Chapter 343 Exquisite (2/2)

Qixiu was stunned by the scene.

She turned to her master but all Daoist Liuqing did was let out a snort and took out a handkerchief. The handkerchief expanded as it touched the wind and released countless crystals.

Qixiu recognized this handkerchief. It was a treasured possession of the Hermitage and was also known as Ruyi Waterpipe. It was of heavenly muslin and could change as it like.

The crystal fog produced by the Ruyi Pipe headed towards the yellow sand grains.

The yellow sand sank as it came in contact with places that the crystal fog has passed by. It stopped the odd phenomenon and prevented other areas from being affected by it.

Suddenly, the sound of the thunder cracked open the clouds above the sky but disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Daoist Liuqing sighed, ”What a boy!”

Huike was tongue tied but managed to say, ”Exquisite”.

In his opinion, the method Shen Lian used to break the Four Symbols Formation was unbelievable.

Qixiu asked, ”Master, what happened?”

Daoist Liuqing frowned at her and responded, ”In between heaven and earth, is one Qi altogether. Alone it stirs, then divides into Yin and Yang. There is the elder and younger, divided into four symbols. The elder, during times of extreme movement, becomes greater Yang and greater Yin. The younger, when the movement starts, it started the motionless boundary, becomes lesser Yin and lesser Yang. The four symbols with five elements are all from within. Water is greater yin; fire is greater Yang; wood is lesser Yang; metal is lesser Yin; earth is Yin and Yang, also the elder and the younger. Wood, fire, metal, and water are clashing Qi, yet they connected.”

These were annotations and commentary by a Daoist connoisseur of the correspondence between the four symbols and the five elements. In other words, the five elements were another form of the four symbols.

The five elements were formed by Yin and Yang; the existence of Yin and Yang brought about the five elements.

Whether its north, east, west, south or the azure dragon, vermilion bird, white tiger or black turtle, each of them represented gold, wood, water, and fire. In other words, the gold, wood, water, and fire of the five elements were actually the four symbols.

The 'earth' that was not part of the four symbols was actually the four symbols - the combination of wood, fire, gold, and water. This was because earth contains all four elements and that was why the earth produces myriads of things.

There was no earth in the four symbols but as it expanded, the four symbols interchanged and formed earth. That was how the yellow sand came about in the Four Symbols Formation.

Shen Lian was extremely talented and was able to make sense of the Five Elements of Dao and utilized the Qi of essence of the five elements.

He inserted the gold, wood, water, and fire four elements' of Qi of essence into the four roots bamboo to heightened the powers of the Four Symbols Formation and expanded the space. As the four symbols interchanged, it formed the earth Qi of essence.

Shen Lian then injected his earth Qi of essence into it to stir up the yellow sand and covered the entire Four Symbols Formation.

The yellow sand was originally a product of the Four Symbols Formation and they came from the same source. By managing and spreading the yellow sand, Shen Lian was able to control the formation.

As the four elements interchanged, every two intersections were known as the four corners and the earth lied within the four corners. Under the diffusion of the earth Qi of essence, the Sanguang Holy Water would sit in the water position of the four corners.

Shen Lian then was able to obtain the Sanguang Holy Water. By the time Daoist Liuqing used the Ruyi Waterpipe to suppress the uproar of the Four Symbols Formation, Shen Lian would be able to escape with the Sanguang Holy Water.

For the sake Daoist Liuqing, he chose to not say anything about it.