The ancient giant bear hiding in the world of immortal cultivation

Chapter 444 Yin and Yang
Starting today, that is, starting immediately.

Wang Wu donned the three-proof armor and didn't even have a chance to slip away before being escorted by the little sister Qingxue all the way to the construction site of the Heaven and Earth Needle building, which was about to be completed.

This thing really does look like a needle. It is over 300 meters high, but the diameter at the bottom is less than 3 meters.

At this moment, the surface of the Heaven and Earth Needle was covered with a thick layer of black runes, which flickered with spiritual light as the wind blew.

"No slacking off! Climb up immediately, embed the Heaven and Earth Compass into the Heaven and Earth Needle, stand on it and maintain your balance for eight hours. That will count as completing a Level 2 mission!"

"Look carefully, this is the Heaven and Earth Compass. It contains Yin and Yang, the Three Calamities, the Five Elements, the Nine Extinctions, the Twenty-Four Solar Terms, and a total of forty-two pointers. You need to make sure of three things."

"First, Yin and Yang represent the upper and lower, clear and turbid. You must prioritize using the Heaven and Earth Compass to follow the pointers of Yin and Yang. This way, when we deploy below, we can simultaneously know the changes of Yin and Yang. Otherwise, if a mistake is made, the consequences will be unimaginable."

"Secondly, you should pay attention to the changes in the three calamities. When the Yang Thunder pointer shakes wildly, it means that there is a high probability of Yang Thunder appearing within a radius of 100 miles. At this time, you should use the Qingxin Copper Gong to give a warning."

"If the Yin Fire pointer shakes wildly, it indicates that a very large area of ​​Yin Fire has appeared. You should use the Qingxin Gong to sound the alarm twice."

"If the level of the evil wind reaches level nine, three warning sounds are required. Of course, this is very difficult to encounter."

"As for the last thing, just carry this on your back and don't worry about it. Remember, it's not that difficult. It's a test of your willpower. You have the latest triple-protection armor, so you don't need to be afraid even if you are hit by Yang lightning. Hurry up and get to work!"

Qingxue quickly explained to Wang Wu and then handed him three items: a compass as big as a millstone, a small bronze gong that could be worn on the wrist, and a cone-shaped object that could be carried on the back like a signal receiver.

These three items together weigh nearly 100,000 jin (approximately 50,000 kg).

Climbing the smooth Heaven and Earth Needle without being able to use any Taoist magic or supernatural powers is indeed quite difficult.

Wang Wu could only run a little further away, then accelerate rapidly, jump, and finally grab the very tip of the Heaven and Earth Needle like a gorilla.

It was very sharp and slender, only as thick as a finger, but extremely hard. It was made of molten black iron, and its surface was densely engraved with some familiar array patterns.

Isn't this the same array pattern that Qin Wushuang analyzed before?

That's it!

Thinking this, Wang Wu still held the Heaven and Earth Needle with one hand, and embedded the Heaven and Earth Compass into the Heaven and Earth Needle with the other hand, which fit quite perfectly.

Then, he lightly jumped to the very center of the Heaven and Earth Compass. There was a foothold there, not too big or too small. After stepping on it, he felt the Heaven and Earth Compass sway and tilt slightly, and the dense row of pointers on it spun around and around.

Wang Wu needed to quickly regain his balance, and gradually stabilize himself in this way.

To be honest, it's quite simple, because for an Earth Immortal, maintaining the balance of the body is really too easy.

Little Qingxue is indeed kind-hearted.

This task is completely free.

Wang Wu's primary responsibility was to maintain the Yin and Yang energies, which he had to ensure at all times. He didn't know the exact principle behind it, but there were two energy pointers, one black and one white, hanging like dew.

Once the other pointers stabilize, even if they flip violently, they will not change much.

Only the evil wind pointer showed a slight fluctuation.

But this Yin-Yang pointer is very subtle, changing almost every second.

Moreover, it is extremely irregular. Sometimes Wang Wu even needs to adjust the celestial compass by 360 degrees and then straighten it in the next second, and the movement must be smooth.

Wang Wu almost caused a problem at first.

But it gets easier once you get used to it.

At this moment, he could even spare a moment to go out and see how Qingxue and the other person were busy.

They didn't seem to do anything; they just stood there, staring at the changes in Yin and Yang energies, lost in thought.

Every ten minutes or so, Qingxue or Zihan would make a quick, subtle adjustment to one of the array patterns on the Heaven and Earth Needle, a very subtle adjustment that was quite peculiar.

If you didn't know better, you'd think they were painting.

However, Wang Wu gradually began to see some of the tricks of the trade.

That is, although this Heaven and Earth Compass has forty-two pointers, only Yin and Yang energies are actually used. This thing is like a vernier caliper, a carpenter's ink line, a bricklayer's plumb line, and an hourglass of time. It is a standard, a very high-level standard.

It is through this standard that array patterns can be inscribed and magic arrays can be deployed.

If we don't follow this standard, that's fine too, but then we can't achieve the highest level of excellence.

However, the changes in Yin and Yang energies are too frequent, especially in the Tower of Sin, where the Three Calamities are leaking out, making it particularly chaotic. To capture the changes in Yin and Yang energies in this environment and then inscribe the extremely complex array patterns according to their characteristics requires perfection.

This is a job that most people really can't do.

Wang Wu couldn't do it either.

That's why they say everyone has their own area of ​​expertise, right?

Having grasped the core principle, Wang Wu no longer paid attention, focusing solely on the changes in Yin and Yang energies. He then adjusted his body accordingly, precisely striking down the black and white light. However, he didn't know the specific effects; he had no way of discerning them.

In the blink of an eye, eight hours had passed. Everything went smoothly. Wang Wu took the Heaven and Earth Compass and the Heaven and Earth Needle and handed the three items to Qingxue. The latter beckoned to him, so he followed her eagerly. There was no other way; his three-proof cave was now leaking everywhere. He bet that if he dared to go back to live there tonight, that bastard Xiong Wangshou would leave several marks on his three-proof armor in the middle of the night.

So if possible, he hopes to share a room with little Qingxue under the same roof.

As expected, after returning to the main fortress, Qingxue, having removed her three-defense armor, casually uttered a remark.

"Your three-defense cave cannot be repaired for the time being. We are about to move to another location to build the next Heaven and Earth Needle. Please make do with it for now and stay here temporarily. The cost will be deducted from your daily task rewards and subsidies."

"Okay, thank you!"

Wang Wu was quite excited, but Qingxue ignored him and went to a corner to nurture her three-defense armor with spiritual energy.

As for Zihan, she actually smiled at him quite kindly, said nothing, and went to another corner to nurture her three-defense armor.

But Qin Wushuang is nowhere to be seen here; he has probably set off to scout out a new location ahead of time.

"What are you standing there for? We only have four hours of rest each day."

Qingxue suddenly said something.

Wang Wu quickly took off his three-proof armor and, following their example, found a corner to nurture his spiritual energy. The process was quite simple. After he finished nurturing his energy, he thought of the Heaven and Earth Compass from earlier that day, and the forty-two pointers on it.

"The Yin and Yang energies, the Three Calamities, the Five Elements, the Nine Absolutes, and the Twenty-Four Solar Terms—are these all connected, or rather, do they constitute the core essence of the cultivation world?"

Wang Wu was very curious and shocked. So far, he only had a superficial understanding of the Five Aggregates, and he knew even less about the others, or even nothing at all.

No wonder even Xiong Wangshou felt that the cultivation world was too complicated.

There are unfathomable old guys everywhere.

The fact that there is no celestial realm, and that immortals all live in the cultivation world, is particularly terrifying.

It's like being matched with platinum in bronze – utterly hopeless.

"However, these Yin and Yang energies are quite magical. Could we introduce them into cultivation? These Yin and Yang energies are not power, but direction and standard. This can definitely be applied to cultivation."

"No, perhaps among those cultivation clans, cultivation nobles, and ancient cultivation families, using Yin and Yang energies as the standard for cultivation is as common as a five-piece pencil case set for elementary school students."

Thinking of this, Wang Wu really wanted to borrow the Heaven and Earth Compass from Qingxue to try it out, but that was just a thought; how could that be possible?

Just like the CEO's Maybach, how could an ordinary employee possibly borrow it for a spin?
Besides, even if I actually borrowed the boss's Maybach, it wouldn't really cause any trouble.

However, by borrowing this Heaven and Earth Compass, it is truly possible for a commoner to ascend to immortality.

Wang Wu felt that if Gou Taiping had the chance to encounter such an opportunity, he might have already achieved enlightenment by now.

"Borrowing is not an option. How about we take a distraction test tomorrow?"

An idea popped into his head, but he immediately dismissed it.

It's not that it's impossible, but the Triple Protection Armor can perfectly exempt him from the radiation of Yin and Yang energies. No matter how much he cultivates inside, he cannot sense the rules of Yin and Yang energies.

Unless he takes off his three-proof armor, well, we're in a dead end again.

Moreover, Wang Wu couldn't help but wonder if Xiong Wangshou, with his lifespan of over 200,000 years, had fully exhausted the Three Calamities.

Just as he was thinking this, a figure flashed at the entrance of the fortress. Hey, speak of the devil and he appears. Xiong Wangshou is here again. First, he went to Zihan Array Master to hand over a few pieces of Xuan Iron, then he nurtured the Three-Defense Armor with spiritual energy, and finally sat down in front of Wang Wu with a smile.

"I think our previous conversation can continue. Xiong Wangwu, what do you think?"

"Continue? Here?"

Wang Wu was taken aback. We're just going to talk like this, openly and honestly?
“Why not? Actually, the reason I called you here today is because I felt I might have underestimated you,” Xiong Wangshou said quite seriously.

Wang Wu glanced at Qingxue and Zihan, who both had their eyes closed, pretending not to hear.

Is this really possible?

"That would be an honor for me. May I ask why?"

"It's very simple. You have a very strong sensitivity to Yin and Yang energies and control them very precisely, almost like a genius. Your control over the eight hours today has almost doubled the speed of the two array masters' work. So I'm very curious, did your ancestor integrate some extraordinary bloodline, thus forming a unique bloodline supernatural power?"

Xiong Wangshou spoke very directly, but Wang Wu suddenly realized that Xiong Wangshou, no, the ancient bear clan, might indeed possess the bloodline supernatural power of spiritual essence, but perhaps the path they took was fundamentally different from his spiritual essence discernment.
Just like the difference between him and the Five Poisons.

Despite being relatives, he most likely won't obtain the Five Poisons' precognitive abilities.

Thinking of this, Wang Wu pretended to be stupid and said, "Sorry, I don't understand what you're talking about?"

(End of this chapter)