Chapter 106: The 'Ba Gua' from Earth

  Qianlong Lake core area

  Under the leadership of that giant half-blood dragon, Kong Fang once again came to this small island surrounded by no fog.

  He reached out to remove the dragon coiled around his neck and held it in his arms, curiously asking the giant half-blooded dragon beside him: "Senior, what is that treasure after all?"

  "It's just a stone monument." The half-blood dragon replied with a smile.

  "Stone tablet?" Kong Fang was puzzled in his heart, how could a stone tablet be a treasure?

  "Follow me," the half-blood dragon said, and its body quickly shrunk down from over a hundred meters to just four or five meters in length.

  Witnessing this scene, Kong Fang was somewhat surprised. He had never seen a demon beast with the ability to shrink and enlarge its body at will before.

  "At my current level, apart from not being able to transform into a human form, there's hardly any restriction on changing size. It's just that it would make our benefactor laugh." The half-blood dragon explained as he walked forward, seeing the shocked expression on Kong Fangyi's face.

  "Elder is too humble." Kong Fang hurriedly said: "Elder can just call me Kong Fang, no need to call me benefactor, I'm not worthy of it." Kong Fang followed with a bitter smile.

  Being owed by a terrifying half-blooded dragon that was at least in the realm of spiritualization, Kong Fang also felt somewhat awkward.

  "Alright then, I'll call you Kung Fang." The half-blooded dragon nodded in agreement.

  One person and two dragons soon arrived at the center of the small island, letting Kong Fang sit on a stone table in front of several stone houses to wait, while the Half-Blooded Dragon entered one of the stone houses.

  "Roar", Long Xun let out a happy cry, and then directly jumped onto the stone table. Long Xun shook his head and swung his tail on the stone table, waving his paws to gesture something to Kong Fang. His mouth also emitted short, happy cries.

  Kong Fang smiled wryly, because he couldn't understand what Long Xun was saying at all. From the earth to this world, Kong Fang only inherited the commonly used text and language of this world from this body, as for the languages of other races, Kong Fang was completely ignorant.

  Although Kong Fang didn't understand what Long Xun was saying, he could guess from Long Xun's triumphant expression that he was taking credit for offering the treasure.

  Kong Fang reached out and touched Long Xun's little head, smiling as he said: "I was able to see this treasure this time all thanks to your efforts, so I'll give it to you." Kong Fang took a jade bottle from his interspatial ring.

  There were two drops of Fa Yuan in the jade bottle, which was snatched by Kong Fang from the leader of the bandits who ambushed him and Sun Hao.

  Long Xun's warmth and joy also affected Kong Fang, allowing Kong Fang to slightly alleviate the suffocation and annoyance that had been chasing him all along, and his heart felt much lighter. Although Fa Yuan was precious, Kong Fang still took out two drops to give to Long Xun.

  If it weren't for Long Xun's visit to Kong Fang, he would have no chance of seeing the treasures collected by the Dragon King.

  Feeling the breath of the heaven and earth's power in the jade bottle, Long Xun's big eyes lit up instantly, and Fa Yuan had a great temptation to the growing dragon.

  The half-blooded dragon who came out of the stone house saw this scene and a hint of smile flashed in his eyes, and his gaze towards Kong Fang also became softer.

  As soon as he saw the half-blooded dragon come out, Kong Fang immediately stood up, but there was some doubt in his eyes. Because he found that there was nothing on the half-blooded dragon's body.

  The half-blooded demon dragon smiled lightly and didn't explain, only to see the half-blooded demon dragon's claw flashing with a cold light wave its hand, Kong Fang felt a black light flash before his eyes. When the light disappeared, a black stone tablet suddenly appeared in front of Kong Fang.

  The stone monument is nine zhang high and one zhang wide, with a completely black body. However, there is a layer of faint white light flowing on the surface of the stone monument, giving people the feeling that the stone monument has suddenly become crystal clear. It's very mysterious.

  Just as Kong Fang's gaze fell on the middle position of the stele, he was suddenly stunned.

  Looking at the familiar pattern, scenes from the past on Earth flashed through Kong Fang's mind in an instant, playing quickly like a movie. Unbeknownst to him, Kong Fang was already tearful.

  People who leave their hometown will still miss their hometown, but Kong Fang's situation is not comparable to leaving his hometown. The place where Kong Fang is now is another world. And between this world and that blue star, there is an insurmountable gap.

  It's not difficult for a person who has left their hometown to return, but the opportunity for Kong Fang to return to that azure star is slim and desperate. These are two completely different worlds, with no way to connect in between.

  These emotions have been suppressed in the bottom of his heart, only occasionally when it's deep at night and people are quiet would Kong Fang lift his head to gaze at the starless night sky, reminiscing about past events.

  Just when Kong Fang was bewildered and helpless, he saw a pattern that was exactly the same as the Bagua on Earth.

  Kong Fang's heart was trembling, and tears were flowing silently.

  "Is this... really from Earth?" Kong Fang slowly approached the black stone monument, reaching out to touch the patterns on it.

  But the pattern that looked like gossip was in the middle of the stone tablet, with a distance of four or five zhang from the ground, and Kong Fang couldn't reach it at all.

  The half-blooded dragon and Long Xun looked at Kong Fang strangely, both dragons were very puzzled in their hearts. After the appearance of this black stone monument, why did Kong Fang become somewhat dispirited?

  "Roar", Long Xun called out in a low voice, wanting to wake up Kong Fang, but at this time Kong Fang was deeply immersed in his own world and couldn't hear Long Xun's call.

  Just as Long Xun was about to sneak next to Kong Fang, he was blocked by Half-Blooded Demon Dragon.

  The half-blood dragon shook its head and then transmitted a message to Long Xun, saying something that made him calm down immediately. However, the bright eyes looking at Kong Fang still had a worried expression.

  Kong Fang placed his hands on the black stone monument, and a warm feeling was transmitted from the monument, making Kong Fang's mind suddenly clear.

  Kong Fang only then discovered that he had unknowingly walked up to the stone monument, and his face was covered in tears.

  Kong Fang wiped away tears from his face with his sleeve and looked up blankly at the eight trigrams pattern on the black stone monument.

  "Bagua, this world actually has Bagua, is it a coincidence or does this Bagua really come from Earth?" Kong Fang's heart was racing violently. If the Bagua comes from Earth, then he might have hope to find a way back. But if the Bagua is something native to this world, then he will fall into confusion once again, unsure of which direction to go.

  "Senior." Kong Fang shouted, but even he himself didn't notice that his voice was trembling terribly.

  "What's the matter, Kǒng Fāng? You can speak directly." The half-blooded dragon came to Kǒng Fāng's side and looked up at the eight trigrams pattern on the stone tablet. Lóng Xún stood on the back of the half-blooded dragon.

  "Would you mind taking me up there, I'd like to take a closer look at that pattern," said Kong Fang.

  "This is simple." The half-blood dragon responded with a sound, but it didn't take Kong Fang to the top. Instead, it swung its claws at the black stone monument twice.

  Only a black stone monument that was rapidly shrinking with a faint white glow could be seen, and in the blink of an eye it had shrunk to one zhang. After shrinking to this size, the black stone monument stopped shrinking.

  At this time, the eight trigrams pattern on the black stone monument and the Confucius square are almost the same height.

  "Senior, when did you get this stone monument?" Kong Fang asked, but his head didn't turn at all, and his eyes remained fixed on the eight trigrams on the monument.

  "This stone monument was accidentally obtained by the Dragon King, and it has been several tens of thousands of years since then. The Dragon King often ponders this strange pattern called the Eight Trigrams, and according to him, there is a certain kind of mysterious power hidden within it that is very beneficial for increasing one's strength. Unfortunately, I am too foolish and cannot comprehend the kind of mysterious power that the Dragon King spoke of." Half-blooded Demon Dragon said with some emotion.

  Half-blood dragon, the words behind that Fang Kong didn't hear at all, because when he heard the word gossip, Fang Kong was directly stunned. Fang Kong only felt a surge of indescribable surprise spreading from his heart, and every part of his body was trembling with fear.

  "It's actually called Bagua in this world, it can't be that coincidental." Kong Fang quickly turned around, his eyes gleaming with excitement as he asked the half-blooded dragon: "Senior, how did you know this pattern is called Bagua?"

  "It was the Dragon King who told me that over 10,000 years ago, he had an epiphany while contemplating this strange pattern. After that, the Dragon King began to call this pattern the Eight Trigrams. According to the Dragon King, he obtained information left by a senior predecessor on this stone tablet while contemplating the Eight Trigrams, so he knew what this pattern was called." The Half-Blooded Demon Dragon told Kong Fang everything he knew, and these pieces of information weren't very important, even if Kong Fang knew them.

  As for Kong Fang's comprehension of the Eight Trigrams and gaining power from them, the Half-Blood Dragon is not worried at all. Tens of thousands of years ago, the Dragon King also spent over a thousand years to slowly understand that there was some kind of mysterious power hidden in these eight trigrams, and even now the Dragon King still can't fully comprehend all the secrets within the Eight Trigrams, so how could Kong Fang possibly gain anything from just starting to learn?

  "I don't know what information the Dragon King obtained from this stone monument, I wish I could know." Seeing the eight trigrams on the monument, Kong Fang's heart had a glimmer of hope to return to Earth. Just now, he also learned from the Half-Blooded Dragon that in this world, the pattern that was considered a myth in his memory was also called the Eight Trigrams, and Kong Fang's heart was thoroughly revived.

  Kong Fang stared at the eight trigrams on the stone tablet in a daze, then stretched out his hand to touch it. But when Kong Fang's hand landed on the eight trigrams on the stone tablet, a strange and familiar feeling suddenly filled Kong Fang's mind.

  Suddenly, Kong Fang was stunned again.

  "This, where is this?" Kong Fang looked around in shock, unaware that he had somehow arrived at a mountain peak.

  The mountain peak where Kong Fang was located at this time was like a male eagle about to spread its wings and fly high, and the position where Kong Fang stood was exactly the beak of the eagle formed by this mountain peak. However, Kong Fang, who was in the mountains, could not discover these things.

  On the small island, Half-Blooded Dragon Zhang opened his mouth wide in surprise and stared at Kong Fang who was motionless.

  "Could it be... that Kong Fang has also entered enlightenment? This, this is impossible." The half-blooded dragon's eyes widened in shock, as it had used tens of thousands of years to not grasp any secrets from it, yet Kong Fang had directly entered enlightenment at his first contact.

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