Chapter 167: Chapter 166 Emotional Threads (Second Release, Please Subscribe)
It was as if wings had sprouted, soaring high into the sky, with the vision continually rising, overlooking everything below.
"Dual cultivation has a narrow and a broad sense. In the narrow sense, it is the dual cultivation of a man and a woman, advancing cultivation together; but in the broader sense, dual cultivation is complementary strengths leading to mutual progress! Unity of Heaven and Man is essentially dual cultivation between cultivator and heaven and earth. The cultivator borrows techniques from the heavens to become stronger, while heaven and earth use the cultivator to continuously make up for their own deficiencies, becoming more perfect."
"When a cultivator embarks on the path of cultivation, aren’t they also stepping onto the path of dual cultivation with heaven and earth?"
"Heaven is Yang, earth is Yin; outside is Yang, inside is Yin; heat is Yang, cold is Yin; true qi is Yang, blood is Yin. Among the Five Elements, wood and fire are Yang, metal and water are Yin, earth is neutral, being half Yin and half Yang!"
"Time is Yin, space is Yang!"
"Yin and Yang can convert into each other, so does that mean time can convert into space, and space can convert into time!"
In a trance, the elevated thoughts were descending, returning to their original place.
At this moment, Lu Xuanji felt a slight movement in his divine soul, there was a thread, seeming both real and unreal, entwined upon it.
This thread was quite weak, almost imperceptible.
But Lu Xuanji still perceived it.
This thread entwined in the divine soul is the most mysterious existence between heaven and earth, the most subtle part of sentient beings’ emotions.
"Emotional Threads!"
Emotional Threads, entwined upon the divine soul.
Originating from Ye Wanyi.
Three more emotional threads were perceived, one from Ye Feixue, one from Ye Linglong, and one from that person.
Emotional Threads, formless, intangible, untouchable, and imperceptible.
Hard to grasp, hard to fathom.
Perceiving these three emotional threads, endless emotions were conveyed, having a taste of the chaos of the mundane world.
Emotional Threads cannot be seen by the physical body, nor by the soul, only when the spirit has cultivated to the most profound realm can they be felt.
Only with emotions reaching [Devotion] and above will emotional threads be left on the other person.
[The entangled emotional threads, thousands upon thousands, the ebbs and flows of life, what is the sea of bitterness? Entangled emotional threads become an emotional net! The emotional net is hard to break, the more wisdom, the more cultivators fall into emotional trials. Mishandling emotional threads mildly results in stagnation of cultivation, severely in the death and dissolution of the Dao.]
At this time, Lu Xuanji thought of some texts recorded in the [Yin Yang Transformation].
[The path of dual cultivation begins with lustful desire and is completed through mutual affection, entangling emotional threads. It transforms into the shape of a pair of mandarin ducks or butterflies, evolving into the form of the Taiji double fish, complementing Yang with Yin, and Yin with Yang. Without emotional threads, dual cultivation is impossible; only with entwined emotional threads can the Supreme Great Dao be guarded.]
[Worldly cultivators strive to prove the Dao, to live long, while I live to guard the Dao. Proving the Dao is difficult, guarding the Dao is harder. The heart is easily changed, the Great Dao is hard to guard.]
[The path of dual cultivation is divided into three schools: one is the path of Sentiment, another is the Heartless Dao, and another is the Forgetfulness Dao.]
[Sentiment Dao, with emotional threads intertwined, becomes a spiritual bond, becoming a lighthouse of the Great Dao. The Great Dao is boundless, the sea of bitterness is hard to cross, a cultivator walks alone in the sea of bitterness, easily losing their original heart. Gazing at the distant lighthouse can keep the heart unchanged.]
[Heartless Dao, emotional threads wrap around the fingertips, abandoning emotional threads and spiritual bindings, seeking freedom and leisure.]
[Forgetfulness Dao, in shared adversity, mutual support, where true feelings reside; but upon returning to the vast rivers and lakes, immediately forget about love, each seeking freedom, leaving only faint memories, this is being fond without being excessive, passionate without being promiscuous.]
[The Sentiment Dao is the righteous method; the Heartless Dao is an unorthodox method; the Forgetfulness Dao is a left-handed technique.]
[For the sentimental, Daluo is attainable; for the heartless, immortality is attainable; for the forgetful, the peak of the Nascent Soul is the limit.]
[On the Sentiment Dao, of countless individuals, none have truly achieved; on the Heartless Dao, many have become immortals, many have also failed; for the forgetful, many have attained the Dao.]
Reflecting on these, Lu Xuanji already had an answer in his heart.
His nature had already determined the final answer.
The answer was clear.
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On the bed, true qi intertwined, divine souls melded, Yin and Yang blended, emotions fused.
In an instant, Ye Wanyi perceived Lu Xuanji’s spiritual thoughts, sensed the inner changes of his thoughts, heart waves fluctuating.
This Dao companion’s divine soul was like a great sun, open and pure, without a trace of impurity, without a hint of distortion, possessing vastness and righteousness.
At the same moment, Lu Xuanji was also familiarizing himself with his wife’s spirit, feeling the growth of vegetation, the vastness of the earth, possessing a longing for love, and hope for a beautiful future.
True essence merging, divine soul merging, spirit merging.
The Yin Yang Transformation follows three steps, progressing from shallow to deep, advancing layer by layer.
Clang clang clang!
At this moment, Ye Wanyi’s spirit stirred, anomalies manifested behind her, within them dancing musical notes, and a phoenix chasing another phoenix, dancing together above and below.
As the musical notes shimmered, a series of zither melodies appeared in the void.
It was precisely "Phoenix Seeking Phoenix".
The phoenix sang long, deep emotions, emotional threads entwined, strand by strand.
Emotional threads increased, more and more, forming an all-encompassing emotional web, entangling together.
Love increased, transforming from [Devotion] to [Love Stronger Than Gold].
Spirits resonated with each other.
Emotional threads turned into an emotional web, surging forth.
At this moment, there were two choices, one was emotional threads around fingertips, the Wisdom Sword cutting emotional threads, the Supreme Forget Emotions; another was divine soul refining emotional threads, falling into the emotional web.
Lu Xuanji did not evade, directly urging the divine soul to refine the emotional web, as strands of emotional threads blended into the divine soul.
With the emotional threads entering the soul, love for Ye Wanyi also rose.
At this moment, "Phoenix Seeking Phoenix" transformed, changed into "Guan Guan Ju Ju", expressing intense affection.
However, at the peak of the melody, the dual cultivation ended.
Ye Wanyi’s face flushed, she lunged forward directly.
The primitive and fierce war broke out once again.
This sensation was extremely profound.
After the joy, Ye Wanyi lay beside Lu Xuanji, listening to her Dao companion’s heartbeat, said, "It’s so good to have you! Since my parents passed away, I felt alone, Linglong, Chenyu, Bingyun, Xiaoxiao, etc. treat me well, but there is a slight sense of estrangement from them."
"But with you, I have a family,"
"Me too!"
Lu Xuanji said, "I’ve been cultivating for almost a hundred and fifty years, but still can’t see through some things."
"Husband, you are truly my benefactor. After dual cultivating with you, not only did I step into half-step Purple Mansion, but also condensed anomalies, increasing my probability of entering the Purple Mansion from one layer to the third layer. As long as I seclude for twenty years, I can enter the Purple Mansion!" Ye Wanyi said, "The anomalies I condensed have three transformations, starting with ’Phoenix Seeking Phoenix’, full of tender feelings; climaxing with ’Guan Guan Ju Ju’, the joy of fish and water, love intertwined; and ending in..."
At this point, she became reluctant to continue.
Because of the lack of a third transformation, the anomalies were incomplete.
But she would rather have incomplete anomalies than condense the third transformation.
"The third transformation should be [Forgetting Each Other in the Rivers and Lakes]... Am I right!"
Lu Xuanji said.
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