296: Yin and Yang

"Big Brother Chen, stop making fun of me. When I first saw who I had to fight, I nearly died of fright."

Bai Jun gave a bitter smile, and a shiver ran down his spine as he recalled the scene of battling the First generation Sect Head.

"Fight who?" Chen Heng immediately became interested. For Bai Jun to be so scared, it had to be at least someone of the Wutong God's level, right?

It was a pity he didn't get to join in the fun, or he could have had a good fight.

"Would you believe me if I told you that the great evil sealed within is our True Immortal Sect's Sect Ancestor?"

As soon as Bai Jun uttered these words, Chen Heng and Luo Shuo both froze in place.

"Huh?" Both of them exclaimed in disbelief simultaneously.

"Everything I know was passed down from the Sect Ancestor's generation, and everything I don't know, he does. Don't you think I'm unlucky?"

"When I used lightning magic, the Sect Ancestor's palm strike directly dispersed it. I could only fight him hand-to-hand."

"Look."

Saying this, Bai Jun opened his pouch containing the death-substitution talismans, and only a dozen or so remained.

"I almost... I almost died in there."

"Wait!" Chen Heng interrupted Bai Jun's next words, his brain's CPU feeling a bit overloaded.

"Are you saying that the great evil sealed by your True Immortal Sect is your own Sect Ancestor?"

"Isn't that ridiculous?"

"How should I put it? That person is both our Sect Ancestor and not." Bai Jun scratched his head, thinking about how to explain this to Chen Heng.

"Everything began with the Thirty-Three Heavens Life Transformation Art."

"This cultivation art allows a Cultivator to be divided into Yin and Yang Aspects. The one who died of old age outside was the Yang Aspect of the old Sect Ancestor."

"And those extremely evil and wicked parts within his body were separated to form the Yin Side."

"However, the fighting power of the Yin Side and the Yang Aspect was not much different. The Sect Ancestor was unable to kill it, so he could only Seal it and slowly wear it down."

"I was actually quite lucky. The last time it was re-sealed, it consumed a large amount of the Yin Side Sect Ancestor's power."

"Its strength was less than one percent, which is why I had the chance to kill it."

"No, if the Yin Side could live for so many years, how did the Yang Aspect die of old age?"

Chen Heng still didn't understand. Could it be that when the Thirty-Three Heavens Life Transformation Art separated Yin and Yang, it also divided the lifespan?

"That's not it. The Sect Ancestor actually died on the path of seeking the Dao, and the True Dao and the Hundred Corpse Tomb also have a significant connection."

Bai Jun gently stroked the bamboo slip in his hand, his eyes filled with anticipation.

"Dying on the path of seeking the Dao is the same as dying of old age for Cultivators like us."

"Big Brother Chen, when the Hundred Corpse Tomb appears, will you take me with you?"

"I also want to see what that True Dao really looks like!"

"Alright, then let's go together." Chen Heng nodded, agreeing to the matter.

"Then let's set off. I plan to first search for traces of my Master."

Bai Jun nodded, intending to stand up from the ground, but found his legs had no strength, as if they were gone.

"This..." Bai Jun rolled up his pant leg and looked at his inner thigh.

A gleaming Five Elements Bagua diagram appeared on it, deeply rooted in his flesh.

"Ah, so that's it..." Bai Jun suddenly understood. This was the Legacy left to him by that Yin Side Sect Ancestor.

No matter what, even if that Yin Side Sect Ancestor was extremely evil and wicked, Bai Jun was still his disciple's disciple, and he still held a certain amount of goodwill.

"This is the reward you were talking about."

Bai Jun could feel that once he fully absorbed the Five Elements Bagua diagram on his inner thigh, his Tiangang Grand Formation level would be no weaker than the Sect Ancestor's.

"How about you, Big Brother Chen, go ahead first? I might need a few days to digest my gains."

"What, leave you here alone?" Chen Heng raised an eyebrow, found a relatively flat stone, and sat down.

"It won't make a difference for these two days. Qiu Yongling's life jade isn't in your hand, is it? Besides the crack we saw last time, it's been fine."

"There's probably no need to worry."

"You absorb your gains as quickly as possible. Departing together is the main thing."

"Besides, we don't even know where the Chengtian Empire is—southeast, northwest—let alone finding your Master."

"Also, this broken sword fell out with you. I don't know if you still have any use for it."

Chen Heng took out a rusty broken sword from his pocket, which was the one the Yin Side Sect Ancestor had used at the time.

"Useful, very useful!"

Bai Jun took the broken sword and gently stroked it in his hand.

"This is the Sect Ancestor's weapon, the Tiangang Sword."

"It's in such a rotten state, can it still be used?" Luo Shuo asked, somewhat confused.

"Yes, it's indeed rotten, but that doesn't mean it can't be used." Bai Jun's eyes flickered with electric light, and threads of pure azure Heavenly Lightning crawled onto the Tiangang Sword.

In an instant, the rust on the Tiangang Sword rapidly disappeared, revealing the gleaming sword body beneath.

As Chen Heng and Luo Shuo watched in bewilderment, Bai Jun pulled out a fiery red Talisman and stuck it to his hand.

Then, he drew the startling swan sword and placed the two swords together.

The fiery red Talisman burned, and the scorching flames began to urge the two Divine Swords to merge.

"Holy cow, forging a Sharp Weapon by hand..." Luo Shuo watched, dumbfounded, muttering softly.

"Has Bai Jun's Alchemy and Artifact Refining skills improved again?"

Chen Heng had seen Bai Jun forge Medicinal Pills by hand before, so he wasn't as surprised that he could forge a Sharp Weapon by hand.

What was this called? This was called an all-rounder Genius.

Bai Jun could definitely be called a prodigy, completely different from Chen Heng.

Chen Heng was a pure killing machine, while Bai Jun was an all-rounder support.

"Tsk, thinking about it like this, you're a good-for-nothing, kid, except for being used as a mount."

Chen Heng looked at the still dumbfounded Luo Shuo with some disdain.

"Who said that? I still have black phoenix essence blood!" Luo Shuo straightened his neck, his old face slightly flushed.

Indeed, next to Chen Heng and Bai Jun, he truly felt the disparity between people.

In the Divine Demon Domain and the Western Demon Alliance, Luo Shuo could be called a Genius with no equal, past or present.

But in front of these two, his title of 'Genius' seemed somewhat overshadowed.

"Alright, alright, you're stronger than me because you can fly." Chen Heng waved his hand, ignoring Luo Shuo, who was muttering 'Don't bully a young man into poverty' at the side.

You're already this old, and you're still a young man? Maybe only among the Yao Race are you considered young.

If Chen Heng were Luo Shuo's age, he could already dominate the world.

Little trash~

Soon, an hour quietly passed, and the Talisman in Bai Jun's hand also extinguished.

The Tiangang Sword and the startling swan sword successfully fused, and a delicate long sword with a hint of golden-red appeared in Bai Jun's hand.

"It's done!" Bai Jun let out a long breath. This sword had consumed a lot of his energy.