A Mortal's Start in the Spirit Beast Mountain

Chapter 462 The Yin-Yang Elder

The more "generous" the conditions offered by Elder Jin Kui, the more tense Luo Ming became.

There's no such thing as a free lunch. He knew that although he had shown amazing potential, he was only at the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm and had no deep connection with the Star Palace.

Why would the Star Palace so easily promise him, an outsider, the "Primordial Magnetic Divine Light," a cultivation technique that can lead directly to the Nascent Soul stage and which even many of the Star Palace's direct descendants are unable to cultivate? There is absolutely no way this could happen without a huge scheme behind it.

Luo Ming's mind raced. Combining his memories, a chilling conjecture surfaced in his mind: "Perhaps the Twin Saints of Tianxing have cultivated the Yuan Magnetic Divine Light to a high level, and have sensed the enormous hidden dangers or special requirements of this technique, such as needing a body with five spiritual roots to achieve mastery—what they are looking for is not a successor, but a suitable vessel!" Once I cultivate this technique, become bound to the Yuan Magnetic Divine Mountain, and am lured to Tianxing City, I will be at their mercy!

Thinking of this, Luo Ming felt a chill run down his spine, and his gaze toward Jin Kui became even more wary.

Seeing that Luo Ming showed no desire upon hearing about the "Primordial Magnetic Divine Light," a technique promising a Nascent Soul stage, and instead his eyes grew even deeper and calmer, Jin Kui's heart sank, filled with doubt: "Is this boy so composed? Or perhaps—he already possesses an equal or even better inheritance? The Void Heaven Cauldron has been missing for many years, Ji Yin and Wu Chou have perished, and Xuan Gu's whereabouts are a mystery. Han Li and this Luo Ming were both among those who entered the palace back then, and their cultivation has advanced by leaps and bounds—"

As soon as this thought crossed his mind, Jin Kui's gaze toward Luo Ming became more scrutinizing and subtly intense.

The two hovered high in the sky, facing each other from a distance, and fell silent for a moment.

However, if other Nascent Soul cultivators were here, they would surely sense that the space between the two was stagnant and heavy, with invisible spiritual pressure and surging divine sense colliding and colliding. Even the violent spiritual energy vortex generated by Yuan Yao's Nascent Soul formation not far away could not be shaken in the slightest, as if an invisible barrier was separating that space.

"puff!"

A faint, almost inaudible thud suddenly rang out between the two, like a bubble bursting.

Elder Jin Kui's pupils suddenly contracted, and an unnatural paleness flashed across his face for a moment. Although he returned to normal in the blink of an eye, that fleeting abnormality indicated that he had just suffered a slight loss in some kind of invisible confrontation.

He suddenly looked up, staring intently at Luo Ming, his eyes filled with disbelief and horror.

Just now, he quietly released a wisp of pure divine sense, wanting to further test Luo Ming's background, especially the strength of his divine sense.

However, the moment his divine sense approached Luo Ming's body, which was about 30 feet in diameter, it was as if it had hit an invisible yet incredibly tough wall, and was silently bounced back!

What alarmed him even more was the way the other party neutralized his spiritual probing with such ease and grace, as if he were merely brushing away a speck of dust! This meant that the spiritual strength of this young man, who appeared to be only at the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm, was likely already greater than that of him, a veteran cultivator who had been at the peak of the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm for many years!

Recalling the information he had obtained about Luo Ming's strength, Elder Jin suddenly had the illusion of facing a powerful opponent of the same level, forcing him to abandon his previous thoughts.

Just as Jin Kui was shocked and Luo Ming remained indifferent, creating a subtle and tense atmosphere between them, almost simultaneously, Luo Ming and Jin Kui turned their heads to look at the horizon beyond Silver Shark Island.

Two beams of light, each a different color, were seen approaching at an extremely fast speed, one after the other, both possessing considerable power.

Jin Kui narrowed his eyes, and after seeing the figure in the escape light, his brows furrowed imperceptibly. He thought to himself, "The Yin-Yang Old Monster of Fengle Trading Company? How come he arrived so quickly? And with that girl Miaoyu with him—Hmph, the Reverse Star Alliance is quite swift."

Two streaks of light arrived in an instant, stopping a few dozen feet away from Luo Ming and Jin Kui. The light faded, revealing two female cultivators.

The woman at the front was dressed in a white palace gown, her hair styled in a high bun. She was stunningly beautiful with skin as white as snow, and her peach blossom eyes, in particular, were captivating and alluring.

A smile played on her lips as she observed Luo Ming with keen interest. The light seemed to dance across his body, lingering for a moment longer on his exceptionally tall and robust physique, imbued with the subtle yet powerful energy emanating from his body. The spiritual pressure emanating from him had clearly reached the peak of the mid-stage Nascent Soul realm, comparable to Elder Jin Kui!

Half a step behind was a charming woman in a pink dress, none other than Fairy Miaoyu, who had been trapped in the secret realm with Luo Ming for twenty years.

At this moment, although her aura was slightly fluctuating and not very stable, she had indeed broken through that barrier and entered the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm! Clearly, she had successfully formed her Nascent Soul after returning to the Reverse Star Alliance.

Luo Ming's gaze first paused briefly on Miaoyu, nodding in greeting, before landing on the beautiful woman in white robes.

The woman was extremely beautiful, but Luo Ming sensed a very strange aura emanating from her, a bizarre interweaving of femininity and masculinity that was hard to fathom.

What made Luo Ming even more wary was that the moment his eyes met the woman's, the vast power of his blood and qi involuntarily stirred slightly, as if it had been stirred by some invisible force! Although he suppressed it instantly by circulating his cultivation technique, it was enough to make him feel uneasy.

"What bizarre methods! Who is this person? How could she so easily manipulate my blood and qi? Moreover, with my current spiritual strength, I was unknowingly affected to some extent—" Luo Ming immediately labeled the white-robed beauty as "extremely dangerous."

Just then, Jin Kui's voice transmission rang in Luo Ming's ear, carrying a clear warning: "Fellow Daoist Luo, be careful! This woman is the one behind Fengle Trading Company, known as the Yin-Yang Elder!" He is neither male nor female, but a being of both Yin and Yang, and has cultivated the ancient evil art "Yin-Yang Reincarnation Technique," which allows him to switch Yin and Yang and change his gender every hundred years!

Their cultivation method excels at absorbing Yin and Yang, bewitching hearts, and is extremely vicious! Fellow Daoist Luo, you must be careful!

Upon hearing this, Luo Ming suddenly understood, but also became secretly wary: "Yin-Yang duality? That's somewhat similar to the Cloud Dew Old Demon of the Hehuan Sect in Tiannan. I just don't know how his strength compares to that Cloud Dew Old Demon!"

The moment Luo Ming had that thought, the white-robed beauty parted her lips slightly, her voice soft and melodious, yet possessing a peculiar magnetism that seemed to directly stir the heart: "Jin Kui, you old codger, sneaking around sending messages to Fellow Daoist Luo, are you speaking ill of me again? Fellow Daoist Luo, don't listen to the nonsense of those with ulterior motives, that—is very dangerous."

Luo Ming remained outwardly calm, but inwardly he sneered: "Don't worry, I won't believe a single word you both say."

At the same time, a thought arose in Luo Ming's mind, making him vaguely feel a sense of unease.

Jin Kui of the Star Palace and Yin Yang Elder of the Reverse Star Alliance, two cultivators at the peak of the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm, arrived at Silver Shark Island almost one after the other—their speed was so fast that it was impossible for them to have flown there.

The Star Palace controls the teleportation array, so it's not surprising they can quickly dispatch experts. But the Reversible Star Alliance—it seems they've also secretly established a teleportation array in the outer space, and it's very likely near Silver Shark Island! The waters around Silver Shark Island are now deeper than imagined—

His gaze swept across Jin Kui's solemn face, then over the Yin-Yang Elder's enigmatic and unfathomable eyes, finally settling on the increasingly violent vortex of spiritual energy below, where faint lightning was beginning to gather. His vigilance reached its peak.

For the next period of time, perhaps out of concern for Luo Ming's presence, Jin Kui and the Yin-Yang Elder, two formidable enemies in the Inner Star Sea, maintained a strange peace above Silver Shark Island.

The two exchanged only a few words occasionally, mocking and testing each other, without any real conflict or action. They focused most of their attention on the increasingly violent vortex of spiritual energy below, and the powerful aura gradually gathering at the center of the vortex.

Luo Ming was completely focused, his divine sense enveloping the area around Yuan Yao's secluded cultivation chamber, not missing a single abnormal fluctuation. He held several magical treasures in his hands, his aura restrained, ready to deal with any possible interference from external enemies at any moment.

After some time, the enormous vortex of spiritual energy finally dissipated completely, and the world returned to peace.

A brand-new spiritual pressure belonging to the Nascent Soul stage slowly rose from the depths of the Bright Moon Pavilion. Although it was still somewhat unstable, its weight and profundity were far beyond that of the Core Formation stage.

Luo Ming sensed that familiar yet even more powerful aura, and his tense nerves finally relaxed, a relieved smile appearing on his face.

Just then.

"Whoosh! Whoosh whoosh!"

Several streaks of light, each a different color but all appearing hasty and disheveled, sped from the northern horizon of Silver Shark Island like startled birds. Their speed was extremely fast, yet they carried an aura of panic and decay, instantly attracting the attention of all the high-level cultivators on the island.

Jin Kui, the Yin-Yang Elder, and Luo Ming looked up almost simultaneously, their brows furrowing slightly.

The streaks of light landed crookedly on an open space at the edge of Silver Shark Island, revealing five or six cultivators with disordered auras and injuries of varying degrees. All of them were at the Core Formation stage, and their faces were filled with panic, like frightened birds.

The elder from the Star Palace, who was in the mid-stage of Core Formation, flew over as soon as he saw Jin Kui floating in the air: "Elder!"

"Oh no! Thunder Sky Island—Thunder Sky Island is finished! It has been attacked by the demon army and the entire island has fallen!"

These words were like a boulder thrown into a calm lake, instantly causing an uproar on Silver Shark Island! Exclamations and discussions arose, and panic spread like a plague.

"What? Thunder Sky Island has fallen?"

"How is this possible? Thunder Sky Island is guarded by the Nascent Soul stage cultivator, Crimson Flame Venerable, and its formation is extremely secure. How could it have fallen so easily?"

Jin Kui's face instantly darkened. His gaze sharpened as he stared at the gray-robed elder and said in a deep voice, "Explain clearly! When were you attacked? How many demons were there? What race was the leader? Where is Crimson Flame Venerable?"

The gray-robed elder was intimidated by Jin Kui's imposing aura, his body trembled, and he hurriedly bowed and said, "Reporting to Senior, it was three months ago! Without any warning, a horde of demonic beasts appeared, including several demonic cultivators who had transformed into human form! The leader—it seems to be a level nine golden dragon!"