After walking for a short while, a colossal mountain gorge, almost spanning the heavens and earth, appeared before him. A fierce wind blew in his face, nearly causing Yang Kai to stumble.
Yang Kai came to his senses, looked up, and was instantly stunned.
How could this be here? The mountain gorge before him, over a thousand zhang wide, almost bottomless, and of unknown length, was precisely the most dangerous and mysterious place in the Lingxiao Pavilion—the Dragon Trapping Gorge!
Speaking of which, the existence of this mountain gorge was quite strange. The Lingxiao Pavilion was not situated on a mountain range but in a flat area. This gorge was more like a crack in the earth, just an exceptionally large one.
The Dragon Trapping Gorge was a forbidden area within the Lingxiao Pavilion, not officially designated as such. It was extremely perilous, with howling winds that could easily knock someone off balance. Once someone fell in, there was no chance of survival.
The Dragon Trapping Gorge was also the place where the Lingxiao Pavilion exiled traitors and rebels. Over the past few hundred years, whenever the Lingxiao Pavilion encountered someone who committed grave offenses and could not be forgiven, they would strip them of their cultivation and exile them to the Dragon Trapping Gorge.
Yang Kai found this hard to understand. If someone truly committed a grave offense, why not just kill them? Why choose exile? Being stripped of one's cultivation and thrown down here was a death sentence.
Of course, the Dragon Trapping Gorge was also the preferred place for many lovers to commit suicide. The Lingxiao Pavilion had many stories of such tragic love, where after the death of a loved one, the bereaved would jump from the Dragon Trapping Gorge, unwilling to live on.
These touching stories were deeply ingrained in the hearts of the male disciples of the Lingxiao Pavilion, waiting for the right moment to charm girls. As long as the girls heard the stories of rain beating on the pear blossoms, the male disciples of the Lingxiao Pavilion would show off their broad chests and warm arms, and they would be invincible, always successful.
These touching stories had created countless romantic tales, and were truly the great love in the hearts of the male disciples of the Lingxiao Pavilion!
After going through the information about the Dragon Trapping Gorge in his mind, Yang Kai slowly took a few steps forward and looked down into the bottomless gorge, full of doubts.
How could there be yang energy here? And it was different from what he had sensed earlier. Not only was there a dense concentration of yang energy below, but it was also continuously emanating upwards. Even standing at the edge of the gorge, Yang Kai could feel the warmth in the air.
This warmth was not the power of the sun, but it was much purer than the sun's energy.
After a moment of thought, Yang Kai simply sat down on the ground, no longer dwelling on the reasons, and focused on absorbing the energy. Cultivating the True Yang Technique, the denser the yang energy, the faster the cultivation speed.
Now, with the sparse amount of primordial energy in his body, the True Yang Technique operated slowly, but with the help of this yang energy, the cultivation speed should be much faster.
It was already dusk, and although there was not much sunlight, Yang Kai still felt that the cultivation efficiency was indeed much higher than in the past few days.
This cultivation lasted the entire night. When the next morning came, Yang Kai opened his eyes to check his cultivation progress.
The difference between having yang energy and not having it was significant. Previously, even under the sun, it took him three days to cultivate a small amount of primordial energy. But now, in just one night, he had achieved what took three days, the efficiency was astonishing.
The primordial energy in his body had also grown stronger, no longer like a flickering candle in the wind.
Moreover, with the growth of the primordial energy, Yang Kai found it much easier to control it.
It was a new day, and Yang Kai did not continue to cultivate the True Yang Technique but stood up and practiced the Body Tempering Technique for half an hour.
At the edge of the Dragon Trapping Gorge, Yang Kai was drenched in sweat, but despite the night of cultivation, he felt no fatigue, instead, he was full of energy.
After finishing the Body Tempering Technique, Yang Kai completed his task of sweeping the grounds and then hurriedly ran back.
Since his three-leaf soul flower and the deadland withered grass were almost depleted, the incense burner could no longer be of use, so he had no choice but to cultivate here.
Originally, Yang Kai wanted to find Su Mu and the others for a fight, but strangely, after that night, Su Mu and the others seemed to have vanished from the Lingxiao Pavilion, never to be seen again.
Although Yang Kai had some grievances with them, it was not a deep-seated enmity. Engaging with them was just a way to entertain himself and verify his growth. He did not take their night-time ambush seriously.
If he were in their position and had the means to retaliate, he would probably do the same.
Sitting back down by the Dragon Trapping Gorge, ignoring the fierce wind that could blow a person away, Yang Kai focused his mind, and the little bit of primordial energy in his meridians circulated and surged, repeating the cycle again and again.
The circulation of the primordial energy seemed to trigger some mysterious force, causing all the pores in his skin to open up. The yang energy in the air, like a cat sensing a scent, eagerly entered his body.
His entire body felt warm, as if he were taking a hot bath, and Yang Kai relaxed in comfort.
Two days passed quickly, and Yang Kai's gains were substantial.
With these two days of cultivation, the primordial energy in Yang Kai's body had grown significantly, and it contained a gentle yang flame power.
This was the most obvious characteristic of cultivating the True Yang Technique, as the primordial energy was formed by absorbing yang energy, naturally belonging to yang.