It dissolved upon contact with water.
Water could nourish all things, but it could also dissolve all things. He had overlooked that before.
What could water not dissolve?
His thoughts raced.
Fire? It went out upon meeting water.
Earth? Earth turned to mud upon meeting water.
Wood? Was there not rotten wood decaying in the river mud?
Jin? Ordinary water simply could not dissolve Jin. As far as Cheng Xinzhan knew, Alchemists and artificers had countless kinds of water that could dissolve gold and jade.
Water! That was it. Only water could not be dissolved by water!
Cheng Xinzhan formed a hand seal, and a mysterious light appeared over his hand. It was the taiyin gui water dharma light.
He slowly extended his hand into the black-light water domain. The black light wound around the taiyin gui water dharma light as though it had encountered its own kind, and did not seep any farther into Cheng Xinzhan's body.
But soon, Xinzhan discovered that this black light dharma domain was not so simple. Although his Great Yin Gui Water had not been dissolved by the black light, it was slowly merging into it. Before long, the Great Yin Gui Water clinging to his hand had vanished without a trace, and he hurriedly withdrew his hand again.
He thought for a moment, then tried something new.
Once again, he wrapped his palm in Great Yin Gui Water and reached into the black light dharma domain.
At the same time, within his small Inner Landscape World, there stood a palace in the Water Palace: Guanghan Palace. Inside it, the Taiyin Emperor sat quietly.
At a stirring of his will, the Inner Landscape Deity immediately responded. The Taiyin Emperor's dharma body radiated a deep, dim light, which shone out from the Inner Vision World