Chapter 60 : Yin

I have to say, Qiao Xiaoxian is quite skilled at dressing up.

After breakfast, to Jiang Ke’er’s unwilling grumbles, Qiao Xiaoxian tossed aside her black cloak and put a short skirt, white stockings, and an off-the-shoulder white top on her.

As for herself, she wore black stockings and a long dress, looking both sexy and formidable.

“There haven’t been many battles these past two days, so you don’t need to dress so heavily,” was Qiao Xiaoxian’s reason.

But Jiang Ke’er always felt she was just satisfying her own personal interests.

Jiang Ke’er still couldn’t figure out how Qiao Xiaoxian, that woman, managed to quickly get an entry qualification to the “Ancient Realm of Learning.”

Wasn’t it said that these qualifications were hard to come by?

However, no matter how much she hinted and prodded, Qiao Xiaoxian refused to reveal anything.

Jiang Ke’er had no choice but to suppress her curiosity and stop asking.

Speaking of which, having Qiao Xiaoxian around did have some benefits.

At least there was finally someone who could guide her in cultivation.

Those two systems were half-baked; they could only provide cheats but knew nothing about the details of cultivation, requiring her to slowly figure things out on her own.

She first asked Qiao Xiaoxian about the functions of spiritual roots and “charm bones.”

“The quality of your spiritual root determines your affinity for one or several attributes, affecting the speed at which you absorb spiritual energy of that attribute and the strength of your spells when cast,” Qiao Xiaoxian explained patiently.

“Charm bones, on the other hand, influence the benefits gained from each dual cultivation session, the cultivation speed of ‘furnace cauldron’ techniques, and your temperament…”

Oh, so the quality of charm bones also affects cultivation speed? Then she should probably use those “Charm Bone Books” too.

“Both spiritual roots and charm bones are difficult to improve. While spiritual roots can be strengthened with some rare heavenly treasures, charm bones are only affected by racial talent and are basically impossible to improve after birth,” Qiao Xiaoxian said.

So that’s it! Those Charm Bone Books really are good stuff.

“Your charm bone quality is the strongest in Shenzhou. And your spiritual root is an unprecedented Yin-attribute spiritual root. I don’t understand this kind of spiritual root, and it’s hard for me to teach you anything.”

Jiang Ke’er sensed within herself and found that the small black magatama inside her body had doubled in size, while the solidity and gathering speed of the nebula inside her had increased fivefold!

This was not only because she had broken through to the Liangyi realm but also thanks to the benefits of dual cultivation… This dual cultivation technique was simply too abnormal.

According to Qiao Xiaoxian, their current cultivation reserves and recovery speed were more than ten times that of ordinary cultivators.

As their realm and frequency of dual cultivation increased, this number would continue to multiply countless times.

“You can transform spiritual power into a swift wind nature, which means the Yin-attribute spiritual root has the ability to mimic other spiritual roots. You can try to continue mimicking the nature changes of other attributes, for example… lightning.”

Qiao Xiaoxian flipped her wrist, and a crackling sound of lightning emanated from her palm.

She flicked the lightning, and it wrapped around Jiang Ke’er’s wrist, transforming into a bracelet as pristine and translucent as white jade.

As soon as Jiang Ke’er touched the bracelet, a tingling sensation ran up her wrist.

“Remember the feeling as the lightning penetrates your meridians, and then mobilize your spiritual energy to mimic it,” Qiao Xiaoxian reminded her.

Jiang Ke’er closed her eyes, recalled the sensation, and imagined it in her mind.

“I once learned the nature of lightning in a day, you…”

“Zzzzz—”

Before Qiao Xiaoxian could finish speaking, black lightning appeared in Jiang Ke’er’s hand.

Surprise flashed across Qiao Xiaoxian’s eyes, then she frowned, looking at the black lightning.

“A day? Lame!” Jiang Ke’er triumphantly flung the lightning from her hand, sending it towards a roadside bush.

With a sizzle, the bush instantly withered!

Jiang Ke’er was startled; this lightning was clearly not quite right.

“Yin lightning,” Qiao Xiaoxian said in a low voice, “Use it sparingly, and try not to show it in front of outsiders, otherwise, it might bring about your demise.”

“Yin lightning?” Jiang Ke’er asked, surprised.

“Similar to the tribulation lightning that attacked me before, it can directly attack the soul, but it’s more sinister. This isn’t a power living beings can control…” Qiao Xiaoxian’s tone was somewhat worried. “The cultivation technique you practice is very strange.”

Jiang Ke’er, however, was not worried; instead, she felt exhilarated.

Special meant powerful; as long as it was strong, that was all that mattered.

As for whether it would attract deadly danger, she didn’t care… Were there too few people who wanted to kill her already?

“It’s still better to use it as little as possible,” Qiao Xiaoxian warned seriously again, “Especially don’t use it in front of people from the Tribulation Immortal Palace.”

“Nagging!” Jiang Ke’er impatiently waved her hand.

“I know what I’m doing.”

The dragon and the fox were currently walking on a tree-lined path.

They had snuck out in the early morning.

With Qiao Xiaoxian present, Li Shimin and Chen Yi had long been shaken off, and Dao Yi also failed to keep up with them.

Their destination was Hanye Island, roughly a two-day journey.

Jiang Ke’er had already decided to make good use of these two days on the road to cultivate properly.

Qiao Xiaoxian also answered all her questions without reservation, even teaching her everything like a caring master.

According to her, “Cultivate however you like, you still won’t be able to beat me no matter how you cultivate.”

Jiang Ke’er, filled with motivation, planned to thoroughly humble Qiao Xiaoxian’s arrogance once she had achieved success in her cultivation, turning that dragon face of hers into a pig’s head!

[Host, I have a big~ surprise for you!]

In the evening, the deliberately lowered loli voice of the righteous system came from her right ear.

Jiang Ke’er’s spirits lifted.

It was worth all her frantic “kicking of dojos” and gaining villain points these past few days.

It finally arrived!