Chapter 468: Chapter 243: The Technique of Ascension, Master Yuan Opens His Eyes
As soon as the round moon appeared, the surging waters below unexpectedly calmed down, becoming as still as an ancient well.
Xu Qing was inexplicably astonished. He quickly turned his head and saw the little girl behind him spew out a demon core, and that smooth demon core was now radiating a bright white brilliance, akin to a full moon hanging in mid-air.
"Look, Xu Immortal Family! There’s a shadow in the water!"
Upon hearing this, Xu Qing instantly took out his mountain-splitting axe and then gazed into the waters.
Watching as the water began to swirl, it seemed that whatever was inside had discovered that what loomed above was a false moon and wanted to return.
Xu Qing raised his eyebrows, and after sensing that the presence below was not strong, he decisively jumped off the stone bridge, landing right by a chaotic stone beach.
"I have come seeking a fortuitous encounter with immortals, senior, please don’t be in a hurry to close the door!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Qing, with keen eyes and quick hands, instantly switched to his water-stiff state, stepping on the swirling currents, and arrived at the center of the waters.
"Senior, please stay!"
In the middle of speaking, Xu Qing reached into the waters and very politely grabbed out a gigantic, shadowy figure!
"Is it a big fish?"
Above him came the somewhat excited voice of the little girl.
"It’s a rock! A very big rock!"
Xu Qing spoke honestly; what he held was indeed a massive stone-carved head.
It seemed to be a part of a divine statue.
Xu Qing thought it looked familiar. He tossed the head onto the stone beach behind him, then reached down again, this time pulling out a stone leg.
Next came a stone arm, stone foot, stone torso...
Once he fished out everything, Xu Qing returned to the stone beach, frowning at the scattered pieces of the statue before him.
The statue looked somewhat familiar; he suddenly recalled that back when Baiyun Daoist was refining the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Pill in the alchemy room, a commanding voice had thundered:
"This is a secret art of the Nine Heavens, treasured by the Celestial Emperor. I have been ordered to guard it; how can I allow you to use it for nefarious purposes!"
After that, a bolt of lightning struck down, destroying the forming pill.
At the same time, the statue of Lord Yuan in the Incense Hall of the Ruyi Temple was also shattered.
And looking at the statue now before him, Xu Qing increasingly felt it resembled that Lord Yuan statue from Ruyi Temple!
"Senior, I have come under divine guidance to respond to a fortuitous encounter, and I humbly request your guidance."
"..."
"Senior? If you cannot speak, a blink would suffice."
The statue remained silent.
Xu Qing had no choice but to carry the statue ashore.
"Why is Xu Immortal Family bringing a pile of stones back?"
Xu Qing pondered and said, "These aren’t ordinary stones; it’s a statue of Lord Yuan. In the past..."
"I’ll explain the matter to you later."
The statue of Lord Yuan, at Ruyi Temple, because he disapproved of Baiyun Daoist using the life of a Spirit Cat to refine the pill, destroyed the alchemy furnace, allowing Xuan Yu to escape alive.
Speaking of it, the statue of Lord Yuan inadvertently saved Xuan Yu once.
Xu Qing had some admiration for it, so he took out his needle tools used for mending corpses, and with the Mother and Child Needle Technique, he began stitching the divine statue before him.
The Mother and Child Needle Technique can make the broken whole again, bringing about the rebirth of fragmented objects—it is a heavenly skill, a method close to the way, an art known to the gods.
Xu Qing’s fingers danced, threading a mother needle, and multiple child needles followed to stitch. Soon, all the fractured stone limbs returned to their original positions.
Xuan Yu quietly watched Xu Qing’s needlework, afraid of disturbing him.
Soon, the statue of Lord Yuan was restored to its original state. The massive statue was touched with a hand, smooth and flawless, without a trace of cracks or signs of being patched!
Xu Qing, holding a stick of incense, respectfully spoke:
"Lord Yuan detests evil, and I greatly admire it. In the past, Baiyun Daoist at Ruyi Temple used the Nine Lives Spirit Cat to refine the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Pill, which was truly detrimental to nature. Thankfully, Lord Yuan intervened, allowing Xuan Yu to escape alive."
After saying this, Xu Qing called for Xuan Yu, and the two of them, one big and one small, stood before the statue, lighting two sticks of incense for Lord Yuan.
When the incense from the two immortals of Bao Sheng Temple and Cat Immortal Hall rose in spirals, the eyes of the Lord Yuan statue, which had been closed all this time, suddenly opened.