Chapter 9: One Yin and One Yang

  Yang Feng lay on the floating ice and fell asleep, but was eventually awakened by the piercing cold. After waking up, he felt very hungry, to the point of growling with hunger, but being on the floating ice, he couldn't find anything to eat at all.

  If this continues, Yang Feng's outcome will still be the same, that is, starving to death. This would be the same result as if he had stayed in the small valley. Now, after risking his life several times and almost drowning in the water, he has come here only to face this predicament again.

  Just as Yang Feng was feeling a sense of crisis, he saw that there were actually fish around the floating ice emitting a faint white glow. They were the same kind of fish he had caught in the small pond, but these ones were much larger and their bodies were more transparent, almost to the point where you could see the bones inside!

  Yang Feng was overjoyed to see the fish, and his Nine Yin White Bone Claw was unleashed, grabbing a huge fish as long as an adult's arm from mid-air. Yang Feng cheered and took a big bite of the fish, filling his mouth with the sweet flavor of the fish meat once again. As he devoured the fish flesh in large mouthfuls, the chill on his body slowly dissipated, replaced by a warm and cozy feeling.

  A big fish was eaten by Yang Feng without leaving any leftovers, and after a satisfying belch, Yang Feng lay down on his back, reclining on the floating ice. There were many fish around the floating ice, and it seemed that they had been attracted by this piece of floating ice, so Yang Feng could once again not worry about starving to death for a long time.

  Although he felt warm all over after eating the fish, Yang Feng soon felt cold again. The reason was this piece of floating ice under him. This strange floating ice didn't know why it appeared here, and it was so icy that it had been in this cave for a long time without melting.

  Yang Feng stood up and looked around the cave, discovering that it was very large. Apart from the entrance where water kept flowing in, there were many other entrances, but they didn't have water coming in; instead, they were draining water out of the cave, keeping the water level at a constant height.

  Those drainage holes should be able to get out, but Yang Feng's life is no longer in danger now, and he doesn't want to take risks again. Moreover, he has already discovered that there is a larger hole in the upper half of the cave, and the gentle breeze keeps blowing in from the hole. With wind, it is natural that there is also an exit, but that hole is a bit high above the water surface, and Yang Feng's current strength is not enough, relying on his lightness skills, he cannot jump to such a height!

  So Yang Feng decided to cultivate here first, and when he had the strength, he would go out. However, in the cave, it was impossible to know the time, and Yang Feng couldn't cultivate at dawn and dusk either, which made him feel very difficult.

  However, when Yang Feng was chilled to the bone by the floating ice beneath his feet, he suddenly remembered something - it was said that his ancestor, Yang Guo, had cultivated his internal energy while sitting on a bed made of jade in an ancient tomb. The jade bed was still in the restricted area of the Yang family's ancient tomb in Zhongnan Mountain.

  Yang Feng needs to cultivate both the Nine Yin Scripture and the Nine Yang Divine Skill at the same time, so he must absorb both yang energy and yin energy simultaneously. If not, it would be impossible to achieve balance, which would be very dangerous. Now that Yang Feng is in this cave, the floating ice under his feet can provide him with cold air, but where can he find the yang energy?!

  Just as Yang Feng was worried about not being able to cultivate, he saw those transparent fish swimming around the floating ice. Suddenly, he thought of how warm and comfortable his body felt when he ate those fish, and that they could also resist the cold for a while. Could it be that these fish also contain yang energy?

  Yang Feng thought about it more and felt that this was possible, so he used the Nine Yin White Bone Claw to grab a fish and ate it down, even though he wasn't hungry yet. To practice his skills, Yang Feng forced the whole fish into his stomach, then sat cross-legged and began to cultivate the Nine Yin Scripture and the Nine Yang Divine Skill!

  As expected by Yang Feng, after he ate the fish meat and started operating the Nine Yin Scripture and Nine Yang Divine Skill, he first felt a thread of yang energy emanating from the fish meat he had eaten, which then merged into the internal energy produced by the Nine Yang Divine Skill. At the same time, the floating ice under Yang Feng also began to emit a thread of white gas, slowly gathering around his body and entering his body through his nostrils. Those were the cold energies contained in the floating ice, which turned into the internal energy of the Nine Yin Scripture after being absorbed by Yang Feng.

  However, the yang energy contained in fish meat is very small, and Yang Feng can only cultivate for a short time by relying on that little yang energy. After that, the Nine Yin Scripture and the Nine Yang Divine Skill will stop running, and at this time, Yang Feng needs to continue catching fish, eating fish, and then continuing to cultivate! Fortunately, there are many, many fish in this underground cave, as if they can't be caught at all, so Yang Feng can cultivate without worrying.

  At this time, Yang Feng's stomach was in trouble again. Originally, he still had to worry about his hungry stomach, but now he had to worry about being stuffed to death every time, because Yang Feng absorbed the yang energy from the fish meat too quickly. The fish he ate hadn't even been digested yet when he had to eat another one, which made Yang Feng feel like he was going to be stuffed to death every time. However, in order to gain great power, Yang Feng gritted his teeth and persisted.

  Inside the cave, Yang Feng didn't know what time it was and he wouldn't care about time as long as he was still awake. He would continue to cultivate until he couldn't hold on anymore, then rest for a while before continuing again. Under this kind of crazy cultivation, Yang Feng's Nine Yin Scripture and Nine Yang Divine Skill were rapidly improving, and soon he would be able to enter the One Yin One Yang realm. Once he broke through to this realm, Yang Feng's strength would undergo a qualitative improvement!

  However, Yang Feng, who was cultivating, did not notice that the floating ice under him was shrinking with his continuous cultivation. The original three square meters of floating ice had now reduced to less than two square meters. Since Yang Feng sat at the center of the floating ice and focused all his thoughts on cultivation, he didn't realize this change.

  On this day, Yang Feng sat down to cultivate after eating a fish he had caught in the cave, which was the largest and most difficult to catch. The remaining bones of the fish that he ate were thrown aside, and it could be seen that the fish skeleton was over one meter long. Moreover, the fish skeleton was different from those of the fish Yang Feng usually ate, as they were similar to ordinary fish skeletons. However, this fish's skeleton actually showed a bit of jade-like luster!

  Yang Feng also clearly felt the difference during his cultivation, because when he operated the Nine Yin Scripture and the Nine Yang Divine Skill, he suddenly felt a very powerful yang energy bursting out in his body, constantly impacting the meridians inside his body, causing the entire right half of Yang Feng's body to start burning hot, and slowly, a red glow appeared on the right side of Yang Feng's body.

  At the same time, the cold air emitted by the floating ice under Yang Feng's body also accelerated, and a white cold air like a sharp sword entered his nostrils into his body, then into the left half of his body. With the rotation of the Nine Yin Scripture, it was transformed into Yang Feng's internal force. However, these cold airs were much more violent than before, freezing Yang Feng's left side of the body stiff.

  Yang Feng endured the scorching heat on his right side and the bitter cold on his left, but he had to persevere because he knew this might be a good opportunity for him to break through to the One Yin One Yang realm. If he missed this chance, it wouldn't just mean stagnation in his cultivation, but more importantly, he would ultimately lose his life if he couldn't withstand this trial!

  The roof leaks and encounters continuous rain, Yang Feng originally couldn't withstand the yang energy and cold energy inside his body, but who would have thought that at this time a massive surge of yang energy suddenly appeared in his body, pouring into the right side of his body, making the right side of his body even hotter!

  This newly emerged Yang energy was actually the Yang energy accumulated by Yang Feng when he hunted fish in the small valley, at that time Yang Feng did not start cultivating after eating the fish meat, so those Yang energies were all hidden in Yang Feng's flesh and blood, now being stimulated by the huge Yang energy inside Yang Feng's body, it naturally reappeared and joined the battlefield on the right side of Yang Feng's body!

  However, this balance was broken, and the amount of yang energy far exceeded that of yin energy. As a result, the rotation speed of the Nine Yin Scripture suddenly accelerated. The cold air emitted by the floating ice under Yang Feng's feet also increased rapidly, forming a white circle around him in no time, enveloping him inside. The cold air not only entered through Yang Feng's nostrils but also began to enter his body through the 365 major acupoints on his skin.

  Yang Feng can no longer care about what's happening around his body, the torture of the yang and yin energies has made him almost wish he were dead, but he must grit his teeth and persevere. So Yang Feng can only eliminate all distractions, constantly reciting the mantra of the Nine Yin True Classics and the Nine Yang Divine Skills in his heart, repeating it over and over again, immersing himself in the two great mysterious divine skills, making him forget the pain in his body!

  It turned out that Yang Feng's approach was correct, and he gradually entered a state of emptiness, his mind fully immersed in the divine power, allowing the cold air and yang energy to constantly torment his body, hoping to eventually enter the realm of yin and yang.