txolops Chapter 412 The Wonders of Dual Cultivation
Chapter 412 The Wonders of Dual Cultivation
Chapter 412 The Wonders of Dual Cultivation
Two months is but a fleeting moment.
Beneath the Bright Moon Pavilion lies the core chamber, heavily guarded by numerous restrictions and spirit beasts. The spiritual energy in the air is so dense it's almost liquefied, and one can feel their magical power subtly increasing with each breath.
Two figures sat cross-legged facing each other, only three feet apart. Both were dressed in plain robes, their long hair loose and unbound.
Luo Ming's gaze was calm, like a deep pool or an ancient well, without any ripples.
He quietly looked at Yuan Yao across from him, at her breathtakingly beautiful face that was stunning no matter when he looked at her, and at the solemnity and a hint of nervousness that was hard to hide in her clear eyes.
"Yao'er, are you ready?" Luo Ming asked, his voice deep and gentle, like a spring breeze blowing across ice, carrying a strange power that could soothe all anxiety.
Yuan Yao took a deep breath, suppressing the slight tremor in her heart caused by the heavy responsibility on her shoulders. She nodded with utmost seriousness, her voice clear and firm: "Husband, I am ready and will do my utmost."
She knew that the next step was the most crucial part of Luo Ming's condensation of his nascent soul, and it allowed no room for distraction or mistakes. The wisp of "Heavenly Yin Qi" that she had cultivated for many years would be an important "catalyst" for Luo Ming to harmonize Yin and Yang and stimulate the transformation of his golden core.
No further words were needed. The two simultaneously raised their hands and slowly stretched them forward. Their four palms met in the air, touching perfectly.
The moment their skin touched, both of them trembled slightly, almost imperceptibly. It wasn't arousal of love, but a deeper resonance and attraction stemming from the very essence of life and the attributes of their cultivation techniques.
Yuan Yao closed her eyes, her mind sinking into her dantian, and fully circulated the "Nether Phoenix Technique." A faint light emanated from the lower abdomen, and a pure, cold, yet vibrant, strange aura was slowly drawn out from the deepest part of her dantian.
This aura was initially formless, but as Yuan Yao activated her magic technique, it gradually condensed into a wisp of gray air, only as thick as a hair, at the Laogong acupoint in her palm.
This gray aura appeared ordinary and unremarkable, with barely perceptible fluctuations of spiritual energy. However, upon closer examination with divine sense, one could discover that it was condensed to an unbelievable degree, and even faintly contained something that touched upon the very essence of heaven and earth.
The purest and most refined Yin-attribute Daoist essence!
It was Yuan Yao who, based on her "Heavenly Yin Body," cultivated the "Nether Phoenix Technique" for decades, constantly purifying and nurturing that "Heavenly Yin Qi"!
The gray energy, like a living serpent, swirled briefly in Yuan Yao's palm before silently flowing into Luo Ming's body through the Laogong acupoint between their tightly pressed palms.
The moment the "yin energy" enters the body, "hum!"
Luo Ming's dantian remained as still as an ancient well, where the perfect, flawless, dark golden aura, with tortoise-snake Dao patterns coiled around it, resided.
The "Golden Elixir" seemed to be thrown into cold water with hot oil, and suddenly jolted violently!
A powerful, almost greedy "pulsation" originating from the very depths of the Golden Core erupted! It was as if a creature that had been starving for countless years had suddenly smelled the most delicious delicacy in the world, and couldn't wait to devour and merge with that wisp of gray energy!
"As expected of one of the three most pure Yin energies in the world" — Luo Ming mentally examined his inner self and felt the unprecedented activity and "desire" of the Golden Core, and secretly praised it.
"It actually managed to stir such a strong resonance and devouring desire within my already perfect Golden Core essence. Yin and Yang attract each other, essences draw each other in—truly a fundamental principle of heaven and earth."
He dared not delay, and immediately used his powerful divine sense as a guide to circulate the Azure Nether Scripture technique, carefully guiding the wisp of "Heavenly Yin Qi" that had entered his body, slowly descending along specific meridians, finally reaching his dantian and the sea of qi, where the body was trembling violently.
Beside the radiant golden elixir.
The "Yin Qi" seemed to sense the attraction between those of the same origin. Without much manipulation from Luo Ming, it spontaneously and gently coiled around the dark golden elixir, like the finest gauze, wrapping it layer upon layer, circle upon circle. Gray Qi and golden light intertwined, and the Yin and Yang energies began to come into contact and merge.
"boom-!!!"
A silent roar, not resounding to the outside world, but exploding directly deep within Luo Ming and Yuan Yao's souls, as if the heavens and earth were being created, suddenly erupted!
Luo Ming's dantian magic power, which had been as solid and heavy as lead and mercury under the operation of the *Azure Nether Scripture*, suddenly boiled over like a calm lake tossed with a boulder! A violent surge of magic power, centered on his golden core, swept wildly outwards...
Collision!
Even more strangely, as the "Heavenly Yin Qi" came into contact with and merged with Luo Ming's magic power, an indescribable, mysterious fluctuation of yin and yang harmony and water and fire balance was born from the point of their fusion and quickly spread to Luo Ming's whole body. It was also transmitted to Yuan Yao's body through the still closely connected palms and meridians of the two.
This fluctuation seemed to possess a magical power, triggering a resonance with the most primal spiritual energy of heaven and earth!
"call--!!"
Inside the secret chamber, the already incredibly rich spiritual energy of heaven and earth seemed to be violently stirred up by an invisible hand, churning once more!
This time, however, it was not a chaotic vortex. Instead, it transformed into two pure and refined "spiritual energy dragons," one yin and one yang, intertwined yet clearly distinct, appearing from the void and pouring down towards the crowns of Luo Ming and Yuan Yao respectively!
The spiritual energy contained within the dragon is no longer ordinary spiritual power, but rather "spiritual source energy" that faintly carries a trace of the origin of heaven and earth, which has an unparalleled nourishing effect on a cultivator's foundation and magical power!
"Huh?" Luo Ming, who was in the middle of it, immediately noticed the change in his own magical power and was surprised.
"So this is what true dual cultivation feels like? Yin and Yang complement each other, their origins resonate, and they can directly draw upon the spiritual energy of heaven and earth—no wonder the ancient texts record that couples who cultivate together with compatible minds and techniques often achieve far greater progress than those who cultivate alone."
He clearly felt that his total amount and level of magical power, which had reached its theoretical saturation point at the False Infant realm and was already at its limit, was now slowly but steadily increasing again in this strange state of Yin-Yang harmony and spiritual infusion!
Moreover, the increase is not in ordinary magical power, but in a purer magical power that is closer to the essence of Yin and Yang! Although the increase is not large, to be able to improve at this level is already considered heaven-defying!
Compared to Luo Ming, Yuan Yao is now receiving more direct and astonishing benefits!
Due to the influx of "Heavenly Yin Qi" and the resonance of Yin and Yang origins, the circulation of the two people's meridians seemed to be temporarily connected into a larger and more mysterious "overall circulation".
The amount of spiritual energy poured in from heaven and earth was roughly the same for both of them. However, it should be noted that Yuan Yao was only at the early stage of Core Formation, and her total magical power was less than one-tenth of Luo Ming's! The same amount of spiritual energy flowing in was icing on the cake for Luo Ming, but for Yuan Yao, it was nothing short of a raging torrent!
"boom!"
Yuan Yao felt an unprecedented, pure, and unimaginably vast torrent of spiritual energy pouring in from the top of her head, instantly flowing into her limbs and bones, converging into her meridians, and finally returning to her dantian!
His magical power, which was at the early stage of Core Formation, began to surge and condense at a speed visible to the naked eye! A faint throbbing pain came from his meridians, which was a sign of excessive spiritual power.
"Brother Luo? This—this spiritual energy is too—" Experiencing such true dual cultivation for the first time, and with such intense spiritual energy pouring into her body, Yuan Yao was immediately flustered and her mind was slightly disordered.
She felt like a small boat suddenly thrown into a raging storm, which could drown at any moment.
In reality, the progress made through dual cultivation is not that significant. The reason for this situation is that, in addition to the fact that it was the first time the two of them were cultivating together and that their Yin and Yang essences, accumulated over decades, were merging for the first time, there is another important reason: Luo Ming's total magical power is much higher than Yuan Yao's.
Even a tiny bit of Luo Ming's information would be unimaginable to Yuan Yao.
Of course, if Luo Ming were greedy, he could absorb only Yuan Yao's Yin energy without releasing any of his own magic power. However, that would be no different from sexually exploiting her, and Luo Ming, who values long-term benefits, would naturally not do such a thing.
"Don't panic! Guard your mind and calm your spirit! Circulate the 'Nether Phoenix Technique' with all your might to refine this spiritual energy! This is a once-in-a-millennium opportunity, don't miss it!" Luo Ming's majestic and steady voice, like a stabilizing force, suddenly rang in Yuan Yao's mind, instantly calming her panicked mind.
Upon hearing this, Yuan Yao immediately cleared her mind of distractions and did as she was told. She fully activated the "Nether Phoenix Technique," guiding the surging spiritual energy to circulate and refine it wildly along the technique's path.
The golden core in her dantian, like rain after a long drought, greedily absorbed the pure spiritual energy, its volume slightly expanding, its light becoming more solid, and even clearer Dao patterns beginning to appear on its surface! Her cultivation was like riding a flying sword, rapidly approaching the peak of the early stage of Core Formation, and even the threshold of the middle stage!
Feeling the transformative changes occurring simultaneously within both of them, Luo Ming was filled with surprise and emotion.
"I never imagined that this first true dual cultivation would yield such immense benefits! Not only has it given me more foundation and confidence in condensing my Nascent Soul, but it has also caused Yao'er's cultivation to advance by leaps and bounds—this Yin Qi and the 'Nether Phoenix Technique' are truly wondrous. The path of cultivation is indeed paved with such profound wisdom."
Time passed quietly amidst this mysterious dual cultivation and the infusion of spiritual energy.
I don't know how much time passed, maybe a day, maybe several days.
The last wisp of "Heavenly Yin Qi" in Yuan Yao's palm was finally completely transferred into Luo Ming's body, completing its mission. The strange Yin-Yang resonance and spiritual infusion between the two gradually weakened and eventually subsided.
The four hands, which were pressed together, slowly separated, and the two people opened their eyes almost simultaneously.
Their eyes met, and both saw undisguised surprise and a bright light in each other's eyes. Clearly, they had both benefited greatly from this dual cultivation.