Chapter 10

In the darkness and cold of the well, Jun Wuming's heart was already filled with a faint regret for rashly jumping into the ancient well without much thought. However, turning back now would be a sign of weakness.

Biting his teeth, Jun Wuming steeled his resolve. Since he had come this far, he could only move forward, not retreat. A flash of blue light appeared in his eyes, and he chose to descend carefully.

Suddenly, Jun Wuming felt his innate Yang energy gradually boiling up. Even though he did not move toward the place where the Yin energy was gathering, his body was still being pulled in one direction by a powerful force.

At this moment, Jun Wuming was truly suffering. He had to resist the pulling force while also suppressing the agitated innate Yang energy within him.

Currently, Jun Wuming's spirit had not yet formed, and his innate Yang energy had not been refined into a spirit. If the innate Yang energy were to burst out of his body, it would take away his essence, energy, and spirit. The moment the innate Yang energy burst out would be the moment of his death and the disappearance of his spirit.

Mobilizing his nascent mental energy, Jun Wuming suppressed the red innate Yang energy. The red light transformed into a lotus platform rooted in his body. No matter how the Yin energy tried to provoke him, Jun Wuming remained calm and focused.

At some point, the dark Yin energy around him became even thicker, like black gossamer, layer upon layer, enveloping the entire area, making it impossible to distinguish up from down.

The thick golden light that surrounded Jun Wuming was now only a thin layer, slightly more prominent in the surrounding darkness.

The cold was bone-chilling, and a steady stream of cold energy slowly seeped into his mental sea, which had not yet been fully developed. This cold energy rushed straight to his soul, as if trying to freeze his transparent soul.

The Divine Water Technique was already running at its peak, causing his meridians to ache. Jun Wuming focused his pale blue, substantial mental energy inward.

After examining his condition, he could not help but smile bitterly. The Divine Water Technique was indeed quite miraculous, as it still protected him from the Yin energy's contamination in this sea of Yin energy.

However, what troubled Jun Wuming was that at some point, thin, silk-like black Yin energy had been absorbed into his body by the Divine Water Technique.

At this moment, he could see that within his meridians, the blue Divine Water energy was mixed with thin threads of black Yin energy. More troubling was that his innate Yang energy, as if its territory had been invaded, was surging from his lower dantian to his upper dantian. The red innate Yang energy met the black Yin energy in the dantian sea, and they immediately began to entangle and devour each other in a fierce battle.

Visibly, three inches below his heart, the red and dark energies were entangled, gradually eroding the surrounding meridians, expanding the battlefield.

Faced with this situation, although Jun Wuming was worried, his hands were not in a panic. He focused his mind on the divine court, meditated on the void, and embraced the yin and yang forces. This yin-yang battle was something he had anticipated. Although it was not easy to resolve, it was not impossible. He just needed to seize the right moment to absorb these two yin-yang energies.

Above the ancient well, it was already night in the prison garden. Under the moonlight, the garden was bathed in a serene, white glow, making the prison garden particularly peaceful, without a trace of human activity.

A black-robed, white-browed old man stood in the air with his hands behind his back. On his left stood a beautifully dressed, green-robed woman, and on his right stood a middle-aged man in a long robe, Lin Yuan, with a serious expression.

"Truly reckless. It's one thing for Yuan to be reckless, but how could you, Hong, be so bold? Hmph, do you think the Yin Spirit Vein is so easy to enter?"

The green-robed woman and the middle-aged man exchanged a glance, and she smiled sweetly. "Hehe, with Grandfather here, how could I not be at ease? A small Yin Spirit Vein is nothing in your hands."

The black-robed old man's face was expressionless, but a hint of helplessness flashed in his eyes. How could he not know what these two were up to? He was angry, having guarded against thieves for a thousand days, only to find them in his own home.

This old man was none other than the owner of the Yin-Yang Two-Instrument Mirror, the father of the current Lin Village head, and the grandfather of the green-robed woman and Lin Yuan, the former Lin Village chief and the current Grand Elder of Lianyun Village.

"Don't be too happy too soon. The Yin Spirit Vein has existed since our Lianyun Village was established. Although the elders have refined treasures here and strong cultivators have entered the Yin Spirit Vein to gather Yin energy, none of them have been as bold as you, daring to enter the heart of the Yin Spirit Vein at a level below the second stage." The black-robed old man's face was stern as he coldly scanned the green-robed woman and Lin Yuan.

"Do you think I don't know about the Yin Ghost Maiden here?"

"You are truly too bold. The Yin Ghost Maiden is not something that a low-level cultivator can handle."

His tone was sharp, and his gaze was like a knife, piercing through the two. His eyes, black and white, were full of severity and indifference.

Lin Yuan was startled. "What about Ming?"

"I'm sure Grandfather has a plan." The green-robed woman was not worried, smiling calmly as she stretched her slender waist.

With a wave of her hand, golden energy spread out, dispelling the dust at her feet and forming a golden lotus platform. The golden light was peaceful and soothing, bringing a sense of tranquility and stillness.

She then sat cross-legged, her lips slightly parted, and a golden light enveloped her body as she began to meditate.

The black-robed old man smiled helplessly at the woman's actions. This granddaughter was smart and wise, and her cultivation had only made her more intelligent. This place was his domain, and if he could not protect his descendants, his hundreds of years of cultivation would be for nothing. The old man was confident in this.

"However, this boy has some courage, daring to challenge me! It's good to let him suffer a bit!"

He glanced at the boy in the well, smiled silently, and stepped into the air, forming seals with his hands. A black and white ancient bronze mirror, shining with black and white light, flew toward him.

The old man casually pointed at the mirror, shouting, "Grow! Grow! Grow!"

The ancient bronze mirror instantly grew several times larger, its black surface glowing brightly, and a black beam of light shot into the sky, startling countless cultivators around.

His white eyebrows trembled, and he pointed at the back of the mirror, suppressing the black light. Countless divine patterns emerged from the white back of the mirror, circling the ancient well. A beam of moonlight pierced through the dark sky and entered the mirror.

The old man swept his sleeve over the mirror, stabilizing the white light. An image appeared in the mirror, showing a green-robed youth being sucked into a black light, his body surrounded by dark, murky energy, and he was about to be engulfed by a pitch-black, ink-like light ball.

This black light ball was several dozen meters wide, emitting thin black light. Wherever this black light touched, the river and the stone walls instantly froze, which was quite terrifying.

Around the black light ball was a vast expanse of black ice, and the coldness was bone-chilling.

Jun Wuming was dragged into the black light ball and instantly frozen in the black ice.

A large amount of dark, ink-like Yin energy surged into his meridians. Jun Wuming gritted his teeth and circulated the Divine Water Technique, running the blue energy through his meridians to resist the flood of black Yin energy.

However, the black Yin energy was too dense and unending. In his meridians, the originally dominant blue light was now entangled with the red innate Yang energy.

At this moment, the Yin energy surged into his meridians like a river, and the black light grew stronger, wreaking havoc in his meridians like a flood. The blue Divine Water energy and the red innate Yang energy were pushed back, quickly being eroded and devoured by the black Yin energy. In the end, they could only hold the center of the dantian, gradually being compressed into a red-blue energy, resisting the flood of Yin energy.

Jun Wuming's expression was bitter. He had dared to enter the ancient well, relying on the assimilating power of the Divine Water Technique. Now, the assimilating power was indeed effective, but the Yin energy was too much.

No matter how he calculated, he had not expected his innate Yang energy to be so abundant. The innate Yang energy had a fatal attraction to the Yin energy. If the Yin energy were absorbed gradually, Jun Wuming could not only assimilate the Yin energy, making the Divine Water Technique evolve, but also break through the second stage of Qi Cultivation. However, he had not expected it to be so dangerous.

Regret was useless now. Jun Wuming secretly calculated that this was a bit too risky. The ferocity of the Yin energy far exceeded his expectations!

If he could refine the Yin energy before his protective golden light dissipated, his cultivation would greatly increase, and he would gain a solid foundation. If he could not refine the Yin energy before the golden light dissipated, he would have to disintegrate his body, refine the Yin energy, and become a Yin Ghost Body, a ghost cultivator. However, the path of a ghost cultivator was too difficult, with frequent calamities, many taboos, and being vulnerable to many objects. Jun Wuming would never take this step unless absolutely necessary.

In the black ice, Jun Wuming's eyes were tightly closed, and the thin protective golden light was about to collapse. However, a faint voice suddenly sounded in his ears.

"Little boy, listen carefully. I am Grand Elder Lin Ji. You are now trapped in the Yin essence energy, and it is your own fault, not the fault of others."

"I would not have cared, but since you are my descendant, I will make an exception and help you once. I hope you will behave well in the future! Those who scheme against others will be schemed against!"

"I will temporarily stabilize the Yin essence energy around you and block the Yin Spirit Vein from gathering more Yin energy. If you can break out of the ice before your protective golden light dissipates, I will give you this opportunity. If you cannot break out, I will bury you."

Jun Wuming's eyes remained closed, but he was inwardly laughing. Perfect! This is exactly what I needed!

This is the moment I've been waiting for!!!