Chapter 14 - 14: Yang Yore Grounds

Chapter 14 - 14: Yang Yore Grounds

In the Scarlet Solaris Mountain, a large double-doored gate was embedded into its existence. This door was grand, golden, and gave off a strong, forceful aura.

Standing beside it was a male, nearly seven feet in height, and looked like they were made of muscles. His arm was larger than a grown man’s thigh, while his legs were thick and powerful. As he stood there, he revealed a dense and powerful yang aura.

He was dressed in casual sweatpants and no shirt. His feet were bare, but his toenails were painted black. There was a thick display of veins protruding beneath his skin. With bead-like eyes and a bald head so shining and waxed that it reflected the sun’s rays, he could intimidate the toughest of warriors.

Wei Wuyin flew to this gate with his crane. He jumped off and landed right in front of this man. His eyes were calm and indifferent, but a powerful aura quietly stirred within his body.

A pair of beady eyes met a pair of silver eyes. A spark was ignited!

Without a word, the beef of a male exploded forth with a kick. The rock beneath his feet cracked and splattered everywhere. With a heaving roar, he launched his large, nearly basketball sized fist, towards Wei Wuyin. A trace of qi flowing through his body.

Wei Wuyin clenched his fist, a thin silver qi emerging around his fist. He shot it forward to meet that giant fist.

Bang!

A cataclysmic explosive sound erupted. The surrounding ground looked like it was ripped off and sent behind them. The middle ground seemed to have been impacted as nothing but a myriad of cracks was there.

A figure flew backwards like a cannonball. That large figure smashed into the side of the mountain, causing a roaring tremble of the area.

Wei Wuyin walked forward, massaging his neck with a icy-cold smile on his face.

"Gahh!" A breathy exclamation sounded before the humanoid beast of muscle escaped from the surface of the mountain. A heavy thud echoed as he touched the ground.

The beady-eyed male looked up with surprise clear in his gaze, "You’ve birthed metal qi?! You’ve given form to qi?!?!" A very gentle and soft voice sounded, like a small-sized boy who’d yet to go through puberty. It originated from the beady-eyed man.

"Wei Si, didn’t I tell you to stop being so aggressive? The only reason you’re a guard here is because of your huge body being a good meat shield, haha." Wei Wuyin laughed freely, his icy-cold smile replaced with a jubilant one.

"Come, come give your cousin a proper hug," Wei Wuyin gestured with his hands for Wei Si to come.

This oaf of a man was Wei Si’s cousin. He was the son of his father’s little brother and was five years younger. He was the guardian of the Yang Yore Fields, and only received the position because of Wei Wuyin’s recommendation.

His cultivation base was only at the First Stage of Qi Condensation, Qi Creation, but he was born with a divine strength that made him as physically strong as someone who birthed elements and tempered their bodies with them. This is why he was given this position. However, his unique body had its issues.

Because of this physique, he needed an enormous amount of yang energy and his food intake was incredibly high. There was also an issue with his qi cultivation, so the sect gave him this special position and the status of an inner disciple.

The Yang Yore Fields emitted dense yang energy everyday, so it fit his needs. If not for those factors, he could’ve tried to become a core disciple. Despite that, he was still a part of Wei Wuyin’s faction. for new novels

Wei Si gave a dumb smile, losing any intimidating aura, and rushed up with wide arms. As he wrapped those thick arms around Wei Wuyin, he was shocked to find that he couldn’t squeeze this cousin of his like when they were younger.

Wei Wuyin knew his intent, so he squeezed in return. A panicked series of squealing happened.

"I give! I give!" Wei Si felt his bones nearly break from Wei Wuyin’s hug.

Wei Wuyin let go and confidently smiled, looking at this younger cousin of his up and down. "You’ve grown."

Wei Si chuckled in embarrassment, "Yo-you too." Then, as if he had just thought of something, "When did you reach the fourth phase?"

"During my mission," he casually replied.

"Oh? I heard there was a rumor you’ve reached the fourth phase, but I thought it was fake because I knew you were only in the second phase." Wei Si was confused by this matter, knowing how difficult cultivation was. Despite Wei Wuyin being talented, to take three years to ascend from the second to fourth phase was definitely some sort of record.

He looked around. This Yang Yore Fields was just a cavern carved out of this location, a myriad of formations were inscribed on the walls that filtered out the scarlet qi specifically for yang energy and kept it sealed. This would build up the yang energy within.

The reason it was given the title of ’fields’ was because of the ground. He saw wisps of golden strands that looked like unharvested barley. The strands were thick, visible, and swayed from left to right as if a wind was pushing it.

It truly resembled a well-maintained barley field. He breathed in, the strands of yang energy flowed into his body. It entered his meridians and were filtered until it became refined yang energy which entered his dantian.

With a thought, the qi within him acted like hands that gripped the refined yang energies and dragged them into his Heart of Qi. Like a farm waste shredder, all of it was turned into bits and became a part of his Heart of Qi.

A slightly stronger yang aura emerged in his Heart of Qi. "This place is far better than I ever thought!" Wei Wuyin couldn’t help but grow excited. As a man, it was far easier to process yang energy than women and the effects only benefited his natural body.

He could feel his innate yang absorb the surrounding yang energy without his will as well. With this, various aspects of himself would be improved.

This was his first time stepping here, as it was usually restricted as a luxury for Inner Elders and Core Elders, those at the Third and Fourth Phase. Now that he had six months to cultivate here as he wished, he felt certain that ascending to the Fifth Phase was incredibly likely.

"Aaahhh!" Suddenly, a very loud exclamation sounded and the heavy breathing subsided. It seemed that someone had reached their climax. Chuckling softly to himself, he went to find an area far away from the moans.

He had no wish to offend someone for no reason, and his natural curiosity wasn’t that strong. There wasn’t really much to be curious about.

In a lotus position, he started breathing exercises as his Heart of Qi circulated, pulling in more strands of yang energy. He processed all the bits he pulled in and absorbed them thoroughly. After several hours, he felt adjusted to the aura of the fields.

After eating a little bit of prepared rations for the six month long seclusion, he took out the violet-colored lightning stones. "I’ll birth lightning qi first and foremost. If I use the yang energy to help subdue the lightning energy, it’ll be much easier to absorb it into my Heart of Qi."

Lightning was a naturally aggressive element, but violet-colored lightning contained an affinity with yang energy. This was why he didn’t just absorb them, but waited to arrive here.

Just as he took out a box with a single violet-colored stone, the moans from earlier continued. "Wow, she’s that devoted." Wei Wuyin was shocked that she had already restarted her cultivation and finished it so soon, it had only been a few hours.

With her body constantly absorbing yang energies, she would be in a state of arousal every time. To alleviate that state and concentrate on cultivation, she would need to satisfy herself beforehand.

"..." His mind wandered for a bit, a hint of temptation eating away at his heart. He sighed deeply. He’ll need to find a partner after these six months are finished. Those moans were just far too stimulating.

He refocused and removed the stone from the box, his qi enshrouded his hand as he grabbed the stone. The stone’s energy was volatile and violent, before he could even absorb it, it had already responded to the yang energy in the surroundings and the energy of his body as it abruptly flowed into him.

"What?!" Shocked, he panicked. The energy numbed his entire arm in a split second, and the entire right side of his body felt like it was being electrified. He clenched his teeth, traces of violet electricity surging through his body and even flashing through his silver eyes.

He executed his spiritual spell, Iron Core Eyes, as he analyzed the stone with his spiritual sense with haste. He could see that his body was acting as a lightning rod to its energy.

"Metal qi?!" He cried internally before he realized his vision had turned violet-colored as if he was seeing the world in the ultraviolet spectrum. A wave of panic surged in his mind as he nearly lost himself.

A flicker of coolness flowed from his mind, calming his emotions. He felt a wave of calmness. "My mind’s eye?" As he felt calm and his emotions were suppressed, he realized his mind’s eye had aided in it.

"Right!" As if someone had told him what to do, he agreed. With a wave, he brought out the scarlet qi stone. With the lightning stone in one hand and the scarlet qi stone in the other, he started to draw in both of their energies.

He then drummed up his own innate yang energies to direct both energies to clash. With their battle, his body felt like it was going to explode, but it had direction and thus was less destructive. He was pitting two beasts together instead of handling one.

With each smashing clash, bits of lightning energy and scarlet qi escaped from the main source. He drew in the surrounding yang energy, refined it, mixed it in with the three forms of energy, and sent them to his Heart of Qi to be crushed and absorbed.

Soon, a delicate yet explosive balance was reached. After several hours, Wei Wuyin felt the scarlet qi be rapidly absorbed by the refined yin, yang, water, earth, fire, and wind energies and strengthened them with miraculous means.

"Scarlet Qi truly is a blessing!" As he recalled his mind’s eye, he couldn’t help but congratulate himself for swift thinking. He hadn’t realized it before, but this clone of his mind held the ability to access his other mind’s memories without the influence of emotions. That’s why he felt a wave of calmness. His primary mind had gone haywire with fear of the unknown, but his cloned mind was like a machine working methodically.

It had found out a path of survival.

As he was thinking about his next actions, the wild moaning once more echoed in the fields. He turned his head to look and smiled.

"If I can keep this up, in six months I can ascend!" He felt more confident than ever. He hurriedly went back into his cultivation state, keeping the continuous balance.