Chapter 456: Na'er Posing

"Then how am I supposed to return them to you?"

The pit Na'er had dug was finally filled in; Qin Jian also let out a small sigh of relief, then asked about the next step.

Huo Wu subconsciously looked toward Shui Bing'er.

Shui Bing'er pondered for a moment before raising her icy eyes and saying, "According to the hints we received, we must undergo Fusion, then each take a portion of the source back into our own bodies to completely resolve the erosion of the Ice and Flame on our bodies..."

"Each take a portion of the source, then return it to you..."

Qin Jian pinched his chin, lost in thought.

"That's simple, just split that essence of Water and Fire Fusion into two pieces, one with more Water and less Fire, and one with less Water and more Fire," Na'er said immediately.

"......"

Qin Jian hung his head gloomily, and only after a good while did he say, "Na'er... I don't have your level of control yet..."

Na'er: "......"

"With your talent, it won't be difficult to fully comprehend it," she said softly.

Alright then, since Lady Na has said so, he couldn't back down now!

Qin Jian took a deep breath, straightened his back, and arranged his hands into the same gesture Na'er had just used.

Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er stood on his left and right, their two pairs of eyes filled with curiosity.

However, several minutes passed, and there was absolutely no movement.

"Na'er, what kind of hand seal is this? Why don't I feel it's useful for controlling the Ice and Fire essence at all?" Qin Jian let his hands drop, deflated.

"......"

Na'er remained silent for a long time.

"What's wrong?" Qin Jian asked, feeling strange.

After another good while, Na'er's voice finally rang out faintly: "Qin Jian... don't you think... that striking a hand seal while controlling it... feels very atmospheric?"

"???"

Qin Jian tilted his head with a questioning face.

"You mean, this hand seal has nothing to do with the control at all?"

He finally reacted, instantly feeling both amused and annoyed: "In other words, you striking such a hand seal is just posing to look cool?"

Na'er also said with some annoyance: "My control is directed straight at the source; where would I need these flashy things? Striking a hand seal... striking a hand seal..."

In the end, she was too embarrassed to say it was to look cool, and finally gave up: "I struck a hand seal because I didn't know where to put my hands!"

Qin Jian: "......"

Regardless of whether she was a hundreds-of-thousands-of-years-old ancestor, the Supreme Soul Beast Co-Lord, or the aloof and cold Lady Na, in front of him, she would still reveal some of a young girl's petulance.

Realizing this, Qin Jian naturally stopped dwelling on it, instead smiling softly, and under the curious gazes of Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er, he formed that hand seal once again.

Na'er: "......"

This time he didn't care about the function of the hand seal, but instead sank his mind into it, sensing that combined essence of Water and Fire, feeling those distinct source powers.

Upon this sensing, he immediately discovered the difference.

Previously, he could only control a portion of the Ice power, but now he had a deeper understanding of the Water Essence, as if someone were dissecting these rules right before his eyes.

The Fire Essence was the same.

These abstract rules could not be parsed, only received through Inheritance, just like the origin of these two powers within Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er.

But Qin Jian was different; he possessed his own set of mysterious rules that could parse the rules of this Plane, and coupled with Na'er's demonstration, he was now like a fish in water.

Time flowed slowly as he immersed himself in the rules of Water and Fire, and Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er accompanied him very patiently.

This accompaniment lasted for three days and three nights.

The two girls' meals... were all handled within the Fire Prison, while Qin Jian remained immersed in the ocean of knowledge, unable to extricate himself.

Until a certain moment, he suddenly opened his eyes.

Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er, who had been watching him the whole time, perked up.

"Sss..."

Qin Jian's two eyes suddenly transformed into the shape of a red and blue Taiji.

At the same time, the red and blue light orb within his chest began to rotate, slowly turning into a three-dimensional version of a Taiji diagram.

Originally, Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er thought Qin Jian had just separated the Fire Essence and Water Essence again, but upon closer inspection, they discovered something unusual.

Just as the yin and yang fish of a Taiji diagram have dots of a completely different color, inside this three-dimensional blue and red Taiji Ball, the core of the blue half contained flame, and the core of the red half contained Ice.

Rotating endlessly, a perfect cycle!

"I knew it, Qin Jian, you're a genius."

Na'er's voice did not have much fluctuation, as if she were saying something very ordinary.

Through countless years of consciousness connection, Qin Jian had already given her too many surprises; the term genius was not enough to describe him.

Now, even if Qin Jian produced this magical Water and Fire Taiji Ball, she would only say: "Eh? This can actually form such a strange cycle? The train of thought is quite unique... Oh, it's something you made, Qin Jian? Then it's fine..."

"You succeeded! That's amazing!"

Of course, Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er had not seen enough of Qin Jian's flashy maneuvers, and since they were the ones who understood best the difficulty of extracting a bit of essence from the fused Water and Fire, they were naturally amazed by Qin Jian.

"That's right, I am your shared man! How could I not be amazing?!"

Qin Jian proudly tilted his face up, happily welcoming the fists of the two beauties.

One on the left, one on the right, perfectly symmetrical.

"Hey, hey, hey! You can't do that!"

Qin Jian reached out and grabbed the two light fists into his hands, pulling them down together, with a very aggrieved expression: "I went through all kinds of hardships and life-and-death trials to come up with this method, and you're still hitting me."

This was inspiration from before he transmigrated, so it should count as going through hardships, right? It should... right...

"Sigh, this man is becoming more and more shameless..." Huo Wu sighed softly.

Shui Bing'er, however, reached out with her other hand and gently stroked Qin Jian's head, smiling tenderly: "Qin Jian is the best, Big Sister is proud of you."

Whether it was the instigator Qin Jian, the bystander Huo Wu, or the eavesdropping Na'er, every single one of them shivered violently.

This is just too cringeworthy...

"Ahem... let's get down to business..."

Qin Jian sensibly stopped acting out and sat up straight.

Compared to Shui Bing'er, the tsundere Huo Wu is easier to deal with...

"What should we do next?"

At this moment, Huo Wu asked curiously: "Is it like before, where you divide this mixed essence into two parts and return them to us?"

Qin Jian tried hard to suppress the urge to let the corners of his mouth curl up, and said in an inexplicably flat tone: "Right now, the Fire Essence and Water Essence have achieved a balance within my body in a special state; although they can be separated, they cannot be too far apart from each other..."

"Do you mean we cannot be in two separate rooms like before?"

Shui Bing'er narrowed her eyes: "Then, Qin Jian, tell me, how can it be transferred back?"

Seeing her like this, Huo Wu immediately became vigilant: "Exactly, hurry up and say how to return it."

Qin Jian's expression remained unchanged: "Of course, it's the same way you transferred it to me..."

(End of chapter)