True earth

"Shall we start?" Yang Qing excitedly said without even waiting for Song Chuanli's response he was already standing atop the circular platform with sigils symbolizing the five elements.

Song Chuanli nodded as he walked to the remaining one. In unison, both he and Yang Qing closed their eyes breathing in and out and every time they did a fog-like mist was released from their mouth every time they exhaled. Within seconds they were entirely shrouded in the fog.

"Where did they go?" asked Ma Yuan who had been paying attention to what they were doing as soon as they stepped on the platform. He saw them producing the fog, but for some reason the moment the fog surrounded them it was like they had vanished.

"They haven't gone anywhere, they will reappear. They're just synchronizing themselves with the surroundings so they can move the continental five-element soil," answered one of the cleansing beetles.