Chapter 38

Chapter 38: 【Bridal Chamber – Bai Moxue [Exclusive]】

Bai Moxue fell into a deep, sweet slumber. She had never felt so relaxed before, as her previous days had been filled with fear and trepidation.

Luo Sheng didn’t disturb her. Instead, he took out his electric lamp and began studying the Heaven Purifying Divine Incantation by moonlight. Using his spiritual power to analyze it, he was able to gain a general understanding of this cultivation secret technique.

This was a cultivation method based on the balance of yin and yang. All things in the universe have yin and yang transformations, and the end of one thing is the beginning of another.

Death follows life, and from complete death comes new life.

The “一” at the top of the character “死” (death) is also the “一” at the bottom of the character “生” (life). Life is above death, and death is below life. The two are yin and yang to each other, with only a fine line separating their state transformation.

Therefore, the Heaven Purifying Divine Incantation is both a cultivation technique for those of the yang and a secret manual for those of the yin.

From this secret technique, he further understood that humans, ghosts, and gods are three entities but also one. Humans become ghosts when they die, ghosts accumulate merit and cultivate to become gods, and if gods fail to perform their duties or face heavenly punishment, they can be cast down to become human again.

All things in the universe follow this cycle.

Yin and yang are no exception.

All laws return to one, embracing the origin and guarding the one, holding to the center and penetrating the one – these are the Buddhist, Taoist, and Confucian explanations of “one”.

Although they differ, they all speak of the same thing: one gives birth to all things, and all things return to one.

The ultimate goal of this secret technique is to let those who should die fall into the netherworld, and those ghosts who should live return to the world of the living as yang people, following the laws of heaven and earth, adhering to the righteous path of maintaining order between the yin and yang realms, and accumulating heavenly merit.

Luo Sheng silently wondered if he could cultivate the system of this world.

The spiritual jade gave the answer that it was possible, but not achievable now.

The spiritual jade hadn’t mutated to gain other special abilities, so it couldn’t take anything away from this world.

Even if he gained cultivation, he couldn’t take it away; it could only remain in this card world.

“I see. But I think I have a direction to move forward now. This should be the result of the conflict between the card world and the Card Master world, with a thin veil of gray gauze blocking everything.”

Luo Sheng propped his chin up and fell into deep thought, gaining new insights about the Card Master system that weren’t in the textbooks.

Then Luo Sheng raised another question, “The time in the card world flows faster than in the Card Master world. What if I cultivate in the card world?”

Soon, he felt the answer sent jointly by the spiritual jade and the mysterious energy: the result is not possible.

“So, the systems of the two worlds are different. Although I can use Card Master abilities in this world, I can’t improve my own strength through this world.”

Luo Sheng gained some understanding.

This might be the result of a compromise between the conflicting rules of the two worlds.

He became more interested. If one day in the future, his strength became powerful enough…

Would he be able to break the laws of the worlds and connect all the worlds together?

If so, when Luo Sheng meets Acoley and Alice, they would no longer appear in card form, but as flesh and blood people.

Thinking of this, he became excited.

Bai Moxue slept until noon.

When she woke up, her hair was scattered over her shoulders, but her spirit was more abundant than before, and her temperament had also improved. She was now a ghost bride with more vitality.

Perhaps it was the sense of security Luo Sheng gave her that provided some comfort to her soul.

Luo Sheng handed the Heaven Purifying Divine Incantation to her, along with a small notebook of insights. “I don’t know if this will help you, but take a look. These are the results of my analysis over one night.”

Bai Moxue was stunned for a moment, then began to read through Luo Sheng’s insights.

Although it was just one article, the explanations were very detailed and easy to understand, clearly analyzing the operational rules within.

She felt that by referring to the insights here, the speed of cultivating the Heaven Purifying Divine Incantation would increase exponentially. It might be possible to surpass the Ghost King in less than 10 years and then complete her revenge.

Bai Moxue smiled radiantly, “This is the best gift I’ve ever received!”

In the following days, Luo Sheng rented an ordinary house in a small border town. It wasn’t large, just a simple courtyard house.

Bai Moxue was responsible for cultivation, while Luo Sheng focused on analyzing the contents of the Heaven Purifying Divine Incantation.

With the help of the spiritual jade and mysterious energy, Luo Sheng didn’t encounter many difficulties.

He also turned 【Black Mist】 into a secret manual and gave it to Bai Moxue to study. Once she mastered it, she would no longer fear sunlight through the black mist and could walk in the world of the living during the day.

During this period, Bai Moxue’s cultivation increased rapidly. In just 10 days, she cultivated what would normally take 10 years, and with occasional yin nourishment from yang, her progress was even faster.

Of course, during this time, they didn’t forget to make detailed plans to deal with the Ghost King.

One of these plans was to use the high-level ghost-controlling talismans they had collected from the Yama Ghost Temple to control the two ghost soldiers, Soldier A and Soldier B.

They were sent back to the Ghost King’s side as undercover agents to provide information to Luo Sheng and Bai Moxue.

Time passed in the card world.

Luo Sheng had stayed in this world of ghosts and gods for 2 months, and it was time for him to leave.

So he called Bai Moxue out of her closed-door cultivation and told her that he was about to depart.

Bai Moxue’s eyes welled up with tears, “Can’t you really stay? Stay with me for a few more days.”

Luo Sheng wiped away her tears, pinched her little cheeks, and said with a smile:

“I actually want to stay too, but there are reasons why I must go. I can’t tell you these reasons right now, but maybe one day when I’m strong enough to break the laws of heaven, you’ll know everything.”

“Alright… I can sense that you don’t originally belong here, and I’ve prepared myself for the day you leave, but I didn’t expect it to be so soon… I will also become stronger and break through this world to be with you.”

Bai Moxue reached out her fair little hand, held Luo Sheng, and continued: “Promise me, don’t leave and never come back, okay?”

“Don’t worry, when you encounter difficulties, I will appear. Our separation is only temporary,” Luo Sheng caressed her little face, reassuring her repeatedly.

“Also, don’t find other women, unless you have my permission,” Bai Moxue looked into his eyes and instructed.

Luo Sheng put his hand on his heart and promised solemnly: “Rest assured, in this world, only you are worthy of my love. There won’t be any other women, I can swear.”

Once he leaves this world, it’s a different story.

After all, outside this world, there are many other worlds that are not related to each other. Having one lover in each world isn’t too many.

Moreover, there’s only one card character per card world, and his kidneys couldn’t handle more anyway.

“Don’t swear, I believe you!”

This was the last thing Luo Sheng heard from Bai Moxue.

Afterward, he went to an uninhabited place, and with a thought, the same scene transitioned.

Finally, when his vision cleared, Luo Sheng had returned to his own room, while the card world continued to evolve.

After he left, Bai Moxue went into closed-door cultivation to practice the Heaven Purifying Divine Incantation. During this time, her cultivation increased crazily. After another half year, she had already accumulated over 400 years of cultivation.

However, an accident occurred. Under the relentless search of the ox-headed monster, it finally discovered Bai Moxue’s whereabouts.

Fortunately, thanks to the information from the two ghost soldiers, Soldier A and Soldier B, she escaped the danger, leaving the ox-headed monster empty-handed.

However, faced with her old enemy, Bai Moxue also harbored killing intent.

So one night, she set up a trap to lure the ox-headed monster in. But unexpectedly, the ox-headed monster was also prepared and brought a large force to ambush her.

At the moment the trap was activated, even though Bai Moxue regretted it, she had no choice but to fight head-on. Then, both sides engaged in an earth-shattering battle.

The scene in the card world finally stopped at the moment their weapons clashed.

Then, the bronze-colored card emitted a glow, warming and nourishing the card as it floated in mid-air, before falling into his hand the next second.

Luo Sheng opened it and saw: 【Bridal Chamber – Bai Moxue [Exclusive]】