CHAPTER 323: CHAPTER 179: DON’T PANIC, I’M JUST TRAINING

Late night, midnight.

The silver moon hangs in the sky, a cool breeze gently arrives.

Ye Qingzhou sits quietly atop Phoenix Perch Cliff, eyes tightly closed, engaged in Divine Traveling in the Void, overlooking the five peaks in front of him in a state of Yin Soul Emergence.

The omnipresent vibrations transform into a myriad of colors, filling Ye Qingzhou’s "sight."

Rather than seeing, it is more accurate to say that Ye Qingzhou is, through a unique method of the Yin Spirit, perceiving the rhythms of nature and realizing the changes of all things.

"The sky opens at midnight, the earth unfolds at the hour of the ox, life begins at the hour of the tiger. From Chaos, Heaven and Earth are opened, man stands among them, with Heaven, Earth, and Human as three talents, all things form. The pure ascends as Heaven, the impure descends as Earth, the sage stands between Heaven and Earth, observes celestial patterns above, and examines geography below, adjusts Yin and Yang, and harmonizes all things."

Ye Qingzhou suddenly recalls a passage he once saw in "The Book of Imperial Polarity," falling into contemplation: "At this moment, with my mastery of Yin Skill, I possess a partial perspective of a sage."

"Ah, this is how the world looks through the eyes of a sage."

In the spiritual vision of his Yin Soul, the Five Colors are white, black, azure, crimson, and yellow, corresponding to the Innate Five Qi: metal, water, wood, fire, and earth; Ten Lights are the variations in brightness of the Five-Colored Divine Light.

The Innate Five Qi: Metal is said to transform and retract, Water to moisten below, Wood to bend and straighten, Fire to blaze upward, Earth to sow and harvest; the five qi mutual birth, revolving without rest, representing the five states that Primordial Qi inevitably undergoes in its myriad transformations.

Metal begets Water, Water begets Wood, Wood begets Fire, Fire begets Earth, Earth begets Metal, the Five Elements cycle endlessly, creating all things with the convergence of Yin and Yang.

"With Innate Five Qi and the intertwining of Yin and Yang, relying on the geographical advantages of mountains and rivers, harnessing the formidable power of the Dragon Vein, this Five Elements Gathering Essence Array is indeed the work of talents from Dongji Kingdom."

Ye Qingzhou himself observed for over ten days to unravel the profound mysteries of this place, gaining insight into the secret technique of the Five Elements Gathering Essence Array.

All five peaks are inscribed with arrays, with an array encircling them, forming a linkage of a grand array, achieving the miraculous effect of Five Elements Gathering Essence.

In Ye Qingzhou’s eyes, this entire array setup is extremely profound, capable of borrowing from Heaven and Earth, absorbing the Power of Nature for one’s use, forming a colossal combination Secret Realm.

The Innate Five Qi transformed from the Dragon Vein is gathered at the five peaks, primarily for the cultivation of martial artists stationed here, but such an enormous energy’s primary purpose is likely guarding the Jiuli Grotto Heaven.

Compared to the confirmed less threatening Yanling Grotto Heaven and the still-exploring Lingyun Grotto Heaven, Jiuli Grotto Heaven clearly harbors a powerful group posing a threat to humans.

It’s likely they hold some malice towards the Human Race, otherwise, there wouldn’t be such heavy military presence, with a grand array reliance on geographical features for stringent defense.

Ye Qingzhou raises his right hand, five fingers facing the sky, striking the ’seize Qian and Kunn’ gesture, and in an instant, celestial phenomena change, the Innate Five Qi of the five peaks actually converge towards Ye Qingzhou’s palm.

"Element Gathering Array, Five Qi Chaoyuan, I finally understand."

The insightful realization in his heart gives Ye Qingzhou a deeper understanding of the Qi Refining Realm of Five Qi Chaoyuan: "The great world is a large universe, the human body a small universe; mountains and rivers have grand dragon veins, the human body also has small dragon veins. The Element Gathering Array utilizes the mutual generation principle of the Innate Five Qi, and Five Elements’ mutual resonance, gathering essence into one. If I use my Eight Extraordinary Meridians to create an array, I too can achieve this effect."

At this moment, clarity fills Ye Qingzhou’s mind, and the massive Innate Five Qi stored in the five peaks is drawn to his palm using the Dou Character Seal’s method of Spiritual Resonance, beginning to be absorbed and refined.

*Jiang Ang~*

The True Dragon Sword Intent, from the virtual to the real, appears out of nowhere behind Ye Qingzhou, letting out a thunderous Dragon’s Roar, echoing throughout the night sky.

Meanwhile, Ye Qingzhou’s Eight Extraordinary Meridians also transform into dragon-snake phantoms, circulating and surging within him, as if coming alive, voraciously devouring the Innate Five Qi that Ye Qingzhou is drawing in, continuously strengthening themselves.

This is clearly an attempt to treat his Eight Extraordinary Meridians as dragon veins, using himself as a small universe, to set up a miniature Element Gathering Array, absorbing and refining a vast amount of Martial Arts True Qi!

The immense Innate Five Elements Qi gathers, forming a powerful energy tide, emitting a spiritual wave that sweeps in all directions like a mental storm, clearly alarming other strong individuals stationed in the area.

"The Primordial Qi fluctuation is so intense, what’s happening?"

"Are the demons from Jiuli Grotto Heaven coming out?"

"Quickly, go invite Master Wei and Master Li!"

"They’ve already been invited!"

Many professional-level martial artists are alarmed, seeing the celestial phenomena change, thinking a great calamity is imminent.

*Swish Swish~*

Two figures stand upon the wind above the Second Peak, employing the High-Tier Body Technique Martial Technique, Soaring Void Crossing; they are Wei Yong and Li Shulan, assigned to guard the Third Peak and Fourth Peak respectively this time.

Subsequently, the resident Martial Arts Master of the Fifth Peak, Qii Shaoming, also flashes beside them: "What exactly is happening, who is extracting the power of the Dragon Vein?"

The three cast their gaze downward, and their eyes soon fix on Ye Qingzhou.

At this time, beneath the five peaks, the enormous power of the Dragon Vein is converted through the array into Innate Five Elements Qi, constantly flowing into Ye Qingzhou’s body.

Qii Shaoming shows a shocked expression: "Absorbing so much Innate Five Elements Qi, is he not afraid of his body exploding?"

Wei Yong and Li Shulan exchange a glance; both are members of the Junshan Association, and due to Lii Yaoping’s death, they currently stand in opposition to Ye Qingzhou.