His words were still drifting through the air when Qing Chen's fingers began forming seals like a spinning wheel, his movements flowing like clouds and water in one seamless sequence.
In an instant, a wisp of crimson-gold bloodlight flew from between his brows, like a nimble thread, and condensed into a Taiji Yin-Yang Diagram in the air.
The yin fish was blood-red and bewitching;
the yang fish was azure-gold and radiant.
The yin and yang fish rotated slowly, as though boundless mysteries lay within them.
The spiritual energy surrounding the square surged madly toward it, like a hundred rivers flowing into the sea;
clearly, the Spirit-Gathering Formation had taken effect, drawing all the spiritual energy in the surrounding area here.
"The Dao of the golden core begins with refining oneself and establishing one's foundation." Qing Chen's expression was solemn as he raised a hand and pointed lightly.
A drop of essence blood flew out of the Yin-Yang diagram and instantly transformed into a lifelike little figure about three feet tall.
"To refine oneself, one must refine away the distracting desires in one's heart, just as one removes impurities from blood and retains its purity. The golden core is not an elixir refined from metals and minerals, but the heart of heaven and earth itself. Watch, everyone-"
The blood figure formed a coiled-heart seal with both hands. Bloodlight surged around it, taking the forms of a dragon and a tiger.
Faint dragon cries and tiger roars rang out, as though about to pierce the clouds.
"The dragon emerges from fire, the tiger is born in water. Only through the Dragon-Tiger Union can the qi of true oneness be born.
The golden core great Dao lies not in seeking outward, but in realization within. When you can bring your own principles into