As the Universe Turns - Chapter 25

Chapter 25 Zi Xiao
“Wow! Sister, sister! These lotuses are so beautiful!”

Yi Chen seemed to have forgotten the current coldness and ran towards the lotus pond. He did not blink and looked at the magical lotus flowers in the pond. When he got closer, although a cold aura came in, it was refreshing. From a closer look, these lotus flowers seemed to be carved out of ice. However, it was difficult for craftsmen to carve such lifelike lotuses. Who could carve such a lifelike lotus flower?

“Sister, sister! Where did these lotuses come from!”

Yi Chen raised his head and looked at Fairy Miaoyin curiously. Seeing the other party’s cold expression, he grinned and said, “I see. Is it Master?”

Ling Yin frowned slightly and glanced at the Ice Lotus in the pool. “This is the person who came back from tracking the people of Diabolism in the extreme north. I didn’t expect that the cold here would actually allow these Ice Lotuses to survive …” he said.

This last sentence seemed to be said to herself. For three hundred years, she had lived alone in this cold palace. Only these lotuses accompanied her. At this moment, her mind gradually recalled the person she had seen back then, the demon who had fought with her for three days and three nights for the Ice Lotus.

“Humph!”

With a cold snort, Ling Yin walked into the hall. For some reason, Yi Chen suddenly became angry again. She asked, “Is Diabolism a bad person? Master has actually chased him to such a far place …”

“Everyone in Diabolism should be executed.” Ling Yin left these words and walked into the hall with his sleeves kissed.

Yi Chen was afraid that he would make her angry again, so he didn’t dare to ask any more questions. However, for some reason, he suddenly felt a chill down his spine.

“Why aren’t you coming in? Why are you standing outside?”

Suddenly, Ling Yin’s calm voice came from within the hall. She had always been like this. Yi Chen came back to his senses and hurriedly gave a “oh oh” sound. Then, he picked up the water in the lotus pond, randomly wiped his face, and walked into the hall.

“Sit down.”

“Oh.”

Yi Chen sat down according to his instructions. Ling Yin pointed at several acupoints on his body and said, “Let’s go out first.”

“Oh.”

Yi Chen got up and walked out again. After a long time, she did not come out. She wondered if Venerable Yao Guang was like Yang Xiaoran, abandoning her and not passing on her abilities … After thinking for a while, she shook her head forcefully. That was not the case. Venerable Yao Guang was Master, so how could Yang Xiaoran compare to him? Master must have let him walk around freely and familiarize himself with the environment here first.

Well, then let’s just take a walk …

He secretly looked into the hall and saw Master closing his eyes and concentrating. Yi Chen gently raised his leg and walked towards the back of the hall with his cat feet. When he first came up, he thought of a place to take a look. It was only because it was too cold, but now he seemed to have gotten used to the cold here.

Although it was inevitable for him to be a little cold when he first arrived at Purple Night Peak, Yi Chen was curious about everything here. Unknowingly, he had already left the Jade Light Palace. He did not know where he had arrived. He passed through a purple bamboo forest and faintly heard the sound of flowing water. He couldn’t help but be even more curious. This mountain peak seemed to be floating above the clouds. Could there be a stream?

As he walked forward, he suddenly saw a colorful flower bush. In the middle of the flower bush, there was actually a stream flowing quietly. Yi Chen was even more curious. This place seemed to be connected to the heavens. Could it be that this water was drawn down from the Heavenly Immortal Dimension by Master?

When he arrived at the stream, a chill instantly assaulted him. Yi Chen walked closer and saw that the stream was clear to the bottom. He wanted to go down to water, but just as he crouched down, his two hands touched the stream as if they had touched ten thousand years of ice. His entire body trembled and he quickly retreated.

“Good … so cold!”

Yi Chen was extremely shocked. He saw a thin layer of frost condense on his two palms. He was instantly rendered unconscious by the frost. Although the stream water did not freeze for a long time, it was much colder than ice.

“Aiyo! I can’t feel the pain in my hand anymore!”

Yi Chen bit hard on his palm. He didn’t feel any pain at all. It was as if his two palms were broken. He didn’t feel any more. Even the frost on his palm was still spreading upwards, gradually wrapping around half of his arm.

“What are you doing now?”

At this moment, a voice that was neither ice nor cold sounded from behind. Yi Chen turned around and hurriedly said, “Aiyo! Master, my hand is frozen. Quickly save me.”

Ling Yin frowned and walked forward. With a slight movement of her palm, she pressed down on his shoulder and immediately dispelled the cold air in his arm. Only then did the layer of frost slowly dissipate.

Yi Chen’s hands gradually regained their senses and looked at the stream. At this moment, he still had some lingering fear in his heart. He asked, “Master, why is the water so cold?”

“This place is called the ‘Tianshui Stream’. I brought water from the Heavenly River three hundred years ago. You are not strong enough to touch the water in the stream. Follow me back.”

Ling Yin turned around and walked towards Yaoguang Palace. After a while, she turned around and saw that he was dressed in gray. “Are you so naughty at the foot of the mountain?” She said.

Yi Chen came back to his senses and said, “No way! At the foot of the mountain, I listened to Niang!”

Ling Yin shook her head, “I can’t tell.”

A crescent moon hung in the sky at night. Purple Night Peak was colder than anywhere else. Yi Chen didn’t bring any clothes to change. After washing his clothes, he could only hide under the quilt. It was cold and hungry at night, but he didn’t dare to go out.

After three days, after he got used to the cold in Purple Night Peak, Ling Yin taught him the first level of the Jade Light Heart Technique. There were seven levels of the Jade Light Heart Technique, and the first level was the Jade Heart Technique. It was created by Ling Yin himself, and he did not retain any of the techniques of the previous Jade Light Branch. Even the buildings on Purple Night Peak had been renovated over the past three hundred years, and there was no trace of the past. Even the Sect Leader, Adept Qingxuan, had never mentioned the past of Purple Night Peak to his disciples.

On this day, at dusk, in the Jade Light Hall, Yi Chen was drowsy from listening. Only after Ling Yin shouted did he wake up from his shock. Seeing Master’s frosty expression, he pouted again and said, “Master, I’m hungry …”

He hadn’t eaten for nearly two days, and his stomach was already hungry. However, this Purple Night Peak didn’t look like the bottom of a mountain. He could still roast two rabbits at the bottom of the mountain, so where would he go?

Ling Yin frowned and said, “In the jade lotus pond outside, a lotus seed can withstand three days of hunger and cold. Go.”

“Mm-hmm!”

Yi Chen quickly got up and ran outside. Ling Yin looked at his figure running outside. At this moment, he didn’t know what he was thinking. For the next three days, Yi Chen would come to the Jade Light Palace every morning. It wasn’t until the evening of the third day that he memorized the first level of the Jade Light Heart Technique.

“But you’ve already remembered them?”

“Mm-hmm!”

Yi Chen nodded his head forcefully. Ling Yin said, “It will be easy to cultivate in the next few months. Once you have mastered the first center of gravity technique, I will teach you the second center of gravity technique.”

“Oh …”

Yi Chen pouted his lips and looked outside. Seeing that it was getting late, he asked, “Will Master and I stay here forever?”

Seeing that he had only been here for a few days, Ling Yin always wanted to play. He said unhappily, “How can you be half-hearted in your path of cultivation? If you are not serious, when will you be able to reach the Grand Dao? It takes three years for you to enter the sect. You can only go to the Heavenly Pivot Peak to cultivate this sect’s universal mental art after three years. You are not allowed to go anywhere in these three years.”

“Ah?” Yi Chen turned around and said, “It will be three years before I can go down …”

“Huh?”

Seeing that Master was suddenly unhappy, Yi Chen grinned and said, “I know. I’ve been cultivating hard for the past three years, so I won’t embarrass Master at that time.”

Time passed quickly. In the blink of an eye, it was already three months later. It was unknown when it started. One day, a patch of white snow suddenly floated up from the Purple Night Peak, decorating the entire mountain even colder.

Over the past three months, Yi Chen had basically mastered the first level of the Jade Light Heart Technique. However, what he couldn’t understand was why the Heart Technique that Master had taught him was completely different from the profound technique that Senior Blame had taught him before.

Mysterious Sect cultivators mostly paid attention to “all things negative yin and hug yang, rushing qi to think that they were in harmony”, but they blamed senior for teaching their own cultivation methods, as if they were completely contrary to it. What exactly was going on?

Yi Chen could not understand what was going on. Sometimes, he was even in a daze. Every time he meditated on cultivating, he felt as if something had been instilled into his mind. However, he could not remember it. It was as if he was searching for a flower in the mist. He could not see it clearly from beginning to end.

Naturally, he didn’t dare to tell Ling Yin about this matter. Later on, he noticed that although the two sets of mental techniques were completely different, they didn’t affect each other. The two strands of profound energy flowed through their meridians, so he didn’t care about the masters of each department. He might as well cultivate at the same time. It wouldn’t do any harm to him.

It was snowing heavily today, and the sun was warm outside. When Yi Chen went to the Jade Light Hall, there was no trace of Master. He thought to himself that Master would guide him to cultivate at this time of the day. Why wasn’t he here today?

After waiting for an hour, the sun outside gradually tilted and still couldn’t see Master coming back. Yi Chen felt very bored. He walked back and forth in the hall for a long time and sat down cross-legged to practice. It wasn’t long before he felt a sudden impulse. Otherwise, he would try circulating the mental arts that Master had taught him and the profound arts that Senior Monster had taught him at the same time?

When he thought that he could still cultivate like this, he immediately channeled the profound energy in his body. At the same time, he circulated two completely different profound arts. At first, it was fine, but he could still control it. However, the further he went, the more he felt as if he had fallen into a madness. The two profound energy rampaged through his body and gradually lost control.

“Shit …”

Yi Chen was shocked. At this moment, he felt as if his meridians were about to be severed. His face turned red and his eyes gradually became bloodshot.

At this instant, the words “go berserk” appeared in his mind. However, he was no longer able to control the circulation of his profound arts. What should he do if he continued like this? What if Master comes back and bumps into …

At this moment, a gust of wind rang out from outside. It was as if a person had landed outside the hall. Following that, a series of soft footsteps sounded, getting closer and closer.

“Shit, Master is back …”