zú zú xiū xī le liǎng tiān ， lín xuān cái zhú jiàn huī fù le guò lái 。
足足休息了两天，林轩才逐渐恢复了过来。
After two days of rest, Lin Xuan gradually recovered.
zhè yīn yáng jué què shí shì nì tiān de shén tōng ， yǔ bié de xiū zhēn gōng fǎ dà bù xiāng tóng 。
这阴阳诀确实是逆天的神通，与别的修真功法大不相同。
This Yin-Yang Art truly was a divine technique that defied the heavens. It differed greatly from other cultivation techniques.
qí tā gāo děng jí de mì shù ， dōu shì nán liàn wú bǐ ， méi yǒu shù nián ， shèn zhì jǐ shí zài de shí jiān bié xiǎng yǒu suǒ chéng jiù 。
其他高等级的秘术，都是难练无比，没有数年，甚至几十载的时间别想有所成就。
Other high-grade secret arts were incredibly difficult to master; without several years, or even decades, one could not hope for any success.
rán ér zhè yīn yáng jué jǐn jǐn zhǐ xū yào qī tiān ， dāng rán ， qián tí shì yào néng chéng shòu nà fēi rén de téng tòng 。
然而这阴阳诀仅仅只需要七天，当然，前提是要能承受那非人的疼痛。
However, this Yin-Yang Art only required seven days, of course, provided one could endure the inhuman pain.
hǎo zài liàn chéng yǐ hòu ， zài zuò yīn yáng líng lì de zhuǎn huà ， jiù bú huì yǒu hé bù shì de gǎn jué le 。
好在炼成以后，再做阴阳灵力的转化，就不会有何不适的感觉了。
Fortunately, after mastering it, transforming between Yin and Yang essence qi would no longer cause discomfort.
lín xuān pán xī ér zuò ， nèi shì zhī shù shǐ chū ， guān chá zhe shēn tǐ lǐ de qíng xíng 。
林轩盘膝而坐，内视之术使出，观察着身体里的情形。
Lin Xuan sat cross-legged, using Inner Vision to observe his body's condition.
dān tián zhī zhōng ， jù jí zhe dà liàng de qīng sè líng lì ， huǎn huǎn yùn xíng ， lín xuān xī le kǒu qì ， kāi shǐ yùn zhuàn yīn yáng jué 。
丹田之中，聚集着大量的青色灵力，缓缓运行，林轩吸了口气，开始运转阴阳诀。
In his dantian, a large amount of greenish-blue essence qi gathered, slowly circulating. Lin Xuan took a deep breath and began to运转 (This term is often left as "rotation" or "operation" depending on context, but literally it means "to rotate" or "to operate.") the Yin-Yang Art.
qí miào de shì qíng fā shēng le ， qīng sè tuì qù ， líng lì zhú jiàn biàn chéng le qī hēi rú mò de guǐ yì zhī sè 。
奇妙的事情发生了，青色退去，灵力逐渐变成了漆黑如墨的诡异之色。
A wondrous thing happened; the greenish-blue hue faded away, and the essence qi gradually turned an eerie black like ink.
zhè jiù shì yīn líng lì ！
这就是阴灵力！
This was Yin essence qi!
bàn gè shí chén yǐ hòu ， lín xuān cóng dì shàng zhàn qǐ lái ， rán ér biǎo qíng bìng bú shì tài mǎn yì ， suī rán xué huì le yīn yáng jué ， dàn liǎng zhǒng bù tóng líng lì jiān de zhuǎn huà hái tài màn le yī xiē ， píng shí bú huì yǒu wèn tí ， kě zhàn dòu de shí hòu ， xiǎn rán huì gěi duì fāng yǐ kě chéng zhī jī ， bì xū yào zuò dào shōu fā yǒu xīn cái kě yǐ 。
半个时辰以后，林轩从地上站起来，然而表情并不是太满意，虽然学会了阴阳诀，但两种不同灵力间的转化还太慢了一些，平时不会有问题，可战斗的时候，显然会给对方以可乘之机，必须要做到收发有心才可以。
Half an hour later, Lin Xuan stood up from the ground, but his expression wasn't entirely satisfied. Although he had learned the Yin-Yang Art, the transformation between the two different types of essence qi was still too slow. Normally, it wouldn't be a problem, but in battle, it would surely give the opponent an opportunity to exploit.
bù guò zhè méi yǒu shén me 。 shú néng shēng qiǎo 。 zhǐ yào duō jiā liàn xí 。 shú liàn zhǎng wò yīng gāi shì chí zǎo dì shì 。
不过这没有什么。熟能生巧。只要多加练习。熟练掌握应该是迟早地事。
However, this was nothing to worry about. Practice makes perfect. With more training, he should eventually master it.
ér zhè duàn shí jiān 。 hái fā shēng le yī jiàn xǐ shì 。 yuè ér zhù jī chéng gōng 。
而这段时间。还发生了一件喜事。月儿筑基成功。
During this period, there was also good news: Yue'er had successfully established her foundation.
gāng gāng dé dào zhè ge xiāo xī dì shí hòu 。 lín xuān hái yǒu xiē nán yǐ zhì xìn 。 bì jìng dāng nián tā zhù jī dì shí hòu 。 yǒu jí pǐn xǐ suǐ dān zuò wèi fǔ zhù 。 yě zú zú huā le sān yuè zhī jiǔ 。
刚刚得到这个消息地时候。林轩还有些难以置信。毕竟当年他筑基地时候。有极品洗髓丹做为辅助。也足足花了三月之久。
When Lin Xuan first heard this news, he found it hard to believe. After all, when he himself established his foundation, with the help of a top-grade Essence Cleansing Pill, it took him three months.
ér yuè ér jū rán zhǐ yòng le bú dào shí tiān 。
而月儿居然只用了不到十天。
But Yue'er only used less than ten days.
suī rán zǎo jiù zhī dào yīn líng guǐ xiū 。 shì bàn ér gōng bèi 。 kě yě méi xiǎng dào huì zhè me shùn lì 。
虽然早就知道阴灵鬼修。事半而功倍。可也没想到会这么顺利。
Although he knew that Yin essence ghost cultivators could achieve twice as much effort for half the results, he still didn't expect such smooth progress.
bù guò shì shí jiù shì shì shí 。 dàng yuè ér mǎn miàn xiào róng dì lái xiàng tā qǐng ān dì shí hòu 。 lín xuān zú zú dāi le yǒu bàn kè zhōng zhī jiǔ 。
不过事实就是事实。当月儿满面笑容地来像他请安地时候。林轩足足呆了有半刻钟之久。
Nevertheless, facts were facts. When Yue'er came to greet him with a smile on her face after successfully establishing her foundation, Lin Xuan stood there in silence for nearly half a minute.
lín xuān xiàn mù yuè ér de tiān zī ， què bù zhī dào xiǎo yīn líng tóng yàng duì tā pèi fú bù yǐ 。 kàn jiàn zhǔ rén jū rán néng gòu zhuǎn huà chū yī shēn guǐ yì de yīn líng lì ， jīng chún chéng dù yǔ zì jǐ xiāng bǐ ， yě xiāng chā wú jǐ 。
林轩羡慕月儿的天资，却不知道小阴灵同样对他佩服不已。看见主人居然能够转化出一身诡异的阴灵力，精纯程度与自己相比，也相差无几。
Lin Xuan envied Yue'er's talent but did not know that Little Yin Spirit was equally impressed by his ability to transform into a strange and pure Yin essence qi. Compared to her own, the purity of his essence qi was almost on par.
zhèng dào de gōng fǎ ， guǐ xiū de mì shù ， jié hé qǐ lái shā shāng lì …… ń ， lìng rén qī dài a ！
正道的功法，鬼修的秘术，结合起来杀伤力……嗯，令人期待啊！
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bù guò xiàn zài kě méi yǒu shí jiān xiū xī ， yuè ér xiàng lín xuān qǐng ān yǐ hòu jiù jiē zhe bì guān le ， tā cái gāng gāng tà rù zhù jī dì mén kǎn ， xiǎng yào wěn gù jìng jiè hái xū yào yī duàn jiān kǔ de xiū liàn 。
不过现在可没有时间休息，月儿像林轩请安以后就接着闭关了，她才刚刚踏入筑基地门槛，想要稳固境界还需要一段艰苦的修炼。
The orthodox cultivation techniques combined with ghost sect secret arts... well, it certainly sounded promising!
lín xuān zì rán shí fēn gāo xìng 。 xiǎo yīn líng yǔ zì jǐ yǒu zhǔ pú xuè qì ， tā de xiū wèi yuè gāo ， duì zì jǐ bāng zhù yě jiù yuè dà 。
林轩自然十分高兴。小阴灵与自己有主仆血契，她的修为越高，对自己帮助也就越大。
But there was no time for rest now. After Yue'er paid her respects to Lin Xuan, she immediately closed herself off in meditation. She had just entered the Foundation Establishment stage and still needed a lot of hard work to solidify her foundation.
yuè ér dōu zài nǔ lì ， zì jǐ dāng rán jiù gèng bù néng xián zhe ， jì xù xiū liàn yīn yáng jué 。 jiāng liǎng zhǒng bù tóng shǔ xìng de líng lì hù xiāng zhuǎn huà 。
月儿都在努力，自己当然就更不能闲着，继续修炼阴阳诀。将两种不同属性的灵力互相转化。
Lin Xuan was naturally very happy. Little Yin Spirit and he shared a master-servant blood bond; the higher her cultivation, the more help she could offer him.
zhè ge guò chéng bìng bù xīn kǔ ， zhǐ shì yǒu xiē fá wèi bà le ， yǔ gāng gāng xiū liàn cǐ shén tōng qíng jǐng xiāng bǐ ， jiǎn zhí jiù shì tiān táng yǔ dì yù de qū bié 。
这个过程并不辛苦，只是有些乏味罢了，与刚刚修炼此神通情景相比，简直就是天堂与地狱的区别。
Since Yue'er was working so hard, Lin Xuan couldn't afford to be idle. He continued practicing the Yin-Yang Art, transforming between the two different types of essence qi.
liǎng gè yuè hòu ， lín xuān zī zhì suī rán bù gāo ， dàn shú néng shēng qiǎo ， jīng guò jǐ qiān shàng wàn biàn de liàn xí ， rú jīn tā yǐ jīng néng gòu hěn qīng yì de zhuǎn huà yīn yáng líng lì 。
两个月后，林轩资质虽然不高，但熟能生巧，经过几千上万遍的练习，如今他已经能够很轻易的转化阴阳灵力。
The process wasn't particularly difficult but rather tedious compared to his initial experience with this divine technique. It was like a world apart—heaven and hell.
lín xuān zhèng qì lǐn rán de zhàn zài nà lǐ ， hún shēn de líng lì bō dòng chōng zhèng píng hé ， xiǎn rán xiū liàn dì shì dào jiā yī mài de wú shàng shén gōng 。 rán ér xià yī kè 。 tā hún shēn hēi máng yī shǎn ， bú dào líng diǎn yī miǎo de shí jiān ， zhěng gè rén de qì zhì jiù wán quán gǎi biàn ， sàn fà chū lái de líng lì yě biàn dé guǐ yì yīn hán le qǐ lái 。
林轩正气凛然的站在那里，浑身的灵力波动冲正平和，显然修炼地是道家一脉的无上神功。然而下一刻。他浑身黑芒一闪，不到零点一秒的时间，整个人的气质就完全改变，散发出来的灵力也变得诡异阴寒了起来。
Two months later, although Lin Xuan's talent wasn't high, through thousands or even tens of thousands of repetitions, he had become adept at transforming Yin-Yang essence qi.
lín xuān diǎn diǎn tóu ， xiǎn rán pǒ wèi mǎn yì zì jǐ dì chéng jiù ， yīn yáng jué bù shuō dà chéng 。 zhì shǎo yǐ néng gòu shī zhǎn yùn yòng 。
林轩点点头，显然颇为满意自己地成就，阴阳诀不说大成。至少已能够施展运用。
Standing there with righteous demeanor, the fluctuations in his essence qi were perfectly balanced. Clearly, he was practicing a Taoist supreme divine technique. However, in an instant, black light flashed across his body, and within less than a second, his entire aura changed, emitting an eerie and cold essence qi.
dāng rán ， cǐ mì fǎ jǐn jǐn shì qiáo liáng ， jiē xià lái xiǎng yào shí lì dà zhǎng hái xū yào xiū liàn gè zhǒng guǐ dào shén tōng 。
当然，此秘法仅仅是桥梁，接下来想要实力大涨还需要修炼各种鬼道神通。
Lin Xuan nodded, clearly satisfied with his achievement. Although the Yin-Yang Art wasn't fully mastered, he could now use it effectively.
lín xuān yòu cóng huái lǐ qǔ chū le yí gè yù tǒng 。
林轩又从怀里取出了一个玉筒。
Of course, this secret technique was merely a bridge; to significantly boost his strength, he still needed to practice various ghost sect divine techniques.
《 xuán mó zhēn jīng 》 tā yǐ jīng yìn kè zài qí zhōng ， bì jìng zhǐ zhì cán piàn bù róng yì bǎo cún a ， rú guǒ nián shēn yuè jiǔ yǒu suǒ yí lòu zì jǐ qǐ bù shì zhuī huǐ mò jí 。
《玄魔真经》他已经印刻在其中，毕竟纸质残片不容易保存啊，如果年深月久有所遗漏自己岂不是追悔莫及。
Lin Xuan took out an jade cylinder from his pocket.
jiāng shén shí chén rù jìn qù ， qián miàn guǐ xiū gōng fǎ zì rán bù kàn ， lín xuān gǎn xìng qù de jǐn jǐn shì gè zhǒng mì shù ér yǐ 。
将神识沉入进去，前面鬼修功法自然不看，林轩感兴趣的仅仅是各种秘术而已。
He had already engraved The True Scripture of Profound Evil in it. After all, paper fragments were hard to preserve over time. If he missed anything important, he would regret it.
dāng rán ， yě yǒu qǔ shě ， níng dān qī shèn zhì shì jié chéng yuán yīng hòu cái néng shī zhǎn de gōng fǎ xiàn zài zì rán shì bù yòng yǎn chán 。
当然，也有取舍，凝丹期甚至是结成元婴后才能施展的功法现在自然是不用眼馋。
With his spirit consciousness sinking into the cylinder, Lin Xuan naturally skipped past the ghost sect cultivation techniques and focused on various secret arts.
hěn kuài jiù zhǎo dào le yǔ zhù jī yǒu guān de yī piān 。
很快就找到了与筑基有关的一篇。
Of course, there was a selection process; some techniques could only be practiced after entering the Condensation Core stage or even forming anyuan baby. These were not worth eyeing enviously now.
jì zǎi de mì shù jū rán yǒu shí jǐ zhǒng zhī duō 。 rán hòu lín xuān yòu kāi shǐ le tiāo jiǎn 。
记载的秘术居然有十几种之多。然后林轩又开始了挑拣。
He quickly found a technique related to Foundation Establishment.
zuì hǎo shì wēi lì jīng rén yòu yì yú xiū liàn de ！
最好是威力惊人又易于修炼的！
The recorded secret arts numbered over ten. Then Lin Xuan began picking and choosing.
tīng qǐ lái zhè ge tiáo jiàn yǒu xiē kē kè 。 yú yǔ xióng zhǎng nǎ néng jiān dé ， rán ér nà shì zhèng dào de luó jí 。 suǒ wèi mó pài de gōng fǎ ， yóu qí shì guǐ xiū zhī shù ， suǒ jiǎng jiū de běn lái jiù shì qǔ qiǎo ， jí gōng jìn lì ， zhuī qiú sù chéng yǔ wēi lì 。
听起来这个条件有些苛刻。鱼与熊掌哪能兼得，然而那是正道的逻辑。所谓魔派的功法，尤其是鬼修之术，所讲究的本来就是取巧，急功近利，追求速成与威力。
Ideally, he wanted techniques that were both powerful and easy to master!
dāng rán ， yǐn huàn duō duō ， dàn nà yǔ lín xuān méi yǒu guān xì le ， tā kě bú shì shén me guǐ xiū ， ér shì yǐ jiǔ tiān xuán gōng zuò wèi jī chǔ ， yǐ * yīn yáng jué zhuǎn huà chū yīn líng lì ba le 。
当然，隐患多多，但那与林轩没有关系了，他可不是什么鬼修，而是以九天玄功做为基础，倚*阴阳诀转化出阴灵力吧了。
This condition seemed harsh; one couldn't have their cake and eat it too. However, this was the logic of orthodox cultivation. So-called evil sect techniques, especially those of ghost cultivators, focused on shortcuts, quick results, and power.
yī fān tiāo jiǎn guò hòu ， lín xuān kàn zhòng le liǎng zhǒng mì shù 。
一番挑拣过后，林轩看中了两种秘术。
Of course, there were hidden dangers, but that wasn't Lin Xuan's concern. He wasn't a ghost cultivator; he relied on the Nine Heaven Profound Art as his foundation, using Yin-Yang Art to transform into Yin essence qi.
yī zhǒng yǔ líng qì yǒu guān ， jiǎng de shì rú hé yòng shēng rén hún pò jì liàn mó fān 。
一种与灵器有关，讲的是如何用生人魂魄祭炼魔幡。
After picking through the techniques, Lin Xuan chose two.
jiǎ rú zài yì bān qíng xíng xià ， cǐ fǎ wēi lì suī dà ， dàn lín xuān yě jué duì bú huì xiū liàn a 。
假如在一般情形下，此法威力虽大，但林轩也绝对不会修炼啊。
One was related to spirit artifacts, detailing how to use living souls to refine demonic banners.
tā suī rán bú shì shén me hǎo rén ， dàn běn xìng yě bù cán rěn ， xìn fèng dì shì rén bù fàn wǒ wǒ bù fàn rén ， dāng rán ， rú guǒ yǒu rén lái rě zì jǐ yě bú huì shǒu xià liú qíng 。
他虽然不是什么好人，但本性也不残忍，信奉地是人不犯我我不犯人，当然，如果有人来惹自己也不会手下留情。
Even under normal circumstances, this method would be powerful, but Lin Xuan would never practice it. Although he wasn't a good person, his nature wasn't cruel; he believed in not striking first unless provoked, and if someone did provoke him, he wouldn't hold back.
zhè zhǒng chōu qǔ wú gū zhī rén hún pò lái jì liàn líng qì dì shì qíng tā dāng rán bú huì qù zuò ， kě xiàn zài ， qíng kuàng tè shū ， lín xuān shǒu zhōng běn lái jiù yǒu yī zhāng bǎi hún fān ó ！
这种抽取无辜之人魂魄来祭炼灵器地事情他当然不会去做，可现在，情况特殊，林轩手中本来就有一张百魂幡哦！
He certainly wouldn't do something as cruel as using the souls of innocent people to refine spirit artifacts. However, now that circumstances were different, Lin Xuan already had a Hundred Souls Banner!
nà hái shì zài piāo yún gǔ shí miè le dì yí gè xiū mó zhě suǒ de 。
那还是在飘云谷时灭了第一个修魔者所得。
That was obtained when he destroyed the first demon cultivator in Drifting Cloud Valley.
xiàn zài xiǎng qǐ lái ， yè tiān yīng gāi yě shì guǐ xiū 。
现在想起来，叶天应该也是鬼修。
Thinking about it, Ye Tian should also be a ghost cultivator.
suī rán dé dào bǎi hún fān yǐ jiǔ ， dàn lín xuān què hěn shǎo yòng ， jí shǐ ǒu ěr ná chū lái ， yě shì zuò yī xiē fǔ zhù zhī yòng 。
虽然得到百魂幡已久，但林轩却很少用，即使偶尔拿出来，也是做一些辅助之用。
Although he had possessed the Hundred Souls Banner for some time, Lin Xuan rarely used it. Even if he did occasionally take it out, it was only for auxiliary purposes.
bìng bú shì cǐ bǎo wēi lì bù xíng ， lín xuān suī rán bú huì duì wú gū zhī rén xià shǒu ， dàn miè le dí rén yǐ hòu ， què bìng bù jiè yì yòng cǐ fān xī shōu tā men de hún pò ， zài dà liàng xiū shì jīng hún de zī yǎng xià ， bǎi hún fān de wēi lì qí shí yǐ jīng yuǎn yuǎn de chāo guò pǔ tōng de jí pǐn líng qì le 。
并不是此宝威力不行，林轩虽然不会对无辜之人下手，但灭了敌人以后，却并不介意用此幡吸收他们的魂魄，在大量修士精魂的滋养下，百魂幡的威力其实已经远远的超过普通的极品灵器了。
The power of this treasure wasn't the issue; although Lin Xuan didn't harm innocent people, after defeating enemies, he didn't mind absorbing their souls to nourish the banner. With the sustenance of countless cultivators' spirits, the Hundred Souls Banner's power had long surpassed that of a top-grade spirit artifact.
zhǐ bù guò lín xuān shì xiū zhēn zhě ， bú huì yòng ， yě jiù hěn nán fā huī chū tā dì shén tōng 。
只不过林轩是修真者，不会用，也就很难发挥出它地神通。
However, as a cultivator, Lin Xuan didn't use it and thus couldn't fully unleash its divine powers.
rán ér xuán mó zhēn jīng shàng dōu xiě dé hěn qīng chǔ ， yòng yīn líng lì jī fā cǐ bǎo ， wēi lì suī bù néng shuō shì wú qióng ， dàn zài yǔ yì bān zhù jī qī xiū shì de dòu fǎ zhōng ， bì dìng néng gòu dà zhàn shàng fēng 。
然而玄魔真经上都写得很清楚，用阴灵力激发此宝，威力虽不能说是无穷，但在与一般筑基期修士的斗法中，必定能够大占上风。
The True Scripture of Profound Evil was clear; using Yin essence qi to activate this treasure would not be infinite in power. However, in battles against ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators, it would surely give him an advantage.
yào zhī dào ， jí è mó zūn de běn mìng fǎ bǎo ， jiù shì wàn hún fān ， suī rán bù zhī bǐ lín xuān de bǎi hún fān gāo le duō shǎo děng jí ， dàn shuō qǐ lái ， yě shì yī mài xiāng chéng de dōng xī 。
要知道，极恶魔尊的本命法宝，就是万魂幡，虽然不知比林轩的百魂幡高了多少等级，但说起来，也是一脉相承的东西。
After all, the life essence banner of the most powerful demon venerated by the extreme evil demon lord was also a Hundred Souls Banner. Although unknown how much higher its rank might be compared to Lin Xuan's, they shared a lineage.
After two days of rest, Lin Xuan gradually recovered.
This Yin-Yang Art truly was a divine technique that defied the heavens. It differed greatly from other cultivation techniques.
Other high-grade secret arts were incredibly difficult to master; without several years, or even decades, one could not hope for any success.
However, this Yin-Yang Art only required seven days, of course, provided one could endure the inhuman pain.
Fortunately, after mastering it, transforming between Yin and Yang essence qi would no longer cause discomfort.
Lin Xuan sat cross-legged, using Inner Vision to observe his body's condition.
In his dantian, a large amount of greenish-blue essence qi gathered, slowly circulating. Lin Xuan took a deep breath and began to运转 (This term is often left as "rotation" or "operation" depending on context, but literally it means "to rotate" or "to operate.") the Yin-Yang Art.
A wondrous thing happened; the greenish-blue hue faded away, and the essence qi gradually turned an eerie black like ink.
This was Yin essence qi!
Half an hour later, Lin Xuan stood up from the ground, but his expression wasn't entirely satisfied. Although he had learned the Yin-Yang Art, the transformation between the two different types of essence qi was still too slow. Normally, it wouldn't be a problem, but in battle, it would surely give the opponent an opportunity to exploit.
However, this was nothing to worry about. Practice makes perfect. With more training, he should eventually master it.
During this period, there was also good news: Yue'er had successfully established her foundation.
When Lin Xuan first heard this news, he found it hard to believe. After all, when he himself established his foundation, with the help of a top-grade Essence Cleansing Pill, it took him three months.
But Yue'er only used less than ten days.
Although he knew that Yin essence ghost cultivators could achieve twice as much effort for half the results, he still didn't expect such smooth progress.
Nevertheless, facts were facts. When Yue'er came to greet him with a smile on her face after successfully establishing her foundation, Lin Xuan stood there in silence for nearly half a minute.
Lin Xuan envied Yue'er's talent but did not know that Little Yin Spirit was equally impressed by his ability to transform into a strange and pure Yin essence qi. Compared to her own, the purity of his essence qi was almost on par.
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The orthodox cultivation techniques combined with ghost sect secret arts... well, it certainly sounded promising!
But there was no time for rest now. After Yue'er paid her respects to Lin Xuan, she immediately closed herself off in meditation. She had just entered the Foundation Establishment stage and still needed a lot of hard work to solidify her foundation.
Lin Xuan was naturally very happy. Little Yin Spirit and he shared a master-servant blood bond; the higher her cultivation, the more help she could offer him.
Since Yue'er was working so hard, Lin Xuan couldn't afford to be idle. He continued practicing the Yin-Yang Art, transforming between the two different types of essence qi.
The process wasn't particularly difficult but rather tedious compared to his initial experience with this divine technique. It was like a world apart—heaven and hell.
Two months later, although Lin Xuan's talent wasn't high, through thousands or even tens of thousands of repetitions, he had become adept at transforming Yin-Yang essence qi.
Standing there with righteous demeanor, the fluctuations in his essence qi were perfectly balanced. Clearly, he was practicing a Taoist supreme divine technique. However, in an instant, black light flashed across his body, and within less than a second, his entire aura changed, emitting an eerie and cold essence qi.
Lin Xuan nodded, clearly satisfied with his achievement. Although the Yin-Yang Art wasn't fully mastered, he could now use it effectively.
Of course, this secret technique was merely a bridge; to significantly boost his strength, he still needed to practice various ghost sect divine techniques.
Lin Xuan took out an jade cylinder from his pocket.
He had already engraved The True Scripture of Profound Evil in it. After all, paper fragments were hard to preserve over time. If he missed anything important, he would regret it.
With his spirit consciousness sinking into the cylinder, Lin Xuan naturally skipped past the ghost sect cultivation techniques and focused on various secret arts.
Of course, there was a selection process; some techniques could only be practiced after entering the Condensation Core stage or even forming anyuan baby. These were not worth eyeing enviously now.
He quickly found a technique related to Foundation Establishment.
The recorded secret arts numbered over ten. Then Lin Xuan began picking and choosing.
Ideally, he wanted techniques that were both powerful and easy to master!
This condition seemed harsh; one couldn't have their cake and eat it too. However, this was the logic of orthodox cultivation. So-called evil sect techniques, especially those of ghost cultivators, focused on shortcuts, quick results, and power.
Of course, there were hidden dangers, but that wasn't Lin Xuan's concern. He wasn't a ghost cultivator; he relied on the Nine Heaven Profound Art as his foundation, using Yin-Yang Art to transform into Yin essence qi.
After picking through the techniques, Lin Xuan chose two.
One was related to spirit artifacts, detailing how to use living souls to refine demonic banners.
Even under normal circumstances, this method would be powerful, but Lin Xuan would never practice it. Although he wasn't a good person, his nature wasn't cruel; he believed in not striking first unless provoked, and if someone did provoke him, he wouldn't hold back.
He certainly wouldn't do something as cruel as using the souls of innocent people to refine spirit artifacts. However, now that circumstances were different, Lin Xuan already had a Hundred Souls Banner!
That was obtained when he destroyed the first demon cultivator in Drifting Cloud Valley.
Thinking about it, Ye Tian should also be a ghost cultivator.
Although he had possessed the Hundred Souls Banner for some time, Lin Xuan rarely used it. Even if he did occasionally take it out, it was only for auxiliary purposes.
The power of this treasure wasn't the issue; although Lin Xuan didn't harm innocent people, after defeating enemies, he didn't mind absorbing their souls to nourish the banner. With the sustenance of countless cultivators' spirits, the Hundred Souls Banner's power had long surpassed that of a top-grade spirit artifact.
However, as a cultivator, Lin Xuan didn't use it and thus couldn't fully unleash its divine powers.
The True Scripture of Profound Evil was clear; using Yin essence qi to activate this treasure would not be infinite in power. However, in battles against ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators, it would surely give him an advantage.
After all, the life essence banner of the most powerful demon venerated by the extreme evil demon lord was also a Hundred Souls Banner. Although unknown how much higher its rank might be compared to Lin Xuan's, they shared a lineage.