Yue Su couldn’t help but chuckle when she saw his expression, "Guest Elder Fang, we’ve been through life and death together, there’s no need to hold back. Just speak your mind."
With a serious expression, Fang Zhixing then slowly began to speak, "To be honest, the reason I came to the Extreme Yin Sect was to strive for the peak of the Nine Ox Realm. Now that everything is ready, I only lack one condition to take the final step."
Yue Su’s heart stirred with emotion. She could naturally tell that Fang Zhixing was young, probably younger than her, and yet he was on the verge of a breakthrough.
Such talent was truly astonishing.
Curious, she hurriedly asked, "What condition do you still need?"
Fang Zhixing enunciated each word with gravity, "On the night of the full moon, Yin Yang Harmony."
Yue Su was initially taken aback, a blush spreading across her lovely cheeks as she said indignantly, "Guest Elder Fang, that’s not a joke you can make."
Fang Zhixing said earnestly, "I’m not joking. The cultivation technique I practice is very unique, requiring at least ten instances of Yin Yang Harmony, and it has to be under the full moon."
He looked up at the tomb’s domed ceiling and sighed, "Even if you agree to Yin Yang Harmony with me, in these dark and sunless Restricted Areas, I’m afraid it would be meaningless."
After speaking, he fell silent, closing his eyes and began regulating his breathing on his own.
Yue Su’s eyes flickered thoughtfully.
After a long while, she suddenly asked, "Guest Elder Fang, if you complete the Yin Yang Harmony, how confident are you in breaking through to the peak of the Nine Ox Realm?"
Fang Zhixing immediately opened his eyes, answering emphatically, "I am completely confident."
Yue Su was silent for a moment, then spoke softly, "In the Extreme Yin Restricted Area, there’s a place where the full moon shines all year round."
Fang Zhixing raised his eyebrows, all ears.
But Yue Su closed her eyes, began regulating her breathing with effort.
Seeing this, a smile tugged at the corner of Fang Zhixing’s mouth.
There was hope for the Yin Yang Harmony!
Before they knew it, roughly an hour had passed.
Suddenly, the stone door of the tomb was heavily struck, causing a slight tremor.
Dust from the dome fell down in response.
Both Fang Zhixing and Yue Su simultaneously opened their eyes and looked towards the stone door.
"Elder Zhuang and the others have found us, they’ve arrived so quickly!"
Yue Su sighed softly.
Fang Zhixing asked, "How has your recovery been?"
Yue Su replied, "I’ve recovered about seventy percent of my strength."
Fang Zhixing felt a bit better, but the situation was still not optimistic.
Mainly because the two of them had been in continuous combat the night before, and had exhausted themselves too severely.
Under normal circumstances, with their young bodies, they would have long since returned to their prime state.
Yue Su seemed to have made some sort of decision, stood up, walked to the coffin, opened a secret door next to it, and crawled in.
Fang Zhixing followed after her.
Behind the secret door was a narrow passage where they could only move forward by crawling.
The two of them crawled one after the other for two to three hundred meters before finally emerging from a pile of wild grass.
Fang Zhixing breathed in some fresh air and then heard a succession of thudding sounds behind him.
He looked back to see figures busying themselves in front of the tomb, ceaselessly attacking the stone door, intending to break through.
"That stone door won’t be broken so easily, let them be busy with that."
Yue Su turned and departed, Fang Zhixing quietly followed.
The two crossed a vast expanse of wild grassland and then climbed over a towering mountain, entering a deep forest once more.
Yue Su moved swiftly along a small forest trail, traveling for about as long as it takes to drink a cup of tea before she suddenly stopped.
Fang Zhixing looked up and beheld the sight of a lake before him, spanning a kilometer in breadth.
The lake water was black and shiny, as dark as ink.
Fang Zhixing looked out and saw a clear reflection of the full moon on the surface of the lake.
He was stunned momentarily before looking up at the sky.
The sky was overcast, the darkness profound; there was no moon to be seen.
Further, it was supposed to be daytime.
Yue Su explained, "This lake is known as ’Moon Reflected Lake.’ As its name suggests, the surface of the lake reflects the full moon, day and night, year-round."
Fang Zhixing furrowed his brow, "But there’s no moon in the sky?"
Yue Su mused, "I’ve asked the Sect Master about this problem. She said that there should be a moon in the sky, it’s just that we can’t see it."
Fang Zhixing found her explanation somewhat understandable but wasn’t sure whether the reflected moon in the lake could meet the conditions.
He could only try to find out.
Fang Zhixing turned to Yue Su, asking seriously, "This matter is of great importance, have you thought it through?"
Yue Su blushed slightly, her tone light yet resolute, "I won’t have any regrets."
Overjoyed, Fang Zhixing tore off his clothes, entered the lake water, and began to cleanse his body.
Yue Su’s face flushed with embarrassment as she slowly shed her outer garments and also walked into the water.
The two soaked in the water together.
The drawbridge was raised, and the city gates flung wide open!
The calm lake water rippled and surged, waves grand and towering.
Wave after wave rose and fell unendingly, pounding the entire lake surface.
[3, On the day of the full moon, talent enhanced (1/10)]
Suddenly, the System Panel flashed with brilliance.
Fang Zhixing had just finished a pleasurable experience, his mood instantly becoming extremely jubilant.
"Good, let’s go again!"
The lake water surged even more fiercely, wave upon wave crashing against the shoreline.
Almost four hours later!
With a thunderous roar, the stone door of the tomb shattered under the heavy impact.
Elder Zhuang and Gongxi Xiong stood side by side outside the tomb.
"Ning Yuesu, you have nowhere to run now."
Elder Zhuang’s face was cold as she shouted into the pitch-dark tomb.
There was only her own echo.
Gongxi Xiong lit a firestarter and flicked it with his fingers.
The burning firestarter flew into the air, instantly brightening the entire tomb.