Wandering Sword Seller's Life in the Qin Dynasty

Originally, Xu Qing didn't have much desire for romantic relationships. He was a career-oriented person, and he only thought about love and romance when he was bored.

As a result, although he learned many Yin-Yang techniques from Chu Nan Gong, he rarely used the methods of male-female dual cultivation.

I never imagined that one day I would use such a method to vent my anger, and that the target of this method would be someone from the Yin-Yang school.

"I never expected that you were still a virgin yin body."

Xu Qing sat down beside the bed and poured herself a cup of tea.

At this moment, if he wished, he could claim the title of the greatest sage in the State of Qi.

His thoughts were incredibly clear. No wonder the Yin-Yang School had the Yin-Yang Dual Cultivation Method. Dual cultivation was truly useful. In addition to the fusion of the powers of both sides, which could complement each other harmoniously, many problems that were difficult to understand could be thought of more clearly under this state.

"But then again, even though I took your primordial yin body, you didn't really lose out, did you?"

"At least, your skills have improved quite a bit."

Xu Qing's gaze fell on the bed, where he saw that the maid's hair was disheveled, her brocade robe had slipped down to the side, and her exposed shoulders were flushed.

She bit her lip hard, the veins on her hand gripping the quilt throbbing slightly, but there was no shyness in her eyes, only lingering anger.

Meeting the other person's gaze, Xu Qing showed no remorse whatsoever.

For him, killing the other party was not unreasonable, given that the other party had attacked him earlier.

Using the other person to vent their anger is already letting them off easy.

Not to mention, he spared the other's life and used the dual cultivation technique to greatly enhance the other's power.

"Now that you've received your benefits, can you tell me which of the five departments of the Yin-Yang School you belong to?"

Xu Qing then asked the maid.

The maid remained silent.

Seeing this, Xu Qing could only sigh.

"It seems that I can only use unconventional methods to get the answer."

Actually, it could have been done earlier.

But there was nothing he could do; Xu Qing had been quite hot-tempered before. Recently, he had been studying alchemy frequently, often circling around the alchemy furnace, and occasionally going to the system space to forge swords in front of the furnace in the forging workshop. His daily interactions with fire had made Xu Qing's temper even more intense than before.

Therefore, my first thought was to vent my anger, rather than to use techniques like "illusion" to read minds.

Now that his anger had subsided, he was naturally unrestrained. In fact, because he had become a temporary sage, the woman's beautiful face and pitiful appearance were nothing more than that in Xu Qing's eyes.

They're all just pretty faces and empty shells, fleeting moments.

He raised his hand, and a burst of purple flame appeared in his palm.

During the previous dual cultivation process, Xu Qing temporarily sealed the maid's power.

Looking at the purple flame, she felt as if it were a mirror, reflecting her disheveled and pale face.

What alarmed her even more was that she saw an extremely familiar trace in this method.

"This is... Yin-Yang magic?"

"Are you also a member of our Yin-Yang School?"

The maid finally couldn't help but speak up.

Unfortunately, she did not receive any response from Xu Qing. Instead, she was quickly pulled into the world of illusion by Xu Qing.

Chapter 182 Shao Siming Bai, Sealing the Sea of ​​Consciousness!

Pale purple illusionary flames danced at Xu Qing's fingertips, like a mirror reflecting the light into the maid's eyes. In a short moment, the maid was captivated by them.

Then, Xu Qing's spiritual power, through the light of the flames, entered the maid's body and read her memories.

Here, everything about the other party is open to Xu Qing.

At this point, the maid had completely opened up to Xu Qing.

Previously, it was outward honesty; now, it is inward honesty.

Xu Qing also learned of her identity.

She is one of the five elders of the Yin-Yang School, known as "Shao Siming," but she is not the complete Shao Siming; rather, she is only half of Shao Siming.

The reason for this is that in this generation, there are two Shao Siming from the Yin Yang family. They are twin sisters who grew up in the Yin Yang family and then passed the test together to become Shao Siming.

Because they were twin sisters, in order to distinguish between them, Donghuang Taiyi, the leader of the Yin-Yang School, bestowed names upon them.

One is called Black, and the other is called White.

Black and white are symbols of yin and yang.

This also corresponds to his identity as a member of the Yin-Yang School.

But to be honest, the name isn't very good.

However, Xu Qing didn't come up with the name, so he could only complain about it to himself and couldn't change anything.

The maid before me is the younger sister, Shao Siming Bai.

Earlier, the Yin-Yang School sent people to the State of Qi to try to contact Yun Zhongjun, only to find that Yun Zhongjun had disappeared. After investigation, they discovered that he had run into trouble in Linzi.

When the news reached the Yin-Yang School, they immediately dispatched Shao Siming to the State of Qi to handle the matter of Yun Zhongjun.

After arriving in Linzi, Shao Siming and Hei Bai considered using force to solve the problem, but ultimately chose to use their brains instead.

Because they did not know the whereabouts of Yun Zhongjun.

After some discussion, it was decided that the younger sister, "Bai," would disguise herself as a maid and infiltrate Hou Sheng's residence.

According to the investigation, Yun Zhongjun was imprisoned because he offended Hou Sheng, the prime minister of Qi. Therefore, to find out where Yun Zhongjun is, we must start with Hou Sheng.

"You guys do have some brains, but not many."

After learning about these things, Xu Qing made a mental assessment.

I learned that Shao Siming is composed of two people, and they are twin sisters.

A new wave of emotion stirred within him, and he became even more interested in Shao Siming.

If it were just one person, although she was beautiful and aloof, that would be nothing special. But if there were two people who looked exactly alike, it would be impossible not to feel the urge to collect them.

Since we've already used one of them to relieve our anger, there's really no reason to let the other one go.

Although she hadn't seen Shao Siming Hei yet, Xu Qing was already eager to meet her and then place the black and white figures side by side in front of her.

Putting his thoughts aside, he continued to explore Shao Siming Bai's memories, mainly to find out the whereabouts of "Hei".

Just as he was rampaging through Shao Siming's sea of ​​consciousness, he seemed to have touched some kind of restriction within her sea of ​​consciousness.

In an instant, the power of black and white suddenly erupted, forming a shape like a yin-yang symbol, with its head and tail colliding together, carrying the unique murderous aura of the Yin-Yang School, as if it wanted to tear the outsider to pieces.

If it were Xu Qing from a few years ago, he would absolutely not have been able to resist this kind of mental attack.

He would be expelled from this sea of ​​consciousness, from Shao Siming Bai's spiritual world, and suffer a backlash, but now, facing this attack, he simply quietly circulates his inner strength.

In an instant, an even more powerful spiritual force surged into Shao Siming Bai's sea of ​​consciousness.

In reality, Shao Siming's white eyelashes trembled violently, her pale cheeks were covered in a fine layer of cold sweat, and a faint red line of blood trickled from the corner of her lips.

She was trapped in the illusion, but her body instinctively resisted the impact on her mind. Her shoulders and neck were taut, her knuckles were clenched until they turned white, and even her breathing became shallow and fragmented.

Xu Qing glanced at her absentmindedly, but did not stop, even though he had considered collecting the twin sisters.

But that was before. The restrictions in Shao Siming's sea of ​​consciousness had surfaced. After this power appeared, his attention shifted, and he became interested in the source of this power.

"A restriction has been placed in your sea of ​​consciousness. In that sense, you are a pitiful person."

Xu Qing's mental energy probed along the cracks in the restriction and touched a familiar aura—a sense of control that shared the same origin as the Yin-Yang Puppet Technique.

Despite their impressive names, Shao Si Ming was nothing more than a puppet with a restriction planted in someone's mind, either as a backup plan to prevent leaks or because the controller feared they would "go out of control."

As for who is in control, it's not hard to guess.

"If Donghuang Taiyi himself came, I might be somewhat wary. But this little remnant in someone else's body, does it have the right to stop me?"

With a soft "click," the restrictions on the sea of ​​consciousness shattered completely.

Shao Siming Bai let out a muffled groan, her head tilted to one side as she fainted. Faint black lines appeared on her pale neck, but quickly faded away.

Before Xu Qing's mind, the fragments that had been sealed away suddenly lit up. They were not secrets, but rather... emotions.

There was the guilt of Shao Siming Bai hiding behind a tree and vomiting bile when she first killed a traitor; there was the grief of secretly wiping away tears when she saw her fellow disciples go mad during cultivation; and there was the dependence of clinging to her sister's arm and saying "I'm a little scared" after each mission.

"So that's how it is!"

The illusion was dispelled, the purple flames disappeared, and Xu Qing had found the answer in his heart.

Yin-Yang techniques are quick to master. Because of the extremely fast cultivation speed, one will encounter various inner demons during the cultivation process. The higher the cultivation level, the higher the risk of going astray.

In this situation, it seems like a good thing to seal off some emotions through certain means, as it can avoid the risk of going astray.

However, good things are relative. Correspondingly, when one loses some of their emotions and becomes imperfect, it becomes extremely difficult to make progress.

To go mad from internal energy, one must first be able to go mad from internal energy.

If one can get through it, each time one teeters on the edge of demonic possession is a huge gain, allowing one's mental cultivation to advance further and leading to a rapid increase in personal strength.

But once you lose the qualification to become a demon, how can you talk about rapid progress?

"Tsk tsk, so you're just a tool being protected by others!"

Xu Qing looked at Shao Siming Bai, who was still unconscious, and couldn't help but show a look of sympathy.

For a support character, having decent skill is enough; there's no need to improve further.

If this continues, the "tool" might die suddenly due to the cultivation process.

Therefore, it is essential to maintain the strength of the "tools" and ensure their survival through restrictions.

As for the saying that the world of martial arts changes very quickly? Because the emotions of the "tools" are sealed, it is difficult for them to improve through cultivation, thus causing them to fall behind the times?

This isn't a very important thing.

The Yin-Yang School operates on a last-place elimination system. As long as one is strong enough to defeat the current elder, one can become the new elder and replace him.

Under these circumstances, the strength of the subsequent elders will only increase.

The controller sitting on the main seat only needs to maintain the tools from time to time to ensure that they can play a greater role, and then wait for the successor to be born.