I Can Record Wonders

Chapter 85 (Seeking First Subscription) Heaven Like a Prison, Furnace of Words

The dim light does not diminish, shining obliquely high in the night.

The clear radiance falls into the small house, leaving only one shadow on the wall.

The oil lamp by the window has already been extinguished, and a faint wisp of smoke rises, as if it were Fu Ning's train of thought.

"It's impossible for Yun Niang to leave the mountain."

"The Whale Gate, the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce, and now there's another Demon Sect."

"What kind of strange creatures are hidden on this small Spirit Turtle Island?"

Ancestral Master Ling Cong mentioned in his letter that there used to be very few people on Spirit Turtle Island, but later people settled there and gradually developed four alleys.

Among them, the Qian Family came for trade, the Gong Family came to seek the Dao, and the Zheng Family came to seclude themselves. Only the ancestors of the Cheng Family seem to be the natives of the island.

Now it seems that only the Cheng Family has no backing.

"I'm afraid Ancestral Master Ling Cong didn't expect that Spirit Turtle Island, five hundred years later, would become what it is today."

"Regardless, it's never wrong to strengthen oneself."

Fu Ning shook his head and withdrew his gaze.

This time, Gong Buwei brought two medicinal herbs, successfully completing all the materials for the "Twenty-Four Qi Pill."

However, Fu Ning did not immediately refine the pill.

As the saying goes, haste makes waste.

He had been cultivating for a whole day and was already exhausted.

After a night of restful sleep, he finally felt refreshed.

Early in the morning, Fu Ning couldn't wait to summon the "Qinggang Cauldron" and feed the twenty-four precious medicinal ingredients to the Green Lamp Ghost one by one.

However, compared to the "Hibiscus Spirit Seed" from yesterday, it was clearly less interested today.

There was a feeling of going from frugality to extravagance being easy, but going from extravagance to frugality being difficult.

"At least you're eating now."

Fortunately, the Green Lamp in the cauldron was still hot. After two hours, the twenty-four strands of clear Qi gradually condensed into pills.

In the end, seven pills popped out of its ears.

Each pill was the size of a fingertip and had a dark yellow color throughout.

"Seven pills should be enough."

Opening the "Furnace of Words" requires three strategies.

The first strategy is the "Jiazi Small Heavenly Circuit," which is a method of luck and is equivalent to the blueprint for opening the Scenic Palace.

The second strategy is the "Three Forces and Five Elements Qi," which is a combination of "Innate Origin Qi," "Acquired Origin Qi," and "Five Forms Origin Qi."

The third strategy is the "Twenty-Four Qi Pill" that was just refined.

The combination of the "Three Forces and Five Elements Qi" and the "Twenty-Four Qi Pill" is equivalent to the materials for opening the Scenic Palace.

Fu Ning respectively took the "Origin Returning Pill," the "Dahuang Pill," and absorbed five Five Elements Spirit Stones.

In this way, the Innate, Acquired, and Five Elements Origin Qi merged into one, forming the "Three Forces and Five Elements Qi."

After absorbing it, the "Three Forces and Five Elements Qi" stood vertically in five grids, fixed in the center of the inner scene.

Then he swallowed a pill of the "Twenty-Four Qi Pill" and waited for the medicinal power to dissolve. Corresponding to the twenty-four Qi, it emerged in the inner scene, surrounding the previous "Three Forces and Five Elements Qi."

Two clusters of Qi, one inside and one outside, appeared and immediately caused the Origin Qi in the inner scene to surge.

Seeing that the timing was right, Fu Ning didn't hesitate to swallow a "Bitter Heart Pill" and immediately activated the "Jiazi Small Heavenly Circuit."

The so-called Jiazi refers to the rotation of the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches.

As Fu Ning's thoughts moved, it seemed that a hammer was following the route of the circular sky and square earth, knocking the two clusters of Origin Qi, expanding them into square grids.

These grids became more and more numerous, then connected to each other, gradually forming the outline of a turtle shell.

First, the upper layer, the "Heaven, Earth, and Human" Three Forces, the Five Elements above and below, the ten Heavenly Stems, and the outermost twenty-four solar terms.

Then the lower layer, the spread-out twelve Earthly Branches.

The "Bitter Heart Pill" that Fu Ning refined earlier was used for opening the Scenic Palace. At this moment, when the medicinal power dissolved, his divine consciousness truly condensed.

One cycle of Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches is sixty thoughts.

He didn't know how many cycles he had gone through, but a complete turtle shell had already appeared in the inner scene.

It was only the size of a palm, rising above and touching the ground, with five-colored Origin Qi flowing on its surface, looking exceptionally exquisite.

And within the originally chaotic Origin Qi in the inner scene, it seemed as if consciousness suddenly awakened, beginning to converge towards the turtle shell.

At first, it was just a faint entanglement, gradually increasing in speed, rushing into the turtle shell.

In just a moment, the turtle shell, originally only the size of a palm, began to rapidly expand, like an activated inflatable castle.

In the span of a few breaths, it had already occupied the entire inner scene.

At the same time, Fu Ning's consciousness suddenly sank.

The spectacle of "Danjia Qingwen" appeared again in his mind.

A deep cave, scorching sunlight.

Treading through mountains of corpses and seas of blood, the spirit turtle stood in the sunlight.

The shell on its back had already turned crimson.

Unlike before when he visualized it, this time Fu Ning seemed to be able to perceive the thoughts of the spirit turtle.

From the moment of its birth, there had been a voice calling out in its mind.

Following the voice, the Cloud Spirit Turtle crawled out of the cave and climbed up the hill behind it.

The scorching sun dried the bloodstains on its body, beginning to burn its flesh.

But the spirit turtle did not leave, because it was waiting for the guidance of that voice.

It wasn't until the cloud script on its shell began to move, forming a totem in the shape of the sun, that the voice in its mind resounded once again.

The spirit turtle shook its body from the mountaintop, embarking on a new journey once more.

Passing through scorching sun, welcoming the darkness of night, passing through the night, welcoming moonlight...

This world seemed like a prison, and it was a trapped beast.

Repeatedly falling into calamities, repeatedly overcoming calamities.

With each calamity overcome, a totem would appear on its body.

As if its purpose of existence was to leave an imprint on this world.

So when the spirit turtle traveled the world, its body was already covered in totems.

Finally, it was blocked by a great river.

Looking at its reflection in the water, it stopped its footsteps, waiting for the guidance of the voice.

But this time, the voice did not instruct it to continue forward.

Instead, it told it to follow the direction of the river downstream.

The river was long, and the spirit turtle seemed to swim in the water for a long time.

It would occasionally emerge from the water, seeing the leaves on both banks turn green and then yellow, yellow and then green.

Not knowing how many cycles it repeated, until the leaves sprouted new buds again and the river water became warm.

The spirit turtle surfaced.

Its body was large, and when it floated up, it looked like a solitary island.

And on the riverbank, there happened to be a strange person sitting.

Perhaps it was fate, perhaps it was divine will.

When four pairs of eyes fell on the Cloud Spirit Turtle at the same time.

The water of the great river seemed to suddenly stop flowing.

In that moment, the gears of destiny turned, the brilliance of humanity illuminated the entire riverbank, piercing through time and space, shining on Fu Ning.

The originally chaotic inner scene had gained an imposing Scenic Palace made of turtle shell.

And within the Scenic Palace, the four types of Origin Spirits looked at each other.

[Scenic Palace: Word Prison (Leave suggestions if you have any)

Type: Monument of Humanity

Manifestation: Turtle Shell

Evolution: 0th transformation, 0% progress

Scenic Area: Ten Steps (Hundred Steps Perfection)

Rules: True Words (Origin Spirits in the Word Prison can evolve corresponding cloud script totems, greatly increasing evolution progress and ability effects.)

Origin Spirits: Cloud Spirit Turtle, Arctic God Newt, Fire Maple Tree, Jade Rabbit

Inner Scenic Diagram: None]

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