Chapter 839: Taking Action (II)
Li Xuanfeng’s mana hadn’t harmed the object at all. He swirled his mana around it once and withdrew it. Li Xuanfeng stared at the drop of mercury lying silently in his hand. He suspected it to be a dharma artifact, so he channeled his mana through it a few more times, but no dharma light emerged.
Could it be a spirit item...? Li Xuanfeng frowned as he tried to determine its origin. The ever observant Si Yuanli saw his mana flash twice and softly remarked, "I doubt it’s a Purple Mansion Realm spirit item. It seems this man’s entire cultivation was transformed into a spirit item and condensed into this tiny mercury drop. It’s quite a curiosity indeed."
His words were clear enough. Li Xuanfeng flipped his hand and stored the item, silently wondering, If this is a Purple Mansion Realm spirit item, perhaps Daoist Master Qiushui could make use of it? If I can use it to earn her goodwill and trade for the Radiant Sky Stone, that would be ideal...
Si Yuanli had recovered Helian Changguang’s dharma artifact, but his storage pouch could no longer be found. The crafty youth had embedded a small spirit array in it so that his sudden death destroyed the pouch, burning away nearly all of its contents. Only a few durable spirit items had fallen into the lake.
The two said little and made their way toward the small palace. Si Yuanli quickly passed through the corridor and paused at the main hall’s entrance, studying it closely. Though he had confirmed something internally, he still voiced apparent surprise, "Fellow Daoist Xuanfeng! This hall still has remnants of a formation!"
"Oh?" Li Xuanfeng followed him down and paused at the entrance. Two stone statues sculpted into Three-Eyed Mount Tiao Beasts, famed for guarding formations and drawing wealth, flanked the door. The ancients had favored them as household guardians.
"What a fine ancient formation!" Si Yuanli stopped and pointed to the formation, marveling, "Come take a look quickly, this formation is quite something. It’s a rare ancient formation with the Supreme Yin and Supreme Yang as its cores. These two Fruition Attainments never manifested but also never shifted, so the formation can still function to some extent. The owner of this hall must have been extraordinary..."
He seemed thoroughly intrigued, speaking at length from the formation’s foundational patterns to its yin-yang balance, even touching on the impact of Shangyuan Dao attainment. Li Xuanfeng listened thoughtfully, Perhaps opening this formation will trigger some major change. Si Yuanli is likely stalling on purpose until it’s closer to the time we leave the Great Ning Palace, so as to avoid complications.
Li Xuanfeng didn’t press him, treating it as an opportunity to hear some rare stories. Since Si Yuanli seemed to be making idle conversation, he deliberately asked something obscure, "That’s interesting. Do you know how many have attained the Fruition of Yin and Yang today?"