156 Zhou Ziyuns Talen (2/2)
Zhou Ziyun had a thoughtful look on her face, ”I think their deranged mental states were due to incorrect application of the dual cultivation secret art. There are many places in here that mention how fire and ice should be balanced.”
”And here,” She pointed to another section, ”This implies that the use of multiple partners for both the male and the female can have adverse effects. I think this art is only meant for a dedicated pair of dual cultivators. Both Divine Blazing Mountain and Murong Aiyin were doing it wrong.”
”That's a good catch, excellent!” Chen Wentian praised her. He was impressed by her comprehension ability and her insight. A normal Spirit Initiate Realm cultivator would take months to pick up on these details yet she managed in less than an hour.
”I think if those Glacier Palace disciples were forced to have sex with groups of men, they would have lost their minds as well. Master, you were right to save them.” She said and gave him with a sweet smile.
They returned to studying the text and spent the rest of the day discussing and analyzing various aspects of the secret art. The more they studied, the more they realized that it had several problems.
The basic concept of Summer and Winter's Eternal Sutra was for the woman to cultivate extreme yin and the man to cultivate extreme yang. The two of them would then join together and achieve balance of their energies. The resulting energy that combined ice and fire, yin and yang, was extremely beneficial for improving their spiritual sea.
In terms of dual cultivation, secret art could only be considered ordinary and it came with all the normal problems. The first was that it required a lot of time to achieve extreme yin and extreme yang. Zhou Ziyun didn't have that kind of time to cultivate Winter's Snow Dance from scratch. The second problem was that the dual cultivation also took a lot of time. Both parties were expected to gradually expel their ice and fire so that it could join together gently.
The third and largest issue was that unbalanced yin and yang could cause side effects. The text wasn't clear as to what those side effects were but it probably also had a hand in Murong Aiyin going crazy.
Zhou Ziyun had a disappointed look on her face when they finished. She was admittedly curious about the dual cultivation aspect but it turned out to be impractical. Still, she didn't want to leave empty handed and she tried out the ice and fire portions with their corresponding martial arts. He helped her out with Summer's Blazing Sun while she handled Winter's Snow Dance all by herself. And on the fifth day…
”Meteor Fist!”
Zhou Ziyun's right fist shot out a red fireball barely the size of an apple. It weakly splashed against Chen Wentian's spiritual cloak and dissipated. He was still impressed considering she was only working with the tiny bit of yang that naturally existed within women's bodies.
Without pause, frost energy began to circulate from her hands which formed into a one-meter long blade.
”Ice Sword!”
Zhou Ziyun clutched the ice blade with both hands and charged at him, slashing several times. On the third strike, the blade was completely melted and the ice vanished from her hand.
She looked up at him with a dazzling smile, her face full of happiness. Chen Wentian pulled her into his embrace and gave her a congratulatory hug.
She had surpassed all of his expectations and managed to enter the first stages of both Summer's Blazing Sun and Winter's Snow Dance in five short days. Her talent in comprehension was simply heaven defying. He didn't think it was possible but it allowed her to bypass many requirements of the two elemental arts and directly practice them.
But what happened next stunned him and left him without words. Zhou Ziyun's spiritual sea had reached the boundary without either of them noticing and it overflowed at that moment.
Boom!
2nd Level of the Spirit Initiate Realm was achieved, just like that!