Chapter 1202 - 1201: Lu Zheng Alters the Earth Vein
Under the sensing of that demon, the demonic qi scattered along the earth vein suddenly solidified.
Then, the earth vein qi suddenly reversed, the aura transformed into a vortex, gathering towards the center from outside to inside.
This caused the demonic qi flowing along the earth vein outwards to not continue its outward path but instead begin to reverse inwardly.
This completely defies the great trend of the earth vein!
Someone is manipulating the earth vein, reversing heaven and earth!
Moreover, it is a top expert in cultivating earth and stone attribute techniques, and even in this demon’s view, this world shouldn’t harbor such an expert!
Has some immortal descended to the lower realm?
Is it the Great Cang Earth God or Emperor Taiyue? It can’t possibly be Emperor Houtu’s Earth God descending into the mortal world, can it?
And the manifest effect of this earth vein alteration is that the land outside Lianzhou Prefecture, which had turned black, starts to restore its earthy color, simultaneously, under the cleansing of the earth vein’s spiritual power, those wilted plants surprisingly revive.
"There’s an expert!" Li Muran’s eyes lit up.
"A top expert of the Earth and Wood Dao!" Tie Yi’s eyebrows immediately rose, "Could it be an esteemed person from Yuanhua Temple arrived?"
Li Muran shook his head, "No, although Yuanhua Temple cultivates vitality creation, they are not proficient in the earth and stone earth vein dao."
Li Muran was also puzzled, in his impression, it seemed no force’s technique could so smoothly manipulate the earth vein direction.
"Then who is it?" Tie Yi asked.
"I don’t know!" Li Muran decisively shook his head but then smiled leisurely, "But no matter, isn’t it someone on our side?"
"Exactly so!" Tie Yi laughed heartily, his eyes fixed, then he shouted sternly, "Demon! Your plan is ruined, won’t you come out and face your death now?"
"Dare to ruin my calculation, come out!"
A terrifying demonic thought with overwhelming power swept out from the portal of the Demon Cave Secret Realm, against the earth vein flow, sweeping through.
Then...
Nothing was gained!
That demon couldn’t detect the whereabouts of the person manipulating the earth vein flow!
"What?"
This time, that demon was quite shocked, very incredulous.
"How is it possible?"
...
Several tens of yards underground, not far from the Lianzhou Prefecture, Lu Zheng was relying on the Taiyue Stele, using the secret technique from the Taiyue Divine Mountain Painting to manipulate the earth vein direction, reversing the demonic qi flow.
Meanwhile, he himself was hidden under the aura of the Taiyue Stele, blending into the earth vein, just like an unremarkable stone underground, no matter how high the expert, even sweeping exploration with divine thought, couldn’t find him.
This is the wonder of the Taiyue Stele.
You call it a magical treasure, yet it can neither attack nor defend, doesn’t gather spiritual qi, nor aids cultivation.
Except for the 108 Divine Mountain Paintings engraved on its surface, its only function is to comb through earth veins and improve the environment.
And it appears just like a common stone stele, looks ordinary, feels ordinary too.
Lu Zheng took the stele purely out of a fear of poverty typical among Hua Country people, coincidentally also sparing the Hundred Peaks Sect from extermination disaster.
Before he hadn’t realized what this stele could do, even thought about placing it in the Qinling Mountains to improve Hua Country’s ancestral vein, letting people from above come to observe it, maybe someone could comprehend the Divine Mountain Painting, also count as Lu Zheng’s support for his motherland.
But Lu Zheng and the upper forces have always played tacit games, without contact, so Lu Zheng didn’t put this into action.
Unexpectedly, it’s now coming into use!
By combing the earth veins, combined with Lu Zheng’s use of the secret technique from the Taiyue Divine Mountain Painting, directly influencing a hundred miles around Lianzhou Prefecture, changing earth vein direction, blocking the external spread of demonic qi.
Additionally, with the ability to conceal aura, Lu Zheng huddled under the cover of Taiyue Stele, his whole body activated the Taiyue Divine Mountain Painting cultivation technique, merging entirely with the stele, without a trace of vitality aura leakage.
He also knows the Earth Travel Technique, hiding deep underground right now, not to mention this demon, Lu Zheng estimates even if Si Lingxi came personally, wouldn’t sense him.
"I am too kind-hearted, can’t bear seeing the people suffer." Lu Zheng sighed, gently touched his own face.
He also hadn’t thought that so many people from the Great Jing Court came, already suppressed the demon, yet didn’t expect that demon to deceive everyone, using earth vein direction to transmit demonic qi.
If successful, the thousand-mile radius would turn into a demonic realm, countless surrounding people would suffer, affecting not just Lianzhou.
And Li Muran and the rest evidently couldn’t come up with a solution in a short time, if waited until dawn, for other reinforcements to arrive, the opportunity might be missed.
So Lu Zheng couldn’t help but make a move.
Fortunately, he has the Taiyue Stele at hand, hidden underground, not intending to reveal himself, he is not here for fame, but for practical benefits.
Therefore, after confirming that the demon couldn’t detect him, Lu Zheng no longer hesitated, unleashed all his magical power, manipulated the Taiyue Stele, rolling back all the demonic qi flowing along the earth vein, sending it back to the Demon Cave portal under the well.
The emphasis is on sending it back the way it came!
...
Upon realizing his true method of demonic qi infringement was discovered and blocked, that demon finally couldn’t sit still.
Because he is ultimately a True Spirit descending to the lower realm, not his true self in the mortal world, when besieged by this world’s experts, he too could ’die’.
If the thousand-mile demonic realm was formed, evolving into the Heaven-Reaching Demon Array, by transforming all living beings into demons, he could transform this Demon Cave Secret Realm into the eye of the demon array, competing with the world’s experts.
But if the thousand-mile demonic realm was blocked, with only one Demon Cave Secret Realm, even with the aid of the Seven Demon Gods, he would be besieged to ’death’.
It matters little being besieged to ’death’, as it’s not truly dying, the issue is that this would cause no impact or harm on this world.
So, what’s his purpose here, just to add a demonic extermination achievement for this world’s experts?
"Hehehehe..."
The sound of weird laughter grows larger, the Soul Suppressing Demon Sound reverberates through the heavens and earth, drilling into the minds of all present experts, causing many Abnormal People with low cultivation to feel headaches, even countless sleeping citizens furrowed their brows, seemingly falling into a nightmare.
"Little bugs, didn’t you want me to come out? Well then, I’ll grant your wish, showing you what it’s like when a celestial demon descends!"
"What celestial demon descends!" Tie Yi sneered disdainfully, "I’ve seen celestial demons descend before, wasn’t the Heartless True Desire Demon Ancestor beaten out of the Central Plains by me over a decade ago!"
"Wuxin is quite a failure, I’ll mock him well when I get back, just that..."
The celestial demon’s voice was also filled with disdain, "What do you amount to, to dare scorn a Demon Ancestor?"
In the next moment, the heaven-reaching demonic might suddenly descended.