Chapter 5: The Mark on the Soul Stele

  Qing Yuanzi heard Luo Siqi say this, and couldn't help but stroke his beard and smile: "It's rare for you to observe so carefully." He saw him lightly touch the black stone on the seven-colored Linglong Stone to the top of the stele, as if there was a response. The light from the stele suddenly became even brighter. Qing Yuanzi turned his head to Tang Xiaoxia and said: "Xiaoxia, put your right index finger on this black stone!"

  Tang Xiaoxia was puzzled by Qing Yuansu's behavior, but still did as he was told. As soon as his index finger touched the black stone, the black color on it seemed to be impacted and turned into powder, flying into the air and revealing its original white appearance. Moreover, this was not all - the white color gradually turned red. Luosi Qi and Tang Xiaoxia both slightly opened their mouths in surprise until the stone turned a dark red like congealed blood, and the patterns on it began to emit a dark red glow. Only then did Qing Yuansu tell Tang Xiaoxia to remove his finger. At this time, the green light on the stele had become very strong, illuminating the entire cave exceptionally brightly. Qing Yuansu said to Tang Xiaoxia: "Try snapping your right fingers!"

  Miraculously, Tang Xiaoxia did as he was told. He lightly snapped his right fingers, and his index finger naturally pointed to the left. He became even more astonished because he clearly saw a small flame dancing on the tip of his right index finger!

  Flames were burning on his fingertips, surrounding the nail of his index finger, but he didn't feel any pain, only a warm feeling on top. He asked Qing Yuansu in surprise: "This, what is this?"

  Qing Yuansu seemed to have let out a sigh of relief, giving people a feeling of being relieved of a heavy burden. He said to Tang Xiaoxia: "In the vast expanse of time and space, for every evil thought, there will be an opposing good thought. The black evil thoughts that can obscure this stone are the hatred represented by Honglian. To make this stone turn red, one needs to have love that is opposite to hatred."

  "Are you saying that I have the affection to dispel hatred?" Tang Xiaoxia seemed even more puzzled, "From childhood to adulthood, I just liked taking care of small animals like cats and dogs, can this really dispel the hatred you mentioned?"

  "Of course it's not that simple!" Qing Yuansi said with a smile: "Concern and love can slowly dissolve hatred, but they will never suddenly change people's inner hatred. This is a very long process, just like the flames that shoot up to the sky, which are also formed by a small spark gradually growing."

  "How did this stone suddenly turn red?" Lusi heard Tang Xiaoxia ask.

  Chun Zhen said: "The red stone is just one of the seven-colored Linglong stones. The seven-colored Linglong stones have a total of seven stones, with colors of red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, and purple. The black on them represents hatred, jealousy, lust, betrayal, deception, greed, and arrogance. When they completely cover up the seven good thoughts, they become black. However, they actually have corresponding properties to those seven good thoughts, which are corrupted and transformed into evil. In other words, when they don't reach the extreme, they will still be these seven colors, like the dark red you see now, which is actually the color of hatred when it's visible. No matter what kind of evil thought is carried out to the extreme, people will lose themselves and become black. You infused a bit of care into your heart, so this stone turned dark red, but it's just like a spark, still just a drop in the bucket. To fully unleash the power of the seven-colored Linglong stones, you need to eliminate the darkness within them and let each stone have its purest color!"

  Luosi heard this and asked Qingyuanzi two questions. She asked, "But how can the seven-colored Linglong stone be restored to its purest color? And what's with the flame on Tang Xiaoxia's fingertips?"

  Tang Xiaoxia looked at the flame on her index finger and also looked at Qing Yuansi, hoping he could give an explanation.

  Two people listened to Yuansu's words: "If you want the seven-colored Linglong stones to return to their purest color, you naturally need to match them with seven kinds of good thoughts. The good thought that corresponds to hatred is concern. Now, Luosiqi, try putting your finger on another black stone."

  Qingyuan pointed to another dark red stone next to the one he was touching, and Luosi didn't think she had a share too, so she also put her right index finger on it.

  The scene was the same as before, but what was different was that this stone finally turned dark orange. Luosi collected her hand and also wanted to snap her fingers like Tang Xiaoxia, she thought it was too cool to see the sparks jumping from her fingertips. But as a parent and teacher's good girl in mind, she had never learned to snap her fingers before, after trying once and failing, she looked at Tang Xiaoxia with a pleading gaze, hoping that Tang Xiaoxia could teach her.

  It turned out that Qing Yuansu smiled slightly, he waved his hand at Luosi Qi and said: "You are different from him, he has the power of the fire god, but you have another kind of ability."

  He pointed at Rosicky's hands and said: "You put your hands together and then bring them apart."

  Lucy did as she was told, and her two hands formed a small depression in the middle.

  "Close your eyes and imagine yourself holding a handful of clear water."

  Luosi also did the same, suddenly feeling a cool sensation in her palms, as if she was really holding a handful of water. She heard Tang Xiaoxia's surprised voice, and Qing Yuansi said to her: "You can open your eyes now!"

  She saw that a handful of clear water had appeared in her hand, and the water seemed to be absorbed into her palm, without dripping from her fingers.

  This ability delighted Luosiqi, and she happily asked Qing Yuansu: "I have the ability to produce water, am I a water god?"

  She saw Qingyuanzi shake his head and heard him say, "The ability possessed by the water god can cause a huge wave in the sky. He is like a dragon, able to make clouds and fog, and bless the people. Such an ability is a bit too heavy for you, a girl."

  Qing Yuansu looked at Luosi Qi with some confusion and continued, "Your control over water isn't as strong as the Water God's, but you can still control a small amount of water, and you have some abilities that the Water God doesn't." He gestured to Luosi Qi, "Now you already have some water in your hands, try imagining it turning into ice!"

  Lucy followed Qing Yu's guidance and concentrated her mind. She was amazed to find that the clear water in her hand actually slowly condensed into ice!

  The ice in Luosi's palm was slightly cool, but much better than the ice she had held before. In the past, when she held an ice cube, she felt cold to the point of almost being unable to hold it. She heard Qingyuanzi say to her: "You and Tang Xiaoxia are both resistant to things produced by your own magic, this ice you're holding won't make you feel cold, but if someone else holds it, they'll almost immediately drop it!"

  He continued to say to Luosi Qi: "What you have is the power of the moon god, which can turn water into ice. However, for now, it's just like Tang Xiaoxia, only a weak ability that looks intimidating but is still far from being able to contend with the evil god and his seven great guardians!"

  After finishing, he let Luosiqi and Tang Xiaoxia put their right hands on the stone monument emitting a blue glow. The two people's hands were instantly covered by the blue light, but this coverage only lasted for a few seconds, and the two people's hands returned to their original state.

  "Alright, let go of each other's hands," Qingyuanzi said to the two. "This stele is called the Heart Stele. I just had you activate it with the Seven-Colored Linglong Stone and connect your hearts to it through your hands. Only those who have activated the Seven-Colored Linglong Stone, like you two, and I, as a benevolent thought incarnation, possess this ability. By doing so, you've essentially left your mark on this Heart Stele. From now on, no matter where you are, whenever you see this kind of stele again, you can activate it with the palm of your hand."

  "What's the point of activating it then?" Loxley asked, staring at the soul monument in front of her that was emitting a blue glow.

  Qing Yuansu smiled and said, "Its uses are really too great. As long as you have good intentions in your heart, no matter how tired your body and mind were at the time, just put your hand on it, and you will feel that your whole body is full of strength again."

  Luosi heard Yuanzi say this, and indeed felt that her whole body was more energetic than before. She looked at Tang Xiaoxia, and from his expression, she could also see that his feelings were the same as hers.

  She heard Qingyuanzi continue to say: "This magical stone tablet not only has the effect of eliminating fatigue, but you in modern times feel that the fastest means of transportation should be an airplane, right? The shock it brings to you all must be even stronger than when ancient people traveled to modern times and sat on an airplane!