"Sand Merging Skill?" Zhang Chen muttered, turning around to head back inside the house. Xiaodouding was following behind him, lowering her voice, "Junior Brother, we’ve run into trouble this time. I think the Observatory Master is completely biased towards that ugly creature. I feel like he’s trying to mediate between you and the ugly creature just so that he can use us to bridge the gap, giving that creature a chance to get close to Commander Xie."
Hearing Xiaodouding’s words, Zhang Chen smiled and patted her head, "A child shouldn’t think too much. These aren’t things you need to worry about. Your main goal is to live happily and joyfully."
Xiaodouding slapped Zhang Chen’s hand away upon hearing this, "You scoundrel, I’m your Senior Sister! How can you speak to your Senior Sister like that?"
"Who was crying and saying she’d call me Senior Brother as long as I took her away?" Zhang Chen teased.
Upon hearing this, Xiaodouding was instantly displeased, stomping her foot in anger, and stepped hard on Zhang Chen’s foot, "Scoundrel Zhang Chen, all you know is how to tease me every day. I am your Senior Sister, and you dare to treat me like this!"
After saying this, she turned away angrily and shut the door of her room on the second floor hard, feeling quite embarrassed.
Hearing the loud slam of the door upstairs, Zhang Chen grinned, then returned inside to continue his studies. With the Daoist Temple about to hold a Divine Decree, the entire temple was protected by mysterious powers, so he didn’t dare to casually show his skills.
Zhang Chen kept practicing his calligraphy. For him, calligraphy would be useful in the future, even significantly, so it couldn’t be too ugly.
Finally enduring from day to night, Zhang Chen looked outside the Daoist Temple, where the moon had yet to rise, and the world felt dim and sleepy. Taking advantage of the darkness, he transformed into mist and stealthily drifted out, moving through the shadows of the temple’s eaves and the crevices between walls, then quietly left the temple. In the next moment, he transformed into a Vampire Bat, soaring into the night sky, heading straight towards the Yellow River.
His own cave lair was too close to the Eight Trigrams Furnace, and the atmosphere of the Nine Bends Yellow River Array he set up was too astounding; he didn’t want to cause any mishaps while refining treasures with his Eight Trigrams Furnace.
As for concealing the aura of the Nine Bends Yellow River Array, he thought of a location: the incomplete Dragon Palace where Zhang Shicheng once Transformed Dragon and Walking Flood Dragon. It seemed to have a Feng Shui Grand Array that could hide his Nine Bends Yellow River Array.
The most critical aspect was whether he would have a chance to share in the Flood Dragon flesh, and he didn’t know to what extent the Dragon Blood had developed, whether it would be enough for him to feast on.
Yet, when Zhang Chen flew all the way to the Yellow River’s labor site, he found no sign of life in the riverbed, not even the military guard or working farmers. The entire riverbed was dead silent, leaving only devastation behind.
Seeing this, Zhang Chen looked surprised, his eyes full of astonishment. He cautiously circled dozens of miles around but indeed didn’t see any soldiers or government officials.
"Strange, isn’t this where Zhang Shicheng’s Transformed Dragon and Walking Flood Dragon body remains? Why isn’t anyone here?" Zhang Chen transformed into a Vampire Bat and entered the cave to investigate. After searching, he found that Zhang Shicheng’s dragon body had disappeared.
The disappearance of Zhang Shicheng’s dragon body naturally made the location lose its appeal for the major forces and wasn’t worth stationing troops.
"What happened to Zhang Shicheng’s body? Was it dragged away by the army?" Pondering, this seemed the only possible outcome.
Zhang Chen transformed back into human form, crossed the river, and entered the Crystal Palace to find it collapsed. In the aftermath of a battle between Yang God Powers, it had been shattered beyond recognition, like a pile of broken glass.
Zhang Chen, however, wasn’t disappointed and carefully examined the cave, and after ensuring there was nothing unusual, he directly set up the Nine Bends Yellow River Array.
As the Nine Bends Yellow River Talisman Array was summoned, on a boat on the Wangchuan River, the eyes of a person in black robes lit up with mischief in his eyes: "Little mouse, I knew you wouldn’t be able to resist. Finally caught you this time."
The black-robed person chuckled lightly, then jumped into the Wangchuan River, transforming into a black smoke and diving into the spring water.
The Nine Bends Yellow River Talisman Array exuded an earth-shattering aura, and Zhang Chen stood inside the array, gazing at the spring of the Nine Bends Yellow River, about to use Divine Techniques to transform into Divine Water and sneak in. However, the next moment, a strange laughter came from the spring of the Yellow Springs: "Little bug, I have found your world; this time, you can’t escape."
Zhang Chen was startled by the voice; how could there be another voice in his Nine Bends Yellow River Talisman Array?
Before he could think it through, he saw one of the springs suddenly accelerate its flow, its mouth expanding as if some colossal object was trying to force its way in from the world behind the spring.
"This is the spring I used to sneak into Wangchuan before. This voice... is from the Ferryman on the Wangchuan River." Zhang Chen quickly came to his senses, identifying the source of the voice.
"That monster has such powerful strength, managing to lock onto my position through the Yellow Springs. However..." Zhang Chen thought as he looked at the Nine Bends Yellow River Array before him, a smirk curving his lips.
Isn’t this like walking into a trap?
If it were in the Wangchuan River, he might not be able to do anything to it, but where is this? This is the Nine Bends Yellow River Array, his territory!
Watching the ever-expanding spring of the Yellow Springs, a sense of anticipation rose in Zhang Chen’s heart. If he managed to kill this old fellow within the Nine Bends Yellow River Array, would it mean that it would be safe for him to enter the Wangchuan River again?
"Come on, damn old monster, let’s settle old and new scores together." Zhang Chen secretly vowed, standing coldly within the Nine Bends Yellow River Talisman Array, staring at the spring.
"Hehehe~ I’ll devour your brain, refine your soul, possess your body, and replace your Life Chart to extract revenge for the humiliation you caused me last time." A eerie laughter came from the spring water.
"You scoundrel, get out of here! How did you chase me here?" Zhang Chen quickly put on a look of panic, scolding furiously at the spring of the Yellow Springs to hide any unusual reactions the black-robed person might sense, his voice full of fear.
"You shall not come over. Once I collect the spring, let’s see how you come over." Zhang Chen shouted in a seemingly anxious tone.
"Heh, I have already anchored the coordinates and locked onto the spring of this Yellow Springs. It’s not something you can simply collect at will." A cold laugh rang out from the Yellow Springs.
Hearing this, Zhang Chen’s heart stirred, wanting to retract the Nine Bends Yellow River Talisman Array, but as expected, it couldn’t be retracted. A force seemed to fix the space and suppress his attempt to collect the array.
"Damn monster, what have you done? This is my magical treasure, how did I lose control? Let go of my treasure and get back!" Zhang Chen cursed anxiously in front of the Yellow Springs.
Listening to Zhang Chen’s words, the monster cackled with arrogance: "Boy, you’re just a Qi Cultivation stage ant. How could you appreciate my, the Grand Elder’s, greatness? In the past, you wouldn’t even have been qualified to die at my hands. But times have changed. The Grand Elder shall show compassion and let you die by my hand, which is your supreme honor."
Hearing the monster’s boast, Zhang Chen couldn’t help but grit his teeth in anger, his eyes showing a hint of coldness; this creature was truly insulting!
"Hurry up and come out! Once you do, I’ll use the Nine Bends Yellow River Talisman Array to kill you! My Soul Hooking and Soul Stealing skill’s cooldown is over, and you won’t be able to escape then." Zhang Chen cursed viciously in his heart.