Chapter 9 Chapter 9 "Spiritual Cultivation is Dual Cultivation"
He called Ning Shuangchen's name in his dream? !
How is it possible...
But thinking of their contact in the dream, Ye Yunxi couldn't help but look away feeling a little guilty.
Ning Shuangchen, however, slightly curled her lips at this moment and said word by word: "I lied to you."
Hearing this, Ye Yunxi raised his eyes suddenly.
Ning, frost, and dust!
This guy is playing tricks on him again!!!
Ning Shuangchen seemed to be prepared. The moment Ye Yunxi drew his sword, she leaned back with the fish soup in her hand and dodged the stabbing sword nimbly.
He sat down on another stone, looking calm and attentive. He glanced at Ye Yunxi's right leg and said, "Hmm? Is your leg healed?"
Leg injury?
Ye Yunxi couldn't help but stop when he heard this, he looked down at his legs that had stood up, and couldn't help but walk back and forth a few steps.
I was still limping yesterday, but when I woke up I was able to move freely?
He couldn't help but think of the pills he took last night. It seemed that the reason he could recover so quickly was closely related to those two top-grade elixirs.
The pill was given to him by Ning Shuangchen.
Thinking of this, Ye Yunxi temporarily put down the long sword in his hand, and looked at Ning Shuangchen with a dark face. When he lowered his head, he couldn't help but smile slightly.
Very good!
His leg injury is finally healed!
No need to worry about becoming a cripple!
Seeing him showing a childlike happy expression, Ning Shuangchen couldn't help but raise the corner of his lips slightly.
Perhaps because he hadn't been able to move freely like this for too long, Ye Yunxi happily walked back and forth in the cave several times.
Ning Shuangchen watched from the side, glanced at the fish soup in his bowl that was about to cool down, and waited for him to be happy for a while before reminding him, "We have to hurry later, eat first."
Hmm? Hurry?
Ye Yunxi stopped moving immediately. He wanted to ask him where he was going, but then he remembered something and blurted out two words: "Shimen?"
Ning Shuangchen nodded.
Ye Yunxi immediately understood what he meant, temporarily suppressed her inner joy, and picked up the bowl of fish soup again.
Right now they were still at the bottom of the cliff, and the most important thing at the moment was to find a way to leave this place as quickly as possible.
After they finished eating, they put out the fire, packed up and left the cave.
Ning Shuangchen put the things he had taken out back into the storage bag one by one, including the pot for cooking soup. The next itinerary was still unclear, so they still needed to make all preparations.
Ye Yunxi was tidying up her clothes beside him.
The robe was too loose for him and very cumbersome. He even suspected that Ning Shuangchen had deliberately picked an old robe for him.
Thinking of this, I asked, "Have you ever worn this dress?"
Ning Shuangchen had just packed her storage bag and couldn't help laughing when she heard what he said. She had finally picked out a few new robes, but the other party still disliked them. Sometimes he complained that the colors were too similar, and sometimes he suspected that he had worn them before.
He simply responded, "Yeah, I passed through. What's wrong?"
Ye Yunxi's brows immediately wrinkled.
He knew that Ning Shuangchen was full of evil intentions!
No wonder he felt uncomfortable wearing it. Sure enough, I took out an old robe and gave it to him.
It would have been fine if it was just an old robe, but it happened to be the one Ning Shuangchen had worn.
At this moment, Ye Yunxi just wanted to change out of this outfit immediately!
He looked at Ning Shuangchen and asked, "Where are my clothes? I need to change."
Ning Shuangchen raised an eyebrow: "Are you sure you want to change?" Then, he glanced at the clothes hanging at the entrance of the cave and said: "Here, they are still wet."
Ye Yunxi's brows furrowed even more tightly.
If he still had his spiritual power, he could use the purification technique directly, and there would be no need to go through the trouble of washing clothes.
Ye Yunxi asked again: "Where are your magic weapons?"
Ning Shuangchen shook his head: "I don't have spiritual power, so I can't use it."
He tried it last night after Ye Yunxi fell asleep. Without spiritual power, he could not drive the magic weapon at all. Of course, it was not ruled out that the magic weapon was also subject to the restrictions from the deep cliff like them.
The only things that can be used are two luminous stones that only glow at night.
The magic weapon cannot be used?
What should I do?
Ye Yunxi still frowned.
He wouldn't continue to wear the clothes that Ning Shuangchen had worn, right?
But I can’t change back into my freshly washed Yunlan Sect uniform…
Unable to think of a better solution, Ye Yunxi could only take a deep breath and grit his teeth to endure it.
Be patient, be patient...
Once he leaves the bottom of the cliff, he can completely get rid of Ning Shuangchen!
After packing up, the two left the cave again.
Following yesterday's route, they passed through the dense forest by the lake and once again came to the stone wall covered with vines.
The vines on the stone gate had been cleared away by Ning Shuangchen, and the inscriptions on it were completely exposed to the field of vision. They were crooked and looked like two curved earthworms side by side at first glance.
Ye Yunxi and Ning Shuangchen stood half a meter away from the stone wall. After they were ready, they exchanged glances and simultaneously drew their swords to chop at the stone gate.
The stone wall shook off a few pieces of debris under the cold sword wind, and after a moment, it returned to its previous calm, and the stone door remained motionless.
Obviously, they split the huge rocks in the dark river easily last time...
Ye Yunxi frowned and said, "Try again?"
Ning Shuangchen nodded.
The two tried a few more times, and the results were the same as the previous two times. The stone door in front of them showed no movement except for a few pieces of debris falling off.
Ye Yunxi couldn't help but start to wonder: "Could it be that this stone door requires spiritual power to open?"
If this is the case, they will be completely helpless without any skills as they have lost their cultivation.
Ning Shuangchen stared at the inscription above and thought: "Not necessarily."
He always felt that the words engraved on the stone gate were a little strange. He turned around and scanned the surroundings of the deep pit, and his eyes fell on the two large trees facing the stone wall.
Ning Shuangchen continued, "Maybe there is a mechanism."
Agency?
Ye Yunxi was about to ask where the agency was when he saw Ning Shuangchen turn around and walk towards the right side of the stone wall, looking at the straight tree trunks opposite as he walked, and finally stopped five feet away from the stone gate.
Ye Yunxi followed him and walked to Ning Shuangchen's side, looking at the stone wall along his line of sight.
I saw that there was indeed a protruding stone on the stone wall covered by vines. There was a mark on the stone, which did not look like writing, but more like a pattern of some kind of flower or plant.
He looked at the pattern on the stone and asked, "Is this the mechanism?"
Ning Shuangchen nodded, "If I'm not mistaken, there should be another agency."
He turned and looked towards the left side of the stone wall. "You stay here first. I'll go to the other side and take a look."
Facts have proved that, just as Ning Shuangchen had guessed, there was indeed an agency on each side of the stone gate.
These two institutions correspond to the two characters carved on the stone gate. When put together, they form the character "林", while when separated, they form two characters "木". They also correspond to the two large trees on the opposite side of the stone wall.
They stood on each side and pressed the switch at the same time.
As the mechanism turned on, the heavy stone door slowly emitted a muffled sound. After a period of earthquakes, the stone door slowly opened to both sides with a sharp friction sound.
What appeared before them was a cold and deep cave entrance, like a huge underground palace. At first glance, it seemed bottomless and there seemed to be a slight chill coming out of the cave entrance.
Where does this hole lead to? Can it really reach the outside world?
No one knows.
But no matter where it leads to, no matter whether they can get out or not, this is their only way out right now.
So, after looking at each other, they walked towards the cave entrance without hesitation, holding their swords.
Before entering, Ning Shuangchen gave Ye Yunxi a luminous stone. Ye Yunxi held it in the palm of his hand and used the dim light emitted by the luminous stone to illuminate the way ahead.
In front of me was a long corridor, about four feet wide, just enough to accommodate two people. The front of the corridor was dark and deep, and the walls on both sides seemed to be frozen with thousands of years of ice, freezing cold.
Ye Yunxi couldn't help rubbing his arms, and when his fingertips touched the smooth fabric of his body, he paused unconsciously.
Perhaps it was because he was wearing shabby clothes, he felt uncomfortable all the way.
It's as if my whole body is stained with the scent of Ning Shuang dust.
In order to divert his attention, he turned his head to the wall of the cave. The luminous stone reflected on the wall. Under the dim light, an exquisite and lifelike mural appeared before his eyes.
On the wall of the cave is painted a tall tree with dense, intertwined branches and leaves, dotted with blooming stamens. The petals are light pink, and the filaments are thin and long, hazy, and shaped like a folding fan.
Beautiful yet a little weird.
Ye Yunxi only took one look and was inadvertently mesmerized, as if bewitched. It was not until the person next to him tapped him on the shoulder that he suddenly came to his senses.
Ning Shuangchen said, "Don't look."
Ye Yunxi came back to his senses suddenly as if he had been frightened, but his mind was still a little dazed.
He quickly turned his head away, and before he could ask what was painted on the wall, Ning Shuangchen answered his question.
"The mural on this is a tree of love," Ning Shuangchen explained calmly, "If you look at it for too long, you will be confused by it and then lose your mind. Only if you have a clear mind will you not be affected by it."
No distractions in your mind…
Hearing these four words, Ye Yunxi's ears felt warm.
It’s all because of the clothes Ning Shuangchen gave him, otherwise how could he have been distracted!
Ye Yunxi curled his lips, touched the tip of his nose with a wandering look, and muttered to himself: "I'm not having any crazy thoughts..."
Ning Shuangchen walked beside him.
After muttering, he was still somewhat curious and asked with a puzzled look on his face: "But why is there a mural of a tree of love here?"
Ning Shuangchen guessed, "Perhaps there are disciples from other sects who have been here."
Ye Yunxi couldn't help but be surprised: "Other sects?"
Among all the immortal cultivation sects, the only one related to the tree of love is the Fengyue Sect, which focuses on spiritual cultivation.
However, most of the Fengyue Sect's disciples are elusive and rarely known whereabouts.
Ye Yunxi had only heard about the legends about Fengyue Sect from the casual conversations of his fellow seniors. The seniors said that the so-called spiritual practice of Fengyue Sect was actually dual practice, and as long as one practiced with others, one could increase one's spiritual power.
Although he had never come into contact with disciples of Fengyue Sect, he understood what dual cultivation meant.
Could it be that any disciple from Fengyue Sect has been here?
As he was thinking, Ning Shuangchen said, "There seems to be a dark room ahead. Let's go and take a look."
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