Daily life of a cultivation judge - #633 - 633 Foundation circle

On reaching the next location Yang Qing couldn’t help but show a look of surprise. It didn’t take long for him to find the area he was looking for and finding it was even easier than the first location because of the nature of the area.

The next region was a nexus harmonic garden. This was a region in which spiritual plants of different elements grew together without an imbalance or competition for resources. 

Just like the blood pond where the different bloodlines blended together into one homogenous solution, in a nexus harmonic garden, spiritual plants of different elements seemed to coexist together.

A nexus harmonic garden could either form naturally or artificially and Yang Qing could tell that the one before him was a natural one.

The soil below and the spiritual qi surrounding the area had the perfect balance of the five elements with not one being overpowered by the other which was how spiritual plants of different elements were able to grow within the area.

The medical valley had something similar but theirs was through human manipulation and its scale was much larger than the garden before him.

The area had about forty spiritual herbs spread over three acres which was the sphere of influence of the nexus harmonic garden. As for their grade, the bulk were at the middle tier of sky grade which was a decent quality. Given enough time, their quality was likely to improve.

Just like before Yang Qing scanned the area for any traces that might be in the area and like before he detected the traces of the daughter of the obsidian serpent and the fire adler bear. However, he was surprised when he detected another familiar aura mixed in the area, it was Meifeng’s.

“They likely used this place to quell the volatility in the absorbed bloodline by using the harmonic energy present in the area..” muttered Yang Qing as he walked around the area in search of more clues.

When he didn’t find much he moved on to the other area. Meifeng had given him four locations. 

The next place he visited had a shallow lake that had a single mosaic flower at the center. Despite it being midday the area had a cool temperature, and the origin of it seemed to be both the lake and the mosaic flower working in tandem.

“An inner flame mosaic flower..” muttered Yang Qing as his pupils turned into a pristine pure white color.

The unassuming yellow flower floating at the center of the lake had a different look when he transformed his eyes. 

A pale blue flame releasing gray mist was produced from the stamen of the flower to its petals down its sepals as it gently covered the whole lake.

The lake looked like it was bathed in an eerie pale blue flame that had a slight chill to it.

Yang Qing knew the decrease in temperature of the area was the doing of the flower before him. 

It was a yin-natured spiritual herb that was great at refining the soul.

Yang Qing used his soul attunement to sense any residual trace auras around him. Because of his affinity with yin energy, he was able to easily capture the traces floating about than the previous two places.

He detected two distinct auras in the area. One belonged to the fire adler bear and the other belonged to the daughter of the obsidian serpents.

Yang Qing triggered some of the yin glyphs in his arms which transformed his hair into pure white like that of a jade moon with his eyes turning into the full moon as his body radiated with pure white chilly glow.

He wanted to take advantage of the yin energy in the area and try to see if he could study the trace of the daughter of the obsidian serpent’s daughter and see if there were any special qualities within her trace.

In doing so, something unexpected happened. He sensed something abstract. It was an ephemeral feeling like something was there but at the same time, it wasn’t there. It was like trying to remember a word you know but it keeps escaping your mind.

Grand lunar of solace

The misty glyph markings in his body suddenly lit up with an intense radiance while his eyes started revolving around as they showed different phases of the moon as they shone with the same dao markings that were on his body.

Yang Qing focused on the ephemeral feeling he sensed for almost two hours before he sensed the tiniest of traces and even when he did capture the trace he couldn’t tell much from it. It was like the trace was covered with a thin veil.

Even if he couldn’t tell much from the trace. it at least told him there had been another person there.

“I wonder if the trace is for the Lady Gild that Meifeng mentioned?” wondered Yang Qing as his look went back to normal.

Yang Qing rested up for a few minutes to recover his expended soul essence before he moved on to the last and final location.

The last location had nothing of note except for a boulder in the middle of a forest. Yang Qing instantly recognized the boulder the moment he laid eyes on it. The boulder looked to be made of two colors. The front side was slightly dark, it looked almost like a shadow, while the back side was dark orange.

It was like the essence of the setting of the sun was captured within that boulder.

“The sunset heart seeking boulder..” Yang Qing muttered as he placed his hand on the boulder.

He could feel a slow warmness being released by it that seemed to calm his mind.

The sunset heart-seeking boulder was great for tempering the mind and the heart by promoting a meditative environment.

As long as one cultivated next to it they would find their heart and mind slowly synching into one. Scattered messy thoughts would be lined up and an anxious heart would find itself slowly being rid of its anxiousness.

Yang Qing took one of the twigs lying around on the ground, cleared some of the leaves next to it, and proceeded to write something.

“Body, alignment, soul, and heart..” were the words written on the ground. Body was at the top, alignment to the east, soul to the south, and heart to the west. Yang Qing completed the writing by drawing a circle that linked the four.

“Breaking through from the gold body to the diamond body and eventually the peerless jade physique, the training I went through covered these four principles.

It seems like the fire adler bear had been preparing her body for something by having her go through these foundational steps.

But I have never heard of spirit beasts using the foundation circle. It is something we use..”