As the Universe Turns - Chapter 108

Chapter 108 Cold Valley
“Don’t ask anymore.” Shen Jing walked over and slowly took out the silver needles from the box. One by one, she gently stabbed them into the acupoints on his back.

Seeing that she was unwilling to mention it, Xiao Chen didn’t ask any further. After an incense stick, Shen Jing finished giving him the needle and said, “I’ll come back in an hour to get your needle. Don’t move during this period.”

“Where … where are you going?”

“Go pick up the medicine for you.”

Shen Jing glanced at him. Then he went out of the room, When there were no footsteps outside, Xiao Chen only turned around. Although he no longer had any cultivation, he could feel traces of cold energy circulating in his body after the acupuncture. He tried to use the most basic cultivation technique to circulate his cultivation. However, after one stick of incense and two sticks of incense, he could no longer sense a trace of spiritual energy in the world. He had become a completely ordinary person.

Last time in Kunlun, even though he was severely injured and was unable to use his cultivation at that time, he could at least feel the existence of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth at that time. At the very least, he could gradually recover his cultivation. But now, he was actually an ordinary person who was completely unable to sense and cultivate.

After an unknown period of time, Shen Jing came back with some medicinal ingredients in her hand. Seeing that his face was covered in cold sweat, she knew that he must have been trying his best to practice cultivation. She couldn’t help but frown, “Didn’t I tell you not to move? Why didn’t you listen to me?”

“Sister Shen Jing …”

Xiao Chen could only feel a little puzzled in his heart. He was already a cripple, yet she was still doing her best to take care of him …

“Alright, sit tight. I’ll get your needle.”

Shen Jing frowned slightly and slowly walked over. She took off the silver needles on his body one by one and said, “I told you, it’s important for you to recover now. Don’t think too much about the rest.”

“Mm …”

In the following month, Shen Jing would give him needles every day. Finally, his injuries were almost healed. Although he no longer had any cultivation, he was no different from an ordinary man. He could carry water, chop wood, and sometimes carry bows and arrows to the mountains to catch a wild boar.

Spring passed and autumn came. In the blink of an eye, it was already winter. The lake outside was frozen and covered in silver. On this day, there was heavy snow in the sky. Pieces of snow fell onto the lake like a dream.

Xiao Chen was wearing a mink fur coat that Shen Jing had made for him. He sat by the windowsill and looked at the white snow dancing in the sky. Suddenly, the familiar voice sounded in his mind: There were five more plants in the world and six only snowflakes. Therefore, the snowflakes had a beautiful name, called Wei Yang Hua …

“Wei Yang …”

Looking at the white snow dancing in the sky, he suddenly felt as if his heart had been stabbed by a sword. Even the white snow seemed to have turned into sharp blades.

It had been a year, but he still hadn’t heard anything about Wei Yang. In the past few months, Shen Jing had gone out to inquire about her, but there wasn’t even a single bit of information about her anywhere.

Taking a deep breath, Xiao Chen stood up and walked out of the room. The snow blew on his face, as cold as a blade.

In the past, he had always imagined that one day he would be able to break through the supreme realm of swordsmanship, soaring thousands of kilometers into the clouds, wanting to compete with the duke of heaven.

In the past six months, he had become an ordinary person. Every day, he lived the life of an ordinary person. He chopped wood, fetched water, cooked food, and hunted. Without the open and secret battles in the world, he tricked himself. The blade of a three-foot sword had also been replaced with a pot of wine under the fence.

It was already a foot of snow outside, and the vast expanse of white snow, when would they stop?

By the afternoon, the snow had finally lessened. Xiao Chen had not seen Shen Jing these past few days. He thought to himself that ever since winter had begun, she seemed to have always been a ghost. She had not seen anyone for three days and two heads. Where had she been these past few days?

Thinking of her powerful enemy, Xiao Chen couldn’t help but feel a little worried. He took a plain paper umbrella and braved the snow to go outside the courtyard. He had been very familiar with the terrain of Butterfly Valley for the past six months, but he didn’t go to the valley under the cliff. Shen Jing had instructed him not to go there.

The terrain over there was steep, and he no longer had any cultivation. Naturally, it was impossible for him to walk as flat as a thousand rivers and a hundred mountains as before.

When they arrived at the cliff of the back mountain, they saw a vast expanse of white valley wrapped in silver clothes. Many trees were even hung with strings of sparkling ice strips. The cold air here was actually countless times colder than the rest of Butterfly Valley.

A gust of cold wind blew up the cliff. Even though he was wearing a mink fur coat, he couldn’t help but shiver. It was also a harsh winter, and it was also boundless ice and snow. Why was this place so much colder than other places?

The cold air here was slightly abnormal. Although he no longer had any cultivation, he was still like before. He always wanted to find out what Shen Jing had said. Now, he completely forgot what Shen Jing said. He found a cliff path and carefully headed down the valley.

When they reached the valley below, He felt a bone-chilling chill. Even the tip of his eyebrows and hair gradually condensed into a thin layer of ice. The cold here far exceeded his imagination. It was even colder than the Kunlun Mountain. Every step he took was like being frozen into an ice sculpture. No wonder Butterfly Valley was so cold in summer. It turned out that there was such an extremely cold place behind it.

After walking for about a mile, his hands and feet were frozen stiff. Fortunately, he did not forget to bring a pot of strong liquor with him before leaving the room. At this moment, he was warming himself with strong liquor. Otherwise, how could he withstand the cold and snow?

After walking for a while, he could vaguely see a figure sitting in the snow. His immortal muscles were like snow, and his clothes were placed aside. The wind and snow circled around her, and the cold energy could not enter her body. Occasionally, he could see her arms slowly fluttering and strands of purple fragrance floating out, like a strange profound art.

Xiao Chen couldn’t help but be stunned. Wasn’t that Sister Shen Jing? No wonder her figure had always disappeared since winter. It turned out that she was actually cultivating here, but what cultivation method was she cultivating at this moment? Why was it that the strands of purple fragrance did not resemble profound medical skills at all, and instead looked somewhat strange that could not be described?

“Who?”

At this moment, Shen Jing seemed to have noticed someone behind her. Her eyebrows narrowed, “Xiao Chen? Is that you?”

Being discovered by her, Xiao Chen was slightly shocked and embarrassed. He hurriedly turned his head away and said, “Sorry, Sister Shen Jing, I didn’t know you were cultivating here …”

“Turn around!”

“Yes, yes …”

He immediately turned around. Shen Jing stretched out her hand and put her clothes back on. She slowly walked over, “Xiao Chen, you’re getting bolder and bolder. Didn’t I tell you not to come to this valley? Do you still dare to peek at my cultivation?”

Xiao Chen turned around and couldn’t say anything for a moment. He saw that her clothes were thin. The cold here was so heavy. Wasn’t she afraid of the cold at all?

When Shen Jing saw that he was still looking at her in a daze, she knitted her brows and said, “Does it look good?”

“I…”

Xiao Chen stammered for a long time before finally asking the question in his heart, “Sister Shen Jing, what did you cultivate just now? Why do I look a little strange?”

Shen Jing said, “The method I cultivate is slightly different from yours. You don’t need to ask any more questions. In short, it’s harmless.”

Hearing her words, Xiao Chen felt a little relieved. Shen Jing walked forward and pressed down on his wrist. She concentrated on probing for a moment and asked, “Is it still impossible to recover her strength?”

Xiao Chen took a deep breath and shook his head. In the past six months, he had tried countless times to recover his strength, but he had always failed. Even from the most basic cultivation techniques, his Nascent Soul had been destroyed, and he could no longer feel any trace of spiritual energy in this world.

He sighed softly. He didn’t want to continue this heavy topic. He remembered that back in Kunlun, Wei Yang was so afraid of the cold. This place was even colder than Kunlun by countless times. Why did Sister Shen Jing not seem to be cold at all? He asked, “Sister Shen Jing, aren’t you cold?”

Shen Jing shook her head and said, “I’ll bring you up.” With that, he pulled his arm together and lightly tapped his feet before flying up the precipitous cliff.

Returning to the Butterfly Valley Bamboo House, Shen Jing helped him remove the cold Qi in his body while saying, “I went out to inquire about it before winter. For some reason, it seems that many people are secretly looking for you.”

Xiao Chen’s eyebrows narrowed, “Who is looking for me?”

Shen Jing said, “It seems that there should be people hidden in the Heavenly Gate from those sects in Cangfeng Valley.”

“They …”

Xiao Chen pondered carefully. A year ago, those people had already guessed that he was dead. Now, why did they secretly send people to look for him? What are these people trying to do?

Shen Jing looked at him and said, “Don’t worry, they won’t be able to find this place.”

“Mm …”

Xiao Chen nodded slightly and asked, “By the way, Sister Shen Jing, you are proficient in medicine. I want to ask you, do you know why some people are afraid of the cold?”

When Shen Jing saw him suddenly ask such a strange question, she used the needle and said, “It’s normal to fear the cold. If your physique wasn’t different from that of an ordinary person under the cold valley just now, your life would be in danger. That’s why I told you not to go down there.”

“No, it’s not.”

Xiao Chen shook his head and continued, “I mean, some people seem to be naturally afraid of cold, even more so than ordinary people. Moreover, there is a faint chill in their bodies. What’s going on?”

“Cold Qi?”

At this moment, Shen Jing finally stopped. She pondered for a moment and said, “Someone has an innate constitution that is different from an ordinary person. Just like you, someone is more capable of resisting the cold than an ordinary person. Therefore, there are also people who are afraid of the cold. This kind of situation is rarely seen.”

“Is that so …”

Xiao Chen was confused, wondering if Wei Yang had a constitution that was frightening to the heavens?

Shen Jing continued to acupuncture him and said, “However, I have heard from Master that there is a very rare physique in this world, called the Profound Yin Physique.”

“Profound Yin Body?”

Xiao Chen frowned. Shen Jing nodded slightly and continued, “The body of profound yin is rare in a thousand years. It can resist any cold energy in the world, but the cold energy in master’s body is fatal. Therefore, the body of profound yin often cannot live for more than twenty years.”

“Normally, I won’t be able to survive until I’m twenty

Xiao Chen’s expression became even more nervous. Shen Jing did not notice the change in his expression and continued, “No one has been able to undo the Profound Yin Physique since ancient times. It is only because of this that his physique is extremely abnormal. Even if it is reincarnation, this life is the Profound Yin Physique, and the next life will still be the Profound Yin Physique, unable to escape fate.”

“So strange?”

Xiao Chen felt even more mysterious. He couldn’t even escape from Samsara’s fate. What exactly was this?

Shen Jing nodded slightly. “I once heard Master mention that if you want to change your destiny, you can only use an ancient heaven-defying technique to reverse the five elements, disrupt Yin and Yang, and turn around your destiny. This technique is called the heaven-defying technique. The spellcaster, no matter how he uses it, will surely cause his own heaven and man to decline. His soul to annihilate and dissipate in an instant.”