The wind outside the window seemed to be colder, the clouds were surging, and a few stars were faintly visible, shining faint but persistent light between the clouds.
Ye Ruilin looked away, walked to the table again, and blew out the candles.
Darkness enveloped the room, leaving only his eyes that were still astonishingly bright in the darkness, as if they contained a deep starry sky.
Finally free, Ye Ruilin sat cross-legged, eyes closed, breathing long and deep.
He did not deliberately run Soul Power, but the transformed Black Tortoise Power in his body was like a dormant abyss beast, flowing slowly among the limbs and bones, and every time it circled, it carried an ancient and heavy rhythm.
Completely different from the caution he had when he first glimpsed the door a few months ago, he now has almost instinctive control over the Guishui, which symbolizes the extremely yin, and the extremely yang, Renshui, in his body.
Deep in the kidneys, the originally distinct blue and black lights now seemed to have turned into two swimming dragons chasing each other and playing.
The green light is as warm as jade, nourishing vitality, while the black light is as deep as an abyss, thick and concentrated.
They are no longer violent collisions, but interdependent and mutually reinforcing in a mysterious balance.
"Black Tortoise... Guard the north and control the water element. Its power is profound and its meaning is profound..."
Ye Ruilin silently thought about his understanding of Black Tortoise Power.
This is not only an application of power, but also a perception of Tao.
Douluo Continent takes Martial Soul as the foundation and Soul Ring as the ladder, but he knows very well that the extreme of any power will inevitably touch the original law of the world.
He slowly raised his right hand, his mind moving slightly.
"Buzz..."
The air trembled slightly, and a drop of water quietly gathered in his palm.
But this is no ordinary drop of water.
It presents an indescribable color, neither pure blue nor completely black.
Instead, it seems to contain the depth of the entire starry sky, in which the two colors of green and black flow and blend, forming a chaotic gray mist.
The space around the water droplets is slightly distorted, exuding a contradictory atmosphere that is both yang and strong, yet yin and cold.
This is what he created by briefly merging the power of yin and yang water - Ultimate Water!
Just such a small drop, the energy fluctuation contained in it made Ye Ruilin himself feel frightened.
It is no longer just the warmth and majesty of Ren Yang True Water, nor the cold and domineering Gui Yin Profound Water, but a... terrifying balance of destruction and creation coexisting.
He could feel that maintaining this drop of Ultimate Water would consume a huge amount of his current Soul Power.
The Soul Power in the body surged into the palm of the hand like a flood, and there was even a faint feeling of emptiness in the body.
With his current cultivation level, he can only maintain water drops of this size for only a few breaths of time.
"The power... should be far beyond imagination."
Ye Ruilin's eyes are solemn.
He didn't dare try the destructive power of this thing in the room.
The inconspicuous drop of Gui Yin Profound Water last time left an indelible deep hole on the floor.
This Ultimate Water, which combines the two powers of yin and yang, is probably enough to turn the entire room and a small half of the yard into powder.
He took a deep breath and carefully dispersed the Ultimate Water in his palm.
The gray water droplets dissipated silently, as if they had never appeared, but the faint throbbing remaining in the air proved that they had just existed.
"Black Tortoise Power, broad and profound, the blend of yin and yang, is the ultimate."
"But now, I have only touched the threshold of 'extreme', and I am still far away from true control."
Ye Ruilin stood up slowly, moved his numb limbs, then lay quietly on the bed and slowly closed his eyes.
The slight tingling sensation from when Ultimate Water dissipated still remains on my fingertips.
He raised his palm, stared at the empty palm, frowned slightly, and fell into deep thought.
"Yin and Yang complement each other, hardness and softness..."
Ye Ruilin whispered in a low voice, Soul Power was still rushing through the meridians in the body.
The blue-black light in the kidneys flickered on and off, beating rhythmically like breathing.
Suddenly, his pupils shrank.
At that moment, he clearly felt that when Ultimate Water dissipated, a trace of strange energy was fed back into his body.
This energy is neither pure Renshui nor pure Guishui, but something more original.
"This is..."
Ye Ruilin was shocked and immediately sat cross-legged.
He looked inside his body and found that the ray of energy was traveling along the meridians, and finally sank into the Dantian, perfectly integrating with Soul Power.
What surprised him even more was that this trace of energy actually caused an imperceptible increase in his total Soul Power.
"That's it!"
The light in his eyes soared.
"The interaction of yin and yang not only produces the power of destruction, but also promotes the growth of cultivation!"
This discovery made his heart beat faster.
You know, every time you improve, you need a lot of accumulation.
Now, just by trying to integrate Ultimate Water, you can get such benefits.
But soon, he calmed down again.
The attempt just now consumed more than ten times the amount of Soul Power that was received in return.
Obviously, this kind of cultivation method is still unable to make ends meet.
"It seems that we need to control the power of yin and yang to a higher level..."
Ye Ruilin is thoughtful.
He remembered the records about Black Tortoise in ancient books.
"Its nature is extremely soft, its momentum is extremely rigid, its movement and stillness are appropriate, and its changes are endless."
He suddenly realized that his previous fusion was too deliberate, always trying to forcibly combine two opposing forces.
The true way of Black Tortoise should be to follow nature and let the two qi of yin and yang blend naturally in dynamic balance.
With this thought, the green and black energy in his body seemed to sense something, and its circulation speed suddenly accelerated.
There was a faint sound of dragon roar coming from the kidneys, and two phantoms of swimming dragons loomed behind him.
Ye Ruilin is so blessed that the soul no longer controls it deliberately, but allows the energy in the body to flow naturally.
Gradually, he entered a mysterious state.
Even with your eyes closed, you can "see" the trajectory of every particle of dust within three feet of you.
Even though I was holding my breath, I could "smell" the fragrance of flowers and plants outside the window.
In this state, he was surprised to find that the Renshui and Guishui in his body began to spontaneously penetrate each other.
Although it is only a very subtle part, some kind of essential blending is indeed taking place.
"This is the true way of cultivation..."
Ye Ruilin felt infinite joy in his heart.
He maintained this state, feeling every change in his body.
Gradually, his breathing and heartbeat slowed down, and finally they were almost undetectable.
If there are outsiders present, they will be shocked to find that although Ye Ruilin is sitting on the same spot at this moment, it gives people the illusion of being integrated with the heaven and earth.
The air within three inches of his body was slightly distorted, sometimes glowing with green light, sometimes with black light, and finally turned into a hazy gray mist that enveloped him.
This gray mist seems thin, but it contains amazing energy.
The furniture in the room began to decay silently, and then grew again strangely.
The wood grain on the floor squirms like a living thing, sometimes dry and cracked, sometimes glowing with new life.
Ye Ruilin is completely unaware of this.
His consciousness seemed to be floating in the boundless universe, seeing the birth and destruction of stars, and the changes in the sea.
At this moment, his understanding of "water" reached an unprecedented height.
Water is not only a flowing liquid, but also the source of life, the torrent of destruction, and the embodiment of time...
After an unknown amount of time, a crisp bird song woke him up.
Ye Ruilin slowly opened his eyes and found that it was already dawn outside the window.
He was surprised to find that he had maintained a meditative state all night, but he did not feel tired at all, but felt refreshed.
What surprised him even more was that although the total amount of Soul Power in the body did not increase significantly, the quality made a qualitative leap.
The originally distinct green and black qi now have a vague connection with each other, like two swimming dragons connected end to end, forming a perfect circle.
"That's it..."
Ye Ruilin stood up and stretched his muscles.
Suddenly, he had a thought in his mind, raised his right hand slightly, and a gray drop of water appeared again.
The difference from last night is that the speed of condensation this time is more than 30% faster, and the amount of Soul Power consumed has also been reduced a lot.
The water droplets slowly rotated in his palm, sometimes turning into Azure Dragon flying into the air, sometimes turning into Black Turtle lying on the ground.
Ye Ruilin can clearly feel that his control over this drop of Ultimate Water has been greatly enhanced.
"It seems we have found the right direction..."
The corner of his mouth was slightly raised, and he was about to conduct further experiments when his ears suddenly moved and he heard footsteps coming from outside the hospital.
Ye Ruilin immediately dispersed the water droplets and straightened his clothes.
Almost at the same moment, there was a gentle knock on the door.