Nine-Nine True Essence Blood Pool

The Nine-Orifice Immortal Fetus looked calm and unshakable. Like an old monk, he lowered his eyes and extended one hand. A stream of azure qi burst forth from his palm, brimming with life as it slithered like a spirit snake. A moment later, it dispersed and was drawn back into his palm.

"Flowing water descends the mountain without intent; a drifting cloud returns to its cave with no heart. If one's life could be like clouds and water, iron trees would blossom and spring would spread throughout the world."

He Ping could sense that the true qi within the Nine-Orifice Immortal Fetus was ceaselessly generated, combining movement and stillness, carrying the profound mystery of returning to one's origin within the innate.

"The more I contemplate this Dragon-Subduing Zen Palm, the more I feel that this cultivation art seems to contain the intention of restraining all water-dwelling, scale-bearing creatures beneath heaven."

The Nine-Orifice Immortal Fetus's eyes seemed both open and closed, and he possessed something of the deep meditative stillness of a great Buddhist monk.

"I know that."

He Ping chuckled softly and said evenly, "Water Moon Zen Monastery and Withering and Flourishing Zen Monastery have both been at odds with the Dragon Worship Sect for decades. These two Zen monasteries once aided Great You and the Great Offering Dynasty in resisting the Tiele people. Thus, the Buddhist Zen arts they cultivate can restrain the Dragon Worship Sect's dragon-transformation secret arts..."

"That's right. Yet apart from restraining dragon-transformation secret arts, this Dragon-Subduing Zen Palm may also be capable of suppressing the Sanyuan Devil Palace's Water Official Method. My guess is that, besides being at odds with the Dragon Worship Sect, Buddhism was also at odds with the Sanyuan Devil Palace in the past. It restrains all water-dwelling, scale-bearing creatures—don't forget the