Falling in Love to Escape the Original Book Plot [BL]-Chapter 246: Yin-Yang Divine Beasts

[There is a hidden room in the cave. A monster cultivator is inside.] Zhen Yuan transmitted.

"Really?" Shen Xu muttered and immediately spread his spiritual sense.

However, he didn’t find what he was looking for and unconsciously frowned.

"Yang Shi, who else is here?" He asked.

"You know?" Yang Shi asked, looking at Shen Xu with undisguised surprise.

"I don’t know but Ayuan does."

"As expected of lord Zhen." Yang Shi nodded.

When he first found the cave, he discovered that spiritual sense could not probe the hidden room.

Fortunately, the phoenix blood grass emitted a fragrance that led Yang Shi to the hidden room. Otherwise, he would never have found it.

At this time, he couldn’t help but admire that Zhen Yuan found the room without his spiritual sense or a monster’s enhanced senses.

"What’s going on?" Shen Xu asked.

"Master, this is a long story."

After that, Yang Shi revealed everything that happened in the past twenty-five years.

"Yin-yang phoenix. I have never heard of it." Shen Xu said and turned to Zhen Yuan.

Seeing the look, Zhen Yuan shook his head.

"I have also never heard of it." The man said.

"It’s not surprising." Yang Shi said and quickly continued.

"Yin-yang phoenixes are extremely rare."

"Are they primordial beasts?"

"No." Yang Shi shook his head.

"Primordial beasts are born as such. However, yin-yang phoenixes are not born but cultivated."

"What do you mean?" Shen Xu asked in a curious voice.

"Master, a yin-yang phoenix is originally an ordinary phoenix. However, the four divine clans of the monster race are born knowing a cultivation technique called the nine lives rebirth technique."

"After practising this technique, they can transform from ordinary divine beasts to yin-yang divine beasts."

"By four divine clans, you mean the dragon clan, the phoenix clan, the white tiger clan, and the black tortoise clan?" The double asked and Yang Shi nodded.

"Any monster cultivator from these four clans can practice the nine lives rebirth technique and become a yin-yang divine beast. However, it’s rare for monster cultivators to choose this route."

"Why is that?" Zhen Yuan asked.

"There are six reasons." Yang Shi started and quickly continued.

"The first reason is that most monster cultivators who try to cultivate this technique usually die before they achieve their goal."

"Why?" Shen Xu asked.

"The monster cultivator will have a weak period after every rebirth. During this period, they will lose and be unable to cultivate their qi, physical strength and soul power. If they don’t have a powerful guardian to protect them, they will undoubtedly die when they encounter an enemy."

"How long is the weak period?"

"One thousand years but even after surviving the weak period, the monster cultivator will not regain its previous cultivation. Instead, it will need to cultivate all over again."

"This is indeed a big problem." Shen Xu said and Zhen Yuan nodded in agreement.

Without a powerful guardian, the likelihood of surviving one thousand years was close to none.

"What is the second reason?" The double asked.

"Resources." Yang Shi said.

"Cultivating the nine lives rebirth technique requires almost as many resources as cultivating my ten heads."

Hearing this, Shen Xu couldn’t help but shudder.

A moment later, he turned to Zhen Yuan; his eyes filled with grievances.

’This guy doesn’t pull his own weight and he has now found another burden for us.’ He silently complained.

Seeing this, Zhen Yuan raised his hand and rubbed his wife’s hair.

What else could he do?

Even though Yang Shi didn’t say anything, he and Shen Xu had already discovered that their snake liked the little phoenix.

Unless something happened, Shen Xu was bound to contract the phoenix and ’willingly’ accept the new burden.

"Few monster cultivators can afford the resources required to cultivate the technique." Yang Shi said.

"I bet they can’t." Shen Xu muttered.

"Master, did you say something?" Yang Shi asked with an innocent expression.

"What can I say?" The double questioned through gritted teeth.

"What’s the third reason?" Zhen Yuan hastily changed the subject.

"Most cultivation techniques can be changed even if it means foregoing the original cultivation level. However, the nine lives rebirth technique cannot be changed. After starting, there is only success or death."

"So domineering?" Shen Xu exclaimed and Yang Shi nodded.

"Indeed. It’s not just that though. After succeeding in the technique, the monster cultivator can no longer have offspring. This is the fourth reason why monster cultivators choose not to cultivate this technique."

Shen Xu nodded when he heard that.

From what he knew, offspring were very important to monster cultivators.

Under normal circumstances, monster cultivators would not choose to practice a cultivation technique that would cut their bloodline.

"What if they already have offspring before they begin cultivating the nine lives rebirth technique?" Zhen Yuan asked.

"There will still be a blood connection between the parent and offspring. However, the children will not inherit their parents’ new talent and abilities."

"New talent and abilities?" Shen Xu asked.

"I will get to it after I tell you the remaining reasons." Yang Shi said.

"When a monster cultivator begins practising the nine lives rebirth technique, they lose their previous cultivation and start from zero."

"However, after reaching the peak of level nine and undergoing the ascension tribulation, they don’t ascend. Instead, their cultivation falls to zero and they begin all over again. This happens nine times and only after the ninth tribulation does a monster cultivator become a yin-yang divine beast. Even then, their tenth life starts at zero."

After saying that, Yang Shi looked at the two.

"Each life cannot be more than one hundred thousand years."

"You mean the monster cultivator needs to cultivate from level zero to the peak of level nine within one hundred thousand years?" Shen Xu asked and Yang Shi nodded.

"Most monster cultivators don’t have enough talent or resources to achieve this. It’s one of the main reasons they don’t dare to cultivate the nine lives rebirth technique."

"It’s understandable." Shen Xu nodded but Zhen Yuan narrowed his eyes.

"Yang Shi, you mentioned ascension tribulation. Does it mean...." Zhen Yuan started but Yang Shi nodded before the man could finish his words.

"As expected of lord Zhen. You noticed it." He said and quickly continued.