Chapter 445 - 310: Grand Array Traps a Sword Venerable

Chapter 445: Chapter 310: Grand Array Traps a Sword Venerable

Zhe Wanqian snorted disdainfully, then looked at Zhe Shixun and said, "Come with me!"

"..."

Zhe Wanqian was a Tier Two Sword Venerable, his cultivation unfathomably deep! Everyone’s vision blurred, and he was gone. Vanishing along with him was Zhe Shixun, the City Lord of Seven-colored City from a branch of the Zhe Family.

Inside the meeting hall, many of the Sword Emperor powerhouses couldn’t help but wipe the cold sweat from their foreheads. They rose to their feet in unison and bowed to Zhe Shiwei. "Thank you, Patriarch!"

Of course, there were also a dozen or so Sword Emperor powerhouses who hadn’t clamored to leave with the ancestor, Zhe Wanqian. They had only remained out of respect for the Patriarch, Zhe Shiwei; otherwise, they would have stormed off long ago.

Zhe Shiwei sighed inwardly, suddenly recalling the reason for the ancestor’s strange behavior. ’Zhe Wanqian hasn’t had the slightest breakthrough in over a hundred years! Could it be... he’s planning to use this opportunity of entering the Mortal World to find a way to break through?’

Zhe Shiwei shook his head. For some reason, he had a bad feeling, though he didn’t know where it came from. ’I just feel that behind that youth from the Mortal World’s arrogance, there must be a huge trap waiting for the Zhe Family! But then again, in the face of absolute power, all schemes and plots are as fragile as paper.’

So, Zhe Shiwei comforted himself. ’He’s just a human brat from the Mortal World. With the ancestor making a move personally, how could anything possibly go wrong? Am I really getting more timid with age, just like the ancestor said?’

「One day later.」

The Zhe Family was short another eight Sword Emperor Realm powerhouses. Among those eight, aside from the other Sword Venerable powerhouse who was in seclusion, were all the members who had participated in the massacre of the Ye and Su Families!

And so, a super-powerful force from the Zhe Family, consisting of one Sword Venerable powerhouse and nine Sword Emperor powerhouses, successively departed from the Zhe Family estate, heading for that southern city in the Lanyue Empire.

...

Ling Xiao, at this moment, was putting the finishing touches on the Four Symbols Array!

Ever since he had placed the corpse of the Zhe Family’s Tier Four Sword Emperor in a clay pot and displayed it on the city walls, he had anticipated the retaliation he would face. Ling Xiao had even made preparations for the arrival of a Sword Venerable Realm powerhouse!

The Four Symbols Grand Array was divided into four gates—Life, Death, Ming, and Extinction. The Life Gate was to the southeast, the Death Gate to the northwest, the Ming Gate to the northeast, and the Extinction Gate to the southwest.

The Life Gate is the easiest to enter, but once inside, you are immediately trapped. The Death Gate is difficult to enter, and once inside, you face almost certain death. The Ming Gate is the most treacherous of all; it appears completely empty, but upon entering, you are immediately caught in a bewitching illusion where everything you see is a phantom! Yet, these phantoms are just like real objects. A flying sword in the air will become real and injure you if you don’t block it, but if you try to block it, it will vanish into thin air. With the real and the illusory so intermingled, the Ming Gate is exceptionally dangerous!

The Extinction Gate, however, is the key to breaking the array. But in this world, aside from Ling Xiao, no one else understands arrays. This was a Four Symbols Grand Array, which was famous even in the Cultivation Realm!

It was renowned for its powerful offense and sturdy defense! In truth, the array Ling Xiao most wanted to set up was the Duality Dust Array! It was hailed as the number one killing array of the Shushan Sword Sect! But it was not something Ling Xiao could create with his current level of strength.

Back then, even in the Cultivation Realm, setting up such a grand array required the combined efforts of at least a dozen Tribulation Crossers. Here on the Canglan Continent, it was uncertain when Ling Xiao himself would even be able to cultivate to the Tribulation Crossing Stage, let alone anyone else!

Even if Ling Xiao were to establish his own sect and allow the Shushan Sword Sect to branch out and flourish on the Canglan Continent, it would still take tens of thousands of years to produce a large number of powerhouses, regardless of how abundant the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi was.

’Besides, while there are no Cultivators in this world, there are still plenty of Martial Artists who could threaten me. Therefore, I can only hope that future generations will be the ones to complete that great array. One day, when I’ve settled all the troubles of this world, I’ll choose a mountain range with the most abundant Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi and establish it as my sect’s foundation!’

’Ultimately, living among ordinary people in the Mortal World is no long-term solution!’

As Ling Xiao patched up the minor flaws in the array, he couldn’t help but think about the worst-case scenario. It was always better to be safe than sorry. Although no one in this world understood arrays, there was an old saying: a flurry of random punches can kill a master. If the trapped High-tier Martial Artists went berserk and charged about randomly, they might just stumble upon and destroy the array’s core. If that happened, the entire Ling Mansion would be like a helpless woman stripped of her clothes, completely at the mercy of others!

Ling Xiao’s new residence covered a massive area and was filled with countless underground traps and secret passages. All of the mechanisms were personally designed by Ling Xiao, after which Uncle Fu found skilled artisans to construct the parts in separate batches before they were finally assembled on site.

The installation was handled by yet another group of people, so even those who had worked on the components had no idea what they were actually building. The Mechanical Skill Ling Xiao knew was considered a minor art in the Cultivation Realm, and while it wasn’t necessarily superior to the exquisite mechanisms of the Canglan Continent’s Ancient Era, it wasn’t far behind either!

With the ancient art of mechanics almost completely lost, Ling Xiao’s ability to design such intricate mechanisms had already left Uncle Fu breathless with admiration.

By now, everyone from his parents to Uncle Fu found Ling Xiao increasingly unfathomable. They simply couldn’t comprehend when he had possibly learned all of his various skills or how his strength had increased at such a rapid pace.

Moreover, many of these skills weren’t things one could learn in a day or two. Ling Tianxiao had felt this even more strongly since arriving in the south, and he often complained to his wife that their son was all grown up and had his own secrets now.

Lady Ling would only smile gently each time and never offered an opinion. Ever since she took the Anti-Aging Pill, she had been completely won over by her son. Women are more emotional by nature; faced with her son’s excellence, her primary feeling wasn’t suspicion, but pride!