon clan's ancestor [Baiyuan Dragon Lord] was trapped at the bottom of this abyss before he ascended."

"The deeper you go into the abyss, the greater the pressure. If you want to escape to the bottom of the abyss in one breath, I'm afraid only a physical body at the level of Divine Transformation can do it."

"That's why this place is also a rare place for body training."

The Red Bearded Dragon said, "All the major ethnic groups in the world have opened up their secret realms for cultivation. This [Hidden Dragon Abyss] is actually considered a top-notch treasure among them."

"Unfortunately, there are too few Nascent Soul True Lords who cultivate both their Dharma and physical bodies. Even among those with strong Dharma bodies, most of them don't have the physical strength to even qualify to enter the Qianlong Abyss."

"So, in the past few months, you are the only genius who has applied to practice here."

Jing Yu smiled and said, "It's good to be alone. It's quiet and peaceful. It's just right for me to practice my body alone."

"If nothing unexpected happens, I will practice in this abyss for a long time to come."

The reason why Jing Yu chose [Qianlongyuan] was very simple. His Qi training level was only in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul, and he had not yet mastered a lot of laws. As for the spirit transformation part of [Asking the Mirror about Life], it was even more impossible. It would be difficult to achieve spirit transformation in hundreds of years.

In this case, it is better to speed up the progress of body refining and strive to push the body refining realm to the level of God Transformation before the Divine Cauldron monk descends to the mortal world!