amaotonovel Chapter 123 Soul Search, Wu Yan's Secret
Chapter 123 Soul Search, Wu Yan's Secret
"—Oh my god! This is absolutely outrageous!!"
Enraged, Wu Yan's true energy surged wildly. He aimed in one direction and prepared to sprint forward with all his might to break through the blockade of these strange leaves.
As Wu Yan thought, the impact he unleashed with all his might should not be able to stop the scattered leaves around him.
But when he put his plan into action, reality slapped him in the face.
These seemingly scattered and thin leaves seemed to contain enormous energy, easily bouncing him back.
Despite his failed attempt to break through, Wu Yan, whose body was surging with black energy, was not discouraged and immediately changed direction to try again.
And so, Wu Yan, transformed into a cloud of black mist, stumbled about like a headless fly in the ever-shrinking, increasingly dense spherical cage of leaves.
When the leaves gradually gathered together, completely blocking out the outside world, leaving only a few dozen feet of space for movement, Wu Yan finally gave up struggling and stopped.
Jiang Yuchuan's figure slowly appeared at this moment, directly opposite Wu Yan.
Wu Yan raised his head, looking at the young man who had appeared out of nowhere with surprise and fear. "Who are you? Among the four major sects and the Hall of Worship, there has never been anyone as powerful as you!"
Jiang Yuchuan said, "I am not from the four major sects, nor am I from the Hall of Worship."
Upon hearing this, Wu Yan felt a surge of hope. "Since you are not from the Four Great Sects or the Hall of Offerings, why are you here to obstruct me? I do not recall ever offending you."
“You have certainly not offended me, but there is something about you that I find very intriguing.”
As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Yuchuan circulated his spiritual power and gently flicked his two fingers, drawing a wisp of the black true energy floating around Wu Yan.
Upon seeing this, Wu Yan felt a sudden panic, but he pretended to be calm and said humbly, "Are you perhaps curious about my cultivation technique? If you are willing, you may come with me to the Tianyi Sect headquarters for a chat. I am willing to offer you my cultivation technique and make friends with you."
Jiang Yuchuan smiled slightly, "Master Wu, you know that what I'm referring to is not the cultivation technique, but—Yin energy."
"—Yin energy!?"
Wu Yan shook his head repeatedly, denying it outright, saying, "I don't understand what you're talking about."
"It's okay if you don't understand, I can search for it myself."
As soon as Jiang Yuchuan finished speaking, he flashed to Wu Yan's side.
Before Wu Yan could react, Jiang Yuchuan unleashed a powerful burst of spiritual energy, immobilizing Wu Yan in place. Then, under Wu Yan's horrified gaze, he slowly placed his hand on top of Wu Yan's head.
For cultivators, the fastest and most convenient way to obtain accurate and useful information from someone like Wu Yan is through soul searching.
Because of the spiritual power that imprisoned and sealed him, Wu Yan couldn't even let out a howl during the soul search. The only clues were his inhuman suffering, which could be discerned from his tear-streaked and distorted face.
The soul-searching process lasted a full fifteen minutes.
By the time Jiang Yuchuan withdrew his hand, Wu Yan had already fainted, his face as pale as paper and his expression blank.
By searching Wu Yan's soul, Jiang Yuchuan not only obtained the information he wanted, but also gained other insights.
According to Wu Yan's memories, he was able to successfully break through to the Innate Realm entirely thanks to the assistance of Yin Qi.
The culprit that enabled Wu Yan, an ordinary martial artist, to learn how to absorb and utilize Yin energy for cultivation was a fragmented manual submitted by members of the Tianyi Sect.
This incomplete manual was obtained by chance by a follower on a snow-capped mountain in the northern region of the Great Li Kingdom.
After realizing the importance of this incomplete manual, Wu Yan personally went to the snow mountain to search for it, but found nothing.
After a period of research, Wu Yan began to send his men to secretly search for places on this continent where yin energy was present.
Jiang Yuchuan once encountered those black-clad men who wanted to capture the alligator dragon at Bixin Lake; they were part of a small team that had been sent out to search for Yin energy.
Of course, Wu Yan did not mention the mysterious Yin Qi to anyone. When he ordered his men to search in various places, he only gave them a general description and characteristics.
After several years of searching, Wu Yan found three places where yin energy was generated.
It was precisely because he absorbed all the Yin energy from these three places and combined it with the "Overlord Demon Art" he cultivated that Wu Yan was able to break through the shackles and overcome the bottleneck.
If things were to proceed as they normally would, Wu Yan could easily break through to the Innate Realm by cultivating in seclusion for a while longer.
However, due to the unexpected appearance of Jiang Yuchuan, not only was Tian Yijue's carefully laid plan disrupted, but a series of unforeseen events were also triggered, which forced Wu Yan to bring forward the final battle to the Sword Trial Tournament.
His cultivation level, which was only half a step away from breaking through to the Innate Realm, was surpassed by Hua Chengtian, who had also cultivated the "Reversal of Yin and Yang Technique".
If nothing unexpected had happened, the person whose power was drained by Wu Yan and used as a stepping stone to break through to the Innate Realm should have been his granddaughter and the Holy Maiden of the Tianyi Sect, Wu Yao, who was also Qingluan who had been hiding in Zuixianju.
Unfortunately, the Holy Maiden Qingluan made a fatal mistake in the end, and Hua Chengtian absorbed all her power.
However, this was no big deal for Wu Yan. In any case, whichever of the two succeeded would eventually become nourishment for him.
Jiang Yuchuan didn't care about the Tianyi Sect's plans or anything like that.
What he cared about was the snow-capped mountain where the incomplete secret manual related to Yin energy had been discovered.
In Jiang Yuchuan's view, that snow mountain was probably related to cultivators, and should be an evil cultivator, otherwise there would be no incomplete cultivation manual that taught people how to use yin energy to cultivate.
"It seems that after I break through to the Golden Core stage, I will have to make a trip to the other two countries."
Since the existence of cultivators has been confirmed on this continent, there should be more places related to cultivators than just Burial Valley and Abbot Island.
There must be many more undiscovered relics still existing.
Jiang Yuchuan wanted to explore these places not so much to obtain any opportunities or fortunes from the ruins of these ancient cultivators, but primarily to find out what exactly happened on this continent in ancient times.
Why did the spiritual energy decline to this extent? And what did those ancient cultivators do when the spiritual energy was waning? Did they go to other worlds or were they trapped and died in this world?
After processing all the information he had received, Jiang Yuchuan turned his gaze back to Wu Yan, who was still in a daze and had not yet woken up.
"Although this person is crippled, he still has a lot of cultivation, so we can't waste it."
Mosquitoes are meat no matter how small they are.
Jiang Yuchuan, without any disgust, stretched out his finger and pointed it at Wu Yan's forehead, using the Spirit Control and Green Transformation Technique to completely drain Wu Yan's life force.