Shen Luo soon arrived at the cave abode on the rear mountain. Everything was exactly as he had left it, and the restriction traps he had set before leaving remained intact, with no signs of having been disturbed.
He breathed a sigh of relief and rested briefly inside the cave abode before getting up again.
There was still much to do. This was no time to rest.
Shen Luo turned his hand over and took out a yellow talisman-an Earth-Escape Talisman. He activated it and burrowed underground.
Only after descending several hundred zhang did he stop. He set up a Spirit-Gathering Formation underground, then took out the Moon-Reflecting Spirit Laurel Mirror and placed it within the formation.
Under the influence of the Spirit-Gathering Formation, the Moon-Reflecting Spirit Laurel Mirror released rings of white spiritual light that sank into the earth and the surrounding space.
The laurel tree on the back of the mirror shone with brilliant spiritual light. Its roots suddenly shot out of the mirror and took hold in the soil.
The spiritual energy of heaven and earth within a hundred li slowly began to stir, flowing toward Spring Autumn Temple.
Sensing the flow of spiritual energy around him, Shen Luo nodded inwardly. He formed a hand seal to activate the mirror, and the light radiating from it grew steadily brighter.
Some of the small spirit veins beneath Azure Radiance Mountain slowly shifted toward the Moon-Reflecting Spirit Laurel Mirror under its influence.
Seeing this, Shen Luo stopped activating the mirror and used the Earth-Escape Talisman to travel beneath Azure Radiance Mountain, clearing the spirit veins throughout the area so the mirror could better exert its power.
A day and a night soon passed.
A vast mass of light formed around the Moon-Reflecting Spirit Laurel Mirror, taking the shape of