Under that Demon Head's senses, the demonic qi spreading outward along the earth veins suddenly froze.
Then, the qi of the earth veins abruptly began flowing in reverse, transforming into a vortex that started gathering inward from all directions toward the center.
As a result, the demonic qi that had been flowing outward along the earth veins not only failed to continue spreading, but instead began flowing back inward.
This completely defied the grand momentum of the earth veins!
Someone was manipulating the earth veins, turning heaven and earth upside down! And they were a supreme expert cultivating earth- and stone-element techniques. In that Demon Head's view, there should not have been such an expert in this world! Had some immortal descended to the lower realm? Was it the Great Cang Earth Deity, the Taiyue Emperor, or surely not Houtu Huangdiqi herself descending into the mortal world?
The visible result of this shift in the earth veins was that the blackened soil outside Lianzhou Prefecture began recovering its natural color. At the same time, washed by the spiritual power of the outer earth veins, the withered plants actually began to burst back into life.
"An expert!" Li Muran's eyes lit up.
"A supreme expert of the earth and wood path!" Tie Yi immediately raised his brows. "Could an eminent expert from Yuanhua Temple have arrived?"
Li Muran shook his head. "No. Though Yuanhua Temple cultivates vitality and creation, they are not proficient in the path of earth, stone, and earth veins."
Li Muran was equally puzzled. In his memory, no sect or faction possessed cultivation techniques capable of manipulating the flow of earth veins so smoothly.
"Then who is it?" Tie Yi asked.
"I don't know!" Li Muran decisively shook his head, then smiled leisurely. "But no matter what, they're