Master of the Xuanyin Sect of Mount Shu

Chapter 3 Gathering of Mysterious Yin Beasts
Guan Minghui manipulated the two three-turn black threads to penetrate deeper into the rock and break through upwards.

With each foot it rose, the power of the Long-Browed Immortal's divine talisman doubled, barely extending it for several more feet before it was once again on the verge of collapsing!

Ultimately, it still couldn't penetrate the earth's surface and reach the moonlight...

He was somewhat discouraged, but unwilling to give up, he ordered the black silk to probe horizontally in other places.

The barrier formed by the suppressing talisman was spherical, with no gaps to be found on any of its four sides. Wherever the black wisp passed, besides rocks and soil, only a few sparse tree roots were found.

Just when he was at his wit's end, a sudden inspiration struck him: the suppressing talisman contained pure yang energy, which could restrain my profound yin magic, but it would not restrain the tree roots. He could use the black yin threads to connect the tree roots and use the tree above as a medium to absorb moonlight!

He quickly manipulated the black silk threads, each locking onto a thick root, and first activated the Profound Yin Technique, pouring Profound Yin True Qi into them.

It was a five-hundred-year-old poplar tree, with a trunk as thick as ten people could hug, and a canopy like a giant umbrella, standing tall and straight. Although it had not yet developed its own consciousness, it was somewhat spiritual. Its roots had been pushing downwards for years, trying to absorb nutrients from the earth.

The profound Yin energy from the earth's core was exactly what it craved. Strands of this essence flowed along the root system into the trunk, then along the branches to every leaf. In an instant, every leaf stood upright.

The leaves of the old poplar tree are larger than a human hand. When the wind blows, the leaves strike each other, making a "papapa" sound. In the dead of night, this sound is eerie and is known in folklore as "ghost clapping."

The saying goes, "Don't plant mulberry trees in front, don't plant willow trees behind, and don't plant 'ghost clapping hands' in the yard." This is what they mean by this plant.

With a rustling of leaves, thousands of branches twisted in unison, and the leaves rose at a forty-five-degree angle, facing the full moon in the sky.

The moonlight was like rain, and these leaves were like thousands of hands, carefully and diligently supporting the shimmering silver waves.

The essence of the moon was absorbed into the tree, reaching its roots, and then transported to Guan Minghui's body by the black silk threads.

The moonlight entered my body, and I felt cool all over!
This coolness is different from the biting cold of the wind coming from the earth's lungs. It feels more like the soul is being bathed in a spiritual spring, making one feel comfortable all over and the whole world becomes beautiful!

Following the instructions in the True Scripture, Guan Minghui combined the Heavenly Mystic Qi he had extracted from the moonlight with the Earthly Mystic Qi he had previously obtained.

Heaven corresponds to the Qian hexagram, and Earth corresponds to the Kun hexagram. The two are controlled by his will, and they meet within his body, rubbing and stimulating each other, with Qian and Kun interacting and Yin and Yang seeking each other.

One line generates the Zhen and Xun hexagrams.

The Zhen trigram corresponds to thunder, and the Xun trigram corresponds to wind. Within the lifeless, withered body, wind and thunder begin to surge, bringing forth new life.

The second line generates the Kan trigram and the Li trigram.

The Kan trigram corresponds to water, and in the body, it represents the kidneys.

Kidney Qi is the source of all Qi in the body. When this Qi is released, the kidneys first generate streams of Kidney Qi, which then travel along the meridians throughout the body, nourishing the muscles and internal organs.

The Li trigram corresponds to fire, and in the human body, it represents the heart.

As kidney energy is generated, heart energy is also generated.

The body's heart had been shattered into eight pieces by the Seven-Sword Technique, making it difficult to recover.

However, having a strong heart can not only help the heart heal quickly, but also allow the heart and kidneys to resonate with each other, thus nourishing the vital spirit.

This is much more effective than simply using the earth's temperature to heal; it allows the body to heal faster and shortens the healing time by 80-90%!
Guan Minghui shouted, "Heaven never seals off all paths: I came here to be reborn, transmigrated into the body of a ruthless man like Gu Chen, and suffered so much, not to wait here for Li Yingqiong to come and kill me, to be an experience pack for the Emei disciples! I'm going to cultivate the most ferocious and ruthless supernatural powers and spells. Dare to mess with me, and I'll treat you like monsters to grind!"
Every night after that, after the moon appeared, he would seize every second to try to collect as much moonlight as possible.

During the day, while enduring the fierce winds to temper his body, he harmonized and interacted with the Yin and Yang energies of heaven and earth to replenish his physical and spiritual essence.

As his physical body gradually recovered, his primordial spirit grew stronger, and the spells he could cast became increasingly powerful.

He released the mysterious yin energy through the old poplar tree, causing the nearby flowers, grasses and trees to grow wildly. He then selected forty-nine old trees, all of which were hundreds of years old, and made them extend their roots rapidly downwards to where the black silk could reach. Then he used the black silk to connect the roots of the old trees with himself.

After being repeatedly cleansed by the Xuan Yin True Qi, these trees gradually became an extension of his will. They not only helped him absorb moonlight, but also allowed him to "see" the outside world, though it still had no color, as if he were in a dream.

The Mangcang Mountains stretch for thousands of miles, with countless ravines and towering peaks.

The Lingyu Cliff area is located at the focal point of the rising dragon vein, where the spiritual energy is most concentrated. The vegetation here already grows well, and nourished nightly by the dissipating yin energy, it grows even more wildly.

First, a large number of herbivores such as pikas, monkeys, and deer were attracted there. Guan Minghui did not harm a single one of them, allowing them to forage, build nests, and reproduce in the jungle.

Then various ferocious beasts came to hunt them, such as bears, mandrills, wood demons, and snakes, no less than ten kinds.

Guan Minghui used the forty-nine old trees to quietly "watch" the situation in the forest. Whenever a ferocious beast approached, he would manipulate the giant trees to suddenly bend down and close their canopies to embrace the beast.

Thousands of branches coiled around it like venomous snakes and pythons, locking it in so tightly that even a mountain demon several meters tall could not break free.

Pine needles are like needles, willow leaves like knives, and poplar leaves like saws—all incredibly sharp. After slicing into the beast's body, they are first infused with rich Xuan Yin True Qi, and then the Xuan Yin Bone-Melting and Shape-Dissolving Technique is activated.

In an instant, he refined his body, turning it into streams of blood energy that were absorbed back into the tree and then transported to Guan Minghui's body via the black wisps.

The tree trunk stood upright again, straight and towering into the sky, its crown spread out, leaving only an animal hide and a set of animal bones.

The Taiyin Refining Method can easily turn the body into a zombie. The best way to quickly restore vitality is to drink blood.

In the original novel, Gu Chen drank the blood of apes, bears, and humans, and he became even more ruthless after being injured by the divine talisman left behind by the Long-Browed Immortal.

Guan Minghui hunted wild beasts through the old tree, drawing their blood and energy to replenish himself. As expected, his body quickly became fuller, and his heart, which had been shattered into eight pieces, began to grow and heal at an accelerated pace.

After the beast died, its primordial spirit was also absorbed by the black wisps, which were then used to refine the Mysterious Yin Beast Gathering Banner.

The Mysterious Yin Gathering Beast Banner is a secret treasure exclusively passed down by the Heavenly Lust Cult Master.

In the world of Shushan, there are many who know the Xuan Yin Great Art, including the Underworld Saint Xu Wan, the Xuanyuan Dharma King, Qi Nan Gong, Jiu Pan Po, and even the Holy Maiden Jia Yin of the Illusionary Wave Pool.

Only the Heavenly Lust Cult Master possesses the Mysterious Yin Gathering Beast Technique.

Of the three disciples under the Heavenly Lust Sect Master, this technique was only passed down to his eldest disciple, Gu Chen.

The Mysterious Yin Gathering Beast Banner requires eighty-one black silk threads, arranged in warp and weft, woven like cloth. The number of turns of black silk threads determines the number of turns of the Gathering Beast Banner.

After it is woven, the banner must be imbued with the spirit and soul of a fierce beast to have a divine effect.

The third-stage Xuan Yin Gathering Beast Banner requires three auxiliary souls and one main god.

Guan Minghui first wove a divine banner and then captured four primordial spirits on it.

Two bears, a swamp python, and a mandrill.

The horse bear has pure black fur, is larger than a brown bear, has the head of a horse and the body of a bear, has extremely long mane, and a single horn on its head. It is the offspring of a Suanni and a female bear.

It is cruel by nature, prefers meat to vegetables, and loves to tear its prey to pieces and smash it before eating.

The blowpipe is thicker than a python and longer than a serpent. It can spray venom that is a hundred times more potent than that of a viper, making it a formidable predator in the mountains.

Mandrills resemble both humans and apes, and are enormous in size; an adult mandrill can reach a height of ten zhang (approximately 33 meters).

When they were alive, the mandrill was the strongest, and even bears and anacondas would avoid it from afar.

Now that they are all dead, only their souls remain, and they are competing to see who is more ferocious. Driven by the Xuan Yin True Qi, they all unleashed their ferocity and began to fight each other in the black evil aura.

After a short while, the mountain demon won again, and Guan Minghui made the mountain demon the main god on the banner, while the other three became auxiliary spirits.

He held the banner above his head, and when the fierce wind blew in from outside during the day, a cloud of black evil energy would surge from the banner, with the mountain demon in the center and three auxiliary spirits lined up behind him, constantly spewing black smoke to form a barrier that protected the stone bed.

This can significantly reduce the damage of strong winds to the body, and the recovery speed is faster.

(End of this chapter)