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Wu Gu watched Qi Lin circle around through the pill hall. She did not think any clues were in this place.
“The dragon crosses a thousand li, the qi birthed of the leyline gathers in the cave and does not leak, and it prospers in the empty hall. The river follows the dragon, gracefully entering the hall. The river gathers in the center of the sky. Go to the river mouth to shut the lock with force, yet going feels like being trapped…” Qi Lin muttered to himself.
Wu Gu frowned. These words seemed a bit familiar, but she could not recall where she had heard this.
“The dragon and tiger close the lock ahead. Dragon qi does not leak, water-qi does not scatter…” Qi Lin was in the middle of using his most mastered geomancy. The Immemorial Royal Family held geomancy in great esteem. Before he came here, he noticed this place was True Dragon Hibernation fengshui. True Dragon Hibernation birthed dragons and phoenixes. Perhaps this was the reason the Illusionary Flying Snow dwelled here. This also meant that White Emperor Shaohao did not construct these sacrificial grounds in haste. Rather, there was clear deliberation, an arrangement based on the Immemorial Royal Family’s geomancy.
Undergoing Qi Lin’s careful inspection, he finally noticed that this pill hall’s fengshui was classified as “life and flourish resting captive.”
Life, the source of water inherently birthed qi, and the rivers that poured from the top of mountain peaks birthed it endlessly. Flourish, water gathered into a pool where life flourished, that is, water gathered at the center of the Bright Hall before a cave to flourish. Rest referred to water that hid and accumulated before flowing away. Captive water could only flow, crash, and leak, and thus was captive. Dragons moved water forward, and it was because of dragons that water had power.
Life and flourish resting captive’s power was in water. Then the Five Elements Divine Lock Curse ought to originate in water. Then, according to the Five Elements rules of mutual engenderment and inhibitions…Qi Lin pondered a bit. His mind already had an understanding of an idea to unlock the Five Elements Divine Lock Curse.
“I’m going to try something.” Qi Lin once again stood in front of the Luan Pill Cauldron.
Wu Gu handed over materials that represented the five elements. The method to release the Five Elements Divine Lock Curse was actually very simple. Refine the Five Elements in succession, and if the sequence was correct, the spell would be released. If he was wrong, he would meet with backlash.
Engenderment or inhibition?
“Life and flourish resting captive, dragon and water births flourish.”1 Qi Lin had an epiphany.
He first placed the water ingredient in as if to refine it. Then, he added the wood, fire, earth, and metal elements in one after another.
Metal created water, water wood, wood fire, fire earth, and earth metal. The Five Elements’ mutual engenderment.
Wu Gu nervously watched.
Qi Lin was at ease. When the last ingredient was completely incinerated, he heard a noise like the beating of a drum. Five different colored chains appeared on the Luan Pill Cauldron, and they shattered one after another. Then, the Luan Pill Cauldron at last revealed its brilliant splendor.
The Five Elements Divine Chains Curse was undone.
“Shall I say you have good luck?” Seeing Qi Lin unlock the Luan Pill Cauldron, Wu Gu was a bit envious.
“My luck really isn’t bad at all.” Qi Lin nodded.
Wu Gu faintly grinned. She did not believe in luck. The words Qi Lin recited just now were clearly some sort of important hint, but she did not probe the matter. The young man in front of her was unfathomable, even to her. Perhaps the teacher behind him was actually a sage.
“Check how this Luan Pill Cauldron is.”
Qi Lin moved his Divine Intent, sending it into the Luan Pill Cauldron. Having been left sealed in the dust for tens of thousands of years, the cauldron was already masterless. His thoughts very easily melded into it and assumed control. Qi Lin’s faintest sense about it immediately realized this cauldron was extraordinary.
The Luan Pill Cauldron had the nourishment of tens of thousands of herbs. Due to the luan blood in its manufacture, it could be to be an extremely high quality item. Even without the Green Satchel Book, Qi LIn found it could refine the Five Flavors Soul Returning Powder.
“I’ll refine some pills right now to help us recover.” Qi Lin wanted to try.
“Good.” Wu Gu also wanted to see this.
…
Qi Lin dropped two crimson ingredients into the Luan Pill Cauldron.
Rumble!
When Qi Lin threw the ingredients into the Luan Pill Cauldron, the entire cauldron suddenly jolted. As if responding to Qi Lin’s magical energy, it released a legendary laun cry. This sound was crisp and graceful, as if summoning a flock of the birds.
A majestic power immediately flowed out from the cauldron. This force was deep, heavy, and fierce.
Qi Lin’s pill-fire entered the cauldron and was assimilated by this force, immediately igniting. The pill-fire became even more transparent, completely lacking in impurities, as if it was the legendary flame of Phoenix Nirvana.
“This is already approaching ‘Nirvana Pill Fire…'” Wu Gu was astonished. Nirvana Pill Fire was the strongest divine fire in pill refinement. Phoenix Nirvana could result in rebirth. This Nirvana Pill Fire was able to endlessly temper medicinal ingredients, absorbing the essence. Not only did it perfectly exhibit the medicinal properties of the ingredients, it could even make them more effective, enhancing all aspects of the ingredient. In other words, normal medicinal ingredients under the effect of Nirvana Pill Fire could immediately be comparable to top-quality ingredients.
This type of Divine Fire was something that pill refinement masters yearned for, but it was said that Nirvana Pill Fire required the use of the Four Symbols Vermilion Bird’s essence-blood and soul to refine, a rare thing in Primordial World.
Although this Luan Pill Cauldron was still not at true Nirvana Pill Fire level, Shaohao back then had used the Spirit Beast Luan’s blood and soul for this cauldron, so there was a slightly similar effect.
Qi Lin put in other ingredients.
Under the power of the Luan Pill Cauldron, the pill was more easily completed than usual. By the time the pill-fire was extinguished, two sparkling golden pills tumbled out from the cauldron’s luan beak.
They were Earth Origin level pills.
“With the Luan Pill Cauldron, Your Distinguished Self Xiaoyaozi, you will be able to refine several hundred pills a day without issue.” Wu Gu ingested the pill, fully satisfied.
“No problems. I need to get a boat to the Eastern Sea as soon as possible.” Qi Lin said.
“Your Distinguished Self Xiaoyaozi, do you have any interest in going to the other pill halls to retrieve their Luan Pill Cauldrons as well? I am willing to pay a million Wu jade.” Wu Gu said.
“If we bump into more Mystery Silver Guards, things won’t be so simple.” Qi Lin frowned.
“Hm?” Wu Gu was perplexed.
Qi Lin hinted to the patterns on the pill hall’s ground – these designs all had rules, and according to his perspective, the twelve formations should a single whole. But after one pill hall’s forbiddance was broken, that evaporating mystery silver did not vanish at all; rather, it was following this formation and flowing to the next pill hall. That Mystery Silver Guard would grow stronger and stronger then. To be honest, Qi Lin did not want to face any more Mystery Silver Guards.
Other than Mystery Silver Guards being extremely annoying to deal with, Qi Lin generally felt this Changliu was still hiding something even more dangerous.
White Emperor Shaohao definitely did not abandon Changliu because the Primal Chaos Heavenly Court was destroyed. Hidden here was a reason no one knew, and his abundant experience told him – to not linger in this place. The more he uncovered, the more trouble he would find. Right now, Qi Lin did not want do deal with side issues.
Wu Gu was also aware that matters would not be simple and could understand Qi Lin’s decision.
The woman was a bit regretful. She could only reconsider this matter more thoroughly later.
“Let’s return for now, then. I must also prepare for the Immortality Banquet. We can discuss matters pertaining to Changliu more after the banquet.”
“En.”
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- 生旺休囚，龍水生旺 More fengshui stuff that I can’t find established tl’s for. ↩