Chapter 2

"Here it is again!"

At the fourth watch of the night, Jiang Nan suddenly woke up, feeling weak and powerless, even somewhat afraid of the winter cold. His body felt much weaker than the day before, which startled him. He hurriedly adjusted his internal breath.

In just one night, his cultivation had dropped by more than forty percent. This situation had happened more than once. Recently, he often woke up feeling weak and with a significant loss of cultivation!

"I have already reached the peak of the third level of the tenth realm of martial arts, with a body as strong as copper and iron, immune to cold and heat. In theory, my body should only get stronger, with abundant blood and qi, and no evil can invade. Not only should I be free from all diseases, but even wandering ghosts would be repelled by my strong yang energy and dare not come near! Could it be that there is a problem with the fourth level of the Jiang Yue Polang Jue heart method I deduced?"

Jiang Nan frowned slightly. Suddenly, he noticed some shed fur in the room and let out a light exclamation. He bent down to pick up a small tuft of hair, noticing that it had been scorched. This startled him.

"This is... the fur of that little fox!"

Jiang Nan then realized that the little fox was no longer in the room. There were only some scattered fox furs, as if the fox was shedding its skin!

"Could it be that Zhu Zi was right, and I really bought a fox spirit from the market? My cultivation has been declining instead of improving these past few days. It's not because of the heart method, but because this fox spirit is absorbing my yang energy!"

Jiang Nan's eyes flashed with a sharp light. He put on his long robe and followed the trail of shed fur outside. The moonlight was like water, and the silence was terrifying. It was the fourth watch of the night, the transition between autumn and winter, and the cold was bone-chilling. Soon, the moon would set, and the sun would not yet have risen, plunging the world into darkness.

Jiang Nan's mind was calm. Though he was only a fourteen-year-old boy with a slightly youthful face, he had seen countless corpses and demons during his escape, and had long since developed a heart as solid as a rock. Even if the sky fell, he would not change his expression.

A cold wind blew, and the slums, where the slaves of the Wang's mansion lived, were extremely dilapidated and poor.

Jiang Nan steadied himself, walked out of the slums, and reached the outskirts of the city. The moonlight was like a tide, as if drawn by something, with the surrounding moonlight converging into visible points of light, falling on the banks of the Yangchuan River.

By the river, where the moonlight gathered, a woman sat with her back to him, her black hair flowing like a waterfall from her slender shoulders, absorbing the moonlight.

The moonlight was cold and beautiful, and the woman wore a sable coat. The white sable fur and black hair could not hide her fair neck, creating a contrast of black and white, like a fairy from a painting.

Her figure was graceful and charming, but at the place where her hair fell, a fluffy fox tail was visible, adding a touch of mystery and eeriness, making the scene seem surreal.

"Zhu Zi was right. The fox I bought from the market is indeed a fox spirit! It seems that the loss of yang energy in my body these past few days is indeed due to her mischief!"

Jiang Nan took a deep breath and walked forward, the Jiang Yue Polang Jue circulating in his body, his true qi surging as he approached the woman in the sable coat.

The woman seemed unaware, showing no sign of sensing the faint killing intent emanating from Jiang Nan. Instead, she moved her shoulder slightly, holding a bamboo branch and drawing something on the riverbank.

Jiang Nan walked to the side of the woman, his mind slightly shaken, and even his killing intent weakened.

The woman in the sable coat was not much older than twenty, with an extraordinary beauty and grace.

She was not of this world, as beautiful as a celestial being, with skin as white as snow, and a face as delicate as jade, as if the heavens had used the finest and most exquisite brush to concentrate all the beauty of the world in her.

Her eyes were as alluring as a fox, beautiful to the point of being breathtaking!

She had a beauty that made one's heart race, with a seductive gaze, like a spirit that had entered the night with the wind. Her eyes were like two bright moons, sometimes full, sometimes crescent.

She held the bamboo branch and drew extremely complex patterns on the ground.

Jiang Nan looked down at the patterns, his heart jolted. The first pattern she drew was the first move of the Jiang Yue Polang Jue, "Great River Emerges from the Deep Valley," not only showing the technique but also the true qi circulation!

By following this pattern, one could definitely master the first move of the Jiang Yue Polang Jue!

"The patterns she drew are even more complex than the Jiang Yue Polang Jue I obtained..."

Jiang Nan's youthful face showed surprise, which grew more intense, and his expression became more serious. He could see that the first move of the Jiang Yue Polang Jue she drew, though slightly different from the real one, had not lost any of its power and was even more perfect and powerful than the real one!

"The second move of the Jiang Yue Polang Jue, 'Bright Moon Hangs in the Sky'..."

Jiang Nan looked at the second pattern, his heart even more shaken. The second pattern was "Bright Moon Hangs in the Sky," also improved and better than the original Jiang Yue Polang Jue!

Then came the third move, "Great River Flows with the Tide," and the fourth move, "Bright Moon Shines on the Great River," all drawn by the woman. Especially "Bright Moon Shines on the Great River," which Jiang Nan had not obtained and had only deduced a flawed version of the technique, knowing it was inferior to the original Jiang Yue Polang Jue.

Seeing the woman's version of "Bright Moon Shines on the Great River," Jiang Nan was even more shocked: "Amazing, truly amazing..."

After "Bright Moon Shines on the Great River," there were more patterns, clearly the subsequent moves and techniques of the Jiang Yue Polang Jue, incredibly intricate and detailed.

One of the four great techniques of the Qi Wang's mansion, the Jiang Yue Polang Jue, which many people dreamed of, was now revealed to Jiang Nan in its entirety, even more profound and perfect than the original!

Jiang Nan was entranced, completely forgetting that the mysterious woman beside him was not human but a fox spirit stealing his yang energy!

Such an encounter was truly surreal, and no one would believe it if he told them.

"Hmm? The Jiang Yue Polang Jue has an eleventh move?"

Jiang Nan understood the first ten moves and techniques, but when he saw the eleventh pattern, he was shocked and exclaimed, "How is that possible? The Jiang Yue Polang Jue clearly has only ten moves! How can there suddenly be an eleventh move?"

His gaze swept down, and he saw that in addition to the eleventh move of the Jiang Yue Polang Jue, there were seven more patterns, making a total of eighteen!

"Each move of the Jiang Yue Polang Jue represents a level of the heart method. With eighteen moves, does that mean there are eighteen levels of martial arts?"

Jiang Nan was stunned; this completely overturned his common knowledge!

"Why not?"

A clear, pleasant voice rang out, cold and clear, snapping him out of his shock. Jiang Nan remembered the fox spirit in the form of a woman and turned to look, only to find that the extraordinary woman had disappeared, leaving only a white fox sitting on the ground.

"Sir, don't be alarmed. I just lack the cultivation to maintain my human form for long."

The white fox spoke in a human voice, her eyes like the moon, identical to the beautiful woman's. She bowed gracefully and said, "Sir, I recently suffered a great calamity, was betrayed, and lost all my cultivation, with my soul scattered. I need yang energy to repair my soul, or I will perish. Thank you for saving me from the hunters. Without your permission, I took four-tenths of your yang energy to repair my soul. These eighteen patterns of the Jiang Yue Polang Jue are my small compensation."

"Miss, you are too modest. Four-tenths of yang energy in exchange for such valuable techniques, I wish you had taken more."

Jiang Nan suppressed his shock, bowed in return. The white fox's creation of the eighteen patterns of the Jiang Yue Polang Jue was clearly a way to repay him. Although she had stolen some of his yang energy, it only slightly damaged his cultivation, so he had no intention of pursuing it.

"May I ask, why does the Jiang Yue Polang Jue have eighteen levels of heart methods? Is there a higher realm beyond the divine wheel? Also, you are so proficient in the Jiang Yue Polang Jue. Could it be that your version is the true heart method?"

"Martial arts can lead to the divine. Beyond the divine wheel is the realm of divine power."

The white fox's eyes were like two autumn moons, charming and captivating. "I am not proficient in the Jiang Yue Polang Jue. I just saw you practicing this heart method and deduced the subsequent techniques based on its characteristics. Martial arts are just the beginning of the Dao, with no end. These eight patterns are the heart methods of the eight realms of divine power beyond the divine wheel."

Jiang Nan was deeply shaken. He had heard the old servants of the Qi Wang's mansion talk about the founder of the Qi Wang, who could fly and ride the clouds, having achieved divine power. He had thought it was just a legend, but now it seemed the Qi Wang might indeed have achieved divine power!

"I deduced the fourth level of the Jiang Yue Polang Jue, thinking my intelligence was rare. But compared to you, I am like a small wizard before a great one." Jiang Nan sincerely admired her, unable to resist praising her.

"Sir, don't belittle yourself. The reason I could deduce the subsequent heart methods of the Jiang Yue Polang Jue is not because of my intelligence, but because of my thousands of years of cultivation experience and broad horizons. Your ability to deduce the fourth level is already remarkable. When I was at your level, I might not have been able to do it."

The white fox's eyes twinkled, and she bowed gracefully. "Sir, my soul has not fully recovered, and I still need your yang energy to repair it. I hope you will help me by providing four-tenths of your yang energy daily."

Jiang Nan hesitated for a moment. "Miss, if you absorb my yang energy, won't it mean that when my yang energy is exhausted, I will die?"

These past few days, Tie Zhu had been nagging about the strange stories of fox spirits absorbing yang energy to replenish yin. Jiang Nan now recalled these stories and felt a bit uneasy about his current situation.

The white fox was taken aback and laughed. "Martial artists have strong blood and abundant yang energy, unlike weak scholars. A few sips of yang energy from you won't be fatal, just damaging to your cultivation. With your talent, you can recover quickly."

"Will losing four-tenths of my yang energy daily affect my development?"

Jiang Nan seemed a bit embarrassed and explained in a low voice, "I'm only fourteen, still in the stage of physical development..."

The white fox couldn't help but laugh, her eyes forming crescent moons. "Sir, don't worry. I know my limits and won't affect your development. Moreover, if you provide me with four-tenths of your yang energy daily until my injuries heal, I will have other benefits to offer you."

Jiang Nan's eyes lit up, and he quickly agreed. The Jiang Yue Polang Jue the white fox had created had already delighted him, so the "other benefits" would surely be even more astonishing!

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{Piaotian Literature

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