Beast Taming: Bloodline Golden Hand

"What Eight Trigrams Array?"

The Great Elder asked, puzzled, turning around.

Lin Chen crouched on the ground and began to mark points, directly filling the gaps of the incomplete parts. The Great Elder looked over and indeed saw a complete Eight Trigrams Array.

The two were startled, as they had visited Eight Trigrams City and witnessed its setup.

Why was Willow City laid out the same way?

"How can it count just because you’ve drawn it?" one elder said. "Perhaps the truth isn’t as such."

But the Great Elder shook his head, agreeing, "The Demon Race started laying out Ling Mountain long ago; they must know there’s a dragon vein there. Their aim isn’t to occupy Ling Mountain but to exploit the Power of Dragon Vein."

Lin Chen’s pupils suddenly trembled.

Could it be that Nine Netherworld Snake’s purpose is the same as Zhong Nan’s, to use the dragon vein and forge an ironclad Cangling Ancient Country?

If so, Nine Netherworld Snake’s ambitions are terrifying.

But, how did Nine Netherworld Snake learn of the Eight Trigrams Array?

Could it also know the Dragon Transformation Skill?

"Wait!"

Lin Chen suddenly thought of something and said to the Great Elder:

"Nine Netherworld Snake can’t have the Dragon Transformation Skill. If Nine Netherworld Snake understood it, Zhong Nan would have lost the battle at Celestial Realm Mountain."

"That is to say..."

The Great Elder quickly understood and said, "The Demon Race must intend to attack the Celestial Capital?!"

"It seems highly likely now."

At this moment, Lin Chen seemed to understand why Dubhe Pavilion steadfastly defended the Celestial Capital without deploying troops elsewhere.

Could it be that Dubhe Pavilion already received some kind of warning ahead of time?

.....

Learning the truth about Willow City shocked Lin Chen greatly. The Demon Race didn’t start the war on a whim; it was long premeditated.

But Lin Chen had never imagined the depths of Nine Netherworld Snake’s ambition.

Upon returning, the Great Elder had already written a secret letter, planning to send it to the Celestial Capital.

The Great Elder repeatedly instructed the messenger to divide the secret letter into two parts: one sent to Dubhe Pavilion, the other to the National Master’s Institute.

After sending out the letters, the Great Elder was quite troubled.

In these turbulent times, who knows how it can be resolved.

It was then that Lin Chen said, "Eight Trigrams City might be the key to breaking through."

The Great Elder wasn’t surprised, just sighed and said:

"The power of Eight Trigrams City is no longer a secret at higher levels, but it’s like a magic box. Once opened, desires may be unleashed, potentially disrupting the balance of Cangling Ancient Country completely."

Lin Chen nodded.

Indeed.

Eight Trigrams City was designed as an immense force, also understood as:

the God-making movement.

Once people step beyond the pinnacle of gods, perhaps the box of desires will open and never close again.

"Do you trust Gu Ning?" the Great Elder asked Lin Chen.

Having crossed swords with Gu Ning before, Lin Chen had some understanding of him. He pondered a moment and said, "Gu Ning isn’t talentless, but coming from a direct lineage, he’s manipulated as a pawn. Once in power, possessing extraordinary strength, perhaps long-repressed ambitions could swell."

"Exactly."

The Great Elder said, "That’s my thinking too. I imagine... the people of the Celestial Capital likely think the same way."

......

Celestial Capital

Dubhe Pavilion’s staunch defense owes to more than just fear of a Demon Race attack. There’s another reason indeed.

Twenty days after the Demon Race launched an offensive in the south, Dubhe Pavilion’s spies discovered that the Demon Race’s forbidden area layout was exactly like Eight Trigrams City.

This shocked the high levels of the Celestial Capital.

Bear in mind, Zhong Nan was shunned by major forces of the Celestial Capital due to proposing the Eight Trigrams Nine Cities plan.

If Dragon Transformation Skill merely utilized the Power of Dragon Vein, it would be understandable, as such power could be overcome.

But if the God-making movement of Eight Trigrams Nine Cities succeeded, he could decide who lives and who dies at will.

Thus, after Gu Ning ascended, Dubhe Pavilion and the National Master’s Institute closed the plan. Eight Trigrams City was sealed, with a destruction plan in place.

Yet knowing the Demon Race also built its own Eight Trigrams City, Dubhe Pavilion was uneasy.

They understood this time Nine Netherworld Snake didn’t merely want territory but complete control over Cangling Ancient Country, eradicating the Human Race.

So now Gu Ning sat in the hall of the National Master’s Institute, with one of Zhong Nan’s nine disciples, Lai Yonghui, standing before him.

Lai Yonghui cupped his hands toward Gu Ning, saying, "National Preceptor, now reviving the Eight Trigrams Nine Cities plan is optimal, why don’t you propose it?"

"If I propose, the plan won’t pass," Gu Ning said, "Because the Gu Family doesn’t trust me, nor does Dubhe Pavilion."

Finished speaking, Gu Ning looked at Lai Yonghui and asked, "Do you trust me?"

Lai Yonghui was taken aback, then shook his head and said:

"I don’t."

"Then there it is." Gu Ning didn’t mind Lai Yonghui saying so and continued, "Thus, this is a deadlock."

"How to break the deadlock?"

"Don’t worry."

Gu Ning looked at the sky outside and said, "The sky over the Celestial Capital won’t always be blue."

.....

In the days following, Lin Chen led a leisurely life of silent recuperation. He no longer worried about the turbulent times, for he was setting about a major task—establishing a second contract with Xiaobai.

Yet, as the Tree Ancestor said, he only had three chances to gain the recognition of the Divine and Demonic Power.

If he failed to gain this recognition, even though he established a contract with Xiaobai, he couldn’t use the Divine and Demonic Power within it.

Three days of rest later, Lin Chen and Xiaobai were both full of energy and invited Liu Gu over to help guard.

Afterward, Lin Chen and Xiaobai sat facing each other, and Liu Gu said, "The heart must be calm."

Lin Chen nodded, striving to discard fears of failure and calm his inner self.

Liu Gu was unconcerned for Lin Chen, as he was always open-minded, but worried about Xiaobai, who tended to dwell on matters.

Unbeknownst to Liu Gu, Xiaobai entered the state sooner than Lin Chen.

Liu Gu was amazed, quite surprised.

Yet, it was easily understood. Xiaobai trusted Lin Chen enough to feel at ease just in his presence.

To Xiaobai, Lin Chen was akin to its heaven.

Once both were settled, Liu Gu gestured for Xiao Hong and others to quietly leave, standing at a distance to watch.

At this moment, Lin Chen began to silently recite the mental method, simultaneously emitting a blue light all over.

Surrounded by blue Divine Patterns, countless characters etched into the air, these characters finally compressed onto his palm, becoming a black mark.

Lin Chen opened his eyes, gazed at the mark on his palm, slowly extended it, and pressed it onto Xiaobai’s forehead.

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Instantaneously, Lin Chen’s Spiritual Power was massively absorbed.

Almost immediately, it was as if his soul traversed to another realm.