Xu Qingtong had placed this jade slip in the Seven-Star Bracelet, so it had survived by sheer luck. He had kept it not because he wanted to practice an evil art, but to study the Way of Yin-Yang within it!
Xu Qingtong knew full well the dangers of the Evil Path Cultivation Technique, so after reading it, he had hurriedly put the Yin Nether Soul Refining Art into the Seven-Star Bracelet.
Recalling the jade slip's account, his most immediate impression was that someone had modified this cultivation art! Or perhaps it had evolved from a more profound cultivation art. Between the lines of the jade slip's contents, there was a sense of discontinuity and awkwardness. Moreover, the art it recorded concerned itself only with "yin," with very little mention of "yang."
He had once read in the ancient books at his maternal uncle's home, "Yin and yang are the Way of heaven and earth," and "Yang gives birth and yin nurtures; yang kills and yin stores." This showed that yin and yang opposed and restrained each other, yet were rooted in and depended upon each other!
At this thought, Xu Qingtong sprang to his feet and used the Shadowless Evasion Technique, arriving at his maternal uncle's home moments later.
"Qingtong, how did you find the time to come here?" Chen Jialiang asked with a smile when he saw Xu Qingtong arrive.
"Uncle, I came to find a book to read. I remember you once read a book called Treatise on Yin-Yang and Five Elements back at the Spring Rejuvenation Hall. Do you still have it?"
Chen Jialiang said, "They're all on the shelves in the west room. Have a look yourself. We've moved several times, so I don't know where it ended up!"
Without lingering, Xu Qingtong strode into the