Gray vapor rolled outward in every direction.
Lights rose in all four quarters in turn.
Sha Wujing's chest grew hot again.
The hazy gray, perfectly round mark lit up. Black and white qi revolved along its edges, and a voice reached his ears.
"You did well just now."
"Next, repeat each line after me."
Sha Wujing immediately answered, "Yes!"
The voice had taught him those earlier lines as well.
Following orders was what Sha Wujing did best, and he repeated the words instinctively.
Bajie's voice came from far away. "Old Sha, since when did you know all this?"
Sha Wujing was about to raise his head and answer when the voice beside his ear spoke again. "Do not look up!"
"You must first establish the central position before the four quarters can find their places."
"You stand in the center. First use earth to settle the four quarters, letting Clear Qi rise and turbid qi sink."
Sha Wujing froze at those words.
He pressed down again, but the black and white qi abruptly surged, nearly knocking him to the ground.
The voice sounded again in his sea of consciousness.
"Calm your mind! Do not use brute force."
Sha Wujing slowly exhaled, then sank sharply downward again. The black and white qi intertwined and burrowed into the depths.
Boom!
The turbid qi was pressed down.
A layer of yellow earth squeezed out of the void. At first it was only the size of a millstone, then it spread in all four directions.
"Well done!"
Wukong shouted through the gray vapor, "Old Sha, what do we do next?"
"Tell them to hold fast to their own qi."
"They must not move recklessly or stray from their positions."
Sha Wujing raised his head and shouted, "Eldest Brother, hold the west!"
"Second Brother, hold