Lin Feng saw a Giant Alligator crawl out of the earth veins.
This was a feng shui Formation, empowered by the earth veins to manifest a demon-suppressing Giant Alligator.
The Giant Alligator consisted of sixteen formation eyes.
The sixteen formation eyes combined into a single Giant Alligator. Now that it had appeared, winds rose and clouds surged.
This Formation used the small to represent the great. Yang Jipin had mapped the mountains and waters of this part of Hongzhou onto this tiny "Yin-Yang Convergence": sixteen formation eyes, eleven hills of varying sizes, two cities, and a river, with two auspicious sites serving as the eyes. When the Formation stirred, the world outside changed.
Thunder rolled across what had been a perfectly clear sky. Waves surged through the Gan River, and some places even experienced an Earth Dragon Turns Over.
Even Xia Song sensed that something was wrong.
Xia Song knew divination, too. In fact, his knowledge extended well beyond it; he was familiar with many Esoteric Arts.
Among them, he had his own distinctive understanding of nourishing life.
Whether he believed in what he had learned was another matter.
Lord Xia possessed extraordinary stamina.
Even now, crowds of beautiful courtesans were still singing and dancing in his private quarters, while he swayed his head to their performance.
The scents of cosmetics and wine mingled. He sat in the seat of honor, tapping out the rhythm, with a document in hand.
A beauty beside him served him warmed wine.
"Cold wine damages one's vital energy." He heard the thunder outside and seemed to sense something, but what he said was, "Nothing but petty tricks."
"Those who cultivate themselves treasure the accumulation of essence; those who govern a nation follow the path of gathering worthy men."
He drained the remaining wine in