chapter 1774: yin

qing wan's life and death hung on wei wuyin's

swaying emotions; her confidence in her generational dominating beauty and the importance of yin physique dwindled to non-existence. she gulped at her every instinct and screamed that this moment would determine her future.

qing wang stuttered with a quivering breath, "i-i..."

"take it slow. we have time," wei wuyin consoled as he waited for her to collect her thoughts and steady her emotional state. she was strong-willed enough to take a mission to assassinate a sage, so her mental strength was not fragile.

qing wan didn't haggle or negotiate her release, understanding after some heavy deliberating internal thoughts that honesty was the best step forward here, and anything less would likely end with calamity. her internal debate was guided gently by wei wuyin's mental strength. "his excellency..."

she began slowly before picking up, the reverence in her tone deepened by the passing second, yet the first two words caused wei wuyin's interest to pique

immensely. that title 'his excellency' carried significant meaning.

it was a title used to refer to supreme sages, those resonant soul realm experts. it was quite similar to world-saint for alchemists, however a tad bit more generic. the full title was superior excellence; an example of this title was if supreme sage dao enforcer of the zenith creation tower, a genuine and

battle-tested resonant soul realm powerhouse, was referred to by others, they would be called superior excellence suo haoran by his peers and superior

excellence chained horizon by those within the sphere of power. other layers added to the complexity, such as other lesser cultivation referring to him as the chained sovereign of the suo clan.

wei wuyin had learned of the three subdivisions of supreme sages—superior sage, cardinal sage, and prime sage, and their respective titles of superior excellence, cardinal eminence, and prime luminary, especially since titles were imbued with power that could kill.

for qing wan to refer to su yi as his excellency, not his eminence or primarch, she was under the impression that this heavenly saint phase expert was a resonant soul realm superior sage! if his understanding was correct, superior sages were lower to middle-stage resonant soul realm experts, those within the mystic-heaven grade of the alchemic dao!

she held nothing back as she began to explain her connection with su yi. after thinking about it, she realized these events and secrets paled in comparison to her life, her thoughts as practical as could be.

su yi and her had met early, roughly forty years ago, shortly before she was scouted for this mission. she was being hunted after her master's death by a group of original magistrates seeking to overturn their fates by relying on her physique by splitting her primal yin. she was afraid of this happening, and as she was on the verge of collapsing entirely, likely forced by those sinister cultivators, two of which were women who wanted to assimilate her quintessential yin energies to supplement their own, su yi appeared on a small boat and an airy, light, immortal-like aura.

those hunters had feared that su yi would expose her capture to others, creating a hunt after her physique was exposed, and sought to silence him by enforcing severe oaths and binding spells. he refused, of course.

the subsequent event was enough to shake her soul. at the time, su yi was only a worldly saint, a mere world emperor. yet su yi slaughtered those of higher cultivation as if they were hapless chickens.

then, for three years, she served as his maidservant for a while, venturing across the stars before she found an opportunity, and they separated. she owed him her life and then some. moreover, su yi was praising her physique, yet held no desire for it. at first, she thought he was simply baiting her to willingly give herself, and the longer she interacted with him, the more she came to realize that she was genuinely just a person to him despite her physique.

she slowly felt soul-deep reverence and even was on the verge of repaying him by using her body, but he decisively refused. he was the type to believe that feelings have to be mutual to engage in dual cultivation, a very archaic thought, and told her to experience life a little more before asking him again.

when she was asked to assassinate sage painted star under the guise of skytouch, she wasn't initially forced to do so by those who approached her nor did they repeatedly accost her. but she had a secondary mission that changed her decision: protect shang wanqing.

according to their interactions and her observations, su yi had shown a strong emotional response whenever shang wanqing was mentioned as if yearning for a lover, so she felt that she had a duty to protect her.

she was a mere original magistrate with external tools and temporary sage-level powers, so that mission was only secondary, and not expected to be completed if pushed to extreme danger, yet she felt that this was her primary mission, which was why she tried to fight against the assassins and protect shang wanqing with urgency.

she failed in the end.

if not for wei wuyin interfering, shang wanqing's fate would have been anyone's guess. however, that was an important detail—she failed. after all, shang wanqing was in wei wuyin's arms, as a self-declared concubine in the eyes of outsiders, and that was not protected.

what if na xinyi took it a step further, creating an eighteen-point yin physique or higher?! he didn't know, and it was purely a theorized belief, but he wanted to test it!

the thought originated from his interaction with na xinyi all those decades ago. she had the potential to regrow a lost primal yin, but her primal yin couldn't self-repair itself, and he was thinking of infusing the principles of the yin renewal physique. however, he decided against it.

na xinyi didn't want to become a yin cauldron just for him; she sought true prominence using her own name, and while she might accept it, wei wuyin understood that she would be extremely bitter since the renewal yin physique didn't have many benefits that she didn't already possess with wei wuyin's alchemical backing.

but the overhaul sky yin physique was different, and it was very conducive to cultivation, creating a stronger source of yin energy on par with profound energy, but on the same level, cultivation was far more difficult for her than others.

and if it worked, perhaps...

qing wan was hesitant, and she later asked a series of questions regarding the long-term benefits. wei wuyin showed her a series of alchemical products that numbered a hundred in total, all mystic-world, and all her hesitation faded like it was a forgettable dream.

she agreed soon after.

with these sets of products, she could go into seclusion for a few thousand years and likely exit out a mystic overlord with a fully recovered primal yin source. she was not stupid, and she could take a temporary loss for an exceedingly extraordinary gain!

wei wuyin was above board when dealing with those he wanted something from, and rarely would he act against someone who hadn't offended him when he could take a non-violent route, hence why he didn't violate her mind or body prior. his eyes softly glowed as he waited for her to inspect each product, noticing that none was less than high-quality.

she gulped at least a dozen times. moreover, she didn't think that wei wuyin was fooling her, because there was no point! he could extract her yin quintessence by force, and she could only lay there like a dead fish and accept her disastrous fate.

"i also have another proposition for you, if you wish to take it." wei wuyin offered like an alluring devil, already enticing qing wan to an extreme.

"what proposition?" she was still vigilant against wei wuyin a little, but the fear for her life was largely dissipated. she finally realized why yue songli was treated so well. this supreme sage worldly alchemic saint knew how to treat women! especially in a world of strength where power can give one everything, it was rare for someone to conduct themselves with such good ethics.

if she knew that wei wuyin had ruined the cultivation path of a few million just a short while ago, she might reconsider her belief.

"your overhaul sky yin physique is extraordinarily precious, and i would be foolish not to make this offer: i can assist you in rapidly entering the true sage phase, providing a peak-quality arising sage elixir and other assistive products to ensure a fantastical foundation. in exchange: you will dual cultivate after your ascension with someone of my choice." an overhaul sky yin physique would be wildly beneficial to any cultivator. as her cultivation grew, this benefit would explode. a true sage with this physique? a fight between supreme sages was a certainty!

but it wasn't easy to cultivate a true sage!

"..." qing wan was instantly stunned and speechless.

this was a first! wei wuyin wanted her to ascend as a sage and dual cultivate with someone else?! someone else?!

"uhm..." but despite her heart telling her that this was unacceptable, the thought of becoming a true sage was so alluring and irresistible that her mind and soul refused to decline easily.

"if you want, you can spend some time with this person. you can decide whether you wish to dual cultivate with him after. i would place you in his temporal acceleration zone. it is in a small secret realm very conducive for cultivation and recovery, and then you can recuperate and decide after the extraction process. you can leave anytime." wei wuyin patiently offered.

"..." qing wan was unable to speak. she genuinely had no idea how to respond!

unfortunately, how could she, a vagabond cultivator, refuse such stellar conditions? moreover, she still had a choice! it wouldn't hurt to see this man first...right?

...right?

wei wuyin's smile widened.

the grand interlinked fortune of a blessed had been quietly seized by an inheritor of sin.