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"": "Huang Bing left the car behind and departed on his own. The remaining five set off.
Most journeys were tedious, but with Xu Lu around, this one was different.
Xu Lu truly had his vitality back. He could talk without stopping.
Anything that ran through the mountains or swam in the water-as long as it belonged to his Mountain Gate, Xu Lu praised it endlessly.
They spent roughly two days on the road.
Xu Lu kept them in suspense, refusing to give the mountain's full name.
Only after the car entered a mountain range, with no ordinary buildings, villages, or towns anywhere in sight, did Xu Lu explain that all three lineages of their school occupied the very heart of the northern branch dry dragon, though they were not in the same location.
The Heaven Origin lineage used the Ten Paths of the Heavenly Heart feng shui layout as its Taoist Grounds. The surrounding mountains encompassed the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise.
The Earth Aspect lineage occupied Immortal Ascension Mountain.
Immortal Ascension Mountain was not large, but the Earth Aspect lineage had few disciples anyway. It was enough.
As for the Talisman Arts lineage, it stood where Sand Mountain met the water, amid the most pleasant scenery.
Xu Lu also offered an explanation of the northern branch dry dragon.
The Heavenly Chasm River and Hanging River divided the entire country into three great regions. Each region contained a Heaven Hexagram dragon feng shui formation that anchored all the dragon veins of its mountains and rivers.
The northern branch dry dragon lay north of Hanging River. Every dragon vein in that vast region branched from that main dragon vein.
The central dragon, southern dragon, and northern dragon all originated in the same