Chapter 59: Twenty-Four Solar Terms Valley

Above the Qinling Mountains, two figures suddenly appeared, hovering midair.

A biting wind rushed at him; He Jingfeng was startled, but quickly calmed down, tapping his foot Shitan ly—sure enough, he felt contact beneath him, as if an invisible platform supported them.

…What is this?

A spiritual barrier?

Thinking this, He Jingfeng turned his head to look at Lin Yu.

“Big Brother Lin, where are we?”

“Of course, Qinling.”

As Lin Yu answered, he spread out his lowered spiritual force.

In the original novel, the author never specified the exact location of the Twenty-Four Solar Terms Valley, only saying it was hidden within Qinling.

Qinling stretches from Lin Tao in Gansu in the west to Lu Shan in Henan in the east, roughly sixteen hundred kilometers long and three hundred kilometers wide.

Such a vast area would be nearly impossible to locate without precise coordinates.

But that was only true for ordinary people—Lin Yu naturally didn’t consider this range significant.

In just moments, he sensed over a dozen qi signatures in a certain valley.

Without doubt, this must be the Twenty-Four Solar Terms Valley!

Lin Yu didn’t hesitate; with a wave of his right hand, he enveloped He Jingfeng and vanished through space.

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The Twenty-Four Solar Terms Valley is the chapter following Biyou Village, triggered by the abduction of Golden Phoenix Granny.

She was a senior of the Quanxing Sect and once a devoted admirer of Wu Gensheng, the former Quanxing leader; since joining Quanxing, she had followed him closely and knew many secrets tied to him.

Qu Tong entrusted Ma Xianhong with capturing her to extract her memories.

During Golden Phoenix Granny’s disappearance, another Quanxing senior, Xia Liuqing, had been searching for her, even recruiting his friend Baron and his unofficial martial arts disciple Wang Zhenqiu.

The manga’s protagonist, Zhang Chulan, also cared deeply about Golden Phoenix Granny, so he set out to investigate with Feng Baobao.

The two groups met at Golden Phoenix Granny’s doorstep and discovered she had returned home without notice.

After some conversation, Zhang Chulan and Wang Zhenqiu believed she was hiding secrets, so they pretended to leave while secretly surveilling her—and indeed, they saw her and Xia Liuqing purchase extensive outdoor gear, as if preparing for a long journey.

The next day, Zhang Chulan and his group turned back and intercepted the two old Quanxing members on the road.

At first, they tried to conceal the truth, but under Wang Zhenqiu’s pressure, Golden Phoenix Granny had no choice but to reveal it.

She realized that after being released, she was unharmed and her belongings untouched, so she deduced the Muhou person was interested in her memories of Wu Gensheng.

Thus, after Zhang Chulan’s group left, she immediately packed her things and prepared to visit the Twenty-Four Solar Terms Valley to inspect the leader’s collection.

Upon learning this, Zhang Chulan and Wang Zhenqiu immediately offered to join the journey.

Thus, Zhang Chulan, Feng Baobao, Wang Zhenqiu, Xia Liuqing, Golden Phoenix Granny, and Baron formed a six-person team and set off toward the Twenty-Four Solar Terms Valley.

Meanwhile, Qu Tong, who had obtained Golden Phoenix Granny’s memories, was also acting.

She assembled a motley expedition team, arriving at the Twenty-Four Solar Terms Valley on the same day.

When Lin Yu and He Jingfeng arrived, they could see from above two groups—one ahead, one behind.

“Qu Tong’s expedition team has already started fighting the monkeys…”

He Jingfeng turned to Lin Yu and asked, “Big Brother Lin, shall we go join the fun?”

“No rush,” Lin Yu said, descending with He Jingfeng to the valley entrance and observing the surroundings with interest. “Let me first admire Master Zi Yang’s masterpiece…”

Following his gaze, they saw the narrow valley’s walls covered in deep grooves and fissures.

These grooves and fissures were densely packed, like wrinkles on an old man’s face, rising and falling along the rock faces.

Between the grooves were even more intricate, arcane patterns and fine lines—just one glance could make anyone with claustrophobia feel their scalp tighten…

Lin Yu studied these patterns with interest, his spiritual force covering the valley as he sensed its qi configuration.

A qi configuration is a structure formed by inanimate and living elements, possessing complete closure.

It closely resembles conventional feng shui and can influence the qi field of a location.

Once entering a qi configuration, one’s own structure is affected by its qi; powerful configurations can influence not only qi but even more abstract domains, altering a person’s fate.

According to Lin Yu, the Twenty-Four Solar Terms Valley was established by Master Zi Yang, Zhang Boduan.

All who entered the valley would unconsciously be influenced by its qi configuration, naturally circulating their qi, perceiving, and mastering their primordial qi.

In short, this was a strange valley that could grant even ordinary people a sense of qi!

Lin Yu memorized the rock wall patterns as he walked forward.

He Jingfeng silently followed behind, his peripheral vision constantly fixed on the rock walls above.

There, several golden snub-nosed monkeys sat quietly, watching the two travelers below.

They were the valley’s native creatures, affected by the qi configuration, each possessing a sense of qi and physical prowess far exceeding their external counterparts—true anomalies among monkeys.

The original novel mentioned that only those who followed the correct path through the valley would earn their recognition.

Those who failed to gain their approval would be attacked—like the expedition team ahead, currently under assault…

He Jingfeng already knew the general plot, so he remained alert toward these little creatures.

But strangely, the monkeys seemed only to observe them, showing no intention to attack.

“…Is it because of Big Brother Lin?”

He Jingfeng glanced at the figure ahead, thinking silently.

Meanwhile, Lin Yu had already memorized every groove on the rock walls and the entire valley’s qi configuration.

During this process, his spiritual force blanketed the entire valley; the monkeys, already within the qi configuration, faintly sensed Lin Yu’s spiritual pressure and dared not move.

“So this is it…”

“This is the Three-Cart Power?”

Lin Yu pondered the hidden techniques within the patterns.

The Twenty-Four Solar Terms Valley symbolizes the human spine, and the most crucial part of the spine is the Governor Vessel.

Within the Governor Vessel lie three difficult passes: the Coccyx Pass, the Spinal Pass, and the Jade Pillow Pass.

These three passes are notoriously hard to cross, so ancient masters devised many methods to overcome them.

The valley contains one such method: the “Three-Cart Power.”

The Sheep’s Power walks slowly through the Coccyx Pass, the Deer’s Power dashes swiftly through the Spinal Pass, the Tiger’s Power races furiously through the Jade Pillow Pass…

The Three-Cart Power indeed helps cultivators cross the three passes, but it is merely a trick—not the true path.

The genuine method requires no technique: if one’s primordial qi is full and the mind-monkey is steadfast, no pass can block them.

Of course, Lin Yu was not a orthodox qi cultivator.

For him, whether a method was orthodox or heretical didn’t matter—what mattered was guiding forth the primordial qi to trigger a chemical reaction with his magical root, laying the foundation for immortality.

Thus, this trick method suited Lin Yu’s cultivation system perfectly.

“Too bad… this excellent qi configuration was turned into a dead configuration by Wu Gensheng…”

“Had the original Twenty-Four Solar Terms Valley remained intact, I could have replicated it directly and built a path to heaven.”

Thinking of this, Lin Yu’s expression turned regretful.

As he said, decades ago, Wu Gensheng, leader of Quanxing, had altered this valley.

He believed Master Zi Yang’s methods were reckless teaching, so he erased part of the carvings and added many new patterns.

As a result, the once-complete path to heaven was halved—only the method to gather qi remained, lacking the technique to nourish and disperse it.

“What a waste…”

As Lin Yu thought this, he raised his hand and waved toward the rock wall above.

The golden snub-nosed monkeys perched there froze, then were instantly pulled toward him by an irresistible force.

The monkey struggled frantically for a moment, then fell still under Lin Yu’s gaze.

“That’s better~”

Lin Yu smiled and extended his hand; the monkey instinctively flinched, then realized—its eyes darted, and it willingly pressed its head into Lin Yu’s palm.

“Quite clever.”

Lin Yu stroked its head with interest. “My Daoist sanctuary is newly founded and lacks vitality—would you and your kin be willing to come with me?”

(End of Chapter)