Heaven and Earth Create Wonders

The Qiao Household's Yin-Yang Pool could only be opened three times a month at most. It was not something just anyone could use. There was no need to mention the Qiao Household's own clan descendants; outside Attendants could only enter by exchanging merit for the chance.

Thus, opportunities to cultivate here had always been in greater demand than supply.

Had Yang Yi not offered up the Body Tempering Art, with his standing, it would never have been his turn.

Now that he had entered this place, he naturally cherished the opportunity and immediately began cultivating.

Upon the stone platform, his body shifted and his muscles and bones stretched. Yang Yi quickly revealed a look of surprise.

He could not feel it when he was not cultivating, but the moment he began, two utterly different forces from the outside world invaded his body.

One was scorching hot, while the other was icy cold.

Upon closer observation, the heat came from the crimson region of the Yin-Yang Pool, while the cold came from the other side. Yin and yang intertwined, ice and fire colliding and grinding against each other, as though an invisible millstone had placed Yang Yi within it and ground him away.

Yang Yi could clearly sense that the total amount of qi and blood tempered through this cultivation had increased noticeably.

So that was it!

Understanding dawned upon him. By drawing upon the strangeness of this place, the total amount of qi and blood tempered during each cultivation session increased. This was the secret behind how the Yin-Yang Pool improved cultivation speed.

After completing a set of the Body Tempering Technique, Yang Yi silently sensed the changes. Compared to before, the qi and blood gained from this cultivation session was more than twice the usual amount.

In that case, if he could cultivate here year-round, his efficiency would be double that of others.

The benefits did not end there. A twofold increase in cultivation efficiency meant it would be easier to break through realms here.

That was why the Qiao Household's Lan Blood Attendants chose the Yin-Yang Pool as their first choice for breaking through!

What a wonderful place!

Delighted, Yang Yi hurriedly darted to the side, poured a packet of Hundred Herbs Liquid into a bathing barrel, filled it with clean water, and soaked within it.

Once he had recovered, he leaped back onto the stone platform. Just as he was about to begin his second cultivation session, his heart suddenly stirred. For some reason, after landing on this stone platform, a faint, intermittent coolness had arisen in his mind.

He had not felt this before.

He hastily examined himself but detected nothing unusual. The coolness in his mind came and went.

Moreover, nourished by that coolness, even his spirit seemed to be recovering.

Now that he was Lan Blood, he could activate Golden Light three times a day at most. He had used it once earlier, which had still consumed a considerable amount of his spirit. Since the expenditure had only just occurred, this recovery became especially apparent.

What was going on?

He immediately immersed his mind, and Golden Light emerged.

Golden Light was still that same mass of golden radiance, with the white Source Crystal wrapped within it, being repaired at an almost imperceptible pace.

Yet Yang Yi's attention was drawn to a strand of white aura outside Golden Light.

By his understanding, this should be where his consciousness resided, which was why he could enter this place every time he immersed his mind.

But he had only ever seen Golden Light and the Source Crystal. Where had this wisp of smoke-like white qi come from?

The white qi curled upward, coming from some unknown place before dissipating into his consciousness.

His spirit slowly recovered...

This white qi... could restore his spirit!

Yang Yi was overjoyed.

Ever since obtaining that old mountain ginseng, food supplements were no longer what hindered his cultivation speed. Instead, it was the recovery of his spirit, because the fullness or weariness of his spirit directly affected his use of Golden Light.

If he had some means to aid spiritual recovery, his cultivation efficiency could improve further.

He had never possessed such methods or abilities. Who would have thought that this strange white qi would have such an effect?

This must have been one of the Yin-Yang Pool's inherent marvels, only those who had cultivated here before had failed to discover it.

No... perhaps they had discovered it, but they simply could not see it as directly as he could.

The only issue was that its recovery efficiency was not especially good. Judging from the current rate, it could probably let him use the power of Golden Light one additional time each day.

If only there were more white qi...

The thought had barely crossed his mind when Yang Yi suddenly noticed a glimmer flash across the Source Crystal, which had been wrapped in Golden Light the entire time. Immediately afterward, that smoke-like wisp of white qi abruptly thickened several times over and became extraordinarily solid.

The white qi had originally drifted like smoke, intermittent and wispy, but in an instant it seemed to become a white pillar!

Yang Yi's recently depleted spirit rapidly recovered.

The immense surprise left Yang Yi stunned. In just a few breaths, he felt his spirit become fuller than ever before...

In truth, ever since he had begun cultivating with the aid of Golden Light, his spirit had never fully recovered. He had to activate it every day, and even after sleeping through the night, he would still feel somewhat fatigued.

Over these past days, that trace of exhaustion had never left him. It simply did not affect his daily life or normal cultivation.

Only at this moment did he truly understand what it felt like to have a fully replenished spirit.

Even his thoughts and ideas became far clearer.

A few more breaths later, Yang Yi's expression changed.

"Enough, no more!"

That white pillar of smoke was thick and vast. In that short time, it had not only made up for his previous loss, but also filled him with a swelling sense of overfullness.

As the thought passed through his mind, the white pillar abruptly dispersed, reverting to its previous wisps of smoke, thin to the extreme.

"I understand!" As the thought turned in his mind, Yang Yi suddenly realized.

Creation!

This Yin-Yang Pool was a land of creation.

Heaven and earth gave birth to creation; sun and moon nurtured fragrance and splendor.

There were many such creations beneath heaven, all products of nature itself. Creation held the miraculous, and many wondrous mysteries lay within it.

And creations born of heaven and earth were, to a great extent, governed by Source Crystals.

Because Source Crystals were the origin of heaven and earth.

If the origin was father and mother, then these creations born of heaven and earth were their children.

The knowledge Yue Jian had imparted to Yang Yi back then included these things.

Yang Yi had known of them before, but he had never seen a true land of creation. Naturally, he had never considered it from this angle.

Not until he realized that the Source Crystal could command this place's marvels!

The Source Crystal possessed spirit. Now that it was in Yang Yi's hands, it took him as its master and could change according to his will.

On the stone platform, Yang Yi opened his eyes. A gleam flashed through them, an outward manifestation of his spirit being full to the utmost.

Without wasting any time, he swiftly resumed cultivating.

The replenishment from that white pillar of smoke had even placed some burden upon his spirit. He had to expend some of it quickly.

As he practiced the Body Tempering Technique, Yang Yi divided his attention in two. Since the white pillar of smoke that could restore his spirit was one of the Yin-Yang Pool's marvels, then the forces of ice and fire that had previously surged into his body must be as well.

Could the Source Crystal command them?

As he considered it, Yang Yi immediately began trying.

The next instant, he felt the ice and fire forces entering his body abruptly intensify. That invisible collision and grinding made his body tremble slightly.

A thought hurriedly passed through his heart: "Lighter, slower, don't be so rough!"

The ice and fire forces that had nearly become too much for him to bear immediately eased considerably.

After continuously experimenting, he finally adjusted them to the utmost limit that he could just barely endure.