The balance of Yin and Yang caused Chen Jiuyang's Yang energy to flow into Yao Zixuan, triggering a backlash of cold energy that attacked Chen Jiuyang.
Without the Ice Jade Bamboo, Chen Jiuyang would have been eroded by this cold energy, causing his martial cultivation to decline.
Yao Zixuan possessed a pure Yin body, and the accumulation of nearly twenty years of cold energy erupting at once was terrifying.
Chen Jiuyang circulated the Eight-Nine Arcane Art to refine this cold energy, and his face immediately turned ashen!
He was unable to refine the cold energy that Yao Zixuan's backlash had sent back!
At most, he could temporarily suppress it!
Yao Zixuan quickly released the Ice Jade Bamboo, her face filled with worry, "Jiuyang, are you alright?"
"A miscalculation," Chen Jiuyang slowly opened his eyes and said with a wry smile, "I'm mostly fine."
Yao Zixuan then breathed a sigh of relief, "You nearly scared me to death."
Chen Jiuyang said, "Zixuan, give me your hand. I'll take your pulse to check."
Yao Zixuan handed her hand to Chen Jiuyang.
Upon examination, Chen Jiuyang said, "Zixuan, I have good news and bad news. Which do you want to hear first?"
Yao Zixuan pondered for a moment and said, "The good news."
"The good news is that the cold energy in your body has decreased, and your lifespan has increased somewhat."
"And the bad news?"
Chen Jiuyang said with a wry smile, "I cannot refine the cold energy in your body. I can only refine it through dual cultivation..."
"Dual cultivation..." Yao Zixuan's pretty face flushed, and then she gritted her teeth, "But I can't dual cultivate with you. What should we do?"
Chen Jiuyang took a deep breath and said softly, "It can be grafted..."
Yao Zixuan, being extremely intelligent, understood immediately. She blushed and said, "You mean, you can dual cultivate with other women to graft the Yin energy out?"
Chen Jiuyang nodded bitterly.
He had expected Yao Zixuan to react intensely, but to his surprise, Yao Zixuan, with a blushing face and trembling eyelashes, calmly said, "Yes, you can."
What? Chen Jiuyang was stunned. Yao Zixuan had actually agreed.
Yao Zixuan, with her back to Chen Jiuyang, said softly, "Jiuyang, you are a disciple of Marquis Feng Han. With your talent, you will eventually advance to the Earth realm. Once you are enfeoffed as a marquis, you will enjoy the privileges of a marquis, including the privilege of having seven wives."
"You are so young and powerful, I have long anticipated this matter."
"There will surely be many seductive women who want to get close to you. Jiuyang, I have no other requests, except that you inform me before you take other sisters."
As Yao Zixuan said this, her face was extremely red.
Chen Jiuyang was silent for a long time, then went up and hugged her, "I've wronged you."
"No wrong," Yao Zixuan turned around and hugged Chen Jiuyang, "Without you, I might have only had a few months left to live, and my entire Yao family would have died without knowing why."
Chen Jiuyang said, "Regarding this matter, I anticipated that the mastermind behind this would appear at the Yao family's residence within three months. As soon as you die, the Yao family's fortune will collapse."
"The opponent calculated that you only had three months to live, but you have increased your lifespan. As long as we wait for the opponent to appear, we can break the Nine Yin Devouring Yang Formation."
"Once the formation is broken, the cold energy in your body will no longer be a problem."
"Zixuan, you now have my pure Yang energy within you. I will teach you two cultivation techniques. One is the 'Pure Ice Jade Maiden Art,' with which you can refine my Yang energy to cultivate. The other is the 'Spring Rain Technique,' a dual cultivation method, which we will use in the future."
Yao Zixuan's face immediately flushed, and her voice was as soft as a mosquito's, "Mmm, I will cultivate these two techniques diligently."
Chen Jiuyang had not expected things to turn out this way; it was truly a blessing in disguise.
Yao Zixuan's face was so red it looked like it could bleed. "Jiuyang, I learned some techniques from my close girlfriends, and I can help."
Chen Jiuyang's expression froze, "What did you just say?"
"It's fine if you didn't hear," Yao Zixuan snorted coyly, then burrowed under the covers.
Chen Jiuyang rubbed his nose; he really hadn't heard clearly. He also burrowed under the covers. Yao Zixuan hugged him. As Chen Jiuyang prepared to sleep, Yao Zixuan's head burrowed into the covers. After a while, Chen Jiuyang's eyes narrowed, revealing a look of pleasure.
He knew what techniques Yao Zixuan had learned.
The next day, Chen Jiuyang woke up feeling refreshed, while Yao Zixuan was too embarrassed to see him, her face flushed. Chen Jiuyang laughed heartily.
The Yao family was efficient. Another large truckload of medicinal herbs arrived and was handed over to Chen Jiuyang.
It was still early. Chen Jiuyang extended his divine sense and found that no other martial artists were watching him today. He confidently transported the medicinal herbs to Green Bamboo Mountain and began to cultivate.
Circulating the Eight-Nine Arcane Art, Chen Jiuyang sat inside the medicinal cauldron. His skin turned red like a lobster shell, emitting white smoke. With a muffled groan, a hint of joy flashed in Chen Jiuyang's eyes, "I've broken through the fourth major acupoint. I have now entered the mid-stage of the Profound Realm!"
"Zhong Zhuiwu, you old dog, just wait until I break through to the Earth Realm!"
More than half of the medicinal power from the medicinal herbs worth one hundred million yuan remained, enough for Chen Jiuyang to break through another half acupoint. Just as Chen Jiuyang was preparing to continue cultivating with all his might, the cold energy within his body surged out, nearly causing him to fall into a qi deviation. Chen Jiuyang's face turned pale, sweat beaded on his forehead, and he quickly suppressed it. After a long while, he opened his eyes with lingering fear:
"No, with the balance of Yin and Yang, the stronger I cultivate, the stronger this cold energy will become."
"I can still suppress it now, but I don't know when it will erupt. If I don't channel this cold energy out, I will fall into a qi deviation if I continue cultivating."
"Until I can refine this cold energy, I cannot continue cultivating and breaking through my acupoints."
Chen Jiuyang's brow furrowed. He usually acted cautiously, but he hadn't expected to stumble so badly last night.
"Then these remaining medicinal herbs can't be wasted."
Chen Jiuyang put on his clothes and refined the remaining medicinal herbs into pills.
Green Bamboo Immortal sent a message: "Master, it seems someone is looking for you at your doorstep."
Chen Jiuyang asked, "Who is it?"
"An old man with a white beard."
Chen Jiuyang realized, "It's Master Feng Hanhou!"
After handling his affairs, Chen Jiuyang left the interior of Green Bamboo Mountain and saw Feng Hanhou, "Master, why have you come?"
Feng Hanhou said, "I went back yesterday to sort out my assets. I have about twenty billion yuan, and I plan to sell it all to exchange for cultivation resources for you."
Twenty billion!
Chen Jiuyang's heart skipped a beat. He felt warm inside and quickly said, "Master, there's no need for now."
He explained the trouble he was in.
Feng Hanhou frowned, "Then you won't be able to cultivate for two to three months?"
Chen Jiuyang nodded, "That's right. Once the trouble with the Yao family is resolved, I can resume my cultivation."
As he spoke, Chen Jiuyang handed the newly refined pills to Feng Hanhou, "Master, these are from your disciple as a token of filial piety."
Feng Hanhou took the pills, his eyes shining, "The medicinal power of these pills is so potent; they are good stuff. Jiuyang, where did you get them?"
"I refined them myself..."
Feng Hanhou's eyes gleamed, "Jiuyang, you've struck it rich!"