Bab 87 – You Are Abyssal
Wang Lin suddenly had a wild guess. One day, while a family was having dinner, disaster struck. Without time for people to act, the entire city was destroyed.
At this point, bits of cold energy emerged from the ruins. This energy became denser and denser, until it felt like it had taken on a solid form.
“Looking at the size of these ruins, I’m afraid this city had a population of at least 10 million. The burial grounds of 10 million people should be one of the best places to cultivate the Underworld Ascension Method.”
Situ Nan explained in detail about places of extreme Yin during Wang Lin’s closed-door training. There are four types of places of extreme Yin: heavenly Yin, earthly Yin, mysterious Yin, and underworld Yin.
The Yin of the Underworld is the easiest to find. The more death there is in a place, the more Yin of death there is.
Mystery Yin is a bit tricky. It only appears in extremely cold places.
Earth Yin is even harder to find and depends entirely on luck. After all, Earth Yin is Yin that emanates from the abyss of the earth.
As for heavenly Yin, it’s essentially impossible to find. To find heavenly Yin, a place must simultaneously possess the Yin of the underworld, the Yin of the mysteries, and the Yin of the earth. When all three are combined, they become heavenly Yin.
The higher the quality of Yin, the more benefits it provides to the cultivator.
Wang Lin immediately formed a seal with his right hand and began chanting. Suddenly, specks of red light gathered before him, forming a red ball of light.
This is a technique specifically designed to test the quality of Yin. Based on the color of the light, one can determine the type of Yin present. The orb can turn purple, black, silver, or red, which correspond to the Yin of heaven, earth, mystery, and the underworld, respectively.
Situ Nan also explained that even among the same type of extreme Yin, there are four different qualities, namely ordinary, good, solid, and extreme Yin.
Each level is also divided into 10 levels.
Generally, reaching ordinary rank 3 is sufficient to cultivate the Underworld Ascension Method. Reaching ordinary rank 8 is sufficient to accelerate cultivation.
After the red ball of light appeared, it grew brighter and brighter. Eventually, it shone five times.
Wang Lin touched his chin. Shining 5 times meant this place had ordinary rank 5 underworld Yin.
After a moment of contemplation, he walked toward the center of the ruins without a word. The Yin energy around him grew denser as he approached the center of the ruins. The Yin energy was so dense, it felt like he was walking underwater. Just a few hundred steps, and he already felt like he couldn’t breathe.
The ball of light grew brighter as it followed Wang Lin. This area was a normal level 8.
Wang Lin didn’t stop and continued walking for another few hundred meters, until he arrived in front of the ruins of the giant stone bead. He couldn’t continue any further. Fragments of Yin energy entered his body. His veins began to ache, and he began to lose control of his spiritual energy.
At this moment, the red ball violently split in two. Wang Lin’s eyes lit up. He knew that this meant this place had reached a good quality rating of 1.
Based on the information Wang Lin gathered while scouting the ruins during the day, he knew that he probably hadn’t even reached one ten-thousandth of the entrance.
And the deeper it goes, the stronger its Yin energy becomes.
“This really is the best place to cultivate!” Wang Lin slowly retreated until he was in an ordinary rank 5 location.
This was the location Wang Lin felt was most suitable for his current body. The density of Yin energy for the Underworld Ascension Method had to be gradually increased. This was something Situ Nan had repeatedly emphasized before he went to sleep.
Wang Lin pondered for a moment. He sat cross-legged, closed his eyes, and began cultivating. Situ Nan’s instructions for the Underworld Ascension Method echoed in his mind.
This Netherworld Ascension Method can be divided into nine levels. Every three levels, one can form a cold core. Once all nine levels are completed and all three cores have fused, there’s a certain chance of directly advancing to the Core Formation stage.
This was the biggest reason why Wang Lin was determined to practice the Underworld Ascension Method. Situ Nan also chose this method because it suited Wang Lin best and would rapidly increase his cultivation level.
Of course there were quicker methods, such as stealing the core, but with Wang Lin’s current cultivation level, trying to capture a Core Formation cultivator was no different from suicide.
The cold essence of the Netherworld Ascension Method relies on the awakening of meridians. Meridian awakening is a process that anyone practicing the Netherworld Ascension Method must undergo. There are three main meridian awakenings in the Netherworld Ascension Method: the dantian, the Sea of Qi, and the ancestral meridian.
When one of these three meridians awakens, a cold core is formed. When the cold core is formed, the spiritual energy in one’s body becomes cold.
The success rate of meridian awakening is closely related to the quality of Yin.
Time passed quickly. When he opened his eyes again, light appeared and the Yin energy quickly dissipated. When the sun rose, all the Yin energy disappeared.
Wang Lin stood up. Since he had decided to cultivate here, he had to find a place to stay. He looked around and stared at the collapsed house nearby.
With a wave of his right hand, all the debris and rubble flew to the side, clearing a small area.
After finishing everything, Wang Lin sat down in the middle of the cleared area. He took out a book and began to read it intently.
This was a book about formations that he had obtained in Teng Family City for a mid-grade spirit stone two years ago.
Previously, he had only flipped through the book and found that it contained very detailed information about the arrangement and control of the formations within it.
After memorizing all the information in the book, Wang Lin began to think. His hands continued to move as he unconsciously drew something in the air.
The day passed quickly, and it was now dusk. Wang Lin sighed and opened his eyes. He muttered, “That formation is profound and complex. Although there are only a few simple ones in this book, it still took me a whole day to comprehend them. The illusion formations in this book are extremely complex. This book relies heavily on predictions, and the further you predict, the more difficult it becomes.”
Feeling helpless, he gave up trying to figure out how it worked and simply tried it. He activated the attraction technique and moved the stone somewhere outside.
Following the instructions carefully, Wang Lin managed to create a simple formation called the Minor Confusion Formation.
This formation was too crude and simple. It didn’t even have the minimum number of formation flags. Wang Lin smiled bitterly as he looked at the rocks, then at the book. He made a few adjustments, and the formation finally looked just like the one in the book.
Wang Lin took a deep breath. His hands formed the instructed seal. Then, fog suddenly appeared and covered the area around him.
Wang Lin stared at the mist and smiled bitterly. This formation might be able to deceive some mortals, but it would have no effect on cultivators, so it wouldn’t protect him while he cultivated.
After pondering for a moment, Wang Lin muttered, “If one isn’t enough, then I’ll put down two. If possible, I can put down all the formations in the book. That should have some effect.”
After that, Wang Lin used his pulling technique and moved the rocks in the area. After playing with a few more formations, night fell again.
Wang Lin sat cross-legged on the ground. As the Yin energy appeared, he took a deep breath, placed his hands on his knees, and began cultivating. His breathing method was one long, five short. One long meant he inhaled very deeply, and five short meant that when he exhaled, it took only half the time he normally inhaled. This was the fastest way to absorb Yin energy.
In fact, this was the first time he had absorbed external energy for cultivation. In the past two years, he had been using the spiritual fluid inside the Heaven-Defying Bead, so it was all internal absorption.
This Yin energy was essentially the same as spiritual energy. Wang Lin had cultivated for many years, so he was very familiar with it, but he soon realized the difference. When he absorbed spiritual energy, there was always a barrier blocking it from entering his body. Even when it did enter, most of it would dissipate before he could absorb it.
However, this wasn’t the same. The thin layer was no longer there, and Yin energy was entering his body at an incredible rate. Furthermore, his body felt different from before. Most of the Yin energy entering his body was being absorbed, unlike before.
Wang Lin pondered this for a moment and came up with three possible answers. One was that Yin energy was different from spiritual energy and more suitable for his cultivation. Second: Foundation Establishment cultivators absorbed spiritual energy more quickly than Qi Condensation cultivators. Third: After absorbing a portion of Teng Li’s spiritual roots, his own talent had greatly improved.
As for which answer was correct, Wang Lin did not delve into it any further and instead focused his thoughts on cultivation.
Initially, Wang Lin felt extremely uncomfortable due to the cold nature of Yin energy. As he absorbed Yin energy, it immediately entered his body and penetrated his organs. The coldness emanating from his body made him shiver. This was the exact opposite of what absorbing spiritual energy felt like. One gave you a very warm and comfortable feeling, while the other made you feel like you were frozen.
As Wang Lin absorbed more Yin energy, his hands and feet grew cold. Then, his blood began to thicken and even his heartbeat slowed.
Frost began to appear on his eyebrows, hair, and every pore in his body. A wave of coldness emanated from within him, blending perfectly with his surroundings.
Time passed so quickly. As the sun rose and the Yin energy dissipated, Wang Lin’s eyelids trembled as he opened them. He exhaled a breath of white gas. After a night of cultivation, a small wisp of Yin energy appeared in his dantian. This small wisp slowly rotated, releasing the Yin energy.
The spiritual energy in her body didn’t repel this mass of Yin energy. They ignored each other and didn’t interact.