Cultivation: Fortune by Lots-Chapter 401 - 228. The Third Rank May Expand Opportunities, Balance of Motion and Stillness (Combined Chapter)_5

Chapter 401: 228. The Third Rank May Expand Opportunities, Balance of Motion and Stillness (Combined Chapter)_5

Zhang Hui nodded. "I also had this thought, but the incident occurred so suddenly that I don’t know the reason behind it."

Shangguan Zhengqing and Ye Song followed with a few words of consolation.

Whatever their inner thoughts about Meng Shaojie, they wouldn’t express them in front of Zhang Hui, or even to each other.

Moreover, they were also curious to observe and see what was so special about this seemingly ordinary classmate.

Even if they were to take action, it wouldn’t be at this moment.

「In the quiet room.」

Lei Jun’s finger once again rested on the pulse of the comatose Meng Shaojie.

At that moment, he could feel even more abnormalities within the other’s body.

A thread of his yang Mana flowed into it, meeting with clear interference.

It was as if it were about to invert yang to yin.

At that time, Meng Shaojie’s body indeed had no serious problems, but that didn’t mean there were no issues at all.

He had fallen into a coma with no signs of awakening, as if he would continue like this indefinitely.

It was as though his Spiritual Soul was suppressed by something.

The trigger for such a change must have been the Thunder Roar from earlier.

Little Senior Sister, you really are something else! Practicing your cultivation without targeting anyone in particular, yet you still managed to knock someone unconscious... Lei Jun felt a mix of amusement and exasperation.

Of course, it wasn’t that Tang Xiaotang’s Thunder Roar had truly harmed Meng Shaojie. Rather, his own situation was already peculiar.

The key issue lay in the fact that Tang Xiaotang’s Thunder Roar originated from Pure Yang Immortal Thunder and contained the true meaning of Pure Yang.

It didn’t affect others, but when it struck Meng Shaojie, he fainted.

Lei Jun withdrew his thread of yang Mana. Black and white intertwined, Yin and Yang transformed, turning it into yin Mana. He then checked Meng Shaojie’s pulse again.

Indeed, this time the yin Mana also encountered interference, showing signs of inverting yin to yang—the exact opposite of what had happened before.

Lei Jun then made a more substantial move.

With his Mana interweaving, he began to stir Meng Shaojie’s Spiritual Soul.

With the tremors, an ethereal shadow slowly emerged from within his Spiritual Soul.

But buried deep within Meng Shaojie’s Spiritual Soul, the shadow was reluctant to leave.

Lei Jun didn’t want to harm Meng Shaojie’s Spiritual Soul, so he refrained from using any violent methods or the power of the Dark Side of the Celestial Book. However, he had other means.

Lei Jun then executed the principles and Artistic Conception of Liangyi Yin Yang Creation from that page of the Celestial Book.

With the foundation of a Yin Yang Sacred Body, he maintained a balance of Yin and Yang, pulling at the extremely unstable shadow.

Lei Jun had once received an Inkstone from Chu Andong, a Taoist-Confucian Inkstone forged by a Confucian Cultivator and later refined by a Daoist Cultivator.

Lei Jun had already dismantled that Inkstone using the power of the Dark Side of the Celestial Book.

In this process, his understanding of Confucian Cultivators had deepened more than ever.

Therefore, even when employing such a precise, non-harmful approach, Master Lei was still adept.

Under his guidance, the ethereal shadow detached from Meng Shaojie’s Spiritual Soul. It transitioned from ethereal to tangible, swiftly taking the form of an actual Spiritual Object.

This actual Spiritual Object resided within Meng Shaojie’s flesh and blood. It appeared as a small, unadorned rule, entirely dull save for a single trace of flowing luster.

The luster was located at the very center of the rule and seemed quite unstable.

With a moment of realization, Lei Jun understood. Although his Mana flowed with balanced and stable Yin and Yang, his very act of dragging the rule disrupted the balance between motion and stillness, naturally causing the rule to become unstable.

The rule trembled slightly, and the central point of brilliance immediately began to shift to one side.

Meng Shaojie’s body also trembled once.

"No wonder the Imperial Physician and Prince Xun’an couldn’t find the cause," Lei Jun realized.

Overall, the mysterious rule was more balanced and better nourished within human flesh and blood, but it could shift between tangible and intangible states.

Thus, when the Imperial Physician had treated Meng Shaojie’s injuries, this strange Spiritual Object had turned from tangible to intangible, hiding within Meng Shaojie’s Spiritual Soul.

When Meng Shaojie arrived at Dragon Tiger Mountain, the cultivation practices there had always emphasized the harmony of water and fire and the interdependent generation of Yin and Yang, with active circulation of Yin Qi and Yang Qi.

Consequently, as Meng Shaojie’s Spiritual Soul vibrated, this strange Spiritual Object showed a tendency to flow back out from his Spiritual Soul into his physical body, which made him feel dazed and disoriented.

But then Tang Xiaotang’s Pure Yang Thunder Roar had frightened it, causing it to shrink back in.

It was not until this moment that Lei Jun, using the principles and Artistic Conception of the Celestial Book along with his Mana that constantly interchanged and flowed between Yin and Yang, managed to draw it out again.

Although it was difficult, Lei Jun carefully and meticulously guided it out, bit by bit.

Finally, the strange rule, with its flickering point of brilliance at the center, detached from Meng Shaojie’s body. It hovered in mid-air, supported by Lei Jun’s Mana.

At that moment, a flash of insight occurred to Lei Jun, and a name surfaced in his mind:

Balance of Motion and Stillness.

Beside him, Meng Shaojie also began to awaken.

Lei Jun didn’t put away the treasure but smiled at Meng Shaojie. "How do you feel now?"

Meng Shaojie slowly regained consciousness. "Elder Lei, just now I..."

Lei Jun briefly described the events that had transpired.

Meng Shaojie looked at the Balance of Motion and Stillness, his expression a mixture of reminiscence and sudden understanding. "This thing looks familiar," he murmured. "When I was attacked by the Great Demon and fell into the Earth Valley, I think I saw it. But then I fainted. After waking up, I had no idea what had happened, so I didn’t think much of it..."

Lei Jun said, "Now that this object has been removed from you, you should be fine. You can recuperate properly and then slowly study this treasure. Don’t feel burdened; this is, after all, a fortunate encounter."

With that said, the Balance of Motion and Stillness descended before Meng Shaojie.

Meng Shaojie didn’t take it. Instead, he asked Lei Jun, "Elder Lei, if this thing had remained in my body and hadn’t been removed, what would have happened to me?"