Twin Dimension Yin-Yang Mirror: Attaining immortality through the martial path
Chapter 295 - 262: Mysterious Jade Token, Bizarre Trial

Chapter 295: Chapter 262: Mysterious Jade Token, Bizarre Trial

"Tonight, there’s a great disturbance, and people’s hearts are unsettled. I must keep a close eye on things. As everything here is settled, I shall take my leave first," she said.

Green Lady, having made the Washing Flowers Pavilion widely famous and being elegantly known as Little Qin Xian, had people throwing fortunes just to catch a glimpse of her, yet she remained unattainable.

In handling matters and dealing with people, she naturally had her own set of skills.

She proactively took care of matters without getting involved in the "treasure hunt," managing her actions with great discretion.

She made people feel at ease.

Noticing this, Lin Huaiyu smiled slightly and said softly, "Then I will also take my leave. Judging by the time, if there is any disturbance in Guangyun County, it should be around now. I cannot leave the mansion unattended."

"Go ahead."

Zhou Ping’an knew exactly what Lin Huaiyu was referring to.

The mansion indeed could not do without a master.

After the Chen Family was destroyed, Chen Xiaoyi fled.

The news naturally reached Guangyun County.

Given County Magistrate Cui Guangling’s character, swallowing such a huge loss silently and not seeking revenge seemed highly unlikely.

Grievances from ten years ago.

This magistrate Cui still harbors this ongoing concern, willing to covertly collude with the Hong Lian Army and coordinate tacitly, just to deal a major blow to Yunzhou.

The flexibility of his tactics and his fearlessness in his actions were evident.

If someone said that Cui Guangling had deployed numerous masters for a night raid on Qingyang General’s Mansion, Zhou Ping’an would believe it.

Therefore, one must not be careless.

Normally, having Elder Qing alone overseeing the mansion was indeed sufficient.

In special circumstances, Lin Huaiyu would also mostly stay within the mansion. With her intervention, unless they were to face a high-level elder from a major sect, it would definitely not fall in a short time.

That was already enough.

Reflecting on the moments when Li Yuankang took action, his miraculous methods, and his perfect control over skills and strength, Zhou Ping’an felt a slight warmth in his heart.

’The energy emitted by the jade token profoundly aligns with the properties of the Five Desires Evil Art, or rather, it is an exclusive cultivation tool belonging to the Prison Suppressing Demon Subjugation Scripture.’

’With such a magical tool creating a suitable environment for demonic practices, and assisting in rapid advancement of cultivation, it was also why Li Yuankang could easily break through the Fourth Realm, and why his Five Desires Evil Art was nearing completion.’

’However, even if his cultivation progresses exceptionally fast, that doesn’t explain how his combat techniques have become so sophisticated—where did he learn these skills from?’

Zhou Ping’an had noticed this earlier.

Lin Huaiyu mentioned that she had seen records of the secret techniques "Entering Minutiae" and "Reincarnating Light" in the library at Emerald Peak.

If these techniques existed in the secret scriptures of Cloud Water Heavenly Sect, that would not be surprising at all.

After all, major sects always have some powerful secret techniques.

However, the fact that Lin Huaiyu saw it in a Chapter about Jianghu oddities makes it worth contemplating.

This leads to a conclusion.

These secret techniques are rarely seen by people, and even major sects are not sure of their existence.

Moreover, many years ago, they appeared in Jianghu.

But they have since become nothing but legends.

Another deduction can be made—that the Cloud Water Sect probably did not possess these techniques.

After all, being a Qi Refining Sect, their focus should be on various applications of true Qi and further development of divine intent.

This kind of extreme development in technique does not seem to match the path of Cloud Water Sect.

Thinking carefully about Li Yuankang’s previous performance.

Zhou Ping’an had to acknowledge it.

Such secret techniques, combined with a strong physical body and emotional attacks, indeed complement each other, producing power far beyond mere simple addition.

’Perhaps, this is the accompanying offensive method of the Prison Suppressing Demon Subjugation Scripture, or rather, a prerequisite for the subsequent cultivation of demonic practices.’

Thinking more is not as good as giving it a try.

Zhou Ping’an silently glanced at the Black Jade Token, feeling as if the engravings on it matched some peculiar secret. The longer he looked, the more he found it hard to shift his gaze away.

He gritted his teeth.

Suddenly, he grabbed it with one swift motion.

’Whether this object has any undiscovered opportunities, let’s test it and see.’

A thought crossed his mind.

Just as he grabbed the Black Jade Token.

Zhou Ping’an’s vision blurred, and the Karma Fire Red Lotus in his Sea of Consciousness suddenly jolted and shook, like a flame flickered by wind, casting a long trail.

It was as if a wind tunnel had appeared in front of him, crazily sucking in the flame and his spirit.

"I can resist this pulling force."

Just as Zhou Ping’an was about to sever his connection with the Black Jade Token, he hesitated for a moment, then relaxed again.

Without much thought, it was clear that the pulling strength of the jade token was so powerful that even Li Yuankang’s spiritual power couldn’t withstand it.

So, he definitely had "fallen for a trick."

But he hadn’t encountered any problems; instead, he had gained great benefits.

He didn’t need to resist so much.

Most importantly, there was no sense of crisis in the Soul Sensing.

It shouldn’t be any kind of trap.

With that thought,

Zhou Ping’an relaxed his spiritual power, and with a whoosh, it was as if his whole person was sucked away, his robust spiritual power passed through in one go, following the suction force.

The light and shadows in front of him flickered.

It was like passing through a pitch-black deep tunnel.

Very quickly,

Zhou Ping’an’s vision restored, and he found that the sky had changed its colors.

Without even bothering to observe where he was, he suddenly looked up, only to see the full moon overhead, and above the sky, hundreds of thousands of dazzling stars twinkling.

It clearly looked like night,

but the brightness gave a feeling as if it were dusk.

Looking around, he could clearly see the grains of the rice ears in the paddies hundreds of feet away.

"No need to guess, this trial should be the early stages of the Starry Sky Chaos, still just nearly a thousand Star Spirits invading..."

A gentle voice said from beside him.

Zhou Ping’an turned to look and saw a person turning out from behind a large tree.

This person was about in his twenties, dressed in a black robe, with a terrifying image of a three-eyed and eight-armed figure embroidered with gold thread on the left chest, his hands empty, devoid of weapons.

However, the palms hanging from the sleeves, under the moonlight and starlight, shone with a faint golden glow.

Zhou Ping’an blinked slightly, looked down at his own clothing, and found that like the young man across from him, he was also wearing a black robe embroidered with the figure.

In his right hand, he was holding a long saber.

Its shape was very similar to the "Sword of Canghai" treasure sword, but it definitely was not Canghai.

He lifted the long saber to his eyes, studied it carefully, and guessed that it should be forged from Hundred Refined Fine Steel.

He slightly exerted force with his fingers, pressing on the hilt, creating a fingerprint.

Thus, Zhou Ping’an also realized his own body condition,

’Not even possessing a Canghai Sword Pill, merely the pristine Five Desires Evil Art of Body Refinement, no defense from the Immovable King Vajra Body Technique either. Hence, this is not my body.

Nor is it an Illusory Realm, the scene before my eyes is too real. Could it be that my spirit is merely attached to this body?’

He pinched his palm with his left fingernail, and the pain came.

The Karma Fire Red Lotus in his Sea of Consciousness also vanished, as if he had never cultivated that technique.

With Zhou Ping’an’s knowledge, he quickly understood his exact situation.

Just now, having heard this person in front talk about "trial," and since the other’s attitude was rather amiable, he might as well ask.

"I have yet to ask, but you seem to understand this Starry Chaos quite well, could you perhaps explain in detail?"

Zhou Ping’an had not even finished speaking,

when a fierce wind rushed towards him, a sharp whistling sound reached his ears.

A rough voice then boomed, "Pretending to be a newbie again, you won’t fool me this time."

Zhou Ping’an’s feet moved slightly, his body conjured three afterimages.

The long saber in his hand leapt like a fish, tilting toward his neck side. Though it seemed like he was moving back, suddenly and oddly, he thrust forward instead, fending off the spear reaching his ear, and with a water-like clear slash, he chopped down.

What met his eyes was a rugged-faced man in a black robe.

The man thrust his spear with a thunderous sound, leaning forward, his left round shield whirling like an axe, closely following, the shield’s edge slicing out a gust of wind, chopping towards Zhou Ping’an’s legs.

But Zhou Ping’an fended off the spear with a slash, preemptively striking, chopping towards the face.

He roared furiously, and drew back the round shield by half a foot, his wrist slightly turning, just blocking in front of him.

The diagonal block forced his body to retreat more than three yards, landing lightly on the ground.

"Good shield technique."

Zhou Ping’an’s eyes brightened.

The man’s fighting style seemed very brutish, using long spear and round shield, typical battlefield weapons, but the method of exerting force and deploying Jin was extremely mature and exquisite...

Combining attack and defense, he even managed to block Zhou Ping’an’s Unity of Hardness and Softness from the Wave Subduing Blade Technique without any damage.

"Stop fighting; he’s not that person."

A voice came from the treetop branches.

The shield and spear man, who was angrily ready to fight again, paused upon hearing the voice, and stopped.

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