The Stone Formation in the Flower Shop grew livelier and livelier.
By now, everyone knew who their opponent really was-not one another, but the strange, mysterious Five Elements environment here. They realized that something must have happened in this place a thousand, or even several thousand, years ago.
Not after the revival of spiritual energy on the Brocade Continent, but before it!
Such a place should have become one of the continent's many secret cultivation grounds. Incredibly, however, it had become a city, hidden amid bustling streets without ever being discovered. That was rather bizarre.
It also demonstrated its ability to conceal itself.
The four of them were like four leaves caught in a gale, unable to control themselves, powerless to do anything... Their so-called abilities amounted to nothing here. Like fireflies beside the sun and moon, they simply could not compare.
Of the four, three had merely stumbled into this place and could make neither head nor tail of this eerie affair. The other was the instigator, but even he had completely lost control, because he had opened a door far beyond the reach of his abilities.
In truth, none of them knew why this had happened. All manner of coincidences, random occurrences, and accidents had produced a mysterious resonance unique in thousands of years, recreating a scene from some ancient history-a once-in-a-thousand-years occurrence.
Hou Niao was the chief culprit, but now he was a victim too!
He had successfully stirred the mystery behind this courtyard, yet had no ability whatsoever to stop it.
There had actually been warning signs all along. He had long since discovered that the Five Elements forces here were in extreme disorder, but he had thought only of how to claim a share amid that chaos and scrape together some benefits. He had never