Chapter Eighty-Eight: Omens

  Eight days later, outside the Valley of Absolute Yin.

  "We won't enter the Abyss of Absolute Darkness for now, everyone should rest well. Tomorrow morning, we'll set foot in it again." Claw Chi stopped outside the Abyss of Absolute Darkness and said with a gloomy expression: "Once we enter the Abyss of Absolute Darkness, the Nine-Headed Heavenly Snake will immediately detect us, and a fierce battle is inevitable."

  "Uh-huh."

  Chi Ying took out the treasure map again, beckoned to Zhao Qi and Xia Xinyan, and said: "Taking advantage of the last night, let's take a good look at the treasure map. It's best to find the exact location of the Tianmen before entering the Absolute Yin Valley."

  Zhuo Qi and Xia Xinyan surrounded him, both frowning, and bowed their heads to look at the treasure map together.

  Shi Yan sat down in a secluded place as usual, he and Zhang Feng separated by a distance, continuing to silently cultivate the Xuan Yin Jue.

  For the past eight days, every night, Chi Yan would find all sorts of excuses to get everyone to stop and rest, with the goal of giving Zuo Shi ample time to cultivate the Xuanwu True Ring.

  Shi Yan didn't idle around either, every time the crowd stopped, he would find a place to quietly cultivate the Xuan Yin Technique under the watchful eyes of Han Feng and Ku Long.

  After eight days of cultivation, Shi Yan had gathered a considerable amount of yin energy in the Tian Que, Shen Que and Yin Du three acupoints on his chest. Every day, he used his mind to control those yin energies, dividing them into strands that revolved around the three acupoints.

  As yin energy increases, the yin energy at the three hole positions rotates and its speed gradually accelerates, and a true yin vortex is about to form.

  Taking a deep breath, holding his breath and concentrating, Shiyuan devoted himself to manipulating those dark energies.

  A wisp of dark energy, like a thin gray thread, slowly wrapped around the three acupoints on his chest, and with the changes in his thoughts, the gray thread-like dark energy quickly drew circles.

  Every time this happens, Shi Yan clearly senses the nearby heaven and earth's evil energy, as if it is attracted by his body, quietly gathering towards him.

  After eight days of practicing the Xuan Yin Jue, Shi Yan gradually gained some insight into the properties of yin energy. The yin energy had been circulating in front of his chest for several days, and it seemed to be quietly transforming his body...

  He has now arrived at the outer valley of the Extreme Yin Valley, and although the yin energy in the air is getting thicker, he who has cultivated the Eight Days Xuan Yin Jue doesn't find it difficult to adapt.

  On the contrary, the closer he got to the Valley of Extreme Yin, the more he practiced the Xuan Yin Jue, the more he felt that it was tailor-made for him, and even smelling the yin energy gave him a refreshing feeling.

  Han Feng and Ku Long stood guard beside Shi Yan, neither of them knowing what kind of martial skill he was cultivating. Both of them were vigilant, not daring to be the slightest bit careless.

  Time slips away quietly.

  Suddenly, Zuo Shi, who was being taken care of by Wu Yunlian and Chu Ping, jumped up excitedly with a strange glow flashing on his body, shouting: "Ha! I've reached the third heaven of humanity!"

  Chi Xiao, who was studying the treasure map with his head down, was overjoyed and rushed over, grabbing Zuo Shi's small hand to examine it, and said with a pleased expression: "You little girl, are really..."

  Chi Xiao felt a reaction from Zuo Shi's body's Jing Yuan, and she had already sensed that she had indeed entered the realm of Ren Wei San Chong Tian, her heart was both shocked and delighted.

  Zuo Shi cultivated the Xuanwu True Ring for eight days, but before he could fully refine it, he suddenly broke through to the third heaven of the Human Rank. Such talent left even Chi Xiao speechless.

  Apart from genius, Chi Xiao couldn't find any other words to describe Zuo's poetic talent.

  After entering the Tianyuan City from the Yunwu Mountains, Zuo Shi never practiced seriously for a single day, playing around every day. However, even so, she was still able to enter the third heaven of the Human Rank in such a short period of time, which greatly exceeded Chi Xiao's expectations.

  "Master Chi Xiao, you've taken in a good apprentice." On the other side, Xia Xinyan's beautiful eyes also flashed with surprise, secretly shocked by Zuo Shi's astonishing talent.

  "Haha, this girl is indeed talented, but just a bit too lazy." Chi Xiao's mood was extremely good, and he smiled as he patted Zuo Shi's shoulder, saying: "Keep working hard for me! Strive to thoroughly understand the Xuanwu True Seal as soon as possible. You, this girl, if you could focus all your thoughts on breaking through in martial arts, your current realm would be at least one level higher!"

  He then walked towards Xia Xinyan and Zhuo Ji, lowering his head with a smile: "Don't mind that girl, let's continue looking at the map."

  ……

  Two more hours passed.

  Shi Yan sat silently there, his body suddenly shook violently, and then his body slightly trembled.

  A dark aura gathered at his chest, swirling around him with increasing speed.

  He looked inward and found that at the Tianque, Shendao, and Yindu acupoints, there were strands of grayish-black Qi, which slowly lengthened and rapidly rotated around the three acupoints.

  The body absorbed the yin energy, which suddenly surged into those three acupoints. A large amount of yin energy was injected into them and immediately condensed and decomposed, turning into more gray lines.

  More and more gray lines gathered in the small whirlpools within his three acupoints, causing the vortex to rotate faster and faster...

  After an unknown period of time, a cold and gloomy aura suddenly emanated from the three whirlpools, causing Shi Yan's entire body to feel chilled, and he couldn't help but shiver.

  Dark energy gathered from all sides, surging into his body through every pore, pouring into the three whirlpools at their centers, causing them to spin even faster!

  Internally inspecting his body, Shi Yan was shocked to discover that the three swirling vortexes had merged into a residual shadow. Within the three acupoints, a strong suction force suddenly surged out of the vortexes.

  Success!

  A strong suction force is generated inside the whirlpool, meaning that a tornado has officially formed!

  The ability to devour the yin energy of heaven and earth is also triggered immediately!

  Suddenly, the gloomy and oppressive atmosphere that had been lingering in the air seemed to have found an outlet for its release. It wildly gathered from all corners, like a burst dam, and surged towards the rocky area with great momentum.

  Ten meters above the top of the rock, a strange whirlpool gradually formed, about three times the size of a human head.

  The whirlpool and the stone rock's body have a similar yin vortex, which is clearly influenced by the yin vortex on the stone rock's chest. As it rotates with the yin vortex, it produces a huge suction force, gathering more heavenly yin energy.

  The densest and unparalleled heavenly yin energy surged into the three-person-sized vortex on top of Shi Yan's head, causing the vortex to rapidly expand in volume!

  In just a short ten or so minutes, the whirlpool had grown to be about the size of a washbasin, continuing to wildly devour the heavenly and earthly yin energy that gathered from all sides.

  Chi Xiao, Zhao Qi and Xia Xinyan had already stopped discussing the treasure map, stood up one after another, looking at the strange phenomenon on top of Shi Yan's head with surprise.

  The volume of the three whirlpools is still surging violently!

  An hour later, the three whirlpools on top of the rocky peak had grown to a tornado-like enormity, shooting up into the sky like three columns of wolf smoke, looking extremely frightening.

  The whirlpool was spinning wildly, as if it wanted to swallow all the yin energy in the entire Yinyuan Plain at once!

  Shi Yan's face was calm and his expression solemn, sitting there motionless, seemingly unaware of the anomaly above his head, still manipulating the three swirling vortexes inside his body.

  He clearly felt that the speed of the three whirlpools in his chest had increased several times again! Even his thoughts couldn't keep up with the speed of the whirlpool's rotation.

  Han Feng and Ku Long stared at the strange phenomenon on top of Shi Yan's head, their faces filled with shock and uncertainty, not knowing what to do.

  A gray gloom that has shrouded the absolute darkness for who knows how many years, isolating it from the outside world and making it difficult for even the light of the sun, moon, and stars to penetrate.

  But today, the heavenly yin energy that enveloped the entire land of absolute yin seemed to have gone mad, rushing frantically into the massive vortex on top of Shi Yan's head.

  At some point, the three whirlpools on top of Shiyan's head had grown to be as high and majestic as three mountains, filled with threads of strange electric light, like three giant mouths that seemed to want to devour all the yin energy in the world.

  "This, this seems like..." A giant of a man standing next to Xia Xinyan suddenly shouted out in surprise, as if he had remembered something.

  "What?" Xia Xinyan's eyes sparkled with a strange light as she suddenly turned her head towards him.

  Under Xia Xinyan's gaze, this burly man hesitated for a moment before quietly slipping away to the side.

  Zhuā qí, Chì Xiāo two people, also changed their expressions greatly, looking incredulously at the strange phenomenon on top of Shí Yán's head. Upon hearing that the towering giant seemed to have discovered something, they hastily looked over.

  Xia Xinyan furrowed her brow and distanced herself from Zhuo Qi and Chi Yan along with the big man, listening to his anxious explanation.

  "Are you sure?" Xia Xinyan's voice came faintly with a sentence.

  The big man nodded repeatedly, looking somewhat anxious and fearful as he stared at Shi Yan, "Absolutely no mistake, it must be that..."

  Xia Xinyan's expression changed, and she nodded slowly. Suddenly, she said to Chi Ying and Zhao Qi: "Prepare for battle. The Nine-Headed Heavenly Snake should come out of the Absolute Yin Valley soon. Three heads of the Nine-Headed Heavenly Snake need to rely on the heaven and earth yin energy to cultivate, it will definitely kill us at all costs, we don't need to go to the Absolute Yin Valley."

  "Miss Xia, our young master... what's going on?" Ku Long stepped forward, asking anxiously.

  "Wait until he wakes up, and ask him yourself." Xia Xinyan's eyebrows were deeply furrowed, her eyes full of strange colors. "But you can rest assured, the abnormal aura emanating from his body won't harm him. On the contrary, this is a great opportunity. If no one disturbs him, he alone can devour all the heavenly yin energy that has shrouded the entire land of Absolute Yin."

  "Ah!"

  Chi Ying, Zhao Qi, Wu Yunlian, Zuo Shi and others all shouted in surprise, their faces filled with disbelief.

  "This technique is so overbearing, I don't know how it ended up in his hands." Xia Xinyan's expression was extremely complex. "The Nine-Headed Heavenly Snake will be here soon, and it absolutely won't allow anyone to swallow the heavenly yin energy of this place. We don't even need to wait until tomorrow; we might have to face its wrath immediately!"

  "Woof! Woof! Woof!"

  Inside the Valley of Extreme Yin, a frantic roar suddenly came, and the roar was filled with boundless anger.

  "Boom! Boom! Boom!"

  A deafening rumble shook the earth and suddenly came from the other side of the Dark Valley.

  Everyone's body trembled slightly, and from the trembling of the earth, they felt a huge object rapidly approaching.

  "It's coming!" Kakashi yelled.

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