Chapter 369

The mountain terrain beneath the clouds faced each other north and south, embracing like a ring, lacking only one side, failing to be complete.

In the middle flowed a turbid, yellow river, surging majestically across the heavens and earth, marking the boundary between north and south.

Within the turbid water were countless fish and shrimp, dense and packed, impossible to exhaust.

There were also several groups of water spirits and wild monsters with slanted brows and crooked eyes riding the waves and manipulating the currents, shouting and screaming, startling the birds in the mountain forests into taking flight in a flurry, chirping as they flew.

Standing on the clouds and looking out, one saw only quiet green mountains and layered emerald peaks, piling up like giant waves in the sea, possessing a momentum that reached toward the clouds and connected to the heavens.

Their state of competing for beauty and grandeur was truly a wonder!

This territory was named "Yiwang Mountain," located within the Jiao State, one of the twenty-four great nations of the Eastern Region.

And the reason Chen Hang had sought this place was precisely for the Mystic Chamber Water within Yiwang Mountain!

Long before the expedition to Yu Yang State, he had met with Cang Taichu in the Xuanzhu Xuanzhu Fudi.

At that time, Cang Taichu had given him a scroll.

On the scroll were recorded several hidden locations of Mystic Chamber Water.

This water was one of the thirteen great medicines for forming a Jin Dan; it was condensed from the essence of the Earth's Lungs, generating truth through its gloom, and creating spirit through its emptiness. It could lead the divine into the Palace of Six Qi and drive the secluded embryo to ascend to the place of Supreme Clarity.

If cultivators in the world wished to achieve the Top Three Grades of the Jin Dan and forge a path to the heavens for themselves, this medicine was absolutely indispensable!

Most of the Mystic Chamber Water circulating in the market was mixed with impurities and lacked clarity and spirit.

Only the Mystic Chamber Water in Yiwang Mountain, because its hiding place was truly secret and undisturbed, was of truly superior quality.

This information was undoubtedly nothing short of good news for Chen Hang.

One must know that refining a High-Grade Jin Dan is not easy.

And achieving the First Grade is even more difficult.

During this period, even with complete preparation beforehand, it was still seven parts human effort and three parts heaven-sent.

Before the core was truly formed, no one could make any definitive conclusions.

But the great medicine for condensing a High-Grade core was far stronger than those for Mid or Low-Grade cores; the two could not be mentioned in the same breath.

Initially, he had been tied down by the affairs of Yu Yang State and could not spare himself.

But now that all matters were concluded, Yuchen had already won the situation.

Although it was inevitable to clean up some loose ends, and the handover of the Danpu and Zhongqu states required some effort.

But such miscellaneous tasks, under Yu Shi's orders, had dedicated people to handle them, and Chen Hang and the other Yuchen disciples did not need to step in.

Therefore, a few days after the banquet, Chen Hang took his leave of Yu Shi and followed the map, spending some effort.

He traveled all the way from the small state of Weiyong to this Jiao State, which was also not far from the border, and finally managed to find Yiwang Mountain within Jiao State, locating this hidden medicine storage.

At this moment, after looking around, Chen Hang did not hesitate. His body transformed into a streak of bright yellow smoke, drifting lightly down from the clouds and falling into the turbid water. He then parted the mud and sand at the bottom of the river, traveling through rocks and gullies.

Until he encountered a large, inconspicuous blue stone.

Only then did he exert force to slowly move the blue stone aside, revealing the fist-sized hole beneath it.

For such strange and bizarre paths, if one were not a cultivator with profound methods, even if one had the great luck to know that the great medicine Mystic Chamber Water was hidden within, one would still be unable to find the way in and be helpless.

But such minor paths were nothing to Chen Hang.

After entering the hole, he replaced the blue stone, relaxed his body, and let the current carry him through the underground ravine.

After about half an hour, he suddenly heard a thunderous roar in his ears, and immediately a force lifted his body upward, breaking through the water's surface.

At this moment, after steadying his figure, he swept his gaze around.

Only then did he realize he was in a fairly spacious cave, and in a hole not far from him, the turbid water was surging and swirling continuously.

This place was truly chillingly cold; the cave walls were covered in slippery moss, and the stalactites on the ceiling looked like a forest of swords and halberds, stabbing downward without any order, growing to a length of a zhang.

The sound of dripping water was rustling, and in this pitch-black cave where one could not see one's own fingers, it had an even more eerie quality.

Chen Hang shook out his sleeves and walked forward for a while before finding a pit at the end of the narrow cave wall. Inside, something living seemed to be leaping, causing the pit to make a thumping sound, trembling incessantly.

"Mystic Chamber Water, it truly is superior..."

Chen Hang swept his gaze downward and couldn't help but smile lightly.

The pit before him had nothing else, only three drops of Mystic Chamber Water the size of fingertips suspended within, their color pitch-black and deep, not touching the ground.

They were emitting an indescribable whistling sound that expanded in all directions, shaking the pit as if it were a small thunder pool, with faint rumbling sounds and a unique majesty.

Once this sound entered his ears, Chen Hang felt his heart and body cleansed, and all thoughts and ideas were about to melt away, washing away all external dust, as if he were as flawless as glaze, making one return to the peaceful and comfortable state of being in the mother's womb.

He shook his head slightly, shifted his thoughts, and drove away this strange feeling. He took a cold jade bottle from his sleeve and released streaks of clear radiance to splash downward.

After ensuring that every single drop of Mystic Chamber Water in the pit was collected into the bottle without exception.

Only then did he pinch a seal, seal the bottle, and stuff it back into his sleeve.

Mystic Chamber Water is born from the essence of the Earth's Lungs, and its preciousness goes without saying.

And when storing this item, there is also a certain level of care required; one cannot be careless.

Only by using an extremely yin and cold vessel can one store it without damaging the shape and quality of the Mystic Chamber Water in the slightest.

If one uses containers made of gold, jade, or glaze, it might be fine at first, but often within half a month, this Mystic Chamber Water would dissipate by more than half, wasting all the effort.

"Only obtaining three drops of Mystic Chamber Water is too little; I still need to find more to be safe."

Chen Hang looked at the empty pit and thought to himself.

Mystic Chamber Water is a medicine for forming a core.

And when forming the core, it serves to suppress the Jin Guang Solar Flame and harmonize the water and fire within the body.

When cultivators in this world achieve a High-Grade core, Jin Guang Solar Flame will always appear out of thin air, wrapping around the Jin Dan.

This fire illuminates the ten directions and possesses the majestic spirit to turn the netherworld into broad daylight!

This Jin Guang Solar Flame is a sign of core formation.

Seeing this strange phenomenon appear means that all the conditions are met, and core formation is not far off.

But the Jin Guang Solar Flame is also the final obstacle to core formation, and it is extremely dangerous.

If one can survive this disaster, naturally the sky is high and the sea is wide.

This is what is meant by "Once a Jin Dan is swallowed into the belly, my fate is determined by me, not by heaven!"

But if one cannot restrain the Jin Guang Solar Flame, allowing it to run rampant over the Jin Dan, the heat is too great.

At best, it will burn the furnace and explode the cauldron, causing injury and vomiting blood, with all the hard work going down the drain, requiring one to start over.

At worst, one will die on the spot, leaving no bones behind!

And because the Jin Guang Solar Flame during core formation is produced by the cultivator's own body and spirit, a integration of the Three Treasures.

Ordinary water-attribute spiritual medicines are difficult to use; only rare treasures of heaven and earth can suppress it.

And among these rare treasures of heaven and earth, Mystic Chamber Water is the most superior and extremely suitable!

The fundamental profound arts Chen Hang practices, whether it be the "Scripture of the Primordial Truth of the Beginning as Spoken by the Dao Lord of the Divine House and Pivot," the "Jade Book of the Divine Sect of the Heavenly King of the Pocket Technique," or the "Mystic Middle Supreme Void Natural Open Origin Scripture" which records the various secrets of core condensation.

These three Daoist scriptures and methods.

One came from the hands of the Tribulation Immortal Ancestor, and one was created by Crown Prince Changming.

As for the latter, it is the foundation of Yuchen's sect for ages, a collection of the supreme wisdom of countless High-Void Immortals and Great Virtuous Ancestors!

Even looking across the vast Nine Continents and Four Seas, these three methods are all top-tier brilliant classics, and it is difficult to find their equals.

With such profound arts to build a foundation, and obtaining various opportunities and the greatest variable, the True Dharma Realm.

Chen Hang expects that achieving the Top Three Grades of the Jin Dan should not be a difficult task; only achieving the First Grade requires truly great effort.

But in that case.

He would inevitably have to face the danger of the Jin Guang Solar Flame, and Mystic Chamber Water would be indispensable.

And the higher the quality of the core formed, the more intense the Jin Guang Solar Flame, and the more formidable its power.

According to the experiential talk in the Yuchen Daoist scriptures.

Those achieving the Third Grade core often require ten drops of Mystic Chamber Water to suppress the Jin Guang Solar Flame.

He has only obtained three drops now, which is far from enough to deal with this disaster.

However, on the scroll Cang Taichu gave him, several hidden locations in Yiwang Mountain were recorded, all of which were treasure lands containing Mystic Chamber Water.

In this way, he only needs to follow the actions of Jun Yao and Cang Taichu before him, searching these locations one by one.

Presumably, gathering a sufficient number of Mystic Chamber Water drops will not be a difficult task...

"Jiao State, Yiwang Mountain... The spiritual energy here is clearly not prominent, and it doesn't look like any immortal blessed land, yet due to the mountain and water layout and a coincidence of fate, it has actually given birth to such an immortal rarity as Mystic Chamber Water.

The creation of heaven and earth is truly mysterious."

Chen Hang sighed slightly in his heart, took one last look at the empty pit, and moved his body, transforming back into a streak of bright yellow smoke.

He flew out of the cave, traveled along the ravine, broke through the water's surface, and returned to the clouds.

And time passed quickly.

In the blink of an eye, two days had passed.

During this period, Chen Hang followed the guidance of the scroll and had the Earth-Walking Method at his side.

He traveled through mountains and water, searching every hidden location in Yiwang Mountain, and finally successfully obtained fifteen drops of Mystic Chamber Water.

With this number.

It is enough to deal with the disaster of the Jin Guang Solar Flame when achieving a Second Grade core.

But if it were a First Grade core, it would still be a line short and insufficient.

And just as Chen Hang intended to head to the last location marked on the scroll to retrieve the Mystic Chamber Water within.

He suddenly felt a strange sensation arise, so he shook his body, transformed into a tiny flying insect, and used the Scattered Scene Concealment Technique to mask his Qi.

Almost the moment he finished transforming, a small hill below suddenly shook, and immediately a five-colored light twenty zhang long shot out, scorching the atmosphere, sounding like rolling thunder!

With a mere "crack," it smashed the small hill to pieces, dust and smoke surged into the sky, and broken stones shattered and flew in all directions, the momentum not small!

After the small hill was blasted to pieces in one go, the five-colored light did not dissipate but quickly shot into the sky, flying to the clouds.

It looked like a five-colored treasure lamp glowing with color, the hue truly beautiful, bright and eye-catching.

"There was clearly a strange Qi just now, why is it gone now... Could it be that I stayed in that underground cave for too long and misperceived it?"

At this moment, the five-colored light slowly faded, and from within appeared a young man whose figure was as if virtual and illusory, as if gathered from mist.

He first raised his eyebrows, looked around vigilantly several times, swept his spiritual sense over the surrounding mountains and water, and took out a small array disk glowing with spiritual light, gently manipulating it to make it emit ripples, washing over the nearby void.

After completing this series of actions, seeing that there was still nothing strange.

The young man finally breathed a sigh of relief, patted his head, and laughed:

"A false alarm, a false alarm! It seems I really did stay in that underground cave for too long and scared myself!

That kind of stuffy place underground is really not a place for good people to stay. If it weren't for the coincidence of discovering Mystic Chamber Water inside, I wouldn't have been willing to lower myself to go down there.

But this time, first successfully finding the ruins of the Five Olds Temple, and then encountering Mystic Chamber Water, it really is a double blessing!"

After muttering to himself for a few sentences, the young man finished speaking, his face full of pride.

At this moment, he looked around carefully, and seeing no one coming, he shook his shoulders, vigilantly masked his Qi, and immediately transformed into a leisurely green cloud, drifting silently into the distance with the gale.

Before long, he disappeared at the edge of the sky, leaving no trace.

And it was not until the green cloud disappeared from his field of vision that Chen Hang slowly revealed his figure.

He looked into the distance and shook his head:

"It's actually this person, that's interesting..."

Several months ago, when the Yuchen and Huzhao sects were facing each other across the river in Weiyong State.

Chen Hang had met this person once.

At that time, it was exactly when Deng Yunji was secretly harmed by Gu Yi, suffering military defeat and losing soldiers.

When Chen Hang was gathering his remnants and returning to the camp, he also saw this green cloud drifting leisurely from the void.

However, at that time, the young man did not have any conflict with Chen Hang, and seeing Chen Hang release his sword intent, he also wisely retreated and did not come forward.

And meeting again this time...

Chen Hang swept his gaze to the small hill that had been blasted to pieces by the young man and shook his head slightly.

This place was the last hidden location for Mystic Chamber Water recorded on the scroll.

Although he did not know what great luck the young man had stumbled upon to find this place by mistake and even beat him to it, taking the Mystic Chamber Water from the cave.

But the Mystic Chamber Water here was related to his Jin Dan Solar Flame disaster during core formation, and it was a rare High-Grade item, so Chen Hang naturally would not hand it over.

If polite negotiation failed.

Then he would have no choice but to fight it out to decide the fate of this Mystic Chamber Water!

And from the young man's words just now, Chen Hang had also heard the term "Ruins of the Five Olds Temple."

However, according to what Yu Shi had said earlier.

The Five Olds Temple had three ruins in total, which were set up and buried by the ascending cultivator Pan Yangzi before he crossed the Pure Yang Three Disasters, specifically left for those with fate.

And two of these ruins had already been taken by Yuchen disciples, becoming their opportunity.

This was also a topic of conversation for some Refiners and True Persons in their spare time within the Xiaoming Great Marsh.

However, logically speaking, all three ruins should have been around the Five Olds Temple on Ziming Mountain, covered by the restrictions set by Pan Yangzi himself.

If there is fate, it appears; if there is no fate, it remains hidden.

Only those with fate could perceive a clue or two and enter them.

Why did this last ruin end up in Yiwang Mountain in Jiao State, separated from Ziming Mountain by some distance?

And from the young man's words, Chen Hang could also faintly hear the meaning.

His coming to Yiwang Mountain in Jiao State this time was specifically for this last ruin of the Five Olds Temple.

As for the Mystic Chamber Water, it was an unexpected joy due to a coincidence of fate.

Thinking about it this way.

It is truly thought-provoking...

At this moment, Chen Hang's eyes flashed, but he quickly suppressed his thoughts and stopped thinking about it.

He just waved his hand and transformed into a streak of Qi mist, following the direction the young man had left in, and gave chase.

Union

(End of chapter)