The Real Ji Yinyin

Ji Yinyin stared blankly at An Bulang, as though she had misheard him.

"Y-you said what? You can make Ji Yinyin beautiful?" Ji Hongxue was so excited that even her voice trembled.

An Bulang nodded. "Of course I can."

"Plastic surgery? A skin graft? Or taking over someone else's body?" Ji Yinyin's thoughts ran wild.

"No." An Bulang looked at Ji Yinyin and said seriously, "I'm going to turn you into your true self."

"The real... me?" Ji Yinyin repeated.

Was she fake as she was now?

"I only discovered it while treating your injuries, but your body is different from ordinary people's." An Bulang looked at Ji Yinyin seriously. "Ji Yinyin, you're actually a born cultivator. You possess the rather rare Water-Fire Dual Spiritual Root."

Ji Yinyin looked utterly bewildered.

Ji Hongxue, also a cultivator, cried out in surprise instead. "Heavens! My little sister has an elemental spiritual root?!"

All cultivators possessed spiritual roots, but spiritual roots imbued with elements were one in ten thousand.

Any being with an elemental spiritual root possessed peerless aptitude and could become an extraordinary great cultivator. Cultivating techniques suited to their elemental spiritual roots allowed them to achieve twice the result with half the effort. They could also comprehend the Dao with ease and raise their cultivation rapidly.

In the entire Azure Kingdom, only one person possessed an elemental spiritual root, and it was the most ordinary Cloud Spiritual Root. Yet even so, he had become the strongest person in the Azure Kingdom and founded the Cloud Sword Sect, one of the Azure Kingdom's three great sects.

That was right—he was Cheng Yuzi, sect master of the Cloud Sword Sect.

As for the Five Elements Spiritual Root within Ji Yinyin, it was even rarer. Ji Hongxue had only heard it mentioned in cultivation texts.

"A Five Elements Spiritual Root... It must be amazing, right?" Ji Hongxue's face was filled with envy.

An Bulang smiled. "Ji Yinyin doesn't merely possess a Five Elements Spiritual Root. She has dual-element Five Elements Spiritual Roots, and they're opposing elements. How rare is that? Let me give you an example."

Ji Hongxue and Ji Yinyin both widened their eyes and looked at An Bulang.

An Bulang explained, "It's like a virgin giving birth to children, and the children happen to be twins, one boy and one girl. Think about it—how low are those odds? Get it?"

Ji Hongxue blushed furiously and spat lightly. "What a lewd analogy."

Ji Yinyin's eyes lit up. "What a vivid analogy! Brother Bulang is so talented!"

"So that means I'm a cultivation genius?" Ji Yinyin's breathing grew much heavier.

An Bulang nodded. "I suppose so."

"Only 'I suppose so'?" Ji Yinyin was somewhat disappointed.

An Bulang had seen too many geniuses. Ji Yinyin merely had ordinary-grade dual spiritual roots. She would still count as rather impressive in the Sacred Domain, but she was nowhere near comparable to Han Yueling's Saint-grade Cold Spiritual Root—the girl who had been so insecure that she had come to him to break off their engagement.

"By the way, Bulang, what kind of spiritual root do you have?" Ji Hongxue asked curiously.

"I don't have an elemental spiritual root," An Bulang said frankly.

Ji Hongxue clearly did not believe him. Such a monstrous man, without an elemental spiritual root? Who was he trying to fool?

An Bulang truly was not lying. As someone with the Innate Chaos Immortal Physique, what did he need an elemental spiritual root for?

"Ji Yinyin's elemental spiritual roots were hidden very deeply. If I hadn't sent spiritual energy into her body, I wouldn't have discovered them either. The reason she became so ugly was also because the Water-Fire Spiritual Roots in her body clashed with each other, throwing yin and yang out of balance," An Bulang said.

An Bulang pointed at Ji Yinyin's face. "For example, your bluish-black skin is because the Cold Power released by your Water Spiritual Root is too strong. The pimples on your face are because the yang energy of your Fire Spiritual Root is too strong. As for your distorted, uncoordinated features, that's because the Water Spiritual Root and Fire Spiritual Root can't tolerate each other and keep fighting..."

Ji Yinyin became agitated. "Then can I still be saved?"

"Water and fire spiritual roots are incompatible. For ordinary cultivators, that isn't a blessing but a disaster. But I happen to possess a cultivation technique that can regulate Water-Fire Spiritual Roots, and I can teach it to you. However, it's a technique passed down through my household. If you want to learn it, you'll have to take me as your master," An Bulang said.

"Does your household forbid romances between master and disciple?" Ji Yinyin blinked her two mismatched eyes.

An Bulang was somewhat puzzled. "I don't think so. Why?"

Ji Yinyin suddenly grew excited. "Then I agree!!"

Ji Hongxue: "..."

An Bulang seemed to realize something and clutched his chest. "I'm making you beautiful, and you want to seduce me?"

Though he said that, he still intended to treat Ji Yinyin.

He had Ji Hongxue fetch a large pile of medicines from the royal palace pharmacy to regulate yin and yang, put them into a bathtub, then had Ji Yinyin soak in it while cultivating the Yin-Yang Feather Ascension Art he personally taught her.

Ji Yinyin swiftly guided qi into her body and crossed the threshold into cultivation.

That speed left Ji Hongxue utterly incredulous.

Back then, how long had it taken her to guide qi into her body? A full three days!

But how long had Ji Yinyin taken?

Not even three breaths...

This proved that Ji Yinyin had merely looked at the art of guiding qi and breathing, followed its instructions, performed the movements written within, took one fierce breath—and qi came rushing in...

Ji Hongxue suddenly felt the urge to cry. First, she was overwhelmed by the realization that her little sister was an unparalleled cultivation genius. Second, helpless tears of inferiority welled up because of her own dull aptitude...

She and An Bulang moved outside.

Ji Yinyin needed to soak in the bathtub and cultivate without any clothes on. It would not have been appropriate for them to remain inside.

"By the way, how many days will it take Yinyin to regulate the Water-Fire Spiritual Roots in her body?" Ji Hongxue asked.

An Bulang smiled. "You're underestimating my household's Yin-Yang Feather Ascension Art too much, aren't you? Setting everything else aside, from the moment she guided qi into her body, the Water-Fire Spiritual Roots within her were thoroughly whipped into line by my household's technique. They're harmonious beyond belief."

Ji Hongxue drew a deep breath. Just earlier, he had made the conflict between the Water-Fire Spiritual Roots sound so grave, yet the moment he threw out a cultivation technique, he said it would crush the problem in seconds?

"As for the yin poison and yang poison in her body, they'll be completely purged in less than half an hour! And the deformation and distortion of her face—once the violent power is suppressed, the spiritual energy in her body will naturally help correct it. In less than an hour, she'll become what she was originally meant to look like!" An Bulang said smugly.

"So fast?!" Ji Hongxue was shocked.

"Ji Yinyin's former appearance was like a rubber band twisted out of shape by force—distorted and unnatural. My Yin-Yang Feather Ascension Art can reconcile that power and make it docile. Once the force suppressing it is gone, the rubber band will instantly snap back to what it was originally meant to be," An Bulang explained.

Sure enough, before long, Ji Yinyin's pained moans came from inside the room.

"Yinyin, this process will hurt a little. Bear with it," An Bulang said.

Ji Yinyin's fighting spirit-filled voice came from inside the room. "For the sake of being with you, even if it hurts ten times, a hundred times worse, Yinyin can endure it!"

An Bulang: "..."

Ji Hongxue truly envied Ji Yinyin's courage.

Before they knew it.

An hour had passed.