The feud between Zhang Chen and Prince Pingbian’s Mansion has long become irreconcilable. Even with the relationship of the Zhang Family in Shangjing, and despite the possibility that both sides might have shared an ancestor hundreds of years ago, Zhang Chen would never show mercy to Prince Pingbian’s Mansion. If he had the chance to destroy Prince Pingbian’s Mansion, he would not hesitate.
Looking at the letter in his hand, Zhang Chen pondered briefly before transforming into droplets of water and slipping into the soil. Once outside the Daoist Temple, he turned into mist, weaving through the mountains until he arrived at the Ancestral Vein of Prince Pingbian.
Although Chen Xu did not specify a meeting location in the letter, this did not stump Zhang Chen. In the blink of an eye, Zhang Chen transformed into a Vampire Bat, which then split into seventy-two bats, emitting ultrasonic waves to continuously probe throughout the mountains.
Originally, Zhang Chen could only transform into thirty-six Vampire Bats. However, since the upgrade of the Bloodsucking Technique, he can now split into seventy-two.
From afar, Zhang Chen sensed figures within the mountains. Some were local villagers digging roots and tree bark due to a food shortage at home, while others were martial artists venturing into the mountains in search of Creation.
When Zhang Chen found Chen Xu, he was sitting in front of a bonfire, gazing absently at the distant blue sky and white clouds.
The cold, fierce wind was howling, and Chen Xu was curled up in his cloak, warming his feet by the bonfire.
The seventy-two Vampire Bats turned into a mist of blood, converging into Zhang Chen’s form, appearing in a mountain nook not far away.
"Mr. Chen." Zhang Chen walked out from the mountain nook, moving silently in the cold, fierce wind. All the cold wind that approached within three feet of Zhang Chen dissipated without a trace.
"Benefactor, you’re finally here." Seeing Zhang Chen, Chen Xu’s face lit up with joy, his head emerging from the cloak as he greeted Zhang Chen.
A wild chicken was roasting over the bonfire, its golden-crispy appearance and enticing aroma making one’s mouth water.
"Have you found the exact location of Prince Pingbian’s ancestral tomb?" Zhang Chen asked while sitting by the bonfire, reaching out his hands to warm them despite mastering a superpower, he was not immune to water and fire.
"I recently gained a new Creation, enhancing my sensitivity to the Qi of Feng Shui. Hence, I did not fail the mission and finally located the ancestral tomb of Prince Pingbian’s Mansion. However..." At this point, Chen Xu halted his speech, "there was a little problem."
"What kind of problem?" Zhang Chen asked, knowing that if Chen Xu, this guy, called it a problem, it could not be a trivial one.
"Just follow me." Chen Xu picked up the roasted chicken from the rack, eating while heading against the cold wind.
The two traversed mountains and rivers along the way, crossing seven or eight mountain tops before arriving at the Ancestral Vein of Prince Pingbian. Chen Xu spat out a chicken bone and casually wiped the grease on his fur, pointing to a mountain nook in the distance, "Look there."
Zhang Chen glanced in the direction but saw nothing unusual. Then, with the True God Golden Light circulating, he opened his Dharma Eye, and in the next moment, Zhang Chen was stupefied. He saw a multi-colored light soaring to the sky from the distant mountains. The light, resembling auspicious celestial light, covered a radius of ten miles, and its steaming multi-colored Qi Mechanism transformed into the shape of a water pool in the void.
Zhang Chen had never seen such a grand mysterious Qi Mechanism, even the Qi Mechanism of a Transformed Dragon or Walking Flood Dragon paled in comparison.
The immense and magnificent Qi Mechanism formed a phenomenon, evolving into the shape of a pool. The pool was square, its barriers engraved with countless mysterious runes, imprinted with patterns of celestial beings, fairies holding flower baskets, phoenixes dancing, and immortal sages preaching. At first glance, it was as if one was looking into the Immortal Realm.
All these phenomena appeared within the Dharma Eye, invisible to mortal eyes.
"Previously, the Ancestral Vein of Prince Pingbian’s Mansion did not exhibit such a phenomenon. Why does it now possess such grandeur?" Zhang Chen wondered, perplexed, "If Prince Pingbian’s Mansion had such a foundation, there would be no need for Walking Flood Dragon, they might just defy the heavens directly."
This massive mysterious Qi Mechanism is not a common phenomenon.
As countless thoughts swirled in Zhang Chen’s mind, he found himself unable to clearly discern the true foundation of Prince Pingbian’s ancestral vein.
"There is an array there, seemingly born from nothing, appearing inexplicably." Chen Xu said, "The grand array contains wondrous energy, releasing it into the ancestral vein of Prince Pingbian, causing incredible changes in the ancestral vein of Prince Pingbian’s Mansion. Thus, I was able to locate the key point of their ancestral tomb. However, the entrance to the ancestral tomb is shrouded by a mysterious grand array, and to enter, we must break through that array."
Zhang Chen glanced at Chen Xu: this kid probably discovered it before but couldn’t break the array, so he had to seek his help.
"You have mastered Feng Shui Technique, and you even broke the Divine Demon Tomb in the past, how can you not break this little Feng Shui Array?" Zhang Chen asked.
Chen Xu shook his head at the question, "Don’t mention it. That array and this one are different. This array seems like a rootless duckweed, not engraved in the Dragon Vein of the mountains and rivers. I can’t find its foundation at all, so there’s no way to break it."
Zhang Chen stroked his chin, standing in the cold wind carefully observing the majestic Qi Mechanism soaring into the sky, which does not manifest in the Material Realm. So, it is normal for ordinary people to be unable to see it. Even if one is a cultivator, without Chen Xu’s specialized methods, it’s hard to see the changes.
"Why did such a phenomenon suddenly appear? Come, let’s go investigate." Zhang Chen pulled Chen Xu along to inspect it.