Zhang Chen nodded after hearing the words. Since the scheme was set, the next step was to think about how to smoothly use Zou Wenlong's hand to set up the Nine Bends Yellow River Talisman Array.
"This matter is not difficult. I just need to design it in advance. As long as that Little Fatty activates the talisman, the Nine Bends Yellow River Talisman Array will automatically set up, and by then, things will be done." Zhang Chen thought of this and felt very good, starting to skillfully wipe down the grand hall.
Zhang Chen secretly observed the daily movement of Little Fatty Zou Wenlong. After seven or eight days of observation, Zhang Chen confirmed that Little Fatty would always arrive a bit later than the others when listening to lectures every day. The route he took always passed by the large willow tree in the back, so on this day, when Zhang Chen was tidying the courtyard in the morning, he deliberately got up a bit earlier, then with a bundle of golden talismans in his hand, casually threw them into the lotus pond, before leisurely walking away.
Although it was morning, the sky was still dim. Zou Wenlong, in his youth, loved to sleep in. As the morning bell rang, Little Fatty hurriedly got out of bed, carelessly wiped his face, and then rushed towards the front courtyard. As he passed over the lotus pond bridge, Zhang Chen, hidden in the distance, sensed with his magical power, and suddenly a stream of Golden Light flashed from the pond, causing Little Fatty to halt.
Even though the Golden Light in the pond only flashed briefly, it still caught Little Fatty's attention. His footsteps stopped involuntarily, and he leaned over the railing to look at the pond, seeing the bundle of talismans underwater.
Since obtaining Zhang Chen's Invisibility Talisman, Zou Wenlong became very interested in talismans. Seeing a pile of golden talismans in the pond, he was instantly interested: "Whose talisman fell here? Could it be from one of the senior brothers?"
All those who could visit the back courtyard were disciples who had received the Ancestral Master's true teachings. Most of them had achieved cultivation success, each capable of overturning the sea. Could anything that fell from them be simple objects?
Zou Wenlong jumped directly into the pond, grabbing the talismans and swimming to the edge. Holding the bundle of talismans, he couldn't help but be overjoyed: "These are not ordinary talismans; they are the legendary Golden Talismans. My luck has arrived; I've struck it big this time!"
Zou Wenlong didn't bother examining closely. He directly stuffed the talismans into his bosom, looked around seeing no one noticed him, shook the water off himself, wiped his face, and hurried to the front courtyard.
Shortly after Little Fatty left, Zhang Chen came to the bridge with a slight smile, watched the talismans disappear into the pond, and turned away with elegance. He knew it was done. As long as Little Fatty studies the talisman and injects magical power into it, the talisman's power will be activated, and the Nine Bends Yellow River Talisman Array will directly unfold.
"I just wonder if the Innate Mosquito will emerge from the Yellow Springs and rush into the second realm of the Spiritual World to battle the Ancestral Master of Longevity." Zhang Chen felt a vague sense of anticipation.
After acquiring the talisman, Zou Wenlong, feeling guilty, hid it along the way. Arriving at the place where the Ancestral Master gave lectures, all the disciples saw the dripping wet Zou Wenlong and teased him, but Zou Wenlong handled them all with a laugh.
With the sound of bells and chimes, the Ancestral Master arrived on stage. His eyes swept over the disciples below, and upon seeing Zou Wenlong wet from head to toe, he frowned and reprimanded: "The place of lectures is solemn and sacred. How can you be so slovenly?"
With a shout of reprimand: "You're punished to not listen to the lectures for a month."
Then someone was sent to drive Zou Wenlong out.
Zou Wenlong wasn't panicked and didn't return to his room. After stepping outside the gate, he caressed the talisman in his bosom, displaying a strange smile: "I was just looking for a place to study the talisman's effects."
The back courtyard was off-limits; if the talisman was activated there, it would draw the attention of the senior brothers, causing trouble, and if the owner took it back, wouldn't he be dumbfounded?
So he seized the time when all the brothers and disciples were listening to lectures in the morning, came to an empty pavilion, took out the bundle of talismans from his bosom, and muttered to himself: "I wonder what effect this talisman has? The Invisibility Talisman gave me a big surprise, serving as a trump card. I just hope this talisman also brings a surprise."
Then Zou Wenlong drew out a talisman, infused it with magical power to activate it, and the 365 talismans in his hand simultaneously emitted Golden Light, rotating and aligning according to a certain rule. The next moment, a 1,200-meter space was covered, engulfing half the Daoist Temple, and then an earth-shattering aura soared to the sky as the Nine Bends Yellow River Talisman Array displayed divine power in the Ancient World once again.
In the back courtyard of the Daoist Temple, seeing the phenomenon created by the Nine Bends Yellow River Talisman Array, Zhang Chen's lips curved into a smile: "It's done!"
With the Nine Bends Yellow River Talisman Array set up, the Ancestral Master of Longevity was bound to be interested. On his own turf, an astonishing grand array suddenly appeared; anyone would want to figure out why.
Moreover, the Nine Bends Yellow River Talisman Array's might was so overwhelming that not even the Ancestral Master of Longevity could resist its allure.
"Quickly, move forward," said the Great Freedom Celestial Demon.
Upon hearing this, Zhang Chen quickly stepped up to the Heaven and Earth Hall, stretched out his hand and gently pushed open the grand doors, and swiftly slipped inside.
Outside
With the Nine Bends Yellow River Talisman Array set up, the shocking momentum immediately alarmed the Ancestral Master of Longevity and all the disciples listening to the lecture. The Ancestral Master's figure transformed into a haze, appearing outside the Nine Bends Yellow River Talisman Array in an instant.
At this moment, the Nine Bends Yellow River Talisman Array was not yet fully completed. Little Fatty stood amidst the talismans, looking horrified, feeling a murderous intent rushing towards him, being bound by the power of the Nine Bends Yellow River Talisman Array.
Even though the Nine Bends Yellow River Talisman Array was not yet complete, the Power of Heaven and Earth had already begun to gather, suppressing Little Fatty.
"Ancestor, save me! Ancestor, save me!" Little Fatty Zou Wenlong cried out in fright.
The Ancestral Master of Longevity looked at the yet-formed grand array and summoned a ten-zhang giant hand to smash the talismans and stop the formation, but it was too late. Before he could act, the Nine Bends Yellow River Talisman Array had already formed.
The giant hand summoned by the Ancestral Master of Longevity was directly dissipated by the Nine Bends Yellow River Talisman Array without even stirring a breeze.
"Impossible! How could it be!" The Ancestral Master of Longevity saw his attack failed to work, and as it fell into the array and vanished like a mud ox into a whirlpool, he was rendered pale, losing his usual composure.
He is one of the top powerhouses in this world. What grand array could withstand his strike before being fully formed?
Impossible!
Absolutely impossible!
The most crucial point was that as the array before him began to operate, it connected and resonated with the Earth Dragon Vein amidst it. Though the array was only about a thousand meters, the dangerous aura it emitted was astonishing and alarming.
However, the Little Fatty caught in the array was not an ordinary individual and had a significant relationship with him, allowing no harm to come to him.
The Ancestral Master of Longevity observed the array: Yin Wind howled, dark mist shrouding the sun and moon. It fluttered and swayed, dim and obscure. The ominous air soared into the sky, darkness covered the land. Soul-consuming and spirit-extinguishing, even after a thousand years of cultivation, it turned to naught; spirit-sapping and will-dropping, despite escaping countless tribulations.
Such a sinister and ferocious array, he had never seen before.
"Ancestral Master, what happened?"
"Ancestor, where did this array come from?"
"This array's sinister aura is very eerie."
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At this moment, all the disciples followed, looking at the formed array, their hearts pounding, cold sweat dripping.