Chapter 421: Elental Energy Pools, One By One
Translator: TYZ Editor: TYZ, KLKL
The surface of the previously boiling lake suddenly beca sleek and smooth like a mirror. It looked like a hand had smoothened out a creased bedsheet. Wisps of mist rose from the surface of the lake, making the lake looked like a misty fairyland.
A small mass of cloud ford in the air seven ters above the surface of the lake, resembling a lump of soft cotton candy.
No one had ever seen such a mini cloud that flew so low to the ground. Its reflection was projected on the tranquil surface of the lake, resembling a phenonon that could only be found in fantasyland. Shi Xueman, Sang Zhijun and a few other girls wished they could touch it.
The level of the lake decreased visibly while the mass of the cloud increased with a visible speed. As the mass of the cloud increased, the cloud slowly rose towards the sky.
Disappointnt flashed across the girls’ eyes. After the mass of the cloud had increased, it was no longer as cute as its previous smaller self. At this mont, the size of the cloud was sowhat similar to the lake’s. It had flown to a height that was level with the highest point of the valley.
"It’s raining," Sang Zhijun’s eyes lit up.
Everyone reached out their palms at the sa ti. A soft drizzle, as fine as hair, rained down from the sky. In the blink of an eye, the area around the lake was draped in a misty rain.
The concentration level of water elental energy in the area increased significantly. A slight chill engulfed the area, making it looked as if they were in the misty depths of a mountain. The peculiar thing was that the misty rain only covered a small area surrounding the lake and would not extend beyond that by the slightest bit.
Shi Xueman closed her eyes to feel the air around her. After a while, she opened her eyes and said, "The concentration level of water elental energy has increased by approximately ten percent."
Upon hearing Shi Xueman’s words, Ai Hui replied, "The concentration level of water elental energy here is too low. Using the elental energy pool alone won’t increase the concentration level greatly."
An elental energy pool did not have the ability to create sothing from nothing. It could not generate elental energy on its own and there were a lot of requirents in building it. A suitable location for building it was more important than anything else.
For example, an area that had a high concentration level of tal elental energy would be suitable for building a tal elental energy pool.
An elental energy pool worked in the way that it would first absorb all elental energies from its surrounding. Then, it would preserve its target elental energy and filter out other types of elental energy. By doing this, the concentration level of its target elental energy in the surroundings would increase.
The valley was generally low in water elental energy, therefore, the water elental energy pool could not work to its full effect. However, since the water elental energy in the lake was pure in nature, it satisfied the requirents for a water elental energy pool to work. Similarly, an elental energy pool needed to consu elental energy for it to operate. If the concentration level of a particular elental energy was too low, the elental energy pool would not work.
This was also why so places were worthless, even though they had all five elental energies.
Ai Hui anticipated that this would happen and he had explained it to everyone beforehand. As such, all of them were not really disappointed.
Successfully setting up the water elental energy pool was only the first step. There were still four more elental energy pools to be set up. The fire elental energy pool would be set up the last.
One could tell that Ai Hui was an ambitious individual despite his low-profile nature. His design plans had completely displayed his lofty aspirations.
The wood elental energy pool would have to depend on Duanmu Huanghun.
Duanmu Huanghun worked extrely fast. He knew the design plan for the wood elental energy pool thoroughly. With regards to this aspect, he was better than Shi Xueman. The first ti he saw Ai Hui’s modified design plan for the wood elental energy pool, he was flabbergasted. However, two days later, he understood all the details clearly. By the third day, he could even co up with suggestions to improve the design. This proved that he had a deep understanding of the structure of the elental energy pool.
The use of drifting jadesword bamboos was his suggestion and it was accepted by Ai Hui.
Right now, Duanmu Huanghun was cultivating drifting jadesword bamboos. He planted them near the brook so as to ensure there was a sufficient amount of water elental energy flowing into the bamboo forest.
Before this, Duanmu Huanghun had already nailed the twelve energy-stabilizing pillars into the ground.
The body of a drifting jadesword bamboo was long and thing. Its bamboo leaves were long and narrow like the blade of a sword. The bamboo was jade-green in color. These were the reasons why it was called drifting jadesword bamboo. The bamboo leaves of drifting jadesword bamboos fell throughout all four seasons. When they fell and drifted in the air, they resembled dancing butterflies, looking extrely beautiful.
There would be swishing jade-green bamboos, the whispering of the wind and the sword chis from the fallen leaves.
Such beautiful scenery...
Other than its good-looking appearance, Duanmu Huanghun had chosen drifting jadesword bamboos for its other advantages too. Drifting jadesword bamboos were naturally suitable for being used in sword formations. They had defensive capabilities that could kill enemies. The bamboo leaves were also an excellent type of weapon. If there was an ample amount elental energy in the future, they could sell the bamboo leaves to create a source of sizeable inco.
Because of this suggestion, Ai Hui began to see Duanmu Huanghun in a new light.
Duanmu Huanghun could sense it and was extrely pleased with himself for a long ti. He thought that Ai Hui was finally bowled over by his superb aesthetic sense. Unexpectedly, Ai Hui was already inquiring about questions like how much a piece of bamboo leaf would cost, how big the bamboo forest would be, what would be the output value and etc.
The drifting jadesword bamboos were planted on both sides of the brook. Ai Hui applied so of the insights he’d obtained from [Yin Yang Sword Formation] on them as well.
The forest of one hundred and eight drifting jadesword bamboos, each with the width of a thumb, would be split into half by the brook. On each side of the brook, there were six energy-stabilizing pillars. If one looked down at the forest from the sky, he or she would see the shape of Yin and Yang.
Even for soone like Duanmu Huanghun, it was extrely exhausting to plant one hundred and eight drifting jadesword bamboos.
When he planted the last drifting jadesword bamboo, the nature of the wood elental energy in the area began to transform. Unlike the turbulent transformation of the water elental energy previously, the wood elental energy’s transformation was very calm and gentle.
The drifting jadesword bamboos were growing at a visible speed. Section by section, the bamboo grew longer while the jade-green bamboo leaves grew on the branches continuously.
After around one hour, the sparse, young bamboo sprouts began to look sowhat like a bamboo forest. The bamboo leaves looked like tiny jade-made swords that hung on the branches of the bamboos.
At this mont, a bamboo leaf fell and drifted across the bamboo forest.
After a bamboo leaf broke away from the branch of a drifting jadesword bamboo, it would drift in the air forever, not touching the ground at all. Eventually, it would vaporize into a puff of wood elental energy and dissipate into the air. This was how the word "drifting" in its na ca about.
"It’s beautiful," Shi Xueman could not help but say.
"We can make money off them as well!" Ai Hui quickly added in, "Once there are more of these bamboo leaves, we can gather them. I have already done my research. When the wood elental energy in the bamboo leaves becos more concentrated, the bamboo leaves will beco clear and pristine like pieces of jade. They will be worth more money that way. We will earn a huge inco just by selling the bamboo leaves every year!"
A vision for the future appeared in Ai Hui’s eyes.
All the wood elentalists entered the bamboo forest to experience it for themselves. This could be an ideal place for them to ditate in the future. The wood elental energy in the bamboo forest was clearly more concentrated than in the other areas’. Furthermore, the wood elental energy in the bamboo forest was flowing in so kind of unique way. There was a tiny difference between the two bamboo forests. The difference was subtle and thought-provoking. So sharp wood elentalists wished they could stay in the bamboo forest forever.
However, right now, they could not do so.
The wood elentalists reluctantly walked out from the bamboo forest. Before the entire set of design plans was executed, all the five elental energies in the valley would be extrely weak.
The job of setting up the earth elental energy pool was left to Wang Xiaoshan.
The hillock was made up of soot from the volcano and it was extrely sturdy and thick. However, it wasn’t much of a problem to Wang Xiaoshan. Even though his fighting capabilities were not as good as the others, his construction skills far surpassed everyone else.
The shape of the earth elental energy pool was octagonal. There would be a stone-made energy-stabilizing pillar in each corner of the earth elental energy pool.
The other four pillars would be placed in the direction of the tal wind cavern.
When the earth elental energy pool was set up, the ground in the centre of the eight energy-stabilizing pillars suddenly beca soft and caved in, forming a hole that was of an unfathomable depth. The hole resembled a deep well.
Through the hole, loud rumbles could be heard from the depths of the ground, sounding as if there was an army with thousands of n and horses marching underneath.
The rumbles got increasingly close while the ground shook more and more violently.
With a loud boom, quicksand erupted from the hole like a fountain. Very soon, the quicksand began to flood the surface of the ground and kept on extending outward.
Quicksand gushed out from the hole endlessly. Using the other four energy-stabilizing pillars as direction markers, a portion of the quicksand slowly flowed towards the entrance of tal wind cavern. A small river of quicksand was ford.
Wang Xiaoshan could not contain the joy on his face as he stood on the quicksand. The earth elental energy made him felt extrely comfortable. In the blink of an eye, the earth elental energy pool’s surroundings was fully covered with quicksand.
Lou Lan curiously asked Ai Hui, "Ai Hui, will this place beco the next Yellow Sand Corner in the future? Lou Lan has never been to Yellow Sand Corner. Master Shao said that Yellow Sand Corner has many types of sand materials."
Ai Hui blinked his eyes and replied, "You might be right. Give it another one thousand years and there will be a sea of yellow sand here."
When the rest heard Ai Hui’s words, they could not help but roll their eyes. Was Ai Hui trying to bully Lou Lan just because he was innocent and naive?
"Ai Hui, really? If that’s the case, Lou Lan must make sure this place can last for another one thousand years," Lou Lan widened his eyes and replied happily.
"Alright, this shall be Lou Lan’s territory in the future. All of you better not vie with him over this area," Ai Hui put on a solemn look on his face and announced.
"Thank you Ai Hui! Thank you everyone!" Lou Lan was overjoyed.
The rest cast a look of disdain at Ai Hui. They had never seen such a shaless individual before. How could he even lie to the kind-hearted Lou Lan! One thousand years? Sigh, Lou Lan is really innocent and naive!
Shi Xueman, San Zhijun and the rest were filled with jealousy. They wished they could take Lou Lan for their own.
The earth elental energy pool had been set up and the entire earth elental section of the valley would beco sandy. This process would continue slowly as ti passed. But if there was an abundance of earth elental energy, this process would speed up greatly.
Ai Hui was duty-bound to set up the tal elental energy pool.
Everyone was amazed by Ai Hi’s actions.
He carried twelve elental energy pillars and a huge bundle of See You Laters on his back. Following which, he closed his eyes and his body slowly floated up into the air. At this point of ti, he resembled Blind He who drifted around like a ghost.
He slowly rose into the air and reached a point that was twenty ters above the ground. Everyone was holding their breaths.
Suddenly, he stopped rising and took out a silver-colored energy-stabilizing pillar. He used his fingers to hold one end of the energy-stabilizing pillar. Naturally, the pillar drooped down and pointed towards the ground.
Under everyone’s watchful gaze, he let go of the pillar.
Everyone widened their eyes in an instant. To their surprise, the heavy pillar stayed motionlessly where it was. It was as if there was an invisible platform supporting it.
However, there was really nothing there!
Ai Hui carefully unbundled the See You Laters on his back and took out one arrow. Following which, he pointed the tip of the arrow at the top end of the energy-stabilizing pillar such that the arrow and the pillar ford a wide angle.
Once again, he let go of his hand and the See You Later stayed motionlessly where it was.
Ai Hui took out the second See You Later and placed it beside the first arrow while pointing its tip at the top end of the energy-stabilizing pillar at the sa ti. When he finished placing the twelfth See You Later, he’d ford a circular canopy of See You Laters. Suddenly, each of the twelve See You Laters emitted a faint silvery glow. The twelve silvery glows ca together and ford a silvery light screen.
A silvery glowing umbrella floated silently in the air.
Ai Hui did not take a break. One by one, the silvery glowing umbrellas were propped up in the air.
Twelve silvery glowing umbrellas hovered in the air above everyone’s heads, looking extrely beautiful.
Everyone suddenly realized that the piercing tal wind had disappeared. Nurous gentle air vortices appeared in their surroundings. Apparently, these silver-colored air vortices contained an extrely high concentration level of tal elental energy. Each of them resembled an impish sprite.
Everyone was dumbstruck by this sight.
Ai Hui’s words beca exceptionally loud and clear.
"Now we are left with the fire elental energy pool."
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