"What kind of secret art is this?
Does such a secret art even exist in this world?"
Yang Hong blurted out his question.
He considered himself quite knowledgeable, yet he had never heard of such a secret art.
"It is a common secret art of the Immortal Realm, mainly used by immortals to procreate.
In the Immortal Realm, immortals are powerful, and it's difficult for them to conceive offspring through intercourse, so they invented this secret art."
Xi Miaohua explained as she reattached her severed arm.
The young man, who bore a striking resemblance to Yang Hong, stood frozen, his face pale with disbelief.
"You actually know about a secret art from the Immortal Realm? Are you an immortal reincarnated?"
Yang Hong's curiosity about Xi Miaohua's identity piqued.
"No, I stumbled upon this secret art in the Sutra Depository of the Qian Yuan Sword Sect. It was recorded on beast hide, and few people know about it.
As for using it on you, it was for your destiny."
With her ploy exposed, Xi Miaohua no longer hid anything, directly revealing her methods and intentions.
"What was your purpose in coming here, and why did you mention saving him at the beginning?"
Glancing at the youth who looked so much like him, Yang Hong still had many questions.
"His name is Yang…"
"Don't tell me his name!"
Seeing Xi Miaohua about to reveal the youth's name, Yang Hong felt a tremor in his heart and quickly stopped her.
"Yang Hong, you are truly heartless…"
Xi Miaohua could not continue as she looked at the flying sword slicing across her neck.
"Alright, he offended an elder of the Qian Yuan Sword Sect. That elder swore to take his life.
I know you possess great destiny, and if you acknowledge this son, he will gain a lot of destiny, which should help him escape this deadly peril."
"Is this method of borrowing destiny also a technique from the Upper Realm?"
"Yes, including the fact that I had relations with you and obtained your vital essence, it's all part of the same secret art. I can give you the entire set of techniques.
Spare our lives."
Xi Miaohua was a decisive person. Seeing that the situation was beyond her control, she confessed everything.
"How did you determine that I possess great destiny? Was that also part of this secret art?"
"No, that was not. I have innate Spiritual Eyes that can see the destiny of heaven and earth, but due to limitations in my actions and bloodline, I can only see a very small portion.
You are the person with the highest destiny I have ever encountered, even higher than the sect masters of three sects I have met."
"Does destiny equate to merit?"
This was a question Yang Hong had always pondered.
"Not exactly.
Destiny has positive and negative aspects, yin and yang, good and bad. Yours is not just any kind of destiny.
However, merit is always positive. One must contribute to heaven and earth to gain merit.
When merit is strong, destiny naturally increases."
"I understand."
Yang Hong nodded, withdrew his flying sword, waved his hand, and let Xi Miaohua leave.
"You're just letting me go? Don't you want that secret art?"
Xi Miaohua looked at Yang Hong in surprise, unable to believe that he would let her go so easily.
"Your sugar is my poison.
What you consider a marvelous secret art, I see as a wicked sorcery.
You may leave."
That secret art was equivalent to asexual reproduction, like cloning.
In Yang Hong's view, it was a wicked sorcery that violated the order and rules of heaven and earth.
He did not kill the clone of himself not out of kindness, but because the moment he thought of killing this clone, he felt a fatal heart palpitation.
However, if this clone were to harm him, he would unhesitatingly kill it and scatter its soul to the winds.
"You… you are truly special.
Before I leave, I'll give you some information: the Five Directions Domain is about to face a great calamity.
The destiny of the entire Five Directions Domain has already turned into a gray color, close to the most negative black.
Look after yourself."
Xi Miaohua gave Yang Hong a deep look, then pulled the young man and they flew away on their swords.
Yang Hong stood in place, watching them leave, and after a long while, he sighed.
"Husband, don't be disappointed. If we work hard, we'll have our own child soon."
Zhu Yuyan walked over and placed Yang Hong's hand between her breasts.
"Sigh… let nature take its course, no need to force it.
In the next few days, I'm going out to see what has happened in the Five Directions Domain."
"Husband, shall I accompany you?"
Zhu Yuyan gently embraced Yang Hong, refusing to let go.
"No need, I'll be back in a few days.
For these few days, you should continue to guide those children."
At Yang Hong's Qingfeng Villa, every ten years, a new batch of 30 students would come to cultivate immortal techniques.
Within ten years, with Yang Hong's assistance, all of them would be able to reach the Foundation Establishment realm.
Then, these students would begin their trials in the cultivation world.
The rotation was ten years per batch, and the most recent batch had only been here for two years.
"Alright, we will watch over the little ones diligently. Husband, be careful on your journey."
They all knew that once Yang Hong made a decision, he would not change it, so they no longer tried to persuade him.
After a simple farewell, Yang Hong piloted his seventh-grade flying ship and sped away, heading towards the vast heavens and earth.
…
While flying, Yang Hong dispersed his divine sense, carefully and meticulously investigating everything in the heavens and earth.
After flying for half a day, Yang Hong suddenly felt a stirring in his heart and landed in a mountain valley.
In the center of the lush valley, a patch of ground was a dead gray. Within a radius of ten feet, the plants were withered and on the verge of death.
In this small area, faint traces of death qi and yin qi were emanating.
The aura was very faint; if Yang Hong's divine sense had not been powerful, and if he had not been consciously searching, he might have overlooked it.
"Is this the great calamity, or the harbinger of it?"
"This death qi and yin qi are indeed gray. If it continues to develop, it will indeed turn black."
"Now, the task is to find a way to resolve it."
Yang Hong sat cross-legged in the area of death qi, his divine sense continuously extending downwards, searching for the source of the death qi. At the same time, he had to discern the composition of the death qi and explore ways to decompose it.
As his divine sense penetrated deeper, Yang Hong felt as if he had returned to the Five Directions Seal location. However, the sealed area, which he had previously restored to clarity, was once again becoming defiled and gloomy.
Within the death qi and yin qi, there was also a dense resentment.
These negative energies were continuously converging from the void, as if all the negative energies of the entire Taiyuan Continent were gathering here.
Yang Hong knew that it was not an "as if."
Having fused with a negative soul, he knew that this Five Directions Seal did indeed gather the negative energies of the entire Taiyuan Continent, and even the entire planet.
"If this problem cannot be resolved, I fear that in not too long, the entire Five Directions Domain will become a ghost domain, a demon domain!
The immortals who built the Five Directions Seal likely did not consider this thoroughly at the time, only wanting to quickly stabilize Dongli Prefecture and the Taiyuan Continent,
but they did not anticipate such a significant after-effect."
Opening his eyes, Yang Hong's thoughts raced, considering all possible solutions.
"Perhaps, I still need to find a way through the system."
"It seems I still have to farm. But what should I plant?"
With a preliminary idea, Yang Hong immediately put it into practice.
He began to continuously search for various places where the death qi was resurfacing, and at these locations, he planted various spiritual plants.
There was the Yin Soul Grass, which thrived on yin qi, the One Zhang Green that grew in graveyards, the Fierce Sun Grass, which was extremely yang and potent,
and various other spiritual plants. Whatever spiritual plants Yang Hong possessed, regardless of their attributes, he planted them all.
He needed to conduct various experiments to gradually find the suitable spiritual plants.
As a result, his return home was delayed until he absolutely had to go back.