The yin-elental woman impacted Huis chest. He jolted backward, his eyes half-closing. Icy cold shocked through his body, freezing him to the core. A shiver ran through him from head to toe, freezing his entire body.
The second she entered him, she began infiltrating him. Icy cold yin, colder than anything hed felt so far, filled up his qi passages, his ridians, his dantian. His body temperature dropped yet again. Ice began coating his body, creating a hard, transparent shell around him.
Gui Hui! Freed from the womans hand now that shed entered Hui, ii raced to Huis side. She reached for his hand, but ice already covered him entirely. Sobbing, she threw her arms around him. Gui Hui, why? Why sacrifice yourself for ?
Eyelids twitching under the ice shell, Hui gave no response.
Gui Hui She sniffled and settled down beside him, putting her hand on his.
Yin fully perated Huis body. No trace of yang remained. His eyelids shot open, and he went to stand, cackling in the womans voice. Yes yes! A youthful and powerful body! Ive
A soft cough interrupted her, coming from Huis throat the sa as her voice.
She blinked. What?
Er, Elder Sister, you may have taken my body, butbut, damn, thank goodness Bai Xue isnt here
But what? the woman asked. She turned her qi inward, searching for the last traces of the disciple shed taken over. I failed to replace a re fourth stage cultivator? Impossible!
Im sorry, but it is possible. Hui drew his phoenix fire from his soul and introduced it to her yin qi. Its ti to use phoenix fire to change all her yin to yang!
The woman scread. She struggled, fighting to escape Hui. A ghastly transparent version of the woman pulled away from Hui, no longer beautiful but monstrous, her body ruined by frostbite and years of desiccation under the ice. You wont defeat so easily! Im much more powerful than you.
Huis body closed its eyes once again. The transparent woman pulled out halfway from his chest, her lower half still stuck inside him. The ice built up more thickly over his body, but now, it caught the woman as well.
Are you? Hui asked gently, using his ntal energy to speak directly to her. Quietly, oh so quietly, he revealed his true cultivation level to the woman. At the sa ti, he flicked his fingers. She appears to be a ghost of so sort, so lets ensnare her with life qi. An arc of golden light swirled around the womans transparent body, calling it back to him.
The woman trembled. She stared at Hui in fear. Why? Why?
Er, Elder Sister, we all have goals of our own, Hui said. Pulling her back into his body, he once more introduced his phoenix fire to her yin.
The woman pulled her qi away from his. I might be weak, but I still have a few tricks!
Oh? I thought you were strong? Hui asked, tilting his head. Hmm, I should destroy her mind first and effectively kill her through destroying her soul. Once I do that, I can treat what remains as a repository of yin qi and freely experint with yin and yang.
Ah not that Im as villainous as that made sound like! No, no. She attacked ii first and attempted to take over her body. This is just retribution for her foolish actions! If she hadnt attempted to take over ii, she wouldnt be in danger now.
As for retribution for killing her well, I basically can ignore that! After all, its Tseng Caihong who locked her here. If anyone is to bla for her death, is it this small, cute disciple who couldnt hurt a fly, or the fearso and formidable Tseng Caihong? Obviously, its Tseng Caihong! Wouldnt it be insulting to bla this mysterious Seniors death on a weak bug like myself?
Although I cant overlook people choosing to bla the weak cultivator for their friends death, assuming this Senior still has living friends. But since its only myself and ii who know of this Seniors death, I think I shouldnt be in too much danger if I destroy her!
So decided, Hui turned his attention to the yin-elental woman. Wielding life qi in one hand and phoenix fire in the other, he slashed out at her.
No! Stop! Wait. Theres so much I can teach you! the yin-elental woman shouted.
Hui hesitated. Like what?
Squeezing away from him in the bounds of the life qi net he drew around them, she gave him a look. Youre still young, but soon, you will beco an adult. I can teach you in the bedroom arts. Youll be able to conquer every woman you
Hui sighed. He lifted the life qi and the phoenix fire again.
Wait wait wait! It might not sound interesting now, but when youre older!
Glancing aside to make sure ii couldnt hearthank goodness, were in my thoughts Hui sighed. Elder Sister, how many people have you slept with?
How rude!
Youre offering bedroom arts, but you wont tell how many people youve slept with? Is that not the ideal way to practice bedroom arts? Am I ant to learn bedroom arts from soone whos never experienced the bedroom? Hui asked, crossing his arms.
She pursed her lips, then shook her head. Ive slept with hundreds. Kings, emperors, sect masters, all manner of powerful n and
Hui shook his head disappointedly. Elder Sister, one of my wives has a harem in the thousands and the ability to swap genders to know what it feels like, so they can perfectly pleasure anyone they so desire. Ive already experienced bedroom arts beyond your wildest dreams. If you wish to offer techniques, please use more creativity.
The yin-elental woman gaped at him for a mont, then regathered herself. Yin techniques! Youyoure secretly a man, right?
Its only a secret from you, Hui admitted, shrugging.
Well, well, you still dont know how to wield yin! I can teach you. I can teach you! she offered.
Hui looked at her yin energy. I think Ill learn from soone who isnt trying to take over bodies, thank you. Letting soone whos trying to use her yin qi to destroy my body and take over my soul teach use yin is a recipe for disaster! The only one whod take her up on that is the braindead wife of a cultivation novels protagonist, the kind of pathetic wife who cant do anything but constantly get rescued from her own bad decisions!
Hmm, Im quite glad my wives are both competent! I would struggle to rescue anyone, let alone rescue two won at once!
Besides, at the end of the day, Im quite used to learning on my own anyways. Im sure Ill figure sothing out!
Wait, wait! she shouted, backing away.
No more waiting. Hui flicked his hand, closing the life qi net around her. He squeezed, filtering the yin energy out of her soul and collecting it with the rest of the yin energy hed stolen from her.
She scread, struggling like a fish out of water. The net grew tighter and tighter No! Let out! I can, I can teach you, I have so much to teach you
I doubt it. Unless its trying to take over bodies, and Hui snorted. Ive already experienced multiple bodies for long enough for this lifeti. He clenched his hand tight, closing the net around her. Life qi sliced her into squares. Before she could so much as attempt to reform, he chased after her with the phoenix fire. Flas raged over her body, turning her yin to yang. Without yin, her power diminished to almost nothing. When naught but a bare pale ghost remained, Hui plunged it into a ball of life qi and watched until her soul dissipated.
He let out a sigh. Phew. Its been a while since Ive killed soone powerful enough that it required multiple steps to kill them. Thankfully, I have all kinds of ghost-killing techniques. Im practically a perfect counter to ghosts!
But what do I do with all this yin? Theres too much of it. Ill never be able to revert to yang form with this much yin, and it seems wasteful to use phoenix fire to burn it all to yang, when this is rare pure yin.
Huis eyes turned upward, to the seal Jizhi Zhii had set on his forehead. He quickly surged into it, investigating its structure. I see, I see. Its actually simple. A seal is nothing more than a barrier for energy. In the end, as long as I create a double-sided talisman barrier, I can use it to seal yin energy within it.
The trouble is compressing the yin enough to fit it within the small space. Hui circulated the yin around him. He spun it faster and faster, drawing it down, down, down, looping the yin in on itself as if he was coiling a hose. The yin began circulating itself, and as it circulated itself, it tightened down into a kind of bead, perfectly ice cold.
Which qi type to use to lock it? Life qi? no, it doesnt seem right. Phoenix fire? Ha, Ill ruin it. At best, the two will mix and create less pure yin qi, at worst, itll simply burn it to yang, exactly what I dont want. Death qi its cold and dark, like yin energy, but its corrosive. Rot qi is even more corrosive, so thats out. What does that even leave? Hui frowned, a hand on his chin.
A second later, Hui rolled his eyes at himself. Ordinary qi, obviously!
Quickly, he drew a pair of barriers talismans on his forehead, just to the side of Jizhi Zhiis seal, then swirled the yin bead between the barriers. Snapping his fingers, he activated the barriers. They glowed for a mont, then settled into place, sealing the yin beside Jizhi Zhiis beauty qi.
Hmm. Beauty, yin I need so more manly techniques! Maybe I should go see that mobile ga swordsman cultivator or the body cultivator. After all, didnt the Tier Masters all want to teach ? I might as well learn as much as I can!
Hui opened his eyes. He stood up, shattering the ice from his body.
ii jumped, startled. Eh? Gui Hui?
Yes, thats , Hui said, smiling.
She didnt take you over? ii asked.
Hui patted his forehead. I absorbed her yin and destroyed her soul.
Oh, ii said. She brightened. Can you defeat the demons now?
Hui coughed. Er, should I say Im already strong enough to defeat Ai Tuzi, and I have been the whole ti? Ah probably not. I dont know. I suppose we, er, we could find out?
ii nodded. She jumped up and ran off, back up the ice caves toward the entrance. Lets go back and tell the others the good news!
Wait, wait, we cant know if I canii, wait! Hui chased after her, hurtling through the palace.
At last, they reached the top of the palace again. ii walked alongside Hui, humming quietly to herself while her fingers played an invisible zither.
Hui sighed regretfully, looking over his shoulder. Ahhh, so much loot Im leaving behind! Loooot, Im sorry, Ill be back for you later! He rubbed his hands together, creating a lotus seed, and tossed it into one of the rooms.
A lotus seed in the yin valley, one in Jizhi Zhiis pond, now one here Im going to need all my clones to loot this place by the end of it!
I wonder if I could safely call them forth again? Im seventh stage now, and I have a nascent soul. I can split off bits of my ntal energy and qi safely without splitting my soul now. I even drew forth Mortal with no issues earlier. Sothing worth considering for later.
The light of the entrance ward the ice palace. ii sprinted ahead. Everyone! We can defeat the demons!
ii, hold on! Hui called. Hey! Dont sign up for that yet! I havent decided if I want to be fifth stage yet!
Listen ii abruptly fell silent, frozen in the doorway.
Hui stumbled into her. ii, what
Ai Tuzi stood over the disciples, her sword bared and bloodstained. The disciples laid on the floor around her. Tian Mo huddled over so of the weaker ones, blood dripping down his robes. A half-awake Zhang Zhisho spread her long arms over the other disciples, toughened limbs riddled with wounds.
Ah. There they are, Ai Tuzi said, chuckling.
ii staggered back, eyes wide. Hui trembled, desperately wishing to play dead.
Oh, fuck this.
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