I made the entire cultivation world cry

Chapter 430 An Encounter (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

The small boat is light and agile, requiring no rowing, carrying the river's spirit slowly forward.

As the small boat reached the narrowest part of the central river channel, two diametrically opposed forces began to violently collide and merge.

The energy of the anode is like an invisible fire, directly affecting the consciousness. Jiang Yi felt as if his mind was about to be ignited, and his head felt dizzy and throbbing.

The Yin and Turbid Power was like a cold spring from the deepest abyss, and it began to freeze the golden core in her dantian. The bone-chilling cold spread from the depths of her dantian, making it difficult to even mobilize her magic power to resist.

"Calm your mind! Keep your magical power at a balance, neither too yang nor too yin!"

The voice of the Heart-Piercing Mirror rang out with an unusual solemnity.

Jiang Yi frowned deeply. "You make it sound so easy!"

The power of this place where Yin and Yang meet is far beyond what she can currently withstand and mobilize; it requires a Nascent Soul stage or even higher cultivation.

Jiang Yi endured the dual torment of burning pain in her mind and freezing of her golden core, trying to circulate her cultivation technique and mobilize her magic power to simulate and neutralize this force, but it was like an ant trying to shake a tree, to no avail.

Fortunately, she was sitting cross-legged on the small boat at the moment, and the invisible energy around her isolated her from some of the most violent yin and yang erosion, giving her a chance to catch her breath and comprehend the situation.

Jiang Yi quickly calmed down and focused all her attention on perceiving her surroundings. Her consciousness spread out like a spider web, capturing the rhythm of the two energies.

The small boat carried her to the very center of the lotus pond, where a huge whirlpool appeared on the surface, radiating a terrifying, devouring power.

Several unmanned boats that drifted in from other directions were swept up without any resistance and disappeared instantly.

Jiang Yihe's boat was locked in place by an invisible force, unable to escape, and was thrown straight into the deep central vortex.

Darkness enveloped all her senses in an instant, like a tidal wave. There was no suffocating feeling of drowning, but rather a sense of disorientation and disorientation, as if her mind was weightless and time and space were out of balance.

The dizziness disappeared in just a moment.

Jiang Yi opened her eyes and found herself in a narrow space that exuded a faint lotus fragrance. Soft yet resilient walls surrounded her, blocking out all light and sound from the outside world.

"here it is……"

Jiang Yi stood up and groped around. At that moment, the Heart-Piercing Mirror at her waist emitted a soft golden light, illuminating the small space.

Under the light, Jiang Yi could see the texture of the inner wall, which was made up of lotus petals that had not yet bloomed.

"We are trapped inside the bud of a Yin-Yang Lotus that has not yet bloomed."

The voice of the Heart-Piercing Mirror echoed in the small space.

"The way to break the deadlock is to make this flower bloom. This place is a critical point where extreme yin gives rise to yang and extreme yang gives rise to yin. The yin and yang energies inside are chaotic and intertwined, conflicting and clashing, rather than merging and coexisting. You need to guide them back to a balanced and harmonious state, and the flower will bloom naturally and the problem will be solved."

The burning pain in his consciousness and the icy chill in his golden core brought by the Yin-Yang turbulence became even more intense and unbearable, so Jiang Yi immediately sat cross-legged back in the center.

She tried to mobilize her divine sense and magical power to regulate the chaotic yin and yang energy flow within the flower bud; however, the level of that chaotic and entangled yin and yang primordial power was simply too high.

The moment her divine sense reached out, it was like a faint candle flame caught in a storm, instantly torn apart and scattered.

Her magical power was like a mud ox sinking into the sea; it couldn't even stir up a ripple.

After several futile attempts, Jiang Yi stopped, took a deep breath, and forced herself to let go of all thoughts of forcibly controlling herself.

She is indeed not high enough in terms of level to pass this test, but she cannot give up.

"To 'pierce the heart,' in your view, what is Yin and Yang?"

Jiang Yi calmly inquired about Zhu Xin.

The mirror of the Heart-Piercing Mirror shimmered faintly, and the young man answered in a tone full of Taoist rhyme.

"Isolated yin cannot produce, solitary yang cannot grow. The Tao gives birth to one, and one gives birth to yin and yang. Yin and yang are the root of heaven and earth, the parents of all things, and the guiding principles of change..."

Zhu Xin's explanations of Yin and Yang were all from those Taoist scriptures, which were too profound and complex, so Jiang Yi interrupted him directly.

"Then what is the Daoist method?"

Zhu Xin paused, trying to understand the meaning behind Jiang Yi's question, and did not rush to answer.

Jiang Yi's gaze deepened and became distant. "I have a senior uncle named Huiyuan. He doesn't strive for external things and focuses on comprehending the natural way of heaven and earth. In terms of magic, he can be said to be the weakest Nascent Soul cultivator, but his cultivation level is advancing by leaps and bounds. My master is nearly a hundred years older than him, yet his cultivation is about to be surpassed by him." The Heart-Piercing Mirror hung beside Jiang Yi, and the mirror reflected the boy's face full of question marks. He still hadn't fully grasped the human race's tendency to speak indirectly.

But Jiang Yi was clearly deep in thought and reflection at the moment, so he couldn't curse and had to hold back!
Jiang Yi continued, "This level is called 'Dao Fa'. Fa refers to methods, which can be used to control power. But Dao is for enlightenment. I think this level doesn't test methods or the strength of killing. The Sword Dao level is the ultimate level. The key to this level is enlightenment."

Jiang Yi murmured to herself, recalling the words Jiang Yunye had once used to enlighten her. She even remembered Xiao Wujiu, the old friend who had given her the sword-nurturing gourd and left a deep impression on her.

"Yin and Yang... are not only a powerful source of power..."

"Accept and embrace, allowing them to coexist and blend in a dynamic balance."

"The Tao is not a set of rules constructed by humans, but rather a natural and genuine way of living."

"The essence of Taoist cultivation is cultivating the mind."

"The essence of carefree living is transcending the opposition between constraint and freedom."

"Do nothing, yet accomplish everything."

Jiang Yi slowly closed her eyes, and her entire demeanor changed from tense and anxious to calm and composed like never before.

She sat there quietly, her breath long and shallow, her mind serene. No matter how the chaotic and turbulent yin and yang energy within the flower bud washed over and tore at her mind, she simply observed and carefully experienced it, as if gazing at the storm itself from the eye of the storm.

Gradually, her selfless and antagonistic state of mind seemed to transform into the most crucial 'initiator' and 'neutralizing agent'.

The turbulent Yin-Yang currents that were originally raging and conflicting within the flower bud began to spontaneously and slowly revolve around her when they touched her 'Dao Heart'.

Just like when 'Lotus Blossoms with Every Step' harmonized the five elements, one takes oneself as the axis and uses one's will to drive the surrounding forces.

The biting cold and scorching heat did not disappear, but they were no longer the spear and shield of confrontation, but became the yin and yang fish operating in harmony.

Extreme cold and extreme heat intertwined and swirled around her, forming an invisible 'Dao Domain'.

Jiang Yi's own cultivated magical power began to undergo a transformation from the inside out under the 'tempering' of the Yin and Yang origin.

The magical power that had already been condensed within her golden core became even purer and more refined, and an indescribable profound aura arose within it.

This transformed magical power naturally possesses a unique resilience, with both the sharp edge to split mountains and rocks and the continuous suppleness to wrap around one's fingers.

The concepts of strength and gentleness are no longer separate, but perfectly unified in the magic power itself. Jiang Yi's overall cultivation level is also steadily improving in this balance of strength and gentleness, laying an invisible foundation for his future Nascent Soul stage and even his future Deity Transformation stage.

The environment inside the flower bud changed from chaos to harmony, and a sense of peace, stability, and vitality began to permeate the air. The tightly closed, huge petals seemed to be gently filled from within by an invisible life force.

A very slight sound came from the tip of the petal, and the tightly closed giant bud began to slowly open. A faint but extremely pure wisp of innate energy seeped in through the crack and poured down from the top of Jiang Yi's head.

Zhu Xin Jian was suddenly startled. He was all too familiar with this aura; it was the 'Primordial Source Qi' that appeared when Jiang Yi was asleep, also known as 'Primordial One Qi'.

Just as Zhu Xin Jian was about to tell Jiang Yi about this, he discovered that Jiang Yi, who was comprehending the Dao and receiving the tempering of Yin and Yang Qi, suddenly collapsed to the ground, looking so delicate and beautiful...

Fell asleep!
Zhu Xinjian was greatly shocked, but what shocked him even more was the outside world he saw as the lotus flower bloomed.

It was not the lotus pond of before, but a void of utmost simplicity and mystery, without stars, sun, moon, mountains, rivers, or any clear distinction between 'light' and 'darkness,' as if returning to a state before the birth of heaven and earth.

In the void, only a dazzling galaxy stretched overhead, containing boundless power and mysterious aura.

As Jiang Yi slowly entered the state of innate fetal breathing, the stars in that galaxy trembled and scattered rays of starlight, all rushing towards her.

Zhu Xin was shocked and overjoyed at the sight. He immediately returned to Jiang Yi's side and tucked him into Jiang Yi's belt.

At that time, in the center of that galaxy.

A white-robed cultivator who had been in deep meditation for countless years suddenly opened his eyes and looked down. He immediately saw a lotus flower slowly blooming in the void, with black and white petals intertwined. On the lotus seedpod in the center, a woman in green lay on her side, fast asleep with her eyes closed.

With only a mid-stage Golden Core cultivation level, he was able to draw away the innate Qi from his body.

The white-robed cultivator sent out a divine sense, and a character he recognized very well appeared between the woman's eyebrows: the character '冲' (chong).

"It's her? Wasn't she told to wait at the top of the Sword Dao Ranking? Why is she here?"

Although the white-robed cultivator was puzzled, he did not disturb the person. He simply closed his eyes again and entered meditation, preparing to wait for the person to wake up before speaking.

(End of this chapter)