CHAPTER 554: 551. BROKEN FORMATION? (3/4)

Yun Liao stood aside, smiling smugly.

He thought to himself: Back then, everyone thought my Divine Wood Dice was terrible, but now why is everyone so envious?

This feeling is truly satisfying!

Wen Ping responded, "Just a few more days, in a few days there will be new things emerging, maybe one, maybe several."

"A new world?"

"Similar to Immortal Slayer?"

...

For a moment, everyone started asking eagerly.

Wen Ping said, "I won’t tell you now, you’ll find out when the time comes."

Amidst everyone’s relentless questioning and disappointed sighs, Wen Ping continued eating on his own. He wanted to say something, but he himself didn’t know what series might emerge, or there might even be a movie. In short, everything was yet to be confirmed. However, regarding things used for entertainment, Wen Ping didn’t mind; whatever came out didn’t matter.

In these times of entertainment scarcity, even a game of Tetris would be treasured by them!

Wen Ping stopped talking, and Bainian Xiang got excited, "What is a Magical Artifact? What is it?"

Seeing her eager eyes, Zhao Yi originally wanted to answer honestly, but was pulled back by Yang Lele, who then showed a mysterious smile and mimicked Wen Ping’s tone, "I won’t tell you now, you’ll find out when the time comes. I can only tell you this much, a Magical Artifact is more powerful than any weapon you’ve obtained at home... Currently, the entire Sect only has four pieces!"

"Four pieces!"

Upon hearing this, Bainian Xiang’s curiosity grew even stronger.

Just as Bainian Xiang was about to ask more, Wen Ping’s voice came through, "Bainian Xiang, stay after the meal and take your master’s medicine down the mountain."

"Yes, Sect Leader."

Bainian Xiang nodded and then glared at Yang Lele.

She decided that in her list of "enemies," Yang Lele must be included. Once she mastered the Sword Control Skill, everyone on the list—she was going to defeat them all.

At this moment, Wen Ping’s hand, which was picking up food, suddenly paused.

A voice from the system rang in his ear, "Someone has broken into the Maze Array! Three people in total, two of them at Mountain Suppression Realm..."

"So early, looking for trouble?"

Wen Ping stood up, put down his bowl and chopsticks, and headed towards the stairs. Seeing Wen Ping suddenly stand up, everyone recalled what he had just blurted out, and after he went downstairs, they also stood up and leaned towards the window.

Looking down from the window on the second floor, they saw Wen Ping leaving the kitchen and heading straight towards the Main Hall.

"The Sect Leader left without finishing his meal, something big must be happening!"

Someone in the crowd said, and then most of the people on the second floor went downstairs to follow him.

Meanwhile, on the Thousand Layers, Luan Yue and her companions were slowly making their way up the mountain, following Zi Ran, just a few steps apart.

Of course, this was Zi Ran’s specific instruction, telling Luan Yue to closely follow.

After walking a dozen steps without encountering anything unusual, Luan Yue’s vigilance faded. Instead, she thought perhaps Zi Ran was exaggerating, how could the Immortal Sect have such a sophisticated Maze Array? A Maze Array that Zi Ran couldn’t even discern might not even exist in Heaven and Earth Lake, let alone a small Immortal Sect located at East Lake. Besides, if someone could set up such a Maze Array, why would they specifically go to Sea Dragon Mountain to ask Zi Ran to create a Three-Vortex Vortex Map?

Isn’t that unnecessary?

But she was clever enough not to voice all these thoughts openly, only saying, "Master Zi Ran, it seems you’ve overestimated this Immortal Sect, this Maze Array seems to be nothing much."

Zi Ran glanced around, searching for potential Dragon Wall Texts, and said, "That’s not correct. This Maze Array indeed has many aspects that I don’t understand, but since we entered it without a guide and nothing has changed, it might just be a remnant array. Left by past strong ones, the current Immortal Sect likely doesn’t have the ability to activate it."

Hei Shan showed an excited expression and said, "Master Zi Ran, are you interested? Why not find a way to study it, maybe it could advance your level of Dragon Wall Text array crafting."

"If you wish to study this Maze Array, I’m sure the Sect Leader of the Immortal Sect wouldn’t refuse." After all, Zi Ran was a Three-Spin Vortex Divine Artisan, and who at Heaven and Earth Lake wouldn’t want to form a good relationship with her or have her owe them a favor?

Hearing these two’s words, Zi Ran could only smile wryly in her heart.

Are they still in the mood to care about this?

Shouldn’t they be more concerned about Bainian Xiang’s situation right now?

Regarding this matter, she didn’t plan to say anything, not wanting to interfere in how people from the Hidden Dragon Sect conducted themselves, nor make decisions for Bainian Xiang. She would only respect Bainian Xiang, believing a person’s life should be in their own hands. After growing up without freedom, she didn’t want Bainian Xiang to experience the same.

Zi Ran continued, "If it’s a remnant array, the research value isn’t high. Even if fully understood, it wouldn’t be possible to set up a complete Maze Array according to its specifications, so a remnant array is actually not much better tha..."

Her words abruptly stopped, and as Zi Ran casually turned around, a shocking scene quietly unfolded.

What should have been behind her, Luan Yue, Hei Shan, and Hei Yu, were gone!

Looking to the left, no sign of the three. Looking to the right, no trace of them either. Forward and back, the same. The three seemed to have vanished into thin air out of nowhere.

In an instant, a sense of unease surged through her.

She then realized this array wasn’t a remnant, but a complete Maze Array. It could separate everyone instantly without her noticing, which was beyond her expectations. At least, in all her years traversing Heaven and Earth Lake and seeing various factions’ arrays, she’d never encountered such a sophisticated Maze Array.

At the same time, within the Maze Array.

Faced with Zi Ran suddenly vanishing as they walked, Luan Yue and her companions were initially shocked. Looking around with confused expressions.

Luan Yue said, "Where is Master Zi Ran?"

Hei Shan said, "How did she just disappear while walking?"

They had only looked around briefly, how could they lose someone? Besides, it was a single path, they shouldn’t have lost her.

Hei Yu said, "Could it be that Master Zi Ran didn’t want to chat with us about this and went straight up the mountain? With Master Zi Ran’s Realm, this short distance could indeed be covered in a few breaths."

Luan Yue nodded and said, "That’s probably it. They say Vortex Divine Artisans have strange tempers; today I’ve experienced it. She left without a word when she didn’t want to chat anymore."

Luan Yue’s tone carried some helplessness and also some frustration.

But Zi Ran’s status was different from theirs, so even if frustrated, they could only bear it.

Hei Shan said, "Let’s head up the mountain first. Master Zi Ran isn’t familiar with us, so treating us this way is understandable."

With that, Hei Shan immediately quickened his pace.

One step, two stairs at a time.

Straight up the stairway to the summit.

However, though their pace was quick, they didn’t notice the endlessness of the stairs.

If only they turned around, they would see the path behind getting longer and the mountain taller.

At this rate, they might not finish the journey in this lifetime.