Master Wang spoke, and everyone instantly quieted down.
"Master, what exactly is going on?"
A young man hurriedly asked, his eyes filled with embarrassment.
He was the most terrified just now, nearly scared enough to wet his pants.
You must know, earlier he had been clamoring in the crowd, saying that as long as Lin Beichen came down, he would teach Lin Beichen a lesson.
However, Lin Beichen didn’t come down, and he himself was nearly scared out of his wits.
Master Wang looked at this person faintly and recognized him as someone from a prestigious family.
Considering the other party’s notable background, Master Wang responded indifferently:
"Where did Zhou Kuangtian become famous?"
"Do you even need to ask? Of course, it’s Jiulong Pool!"
The man immediately said.
He was a follower of Zhou Kuangtian, having grown up listening to various legends about Zhou Kuangtian, and his biggest wish was to apprentice under him.
However, due to insufficient talent, even though he offered at least a seven-figure sum annually, he still hadn’t had the chance to meet Zhou Kuangtian, let alone become a registered disciple.
Though Zhou Kuangtian didn’t really care about registered disciples, to the people of Xiangdao, becoming a registered disciple was considered a great honor.
"Since you know Jiulong Pool, you should know that beneath Jiulong Pool, nine Divine Dragon statues are sealed.
But these nine statues are actually the water vein town stones of Jiulong Mountain, once these nine statues break, it will cause the water vein river of Jiulong Pool to go out of control.
The tremors you just felt were actually due to the underground river of Jiulong Mountain being reconnected, causing a natural collapse of the earth veins as the river resumes flow.
This is just a minor issue, as long as you don’t panic, no one will get hurt."
Master Wang said leisurely.
Upon hearing these words, everyone, though somewhat confused, at least confirmed one thing.
There was no earthquake at Jiulong Mountain, it was all man-made.
How big is the difference and value between man and nature?
Even the lightest level of earthquake remains a colossal energy burst that human technology cannot touch.
It was once calculated that even a barely noticeable magnitude two or three earthquake releases energy equivalent to tens of thousands of nuclear bombs.
Even if we gather all the nuclear weapons in the world, it probably wouldn’t be enough to completely fracture a mountain range.
"Master Wang, Zhou Kuangtian is manipulating the water veins of Jiulong Mountain, does he intend to use the terrain here to battle Lin Beichen?"
Ordinary people couldn’t understand, but cultivators picked up on Master Wang’s thoughts.
Master Wang nodded silently.
"The earth vein of Jiulong Mountain is very special. Xiangdao is an island, yet over hundreds of years as it gathered winds and clouds, it extended into a Dragon Vein, yet it was a hidden dragon.
When we discovered this place, we intended to seal this hidden dragon and nurture it over time, but Zhou Kuangtian sealed the place himself and built nine Divine Dragon statues, blocking the water vein formation eye.
According to him, this place would help him offset a disaster in the future; although we understand Feng Shui, we lacked the power to stop him."
With that, Master Wang let out a sigh, his eyes turning extremely complex.
"To you, Zhou Kuangtian may be a true Mystic Sect master, but to us in the Feng Shui lineage, he is nothing more than a petty person.
No matter how noble his reasons seem, everything Zhou Kuangtian does is ultimately for his own benefit."
"When he sealed the water veins years ago, I suspected one day he would blow it up; I didn’t expect that day to come so soon. If we can’t seal the formation eye today, the topography of Jiulong Mountain will change once again.
Then, water and soil will erode, and landslides may engulf half of Xiangdao in disaster."
Master Wang’s face was full of empathy, while people around were stunned.
They thought Master Wang was exaggerating.
The water veins of Jiulong Pool existed since ancient times, Zhou Kuangtian merely sealed them for two decades, how could it damage half of Xiangdao?
But they didn’t know that with the Celestial Gate opening, the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi had entirely changed, and the earth veins of Jiulong Mountain were artificially altered, now mixed with too much sinister energy.
If the water veins clear up now, this sinister energy, surging through Jiulong Mountain’s underground streams, will turn the entire Jiulong Mountain range into a toxic land.
This is merely the surface issue, as the water veins continue to fill, the toxic miasma combined with the Power of Water Veins will cause flooding, and if Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi increases further, it will lead to continuous torrential rain here.
The changes in the earth veins won’t be immediate.
Over ten, twenty years, it may not show many changes, but what about twenty years later?
We Feng Shui practitioners always measure with a centurial perspective, yet life’s ephemeral, most people can only see three to five years ahead.
No matter how much he speaks, everyone remains blinded by Zhou Kuangtian’s brilliance, leaving Master Wang only with one thought.
He hopes Lin Beichen kills Zhou Kuangtian so that the water veins here have a chance to recuperate.
The Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi overflowed as Jiulong Pool exploded.
The Earth Demon energy, combined with ubiquitous sinister Qi, further enhanced by the Water Vein Spiritual Qi released from Jiulong Pool’s eruption.
The cultivators hidden in the mountains felt chills just looking at the pervasive sinister energy.
Such abundance of Spiritual Qi, even if they want to discern it, they can’t, let alone control it.
Controlling Qi of this magnitude likely requires truly reaching the Mystic Sect Realm.
But even with Zhou Kuangtian’s great talent, he cannot step into the Mystic Sect.
In a world where places a hundred times richer than Xiangdao have yet to birth a second Mystic Sect,
outside their view, if someone stood high and looked down, they’d notice the entire Jiulong Mountain range engulfed by rising mist and clouds.
At first, these clouds could only be seen through Spiritual Qi perception, but as the Spiritual Qi amassed, the sky gradually turned overcast and heavy.
Dark clouds hovered, threatening to unleash a storm at any moment.
No wonder Zhou Kuangtian chose this place for the final battle.
The crowd was astonished.
Among the cultivators, one person appeared particularly distressed.
Mr. Gao.
Others trusted Zhou Kuangtian to uphold Xiangdao cultivators’ honor, but only Mr. Gao knew that Zhou Kuangtian’s use of Jiulong Mountain’s earth veins meant he alone could not match Lin Beichen.
From the start of Lin Beichen and Zhou Kuangtian’s duel until now, only a few minutes had passed.
Not even two minutes in, and Zhou Kuangtian already admitted defeat.
This top cultivator from the mainland, Lin Beichen, was even more terrifying than imagined.
On the mountaintop, countless people converged their thoughts.
Yet Lin Beichen remained exceptionally calm, silently observing the dark clouds and terrifying Spiritual Qi earth veins, his lips slowly curling into a smile.
He was just feeling disappointed in Zhou Kuangtian when he unexpectedly received a surprise.
He spent a night at Jiulong Pool, absorbing the Qi of Jiulong Mountain’s earth veins and felt something odd back then.
The earth veins of Jiulong Mountain were too thin, although the Power of Earth and Wood was abundant, it was strange that a mountain by the sea had no trace of moisture.
Lin Beichen had wondered secretly whether Jiulong Mountain, although mountainous, had special earth veins due to its proximity to the sea?
Now he finally understood.
The earth veins of Jiulong Mountain were not problematic; the issue lay with Zhou Kuangtian before him.
This man sealed the earth veins twenty years ago, with the intention of using them to defeat a strong enemy one day.
To set up such a contingency plan two decades in advance, Zhou Kuangtian was indeed the leader of the southern Feng Shui lineage in Xiangdao.
Feeling the enveloping cloud and mist, Zhou Kuangtian gently waved his hand, and a Water Dragon lifted him into the air, converging the mist into a water world, as if the Water God had descended.
"Lin Beichen, do you confess your guilt?"
In his world of Spiritual Qi water, Lin Beichen had seemingly become a prisoner!