The Lord of Void and Real
Chapter 1601

Chapter 1601: Chapter 1597: Yin and Yang Complementing Each Other

“Uh”

Just as Nie Caizhu hesitated, a light exclamation came from Shen Luo's mouth.

Nie Caizhu also felt a burning pain in her palm, and when she looked down, she saw that the fire in Shen Luo's Dantian had begun to leak out. If the delay continued, the fire poison would fully erupt and burn him into ashes.

“Cousin, what should I do, what should I do?” She was so anxious that tears swirled in her eyes.

At this moment, naturally, Shen Luo was unable to answer her. Not only was his physical body suffering from the scorching torture of the fire poison, but his Divine soul was also severely tormented.

In the Sea of his Knowledge, fierce flames burned everywhere, trapping his tiny soul manifestation in one place, preventing him from even abandoning his body and escaping with his soul.

He had previously noticed the anomaly in his fire poison, but he never expected that a single Refining Sword session would prompt such a violent outbreak of the fire poison, leading him into the current predicament.

“What to do? Could it really be that I have to give up on this painstakingly refined body? But even my soul is not guaranteed to escape to safety. With the slightest mistake, both soul and body may perish, and I might not even be able to enter the cycle of reincarnation,” worried Shen Luo as his thoughts raced urgently.

He had already abandoned the naive idea that he could still preserve his body, solely hoping to ensure that his soul would not be destroyed.

“Rumble”

Just then, a thunderous noise suddenly came from within Shen Luo's Dantian.

With his soul confined and his divine consciousness unable to inspect the situation in his Dantian, he could only vaguely feel a fire poison towering within his Dantian, which had grown into an Active Volcano ready to erupt.

Waiting only for the moment to breach the limit, it would erupt completely, leading him toward total destruction.

“I can't wait any longer; rather than sitting waiting for death, it's better to fight desperately.” Shen Luo's tiny soul sighed, his eyes suddenly blazing with light.

No matter the circumstances, he would not resign to fate.

Just as Shen Luo resolved to self-destruct his body before the fire poison erupted, a faint blue light suddenly pierced through the flames and shone through in the Sea of his Knowledge.

Immediately after, a blurred silhouette passed through the flames, arriving in the midst of his Sea of Knowledge.

Despite the silhouette appearing extremely blurred, its contours were all too familiar to Shen Luo, allowing him to recognize it instantly.

“Cai Zhu, how did you get in here?”

“Cousin, using a secret technique of Mount Putuo that is not passed on, I entered your Sea of Knowledge with my divine soul, for there is something important I need to discuss with you,” said the blurred figure, naturally with a voice no different from that of Nie Caizhu's.

“Never mind that for now. My fire poison is about to become uncontrollable, so if you're close to me, you should leave quickly. Right, take all my Flying Swords and Storage Magical Tools, the Free and Easy Mirror, and the Qiankun Bag, the farther the better,” Shen Luo rejoiced at hearing her voice and urged her hastily.

After taking all these items away, he could self-destruct with peace of mind, and if by luck a remnant of his soul remains, he could rise again with the help of these items. And if not… then they should all be left to Nie Caizhu.

“Cousin, listen to me, your situation is very critical right now, and I might have a way to save you, but it requires…” Nie Caizhu was interrupted by Shen Luo before she could finish her sentence.

“I know the situation is critical; that's why you need to leave quickly. You should be at least a thousand miles away, ten thousand would be best, to ensure absolute safety. Don't worry, if I'm lucky, a remnant of my soul will remain. Wait until the dust has settled, then come back and find me,” Shen Luo was focused on ensuring the safety of Nie Caizhu and others, completely ignoring what she had said.

“Cousin, what I'm saying is that I have a way to save you, you don't need to self-destruct to survive,” Nie Caizhu emphasized with a heavy tone.

Shen Luo finally heard her clearly this time, but quickly shook his head and said, “Don't do anything foolish. I'm well aware of the fire poison; it's no longer suppressible. Whatever you do now is in vain; don't throw yourself away for nothing.”

“I… I don't mean that, what I'm talking about is… a dual cultivation technique, a technique of Yin-Yang complementation.” Nie Caizhu said, her divine soul's phantom then turned her back to Shen Luo in embarrassment and anger.

“Dual cultivation technique…” Though Shen Luo was speaking with his divine soul, his throat still felt somewhat dry.

Nie Caizhu didn't know what to say for a moment, only feeling a sense of shame and irritation that was hard to endure.

Shen Luo himself didn't understand why he blurted out such an out-of-nowhere question, and he immediately regretted it afterwards.

“Why would your Mount Putuo have such a dual cultivation technique?”

“It was accidentally created by an Ancestor of our Sect, then it was sealed and forbidden by my masters. I…I also stumbled upon it by accident in the secret manuals of the treasury.” Nie Caizhu explained.

Since its creation, this secret dual cultivation technique has yet to be formally named, and in the Secret Manual, it is only called the “Art of Yin-Yang Complementation.” Nie Caizhu didn't understand what it was at first glance, and didn't even understand its meaning initially.

But once she understood, she didn't dare to look at it again, yet she couldn't forget it.

All this time, she had felt ashamed of it, but never thought it would become a life-saving secret technique at this moment.

“But we…” Shen Luo said hesitantly.

“Although we… although we have not yet held the Union Rites, we… we already have a marriage contract, and in desperate times, urgent measures can be taken. It wouldn't count as breaking the ritual propriety,” Nie Caizhu said, her voice trembling as the words came out.

Clearly, it was extremely difficult for her to speak such words.

Shen Luo did not consider himself to be prudish, and he was not thinking about ritual propriety. Touched in his heart, he also felt somewhat apologetic to Nie Caizhu.

“Cai Zhu, actually I should have brought you into my home long ago…”

“It's okay, later… later we can make up for it,” Nie Caizhu whispered.

Shen Luo nodded, and just as he was about to speak, flames suddenly roared up around the Sea of Knowledge, and a wave of searing heat enveloped everything, instantly knocking Nie Caizhu's divine soul's phantom to the ground. Her light scattered, almost disappearing.

“This is bad, we're running out of time,” Shen Luo exclaimed.

“There's enough time, Cousin, I will now impart to you the true teachings of the dual cultivation technique, commit it to your heart,” Nie Caizhu immediately said.

“Alright,” Shen Luo immediately responded.

Nie Caizhu's divine soul's phantom then started reciting the dual cultivation technique.

Moments later, just as her voice faded, the fiery power around them exploded once again, and her divine soul's phantom ultimately crumbled away completely.

Outside, Nie Caizhu suddenly opened her eyes, her body swayed slightly, and her complexion turned a bit pale, already drenched in sweat.

She looked at Shen Luo, who was like a furnace, and enduring the heat, helped him sit up. She positioned him in a cross-legged posture, then slowly removed her clothes, revealing her pure white body like snow, and sat opposite Shen Luo.

Nie Caizhu shyly crossed her arms over her body, but seeing Shen Luo's closed eyes and contorted face, she slowly let them down.

Her throat dry and feeling nervous, she gently took Shen Luo's hands into her own, palm to palm, and brought them together. Then she slowly closed her eyes, and in her heart, she began to silently operate the secret technique's method.