Within the city.
Multicolored light shimmered hazily, revealing all manner of illusions within the mirages, mostly of lovesick men and resentful women. Xu Xuan frowned deeply at the sight. The more he saw of Colorful Cloud City, the less respectable it seemed.
Before coming, he had made inquiries about Illusory Visage. All he had heard was that this Purple Mansion True Person moved in mysterious ways, never showed his true face, and kept his sect gates closed year-round, quite in the manner of an immortal.
The bearing Illusory Visage had displayed earlier had also been deeply mysterious, possessed of an immortal air tinged with something uncanny, making Xu Xuan wary despite himself.
Now, instead, it was Xu Xuan who kept a certain distance from Illusory Visage. He heard the other man give a light, somewhat embarrassed cough before saying:
"You misunderstand, Dragon King. The rainbow and rosy cloud arise from an irregular union of the two qi. When bright and flourishing, they form the male rainbow; when dim and waning, the female rosy cloud. If one cultivated only the rainbow or only the rosy cloud, one could still be distinguished as male or female. But I now possess both paths, and naturally have both a yin and a yang body."
An uneasy feeling suddenly rose in Xu Xuan's heart. His gaze darkened slightly, and he asked in a low voice:
"To think there could be such marvels. Are there other traditions in which male and female are similarly undivided? I have heard of blood qi and nurturing earth..."
Blood qi had a [Yin-Yang Aspect], which likewise possessed both bodies and was achieved through the [Jade Blood Heavenly Heart Art]. Xu Xuan naturally had not cultivated it. As for nurturing earth, he had recalled [Male and Female Undifferentiated] from the Returning