Chapter 484: The Secret of the Fragments
The next day.
Qingyun Fairy Island returned to peace.
In the morning, purple mist rises from the mountains and the mountains are shrouded in clouds and mist.
Palaces appear and disappear in the clouds. From time to time, the long cries of cranes break through the clouds. Some people ride on cranes and some come on swords. It looks like a holy place for immortals to practice.
No one would have thought that there was a cleansing here just yesterday.
Many people lost their heads and many others were expelled from Qingyun Fairy Island.
The Liantian Mountains are a continuous and undulating mountain range that almost runs across the entire Qingyun Fairy Island. It is also a mountain range through which fairy veins flow.
In the entire Qingyun Fairy Island, the fairy spirit is the most abundant, and the Liantian Mountains are where the most magical herbs and medicines grow.
Qingcang Peak is the highest peak in the Liantian Mountains, more than 2,000 feet high, reaching into the sky.
The island owner’s cave residence, Cangyun Palace is located on the top of Qingcang Peak. Below Cangyun Palace, there are many palaces.
Surrounding Qingcang Peak are eleven mountains that are over a thousand feet high. These mountains are also full of fairy spirit.
Of these eleven peaks, the six peaks closest to Qingcang Peak, which are nearly two thousand feet high, have palaces and pavilions built on them, as well as many medicinal fields. The remaining five peaks, which are a little more remote and just over a thousand feet high, still look to be in their original state, and the fairy spirit is relatively thin.
Qingyun Fairy Island originally had six earthly immortal guardians, and each guardian owned an independent mountain. The one closest to Qingcang Peak, which was nearly two thousand feet high and had palaces and pavilions built on it, belonged to the six earthly immortal guardians.
The remaining five undeveloped peaks surround a large lake with rippling blue water. From time to time, fish jump out of the water. There is lush green grass by the lake and verdant trees further away. From time to time, you can see jade rabbits and yellow sheep running among the grass and trees.
"These five mountains will be my place of practice in the future!" Qin Ziling stood in the air, overlooking the large lake located between the five mountains below. He couldn't help but think of the Yunluo Lake in Fangqiao County. He also saw that these five mountains surrounded a large lake, which was exactly in line with the meaning of the five elements of yin and yang, so he made a decision.
"Mr. Qin, these five peaks are of average height, and the fairy spirit is not as good as the other peaks. If you are not satisfied with the six peaks, you can practice in Qingcang Peak." Qu Zhong suggested after hesitating when he saw that Qin Ziling was not satisfied with the vacant guardian mountain and chose such a place instead.
"No need, this place is good." Qin Ziling said.
"Since Mr. Qin likes this place, I will arrange for the manager in charge of the construction to come here today to build the palace and open up the medicinal fields." Qu Zhong had no choice but to say this when he saw that Qin Ziling was determined to take this place.
"No need. My people are on the way. I will lead them to Qingyun Fairy Island in a few days, and they will be able to do the construction and arrangements." Qin Ziling waved his hand.
The matter of Qiankun Cave Heaven cannot be disclosed for the time being, and Qi Yu and others cannot appear out of thin air, so Qin Ziling had to tell a lie.
"Our Qingyun Fairy Island has been through a turbulent disaster and is in need of manpower. It would be great if Mr. Qin's people could move here." Qu Zhong couldn't help but show joy when he heard this.
Qin Ziling is the mastermind behind Qingyun Fairy Island and will not easily take action unless something happens.
If Qin Ziling does not take action, the only person who can truly take charge is Qu Zhong.
After all, Qingyun Fairy Island is one of the thirty-six fairy islands canonized by the Fire Ape Kingdom. How can Qu Zhong, a terrestrial immortal, be able to show off his status?
Of course, Qingyun Fairy Island could also recruit talents like the previous island owner Lian Yixiang did, but having just experienced this disaster and turmoil, the young island owner has not yet grown up, so how could Qu Zhong dare to repeat the same mistake and let a wolf into the house.
As for Qin Ziling, Qu Zhong was not worried at all.
He is very powerful. If he really wants to take over Qingyun Fairy Island, given the current situation of Qingyun Fairy Island, he can just start robbing it. He doesn't need to go to the trouble of taking Lian Changfeng as his disciple.
Moreover, since Qin Ziling accepted Lian Changfeng as his personal disciple, he naturally wanted to support and cultivate him.
Once Lian Changfeng grows up, Lian Changfeng is his disciple, and Qingyun Fairy Island is actually his power.
Of course, both of their lives were saved by Qin Ziling. Even if Qin Ziling really wanted the Qingyun Fairy Island, could Qu Zhong not say anything?
So when Qu Zhong heard that Qin Ziling's people were coming, he was naturally very happy and had no doubts.
"Well, my people will come and settle down with me on these five mountains. When I find a more suitable place in the future, I will set up a mountain gate. Now I want to practice. Qingyun Fairy Island has just been settled down. You and Changfeng must have a lot of things to do. You go and do them first. I don't have anything important to do here, so don't bother me." Qin Ziling said.
"Yes!" Qu Zhonghe and Lian Changfeng bowed and took the order and left.
After Qin Ziling and Qu Zhong and Lian Changfeng left, they landed on a small island on the lake.
These five peaks and the lake together form a natural Yin-Yang and Five Elements formation. There are actually two small islands of more than ten acres in the lake, just like the Yin-Yang eyes in the Tai Chi diagram.
After landing on the island, Qin Ziling looked around and dispersed hundreds of souls.
These spirits dispersed, some flew to the mountains to explore, and some drilled into the ground and the bottom of the lake.
But in just a moment, a picture with densely packed lines and crisscrossing patterns appeared in Qin Ziling's mind.
These are the veins of various spiritual veins, earth veins and mineral veins beneath the five mountains and the lakes and woodlands they surround.
"The soul is so mysterious and useful!" Qin Ziling sighed secretly, then closed his eyes and began to think.
Jiuxuan Mountain is tens of millions of miles away, and its power is extremely powerful.
With his current strength, it is obviously unrealistic for him to insist on looking for Yin Ranyue immediately.
The wise thing to do is to stay in Qingyun Fairy Island for a few years, practice hard, and improve your strength.
Therefore, as this place will be his place of practice for the next few years, he has to think carefully about the arrangement of it.
After meditating for half a day, Qin Ziling moved.
More spirits escaped from his body, and even the soil where he was sitting seemed to melt like ice and snow, and he gradually sank down.
Earth escape!
One after another, the spirits escaped into the mountain and into the ground, and began to sort out the originally chaotic veins, just like untangling a tangled mass of hemp ropes one by one.
Half a day later, the originally chaotic veins gradually became orderly. The five elements veins, spiritual veins, Yinsha veins, and various mineral veins were gathered together according to their attributes, just like tree roots with primary and secondary characteristics.
The secondary meridians of the soul are extremely complicated and messy. It is not difficult, but the workload is huge. It is mainly completed by the hundreds of thousands of souls dispersed by Qin Ziling.
The tasks of connecting, constructing, and changing the main veins are extremely difficult and require enormous mana, so they are completed by Qin Ziling's real body who has escaped underground.
Nightfall.
Suddenly, bright lights appeared on the five peaks. Wisps of purple mist and water vapor rose from the mountains and the lake, forming strands of clouds above the five peaks, surrounding the five peaks.
Soon, drizzle fell from the clouds in the sky, moistening the earth, causing the plants at the five peaks to stretch out their branches and leaves, emitting a faint fragrance of grass and trees.
The five peaks as well as the valleys and lakes between them soon became full of life, and the air was filled with immortal spirit, sweeping away the previous signs of primitive desolation and adding some of the atmosphere of immortal caves.
"Not bad, not bad! Now I have built the preliminary framework. Later, I can ask Teacher Lai and others to carve runes and seals one by one, and place them on these veins. I will continue to improve them, and then I can form a real Yin-Yang Five Elements formation. From now on, these five peaks will be called Jinjianfeng, Qingmufeng, Shuitaofeng, Huoyunfeng, and Diyuefeng, and the lake will be called Sun and Moon Lake."
Qin Ziling crawled out from underground and sat cross-legged on Yangyan Island in the lake again, feeling the constant changes in the aura of the surrounding heaven and earth, especially the subtle growth of the immortal aura, and couldn't help but feel very happy.
Carving and making a large number of various runes and seals, activating and stimulating the meridians, and gathering the power of heaven and earth is not only a tedious and huge workload, but also consumes a lot of mana and time. This is not something that the soul can do. Qin Ziling does not have the energy to do it alone, so he has to arrange for his subordinate Jindan Banxian to do it.
For them, this is also an opportunity to comprehend the great truth.
Because Qin Ziling has already constructed the overall framework of the Yin-Yang and Five Elements Array, if they participate in it, they will be able to comprehend the mysteries of the evolution of the Yin-Yang and Five Elements of heaven and earth at all times.
In the distance, there are Qingcang Peak and Cangyun Palace.
Qu Zhong, who was practicing cross-legged, felt that the energy of heaven and earth in the area where Qin Ziling was suddenly changed. He couldn't help but feel a slight movement in his heart. He hurriedly took Lian Changfeng, who was practicing with him in Cang Yun Palace, out of the palace, flew into the sky, and looked in the distance towards the direction of the Five Elements Mountain.
Under the bright moon, there was a faint light on the Five Elements Mountain, and there were many clouds and mists, which surrounded the five peaks and formed a whole.
Not only that, there were clouds floating above the five peaks, and a drizzle was falling.
"Uncle Qu, it's really strange. It seems to be raining over there on our side, but the moon is bright and the stars are sparse over here. How can it rain? And there is a faint glow over there, but this has never happened before!" Lian Changfeng said in amazement.
"Island Master, Mr. Qin is a man of great ability. His future achievements will be limitless. It is a great opportunity for you to be his disciple. Maybe you will have the hope of becoming a true immortal in the future. Once you become a true immortal, what will this Qingyun Fairy Island mean to you? So you must cherish this master-disciple relationship." Qu Zhong said solemnly.
He is an earthly immortal, so what he sees and feels is naturally not comparable to that of Lian Changfeng, who has already ascended to the position of island master.
At this time, Qin Ziling became more and more unfathomable in his mind.
"I understand. I will always follow Master." Lian Changfeng said.
While Qu Zhong and Lian Changfeng were talking, the brilliant light from the five peaks gradually faded away, leaving only the clouds floating in the sky and a drizzle falling.
Qu Zhong and Lian Changfeng looked at the place from afar for a while and then returned to Cangyun Palace.
When they returned to Cangyun Palace, Qin Ziling, who was sitting cross-legged on Yangyan Island of Sun Moon Lake, took out the palm-sized red fragment.
"I don't know what this is?" Qin Ziling looked at the red fragment over and over again. Apart from the fact that the more he looked at it, he felt more and more that there was an ancient mystery behind the incomplete rune, he couldn't see any other meaning.
"Never mind, let's see if I can perform the ritual first!"
Qin Ziling quickly dropped a drop of blood into it.
The blood rolled over the fragments without seeping into them.
"The blood sacrifice method won't work."
Qin Ziling frowned slightly, then thought about it, began to practice his skills, inputting mana, and wanted to use the mana to perform a ritual.
The result was like a drop in the ocean, with no response at all.
Qin Ziling once again mobilized the immortal power contained in his immortal fetus, but it was still like a stone sinking into the sea.
Later, Qin Ziling input his innate strength again, but the result was the same.
"It doesn't work at all. No wonder Dong Kezhen kept it in the storage ring." Qin Ziling touched his chin, thought for a while, separated a wisp of his soul, and then carefully probed the soul into the fragment.
As soon as this wisp of soul entered the fragments, it disappeared instantly.
This kind of disappearance is different from the input of immortal power and innate strength, which is like a stone sinking into the sea. There is no reaction at all.
This disappearance caused a ripple, which seemed to touch the fragments, but it was very subtle.
"Could it be that I have to use the power of my soul to refine it?" Qin Ziling looked at the fragments in his hand, frowning, undecided.
Although the soul has not yet passed the tribulation, and the combat power of the soul alone seems to be inferior to martial arts and Qi training, the mystery of the soul, its changes, and the role it can play are not comparable to martial arts and Qi training.
Qin Ziling was able to reach where he is today step by step and quickly. He has cultivated every step of martial arts to perfection and cultivated all five systems of Qi training. These spirits have played an extremely critical role in this.
Not only that, if the soul is used properly, his martial arts and qi training can unleash unimaginable combat power.
However, the power of the soul has a weakness. Once it is over-consumed or injured, it is extremely difficult to recover.
This fragment is very unusual, it can actually absorb the power of the soul.
Qin Ziling can release his innate strength, magical power and immortal power without restraint. At most, he can just take some elixirs to nourish his qi, blood and immortal power afterwards.
But Qin Ziling did not dare to squander his spiritual power.
"Should I continue trying, or give up?" Qin Ziling was at a loss for words.
His intuition told him that this fragment was not simple. If he could refine it, it would be a great opportunity, but the risks were also great.
"Even if Dong Kezheng and the others get this fragment, they won't have a chance to explore the opportunities hidden in it. I have this opportunity, so how can I give it up just because there are risks? Now the opportunities in Pingyu Mountain are many times greater than those in Xuanming Continent, but at the same time, there are many masters here . I can only keep running into opportunities and become stronger quickly, so that I can compete with them for more opportunities."
Soon, Qin Ziling made a decision.
After making the decision, Qin Ziling's real body entered the Wuji Palace in the cave world, the palace where Xiao Qing was.
"How did you get in in person? What's the situation outside?" Xiao Qing couldn't help but ask in surprise when she saw Qin Ziling appear in the Wuji Palace.
"The situation is not bad." Qin Ziling briefly introduced a few words, and then said: "I want to sacrifice a magic weapon, you help me protect it."
"Okay!" Xiao Qing's expression suddenly became serious.
Qin Ziling's precious body could be brought into the cave world for sacrifice, and she was also asked to help protect it. This sacrifice must be extraordinary.
Soon, Qin Ziling sat cross-legged, and wisps of his soul shone on the fragments like beams of light.
The incomplete ancient rune on the fragment continued to absorb spiritual power like a sponge, but there was no change.
In a moment, one stick of incense, two sticks of incense, and one hour passed.
Qin Ziling's face turned ugly.
The golden body of the soul in the Niwan Palace has become sluggish, and the Heavenly Palace, which was originally blooming with billions of rays of light, has also become dim. The surging innate qi and blood continuously flow into the Niwan Palace through the way of heaven and man, but it is just a drop in the bucket and cannot reverse the situation at all.
Because it is always difficult to strengthen the soul and it requires accumulation over time. Only when martial arts and Qi training have broken through to a new level together, will there be more obvious changes.
"Damn it, what on earth is this thing? It can actually keep absorbing my soul! If it continues like this, my soul will be seriously damaged! But I have spent so much of my spiritual power and got nothing in return. I really can't accept this!" Qin Ziling's eyes were red, like a gambler who had lost the bet.
Another stick of incense passed.
"There's a lot of time to come!"
Qin Ziling's red eyes regained clarity. He let out a long sigh and decided to stop.
The stakes of having the soul severely damaged are too high, and Qin Ziling cannot afford it!
Just as Qin Ziling made the decision and was about to stop, a loud dragon roar suddenly sounded in his mind.
Then, Qin Ziling "saw" a fire dragon entwined in the vast void.
The scales of this fire dragon are all fiery red, emitting an extremely terrifying temperature, as if magma is flowing.
The fire dragon doesn't seem big at first glance, but at second glance it seems that it fills the entire vast void, as if it is the incarnation of the void it is in.
The dragon opened its one eye.
In just a moment, Qin Ziling seemed to see a star burning with endless and eternal flames.
"Interesting, he is clearly in a very weak Manifestation Saint realm, but there is actually a trace of pure yang power in his soul!" The fire dragon did not speak, but an indescribably deep, majestic, vicissitudes of life and ancient voice sounded in Qin Ziling's mind.
"Who are you? How come you are in this fragment?" Qin Ziling communicated with it using his soul.
"Who am I? Who am I? I can't remember!" The fire dragon raised his claws and held his head, which was like a mountain of fire, with a confused look.
But the fire dragon seemed to be very generous, and soon stopped thinking about it. He yawned, blew out a mouthful of fireworks full of sulfur smell, and said: "Your pure yang power is too little, I'm sleepy!"
"Well, Senior Huolong, don't sleep yet. Next time, can I just input pure yang power to wake you up temporarily?" Qin Ziling said hurriedly when he saw this.
Are you kidding? He spent such a huge amount of money, not just to see a fire dragon yawning and sleeping.
"Hmm." The fire dragon yawned again, and its single open eye was half closed.
“Senior Huolong, please don’t sleep yet. Although I have very little pure yang power now, as long as I become stronger, I will definitely have a lot of pure yang power in the future, and I will be able to transfer more of it to you then.” Qin Ziling said hurriedly.
"Oh!" Upon hearing this, the fire dragon opened his half-closed eyes with great effort. It was obvious that although he didn't know who he was, he knew very well that he needed pure yang power to recover.
