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Chapter 36, Third State: Gathering Yin
I was in a daze and didn't know how much time had passed.

Wang Dong suddenly felt very comfortable, as if he were taking a bath with the water temperature just right.

Wang Dong wanted to open his eyes and look around, but he was powerless to do so.

I want to hear it, but I can't hear it clearly.

But apart from being unable to see, his sense of perception and smell seem to still be intact.

There's a smell of Chinese medicine on the tip of my nose. Is it a medicinal bath?
Wang Dong smiled inwardly; apart from Mei Fang, no one else would do these things for him.

Sleepiness crept in without him realizing it, and all of Wang Dong's senses vanished once again.

In a daze, Wang Dong didn't know how many times he woke up or how many times he 'slept'. Every time he woke up, he felt his body was a little warmer.

Perhaps, it won't be long before he returns to normal.

One day after waking up, Wang Dong suddenly sensed a change.

The warmth around him disappeared, and he seemed to have been carried out of his original spot and moved to another location.

He thought it was over, but not long after, he felt a chill creeping up on him from all directions.

This feeling made him uncomfortable.

He wanted to shout, but couldn't; he wanted to sleep, but couldn't fall asleep.

Wang Dong didn't know how long this state lasted, but suddenly he felt that the coldness was slowly decreasing.

After a sigh of relief, he began to wait for the chill to completely dissipate.

Just when Wang Dong felt he was about to return to normal, that chilling coldness returned as if it had been reset!

This process was repeated six times in total!

His emotions became somewhat deranged after being tormented six times in a row. If he woke up, he would definitely bite the guy who had been tormenting him to death.

for sure!
Seemingly in retaliation against Wang Dong, the next time Wang Dong made this decision, that chilling aura suddenly surged more than tenfold, and it was still surging!

Wang Dong felt as if he were encased in ice, with a chilling aura penetrating his skin, seeping into his flesh, and penetrating his bone marrow from all directions!

Up to...his soul!
Wang Dong's thinking became sluggish, but his body seemed to have adapted to the cold and dampness.

The body began to involuntarily absorb this coldness.

After an unknown amount of time, the coldness suddenly stopped, and Wang Dong sensed a second sensation.

Hunger, or perhaps thirst.

Fortunately, this feeling didn't last long, and he got what he wanted.

Warm liquid flowed down his mouth and into his throat, but before it reached his stomach, it was completely absorbed by his body.

Wang Dong was even hungrier and thirstier.

He wants more!

Suddenly, he seemed to smell something.

The smell was just like... just like his favorite wine!
The scent, sometimes near, sometimes far, stirred Wang Dong's dwindling consciousness.

At one moment, the smell suddenly became very close!
In a daze, Wang Dong felt as if he heard a sound. The sound was familiar, but he couldn't remember it and didn't want to think about it.

Because right now, he only has one thought.

'eat'!
A strong will compelled him to try opening his eyes.

It'll be soon, it'll open soon!
Soon!
Swish!
At one point, Wang Dong opened his eyes and saw a vast expanse of white.

But soon, he was drawn to the only thing in the white expanse of his vision.

He reached out, grabbed the thing, and bit down.

Gudong!

As the liquid entered his throat, Wang Dong's entire body trembled with excitement.

He couldn't wait any longer and continued to gulp down his food.

The more he swallowed, the clearer his senses became, and he vaguely heard the clearest sentence he had ever heard.

"Winter, I miss you so much."

冬？
Who is that?

The last sip of liquid went down his throat, and the intense heat surged wildly through his body, eventually merging with the cold energy he had absorbed earlier.

The moment his body calmed down, Wang Dong's senses about himself began to fade.

As Wang Dong's consciousness completely faded into darkness, he seemed to remember something.

"Am I Dong? Then who is thinking of me?"

...Chen Miao woke up, but did not get up from the table.

He forced himself into a state of calm, suppressing the throbbing in his heart.

"It has been affected."

Chen Miao took out his phone and turned on the front-facing camera.

In the picture, he looks bewildered, with bloodshot eyes.

Chen Miao recalled the memory from just now.

He didn't know Wang Dong, nor did he know Mei Fang.

But that boy with the eerie green light in his eyes...

"So, it's also Chung Fat?"

Chen Miao looked at the [Lin Ziyang's Memory Fragment] in his inventory. He knew that after looking at this memory fragment, he would get the answer.

But he dared not look anymore.

Previously, the fragments of Lao Wang's memory did not have much impact on him because Lao Wang's emotions did not fluctuate much.

Chen Miao had assumed that all memory fragments were like this, but what he had just experienced, and the intense emotions involved, frightened him.

Without the "ice-heart" state that helped him suppress that emotion, he didn't know what he would do under the guidance of that emotion.

Chen Miao looked away from the inventory and turned to the author information page.

As he expected, another status was added.

[Current Status: Ice Heart, Telepathic Connection, Gathering Yin]

Gathering Yin means actively attracting Yin energy from around the body. The amount of Yin energy gathered depends on the environment.

Gathering Yin?

Chen Miao recalled the chilling and gloomy states Wang Dong had experienced in his memory.

So, is that gathering yin energy?
With a thought, Chen Miao felt the wisps of cold, eerie energy hidden in the surrounding air begin to gather around his body and seep into his palm.

However, this state only lasted for less than half a minute before it ended.

He opened his palm, and a thin, hair-like, invisible aura, though perceptible to Chen Miao, floated in his hand.

"Is this yin energy?"

Feeling the yin energy in his palm, Chen Miao manipulated it to circulate around his body, and wherever it touched, a chilling sensation immediately appeared.

During the manipulation, Chen Miao noticed that the yin energy was getting smaller and smaller until it disappeared completely.

This is not because the yin energy has been consumed, but because after the yin energy stops gathering, the gathered yin energy automatically disperses and reintegrates into the surrounding environment.

"So yin energy is actually everywhere, the only difference is that the concentration of yin energy is different in different places?"

"If there is yin energy, then there must also be yang energy. The reason why the temperature rose a little just now was because the yin energy was drawn away and the yang energy became dominant, right?"

Chen Miao thought of a word.

"An imbalance of Yin and Yang! Is this what they call an imbalance of Yin and Yang?"

"So, the ancients knew about the existence of yin and yang long ago, which is why the theory of yin and yang came about?"

Chen Miao suddenly had a feeling.

The further he goes down this path, the more he will learn.

The worldview he spent over two decades building could very well be destroyed and rebuilt in the process.

As for whether this matter is good or bad, he doesn't know.

But he knew he had to accept it!
His gaze fell on the Gathering Yin again. Through the test just now, he already knew where the Gathering Yin could be used.

Wow!

He turned to the page with the "Miscellaneous Skills List" in the book.

His gaze fell upon the "Zhong Family Talismans".

……

"When making talismans, yellow paper is used as the base, and cinnabar mixed with chicken blood is used as ink. Specific talismans are drawn on the yellow paper. When drawing, one must infuse the ink with the yin energy in one's body to imbue the talisman with spirit."

"Even without Yin energy, it can be drawn in a place with abundant Yin energy. The effect of the talisman made by this method depends on the concentration of Yin energy."

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(End of this chapter)