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Chapter 377, The Vermilion Bird Army Disappears

The ruins of the Zhen Sheng Sect are located in a remote and sparsely populated area in the northwest of the capital. This area is full of strange rocks, winding and turning, and shrouded in mist all year round.

Without the guidance of disciples from the Array Saint Sect, outsiders would quickly get lost once they entered the Stone Forest.

Yan Zhenzhen led Hua Changxi to the outside of the stone forest, but did not invite her in: "The Array Saint Sect is not in a good position to receive guests at this stage. Please wait here for me while I go and ask the elders for instructions."

Hua Changxi nodded, watching Yan Zhenzhen quickly walk into the stone forest, her figure soon swallowed up by the pervasive mist.

While waiting, Hua Changxi wandered around the perimeter of the stone forest.

At first glance, the stone forest doesn't seem very big, but she knows that's just an appearance. Looking into the depths of the stone forest, you get the illusion of looking into a deep tunnel, as if you can't come out once you go in.

Hua Changxi's curiosity was reignited, and she couldn't help but release her divine sense, carefully extending it deep into the stone forest.

However, the moment her divine sense came into contact with the mist, her expression changed drastically, and she quickly withdrew it.

The mist in the stone forest will devour your soul power!
Hua Changxi's expression turned serious. No wonder that among the four holy lands of alchemy, talisman, weapon, and array, the Array Saint Sect is the most stable.

Compared to the Dan Sheng Palace, which was like a leaky sieve, the Qi Sheng Palace had its protective mountain array blown open, and the Fu Sheng Pavilion was also subject to strong intervention from the royal family due to the Xiangguo Temple. Only the Zhen Sheng Sect was not forcibly infiltrated by external forces.

Just venturing deep into the Stone Forest would probably cause 90% of the people to rot outside.

After waiting for about fifteen minutes, Yan Zhenzhen and a cultivator with white hair and a youthful face, dressed in a white robe, emerged from the stone forest.

"Changxi, this is the Second Elder of the Array Saint Sect."

Hua Changxi clasped his hands in greeting: "Hua Changxi greets the Second Elder."

The Second Elder of the Array Saint Sect smiled at Hua Changxi: "Young friend Hua, I have long heard of you. Meeting you today, I can see that you are indeed a young hero."

Hua Changxi chuckled, "Second Elder, you flatter me." Not wanting to exchange pleasantries, she directly took out the Karmic Fire Lotus fragment, "Second Elder, this is a Karmic Fragment."

Upon hearing this, the Second Elder immediately suppressed his smile, quickly took the storage bag handed over by Hua Changxi, scanned the storage bag with his divine sense, and saw that there were more and more karmic fragments inside, his eyes trembled.

The Second Elder looked at Hua Changxi again, his gaze even more fervent than before: "Young friend Hua, you have quite the luck, managing to produce so many karmic fragments at once."

Hua Changxi vaguely replied, "It was just a coincidence."

The second elder chuckled and did not refute.

If Hua Changxi could take out so many karmic fragments to exchange for the teleportation array at once, then she must have kept even more.

The Second Elder also took out a storage bag and a formation diagram: "The formation base, formation stones, and formation pillars needed to set up the Otherworld Formation are all in the storage bag. You can set them up in order according to the formation diagram."

There was a pause.

"Setting up a sixth-grade teleportation array is a delicate task, requiring the simultaneous release of spiritual power and divine sense. Would you like me to help you set it up?"

The Second Elder had intended to probe Hua Changxi's cultivation level, but unfortunately, he was unsuccessful.

Whether this girl had cultivated a technique to conceal her inner energy or was wearing some kind of treasure, even he, a cultivator at the Spirit Platform level, could not detect her cultivation level.

Hua Changxi carefully examined the array diagram. She had already set up several teleportation arrays herself, and after looking at the diagram, she could roughly determine whether she was capable of setting up an array.

"Thank you, Second Elder. I won't trouble you for now. I'll try to set it up myself first. If I really can't manage it, I'll come back to bother you again."

After speaking, she raised some questions about the formation diagram that she didn't understand. The Second Elder, seeing that Hua Changxi had refused him, gave her a deep look and then carefully explained each question to her.

Having confirmed that she understood all the steps involved in arranging the formation on the diagram, Hua Changxi smiled and thanked the Second Elder, saying, "I have other matters to attend to, so I won't stay any longer."

The Second Elder smiled and said, "Young friend Hua, if you need any array plates or array flags in the future, please feel free to contact Zhenzhen."

Hua Changxi smiled and agreed, "I will." After that, she said goodbye to Yan Zhenzhen with her eyes and rode away on a cloud.

Once Hua Changxi was out of sight, Yan Zhenzhen turned to the Second Elder and asked, "Second Elder, is this karmic fragment very valuable?"

The Second Elder nodded: "In ancient times, when major sects recruited apprentices, they would first test the character and temperament of the students."

"You've been to the Weapon Saint Palace, so you should remember the Heart-Questioning Ladder behind the palace gate, which has ten thousand steps."

Yan Zhenzhen nodded.

As the Second Elder walked into the stone forest, he continued, "One of the main materials for building the Ladder of Inquiry is fragments of karma."

“Fragments of karma can induce karmic illusions in people. Through these karmic illusions, one can observe a person’s inner world and roughly judge that person’s character and conduct.”

"Many sects cannot obtain karmic fragments, so they can only set up illusions as a substitute, but the effect will be greatly reduced."

"In addition, when setting up an offensive formation, if karmic fragments can be added to draw out people's karmic obstacles, the offensiveness of the formation can be greatly enhanced."

At this point, the Second Elder looked at Yan Zhenzhen and said, "This Hua Changxi has a very profound destiny. You two must not break off your relationship."

Yan Zhenzhen was somewhat displeased upon hearing this: "Second Elder, Changxi and I are friends. But the way you put it makes it sound like I only associate with her because of her extraordinary fortune."

The Second Elder laughed heartily: "I was wrong."

On the other side, Hua Changxi obtained the teleportation array and went directly to the Artifact Saint Palace. She handed the Karmic Fire Lotus fragment to Tong Yao and then returned to the Lingguang Hall.

"Where should we place the teleportation array?"

Hua Changxi scanned the Lingguang Hall and finally chose the empty square opposite the Discipline Hall as the teleportation point.

Taking out a set of materials for a teleportation array, Hua Changxi began setting up the array according to the steps on the array diagram.

Setting up a sixth-grade teleportation array is not easy. In addition, Hua Changxi lacked experience in setting up arrays, and it took her more than ten days to set up the teleportation array on the Lingguang Palace side.

After that, she went straight to the Nine Heavens Fire Spring to set up the teleportation array on the other side.

Several more days passed before she finally finished setting up the teleportation array.

Hua Changxi stepped into the teleportation array at the entrance of the Nine Heavens Fire Spring, and in a flash, she arrived at the square opposite the Discipline Hall.

Although it took more than half a month to set up the 'Lingguang Palace - Nine Heavens Fire Spring' teleportation array, Hua Changxi was still very happy. Just as she was preparing to set up the 'Lingguang Palace - Karma Fire Platform' teleportation array, Yi Nian Tong vibrated.

Xie Hanzhang from the Mission Hall: "Palace Master, recently some Vermilion Bird soldiers have gone missing. So far, several dozen Vermilion Bird soldiers have gone missing."

Yang Zhaoye from the Discipline Hall: "The centurions have all been mobilized. In the past few days, they have searched all the places in Nanxiang County, but they have not found the missing Vermilion Bird Army. They have neither seen them alive nor dead."

(End of this chapter)