Chapter 167: Medical Heart Origin Merges with the Jade Pendant

"Kid, are you tired?" The voice turned toward Zhang Jun again, full of temptation: "What's the point of guarding these ants? With your strength, you should be tearing apart all rules! Come to my side, I'll give you tenfold, a hundredfold power! The vast heavens and earth are yours to indulge in gratitude and vengeance! Whoever dares to block you, kill them!"

"Medicine Demon..." The warning of the True Person of Guarding the One before his death, like a bell exploding in their hearts!

"Get lost, you son of a bitch!" Zhang Jun cursed back in his heart, his will firm, unshaken.

"Different paths, no joint plans." Lin Xue's response was ice-cold as ever, decisive and unwavering.

That voice seemingly hadn't expected such a blunt refusal, it obviously choked for a moment, then let out a sharp, piercing cold laugh.

"Foolish... short-sighted... you will regret this..."

Before the words even faded, that gloomy evil aura retreated swiftly, vanishing without a trace.

With their firm refusal of will, the realistic illusions around them, like snow meeting the scorching sun, rapidly melted and peeled away.

The clamor, screams, and foul stench in their ears vanished instantly.

Still the same bluish-black round stone chamber, three futons on the ground, the ashes left by the True Person of Guarding the One's Sitting Transformation not yet fully settled.

The only difference was a fist-sized Medical Heart Origin light sphere hovering in midair.

Its light now emitted was no longer mysterious and unfathomable, but instead carried an indescribable warmth and closeness, filled with reassurance.

A clear thought, filled with approval and complete acceptance, surged directly into their consciousness.

Test, passed!

Immediately, the light sphere condensing the source of Medical Dao and endless mysteries of life, no longer hovering, but actively and gently drifted down toward Zhang Jun and Lin Xue.

True fortune has arrived!

That fist-sized sphere, condensing untold ages of Medical Dao essence and life's mysteries, the Medical Heart Origin light sphere, carrying an indescribable affinity and approval, drifted down slowly.

It did not, like the previous energy surge, directly rush into Zhang Jun and Lin Xue's bodies, but instead flew straight between them, hovering above their tightly clasped hands holding the Yin Yang Jade Pendant.

The light sphere trembled slightly, then transformed into a strand of pure, extreme light, as if containing the first thread of life from when heaven and earth first opened, without hesitation actively merging into that Yin Yang Jade Pendant just formed by the union of a bronze sheet and an azure crystal.

"Hum!"

A hum deeper and more distant than before, not coming from the outside but resonating directly from within the pendant, shaking the depths of their souls.

The Yin Yang Jade Pendant suddenly burst forth with blinding radiance, but in just an instant all the light withdrew like a tide inward and settled.

The pendant, originally half warm ancient bronze and half translucent icy blue, now underwent a wondrous change in texture. The bronze hue grew deeper and more restrained, as if washed through countless ages, settling endless wisdom; the icy blue became purer and more transparent, like the deepest cosmos' purest glacial ice, harboring the secret of life's source.

The natural yin-yang fish pattern on the pendant's surface now seemed to come fully alive! No longer a static design, but like two living yin-yang fish swimming slowly within the pendant, chasing each other, cycling endlessly. An aura vastly greater than before, yet incomparably rounded and harmonious, emanated from the pendant, as if this tiny pendant constituted its own world, evolving the ultimate principle of yin and yang.

At the instant the Medical Heart Origin fully merged into the pendant, Zhang Jun and Lin Xue only felt a tremendous boom in their minds!

The Medical Sect inheritance knowledge obtained earlier through the remnant thoughts and light-thread baptism of the True Person of Guarding the One, like finding the mainstay, were instantly linked and completed! Countless originally fragmentary, vague, or even completely lost medical chapters, single-prescription secrets, cultivation methods, and even the insights of past Medicine Sect sages on the great Dao of heaven and earth and the cycle of life and death, like a breached dam flood, poured into their consciousness seas with crystal clarity and complete system.

The information volume was unimaginably huge, yet clearly organized, as if it were naturally part of their knowledge system, with no hesitation or conflict.

"So that's how it is!" Zhang Jun's mind flashed with insight; many of the sticking points from his prior cultivation of pure yang internal strength, now like melting ice and snow, instantly became clear. His control over the utmost yang and utmost rigid force within his body was no longer mere use, but had reached a near-instinctual, meticulous mastery! Wherever his thought went, the power obeyed like an arm directing a finger, freely released and restrained, balancing hardness and softness, with no trace of strain.

Lin Xue's side was the same. Her profound yin internal strength circulated within her body, the icy chill remained, yet gained a touch more nourishing vitality and resilience for all things. Her understanding and use of power also reached a new height. It was as if her body and soul had completely merged with this profound yin force, becoming the power itself.

The two almost simultaneously opened their eyes, met each other's gaze, and could see in each other's eyes the clarity and confidence brought by sudden enlightenment and rounded power.

What further delighted them was that, with the integration of the Medical Heart Origin, the Yin Yang Jade Pendant in their hands seemed to have been endowed with a new life and ability.

They could clearly feel that the protective power emanating from the pendant itself was more than ten times stronger than before! It seemed that merely holding it could shield against most external malicious invasions.

At the same time, through the pendant they could faintly sense and limitedly mobilize the wandering yin and yang qi of the surrounding heaven and earth! Although the amount is small and the range limited, this is undoubtedly an extraordinarily heaven-defying ability, meaning their power recovery speed and endurance will far surpass ordinary people.

More importantly, the pendant's power against evil and corruption seemed to produce a natural, source-origin suppression and purification effect! Just like that "Medicine Demon" thought intrusion earlier, under the pendant's final light, it couldn't even struggle before completely dissipating.

This massive influx of information, the complete elevation of their understanding of Medical Dao and their own power, and the perfect bond formed with the Yin Yang Jade Pendant, like a catalyst, instantly detonated the power within their bodies that had already reached a bottleneck!

Boom! Boom!

Two utterly different auras, one blazing like the great sun, pure yang vast; the other clear and cold like the mysterious moon, profound yin deep, simultaneously shot up from their bodies!

The already extremely condensed and heavy internal strength, at this moment seemed to undergo the final transformation, breaking the last shackle! Whether in the purity, total amount, or understanding of the essence of power, it underwent an earth-shaking qualitative change.

Their martial cultivation actually, in this fusion and inheritance, broke through again for both, entering a brand-new realm! Their strength was stronger than before entering this passage by more than just a fewfold!

Zhang Jun felt the unprecedented, rounded and abundant power within his body, and couldn't help but look up to the sky and unleash a refreshing, unrestrained long whistle!