Nourishing Yin Through the Nine Apertures

Chapter 169 Nourishing Yin Through the Nine Apertures (Part Two)

"Gold in stone?"

Chen Miao looked around the room but couldn't find his target.

So he went outside.

It was six o'clock in the morning, and Xiang Shang and Gigi Lai were still asleep.

Chen Miao suddenly realized something.

"grass!"

He didn't know why he cursed; maybe it was just morning grumpiness.

Walking into the living room, Chen Miao saw the melon seeds in the fruit plate on the table.

"Similar items..."

Chen Miao sat on the sofa, looked at the plate of melon seeds, and activated Shi Zhongjin.

There was no sudden flash of golden light in anyone's eyes, nor did any melon seed turn golden.

Chen Miao only had a vague feeling. Following his feeling, he rummaged through the fruit plate for a while, and then he picked up a perfectly intact and plump melon seed.

He opened the package, popped a melon seed into his mouth and chewed, then remained silent.

"Therefore, no matter how good the quality of the sunflower seeds is, they are still sunflower seeds."

Shaking his head, Chen Miao felt that this ability was not suitable for this situation.

He remembered watching a TV show where the main character had mutated eyes and could see through things.

"So, you're going to gamble on jade? Or buy antiques?"

Chen Miao initially thought there was hope, believing that he might have enough money to build the Soul-Suppressing Basement in the future.

But then he remembered the sunflower seeds from earlier.

"Similar items..."

If they are similar items, then if I were to gamble on stones, and if the "stone within gold" (a type of jade stone) mistook the jade for an impurity, wouldn't that mean I would find a stone with the lowest jade content?

Chen Miao thought it was very likely.

Furthermore, even with antiques, the highest quality doesn't necessarily mean the oldest.

Chen Miao sighed.

"Let's get the fruit inspected first; at least we won't eat anything bad."

Chen Miao chuckled and went back to wash up.

After spraying medicine on his back, he left Xiang Shang's house with his belongings, only sending Xiang Shang a message before leaving.

……

At nine o'clock, Chen Miao arrived at Zhong Cai's house on the outskirts of Shannan City.

Just as he was about to knock, he saw the door open.

It was Xiaobai who opened the door.

"I was wondering why Xiaobai suddenly went to open the door; it turns out it was you."

Zhong Cai appeared behind Xiao Bai and said with a smile.

Zhong Cai and Xiao Bai were practicing boxing in the yard when Xiao Bai suddenly stopped and ran towards the gate.

It seemed that Chen Miao had something easily recognizable about him, something that Xiaobai could recognize even through the door.

Zhong Cai had asked before, but Xiao Bai didn't answer.

It's not that we don't want to tell him, it's just that Xiaobai doesn't know what it is either.

"Hehe, Little White is so good."

Chen Miao patted Xiaobai's head and gave him a triangular talisman made of yin-repelling charms.

After delivering it, Chen Miao was stunned for a moment.

I don't know when it started, but the things Chen Miao gave away as gifts began to be things like peach wood charms and talismans.

Oh, right, and bone needles too.

He gave the bone needles he had made to Shi Manman.

Shaking his head, Chen Miao followed Xiaobai into the courtyard.

"Brother, the feng shui of this courtyard always amazes me every time I come here."

Zhong Cai laughed and said, "If you find it troublesome, I'll come to your place in a few days and see if I can set one up for you."

Chen Miao waved his hand.

“I spend most of my time at the funeral home, which doesn’t have a yard. Maybe later, when I buy a yard, I’ll look for you again, brother.”

Zhong Cai nodded.

"Brother, I came here today to ask about entering the underworld. I wonder if you could tell me about it?"

Chen Miao looked at Zhong Cai.

"Hehe, what's wrong with that? It's just that my sect's method of entering the underworld cannot be passed on to outsiders, otherwise I would have given it to you directly."

After Zhong Cai finished speaking, he smiled.

"However, I suppose you don't lack methods for entering the underworld."

Chen Miao was taken aback, but offered no explanation.

He didn't have any before yesterday, but today... well, not today either.

However, it seems that he no longer needs the method of entering the underworld.

Chen Miao currently lacks knowledge related to entering the Yin realm, which Zhong Cai can conveniently provide.

Seeing Chen Miao remain silent, Zhong Cai smiled and began to speak: "Entering the Yin realm is a key measure of whether one has entered the realm of Yin cultivation."

“Those who haven’t entered the realm of the dead are actually apprentices, but now the truly capable people have all hidden themselves, so the apprentices are no longer apprentices.”

"Don't look at me, it's true."

Seeing that Chen Miao was somewhat skeptical, Zhong Cai said helplessly, "You think I know a lot? But in the eyes of those real Yinmen people, I'm just a novice who hasn't even entered the gate."

The reason you think I'm alright is simply because you haven't met those who have truly mastered the craft.

“These people are usually from families or sects with a clear lineage.”

"You should be able to understand the concept of a family. As for a sect, it's not like the kind of sects in martial arts dramas where someone occupies a mountain and recruits many disciples."

"Hmm...maybe it used to be there, but it's gone now."

"In fact, some sects don't even have as many members as some families."

"Among the Yin sects and Yin cultivation, there are no longer any major sects, but there are still many in the Yang cultivation. For example, in the scenic spots of Great Xia, there are still Taoist temples and Buddhist monasteries that can occupy land for self-cultivation."

Zhong Cai's eyes held memories.

“When I was young, my master took us to visit those major sects of Yangxiu (a type of martial arts sect), which broadened our horizons.”

"Hehe, from then on, even Zhong Fa, that traitor who betrayed his master and ancestors, did not dare to act arrogantly in the area where the major sects were located."

"Did you know..."

Zhong Cai seemed about to say something, but upon seeing Chen Miao, he suddenly shut his mouth.

That time, their master took them to broaden their horizons, but they didn't expect that what they saw would exceed their capacity to comprehend it, so much so that he and Zhong Fa never had that same drive to improve themselves again.

Anyone who sees that what they've learned over ten years is less than the thunderous sound of a child's casual slap would feel the same way as them.

Therefore, Zhong Cai did not intend to tell Chen Miao these things.

Even though Chen Miao was considered a promising young talent in his eyes, at most he was just a talented young man who could enter the underworld, not even a genius.

For those people, genius is merely the threshold to their existence.

If you're not a genius, you'll lose your spirit when you see them, just like him and Zhong Fa.

Shaking his head, Zhong Cai changed the subject.

"Regarding entering the Yin, when you reach the point where you can cultivate a breath of Yin energy within your body, that is just the beginning."

Chen Miao's eyes twitched slightly when he saw Zhong Cai's abrupt change of direction, but he still didn't interrupt him.

"After reaching the threshold of entering the Yin realm, what needs to be done next is the key."

Zhong Cai looked at Chen Miao.

He didn't know how much knowledge Chen Miao lacked about entering the underworld, so he could only tell him everything he knew.

We'll help as much as we can.

I really don't know what the senior was thinking when he chose Chen Miao to pass on his skills.

"Once you enter the Yin realm, you can cultivate your Qi. So, where should you cultivate this Yin Qi?"

Chen Miao's eyes lit up slightly; here comes the important part.

"Of course you can't just raise any kind of animal. If you raise any kind of animal and you happen to be lucky enough to get the right one, then it's fine."

"If you're unlucky and make the wrong move, then just wait for that yin energy to turn into poison and ruin your body." Chen Miao's breath hitched.

Thankfully, thankfully he didn't rush things, thankfully he was cautious.

"Our ancestors have already shown us where to raise them using their experience."

"There are four types of nine orifices in our body, which can be opened to nourish yin energy."

"These four categories are classified according to the degree of danger at the time of enlightenment."

"The first category, the most reliable places to nourish Qi, are the little finger of the right hand and the Yongquan acupoint on the left foot."

"The second category is more dangerous than the first, namely the navel and under the tongue."

"The third type, if a mistake is made, will have serious consequences, and the locations are the eyes and the spine."

"If the third type of mistake occurs, it might result in blindness or paralysis, but the fourth type could lead to death!"

"The fourth category has three locations: the heart, the crown of the head, and the perineum!"

"Only in these nine orifices can you cultivate your Qi. If you want to cultivate your Qi in other places, you can do that too."

"If you're lucky, you might find a new trick, but over thousands of years, countless predecessors have learned from their mistakes that there are only nine tricks. Do you think you can find a tenth one?"

These were the words that Zhong Cai's master once told him.

The purpose is to prevent them from becoming overconfident and doing something foolish.

After all, it's not easy to teach an apprentice.

Although Chen Miao was not his apprentice, Zhong Cai did not want Chen Miao to do the same.

“These four categories of nine orifices each have their own names, which were given by our ancestors and passed down from generation to generation. That’s what they are called. Of course, I’m talking about the names most people use. There are definitely some other names, but the location of the acupoints will not change.”

"Among the nine orifices, the Yongquan acupoint on the sole of the foot is called the Ghost Gate, the little finger is called the Ghost Vein, the navel is called the Yin Well, the area under the tongue is called the Yin Bridge, the eyes are called the Yin-Yang Eyes, the spine is called the Yin Pivot, the heart is called the Yin Cave, the crown of the head is called the Yin Acupoint, and the perineum is called the Life and Death Acupoint!"

As Chen Miao listened to Zhong Cai's story, he suddenly thought of the points with suction that he had sensed last night.

Therefore, the positions given to him by [Nayin] are all correct?
"So, after entering the Yin realm, if you want to improve, you need to nourish these nine acupoints?"

Chen Miao asked.

To everyone's surprise, Zhong Cai laughed when he heard this.

"Haha, you've got a pretty big heart, huh? Haha!"

Zhong Cai laughed incessantly, just like an elder hearing a younger person say that he was "an adult now," but without any malice.

However, it still made Chen Miao feel somewhat embarrassed.

"Is not it?"

"of course not!"

Zhong Cai stopped smiling.

"You must remember, even if you only open one aperture to nourish Yin, you can still go all the way on the path of Yin cultivation."

"The improvement of Yin cultivation is not directly related to whether you cultivate Yin in multiple acupoints."

"Are there people who want to cultivate multiple abilities? Of course, there are plenty!"

"But how many people succeed? They're extremely rare!"

Zhong Cai took a sip of water and continued to explain.

"Difficulty is one reason."

"Why? Because not everyone can open multiple orifices. Most people who enter the Yin realm can only open one orifice, and even two is rare, let alone nine!"

"Another reason is simply that it's not worth it!"

"The vast majority of those monstrous geniuses among those who cultivate Yin only cultivate one Yin acupoint!"

"Why? Because it's not allowed by the elders of the sect!"

"If nurturing just one aperture is enough to continue on the path of Yin cultivation, then why risk damaging your body and slowing down your cultivation progress to open two or three apertures? Just for the abilities that come with opening them?"

"That idea is silly, because as long as you cultivate to a deep level, you can use special methods to borrow the abilities of other apertures."

Zhong Cai looked at Chen Miao.

Do you know why entering the underworld is called nourishing a breath of yin energy?

"Because the human body can only withstand one breath of yin energy!"

"If you nurture it in one aperture, all the yin energy will be contained in that aperture."

“If you nurture it in two orifices, you will surely separate this yin energy.”

"Nourish Yin is actually nourishing the orifices. Doing it separately will naturally be slower than nourishing it alone!"

"Being greedy at the beginning is not worthwhile, unless you never intend to go any further!"

Chen Miao nodded, indicating that he understood.

Then a question was asked.

What does "the ability after enlightenment" refer to?

Zhong Cai smiled.

"If entering the Yin realm is merely about cultivating a breath of Yin energy within the body, how much difference can there be between one and an apprentice?"

"Chen Miao, what do you think of Xiao Bai's eyes?"

Chen Miao paused for a moment before understanding what Zhong Cai meant.

"If I had Xiaobai's eyes, no ghost could approach me silently, and no ordinary evil cultivator could harm me!"

Zhong Cai nodded.

"If you open the aperture in the eye area and nourish the yin energy in your eyes, you will get a pair of eyes similar to Xiaobai's, and you will be able to see evil spirits and ghosts!"

Chen Miao's eyes widened. Suddenly, he thought of something and looked at Xiao Bai, who was sitting quietly listening to the lecture.

"Has Little White entered the Yin realm?"

Zhong Cai smiled.

"I guess so. Xiaobai's ability to enter the Yin realm isn't something he cultivated, because he doesn't know how to control or use it, so it doesn't count as entering the Yin realm."

"However, if Xiaobai wants to truly enter the Yin realm in the future, it will be much simpler for him than for you or me. As long as he can freely control the innate Yin energy in his eyes, he will have successfully entered the Yin realm."

"The newbie after entering the Yin realm is not comparable to ordinary people who have entered the Yin realm."

"Putting aside the fact that his eyes are more special than Xiu's, if Xiao Bai entered the Yin realm at the age of twenty, then he would be a Yin cultivator who has cultivated Yin for twenty years."

Chen Miao swallowed.

So, is Xiaobai the strongest of the three?

No wonder even the flying zombies were trying to snatch Little White!
Of course, Feng Bujue didn't have good intentions in snatching Xiaobai; he wouldn't nurture Xiaobai like Zhong Cai did.

Chen Miao snapped out of his daze.

Xiao Bai can't envy that, it's something he was born with, but he might very well have eyes like Xiao Bai's!
No, perhaps it's more effective to nurture yin energy elsewhere?

"What about the other places? Each of the nine orifices has its own abilities?"

Chen Miao asked.

"That's right!"

"Cultivating inner energy in your eyes can allow you to see things that ordinary people cannot."

"Nourish your Qi at the Ghost Gate on your left foot. This will allow you to sense the flow of Yin Qi from the ground, which can activate the earth's energy and draw earth evil into your legs, etc."

"Nourish your Qi in your right hand and tap the ghost meridian. This will allow you to detect traces of ghosts and directly capture their souls. It will also give you more precise control over Yin Qi when drawing talismans."

"Nourish your Qi in the Yin Well of your navel, and you can obtain more Yin Qi than others. You can nourish Yin Qi within the Yin Well!"

“Nourish your Qi under your tongue’s Yin Bridge, which allows you to exhale Yin Qi. This is also an essential technique for some Yin practitioners who specialize in casting spells.”

“Nourishing the Qi in the spine and Yin Shu points can give you flexible limb control and a special sensitivity and control over blood.”

"Nourish your Qi in the Yin Cave of your Heart, and you will gain superhuman strength and powerful physical recovery abilities. Legend has it that at a high level of cultivation, even severed limbs can regenerate!"

“Nourish your Qi in the Yin Aperture of the Heavenly Spirit, and you will be able to use abilities that are like being blinded by a ghost. There was once a master of Yin cultivation who made an entire village live under his illusion.”

"Nourish your Qi at the Huiyin acupoint, and you will have no weaknesses in your entire body. Even if your heart is shattered, a powerful person can still continue to live!"

Zhong Cai's words gave Chen Miao the feeling of listening to a novel or storybook.

Zhong Cai coughed lightly.

"Of course, I heard all of the above from my master. The extent to which yin can be nourished in different orifices varies depending on the lineage."

"But if the last three apertures can be cultivated, they will indeed be stronger than the first six apertures!"

Chen Miao was already shocked by the achievements that Zhong Cai described that he might be able to achieve after entering the underworld.

At this moment, he was already eager to give it a try.

The problem is, he only knows what he can do after entering the Yin realm, but he doesn't know how to awaken his senses or nourish his Yin!
Chen Miao turned his gaze to Zhong Cai, eager to learn.

……

(End of this chapter)