Beneath Sun-Bidding Slope, within a cavern.
The light of Hidden Metal gradually receded, and clouds of mercury churned restlessly. Xu Xuan now looked like a young man, and his aura had improved considerably, though his flowing white hair had yet to recover its color.
The Treasure-Nourishing Calamity-Dispelling Body is the Dharma Body of the Abundant Metal Lineage. I wonder what connection it has to the Many-Treasure Palace?
Xu Xuan thought of True Person Baoqiu, who had left a profound impression on him. In both cultivation and bearing, he surpassed many Purple Mansion cultivators of Great Li.
But a disturbance outside interrupted his thoughts. The dark baleful qi beyond the cavern gradually gathered and spiraled upward, forming a black crow. With a hoarse, mournful cry, it flew into the cavern, fluttered about, and finally dispersed into the mercury clouds.
Xu Xuan's golden body sensed something. The ray of Greater Yang light between his brows pulsed fiercely, and grief slowly welled up in his heart.
"What sort of upheaval has happened?"
He looked toward Wei Shuang beside him. Wei Shuang's frost-white robe snapped in the autumn wind, but he merely gestured for Xu Xuan to follow him outside first.
The two emerged from the cave abode. Beneath the high yellow-earth slope, dark baleful qi roiled, while heavenly yang blazed above. One bright, one dark, the two remained divided.
"Guanzhong was where Xia and Feng Dai established their capitals in ages past. This [Sun-Bidding Slope] has a history of its own."
Wei Shuang looked wistful and sighed.
"This place is tied to the two Golden Crows, [Zhu Ci] and [Jiaoyang]. Even now, it still resonates with those events of old."
"The Ten Sons of the Golden Crow differed from the Dragon Lords who split off from the True Dragon. They were not born