Chapter 931: Chapter 329: Scholar Meets Soldiers
The surrounding black clouds spread, while Ning Zhuo continued to explore within them.
He had already flown far from the first strategic marking point, spiraling outwards with careful attention to both the upper and lower trajectories, moving swiftly through the black clouds.
His Divine Sense extended in all directions, while also keenly sensing the changes in the snow light within the pouch.
A moment later.
The Literary Energy in the pouch gently trembled, like a heart lightly beating. At the same time, the halo cast by the snow light changed its shape ever so slightly.
Ning Zhuo’s heartstrings were plucked, and he immediately changed direction.
With the experience of his first success, his movements were swifter and more powerful.
Moreover, the Literary Energy and snow light seemed to be pulled by an invisible hand, their transformations growing more pronounced, eventually forming an incredibly distinct conical shape once more.
The tip of the cone pointed in a certain direction.
Ning Zhuo pursued its path.
“Mark! The second hub!” Ning Zhuo felt a surge of excitement as he held a Jade Slip in his hand, silently outlining the position within it.
Up to this point, he had already discovered the correct Magic Technique.
“But how many of these hubs are there?”
Ning Zhuo forcibly suppressed his worries, left the second Great Array hub, and continued to fly swiftly.
He was like a cartographer groping through a dark labyrinth, confined by his understanding of Formation, using a relatively clumsy method of locating and marking the hubs one by one.
This way, he was considerably delayed in time.
“Can Luo Si hold out?! Right now, I need you to help me buy some time…”
If Luo Si were to quickly be defeated or surrender, Ning Zhuo’s efforts would be in vain, losing his last chance of escape.
This was a test of Luo Si and Ning Zhuo’s mutual trust!
Wangchuan Immortal City.
An old man and a young boy arrived at the core of the City Lord’s Mansion, seeing the peculiar giant stone.
What they didn’t know was that the Lord of Wanchuan had set up a ceiling-to-earth Great Array. The Array Heart of the Heavenly Phase Array was the altar for hosting the Heavenly Ghost Transformation Sacrifice Ceremony. And the Array Heart of the Earth Phase Array was this treasure—the Earth-Lung Miasma Barrier!
Zeng Jide wanted to avenge himself against the Lord of Wanchuan, to regain face and soothe the feeling of humiliation, but at the critical moment, he fell into hesitation.
Sun Lingtong, however, was not like this.
He gazed intently at the colossal stone, his mind repeatedly triggered, increasingly feeling an impulsive urge to steal.
He was all too familiar with this impulse!
Ever since he was very young, he would have such impulses, impossible to suppress; the more he suppressed, the itchier his heart became. Only by following this urge and committing theft could it be appeased, calmed for a while.
Simply put, his stealing addiction acted up.
His eyes shone brighter, suddenly employing the Stealing Technique to target the giant stone.
“Don’t be reckless!” Zeng Jide was startled, hastily reaching out to stop him, but it was already too late.
Sun Lingtong’s Stealing Technique landed on the stone, and his expression immediately changed drastically, feeling as though he had tugged on a stone bull while he himself was as fragile as a baby.
The stone reacted, giving a slight shake. Soon after, the spiral cavity of the stone began to contract as if it were alive, unleashing a terrifying suction force, threatening to pull Sun Lingtong in and bury him!
Zeng Jide had no choice but to intervene.
His intervention was no small matter, immediately turning the situation around.
The same Stealing Technique was reinforced on Sun Lingtong, doubling his strength, allowing him to suppress the stone.
Whizz.
With a soft sound, a stone core was stolen by Sun Lingtong, flying out smoothly through the hole on the stone’s surface.
This stone core was the size of an adult’s head, elliptical in shape, pulsing slightly like a living organ.
The stone core fell into Sun Lingtong’s hands, his eyes widened with curiosity: “What is this?”
Zeng Jide didn’t respond, instead acting immediately with a serious expression.
He clasped his fingers into a Finger Technique, his movements like dancing butterflies, dazzling to the eyes.
Soon, he executed a Sealing Technique, causing the stone core to fall dormant, completely severing its connection to the main stone.
Zeng Jide’s forehead dripped with cold sweat as he glared at Sun Lingtong: “You reckless boy, do you know you nearly faced death three times?”
Sun Lingtong chuckled, cradling the stone core in his hands, offering it to Zeng Jide: “Senior, don’t I have you by my side? With you covering for me, I’d dare to even steal the Lord of Wanchuan’s underwear!”
Zeng Jide’s mouth twitched, a slight smile inadvertently forming.
Sigh, who could blame him, wandering too long in the Netherworld with some degree of loneliness, and now encountering this junior whom he greatly admired.
Sun Lingtong’s flattering words truly hit home for Zeng Jide, making him feel: Ah! This return to the City Lord’s Mansion was indeed the right choice.
Zeng Jide suppressed the smile at the corner of his mouth, continuing to glare: “You didn’t even know what this is. Did not even investigate the Formation here properly, yet still dared to act?! By acting so recklessly, you’re practically courting death!”
“After all, I can’t always be by your side to clean up your mess, stupid boy.”
Sun Lingtong retorted: “How could I not recognize this Formation? Clearly, this Formation is incompatible with the surrounding Defensive Magic Array, so it must have other uses.”
“The Lord of Wanchuan blundered. Precisely because it is out of place, he left this area vacant, making it far weaker in defense than any other place. I determined, this is the best spot to act!”
“And that he values it so highly, willing to sacrifice defense just to arrange it this way, indicates this treasure is invaluable!”
Zeng Jide, slightly irritated, gave a gentle tap on Sun Lingtong’s head: “Did you think I hadn’t considered all this?”