398: Chapter 398 The Taiyin Bright Moon Sword Manual!

"Are you practicing the 'Dark Ice Water Manual'?"

Xiao Wangshu's cold voice broke the brief silence on the reef.

She didn't turn her head, her gaze still fixed on the horizon where the sea met the sky.

But her words accurately pointed out the characteristics of the True Qi Qin Yan had just displayed.

That deep blue, icy-cold, extremely soft yet resilient True Qi matched the characteristics of the "Dark Ice Water Manual" quite well.

Hearing this, Qin Yan tilted his head slightly and looked at the woman beside him, whose white clothes were as white as snow.

The sea breeze blew through her hair and sleeves, but it couldn't shake the aloof and cold aura about her in the slightest.

He shook his head and said calmly, "It's not the 'Dark Ice Water Manual'. I practice the 'Five Elements Primordial Scripture'."

Qin Yan had no intention of hiding this answer.

In the upcoming battles, facing the complex and ever-changing Sea Race and battlefield conditions.

It was impossible for him to always use only the Xuan Ming True Water attribute of True Qi.

Although with his current mastery of the first layer of the "Five Elements Primordial Scripture," he couldn't yet achieve a simultaneous explosion or exquisite fusion of Five Elements True Qi.

But switching and replenishing a single attribute was completely unobstructed.

Xuan Ming True Water Qi exhausted?

It didn't matter; with a single thought, he could call upon the seed origins of other attributes and convert them into new True Qi.

This meant his sustained combat capability, adaptability to different environments, and tactical versatility would far exceed those of martial artists of the same rank who only practiced single-attribute cultivation methods.

Especially in this battlefield close to the sea and rich in water vapor, the power of Xuan Ming True Water Qi would not only receive a certain environmental boost.

Its unique characteristics of being long-lasting, permeating, and resilient were also more suitable for dealing with the varied attack styles of the foreign races in the sea.

Whether for lethality or control, it held a significant advantage.

"The 'Five Elements Primordial Scripture'..."

Xiao Wangshu repeated the name in a low voice, a glimmer of light seemingly flowing deep within her cold eyes.

She naturally knew of this cultivation method, which was considered legendary even within Modu University of Martial Arts and had extremely harsh cultivation requirements.

Rumor had it that if one could master this classic, the five elements would rotate in an endless cycle, making one invincible among those of the same rank.

She never expected that Qin Yan would choose such an incredibly difficult path.

"I wonder how it compares to the 'Taiyin Bright Moon Sword Canon' that I practice?"

Thoughts shifted in Xiao Wangshu's mind, but her face remained as calm as ice.

The cultivation method she practiced was also a top-tier inheritance that led directly to the Great Dao.

It was supremely Yin and cold, brilliant like the moon, with unpredictable power.

Both were supreme cultivation methods; as for which was stronger, perhaps only a true confrontation could reveal a glimpse.

She had always been cold-natured and disliked competing for victory.

But the pride of a peerless genius and the pursuit of higher levels were deeply rooted in her bloodline.

When encountering an opponent or a cultivation method worth discussing, that hidden desire for exploration was naturally triggered.

On the surface, she still had no expression, only slightly opening her sandalwood-like mouth to utter two clear words:

"Shall we try?"

"?"

Qin Yan was stunned, a flash of astonishment crossing his eyes as he looked at Xiao Wangshu.

Try? Try what? Cultivation methods and True Qi?

He had vaguely felt before that this "Ice Block" might not be as entirely cold on the inside as she appeared on the outside.

The slight emotions or actions she occasionally revealed would break that perfect sense of coldness.

Looking at it now, this feeling didn't seem to be an illusion.

This sudden invitation to "spar" formed an interesting contrast with her usual image of keeping people at a distance.

Qin Yan didn't hesitate, a hint of interest also rising in his eyes.

He also wanted to personally experience this monster, who was universally recognized as the number one talent of this generation at Modu University of Martial Arts.

Just how mysterious was the True Qi of the cultivation method she practiced.

"Fine."

Qin Yan also responded indifferently.

Acting aloof? Who doesn't know how to do that (*^▽^*)?

As his voice fell, Qin Yan's mind moved slightly, and the "Five Elements Primordial Scripture" quietly began to circulate.

Within his kidneys, that azure water-element seed vibrated gently.

Pure and majestic Xuan Ming True Water Qi immediately surged out like a tide, flowing through his meridians to his right palm.

Above his palm, deep blue True Qi emerged in a dense mist.

The True Qi was not static but flowed slowly like living water.

Inside, there were faint flickers of tiny ice crystals appearing and disappearing.

It emitted waves of bone-chilling cold, yet also carried an aura with the heavy and enduring resonance of the deep sea.

The water vapor in the surrounding air seemed to be drawn in, gathering slightly toward his palm.

Almost at the same time Qin Yan circulated his True Qi, Xiao Wangshu also made a move.

She didn't strike any pose, just stood there quietly.

However, the aura around her suddenly changed.

Bits of cold, bright, silver halos, like tangible moonlight, naturally emanated from her body and swirled around her.

They made her look even less like a mortal, as if a fairy from the Moon Palace had descended.

She slowly raised a fair hand, her five fingers long and slender like jade.

In her palm, silver light flowed and gathered, becoming more and more intense.

The light was not dazzling, but it carried an indescribable purity, stillness, and... profound coldness!

It wasn't the physical low-temperature cold of Xuan Ming True Water originating from the deep sea and glaciers, but a "Taiyin Cold" that was closer to a conceptual level, as if it could freeze the soul and suppress all agitation!

At the moment the silver True Qi emerged in Xiao Wangshu's palm.

Qin Yan clearly felt that, with her as the center.

The temperature within a radius of several dozen feet didn't seem to drop sharply.

But a "chill" that went deep into the marrow and directly through the spirit spread silently.

Even the whistling sea breeze seemed to become sluggish and stagnant as it blew through this area.

Their gazes met in the air for a fleeting moment.

In the next instant, almost simultaneously, their raised right palms faced each other across a distance of several feet in the void and were gently pushed forward!

"Buzz—!"

There was no earth-shattering roar.

Two strands of True Qi with vastly different properties but equally pure and powerful met, touched, and intertwined silently in mid-air!

The deep blue Xuan Ming True Water Qi in Qin Yan's palm surged forward with unending stamina and a resilience that permeated everything.

While the silver Great Yin Bright Moon true qi in Xiao Wangshu's palm.

Was like a condensed beam of moonlight, cold and aloof, carrying the essence of suppression and extinction as it met the attack head-on!

Blue and silver, the ultimate softness of water and the stillness of Taiyin, collided fiercely!

There was no explosion, no airwaves.

The blue water-light tried to envelop and permeate that beam of silver moonlight.

While the silver moonlight continuously emitted a cold radiance, "freezing" and "extinguishing" the approaching blue True Qi, greatly reducing its activity.

Qin Yan frowned slightly.

At the moment the True Qi touched, he keenly sensed that the "momentum" of his Xuan Ming True Water Qi was actually being faintly suppressed by the other party's silver True Qi!

It wasn't that the total amount or instantaneous explosive power was inferior, but rather on the level of "quality."

The other party's True Qi seemed to be superior!

"To actually be at a slight disadvantage in a competition of True Qi essence?"

Qin Yan was shocked in his heart.

He was well aware of his current state; although limited by the first layer realm of the "Five Elements Primordial Scripture" and unable to explode multiple types of True Qi simultaneously.

He could only fight with a single attribute, but the quality of each individual attribute's True Qi had definitely reached an extremely high level.