Chapter 1068: Chapter 51: Of course, forgive him
Arriving at the underwater crevasse, Shi Liuli looked down and felt an astounding heat rush towards her, seemingly scorching her hair.
She hesitated only for a mont, before leaping into the crevasse below.
The surface of the surrounding rock walls appeared frothy, likely caused by a kind of corrosive seawater flowing over countless years. Considering the unusual temperature, it could be reasonably concluded to be Earth Fire.
Earth Fire is rare in the East Sea, generally appearing near the ends of Spirit Veins.
Shi Liuli carefully recalled the surrounding feng shui and felt it was unlikely to be the dwelling of an ancient immortal; the natural formation was more plausible.
She cautiously probed downward, holding the Purple Extre Han Yuan Sword vigilantly with her right hand, while silently casting a hexagram with a copper coin in her left.
According to the hexagram, there seed to be traces of Illusion Technique disturbing the position nearby, the so-called “mountains multiply and waters are manifold” phenonon.
If it were just this, breaking it wouldn’t be difficult.
But if the person conjuring the illusion is deeply inside, adjusting the illusion in real-ti, Shi Liuli had no confidence to surpass them—after all, she was not adept in this field and couldn’t compare to an expert imrsed in this art for decades.
After pondering a bit, Shi Liuli suddenly closed her eyes.
She sealed her senses with Divine Sense, now both her sight and hearing were completely void.
In the silent darkness, Shi Liuli held the copper coin in her hand, shook it for a mont, and carefully used her fingertips to feel the texture, distinguishing front and back.
She intended to abandon Perception entirely, relying solely on the hexagram results to decide the direction—no matter how brilliant the illusion may be, confounding Perception without detection, it surely cannot alter the hexagram outcos, right?
With this in mind, Shi Liuli cautiously proceeded deeper.
Nearby the Earth Fire, Kunlun Mirror suddenly exclaid.
“What’s wrong?” Chen Guanshui asked nervously.
“Nothing.” Kunlun Mirror stood up, “I’m going out for a mont.”
“Why are you going out?” Chen Guanshui asked suspiciously, thinking perhaps this Ah Jing was planning an escape again?
Oh, the Heaven-nding Stone fragnt is still with , it shouldn’t be.
“Going out to use the washroom.” Kunlun Mirror said without changing expression.
Such a terrible excuse, how could a mirror need a washroom?
Chen Guanshui understood she was indirectly telling him “don’t ask more”, so he said nothing, rely continued to fine-tune the Formation, altering the heating rate of the Heaven-nding Stone.
Kunlun Mirror left the deep place, carefully advancing along the winding passage, then through a shaft, entering an angled hallway, just in ti to see Shi Liuli walking downward along the natural corridor.
Her state at the mont was quite odd: eyes closed tightly, not feeling the surrounding rock walls to determine the terrain, rely slowly stepping forward a few paces before pausing, shaking her hands, then proceeding again.
Using hexagrams to avoid Perception being confounded by an illusion? Kunlun Mirror thought briefly, imdiately understanding what she was doing, instantly admiring the other.
At least if it were herself, she certainly wouldn’t have thought of such a solution.
Now that the other had completely abandoned Perception, using Mirror Flower Water Moon was certainly infeasible, unless directly altering her perception of the hexagram—but Kunlun Mirror had not delved deeply into such iron-clad divinations, rashly devising false results was likely to be discovered by the knowledgeable Shi Liuli.
Thinking this, Kunlun Mirror suddenly had an idea.
She quietly stepped forward and then grabbed Shi Liuli’s hand.
Shi Liuli felt soone touch her wrist and was first startled, thinking could it be that villain?
But then she quickly realized it didn’t seem right, based on the feel, the other’s skin was delicate, smooth, and carried a slight warmth… obviously a woman’s hand.
She did not rashly open her eyes, only swiftly shook both hands again, letting the copper coin cast a new hexagram.
According to the hexagram result, the counterpart was not so illusion, only then did Shi Liuli cautiously open her eyes, to see the person’s appearance clearly.
This was a young female cultivator, clad in an egg-yellow long dress, with jet black hair fixed with a hairpin, appearing extrely refreshing and capable.
Her features were proper and beautiful, like most female cultivators, possessing an impeccable lovely appearance.
Notably, her cheeks seed slightly chubby compared to most female cultivators, making her look youthful and endearing.
“Greetings, Fellow Cultivator Dong You.” Kunlun Mirror said with a grin.
“You know ?” Shi Liuli asked with a frown, “Fellow cultivator is…?”
“Just call ‘Yao Tai’.” Kunlun Mirror said, warmly entwining her arm, saying, “Fellow Dong You, let’s have a word here.”
Shi Liuli, embraced by her left arm, felt a bit awkward and embarrassed like having her nasal cavity stimulated by citrus juice, wanting to pull her arm out, but Kunlun Mirror had already led her into a side stone chamber, smiling and asking:
“Fellow cultivator is here for Guan Shui, right?”
“Guan Shui?” Shi Liuli wanted to deny, but stopped as words reached her lips.
After a while, she pondered and asked:
“Is his true na really Guan Shui?”
“Yes, it is.” Kunlun Mirror replied with a smile.
“Is he refining the Heaven-nding Stone?” Shi Liuli continued to ask.
“Indeed.” Kunlun Mirror openly admitted, “Using the Earth Fire beneath us.”
“Of course, our current conditions surpass most of the historical Nuwa’s stone repairing, the only shortcoming is lacking Stellar Fire, so we must use the Earth Fire deep below… ”
She explained in detail about the refining of the Heaven-nding Stone to Shi Liuli.
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