Immortal Cultivation and Life-Saving Guide

Chapter 474 The Master of Balance (Wishing everyone a happy 2026!)

"I want to go and see the abyss!"

For Qin Feng, Wei Xi's words were tantamount to suicide.

Qin Feng said anxiously, "Your eyes aren't damaged! Why are you going to such a dangerous place?"

"Who told you where it was dangerous?"

Before Qin Feng could finish his persuasive words, Wei Xi raised his voice slightly and said, "That's just a big opening for water. The Dongyi people have no shortage of water, so where is the danger?"

Qin Feng, amused and exasperated, retorted, "You'd investigate a lousy ditch? Wei Xi, you think you can fool me?"

"I'm not lying to you, the abyss really isn't dangerous."

Wei Xi's calm attitude puzzled Qin Feng, but her instincts told her to stay as far away from that huge abyss as possible.

Qin Feng began to look Wei Xi up and down, as if he were assessing something.

Not wanting to be carried away, Wei Xi hurriedly said, "I need to confirm my guess! That abyss is the end of the water!"

"'Dead water coming back to life'—think about what dead water actually refers to?"

Wei Xi spoke urgently but clearly, "Zuo Fei's move was too ruthless! Even the merfolk who dwell in the sea were blinded by the name Dead Water City and were wandering aimlessly on the seabed!"

Seeing that Qin Feng's eyes were still confused, Wei Xi quickly explained, "'Dead water' refers to the fact that the seawater here does not flow, but have you ever seen a sea that does not flow?"

"Mermaids."

Wei Xi waved his hand dismissively and said, "The Devouring Sea Sect uses magical artifacts or formations to isolate a place where people can breathe freely, but that doesn't mean the seawater there doesn't flow."

Qin Feng's brows relaxed, and he replied, "Then this place is similar to the territory of the merfolk. Thousands of years ago, this place was a gathering place for many experts. Although it is difficult to stop the flow of seawater, it is not impossible!"

“Yes and no,” Wei Xi sighed and continued, “You only got the result right, but you didn’t say what Zuo Fei’s purpose was in racking her brains to do this.”

"Zuo Fei is smart but not very shrewd, so don't overcomplicate things."

"Putting himself in Zuo Fei's shoes, he came here to retrieve the Pingjiang River. If he can't retrieve the river, it wouldn't matter if Yu Xianzhou died ten thousand times."

Qin Feng was familiar with this matter and picked up the conversation, saying, "The Pingjiang River now flows within the territory of Yunzhou. It seems that Senior Zuo has succeeded. The local folk songs and the events here also match up. Yes, and there's also the legend of the 'Immortal Jade Bottle,' which should be a magical artifact made in Dead Water City!"

"Now that Zuo Fei has retrieved the Pingjiang River, why does he want to stay in Dongyi?"

Wei Xi's question left Qin Feng speechless: "Yes, Zuo Fei has already saved the people of the Pingjiang River basin, so why stay in Dongyi? Is it just to wait for trouble and eliminate the threat at its root?"

“I overlooked this point of suspicion before,” Wei Xi knew exactly what Qin Feng was thinking. “Chasing down Wei Lu is a matter of Heaven’s will. Besides, given Wei Lu’s murderous aura, didn’t Zuo Fei consider his own strength before sending people to make a move?”

Wei Xishun gathered a few parts of the magical artifact and began to fiddle with them. "This represents Yu Xianzhou's death, this represents the end of the Green Moon Tide, and this represents Wei Lu being tricked and ambushed, and then imprisoning himself."

“This represents the founding of Deadwater City,” Wei Xi said, holding a delicate shrapnel in his palm, its material so fine that it remained pristine even after a thousand years. “Where do you place it?”

On the ground was a timeline arranged by Wei Xi using parts. Qin Feng took the shrapnel but didn't know where to start.

"See? We don't know when Deadwater City was founded, which makes this city seem incredibly strange."

Qin Feng felt his brain was no longer responding. He blinked with difficulty and said, "But a city is always useful, otherwise who would... Isn't this a city where weapon refiners gather? It makes sense that Senior Zuo wants to suppress the tailbone here and establish a sect at the same time."

Wei Xi laughed, "We can monitor the movements of the tail at the seaside. As for establishing a sect, I think Fishtail Town is a good location, it's big and spacious." "But this place is full of traces left by weapon refiners," Qin Feng completely gave up thinking and said haphazardly, "Maybe Senior Zuo turned into a mermaid when he was fighting! It was so chaotic back then!"

Wei Xi:
“First of all, Zuo Fei is not a mermaid,” Wei Xi said helplessly, giving up on guiding his friend to increase his wisdom. “Secondly, he is not the only expert in weapon crafting in this place.”

“Yu Xianzhou was the original owner of Dead Water City,” Wei Xi thought of the gaunt fisherman who guarded the Hundred Demon Tomb, and could only refer to the Eastern Yi Demon Chief as the owner. “The abyss outside the city was where it hid from being captured by the heavens and earth.”

"So you want to go in and take a look?"

"That's not why. I was just explaining the origin of the term 'dead water'."

"Is killing a few demonic beasts and creating the Luexi Stream worth the Heavenly Dao's pursuit of Yu Xianzhou?"

Wei Xi placed the shrapnel at the beginning of the timeline. "What Heaven does is always maintain the balance of Yin and Yang. Yu Xianzhou almost fooled me, but Zuo Fei accidentally discovered it."

"what?"

"Dead Water City is where Yu Xianzhou impounded the water!"

"What!" Qin Feng exclaimed in surprise, raising his head abruptly. "Seize 'Hundred Rivers Returning East'? It's hoarding all the water in the world?"

Wei Xi remained expressionless, but his voice was devoid of joy or sorrow. "To be precise, it was misappropriated. Yu Xianzhou built his lair here for this abyss as well."

"This abyss is where all the waters of the world return, which is why the Green Moon Tide is so easily triggered."

Qin Feng couldn't accept this theory for a while, but her keen senses as a cultivator told her that Wei Xi seemed to be a little different.

But the thought vanished in an instant. Qin Feng's lips trembled slightly as he asked the question that had been nagging at him the most pressing question, "Why is the Yu Xian Zhou blocking all the water in the world? This water is everywhere! The rivers, seas, and lakes haven't dried up!"

"The two energies of Yin and Yang constitute all things; this water is water, yet it is not water."

Wei Xi's gaze passed over the shocked Qin Feng and landed on the furnace-shaped building in the distance, as if he saw the weathered Zuo Fei from Wei Lu's memories.

"I don't know what Yu Xianzhou needs so much Yin and Yang energy for, but I'd venture to guess it's related to creating demonic beasts."

"This explains why a large number of offerings are needed for each Green Moon Tide. Thousands of years ago, the Yin and Yang energies of the Dongyi people should have been carefully maintained in an unbalanced state by Yu Xianzhou: so that it would neither immediately attract the Green Moon Tide nor be difficult to trigger the meridians of heaven and earth."

"As long as it retains enough water, the imbalance of yin and yang will become more and more serious, and at the last moment, it will sacrifice a large number of offerings to give birth to those monsters."

"The celestial and terrestrial coordinates will be intimidated by the yin and yang energy emitted by the offerings. As for the water in Dead Water City, Yu Xianzhou will either use it to conceal the abyss or use it for other purposes."

Wei Xi narrowed his eyes slightly and continued, "If it were just hiding, Yu Xianzhou wouldn't have gone to such lengths; the latter is more likely."

According to Wei Xi's speculation, the formation of demonic beasts requires a large amount of yin and yang energy. Each time the Green Moon Tide arrives, the demonic beasts born are recognized by the Heavenly Dao and the misappropriated water is cleansed.

"Stealing the sky and changing the sun. Yu Xianzhou is an extremely cunning and ambitious man, and he has actually succeeded in doing so many times."

Qin Feng clearly hadn't grasped this part yet; her attention remained on the previous step.

"How does it control the normal imbalance of Yin and Yang?"

Wei Xi came to his senses and sighed, "The Hundred Demon Tomb, you haven't seen that place. Yu Xianzhou is not only eroding the power of those demonic beasts, but more importantly, he is using them to control the degree of imbalance of Yin and Yang in the Eastern Barbarians."

"Simply put, the Hundred Demon Tomb is the weight in Yu Xianzhou's hand. As long as the position of the weight is adjusted, the desired 'balance' can be achieved."

Wishing everyone a prosperous and successful 2026!
Yu Xianzhou was indeed a master of balancing Yin and Yang, but he never expected his subordinates to become dissatisfied (the author's smile).