One of my fairy-like friends

After some thought, Mingyan decided to carve "?" and "#" on the back of the Tongyou Dragon Tendon Bow.

Without hesitation, Mingyan used his spiritual energy to carve "?" and "#" on both ends of the bow. Immediately, something miraculous happened. After the two symbols were carved, the Tongyou Dragon Tendon Bow emitted a faint light, and numerous fine lines extended from the sides of the two symbols, quickly covering the entire back of the bow.

The fine lines formed all sorts of patterns, including mountains and rivers, dragons and phoenixes, mythical beasts, and mythical creatures. Although they were only outlined with simple strokes, they appeared lifelike.

Mingyan was somewhat surprised. After these patterns appeared, the Tongyou Dragon Tendon Bow appeared extremely mysterious. It was no longer simple and unadorned, but shone brightly in his Qi Sea. When Mingyan held it, he could feel the powerful force contained within it, which was even stronger than when it was forged from steel.

It's amazing why engraving "?" and "#" results in such a change.

It's as if the "?" and "#" symbols have evolved into a separate world...

Ming Yan released the Tongyou Dragon Tendon Bow, allowing it to continue to be nurtured within his Qi Sea. He held the "?" and "#" in his hands, unaware of what these two symbols represented.

Both symbols are quite simple; it's hard to imagine that such simple gestures could contain such powerful Daoist principles...

Mingyan thought for a moment, but without any clues or understanding, he withdrew from his Qi Sea and continued to immerse himself in cultivation.

In the blink of an eye, three months have passed.

Four months have passed since Empress Qingzi took away the Extreme Dao Palace, and the Empress has already given a reply.

"No need to worry."

Although it's only four words, it's enough to put most people at ease.

Since the Empress said there was no need to worry, they could put their concerns aside.

During these three months, Mingyan's progress in perfecting the Yin Tomb realm had greatly increased, and he had already reached the boundary of the Yang Tomb realm. However, for some reason, no matter how much Yin energy Mingyan absorbed, he could not break through. This caused Mingyan to stop cultivating and ponder what he was lacking...

Perhaps what I lack now is not yin energy, but something else.

Unfortunately, Mingyan discovered that he had already reached the edge of Yangling, but still could not reach the bottom of the cold pool. It was too cold down there, and he could not get close to it at his current level.

Mingyan left the cold pool and came to the immortal island, where he reported his situation to Yue Wuxia.

“Unable to break through…” Yue Wuxia pondered for a moment, then said, “I can’t help you with this. The Yin and Yang Tombs of the Human King Body are special and different from ours. You need to find the method yourself.”

Mingyan nodded. "By the way, Master, where is Senior Sister?"

“Qingying is currently in seclusion, preparing to break through to the Divine Realm. Since she can’t break through despite her arduous cultivation, why not go out and take a stroll? Perhaps she can gain something from it,” Yue Wuxia said. “As for where to go, that’s up to you.”

Upon hearing this, Mingyan pondered for a moment and then said, "Disciple just wanted to go back to the place where I grew up, which is very close to the place where I first met Master."

Upon hearing this, Yue Wuxia beckoned to Ming Yan, signaling him to come closer.

Mingyan walked up to Yue Wuxia, who extended her jade finger and touched Mingyan's brow. Mingyan felt a cool spiritual energy flow through him, and then he heard Yue Wuxia's voice, "I have placed a restriction on you. If you encounter any danger, I will sense it."

"Hmm..." Mingyan sensed that his master was a little worried about him, and a warm feeling welled up in his heart. "Then, Master, shall I go?"

"Go and come back soon." Yue Wuxia nodded and didn't say anything more.

After bidding farewell to Yue Wuxia, Mingyan did not go to find Yue Qingying. His senior sister was definitely at a critical moment in her breakthrough to the Divine Palace, and he should not disturb her. So Mingyan left the Fengling Yueying Holy Land directly.

Chapter 117 Returning to Sun and Moon Village

Dragon Ridge, on the edge of Dongzhou.

Standing here again, Mingyan felt a pang of emotion.

At that time, he was still at the Accumulation Stream Mirror realm. To escape Yun Ling's pursuit, he fled with Huang Feiyan...

If it were now, Mingyan wouldn't need to run away at all; it would be Yunling who should be running.

Mingyan walked through Dragon Ridge, picking a few dragon blood flowers and carefully sensing the faint dragon blood within them...

Looking back now, the yang energy in the flower was indeed far less than the yang energy in his own blood. Mingyan refined it into a healing medicine and then went to Yutai Mountain.

After half of Yutai Mountain was cut away, it lost its qualification as a blessed land. However, it still has more spiritual energy than other places around it, but no one has occupied this place.

When Yue Wuxia left with the people from Yutai Blessed Land, she left a restriction here, making it impossible for those with low cultivation levels to approach.

Mingyan did not go in; he simply stood outside, looked around, and then turned and left.

When you return to the Holy Land, take a look at Yutai Blessed Land.

Mingyan headed towards his destination, Riyue Village.

Sun and Moon Village is located on the edge of Dragon Ridge, quite far from the former Yutai Blessed Land, but with his current cultivation level, he arrived there in no time.

The village is filled with small mud houses scattered throughout the village. The farmland is uncultivated and unmanaged, and naturally overgrown with weeds.

Mingyan walked into the village. In front of the earthen house on the left, rice was drying, but it was completely rotten and had long since turned black. The door of the house was open, and the inside was overgrown with weeds.

The village was huge, yet it was very quiet, lifeless, and gloomy.

Mingyan crossed the village and arrived at the cemetery behind it.

This place was originally used to bury the villagers who had died, but overnight dozens of tombstones appeared.

Mingyan walked to the village chief's tombstone, which was covered with moss. He removed the moss, looked at the tombstone, and remained silent for a long time. Then he took out the peach blossom wine that Huang Qingfei had given him from his Qi Sea and sprinkled it in front of the tombstone.

The peach blossom wine is incredibly fragrant; I wonder if the village chief, in his spirit, would like it.

Mingyan did not pour out all the peach blossom wine, but left a large portion, then covered it again and placed it in front of the village chief's tombstone.

The village chief raised him and took good care of him, but unfortunately he left before he could repay his kindness.

Mingyan knelt before the tombstone, kowtowed, and thanked the village chief for raising him.

Mingyan stood up, left the cemetery, and began to observe the entire village.

He hadn't noticed it before, but upon returning this time, Mingyan was astonished by what the entire village presented.

There are two wells in Sun and Moon Village. One has cool and pleasant spring water, while the other has its own heat, so you can take a bath directly after drawing it. One is cold and the other is warm. A river runs through Sun and Moon Village from top to bottom, dividing it into two halves.

Mingyan leaped into the air. Although he couldn't fly yet, he could still extend his time in the air.

From the sky, one can clearly see the strange features of Sun and Moon Village.

Riyue Village is divided into two sides by a small river. Two wells are located on opposite sides of the village, facing each other, like the Lesser Yin and Lesser Yang in a Tai Chi Yin-Yang diagram.

And that little river is like the dividing line in a yin-yang diagram.

Mingyan landed on the ground and sensed the extraordinary nature of Riyue Village.

Mingyan did not rush to find the source of the river. Instead, he came to the cold spring in the village, thought for a moment, and then jumped down into the well.

The well wasn't very deep and was connected to an underground river. The spring water was cool and pleasant, but that was all. Mingyan didn't find anything else. He then explored the area below the hot spring, but like the cold spring, he didn't find anything unusual.

Mingyan returned to the ground, evaporated the moisture from his body, and was somewhat puzzled.

Looking down from the sky, this place seemed quite mystical, but upon closer inspection, not much was discovered. Could it be that his cultivation was too shallow to see anything? Mingyan thought for a moment and decided not to dwell on it, but to follow the river upstream to find its source.

This little river has a unique name, called the Dividing River, which has been passed down from ancient times. It probably refers to the fact that it divides the village in two.

Mingyan followed the dividing river upstream, searching for its source. He had drifted down from the upper reaches of the river. If he had parents, they must have placed him upstream so that he could drift down.

He was lucky to survive, having not drowned.

Upstream, Mingyan found no signs of human habitation. It was clearly a remote and sparsely populated area, with lush vegetation. Even wild beasts and ferocious animals rarely ventured here, otherwise they would have left some traces.

Mingyan did not give up and continued upwards.

When they reached the foot of a certain mountain, Mingyan looked at the river flowing out of the cave and felt something was amiss.

He felt something calling to him, much like the feeling he had when he saw the enormous adult king in the "#"—he had felt that same calling back then...

This feeling is somewhat intimate, as if we are connected by blood and share the same origin.

Without any hesitation, Mingyan walked directly into the cave.

The cave didn't go very far before it reached the bottom, requiring diving to enter. Mingyan jumped into the water and continued swimming forward, not knowing how far he swam, until he bumped into a barrier and surfaced.

Mingyan looked up and saw a stone gate. The stone gate was enormous and simple, with a familiar story engraved on it, exactly the same as the story Mingyan had seen in the Supreme Dao Hall before.

It is a story of a powerful being who unified the human cultivation system. Why is it also here? Mingyan dived into the water again and immediately discovered something unusual.

He could clearly see the water rushing towards him, but he couldn't move forward. It was as if there was an invisible wall blocking him out. It was pitch black inside, and he couldn't see anything clearly.

Above the water, there was a huge stone slab, and the stone gate lay across it, blocking the way.

Mingyan thought for a moment, then leaped out of the water and arrived in front of the stone gate.

Why is there a stone door here...? Mingyan reached out and touched the stone door, feeling its icy touch. He tried to push it, but found that the stone door was extremely heavy and he couldn't budge it at all.

Mingyan lowered his hand, realizing that brute force might not be enough to open it. He took two steps back and examined the entire stone door.

Half of the carvings on the stone gate have been erased, and only the story that Mingyan saw in the Jidao Hall is recorded.

The other half of the record is unknown, so why was it erased?

This being may very well be the one who created the current cultivation system—the Human King Physique...

This must be related to the Human King's Body. Mingyan scanned the area and immediately discovered the anomaly.

Above the stone gate, there were two empty spaces, one marked with a "?" and the other with a "#". Mingyan suddenly realized what was going on, took the two symbols out of his dantian, and put them into the empty spaces.

But Mingyan waited for a while and there was no other response. Mingyan was a little confused. Wasn't that how it was supposed to be?

Is there another way to activate it?

Mingyan thought for a moment, then cut his finger and touched the two notches.

Immediately, Mingyan felt the earth shake violently! After the two symbols were stained with Mingyan's blood, they began to glow slightly, with laws flashing within them. Faint law patterns also appeared on the stone door, and finally, it slowly opened.

Chapter 118 Sister?!

Beyond the stone gate lay complete darkness. Mingyan hesitated for a moment, then put away the two symbols, "?" and "#", before stepping inside.

As soon as Mingyan landed, the stone gate lit up, and torches around it lit up automatically, illuminating the surroundings.

The river leads nowhere and the end of the river is still nowhere in sight. Stone slabs are laid on both sides of the river. In terms of height, the area in front of the stone gate is higher and the area behind the stone gate is lower, but the river flows against the current from the lower part of the terrain.

Mingyan observed it carefully and found that it was indeed the case.

Mingyan frowned, thought for a moment, and continued forward.

As Mingyan walked forward, the torches around him would automatically light up and then go out after he left. Mingyan continued to walk briskly along the river, and after walking for an unknown distance, he stopped.

He felt something calling to him, and the feeling grew stronger as he went deeper. What was it? Could his loved ones be inside?

Could it be... someone else's royal body? Ming Yan thought for a moment, then continued forward.

Until he encountered another stone wall.