บท 16: Chapter 16 - Yin Flame Pavillion
Yu Weiyuan, Lu Ai, Elder Liu Ning and Elder Xia Fang walked through the streets of the the Hidden Shadow Market, observing the many people crossing their paths.
From shady guys proposing deals, prostitutes selling their bodies, stall owners promoting their businesses, Yu Weiyuan and Lu Ai discovered all kinds of new people.
Even if they couldn't be said to be sheltered, both of them could still be said to be young, too young even. Even a Golden Core Realm cultivator possesses a lifespan of 500 years while someone at the Nascent Soul Realm could live up to 1 000 years.
The 25 years old Yu Weiyuan and the 33 years old Lu Ai were nearly babies compared to other cultivators of the same realm. They lacked experience and hadn't really encountered much in life.
Hence, coming to the cosmopolitan Hidden Shadow Market could be said to be quite enlightening for them.
But just roaming the streets couldn't satisfy Lu Ai, who started to become bored. "Shouldn't we do something? We didn't come here to tour, did we?"
"Since we came in advance, there is still ten days until the start of the auction." After answering Lu Ai, he turned towards Elder Liu Ning. "Why don't we take the initiative to visit the branches of the surrounding sects to assess our potential allies?"
"The Thousand Flowers Building is near us. It is a brothel managed by the Yin Flame Pavillion." Elder Liu reported shortly.
Yu Weiyuan squinted his eyes, remembering the information about the sect. "Then let us go."
"Wait, wait, wait, I don't know anything about the Yin Flame Pavillion, describe it to me so that I don't look dumb when we are there." Lu Ai hurriedly waved her hands, as if to slow down the pace of the happenings.
Lu Ai was spoiled by her father. While she did go out of the Sect two to three times, she had stayed in the bamboo hut she had made with her father most of the time, loving it there. Lu Yingjie indulged her because he was unwilling for his precious daughter to take risks outside as he could better protect her whike she stayed next to him.
Hence, she didn't really know much about the outside world, making her quite ashamed each time she tried to act mature before her little brother.
Yu Weiyuan smiled, amused by her antics. "The Yi Flame Pavillion is a sect where all disciples are exclusively females."
Lu Ai listened with eagerness, motionning him to continue talking.
"It is because of their main inheritance, the [Yin Flame Manual]." He continued.
Lu Ai curiously asked. "What does it do?."
"With the [Yin Flame Manual], their disciples can ignite their Primordial Yin to form a Yin Flame with which they can refine ghosts, resentment and baleful auras into Pure Yin Qi which will in turn nourish their bodies and make them more beautiful..."
From the beginning of times, human of both sexes possessed Yin and Yang energies flowing in equilibrium within their bodies.
Only their sexual energy remained different. Men's genitals are Pure Yang while women's are Pure Yin.
The Primordial Yin refers to the sexual Yin tied to a woman's virginity. It is stronger and purer. When her hymen breaks, the Primordial Yin of a woman dissipates.
Meanwhile, Lu Ai hanged on the words 'make them more beautiful' as she reacted enviously: "This is absolutely amazing!"
But Yu Weiyuan shook his head.
"No. This technique is one of the cruelest to their users in the Crouching Dragon Domain."
Lu Ai, who was still immersing herself in a fantasy of being even more beautiful, asked bluntly: "But why?"
"Because when a female cultivator ignites their Primordial Yin into a Yin Flame, she burns her womb to cinders and loses her ability to bear a child forever." Yu Weiyuan answered matter of factly.
Hearing this, Lu Ai's enthusiasm directly deflated. She was the only blood of her father left in this world and she was unwilling to see his bloodline to end with herself.
While she was greedy for more beauty, she was already recognized as one of the Four Heavenly Beauties of the Crouching Dragon Domain, and that was despite only exiting the sect two to three times. She had built her reputation as the Sword Princess easily and quickly, which was really evidence of her ability
"What else?" She asked without much eagerness left.
"While the cultivation through the Yin Flame is not as reliant on the grade of Spiritual Root, its ignition is risky and if one fails, the Primordial Yin will disperse in the body, crippling their Spiritual Root and their womb still." Yu Weiyuan answered. "After the crippling, the remaining energy from the Primordial Yin will remain stagnant within the failed disciples' bodies."
Lu Ai tilted her head in confusion. "How is that relevant?"
"Such failed disciples with potent Yin Energy make perfect cultivation cauldrons." answered Elder Liu Ning this time, a small ripple disturbing the eyes which were like calm lakes before.
After all, a cauldron was considered as nothing more but a walking cultivation pill or resource.
Because through dual cultivation a man could plunder a woman's Yin to supplement his Yang and vice-versa.
A cauldron was nothing but a fancy name for a slave used as a sacrifice to further the cultivation of their master.
"The Yin Flame Pavillion kidnaps young girls of ages between 3 and 12 years old within mortal cities." Continued Elder Liu Ning. "But only the girls who manage to ignite their Yin Flames are considered true disciples of the Sect. Each of them will be adopted by one of the Pavillion Elders and can now truly be called a Daughter of the Yin Flame Pavillion."
"As for the girls who failed, they will either work as servants, sell their bodies and arts in brothels or for the unluckiest ones, be sold as cauldrons."
Lu Ai widened her eyes in horror and felt she was lucky to be born a disciple to the Profound Heaven Sect. Such malicious practices were completely unknown to her.
But Yu Weiyuan interrupted her reverie. "Don't think the Profound Heaven Sect is free of such things."
"Every single existing sect has taken at least half a step into evil to further their interests."
"We are the same."
"If we were truly righteous, would we even go to discuss an alliance with the Yin Flame Pavillion?"
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Fifth_Daoist Hellooooo Readers!!! This is the author, delivering a very important chapter describing one of the most important forces in the early to middle stages of the story as a whole. Hope you'll like it.
I'm also thinking about taking a day of rest each week. If I write every day, I feel like I can't relax and sometimes can't concentrate.
I'll try to choose a day in the week where I'll post two chapters instead of one to continue posting at least seven chapters each week.
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