Chapter 484 - 436: Immortal Temple

Chapter 484: Chapter 436: Immortal Temple

Vaguely visible, it seemed that there was another house behind the altar.

"No time to lose, shall we start now?" Ye Xiao turned his head, and Master Cangfeng also cast an inquisitive look.

Lu Qian nodded, walked to the front of the Grand Array, closed his eyes, and a faint halo slightly brightened between his eyebrows.

Let me see what mysteries the ancient array holds.

The Niwan Palace lightly trembled, and a wave-like divine sense surged forth, sweeping through the Grand Array.

Ye Xiao’s originally calm gaze suddenly turned surprised, and she exclaimed, "Consciousness Collection?"

Seeing Master Cangfeng nod, Ye Xiao recalled the various rumors about the Yunshan Sect, her beautiful eyes glancing around, and sighed, "When will my barren Tieyuan County have such heroes to be my support?"

Master Cangfeng laughed, "Fairy Ye, you’re too kind. Tieyuan might have been overlooked in the past, but ever since you swept through the three sects and established your sect here, Tieyuan County has naturally changed tremendously. Our two families have maintained good relations, and if there’s anything you need help with, not only Lu Qian, but all sects under me would be glad to assist."

Ye Xiao understood his meaning, brushed her hair with her hand, stretched her tall figure, and gave a lazy stretch, revealing an undeniably charming silhouette: "We’ll talk after breaking the array."

Lu Qian’s divine sense slowly resonated within the array, sensing the complex nodes and intertwining array patterns.

He quickly realized that the array before him seemed somewhat familiar.

The Twelve Heavenly Sumeru Grand Array?

No, it should be called the Twelve Celestial Ancient Array.

Among the Profound Monarch’s Collection, there are many essential points on arrays, and the Twelve Heavenly Sumeru Grand Array is among them. Although Lu Qian specializes in the Five Elements Grand Array, he has also skimmed these array books and studied some of their key points.

However, the Profound Monarch’s Collection consists of "new arrays" that were simplified after the invention of the Array Map, which are significantly different from the ancient arrays before the Array Map was invented ten thousand years ago.

Yet the principle of array operation lies in the combination and variation of the array base, mighty power, and spiritual qi, a rule based on the Heaven and Earth Dao that remains unchanged.

Just like the Five Elements Mutual Generation and Conquest, as long as the world doesn’t perish, they’re the same ten thousand years ago as they are ten thousand years later.

What has changed is the method of array formation and the way variations are combined. Overall, through generation after generation of simplification and optimization, today’s "new arrays" are far more concise and swift compared to the "ancient arrays."

To put it in a somewhat inappropriate mathematical example, if ancient arrays are "10+20+30+40=100," then new arrays have become "10×10=100."

So now, by following these consistent and unchanged parts, and through the various precise insights from the Profound Monarch’s Collection, Lu Qian can determine that this ancient array before him is indeed the ancestor of the Twelve Heavenly Sumeru Grand Array, the Twelve Celestial Ancient Array.

Identifying the array’s foundation and details, Lu Qian grew more confident and began to carefully sense the state of the ancient array.

The Array Map was invented ten thousand years ago, so this ancient array, without an Array Map, must have been running for over ten thousand years. Without Array Map assistance, many flaws and scattered areas have appeared over the long span of time.

Meanwhile, the spirit vein supporting the array’s operation exuded an aura of decay.

Sensed it, Third-Level Low-Tier.

In fact, compared to whatever treasures might be hidden within the ancient array, this newly discovered spirit vein is the most precious thing for Tieyuan County. Even if the ancient array contains nothing, merely obtaining this Third-Level Low-Tier spirit vein would be a divine blessing.

Spirit veins are not immutable; they always change with the passing of time, either advancing or declining, generally declining more than advancing. This spirit vein’s initial level is unknown, having undergone countless ages to now be Third-Level Low-Tier.

In any case, with the current spiritual energy level, the strength of this Grand Array is again restricted.

After carefully sensing for half an hour, Lu Qian roughly understood the situation.

The ancient array before him was like a chaotic, twisted ball of thread. But by comparing it to the crucial nodes in the Twelve Heavenly Sumeru Grand Array, he could still find several acupoints hidden under the complex combinations.

With these acupoints and the array’s naturally scattered nodes, it was like finding a few thread ends in a mass of tangled threads. By following these thread ends to unravel, he could clarify part of the threads, i.e., the array’s vein.

Once the veins are explored, the "Mirror Lake" array-breaking method from the Wave Array Secret Manual can be adopted, infusing counteractive, ever-changing Five Elements Spiritual Qi to cut the remaining "threads" segment by segment.

In doing so, this chaotic and tangled thread ball will be dismantled, and the ancient array will naturally stop operating.

Lu Qian took a deep breath, slowly gathering his largely consumed divine sense, feeling a bit dizzy as his Sea of Consciousness was left empty.

"How is it? Can it be broken?" asked Master Cangfeng.

Lu Qian nodded, "Very likely." ℯ

Ye Xiao showed an appreciative look, while the strong man behind her snorted discontentedly.

Lu Qian paid him no mind, sitting down cross-legged, taking out a bottle of Immortal Spirit Replenishing God Pill, and said, "However, breaking it is no overnight task. The mountain here is unstable, so I have to take it slow. It will probably take about twenty days."

Before Master Cangfeng could speak, Ye Xiao clapped her hands, "Good, I thought it would take much longer. Just twenty days? Break the array, and I will make all necessary arrangements."