Of course, saying to lock the Essence Condensation aura is just a figure of speech; no one would use a Qi-Locking Ring for this task, it’s not worth the trouble to lock the Infancy Formation aura either.
This is not only because the Qi-Locking Ring is expensive, but mainly because it can’t lock much aura; using several Qi-Locking Rings to lock the Essence Condensation aura is excessive.
However, for True Immortal Chen Xi to use a Qi-Locking Ring to seal the aura of the other space and invite Feng Jun for deducing it, shows sincerity indeed.
Even True Immortal Jiu Wei couldn’t help but ask, "The scrapped Storage Bag of True Immortal Hua Sheng, does it also contain a Qi-Locking Ring?"
True Immortal Chen Xi replied with a smile, "It contains a Gathering Qi Plaque. Although the likelihood of him encountering a Heavenly Tribulation is small, just to be safe, I suggested he use a cheaper one."
The truth was not like this; True Immortal Hua Sheng was fairly confident in persuading Feng Jun to head towards Tianqin. The trace of aura in the Gathering Qi Plaque was only to arouse Feng Jun’s curiosity. But having a good relationship with Chen Xi, naturally, he couldn’t express it this way.
When he saw True Immortal Hua Sheng return in embarrassnt, he confird that White Pebble Beach had an Essence Condensation field. He naturally realized that inviting Feng Jun to Tianqin might be difficult, so he brought the Qi-Locking Ring.
However, the Qi-Locking Ring is indeed precious. After testing it, confirming the other’s deduction level, he finally brought it out.
In a flash, True Immortal Yi Jue appeared, seemingly surprised by this and speaking her mind directly, "That’s generous of you. I thought you would try hard to persuade him to visit Tianqin."
"It couldn’t work," True Immortal Chen Xi shook his head first, unusually withdrawing his smile and sighed quietly, "If our Xuanhuang sect had a deduction expert like Mountain Master Feng back then, the field of camaraderie might have persisted."
Without a doubt, having a deduction expert is very beneficial for Essence Condensation. Soone as powerful as Feng Jun, able to accurately regulate and predict Essence Condensation probability, can potentially influence the duration of the camaraderie field’s continuation.
This reasoning is quite understandable. Knowing how to help adjust can allow cultivators to appropriately advance or delay their Essence Condensation process, arranging Essence Condensation tis more reasonably and effectively refusing cultivators with possible Essence Condensation failure.
Especially, as heard from Master Buzui, Feng Jun could moderately correct errors during a cultivator’s Essence Condensation process, maximally ensuring the camaraderie field is uninfluenced by failure aura.
If Feng Jun were an ordinary cultivator, owning land at White Pebble Beach, the continuation of the camaraderie field wouldn’t be largely related to him personally. Even at the deduction level of True Immortal Jiu Wei, being present or not at White Pebble Beach wouldn’t make much difference.
But Mountain Master Feng’s ability is so distinguished, if he isn’t overseeing White Pebble Beach, and if the camaraderie field goes wrong, it indeed could regrettably be described by "cut off".
How clever True Immortal Yi Jue is? Instantly comprehending the implication, she didn’t affirm but instead contradicted, "Nothing stays unchanged forever. Given Kunhao’s conditions, maintaining that field for three to five years would be good enough."
True Immortal Chen Xi looked at her deeply, then smiled again, "There’s no need for you to take such defense of him... I didn’t an any harm."
He surely noticed it; her disparaging Feng Jun was out of concern for the Xuanhuang sect having any unwanted thoughts.
The camaraderie field of Xuanhuang years ago had beco history, though sustaining for decades, it’s counted as one of the legends of Tianqin. Should the camaraderie field of White Pebble Beach be too outstanding, inevitably leading to the discontentnt of the Xuanhuang sect.
True Immortal Yi Jue seed not to comprehend his words, extending her fair jade-like hand, "Give the Qi-Locking Ring."
"Hold on," Feng Jun imdiately called out, "Are you going to activate it? Could you wait a bit?"
True Immortal Yi Jue tilted her head to glance at him, "Not activating it is fine. I want to first sense the aura."
"Not activating but you can still sense the aura?" Feng Jun paused for a mont, then seed to think of sothing, smiled anew, "As you like. I’m worried that the deduction fails, and I’d have to visit Tianqin Plane."
Hmm? True Immortal Chen Xi’s eyes brightened.
True Immortal Yi Jue paid no attention to this, raised her hand to retrieve the Qi-Locking Ring into her palm, drooped her eyelids, felt approximately five seconds, then laid the Qi-Locking Ring on the table, lifted her eyelids to glance at Feng Jun, shook her head, "Not that one."
"I also think it’s not," Feng Jun smiled a little, the connecting between the Asura Plane and Tianqin Plane should still have more than a decade.
True Immortal Chen Xi’s eyes spun, realizing he might have stumbled upon a big secret, "Not which one?"
"Not the one we imagined," True Immortal Yi Jue answered crisply.
She was in a rush, mainly worrying about whether the counterpart had discovered the Asura Plane. As a force that first learned about the Asura Plane’s incursion, the Spirit Plant Path had tightly sealed the information. When the ti cos to war against the Asura, the Spirit Plant Path must take the lead!
Actually, the Spirit Plant Path, being one of the Eighteen Paths, doesn’t have much leadership appeal. The significance of the Asura Plane to the Spirit Plant Path is exceedingly significant, and they have the necessity to vie for this dominance.
True Immortal Chen Xi glanced at her, snorted unhappily, "Unpleasant!"
"Knowing it only adds worries," True Immortal Yi Jue replied without hesitation, "Would your alien plane developnt invite the Spirit Plant Path?"
"That... can be negotiated," True Immortal Chen Xi laughed, having clear-cut rules during cultivation, though less so when conducting matters, "If your information is valued enough."
"Hmph," True Immortal Yi Jue snorted indifferently, then glanced at Feng Jun, "Start divining."
Feng Jun took out his mobile phone, and Yi Jue also took out his own divining tools, cyan-colored sticks of varying lengths, sowhat resembling calculation rods but not exactly.
True Immortal Jiu Wei was dumbfounded, "You guys divine...without activating the Qi-Locking Ring?"
True Immortal Yi Jue did not respond, maintaining a high and cold deanor as always. However, Feng Jun smiled, "No hurry, it’s not too late to activate them if it doesn’t work."
True Immortal Jiu Wei grabbed a handful of shells, tossed them a couple of tis, and pouted gloomily, "That’s more like it."
With a brief divination, Feng Jun had already co to a conclusion. He could check the register through obsidian and even copy it, so naturally, he could also investigate its contents without activating the Qi-Locking Ring.
Because of this, when True Immortal Yi Jue ntioned that he could sense the aura without activation, Feng Jun was briefly stunned but accepted it.
However, even though he had deduced the answer, he continued to conceal his ability as always. After half an hour with neither of them speaking, he finally broke the silence, "It’s not a hidden realm."
True Immortal Yi Jue glanced at him without speaking, and True Immortal Jiu Wei looked at him strangely, unsure of what to say.
But True Immortal Chen Xi smiled slightly, "It’s definitely not a hidden realm; the space fluctuation is significant and not the aura of a celestial artifact either."
What a joke, after all this ti pondering over it, how could both parties fail to distinguish whether it’s a hidden realm? True Immortal Chen Xi couldn’t say much more but reinforced the notion that it’s unlikely a celestial artifact.
Feng Jun pondered for a mont and said, "It’s not a celestial artifact; there should be no man-made restrictions, but it might be a small world."
Celestial artifact is a term for Immortal Mansion, Cave Heaven, or Immortal’s Minor World, and he implied it might be an unowned small world.
"A small world?" True Immortal Chen Xi raised an eyebrow in surprise, not quite believing this statent, "The fluctuations brought by this alternate space appear and disappear, lasting for a long ti and are very regular; a small world shouldn’t cause such persistent fluctuations."
"It should be a smaller world not exceeding ten million miles," Feng Jun mused, "As for why it hasn’t been quickly assimilated by the Tianqin Plane, I’m not very sure."
Feng Jun insisted it was a small world, leaving True Immortal Chen Xi speechless, and so he turned his head to look at True Immortal Yi Jue, "What do you think?"
After using the divination rods for a long while, True Immortal Yi Jue regretfully shook his head, "I couldn’t deduce anything. It still needs activation."
True Immortal Jiu Wei nodded silently, thinking it was only Feng Jun who had the ability to deduce anything without activating the Qi-Locking Ring.
Finally, True Immortal Chen Xi looked at Feng Jun — it was his opinion that held sway, "Do we need to activate it for another divination?"
Another round wouldn’t help. Feng Jun was fully aware of this, as he needed to be taken to the site to gather more detailed information. However, it was apparent that True Immortals Yi Jue and Jiu Wei needed to activate the Qi-Locking Ring.
So he nodded, "Sure, it’s a good opportunity to discuss with you two True Immortals."
Since they planned to use the Qi-Locking Ring anyway, he had no reason to help save it, right?
True Immortal Chen Xi indeed didn’t find anything wrong with this and began a hand gesture, "Everyone be careful, I’m going to start now..."
The Qi-Locking Ring instantly expanded in size, as large as a bed board, and the Rope Lasso emitted a slight fluctuation, conveying extrely obscure information with a sowhat oppressive sensation.
However, the oppressive feeling was rely sensed at the aura collection point, and amidst this strong suffocating sensation, a more hidden fluctuation was present — the real spatial fluctuation.
Simply put, once activated, the Qi-Locking Ring expanded to form a large "∞" shape, and the Rope Lasso thickened to the diater of a bowl. Though it contained a considerable amount of aura, the suffocating sensation was minimal at best.
The root cause of the suffocating sensation — spatial fluctuation, was even scarcer. Without careful perception, even a Golden Core Master might overlook it, and once released, the aura would last at most just a few monts.
Therefore, although the Qi-Locking Ring is precious, its uses are limited, and it is a high-level treasure that holds little significance for ordinary Spiritual Enhancers — they might not perceive the aura before it dissipates.
Nevertheless, neither Feng Jun, Jiu Wei, nor Yi Jue would miss such an opportunity, and all three seized the chance to start divining.
Feng Jun’s divination yield... was minimal, which did not surprise him, as he had anticipated this outco.
However, for True Immortals Yi Jue and Jiu Wei, the situation was entirely different.
True Immortal Jiu Wei, fully prepared and eager, acted swiftly and declared within ten plus minutes, "The clear aura of an alternate space, with uniform and stable fluctuations, unlike a small world... Mountain Master Feng, why did you conclude it’s a small world?"
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