"Knock, knock, knock"—sudden knocking disturbed the silence.

The five people chatting leisurely in the living room tensed up instantly, exchanging uneasy glances, wondering if the Ming merchants from the Li Family in Dao County had found Chen Hao's home so quickly.

"Knock, knock, knock"—the sound echoed again, more forceful and urgent this time.

After a moment of hesitation, Chen Hao stood up, went over and patted Tang Chao and Tang Jing on the shoulders, then slowly walked to the door and opened it.

After the door opened, they were greeted by a middle-aged man with a smile on his face. The man looked quite ordinary, but there was an undercurrent of hidden authority in his reluctant smile, suggesting he was a leader who seldom showed his face and had significant hidden achievements.

"Wang Chuan!" Xie Xiaofeng exclaimed, mouth agape.

"Wang Chuan!" Chen Hao also looked surprised, "You are Wang Chuan, the president of the Yin Yang Master Association?"

Wang Chuan's mouth curved up slightly as he gave a nod with a cold smile. He felt a bit displeased inside. After all, he was a respected elder, and now he was being addressed by his first name by two green youths. Even the grandfathers of Xiaofeng and Chen Hao would have to greet him with a smile and respectfully address him as President Wang.

"You must be Chen Che, the grandson of the old President Chen, right?" Wang Chuan said with a smile that didn't reach his eyes, "May I come in to sit for a while?"

Chen Hao's expression hardened as he scrutinized Wang Chuan, and after two seconds, he nodded slightly and said, "Of course, but first tell me why you've come."

After speaking, Chen Hao stepped forward, positioning himself in front of Wang Chuan.

Wang Chuan finally lost his patience, his expression changing drastically as anger weighed heavily upon him. He stood with his hands behind his back and huffed, "I've come for my friend Li Jiachang, whom you seem to have taken."

"Get lost!" Before Wang Chuan could finish, Chen Hao suddenly bellowed at him. "Please pass the message that as long as I, Chen Hao, am around, his deadbeat brother can forget about marrying Tang Jing!"

At Chen Hao's words, Tang Jing felt a rush of warmth in her heart, her pulses racing. Looking at Chen Hao's figure, she thought he seemed to be radiating light.

"What arrogance!" Wang Chuan shouted angrily, his voice reverberating against the walls of the stairwell. "This Dao County's Li Family is one of the largest Ming merchants in the East Country, with a very powerful backer in the Netherworld. If you know what's good for you, you better hand over the person..."

With a "bang," Chen Hao slammed the door shut and turned back to his companions with a smile, asking, "If there's a mad dog barking at you outside your door, you'd surely do as I did and shut the door quickly, wouldn't you?"

"We would!" Xie Xiaofeng nodded with a laugh.

Darkness had fallen!

Xie Xiaofeng had gone home, saying he would bring his luggage and move to Chen Hao's house the next day.

Chen Hao picked a few clothes to pack in his suitcase, preparing to move them downstairs to Ye Yuqiao's place.

At that moment, Tang Chao and Tang Jing entered the room, handing Chen Hao the Turtle Spirit Stone that Tang Chao had always worn. Tang Chao said, "Chen Hao, we want to thank you again for saving my sister and for taking us in. We don't have much of value in our family, so we'd like to offer this Turtle Spirit Stone as a token of our gratitude."

Chen Hao was surprised and quickly stood up, pushing the Turtle Spirit Stone back into Tang Chao's arms with a smile, "No need, this is your Tang Family's heirloom, you must keep it! Anyway, isn't it normal for friends to help each other? Unless you don't consider me, Chen Hao, a friend."

"That's not what we mean!" Tang Jing hastily explained, her respect for Chen Hao growing, "Didn't all your Yang Energy get absorbed by Princess Yi Ning last time? How can you cast spells as an Onmyoji without Yang Energy? Just accept it. Besides, we can't use this stone either."

Tang Jing wasn't lying. She and Tang Chao had researched the Turtle Spirit Stone for seven or eight years and still didn't know how to utilize the Yang Energy within. Yet that noon, Chen Hao had absorbed a quarter of its Yang Energy in less than two minutes.

Chen Hao chuckled guiltily and said with a mock grimace, "Ouch, if you hadn't mentioned it, I would have almost forgotten about that incident. I'm really sorry; taking the Yang Energy from the Turtle Spirit Stone wasn't intentional, I just don't know why it happened. I swear, I didn't do it on purpose."

"You're being too serious!" Tang Chao quickly interjected, trying to ease the mood.

"How about this?" Chen Hao suggested, brightening up, "Consider the quarter of the Turtle Spirit Stone's Yang Energy as a token of your thanks to me, okay? You should keep the stone safe, and make sure it never falls into the hands of someone like me again."

Seeing Chen Hao's firm decision, Tang Chao and Tang Jing exchanged glances and let it be.

A while later, when Chen Hao had finished packing his clothes and came out of the room, Tang Chao and Tang Jing approached him again, handing him an old, yellowed book.

"Return to Yang Spell!" Chen Hao squinted attentively at the three words on the book's cover.

"Take this 'Return to Yang Spell,'" Tang Jing urged with pleading eyes, "practice it step by step every day according to the instructions. How far you can progress will depend on your talent. Don't worry; the Return to Yang Spell temporarily absorbs Yang Energy from the environment into your body. It's different from spells that improve Yang Energy internally and won't conflict with the Yin Qi Spiritual Power within you."

"Wow, that's great!" Chen Hao was pleasantly surprised and after thinking for a moment added somewhat sheepishly, "Then I'll take it first to study, and return it to you later."

"It's no problem if you don't return it!" Tang Jing smiled, "But remember, if you have extraordinary talent, don't rush for success. Practice at most one chapter a day. Otherwise, if too much Yang energy suddenly accumulates in your body, it could harm your Yin Soul and even lead to your soul dispersing!"

After receiving the "Return to Yang Spell," Chen Hao couldn't wait to carry his suitcase downstairs to Ye Yuqiao's place.

Once inside Ye Yuqiao's home, Chen Hao threw his suitcase in the living room and excitedly entered Ye Yuqiao's room. By then, Ye Yuqiao was already sleeping with her eyes closed.

"My dear, I'm here!" Chen Hao whispered in her ear as he lay beside her and then lifted his head to kiss her cold cheek.

Ye Yuqiao abruptly opened her eyes, looking a bit annoyed at being woken up.

"Go sleep on the sofa!" Ye Yuqiao commanded.

Chen Hao buried his head in the gap between Ye Yuqiao's shoulder and the quilt and mumbled, "I don't want to!"

"You won't go, will you?" Ye Yuqiao's tone and expression were ice-cold.

Chen Hao lifted his head, his face full of disappointment. After a pause, he moved his face close to Ye Yuqiao and pleaded, "At least give me a comfort hug."

Ye Yuqiao's eyes sparkled, and seeing the child-like grievance on Chen Hao's face, she couldn't help but chuckle. Then she sat up to hug him and stepped back after releasing him, "Alright, go now."

Chen Hao nodded, then reluctantly left Ye Yuqiao's room.

Lying on the sofa, still excited, Chen Hao had trouble falling asleep, so he took out the "Return to Yang Spell" Tang Jing had given him to read.

As he flipped through the first page, he felt warmth in various parts of his body such as his palms, chest, and knees, as gentle as Ye Yuqiao's kiss;

He continued to read and by the time he reached the fifteenth page, which was the end of the seventh chapter, he felt as comfortable as if he were soaking in a fish tank with forty-degree water, as if he was embracing Ye Yuqiao;

At that moment, he suddenly remembered Tang Jing's reminder to practice only one chapter a day. So, he closed the "Return to Yang Spell" and sat cross-legged on the sofa. He closed his eyes and concentrated on recalling the content of the first chapter of the spell. Before long, the shadowy figure reappeared in his mind.

The shadow figure was sitting cross-legged on the ground like him, and then started reciting the content of the first chapter: "The Dao gives birth to one, one gives birth to two, two give birth to three, and three give birth to infinity..."

As the shadow figure finished reciting the first chapter, a mass of orange gas suddenly swarmed from all around, gathering at his waist. At the same time, Chen Hao felt a ring of Yang energy around his waist.

Chen Hao opened his eyes, his face alight with joy, "I didn't expect this 'Return to Yang Spell' to absorb Yang Energy so quickly!"

Afterward, Chen Hao absorbed the Yang energy encircling his waist into his body.

"Tang Jing said, you can practice at most one chapter a day." Chen Hao thought to himself, then closed his eyes to sleep. But as soon as he closed his eyes, the shadowy figure appeared in his mind again.

The shadow figure remained seated on the ground and began reciting the content of the second chapter: "Yin and Yang are opposite yet nurturing, Yin and Yang nurture yet are opposite, nurturing without opposite is Yang, opposite without nurturing is Yin..."

Right as the shadow figure finished the second chapter, a mass of yellow gas suddenly swarmed from all around, concentrating at his chest. At the same time, Chen Hao felt a warm sensation at his chest. He opened his eyes and absorbed the Yang energy on his chest into his body.

After mastering the second chapter of the "Return to Yang Spell," Chen Hao reminded himself not to practice any further. Yet, when he closed his eyes again, the shadow figure did not reappear in his mind. Still, feeling unsatisfied within, he could not help thinking of the content of the third chapter. After a struggle, Chen Hao once again sat cross-legged on the sofa, concentrating deeply...

Like that, Chen Hao continued practicing up to the sixth chapter of the "Return to Yang Spell."

Half an hour later, sensing something odd outside the room, the sleeping Ye Yuqiao suddenly woke up. She hurried out of bed, rushed out of the room, and saw Chen Hao sitting upright on the sofa, his face alternating between red and green, his clothes soaked in cold sweat, as if he were possessed.

"Chen Hao!" Ye Yuqiao hurriedly took his face in her hands and called out in panic, "What's wrong with you?"

Quickly, Ye Yuqiao's hands were burned by the intense heat emanating from Chen Hao's face as she muttered with a frown, "Such strong Yang energy!"

Chen Hao did not respond, his face ripples trembling and emerging, large beads of cold sweat continuously seeping from his body.

At that moment, Ye Yuqiao spotted the "Return to Yang Spell" beside Chen Hao, and after a long thought, she immediately ran upstairs to find Tang Jing and Tang Chao.

Meanwhile, in Chen Hao's mind, he saw his surroundings enveloped in dazzling red flames...

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