Following the guidance of the treasure map, Xu Chunniang and Master Liaozhi crossed the remaining six mountain ranges and finally reached the deepest part of the mountains.
Looking at the empty valley in front of her, Xu Chunniang frowned slightly.
This is clearly where the treasure map shows the location.
But she used her spiritual sense to scan every inch of space in the valley and did not notice anything unusual.
"Amitabha."
Master Liaozhi chanted the Buddha's name, took out a sheepskin scroll from his sleeve and gently spread it out.
“The first abbot of our Wuliang Sect once passed down four verses, which hinted at the location of Lingshan.
It’s just that these four verses are obscure and difficult to understand. It was only today that I finally understood the first verse.”
Xu Chunniang's eyes fell on the parchment scroll, on which were written sixteen words: Nine dragons linked together, heaven and earth interacting; five elements meeting, the sacred mountain appears.
When she saw the word Lingshan, her heart moved.
According to Grandmaster Sheng, in ancient times, there were many sacred mountains in the Western Regions, and the most famous of them was Kunlun.
The sacred mountain mentioned in this verse is the same place indicated in the treasure map. Could it be the legendary Kunlun Mountain that has disappeared
She asked the doubts in her mind, but Master Liaozhi just shook his head.
"These four verses have been passed down from one generation of abbot to this day, and no one has ever seen the true appearance of Lingshan. Therefore, I don't know whether this Lingshan is the Kunlun Immortal Mountain or not."
Xu Chunniang's eyes fell on the first verse, "The terrain here is just like nine mountain ranges connected end to end and surrounded by each other.
This Nine Dragons Link should be referring to this place."
"Yes, that's what I thought. Right now, the two of us are in the place where the nine dragons are linked together as mentioned in the verse."
When Master Liaozhi recalled the path he had taken, a look of recognition appeared on his face.
"But what does the interaction between heaven and earth and the meeting of the five elements mean?"
Xu Chunniang glanced over the sixteen-character verse and recalled that when she was forming a baby, she had entered a state of communication between heaven and earth.
"I wonder if Master Zhi experienced the interaction between heaven and earth when he achieved the Nascent Soul state?"
Master Liaozhi suddenly realized, "It is true. Perhaps right now, we need to enter a state of interaction between heaven and earth to gain some understanding.
Then what does this meeting of the five elements mean? Could it be referring to the five elements' spiritual energy?"
"It's possible."
Xu Chunniang pondered for a moment, "Let's try to enter the state of the five elements interacting first. After the interaction between heaven and earth, the five elements of spiritual energy will be transformed, and perhaps we can find the sacred mountain mentioned in the verse."
After they finished talking, they began to meditate.
Xu Chunniang and Master Liaozhi were both people with extremely high levels of comprehension. It didn’t take long for them to successfully send their souls to heaven and earth and communicate with them.
After communicating with heaven and earth, the two began to circulate the five elements of spiritual energy.
As time went by, the spiritual energy around the two people increased, but the "Spiritual Mountain" still did not appear.
After trying for five or six days, Xu Chunniang was the first to give up circulating the five elements of spiritual energy and regained her clarity of mind from the state of communication with heaven and earth.
She looked at Master Zhi and said, "Perhaps, we are heading in the wrong direction."
Master Liaozhi opened his eyes and sighed softly.
"Could it be that this meeting of the five elements does not refer to the five elements of spiritual energy?"
He took out the parchment scroll again and carefully looked at the sixteen-character verse on it.
There is no doubt that the Nine Dragons Linked Land has been found.
So what went wrong with the interaction between heaven and earth and the meeting of the five elements
Xu Chunniang thought hard for a long time and suddenly spoke.
"This chain of nine dragons refers to the terrain. Could the interaction between heaven and earth be hinting at the time when the sacred mountain will appear?"
Master Liaozhi's eyes lit up, and he vaguely felt that this statement was correct.
"It is very likely that on the day of Zhengshuo, the earth and the sky are in harmony and all things come to life. It is the day with the most vitality in the year. The harmony between heaven and earth is what we are talking about."
Xu Chunniang nodded slightly, "There are still three months until the right time. Let's wait until that day and transform the five elements of spiritual energy to see if we can find the sacred mountain."
Three months later, it was the official day.
Xu Chunniang and Master Liaozhi looked at each other and began to circulate spiritual energy tacitly.
A large amount of spiritual energy emerged from the two of them and was immediately transformed into the five elements of spiritual energy: gold, wood, water, fire, and earth, which were mutually reinforcing and restraining.
The two of them continued to generate spiritual energy, and time passed little by little, but the sacred mountain was nowhere to be seen.
Zhengshuo is the first day of the year, when the earth and the sky are in harmony and the yang is born. There is only such a day in a year.
If you miss today, you will have to wait another year.
Seeing that the new moon would be over in two or three hours, the two had no choice but to give up on continuing to circulate spiritual energy and look for other methods.
Master Liaozhi frowned and thought hard, "It seems that the meeting of the five elements does not refer to the five elements' spiritual energy, but something else."
Xu Chunniang on the side was also thinking rapidly. The world has yin and yang, yin and yang become the five elements, and even spiritual roots have the attributes of the five elements.
What exactly does this meeting of the five elements refer to
Could it be... a spiritual object of the five elements
Xu Chunniang has quite a few five-element spiritual objects on her body, the Meteorite Heart Flame is of the fire element, the One Yuan Heavy Water is of the water element, and the Yuan Magnetic Divine Light is of the metal element.
Things belonging to the wood element include twigs and walnuts.
In this way, the only thing missing from the high-level five-element spiritual objects is the earth element.
"Master, do you have any earth-attributed spiritual items above the fourth level?"
"There is a seal that was passed down from my Buddhist sect."
Master Liaozhi said, with a puzzled look on his face, "I wonder what the purpose of Fairy Xu's asking this is?"
Xu Chunniang expressed her conjecture, "Gathering all five elements of high-level spiritual objects can also be considered a gathering of the five elements, right?"
Master Liaozhi took out the ink and smiled helplessly.
"There are less than two hours left before the Zhengshuo period ends. Let's give it a try!"
Looking at the khaki-colored ink pad, Xu Chunniang directly summoned three rays of magnetic divine light, which fell on the ink pad.
Earth can produce gold. If her guess is correct, she only needs to sacrifice these spiritual objects in the order of the five elements, and she will be able to see the sacred mountain.
Three rays of magnetic divine light fell on the ink pad and quickly divided it into several pieces.
Master Liaozhi remained calm even though he saw the ink pad was completely destroyed.
The next moment, the ink pad that was cut into several pieces merged into a whole again, and no trace could be seen at all.
Xu Chunniang breathed a sigh of relief. If the ink could not withstand the divine light of Yuan magnetic force, the two could not coexist, and the meeting of the five elements would become a luxury.
Gold gives birth to water. After the Yuan magnetic divine light, she once again injected one Yuan heavy water.
Before the one-yuan heavy water came close, it was shattered by the Yuan magnetic divine light and splashed into the ink, dyeing the ink black.
The three spiritual creatures with different attributes seemed to be in chaos, and none of them were willing to submit to the other.
Water gives birth to wood. Next, it’s the turn of the twigs.
After the formation of the infant, Xu Chunniang could feel that the connection between her and the twig was becoming closer and closer, and she was barely able to activate it.
She used her spiritual sense to activate the small branch in her dantian and head towards the three spiritual creatures in the melee.
A strange scene appeared. The seemingly tender twig suppressed the Yuan magnetic divine light as soon as it appeared.
The ink and one yuan of heavy water were also placed neatly in front of the twig, and they looked obedient.
It seems that the grade of the small branch is higher than that of the other spiritual objects.
This thought flashed through Xu Chunniang's mind, and she sacrificed the last of the Five Elements spiritual objects, the Meteorite Heart Flame.