Yin Yang Origin Core!

One breath. Two breaths.

Several breaths of time passed.

The Burrowing Demon Scorpion still lay quietly on the ground, its body completely motionless, its burrowing movements entirely stopped.

Logically speaking, it should be dead.

"..."

Ning Fan cautiously approached. Grabbing the lower half of the Burrowing Demon Scorpion with both hands, he gave a forceful heave and flipped the creature over.

Its belly now faced the sky.

That massive Ice-Eyed Frog mouth hung open weakly, its tongue lolling out, looking as though it had lost all its strength.

"It's dead."

Yun Qingyao said.

Ning Fan slowly nodded in agreement.

"..."

Ning Fan flipped his hand, producing a fine steel dagger from his storage ring. This dagger was not a graded Dharma Artifact, but it was exceptionally sharp.

He stepped forward.

In a few swift moves, he sliced open the Burrowing Demon Scorpion's belly and removed a transparent Crystal Core from the center of its body.

This transparent Crystal Core should have been a demon core.

But...

"Hm?"

Ning Fan weighed it in his hand. The Crystal Core did not possess the texture a demon core should have; instead, it was filled with two swirling colors, black and white.

The two colors reflected off each other, seemingly containing some underlying law of Yin-Yang harmony.

Moreover, this Crystal Core lacked the power fluctuations a demon core ought to possess.

"Could this contain insights into the Yin Yang Profound Scripture?"

Ning Fan murmured to himself.

The next moment.

He crushed the Crystal Core outright. The black and white fluctuations within spilled out and were instantly captured by Ning Fan, who refined them for his own use in the blink of an eye.

In an instant.

New insights flooded Ning Fan's mind, truly relating to 'Yin-Yang harmony'. After refining these insights, it felt as though Ning Fan had undergone a completely novel experience of Yin-Yang harmony. Unlike normal dual cultivation, the insights contained within this Crystal Core...

Were incredibly unique-a method of dual cultivation that defied common sense.

It couldn't exactly be called the correct path.

Yet it still enlightened Ning Fan from a completely different perspective.

After experiencing dual cultivation from this angle, Ning Fan's comprehension of the Yin Yang Profound Scripture truly had improved considerably...

"Quite interesting."

Ning Fan muttered to himself.

He cast his gaze back toward the corpse of the Burrowing Demon Scorpion on the ground. To be precise, the Burrowing Demon Scorpion wasn't exactly a natural creature.

It possessed no true bloodline.

It was purely the result of two different creatures using the Yin-Yang harmony of the Yin Yang Profound Scripture to pour their power into a single fleshy vessel.

The Crystal Core was the crystallization of that entire Yin-Yang harmony process.

And as for the fleshy vessel acting as the carrier of that power...

Its strength would not grow with time. The moment it was born, the vessel's strength was permanently fixed.

"..."

Ning Fan held his breath, focusing his mind.

Refining just a single Yin Yang Origin Core from this mid-stage Profound Extreme Realm Burrowing Demon Scorpion had increased Ning Fan's comprehension of the Yin Yang Profound Scripture by fifty percent. This meant that with just one more equivalent Yin Yang Origin Core, his mastery of the Yin Yang Profound Scripture would advance.

Advance to the second layer!!

Reaching the second layer of the Yin Yang Profound Scripture would elevate everything to a brand new level, whether it was the benefits reaped during dual cultivation or the power of their combined martial skills.

Not bad at all!!

"Actually, if I were to experiment with dual cultivation using all sorts of twisted methods myself, I could also drastically improve my comprehension of the Yin Yang Profound Scripture."

"It's just that the drawbacks are too severe."

"..."

Ning Fan stroked his chin, muttering in a voice only he could hear.

In truth.

The principle behind how a Yin Yang Origin Core enhanced the Yin Yang Profound Scripture was simply to let the refiner experience a completely bizarre form of dual cultivation. After all, when it came to dual cultivation, martial cultivators...

Usually only had one routine.

Trying to pull off flashy new tricks in that area was genuinely far too difficult. That was precisely why the Yin Yang Divine Sect had created this experimental ground.

Here, they used the mating of Demon Beasts to produce items that could directly enhance one's comprehension of the Yin Yang Profound Scripture.

"Husband, just one more."

"Then we can raise the level of the dual cultivation technique!!"

Yun Qingyao also appeared extremely excited. She waved her little fist in the air; suddenly, the disgusting nature of the Hybrid Demon Beast on the ground didn't seem so bad to her anymore.

Ning Fan: "..."

Ning Fan was already used to this. Whenever he gained an enlightenment on his end, Yun Qingyao's end would inevitably receive the exact same benefit.

Just as Yun Qingyao and Ning Fan were preparing to leave and hunt for another Hybrid Demon Beast, the little turtle on Ning Fan's shoulder suddenly moved.

"Hm?"

Ning Fan tilted his head, glancing at the little turtle that had been playing dead this whole time. At this moment, the little turtle was slowly crawling down from Ning Fan's body.

It crawled all the way to the edge of the Burrowing Demon Scorpion's corpse. Then, under the watchful eyes of Ning Fan and Yun Qingyao, it began to gnaw on the scorpion's body.

"Hus... Husband."

"Will Little Bao be okay eating like this?"

Yun Qingyao frowned.

This Hybrid Demon Beast was so disgusting, yet the little turtle was actually eating its corpse!?

"Wait."

Ning Fan didn't immediately answer Yun Qingyao's question, instead raising a hand to stop her.

"Who is Little Bao?"

"The little turtle's name."

"I thought of it myself. Doesn't it sound nice?"

Yun Qingyao tilted her head, speaking with an expression of pure innocence.

Ning Fan: "..."

Alright.

Little Bao it was, then. At least it wasn't some strange, weird name.

As for the problem at hand...

"There shouldn't be any issues. Spirit beasts possess a natural instinct to seek out benefits and avoid harm. Since it chose to eat the Burrowing Demon Scorpion's corpse, it must be gaining something from it. Besides, the Burrowing Demon Scorpion isn't poisonous."

Ning Fan explained.

"Alright then."

Yun Qingyao said.

They ended up waiting much less time than expected. The little turtle's devouring speed was exceptionally fast; it barely took half a quarter of an hour.

The small mountain of a corpse belonging to the Burrowing Demon Scorpion had already been gnawed clean, leaving only a skeletal frame behind.

"..."

After polishing off the Burrowing Demon Scorpion's corpse, the little turtle unhurriedly crawled back up onto Ning Fan's shoulder, its little claws tightly gripping his clothes.

Once again, it played dead.

Ning Fan: "..."

He tilted his head, looking at the little turtle draped over his shoulder, a look of bewildered surprise in his eyes. Despite being no larger than the palm of his hand, it had somehow stuffed that massive Burrowing Demon Scorpion corpse into its stomach. He had no idea where all that meat had gone.

Ning Fan reached out and poked the little turtle. It didn't react at all. But just as he tried to pinch its head, the little turtle snapped its neck out, trying to bite Ning Fan's finger. Ning Fan was fully prepared; the moment the little turtle showed the slightest sign of attacking, he instantly pulled his finger back.

Seeing Ning Fan dodge, the little turtle didn't even care whether it had bitten anything or not, instantly reverting back to its dead-like state.

"..."

Standing to the side, a hint of disappointment flashed through Yun Qingyao's eyes when she saw Ning Fan successfully dodge.

Ning Fan raised his hand and flicked Yun Qingyao right on the forehead.

"Ow, ow, ow..."

Yun Qingyao clutched her forehead, looking at Ning Fan with tear-filled eyes.

"Husband, why did you hit me?"

"Hmph."

"That was for wanting to see your husband get bitten."

"..."

Ning Fan fixed his gaze on the little turtle once more. He seemed to finally understand why the little turtle snapped at him whenever he tried to touch its head.

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