Tempered Immortal

Chapter 187 - Defying The Heavens

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Lin Xuan didn’t think this was a coincidence, and there was a hint of sarcasm at the corner of his mouth. It seemed that the rumors have begun to work.

In addition to paying attention to these details, Lin Xuan was doing some other work. Although the surface, it seemed that he was viewing the scenery, in fact, he was observing the terrain near Spirit Pill Mountain.

Knowing oneself and knowing one’s enemy was the only way to win a hundred battles. Similarly, if one was familiar with the terrain, one would have a better chance of escaping if things went bad.

Of course, this was just for the worst-case scenario, and Lin Xuan liked to take precautions before anything happens.

After resting for about three days, Lin Xuan felt that both his body and mind had returned to their peak. Although there were indications that Spirit Pill Mountain might be in danger in the future, it should still be safe for the time being.

After all, rumors were only rumors. Before matters were completely confirmed, no one would easily offend a sect composed of alchemists. There was no need to worry too much about it. Lin Xuan boldly began his cultivation.

With his aptitude, he couldn’t do it without Spirit Pills.

Lin Xuan purified the Foundation Establishment Pills and all of them were mid-grade.

Since the number of pills that he could take every day is limited, Lin Xuan was not willing to waste time with low-grade pills. The purification of high-grade pills was a bit more difficult, so he mainly took mid-grade ones.

Time passed slowly…

Lin Xuan repeated the boring life of purification, consuming pills, and meditating without stepping one foot out of the Cave Mansion.

Immortal Cultivation was Defying the Heavens. The less interference there was, the better. He had secretly determined that he would never set foot into the outside world unless after he reached the Foundation Establishment Late-stage.

First of all, he practiced the “Yin-Yang Art”, as that was his priority. Improving his cultivation was not something that happens overnight. In this case, Lin Xuan would certainly choose a Magic Art that could quickly improve his strength.

As long as he could transform his body’s Spiritual Power between yin and yang, he would be able to learn the various Magic Arts recorded in the Profound Demon Scripture. Unlike the Righteous Dao, which stressed gradual progress. The Demonic Dao, especially Ghost Cultivation, preferred another way.

Although all kinds of hidden dangers would inevitably appear on the course of cultivation, the power of their Magic Arts was indeed far better than cultivators of the Righteous Dao.

This was why the Extreme Demon Venerable infused fear from the several elders of the Big Three. On one hand, it was because of his Nascent Soul mid-stage cultivation base, which was better than those old monsters of the Righteous Dao. But there was another reason, it was because of his strange techniques and great power.

Among experts of the same rank, Demonic Cultivators were generally slightly stronger than Immortal Cultivators, and the Ghost Cultivators had an even more obvious advantage.

Of course, a free lunch would not exist in this world, there were pros and cons in everything. There were many loopholes and hidden dangers in Demonic and Ghost cultivation methods. Not only was it easy to suffer backlash, but it would also become more difficult to improve one’s realm. But all these had nothing to do with Lin Xuan.

His Cultivation Method was still the top-grade Nine Heavens Profound Art. He’d only use the Magic Arts recorded in the Profound Demon Scripture after mastering the Yin-Yang Art.

In other words, he had the same power as a Ghost Cultivator but didn’t have to worry about any hidden dangers.

In addition, the “Nine Heavens Profound Art” laid a very solid foundation, and his Spiritual Power was far purer than cultivators of the same level. If he used a Magic Art of the Ghost Dao, it would be far better than the original.

There were so many benefits. Lin Xuan was naturally certain about mastering the Yin-Yang Art. Every day except for the necessary rest time, he used it all on cultivation, while consuming pills at the same time, hoping to master it as soon as possible.

Of course, Lin Xuan also knew about his qualifications. Therefore, he has long been psychologically prepared, so failure was not a problem, as he already had perseverance.

However, when he read through the “Yin-Yang Art” three times, and understood the subtlety of it, he was dumbfounded, surprised, and delighted.

It seemed that things had really started to work this time, and even the heavens helped him.

This Magic art was indeed a heaven-defying magical power, which transformed the yin and yang Spiritual Power into one another. It could be said that it has violated the common sense of the Cultivation World.

The method described was really incredible. But after careful understanding, he could only show admiration.

He didn’t know what level that senior had reached in order to create this magical Yin-Yang Art.

And precisely, because it was inconsistent with a lot of common sense in the Cultivation World, or even counters it, the conditions for cultivating it were completely different than those of ordinary Cultivation Methods.

Simply put, Spirit Roots, or even their absence, would not affect the cultivation of this Magic art.

When he realized this, even with Lin Xuan’s calmness, he almost yelled with joy. Generally, the more sophisticated the Cultivation Method, the higher the demand for Innate Talent, and after obtaining this Magic Art, Lin Xuan was afraid that he wouldn’t be able to cultivate it with his own conditions.

He didn’t expect the situation to be the complete opposite. He was afraid that he might have made a mistake, and read the relevant parts several times carefully. And reading it word by word, that was exactly what it meant.

Lin Xuan was overjoyed, and quickly continued to sink his Spiritual Sense into the Jade slip…

After a while, his expression became quite weird.

The Yin-Yang Art indeed required no Innate Talent. But anyone cultivating would have to endure unimaginable pain. And it was for a good reason: it would forcefully convert one’s Spiritual Power to the other attribute. Just like the saying “fire and water are incompatible”,Yin Yang Spirit Qi would also conflict.

They use the cultivator’s meridians as the battlefield, fighting each other, and the cultivators would have to put up with it…How to say it, it was the kind of pain that was impossible to survive. It was the feeling where one wished to die, but not being able to. Even if it was the eighteen layers of hell in the underworld, it was nothing but a drizzle compared to it.

Lin Xuan frowned and was doubtful. This narration was too exaggerated. But it couldn’t be only nonsense. As a senior cultivator, there was no need to make such a fuss.

If it was just pain, he could put up with it. The book made it very clear, that was, one would only feel this way when at first. Once one had cultivated it, the Yin and Yang Spiritual Power could be transformed at will, and any discomfort would fade away.

Compared with the benefits that came with it,  he believed that any cultivator would grit their teeth and endure.

Then the following description of the Cultivation Method was enough to make the cultivators discouraged…

Translated by: James1kd2

Edited by: UnderTheMoon