Two days later.
A stream of light flashed inside the Transmission Room, and Ning Zhuo and Sun Lingtong appeared in the Transmission Array.
"Little Zhuo, come, follow me." Sun Lingtong stepped forward, leading the way.
He directly opened the door.
Ning Zhuo followed him, entering the Array Core Room together.
Sun Lingtong walked straight towards the array plate, as large as a millstone, and extended his soft little hand, placing it on the array plate, directly channeling mana.
The array plate emitted a buzzing sound, glowing slightly, under Sun Lingtong’s control.
Sun Lingtong marveled, "Luoshu is truly a divine artifact. If it weren’t for using its insight, even with a hundred days, I wouldn’t be able to solve this."
Only spending two days, Sun Lingtong had already broken the Cave Mansion array of Shuyu Pavilion.
Ning Zhuo sincerely praised, "When it comes to breaking arrays, we have to rely on you, boss."
Sun Lingtong chuckled proudly, "Little Zhuo, you have talent. In time, I will teach you properly; you can be as outstanding as I am. Of course, you might even become more formidable than me!"
Ning Zhuo, however, shook his head, "Boss, your sensitivity to space is exceptional and you always point towards the correct answer. This talent is very beneficial for array formation. I don’t possess it."
"However, once I join the Myriad Images Sect, I will diligently peruse the sect’s texts, study well and enrich myself!"
Ning Zhuo is studious.
He once read through all the texts in the Ning Family’s Book Collection Pavilion.
Only to seize the Lava Fairy Palace and due to travels outside, he no longer had the time to read.
He is still very young, only in his teens, with many aspects to grow in.
Time is really scarce!
Sun Lingtong beckoned, "Come, also refine the array plate once, leaving behind mana aura first."
Ning Zhuo did as instructed, allowing him to freely move within Shuyu Pavilion.
The duo of Sun Ning explored Shuyu Pavilion together.
Despite Ning Zhuo experiencing it completely through Life Hanging Thread, as if personally descending, adventuring with Sun Lingtong in Shuyu Pavilion, being physically present now gave him an entirely different feeling, fluctuating emotions.
Sun Lingtong had already figured out the layout of Shuyu Pavilion.
Shuyu Pavilion is an intact palace, but after the modifications by Meng Yaoyin, the real layout transformed dramatically.
The center is the Array Core Room, latterly adding a small transmission room inside, whose Transmission Array connects to the mountain’s Transmission Stone Chamber within Vinebrace Cliff. It is a secret passage in and out.
The Array Core Room has six doors, respectively leading to the Paper Puppet Room, Fish Dance Pavilion, Storage Room, Shuyu Court, Divination Room, Living Room.
Connecting the Array Core Room and the six rooms is a corridor, known as the Six-Curve Corridor, formed using the advanced technique of Array Space Formation Realm.
Walking in the shimmering corridor, Ning Zhuo couldn’t help but think about his mother living here.
"The vivid fish shadows of Jade Lake flowing on Mother’s elegant robe, yet she had no time to admire. Her footsteps did not pause, heading straight to a certain room."
Ning Zhuo arrived at Fish Dance Pavilion, pausing by the spring water, thoughtfully gazing, casting some spirit food into the water.
The Red-Scaled Goldfish lived here, able to absorb spiritual energy, feeding on aquatic grass. Seeing spirit food thrown, they scrambled, seemingly wanting a change in flavor.
For a while, the fish swarmed actively, splashing at the water’s surface.
Ning Zhuo couldn’t help but wonder, "Would Mother occasionally, when feeling bored, feed the fish by the spring water to relieve her boredom?"
The goldfish consumed the spirit food only to spit it back out.
Some were choking, some directly flipped their bellies upwards.
"Uh..." Ning Zhuo was stunned to find he fed the fish with some weird cuisine.
He hurriedly cast a spell to rescue them.
The goldfish revived, one by one diving into the pool bottom, avoiding Ning Zhuo.
Ning Zhuo entered the Paper Puppet Room.
He sat at the table, gently caressing the tabletop, "Mother must have often sat like this before, focused on crafting various paper puppets."
He raised his head, casting his gaze around the walls, seeing shadow puppets of the twelve zodiac animals, "Were all these made by Mother?"
Ning Zhuo went to Shuyu Court.
Looking at the jade pit, his mind imagined Meng Yaoyin sitting alone on the edge of the pit, using finger techniques to collect jade stones.
Ning Zhuo then came to the Living Room.
The scene appeared before him: Meng Yaoyin returning here tired, lying alone on the giant shell couch, falling asleep with furrowed brows.
Dream Travel Pearls quietly floated around her, emitting calming glows, yet couldn’t disperse the weariness and hidden worries between her brows.
Even in sleep, Meng Yaoyin was honing herself.
Finally, Ning Zhuo arrived at the Divination Room.
Standing before the water vortex, watching it change constantly, sweeping his gaze over the face-transformed, largely destroyed room, seemingly seeing Meng Yaoyin facing Luoshu pages, struggling to divine.
The brilliance of spells illuminated her figure, particularly small and lonely, like an ant exploring the heavens, seeking answers to her own destiny.
Sun Lingtong sighed at the water vortex, "This puzzle is too difficult, always changing."
"The corridors’ arrays use external cloud patterns as references, changing freely. But this water vortex uses Luoshu pages for calculations."
"To quickly obtain Luoshu, we have to violently destroy the water vortex. This array is just very complex, the actual size is not enough, as long as we’re fully prepared, we can still directly destroy it."
"But doing so would cause great disturbance, threatening the very existence of Shuyu Pavilion."
Sun Lingtong sighed deeply.
His nature couldn’t bear seeing treasures within reach, but having to stand by helplessly to merely watch. It made him itch at heart!