Chapter 149: Yuan Magnet Earth Aperture

"Has the Daoist friend already agreed to explore that Earth Aperture with the Tao family?" Although Xin Shisan Niang tried her best to restrain herself, there was still an irrepressible charm in her glances. The so-called "smoke-viewing and charming-walking" was probably just like this.

Qian Chen's expression remained as usual, and he shook his head slightly: "That Earth Aperture will not open for several months. If I can refine my thunder-method divine ability before then, naturally there will be no need to explore that secret realm. Therefore, I have not agreed to this matter, only saying that I still need to consider it."

Xin Shisan Niang whispered: "Then why doesn't the Daoist friend change his mind and explore it with my Xin family?"

"The Tao family is very stingy. Even if they agree to take the Daoist friend to that Earth Aperture, I'm afraid there will be many difficult requirements, such as asking the Daoist friend to give up the Two-Yi Yuan Magnet True Malevolent Qi that might appear in that Earth Aperture? Or perhaps asking the Daoist friend not to make a move on the spirit objects they have chosen. My Xin family has always loved to make friends with talents; when the time comes, we will not interfere with anything the Daoist friend obtains."

Qian Chen said slowly: "I don't have the patience to wait that long. May I ask Lady Xin, can that Earth Aperture be entered in advance?"

Xin Shisan Niang's sandalwood mouth opened slightly, her expression surprised and strange. She whispered: "I'm afraid the Daoist friend doesn't know the details of that Earth Aperture, which is why you have such thoughts! If it were possible to forcibly break into it, why would my Xin family and the Tao family's Core Formation cultivators have to wait and endure? That Earth Aperture has thick Yuan Magnet power, and the Tao family has also sent people to probe it..."

"That person entered the Earth Aperture wearing a magic treasure with six or seven layers of seals. The magic treasure used was a Buddhist sandalwood bowl, which could release a Buddhist light to cover himself. Even ordinary Core Formation cultivators wouldn't be able to break it with three or two swords. But after entering that Earth Aperture, he was constantly contaminated by the Yuan Magnet. At first, only seven or eight bolts of thunder fell, and he could still barely support himself. But after going only a few dozen feet deep, the contaminated Yuan Magnet power triggered the restlessness of the Earth Aperture Yuan Magnet. Hundreds of bolts of thunder struck down, and the Buddhist light shattered like an eggshell in front of me."

"That person naturally didn't survive..."

"I later invited a Great-Uncle who was about to refine the Yin Spirit to take a look. Even if a dozen or so Core Formation cultivators joined forces to break in, if it triggered the restlessness of the entire Earth Aperture Yuan Magnet, with ten thousand thunders intertwined and erupting with immense destructive power, it would be difficult to survive!"

"Only after waiting for a few months, when the Earth-Pole Yuan Magnet enters a calm period, and then using a Thunder Bead to trigger the eruption of most of the Yuan Magnet power within the Earth Aperture, and waiting for the thunder to weaken, can one hold a lightning-avoidance treasure and possibly break into the depths of that secret realm."

"Moreover, within that secret realm, no gold or iron treasures, magic treasures, or flying swords can be used. Otherwise, not only will the flying swords and magic treasures be attracted and pulled by the Yuan Magnet, but it will also attract lightning strikes."

She had been trying to persuade him for a long time, but Qian Chen was somewhat distracted.

He suddenly raised his hand, and the mirror light released by the Spirit Light Mirror drew veins in the void. Those veins converged in one place, opening up a space like an aperture. Qian Chen used the Heavenly Star Calculation Method to deduce the flow and changes of the Guangling County's earth qi, measured the direction of the Guangling County's earth veins, and finally locked onto dozens of places.

With a casual wave, the map of Guangling County was reflected in the spirit light mirror, marking these earth vein nodes.

Qian Chen asked: "Is that Earth Aperture secret realm among the dozen or so regions I have marked?"

Xin Shisan Niang was dumbfounded: "When was the Tao family so generous... No, is this deduced by the Daoist friend himself?"

Qian Chen already knew the answer from her expression, and he pondered in his heart: "I also have eyes but don't recognize true treasure... Earth Aperture secret realm, Earth Aperture secret realm, where is the real treasure? It's not some spirit object gestated by Yuan Magnet thunder light... It is this Earth Aperture itself! Earth veins are like the meridians of a cultivator, and Earth Apertures are the acupoints through which earth qi flows. With the changes of the two-pole Yuan Magnet in the earth's axis, it pulls the earth qi to run. It's like a person practicing qi, accumulating true qi in the acupoints."

"This accumulated true qi is that Yuan Magnet power."

"The Yuan Magnet power accumulated in that Earth Aperture secret realm is so rich, triggering thunder storms at all times, which is clearly a sign of true qi overflowing. Having reached this step, it should be time to form a core!"

"External elixir, internal elixir—it's the same principle. The Earth Aperture Yuan Magnet is like the true qi accumulated in the acupoints, and the pill furnace spirit chamber is filled with primordial qi. It is just right for me to refine qi into a pill. In this world, what spirit object primordial qi, or even malevolent qi, can compare to the thick and refined Yuan Magnet true qi accumulated in the earth's acupoints when the earth qi runs?"

"If I use the heavens and earth as firewood, the Earth Aperture as a furnace, and Yuan Magnet true qi as medicine, let alone a Five-Thunder Pill, I'm afraid I could even refine a First-Rank Primordial Elixir! Using earth veins as meridians, Yuan Magnet as true qi, and Earth Aperture as a dantian—this is a Primordial Elixir that can be naturally refined."

"Even without me pushing it, with such changes in the Earth Aperture Yuan Magnet, it would definitely gestate some kind of creation within tens of thousands of years, either some kind of innate spirit object, or be obtained by some demon monster to become a climate, or naturally produce a Thunder Primordial Pearl... No matter what kind of creation it is, I'm afraid it could be refined into a Spirit Treasure!"

"Although the heat for gestating the creation is not enough now, it is more than enough for me to refine a Primordial Elixir through this."

Compared to such a creation, what the Tao family and Xin family coveted were merely the impurities condensed when the heavens and earth gestated this creation. Now, these two families wanted to smash the pot for the sake of a little leftover rice under the pot!

At this moment, how could Qian Chen tolerate them doing such stupid things?

He immediately said: "Lady Xin, if you want to enter that Earth Aperture in advance, it is not without a way."

Lady Xin's expression faded, seemingly feeling that Qian Chen was too ignorant of the height of the heavens and the depth of the earth. She had already tried to persuade him, explaining the difficulties and obstacles clearly. This Daoist friend was still so entangled and ignorant of advancement or retreat. If they joined forces to enter that Earth Aperture, he would likely implicate them, so she said indifferently: "Does the Daoist friend have any good strategy?"

Qian Chen naturally wouldn't tell her his plans. He just reached out to summon the Heaven-Luo San, letting the clear light hang down all around, and asked: "Can this treasure protect us as we go deep into the Earth Aperture?"

Lady Xin gave a mocking smile, her right hand flipped, and she was suddenly shrouded in a mass of pink mist. Within the mist, dots of peach blossoms circled, her posture graceful. Qian Chen, however, saw that this was a type of left-path malevolent qi, likely a type of Peach Blossom Malevolence. Its quality was mixed; for Qian Chen, it was only worthy of being refined into a Seven-Malevolence Banner, not even entering his pill furnace, let alone bothering Master Pearl to refine it personally.

If there was a special method for this kind of malevolent qi, it could be condensed by itself. Peach Blossom Malevolence was either collected from peach blossom miasma or refined from the essence qi at the intersection of yin and yang. Condensing such malevolent qi into true qi could also improve the quality of true qi, and through this, cultivate a few extraordinary divine abilities... Presumably, this was the secret method of the Xin family that was not passed on to outsiders.

Lady Xin gathered the malevolent qi on that finger, her figure flashed, and like a dance, with an indescribable grace, she pointed at that layer of thin clear light.

Qian Chen watched her performance calmly. Not only did he have no appreciation in his heart, but he also thought of the "Taiyin Cutting Emotion Blade Scripture" he had been studying for a while. Judging from the changes in the blade technique in the scripture, Xin Shisan Niang's move had at least twenty or thirty flaws. If Qian Chen drew his blade at this time, he wouldn't need more than one strike to cut her head if he wanted to, or cut her chest if he wanted to.

He could kill her eight times in an instant.

If he corresponded with the sword technique in the "Hunyuan Sword Scripture," Qian Chen found that he could only find seventeen or eighteen flaws, and could kill her four or five times in an instant.

The "Taiyin Cutting Emotion Blade Scripture" was indeed worthy of being the sect-suppressing unique skill of the Guanghan Palace... Its grade was far above the "Hunyuan Sword Scripture."

Xin Shisan Niang had already probed the strength of this clear light before. She originally thought that even if this finger couldn't break this layer of clear light, it could shake it slightly, and then she would tell Qian Chen that every divine thunder in the Earth Aperture Yuan Magnet had the power of her finger. With thousands of divine thunders erupting, could this clear light protect him?

But when she truly pressed it against the clear light hanging down from the Heaven-Luo San, Xin Shisan Niang's expression changed suddenly.

She discovered that the previous probing hadn't even tested one percent of the power of this magic treasure. With the power of this clear light, if she were to let go and attack, she was afraid that even if her lifespan were exhausted, she wouldn't be able to break through this layer of brilliance.

Those dots of peach blossoms were extinguished in an instant under the clear light. Xin Shisan Niang withdrew her fingertip, returned to her seat, and said: "This treasure can indeed be used to break into the Earth Malevolence Yuan Magnet... But the Earth Malevolence Yuan Magnet has an ingestion power. If one falls into the Yuan Magnet, this treasure can protect for a while, but it cannot protect against long-term grinding!"

"However, if there is this treasure to protect, we can enter the Earth Aperture a month in advance. Even if we fall into it, we can wait for the Yuan Magnet to weaken before finding a way to break free!"

Qian Chen released another mass of Xuanhuang light. With just a cover, it separated the clear light of the Heaven-Luo San.

Xin Shisan Niang clearly saw that the Xuanhuang light was emitted from a Yellow Ruyi. Where the Xuanhuang light passed, the clear light, which was unimaginably tough, was actually separated just like that!

Looking at the Xuanhuang light again, it was like the opening of the heavens and earth, the division of clear and turbid.

"This Xuanhuang Yellow Ruyi has the ability to break seals... Can it break the ingestion power of the Yuan Magnet?" Qian Chen asked indifferently.

Xin Shisan Niang was speechless and could only hesitate: "Within the Earth Aperture, there is also heavy turbid qi settling down, which can close a person's seven orifices and block yin and yang. Once contaminated, one will gradually become unable to see, hear, or speak, and the limbs will be like being wrapped in mercury, sluggish and difficult to move. Although this heavy turbid qi is not as violent as the Yuan Magnet thunder, it makes people die silently, which is even more insidious."

Qian Chen said: "I have the Pure Lotus Flower Pill, which can avoid contamination by turbid qi. I also have the Five-Thunder Aperture-Opening Pill, which can clear the acupoints blocked by turbid qi!"

The red gourd at Qian Chen's waist moved. The Gold Boy jumped down holding a gourd the same size as himself, opened the gourd lid, and poured out several spirit elixirs. The spirit elixirs, with pure color and vivid spiritual qi, rolled out. Although Xin Shisan Niang couldn't identify the medicinal properties, looking at the quality of these spirit elixirs, she knew Qian Chen was not speaking empty words.

Xin Shisan Niang gritted her teeth and said: "I will go back and borrow that Guide-Car. With this car to guide us, we won't get lost in the Yuan Magnet! That Earth Aperture Yuan Magnet secret realm, perhaps we can explore it!"

On the handle of the Heaven-Luo San beside Qian Chen, seven star gemstones lit up, and he heard him say indifferently: "I have the Profound Heaven Star Stone, which can sense the heavenly stars. There is no need to worry about getting lost in that Yuan Magnet!"

Xin Shisan Niang was completely dumbfounded—how many means did this person have hidden? How many magic treasures did he have?

Their Xin family could already be considered wealthy, but this person seemed to be much wealthier than them. The magic treasures were all rare treasures, and the spirit elixirs were all extraordinary, making her wonder: what on earth could stump him?

She actually had a feeling that if this person were by her side, there wouldn't be many difficulties and obstacles in the world that could trap them.

The Earth Aperture secret realm, which was originally viewed as a natural chasm and had to wait for the timing to change, had actually been smashed open by someone using magic treasures. This kind of means made Xin Shisan Niang secretly rejoice. Fortunately, she hadn't listened to her Great-Uncle Six's stupid idea, otherwise, these endless magic treasures would have been smashed onto their heads! ===== CHAPTER 150 =====