Chapter 110: Chapter 80: Foundation Establishment Cultivation Technique: Yin Yang Crossing Skill

The medicinal power in the wine was completely refined into spiritual power, and the smell of alcohol on Liou Yuan also faded away, his face changing from flushed to fair.

Liou Yuan shook his head and took out the jade scroll of swordsmanship to examine it carefully several times.

Watching as starlight streamed in through the window, he reluctantly put it down, muttering, "It’s time to cultivate; I’ll try practicing this sword formula tomorrow."

"Anyway, my elder brother has returned, I can ask him if I don’t understand something."

His cultivation routine was very regular, and evenings were dedicated to cultivation without fail.

He would only practice magic during his free time during the day, and tonight was no exception.

With that, Liou Yuan casually tossed the dozen or so star stones, which no longer had any spiritual qi, into the corner of the room.

Liou Yuan took out another star stone from his bosom and began his training for the day.

After a brief pause, a slightly frustrated voice echoed from Liou Yuan within the room: "Damn, why does the star stone energy deplete so quickly, nearly fifty percent faster than before."

"Does this mean one star stone can only sustain two days of cultivation?"

"No wonder my elder brother is so poor!"

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"Hey, Mr. Liou is here, long time no see!"

At the library, Liou Yuan effortlessly stepped inside through the main entrance, and immediately a male voice sounded nearby. 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

Liou Yuan turned his head to look.

The speaker was seated at the entrance of the library, behind the desk responsible for recording book borrowings.

He was somewhat skinny, in his twenties, with slightly sunken cheeks, holding a travelogue as he spoke to Liou Yuan.

"I’ve been in seclusion these past few days, and now upon coming out, the first thing is to visit Mr. Pan," Liou Yuan casually responded, his footsteps uninterrupted.

This outer sect disciple named Pan Yang had been in the Five Extremes Mountain’s outer sect for seven or eight years now, cultivated up to Qi Cultivation Sixth Layer, and was truly a seasoned hand.

Having acquired this library position, and earning merit points monthly, he lost any ambition for advancement.

He leisurely indulged in reading books.

In recent months, Liou Yuan frequented the library to investigate information about Evil Eyes, becoming familiar with Pan Yang over time, thus naturally exchanging courteous words upon meeting.

Today’s purpose for visiting the library differed from before.

As he stepped into the impenetrable inner area of the library, he paused, jokingly saying, "Today this junior might borrow a few books, so senior should give me a good deal."

Pan Yang chuckled, responding casually, "It’s not me who sets the library rules; how could the prices change?"

"But rest assured, I won’t overcharge you."

"Alright then," Liou Yuan sighed as if disappointed, his eyes smiling.

The reason he spoke more was purely to prepare for the upcoming action.

Seeing the Fixed Star Compass’s energy already full and external dangers still not receding.

Following the principle of not wasting, Liou Yuan decided to use it in the library.

By mentioning it, Pan Yang would have no reason to become suspicious.

Continuing forward, Liou Yuan chose a secluded spot, his eyes glancing around stealthily within the library.

The timing was still early; he specifically chose the early morning when there were only a few disciples present in the library, all in his view without attracting attention.

As for Pan Yang, engrossed in his books, if you don’t go looking for him, he wouldn’t even lift his head.

"Fortunately, it’s the library and not the Cultivation Skill Pavilion where elders guard."

"Being cautious, there’s no need to worry about being noticed."

So thought Liou Yuan, ensuring he wouldn’t be noticed when bringing out the Fixed Star Compass.

Muttering under his breath, then with a flip of his hand, the Fixed Star Compass was already in his grasp.

The light emanating from the compass was completely obscured by the dense bookshelves surrounding Liou Yuan.

All was due to these months spent in the library, picking the ideal spot.

"Let’s do this!" Seeing the starlight energy on the compass nearly condensed, Liou Yuan silently recited in his heart.

All the forming energy converged, condensing on the compass into a map.

The map showed the entire layout of the library’s interior.

On the map, the two disciples engrossed in reading and Pan Yang appeared as milky white dots on the map.

Liou Yuan’s gaze swept over the three figures briefly and quickly focused on other areas.

He didn’t forget the purpose of his visit to the library this time.

Sure enough.

He truly saw a few anomalous spiritual light spots on the Fixed Star Compass.

They are distributed across various bookshelves in this library, all appearing as books.

There are four in total.

Three of them are inside the library’s shelves, but one coincides with Pan Yang.

If Liou Yuan’s judgment is not wrong, the overlapping light spot is the book he saw Pan Yang holding when he entered.

Liou Yuan took a deep look at Pan Yang’s position, quickly diverted his gaze, and swiftly memorized the locations of the other three spiritual light spots.

After confirming that there were no other light spots on the map, he silently put away the Fixed Star Compass.

"Heh, quite a few gains." Liou Yuan chuckled softly, feeling delighted.

He didn’t take immediate action, but instead recalled the color of the faint green light spot that overlapped with Pan Yang, his eyes showing a trace of contemplation.

"I don’t know if Pan Yang did it deliberately or just inadvertently picked up that book."

"Pan Yang has worked in this library for so long, finding a book with opportunities also makes sense."

After a short pause for contemplation, Liou Yuan came up with a plan.

"I’ll test it later. If Pan Yang guards that book and doesn’t let go, it means he has made a discovery, and I won’t force it."

"If he hasn’t found anything, I’ll borrow it."

Thinking of this, Liou Yuan posed as if he was searching for books in the library.

He wandered around seemingly at ease, taking the three books marked by the Fixed Star Compass in his hands.

Without taking a closer look, he cheerfully walked to the registration desk at the door and placed them in front of Pan Yang.

"Brother, please register these."

While speaking, Liou Yuan discreetly glanced at the travelogue book Pan Yang held in his hand, named "Jiuli Travelogue."

After hearing Liou Yuan’s words, Pan Yang reluctantly put down the travelogue and began the routine registration.

Muttering: "Isn’t ’Seeking Truth in Silence’ a Buddhist Sect thing? It’s so verbose and uninteresting. ’Yizhu Chronicles’ seems interesting, I’ll take a look later."

"Oh~ ’Golden Bottle Record,’ I didn’t expect my junior brother to be a man of refined tastes!"

"Total four star stones, one star stone deposit, totaling to four."

Liou Yuan’s mouth twitched slightly, without explaining, he paid honestly and tucked the three books into his arms.

He casually asked Pan Yang: "Brother, is that book worth reading?"

"It’s very interesting, and it contains the scenes from Jiuli State five hundred years ago."

Pan Yang collected the star stones, his eyes never leaving the old pages, and said indifferently: "If you’re interested, I’ll keep it for you after I finish reading."

"Sure." Liou Yuan naturally agreed with a smile, without immediately asking for the book.

He deeply understood the principle of not overdoing it; being too eager would only reveal himself, so waiting a few days wouldn’t matter.

Talking casually, Liou Yuan slowly walked out of the library as usual, heading back to Xiaopei Mountain.

Descending from the Fifth Peak, Liou Yuan’s pace became increasingly quicker, rushing to Xiaopei Mountain, where he shut the door tightly.

Immediately, he couldn’t wait to take out those three books.

"Let’s see what secrets you all hold." Liou Yuan muttered to himself, his eyes flashing with a purple hue.

When it comes to assessing spiritual objects, his Evil Eyes, though far inferior to the Fixed Star Compass, can still detect some anomalies.

Soon, he found a page in the "Yizhu Chronicles" that was distinctly different from the rest of the book under the gaze of his Evil Eyes, glowing with black halos, clearly tampered with.

As for "Golden Bottle Record" and "Seeking Truth in Silence," they appeared to have no abnormalities.

Fortunately, Liou Yuan had the discernment abilities of the Fixed Star Compass and didn’t waste time, directly activating the Fixed Star Compass.

He uncovered the hidden secrets in these two books.

"Golden Bottle Record" is full of explicit texts and includes beauty paintings that stir one’s blood.

Luckily, Liou Yuan had seen more thrilling things in his past life, now viewing them with a calm heart.

Through the radiance of the Fixed Star Compass, Liou Yuan quickly saw the spiritual power flow diagrams hidden within the images of the women in the three beauty paintings in the book.

Once the meridians were exposed under the light of the Fixed Star Compass.

Through the Fixed Star Compass’s verification, it was identified as a dual cultivation technique named "Yin Yang Crossing Skill."

[Name] Yin Yang Crossing Skill

[Category] Foundation Establishment Cultivation Technique

[Quality] Grade D, Medium Quality

[Effect] The path of dual cultivation, Yang Replenishing Yin, Yin Replenishing Yang, a blissful journey of cloud and rain.