vrcanaries Chapter 1763 Saving the Spirit Realm
Chapter 1763 Saving the Spirit Realm
The well water here is icy cold, but it's nothing to those with their level of cultivation.
After descending about a hundred feet, the surroundings were pitch black, with only a few scattered lighting stones embedded in the well walls emitting a faint light.
Sect Master Mu flipped his hand and took out a white jade lamp. The wick ignited without a flame, emitting a soft yet highly penetrating white light that illuminated a ten-zhang radius below.
Under the light, the intricate rock fissures at the bottom of the well are clearly visible.
“There it is.” Jinman, with her keen senses, was the first to pinpoint an extremely well-hidden crevice in the rock.
If one did not know in advance, even with careful investigation, it would be difficult to notice the three dark red crystals that were almost exactly the same color as the surrounding rocks.
Sect Master Mu approached to observe, his brows furrowing slightly: "The concealment runes are quite sophisticated, and they are faintly connected to the surrounding water veins and earth energy. Forcibly breaking the runes may disturb the stability of the crystal."
"How about we slowly seep in and dissolve it with the pure holy water?" Jinman suggested.
"That's exactly what I was thinking." Sect Master Mu looked at Mu Yaoyao. "Yaoyao, you control the holy water on the left, and I'll start from the right. Vice Sect Master Jinman, please use your divine sense to monitor the energy changes inside the crystal. If there are any abnormalities, please alert me immediately."
With a clear division of labor, the three immediately took action.
Sect Leader Mu and Mu Yaoyao each took out a palm-sized white jade bottle from their bosoms. The bottle mouths were opened, and streams of clear, cool liquid, exuding pure vitality and a faint fragrance, slowly flowed out.
Under their exquisite control of spiritual power, it transformed into two slender streams of water, which, like serpents, silently burrowed into the rock crevices and precisely enveloped the two crystals.
When the holy water touched the hidden runes on the surface of the crystal, it emitted an extremely faint "sizzling" sound, and the runes' spiritual light dimmed and dissolved at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The process is slow and steady.
Jinman closed her eyes, focused all her divine sense into a line, and carefully probed into the interior of the crystal.
As soon as her consciousness penetrated the surface of the crystal, a cold, chaotic, resentful, and thirsty evil thought rushed towards her, causing her soul to tremble slightly.
"The plague energy sealed inside the crystal is extremely violent and is bound by a peculiar restriction. This restriction... seems to resonate with the blood and energy of living beings in some way."
Jinman transmitted his voice, his tone solemn, "When dissolving the external runes, you must be steady. Any violent fluctuations may stimulate the internal restrictions."
Upon hearing this, Sect Leader Mu and Mu Yaoyao moved even more gently and slowly.
Time passed slowly, and at the bottom of the well, only the soft sound of flowing water and the faint sound of runes dissolving could be heard.
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The Western Regions, on the edge of the desert.
The scorching sun baked the boundless yellow sand, and the heat waves distorted the distant scenery.
An ancient ruin lies half-buried beneath the sand dunes, revealing only a few broken, massive stone pillars and scattered runic stone slabs, appearing weathered and dilapidated by the erosion of wind and sand.
The Xuan Tian Sect's giant war shuttle hovered a hundred feet above the ruins. The shuttle was entirely black, with deep blue water ripple patterns painted on its body. At this moment, these patterns were emitting cool water vapor, dispelling some of the surrounding heat.
Chu Huai stood on the edge of the warship's deck, dressed in a dark blue outfit, with a handsome face and a calm demeanor.
Behind him stood eight elders of the Xuantian Sect, all dressed in blue robes, their auras deep and heavy, with faint water vapor surrounding them.
"Elder Jizhou hasn't arrived yet?" Chu Huai looked at an elder beside him who was in charge of communication.
"Reporting to the Holy Son, Elder Jizhou has sent word that he is already a hundred miles away and will arrive shortly. He said he has brought a space-stabilizing device specially made by the Wanchuan Sect, which can assist us in our actions."
Chu Huai nodded: "Alright. The Yin Fire Array Plate here is buried thirty feet underground and connected to the earth's veins. The biggest danger in dismantling it is causing the earth's veins to tremble. Although our sect's Xuan Water Array is good at suppressing and stabilizing, if we have spatial devices to assist us, we can ensure that nothing goes wrong."
As soon as he finished speaking, a flash of silver light appeared behind the sand dune ahead, and Ji Zhou's figure emerged. With a few leaps, he arrived below the war shuttle, cupped his fists and said, "Holy Son Chu, elders, Ji Zhou is late."
"Elder Jizhou, you're too kind. You've come at the right time." Chu Huai gestured for him to come up. "I'm sure Vice Sect Master Jinman has already informed me of the situation. My plan is to first set up the Profound Water Suppressing Source Array, covering the entire ruins and a fifty-foot radius below, using the power of water to penetrate and suppress the fire element of the array plate, severing its further connection with the earth's veins. Once the fire element of the array plate is suppressed to its lowest level, it will be dismantled."
Elder Jizhou's spatial stabilizing anchors can be placed around the array plate during critical moments of dismantling to prevent energy from dissipating and impacting the earth's veins.
"The Holy Son of Chu has considered everything thoroughly; Jizhou will certainly cooperate fully."
Jizhou leaped onto the deck, took out several complex talismans shimmering with silver light, and a few short silver shuttles about a foot long. "These are Void Positioning Talismans and Spatial Stabilizing Anchors. The positioning talismans can accurately mark the array plate and the surrounding leyline nodes, while the stabilizing anchors can form a small-scale spatial barrier after activation, absorbing and dispersing the impact."
"Excellent." Chu Huai said no more, turned around and ordered the elder behind him, "Set up the formation!"
The eight elders responded in unison, their figures flashing as they each landed in one of the eight directions of the ruins.
Their hand seals shifted, and beams of deep blue spiritual energy shot into the sky, intertwining in the air to quickly form a massive, water-blue array shield covering several miles in radius. It slowly pressed down, enveloping the entire ruins within it.
Inside the light cover, the temperature dropped sharply, and cool, moist water vapor filled the air.
Fine water droplets even condensed on the surface of the yellow sand.
Ji Zhou wasn't idle either. Holding the Void Positioning Talisman, he carefully used his divine sense, guided by Chu Huai, to drive it into a specific location underground, precisely marking the core of the array plate and several main lines of earth vein extension.
The Xuan Shui Grand Array began to operate, and the pure and profound water elemental power, like an invisible tide, seeped deep into the sand and soil, surging towards the Yin Fire Array Plate buried deep underground...
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Eastern Regions, Flowing Wind Valley.
Nestled amidst rolling mountains, this valley enjoys a spring-like climate year-round, brimming with spiritual energy, and teeming with rare and precious herbs.
But at this moment, the atmosphere in the valley was somewhat heavy.
Sect Leader Ye and Sect Leader Lin stood side by side on the clouds, followed by six elders from the two sects.
The three elders of Qingfeng Yumen were surrounded by swirling blue winds, while the three elders of Zixiao Jingyuan had sharp auras with flashes of metal and fire.
"This is it."
Sect Master Ye pointed to a seemingly ordinary spiritual pool in the center of the valley below, "The Heavenly Mirror shows that the Corrupting Heart Mist Mother Spore is buried a hundred feet below this pool, almost integrated with the main spiritual vein node."
Sect Master Lin swept his divine sense over the area and said coldly, "The mother spore is in deep dormancy, with a natural spiritual vein barrier and a concealed barrier on the outside. Forcibly breaking through will inevitably alert it. We must first use the power of the wind spirit to penetrate in without touching the barrier, forming a wind isolation zone around the mother spore to temporarily cut off its energy exchange with the spiritual vein."
"Then, we will use the power of metal and fire to construct a melting defense line on the periphery. Once the mother spore is awakened and attempts to erupt, we will immediately use metal and fire to refine the overflowing polluting energy and prevent its spread," Sect Master Ye interjected. "However, this method only treats the symptoms, not the root cause. To eradicate it completely, we will have to wait for the purifying power of the Heaven-Mending Holy Sect."
"Sect Master Mu has sent word that if things go smoothly in Blackwater City, half of their forces will arrive in an hour." Sect Master Lin looked at Sect Master Ye. "Let's begin. First, set up the Wind Spirit Interlocking Array."
Sect Master Ye nodded and simultaneously formed hand seals with the three elders behind him.
A gentle breeze suddenly swept through the valley, instantly transforming into four incredibly condensed cyan wind pillars that descended from the sky and landed precisely at the four corners of the spirit pool.
The column of wind spun silently, carrying a peculiar rhythm, slowly sinking into the ground without stirring up even the slightest ripple of spiritual energy, and began to seep into the dark green shadow deep underground...