Yin-Yang Dual Apertures

Dark Night gently closed her eyes. "This new... contract will bring Haining Tower tremendous profits... Why? Why leave this opportunity to Haining Tower?"

"Because of you!"

Dark Night's heart, which had not pounded fiercely for a long time, began to pound. Her blood, which had not run hot for a long time, grew warm...

"You've lived in the Lin Family for two months, guarding this loft every day. I know this isn't what you like. You should be a phoenix above the nine heavens, a spirit free and unbound. You shouldn't be a golden canary trapped in an attic. So, I'll use my own way to open your shackles..."

Dark Night's eyes suddenly lost their calm. A warm current silently washed over her entire body. "Once these shackles are opened, I... I will leave the Lin Family."

"Of course I can't bear to see you leave either. But I'd rather that when you come to the Lin Family again, your purpose be purer—that you simply... simply want to come, rather than being required to come by a mission!"

Dark Night abruptly turned away, her chest rising and falling faintly.

Yesterday's Stars, Yesterday's Wind; west of the painted tower, east of the hall. Without the wings of phoenixes flying side-by-side, our hearts have telepathy, understanding at a single touch!

At This Moment, those lines surfaced once more. Her heart was already utterly lost in confusion...

When she had first entered the Lin Family, all she had wanted was to obtain the secret formula so it would not delay her journey of seeking the Dao under the heavens. But now, he had proactively opened her shackles, giving her the chance to seek the Dao under the heavens—yet her heart suddenly felt so sour...

You should be a phoenix above the nine heavens.

You should be a spirit free and unbound.

I can't bear to see you leave.

But I hope that when you come again, it will only be because you want to come...

No One had ever said such things to her.

No One had ever written such a poem for her.

Of course, under the heavens, there was no second person capable of writing such a poem...

"Lin Su!" Dark Night said softly. "I'll give you something..."

"What?"

Dark Night pressed one finger against Lin Su's chest. "Besides the nine Mystic Pass Locks, the human body has Yin-Yang Dual Apertures. I can only give you one aperture—the Yin Aperture. As long as you can open it, your martial cultivation will enter another world. As for the Yang Aperture, I have not found it myself, but you can seek it out... Since ancient times, it has been said that the Yin-Yang Dual Apertures are the key to Body Becoming a Saint. This is the ultimate secret of martial cultivation."

"Once you leave, you won't come back?"

Dark Night vanished without a trace.

She did not answer.

She was afraid that the moment she opened her mouth, she would say the words that had been circling in the depths of her heart: Perhaps one day I will return. And if I do, it will surely be because I want to return...

She knew What Does It Mean, so she did not dare say it.

She left. Lin Su let out a long sigh. Failure! This was the first time since coming to this world that he had proactively tried to seduce a girl, yet he had unexpectedly failed.

Such a formidable woman—a Peeking Human Realm expert! No, she was nearly at the Void-Peering Realm. She was a Martial God! If he could seduce her, how glorious would it be to Walk Unhindered across the world? Who would dare provoke me? I'd have my little wife beat him up!

Unfortunately, Lin Da Shuai Ge's charm stat seemed to be lacking a little polish.

Then had he also paid a huge price for the secret formula?

That was not the case.

Lin Su knew the secret formula could not remain secret forever. Though this world lagged behind technologically, it had countless cultivation sects, and the Demon Race possessed even more vast supernatural abilities, with considerable talent in manufacturing. The formula for distilled liquor would sooner or later be exposed. Besides, if the formula remained solely with the Lin Family, it would turn the Lin Family into the eye of a storm coveted from all directions. With his small body and slight frame, who could he possibly withstand?

One careless misstep, and those beasts would devour him until not even bone fragments remained.

He might as well hand over the formula!

Taking dry shares was the most satisfying thing.

As for secret formulas and modern technology, he had plenty more. It was Not to the point of having to go down the liquor road until it turned black.

What was truly regrettable was Dark Night.

What a fine figure...

Fun to play with, useful too...

Letting her go Just Like This was such a pity...

Forget it. She was a Martial God. If she wanted to leave, he could not keep her. Better work hard at martial cultivation. Martial cultivation was addictive too. Before Dark Night left, she had given him a Yin Aperture and treated it with such gravity. It had to be something good.

As soon as he focused his consciousness, he slowly touched the point she had left behind. It was a place where meridians from all over his body converged. There were no meridians, no tangible Mystic Pass—only a point of convergence. This was an aperture?

It truly was a hidden aperture!

Without her guidance, Lin Su would never have noticed such a concealed place. Even if he had noticed it, he would never have imagined there was anything remarkable within.

Just as before, he focused his Spiritual Power to the utmost. His true qi began circulating ever faster, and that point where true qi converged gradually became sensitive and inscrutable...

Its mysteries had yet to appear!

Accelerate further!

Don't Know When, sweat streamed down his forehead.

Light flickered between his brows. Clearly, his Literary Altar had also joined this great undertaking.

A quarter-hour, then another...

The flow of true qi throughout his body reached an unimaginable speed. Suddenly, this hidden acupoint underwent a wondrous change, as though it had become a black hole, drawing in all the true qi in his body faster and faster. Fortunately, the demon core's power was incomparably deep; no matter how much it absorbed, the strength flowed forth without end.

With a Boom, Lin Su's mind went blank as an aperture opened.

He felt that the world before him had also suddenly changed completely.

His five senses became unbelievably keen. Looking inward at his body, he saw every cell brimming with limitless vitality...

This Is the power of the Yin Aperture?

Only when both the Yin and Yang Apertures were opened could one achieve Body Becoming a Saint. Then where was the Yang Aperture?

Dark Night had said that even she had not found the Yang Aperture. Clearly, it was not something he should have been able to find...

But...

No, that was not right. Why did he clearly feel that he had perceived a point?

What point?

With the Yin Aperture in operation, the trajectory of true energy around it formed the shape of an "8," highly similar to the Eight Trigrams. If the Yin Aperture followed the principles of the Eight Trigrams, then the Yang Aperture had to be... here!

He looked inward throughout his body and, sure enough, discovered a convergence point in the flow of true energy at that spot. It was almost exactly the same as the Yin Aperture's earlier operation, except the direction was reversed...

Break through! That was an order!

Lin Su focused all his attention, launching an assault on the Yang Aperture...

At Haining Tower, Dark Night's figure flashed, and she appeared in the basement. The wall before her lit up...

"Adoptive Father!" Dark Night bowed deeply.

"Any new progress?"

"Lin Su has agreed to hand over the secret formula..."

The middle-aged man on the wall suddenly had his eyes greatly lit. "What are his conditions?"

"Only one condition..."

"Hahahaha... Good, good, good!" The middle-aged man shouted three times. "Sign an agreement with him at once. We can even proactively raise the secret formula's usage fee to five qian! A tael is fine too!..."

His unrestrained laughter filled the basement.

Suddenly, the middle-aged man stopped laughing. "Step forward!"

Dark Night took a step forward. The middle-aged man fixed his gaze firmly on her. "You are only one step away from the Void-Peering Realm."

"Yes! Last night, my cultivation realm opened wide. I expect to step into the Void-Peering Realm within a month."

The middle-aged man's expression changed slightly, and for a long while, he said nothing...

"Adoptive Father..."

The middle-aged man let out a long sigh. "Can you... can you suppress it?"

"Why should I suppress it?" Dark Night did not understand. Breaking through into the Void-Peering Realm should have been the ultimate dream of countless Martial Artists. Some would even commit the wicked deed of using children as medicine for that dream. She could clearly break through, so why should she hold herself back?

"You First, look at your face!"

Dark Night raised a hand and removed the veil she had never taken off. Her face was crisscrossed with Black Lines, coiling like snakes in a terrifying sight.

Dark Night's expression changed drastically...