"Daoist Huanglong, you have come a long way. Forgive us for failing to welcome you sooner," Elder Ma and the other two said, cupping their fists.
At the same time, they studied the old Daoist with some curiosity. Huanglong, whose savage reputation filled the Southwest and who had once sacrificed over a hundred people from an entire village in a blood ritual, looked no different from an ordinary old Daoist. Yet anyone who had heard his name could not help shuddering.
"No need for such courtesy, gentlemen. I have come to seek the dragon vein. Where is the Nine-Palace Dragon-Settling Compass?" Yellow Dragon Taoist asked somewhat eagerly.
If he could find Great Yan's dragon vein-even just one of its four dragon veins-the fortune it contained would be tremendous. If he could steal Great Yan's national fortune and receive its blessing, it would greatly help him break through to the Innate realm, and even enter the Profound Mastery realm in the future.
Thus, when the Cult Leader said he would send him to survey the dragon vein, he immediately set aside his work and began gathering the necessary formation materials. Once he had everything, he overcame every obstacle along the way and hurried here, all to steal Great Yan's national fortune.
"One moment." Elder Ma brought over the Nine-Palace Dragon-Settling Compass, and Yellow Dragon Taoist eagerly took it. His fingertips brushed its surface. Arcane lines clearly divided the face into a grid of three columns and three rows, displaying the arrangement: "nine crowns the head, one rests beneath the feet; three to the left, seven to the right; two and four form the shoulders, six and eight the feet, five occupies the center."
Each square bore its corresponding number and trigram, engraved in recessed lines filled with gold: Kan, one, to