Liu Er returned to the military camp and immediately entered his tent to inspect the treasure bestowed by his teacher.
He saw the Yin Yang Pot stood three feet tall, constructed from Red Gold and Ghost Crystal.
The Red Gold looked like dancing flames, while the Ghost Crystal was like the profound night sky, emitting a strange glow.
Two flood dragons, one purple-red and one deep blue, coiled around the body of the pot, spiraling up to form a pair of handles with their bent bodies. Then, they wrapped around the neck of the pot alternately, climbing upward until they reached the mouth of the pot, where each dragon faced the other and exhaled streams of breath.
These breaths were absorbed into the pot, transforming into red and blue gases that alternated and merged from time to time—gorgeous yet bewitching.
A Demon Cultivator's Magic Treasure carries the aesthetic of its owner, often in this style—exquisite and colorful, with intense contrasts of vivid hues.
After observing for a moment, Liu Er felt the former glory of the Blood-Slaughter Dynasty emanating from the Yin Yang Pot and couldn't help but sigh.
He tried to infuse Mana into it, but there was no reaction from the Yin Yang Pot.
Liu Er thought to himself, "My mentor mentioned that this Magic Treasure is called the Yin Yang Pot, it probably has something to do with the energies of Yin and Yang."
Liu Er, being a male, possessed abundant Yang Energy.
With this thought, he tried to infuse Yang Energy into it.
The next moment, the Yin Yang Pot suddenly erupted with an incredibly strong suction force, swallowing all the Yang Energy Liu Er had infused in one gulp.
Liu Er's expression changed drastically.
Not only did the Yin Yang Pot consume the external Yang Energy, but it also firmly latched his palm onto the handle, exerting its mystical power to violently extract the Yang Energy within Liu Er's body.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh…
Suddenly, a small whirlwind arose around Liu Er inside the tent.
Liu Er's eyes widened in shock.
He couldn't move, completely subdued by the Yin Yang Pot, and could only watch helplessly as vast amounts of Yang Energy were drawn from his body.
It took an entire duration of a stick of incense before the Yin Yang Pot stopped the suction force and returned to normal.
Liu Er immediately knelt on the ground, powerless, letting the Yin Yang Pot fall to the ground.
"What kind of demon treasure is this?!"
Liu Er's face was filled with shock.
He looked at his hands, which had originally been full-fleshed, now bony and scrawny with only a layer of skin covering his arm bones.
Liu Er's ears rang, his vision darkened, his eye sockets sunk, and his entire appearance was skeletal and ghastly.
He moved slowly, taking out Elixir Pills and gradually absorbing their medicinal power, spending a full 30 minutes before feeling slightly better.
"My Yang Energy, my accumulated life's Origin Yang Energy..." Liu Er was on the verge of tears.
Although he did not practice the Youthful Emperor's Technique, he had never expelled Origin Yang due to his mentor's strict discipline.
Now, although the Origin Yang was still present, the vast majority of Yang Energy he had accumulated over most of his life was sucked away. This left Liu Er in a state of weakness, as if he had indulged in ten years of continuous intimate activities, reveling day and night.
Liu Er continued to study the Yin Yang Pot.
Picking up the demon pot this time, he immediately felt it was much heavier.
Infusing Mana still had no effect, but when he permeated it with his Divine Sense, there was a slight response.
Liu Er continued to release his Divine Sense, allowing it to infiltrate deeper into the Magic Treasure.
Suddenly, the Yin Yang Pot activated and the purple-red dragon became vividly bright, exhaling gusts of Yin Qi from its dragon mouth.
This Yin Qi, upon touching Liu Er, perfectly melded into his body like swallows returning to their nest.
Liu Er showed a look of surprise, "My Yang Energy, it has completely transformed into Yin Qi?"
He absorbed for a while, then realized the seriousness of the situation: "Stop, stop immediately!"
Fortunately, this time the Yin Yang Qi Pot obeyed his Divine Sense and stopped obediently.
Liu Er let out a huge sigh of relief, having been scared pale just moments before.
"This Magic Treasure is really mysterious, it can actually transform my Yang Energy completely into Yin Qi."
"If this continues to pour in, wouldn't I become feminine? Equivalent to a eunuch?"
"No wonder it's called the Yin Yang Qi Pot."
Liu Er thought of Dual Cultivation.
Normally, Dual Cultivation is about the combination of Yin and Yang energies, contributed by a male and a female Cultivator respectively, and then through the blending and penetration of these energies, benefits are derived, aiding in the increase of the male and female's Cultivation Levels.
But now, it is the unity of Yin and Yang from a single person.
"Then what's the use of this pot?"
"Transforming into Yin Qi… Wait a minute."
"Can I do it like this?"
Liu Er sat down cross-legged and started to merge Yang Energy and Yin Qi.
He possessed Origin Yang, with Yang Energy continuously flowing, growing at a rate much faster than ordinary people.
The Yang Energy and Yin Qi intertwined, instantly achieving harmony between Yin and Yang, boosting his Cultivation Level incessantly.
"So, this is a treasure that increases the speed of Cultivation."
"Strange…"
"Why did my master give it to me at this time? If he could have given it to me when I first became his disciple, by now, wouldn't I have reached Nascent Soul Cultivation?"
"Perhaps, the master intended for me to infiltrate Liangzhu Country with my Golden Core Cultivation. After all, the levels of caution and defense triggered by Golden Core and Nascent Soul Cultivation Levels are different."
"Or, maybe the master has other purposes that I haven't guessed yet."
As Liu Er was pondering, a subordinate came to report.
It turns out that after Ning Zhuo went to his appointment, Liu Er, not at ease, had sent subordinates to secretly follow and try to gather intelligence.
The subordinate brought back two pieces of news.
"You mean, the strategist seems to have parted on bad terms with Shuangjing?" Liu Er felt happy, this was good news indeed.
Then he heard the news about "Mu Lan being arrogant and reckless, forcibly barging into the granary, even injuring Zhao Xi."
Liu Er felt slightly puzzled, shaking his head: "Mu Lan is truly backed by the Upper General Mansion, hence she acts this way. I'm envious. If I did that, I'd be swept out the door the next moment."
"We didn't receive our military provisions this time either. Turns out the transport team was wiped out by Old Monster in Stone."
"This Old Monster is so cunning, specializing in Earth Element, and not the least bit straightforward, to think that he even has a background of Ten-Thousand-Year-old Earth Essence, utterly sly like a fox!"
Liu Er was filled with emotion, when another subordinate came to report.
This time it was bad news.
Upon hearing it, Liu Er couldn't stay calm and suddenly stood up, exclaiming in a low voice: "What? My third brother went to storm the Red Flower Camp?!"
Zhang Hei, full of anger, rushed to the gates of Red Flower Camp, roaring like thunder: "Mu Lan, come out here!"
Just after Mu Lan returned to the barracks and was plotted against, she was already in a sour mood. Suddenly hearing Zhang Hei's roars, her face turned furious.
She naturally couldn't allow Zhang Hei to make a commotion at the camp gate, so she stepped out immediately: "You dark scoundrel, what are you howling for?"
Zhang Hei, holding his Black Snake Spear, pointed at Mu Lan, and shouted: "Mu Lan! You condone your soldiers to provoke our army, outnumbering and bullying the few, beating our soldiers to near death. You're too arrogant, in the previous ambush you threw the blame onto our side and just ran away!"
"Draw your weapon; today your Grandpa Zhang is going to teach you a lesson!"