Mo Tiange felt her head growing dizzier and dizzier. What was happening?
She couldn't figure it out, only seeing Li Yushan swaying before her eyes, his smile growing increasingly strange.
Finally, her head lolled to the side, and she collapsed.
Li Yushan, sitting opposite her, smiled with an inscrutable expression.
A long time later, Mo Tiange woke up.
She felt strange. The swaying thatched roof above seemed to be moving forward. Where was she?
Turning her head to look around, she almost jumped up.
This was a horse-drawn carriage. Li Yushan was sitting right beside her, his gaze fixed on her, interwoven with greed, malice, and intoxication. Such a look instantly sent a chill down Mo Tiange's spine.
She started up in alarm. "What's going on?"
Li Yushan smiled, but this smile lacked the amiability he had shown during their previous conversations, carrying instead a sinister coldness.
"Fellow Daoist Mo," he said, fiddling with an object in his hand that resembled a feng shui compass, looking at her like a cat watching a mouse. "So you possess a Pure Yin Constitution. No wonder you've achieved such cultivation in this mortal world. It truly makes someone with extremely poor aptitude like me envious."
Mo Tiange was greatly shocked, unable to even speak. "You..."
"Want to ask how I know?" Li Yushan asked, the corner of his mouth lifting as he saw her panicked expression. "Fellow Daoist Mo is naturally intelligent, far surpassing your peers. It's a pity you're still too young and inexperienced in the ways of the world. Do you remember what you told me?"
Mo Tiange was at a loss.
Li Yushan sneered again, reminding her. "You said your mother couldn't be saved because of her constitution, didn't you?"
Mo Tiange nodded.
He continued, "Fellow Daoist Mo must not know that among the so-called constitution problems of mortals, there's only one kind we cultivators cannot cure: an imbalance of Yin and Yang. As the saying goes, 'solitary Yin cannot grow, isolated Yang cannot be born.' For mortals, this is precisely true. So, regardless of gender, everyone has both Yin and Yang within their bodies, though men have flourishing Yang and declining Yin, while women have flourishing Yin and declining Yang. However, if a mortal possesses only one of the two, they will not live long. A man with a Pure Yin Body or a woman with a Pure Yang Body would die in infancy. Since your mother lived long enough to give birth to you, she must have possessed a Pure Yin Body."
Mo Tiange stared at him, horrified. She thought she had been careful enough, yet she never expected that a single sentence could reveal the truth to someone else!
Li Yushan added, "The Pure Yin Constitution can be hereditary, of course. The probability isn't high, and often, those who have it don't live long enough to bear children. I wasn't certain you had inherited it, but the possibility was extremely high given your Five Elements Spirit Root and your rapid progress cultivating in the mortal world. However, it's confirmed now." He raised the disk in his hand. "The Spirit Disk has detected it. You truly possess a Pure Yin Body!"
Mo Tiange looked at the disk in his hand, then glared at him. "What do you want?"
Li Yushan threw his head back and laughed, his gaze fixed on her flickering with a light that made her shudder. "Fellow Daoist Mo must know what a Pure Yin Constitution represents, right? Cultivation speed is much faster than ordinary people's. Moreover, it's extremely beneficial for a Dual Cultivation partner. If used as a Cauldron, it would be the best Cauldron..."
This terrifying expression made Mo Tiange recoil in fright. Then she suddenly remembered she knew spells. She raised her palm, intending to use the Wind-Breath Technique. But the next moment, her face paled with shock once more.
Her Spiritual Qi actually couldn't circulate!
Li Yushan sneered again. "Don't bother trying. What I gave you was pollen from a flower called Jade Heart Flower. This pollen temporarily seals Spiritual Qi."
"You..." Mo Tiange glared at him angrily. "If my father finds out, he'll never let you get away with this!"
"Your father?" Li Yushan looked at her disdainfully. "Do you think I didn't make inquiries? Everyone says your father left before you were born, never to return, with no news at all. I suspect you've just been messing around cultivating alone using the cultivation method your father left behind. That's why you don't even know some common knowledge."
His guess wasn't far off, though he would never guess that Mo Tiange's cultivation method came from her ancestor's legacy.
Hearing this, Mo Tiange was utterly despairing. She had always longed to leave the Mo family, but not like this. She deeply regretted why she had said so much to a strange cultivator. Her ancestor said that on the path of Immortal cultivation, the human heart is inscrutable. It was absolutely true, but it was too late for regrets now...
Li Yushan, however, softened his expression, affectionately stroking her head. "You don't need to be so afraid. For Plucking and Supplementing from a Cauldron, I'll have to wait until you grow up. Besides, other female cultivators might be unable to improve their cultivation after becoming Cauldrons, but you don't need to worry. With your constitution, replenishing Spiritual Qi is too easy. Moreover, you need to improve your cultivation for it to be useful to me, right?"
Such a tone was hardly comforting; it was merely a threat. Only if she obeyed would he let her have a good life.
Mo Tiange's face turned pale again and again. Finally, unable to contain the fear in her heart, she asked in a low voice, "Cauldron... what exactly is a Cauldron? Are you going to absorb my Spiritual Qi?"
Li Yushan was taken aback, then burst into loud laughter. After laughing, he shook his head. "How could I have thought such a young child would understand? But it's fine. You'll understand when the time comes."
As he spoke, his hand reached over, lifting Mo Tiange's head. He examined her carefully for a long time, looking even more satisfied. He thought to himself, this little girl isn't bad-looking. She'll probably grow into a beauty, which would be even better.
Under such a gaze filled with wicked intent, Mo Tiange couldn't help but tremble. Without Spiritual Qi, she was just a ten-year-old child.
Li Yushan, however, greatly appreciated her current expression. He muttered to himself, "With you, forget other things, at least Foundation Establishment is within hope. Wait another five or six years... before I'm forty, I'll definitely cultivate to Qi Refining Level 10. Then I can join a sect!"
At this point, he couldn't help but reveal an intoxicated expression.
He was born into an ordinary family in Tong'an City. As a child, he accidentally witnessed two cultivators fighting. One of them dropped a cultivation manual, which he picked up, thus beginning his path of cultivation.
At first, he was completely ignorant. It wasn't until a year later, when he actually sensed Spiritual Qi, that he realized this was a method that could lead to Immortal cultivation.
Later, he learned of the existence of the cultivation world and left home for Kunwu.
There, he witnessed the various methods of cultivators and realized there was such a vast world. He could no longer continue being a mortal, so he traveled everywhere, hoping to encounter an Opportunity, enter a cultivation sect, then achieve Foundation Establishment, form a Core...
Unfortunately, over the years, he remained a down-and-out loose cultivator. With his inferior Spirit Root, no cultivation sect was willing to take him, and he never encountered any Opportunity...
But now it was different. A gleam shone in his eyes. As long as this little girl grew up and could be used as a Cauldron, he could practice Dual Cultivation methods and perform Plucking and Supplementing on her.
"Hahaha..." Amidst the maniacal laughter, Mo Tiange shrank into the corner. She wanted to ask where they were going, but in the end, didn't dare to ask.