Chapter 385: Chapter 209: Eight Trigrams Altar
After reaching the Foundation Establishment Realm, Li Yunjing’s True Essence became thick, enabling him to continuously unleash Divine Techniques.
"Palm Thunder" is a divine technique with fast casting speed, low consumption, and considerable power, becoming his most convenient attack method.
"Palm Thunder" did not disappoint; with three consecutive "Palm Thunders", the "rumble rumble" sound of explosions echoed everywhere, creating a lightning spectacle. In an instant, it cleared away the pursuing Demon Beasts behind.
More than a dozen Flame Stones flew in various directions within the lava.
Such great items are filled with Fire Element Energy.
How could Li Yunjing miss out?
Despite the risk of being pursued, Li Yunjing performed a large skyward grab, using his mana to condense a "Five Elements Seal", wrapping these dozen Flame Stones and capturing them.
Without even looking, he stored them into his "Storage Ring", and Li Yunjing continued to dive quickly with Yu Yunyi.
The internal space of the volcano was immensely deep.
Only after diving ten thousand feet did they see the end.
The pressure at the volcano’s bottom was extremely huge. Ordinary cultivators at the Great Perfection of the Qi Refining Realm would find themselves deformed and ultimately blown apart by such pressure.
This place is a perilous area for cultivators.
Even a master like Yu Yunyi had to struggle to act here, sustaining her mana to maintain difficult movements.
This feeling was akin to mortals climbing a ten-thousand-foot-high mountain, with every breath feeling difficult and each step a strenuous effort.
Fortunately, Li Yunjing was there to assist; otherwise, if faced with danger, it’d be nearly impossible for Yu Yunyi to fend off those Flame Demon Beasts.
Here, the temperature was extremely high, almost reaching ten thousand degrees Celsius. Besides the Flame Demon Beasts born from the Flame Stones, no other creatures could survive here.
Reaching this point, the "Fireproof Shields" on Li Yunjing and Yu Yunyi were already scorched black.
The once crystalline transparent "Fireproof Shields" were now smoked pitch black by the hot environment.
"Finally arrived! If we go another thousand feet deeper, I’m afraid I won’t be able to accompany you any further."
Yu Yunyi let out a long breath, feeling much relieved.
She truly didn’t want to be unable to follow Li Yunjing due to insufficient strength.
As a proud talent, Yu Yunyi had her own pride.
"How could anything in here hinder my wife? Even if a Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator couldn’t hold up, you surely can!"
Li Yunjing offered a comforting remark.
Arriving here, Li Yunjing and Yu Yunyi focused their attention on an altar.
No one expected that someone had built an altar at the deepest part of the volcano.
This was a black stone Eight Trigrams Altar.
It was embellished with some white stones, forming an inner Yin-Yang double fish layout and an outer Eight Trigrams pattern.
The altar wasn’t large, only spanning a foot.
The entire altar was shrouded in intense flames, forming a flame shield that concealed it.
"Boom!"
Without hesitation, Li Yunjing threw a "Binghuo Divine Thunder" from afar.
Instantly, the outer layer of the flame shield was blasted into pieces, revealing the clear appearance of the altar.
Li Yunjing gave it a glance and softly said, "This is the ’Fuxi’s Eight Trigrams Position’!"
"Fuxi’s Eight Trigrams Position" is arranged as: Qian One, Dui Two, Li Three, Zhen Four, Xun Five, Kan Six, Gen Seven, Kun Eight.
The Innate Eight Trigrams positions involve a pair of yin and yang, embodying the natural principles of heaven and earth.
Li Yunjing naturally had no time to delve into "Fuxi’s Eight Trigrams Position".
However, such prominent cultivation knowledge had been meticulously studied during his days in the "Scripture Pavilion".
The first level of the "Scripture Pavilion" records only the basics, but at this moment, it served as useful confirmation.
At least Li Yunjing could discern the operation of the altar.
"Creak! Creak!"
At the center of the altar, the Yin-Yang double fish, one yin, one yang, slowly rotated.
Numerous flames operated mysteriously through the Eight Trigrams and entered the altar.
These energies fell onto the Yin-Yang double fish.
Black and white, two large stone slabs absorbed these energies, then emitted black and white beams once more.
These beams did not shoot up toward the volcano’s mouth.
Instead, they headed deep underground.
"I get it! It transmits energy through the Eight Trigrams Platform into the underground palace beneath the sea!"
"Energy transmission direction isn’t towards the water pool above!"
"It’s from the volcano’s depths, diagonally upwards, through the rock walls, into the underground palace!"
"I fully understand now!"
After observing for a long time, Li Yunjing’s eyes flashed with insight, and he muttered to himself.
Within the mountain, there’s still a channel for energy transmission!
But with his current cultivation, Li Yunjing does not have the time to break through it!
The method of moving mountains like Yu Gong would surely open the passage, but Li Yunjing lacks the time and energy.
Besides, the passage isn’t crucial!
The materials there should be merely fire-resistant and pressure-resistant, without anything special.
Otherwise, this project would consume too many resources.
The Golden Core Realm expert here might not find it worthwhile to spend such a high price to maintain the spiritual energy circulation of a cave.
That would be a bit unprofitable.
Li Yunjing quickly evaluated various aspects, especially the altar materials, and his eyes shone brightly.
"What do we do now? We can’t stay here forever; we’re running out of time."