"Simply pointing out where the crux lies is already a kindness everyone in the Gao Lineage deeply appreciates, one we will remember in our very hearts."
Madam Gao spoke solemnly.
Then she turned and bowed to Ye Changqing. "Thank you, Brother Ye, for setting aside past grievances."
Ye Changqing nodded slowly.
"Please offer us further guidance, Master Zuo. What would be the proper way to break this predicament?" Madam Gao now regarded Zuo Xiaoduo as a drowning person's last straw.
"The art of Feng Shui, when difficult, is harder than climbing to heaven; when easy, it is as simple as turning your palm. In the end, it amounts to pulling one hair and moving the whole body, finding the vital crux and advancing or retreating at will."
Zuo Xiaoduo frowned. "What was originally a Dragon-Controlling Pool became a Hidden Dragon Pool through a convergence of circumstances. But the pool was too small and its power too weak to conceal a dragon, so it brought about a backlash."
"Situated within Hidden Dragon, yet insisting on concealing a dragon, achieving twice the result with half the effort-why do this without some major objective? The Hidden Dragon Pool stands before the Sun-Moon Stone, and this Sun-Moon Stone came from Sun Moon Pass, reflecting in reverse a desire to conceal a dragon outside Sun Moon Pass..."
Zuo Xiaoduo said mildly, "Speaking of which, the Gao Lineage's roots lie inside Sun Moon Pass..."
"Gao Shimu, this is already a configuration that overturns heaven and earth and reverses the cosmos."
Madam Gao's expression grew uglier still.
"Someone with an agenda has been plotting this for a long time. Previously, they lacked people to cooperate, and the Gao Lineage's blessing offered protection as well, making success difficult. Now, with its sudden collapse, the dispersal and thinning of