Who is spreading rumors that my filial piety towards them has changed?

"Heh~!" Zuo Qiuchi sneered, "What about Feng Ying? Won't you let her treat you?"

"Don't even think about running away! Once you've tricked Master and taken the bait, I'll say the treatment wasn't complete and Feng Ying will have to give you another treatment!" He was making his plans perfectly clear even as he was talking.

But let's go back to the original topic—could we examine Zuo Qiuchi's soul injury?

This should be possible. Is this what's called astral projection? Nascent Soul? Primordial Spirit?

Chu Mingkong sat up cross-legged, recalling the feeling of "drowning himself in the lake" when he had his soul leave his body in the Abyss Trench.

During his recent injury, he secretly tried to see if he could separate his soul from his body again, but he couldn't. Perception is an ability derived from the soul, and he could barely even sense the situation inside the mansion, let alone separate his soul from his body.

But he managed to suppress the injury last night, so he should be able to exit the body again without any problems.

He closed his eyes, a glint of light flashed between his brows, and then a "little man" was projected out.

That was none other than the "Ganesha" Xiao Mingkong, but his entire body radiated golden light, resembling a spirit or a walking lantern. The way the extreme yang injury manifested on his soul was somewhat peculiar: root-like vines pierced through his "skin" and grew out, entwining his small body. But this was just an extra peculiarity; in fact, his entire soul was injured, but it did not appear in the form of wounds or scars.

The blessing that Yuehe bestowed upon this "little man" was to forcibly change his meridians to be extremely yin, making a black meridian particularly conspicuous on his golden body.

Zuo Qiuchi curiously picked up Xiao Mingkong and immediately felt as if he were holding a furnace in his arms. His body was not hot, but his soul felt a burning pain, though he managed to endure it.

She flicked the handle of her little apprentice's spirit body; it was still a large, conspicuous bar, but it wouldn't suddenly "raise its head," seemingly because of its injuries and lack of spirit.

Do you know what I'm thinking?

After his soul left his body, Chu Mingkong's body automatically closed its eyes and entered a meditative state, becoming an empty shell devoid of spirit. The "little man" said:

"Just don't think of anything weird or strange."

"I'm thinking that in your current state, anyone who touches you will be burned to their very core. It feels like you could be used as a hidden weapon. Luckily, there's a handle here. When fighting an enemy, I can catch them off guard and throw you out like a meteor hammer. Whoever touches you is doomed!"

"..."

Can you speak like a human being? I think it's already despicable of me to spit while taking advantage of the Abyss Wound, but why are you using me like a meteor hammer and flaunting my weakness?

Although Zuo Qiuchi found it amusing to hold his soul like this, she was also afraid of something going wrong, so she rubbed and pinched his face for a while before quickly putting him back in.

Seeing his extreme yang injury, I felt that if the injury were any more severe, those vines would use his soul as fertilizer, causing it to flower and bear fruit.

To say that extreme yang is milder than extreme yin seems to be not much milder.

"Master, I'm going for a stroll outside. Do you want to come along?" Chu Mingkong extended a sincere invitation to the lazybones.

"No, I finally managed to get a pot of spirit wine from Qingse, and I'm still feeling the effects. If I just wander around, I'll be completely sober, and then it'll all be for nothing." Zuo Qiuchi swayed and slumped back onto the pillow.

The primary criterion for judging whether a pot of wine is good or bad for a cultivator is whether it can induce intoxication; any other effects on cultivation are secondary.

"Alright, I'll get you a few jugs of wine another day."

After saying this, Chu Mingkong walked out of the room.

As soon as he stepped outside, he took out a note and started bothering Yun Nongyu. He had just mentioned a lot about the Yin time and planned to consult a professional about celestial phenomena.

Is there any way to keep Yuehe here, a way to keep her even after the Yin time has passed?

[Chu Mingkong: Daoist Yun, last time you mentioned that the Kunlun Daoist sect was also harassed by people from the Yin Time. Will these people from the Yin Time truly disappear with the Yin Time? When will this Yin Time end?]

......

At the same time, Zuo Qiuchi also took out a note to bother Yun Nongyu. Yun Nongyu was the only person who was easy to contact and knowledgeable about celestial phenomena.

If the Moon River disappears with the Yin time, then the extreme Yin power that Chu Mingkong obtained from the Moon River will also disappear, and he will have to go back to the time of eating grass.

We need to calculate the time and prepare to treat him. Feng Ying alone probably won't be enough. Even though they have complete divine souls compared to Yue He, they haven't cultivated their divine souls much, so the effect might not be as good as Yue He's.

[Zuo Qiuchi: Nongyu, when does this Yin hour end?]

......

Upon receiving news of Chu Mingkong from the Kunlun Daoist sect, Yun Nongyu guessed that Chu Mingkong had likely been attacked by the Yin Shi people, and that the situation was probably quite troublesome.

Xiling Tianya City is indeed now heavily fortified, but the place itself is inferior to a sect's holy land, so setting up a large array naturally puts it at a disadvantage in terms of defensive power. Even with the sword immortal Zuo Qiuchi present, dealing with those strange and unpredictable Yin Shi people will still be quite troublesome.

[Yun Nongyu: Your Highness, have we encountered trouble from the Yin Shi people? Do we need any assistance?]

[Chu Mingkong: It is indeed a bit troublesome. Those guys are making trouble with my name, but now they have all been suppressed by my master and me into the "dermatitis" of the Abyss Beasts.]

Yun Nongyu: "......"

Why do you feel like the person from the Yin hour didn't cause you much trouble?

Before she could reply, she saw Zuo Qiuchi's harassing post and discovered that she was also asking about Yin Shi.

What's going on between this master and apprentice? Are they glued together, discussing and asking the same questions? Is it necessary for them to split up and ask each other their own questions?

However, this question can indeed be answered in a fairly consistent way.

[Yun Nongyu: Normally, this Yin period should have ended long ago, but for some reason, the gathering of Yin stars hasn't dissipated yet!]

Chapter 152 Yunhan: Although they are siblings...

Wenqing Pavilion.

When Chu Mingkong defeated the Blood Blade King's corpse, fragments of the Abyss Core scattered everywhere.

The battle took place in the Abyss Trench, and many fragments soon dissipated into wisps of extremely yin energy, returning to the Abyss.

At that time, most cultivators fled early and tried to evacuate from the place where strange phenomena frequently occurred. Few of the cultivators who rushed back later found the fragments of the Abyss Core.

However, this does not mean that no one got it.

Xiao Yunhan entered her master's cave, and several fragments appeared in her hand, emanating an ominous aura of darkness and annihilation. The inherent survival instinct of living beings resisted getting close to these things.

"Master, this was obtained from those Yin-time people. It's a fragment of the Abyss Core, right? It appeared on that giant Buddha in the East Sea Exile Land... What's its use?"

After returning from the East Sea, Xiao Yunhan wanted to go back to Xiling to check on her younger brother's condition, but as the senior sister of the sect, many things required her attention and she had to take care of them first.

After returning from the East China Sea, not only do we need to summarize the events there and discuss them with the elders, but we also need to catch up on the backlog of matters that had accumulated during their absence of more than half a month.

This sounds a lot like the administrative affairs of Tianya Tower and City Lord Pavilion, but it is true. Any large-scale organization can't be without these rules.

After spending two or three days dealing with the backlog of miscellaneous tasks, those unlucky people finally showed up!

As Xiao Yunhan walked around the area surrounding the sect, muttering "Mingkong," several Yin Shi people suddenly appeared. When she encountered disciples returning from Xiling and inquired about the situation in Xiling and whether Chu Mingkong was alright, several more Yin Shi people appeared.

These guys have really bizarre methods, and they look quite abstract; if you didn't know better, you'd think they were ghosts and monsters.

At first, Xiao Yunhan suffered a lot of losses due to the disadvantage of her soul realm, and could only fight and retreat. Later, when she reached the mountain gate formation, she relied on the formation to suppress and kill him. After that, she returned to the sect to retrieve a few spiritual treasures and went out to "hunt wild".

Things have calmed down considerably now. Anyway, no matter how Xiao Yunhan calls her brother's name, she doesn't encounter any Yin Shi people anymore. She doesn't know if they've been beaten into submission or what.

The spoils "dropped" from those underworld figures were few and far between; the most valuable of them were these few fragments.

The cold, voluptuous young female sect leader examined the fragments for a moment, then explained:

"Those Yin Shi people also think it's useless, but this fragment is something that is extremely rare in the world. It is different from ordinary Abyss Cores. This is a crystallization of the soul."

Perhaps in some time, the Buddhist sect will want to collect these fragments—the successful result of the extreme yin power entering the soul.

Xiao Yunhan did not speak immediately, but slowly pondered the meaning.

Is this fragment a product of that divine soul realm? Can it be used for cultivation?

"It is precious, but Master said that this item is extremely rare and should be unique. But how do we use it? Do those Yin-Shi people know how to use it? Should I go hunt down some Yin-Shi people and see if I can obtain the cultivation method?"

Xiao Yunhan spoke so casually, but in actual combat she still faced many risks. It was only her pride and the victories she had achieved that gave her confidence.

She also wanted to learn from these ancient Yin people to see if she could find a breakthrough, but unfortunately, she gained very little, only these few fragments.

"Those Yin people who don't have cultivation methods still want to find them in this world. When they see that this world can produce such results, they will inevitably think that we know how to use them. They are even more anxious than we are."

The power of extreme Yin has always been a 'wasteland' that is difficult to cultivate, from ancient times to the present.

“Okay, so… are these Yin Shi people really from ancient times who came through a secret realm? I find it hard to believe, but during our fight, they kept telling us that we were from some secret realm.”

"Whether our world is a secret realm or not, who can say for sure? Just stick to what you think. But from my perspective, and based on the words of those great astrologers and diviners throughout history, these people of the underworld are just 'ancient shadows' projected by heaven and earth."

Even in the time of the Yin people themselves, they believed that those "ancient people" who appeared in accordance with the Yin time were just ethereal shadows, but the power of this once-in-a-millennium celestial phenomenon lay in this.

These people from the underworld believe themselves to be real, and might even say that we are fake.

Xiao Yunhan's experiences over the past few days have confirmed Shen Xuejun's words.

Some cultivators who encountered the Yin Shi people were truly bewildered by the Yin Shi people's words, feeling that they were illusions and nothingness, and their minds were confused.

He then felt that all his efforts in spiritual practice were in vain, and that he could just be a useless person living a life of debauchery, since he was just a bubble that might shatter one day.

Xiao Yunhan was naturally unmoved by this. Although her experience could not explain the matter, she instinctively felt that the Yin Shi person was an illusion.

Because even if she casually killed an impolite or offensive cultivator, they would drop some worthless treasures, while these Yin Shi people would get nothing at all, they were dirt poor...

With such strength, how could he be so penniless?

It's definitely fake!

The worst part is that during the battle, these Yin Shi people can actually pull out some magical treasures and divine weapons, but after killing him, they can't find the items anywhere!

Xiao Yunhan shifted her attention from Yin Shiren back to the Abyss Core.

She remembered that Chu Mingkong had suffered from an extreme yang injury. Could this thing help him heal?

Chu Mingkong's initial physical injuries were healed by using sexual intercourse to draw upon the power of extreme Yang to heal them. Logically speaking, that should be possible, right?

It remains to be seen whether his dual cultivation technique can continue to have an effect in the realm of the soul.

"Master, if one cultivates the extreme Yang technique too hastily and suffers a backlash injury, can one directly use the extreme Yin injury to offset it?"

Shen Xuejun shook her head:

"No, if there is no other way to reconcile them, the power of these two forces colliding will be too much for either soul to bear. If the soul doesn't dissipate, it's a matter of life and death."

So if Mingkong really wants to recover, the only option is to try dual cultivation of the soul?

"Thank you for your explanation, Master. There is one more thing. I plan to return to Xiling to visit my family soon, and I also need to confirm that my family in Xiling has not been affected by the Yin Shi people."

"can."

Shen Xuejun nodded happily, her white-stockinged legs crossed under the table, then suddenly shifted their position, revealing plump, rounded thighs that were full and shapely but not bloated. She then said:

"Yunhan, you can go ahead first. I will go to Xiling later to check on Mingkong's condition."

The graceful woman nodded in response to her master and left the room, ready to depart for Xiling.

She took out another fragment from the storage bracelet; this was one she had kept privately, not one of the ones she had given to Shen Xuejun.