Glaze shone clear; crystal gleamed bright.
The Five-Qi Cosmic Ring held his breath and steadied his spirit, watching the water agarwood burning in the bronze censer slowly spread, wisp by wisp, through the silent chamber...
He did not have to wait long.
It seemed to be the very instant after he spoke.
Chen Heng shook his head without hesitation. He said little, his expression calm.
At this sight, the Five-Qi Cosmic Ring's brow twitched slightly, and he hastily lowered his head.
It seems this business still has a long way to go. He has other considerations! I've shown enough loyalty by stepping forward to say a few words. Don't blame me for not lending my strength. I'm afraid the time isn't right yet...
He muttered inwardly, then shook his shoulders and turned back into a streak of clear light, flying into Chen Heng's brow and vanishing in an instant.
Silence fell over the chamber once more, without another sound.
"..."
Chen Heng lowered his eyelids slightly. After a brief silence, he settled his mind and returned to contemplating the profound mysteries.
For a time, all that could be seen in the chamber was a blazing current of fiery qi surging from the fontanel atop his head, crisscrossing and interweaving.
It revolved ponderously like an enormous millstone, as though it would ignite the vault of heaven above the clouds. Its matchless power made it difficult to look upon directly.
With each revolution of the fiery qi above his head, the flame of Southern Bright Separation Fire in Chen Heng's chest grew brighter and more resplendent. Countless secret talismanic characters faintly rose and sank within it, appearing and vanishing without end.
Its profound principles defied description, and its manifestations were extraordinary!
Time flowed away like water, and two days soon passed.
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