Taming Beasts and Cultivating Immortality from Two Realms

Chapter 144 Evil Array
Li's Teahouse.

Zhao Changge joked, "Now that we've eaten and drunk, if you don't ask anything, the teacher might leave."

"What do you want to ask?" Xu Lingling's gaze shifted back and forth between Chen Beiwu and Teacher Zhao.

"What else could it be besides a problem with the formation?" Zhao Changge smiled and looked at Xu Lingling and Xu Ziqing.

It is said that when a woman pursues a man, it is as easy as piercing a thin veil.

To her surprise, Xu Lingling, the apple of Xu Zhenren's eye, was unable to win over Chen Beiwu.

Yes, kids these days value relationships too much.

If she were Xu Lingling, she would have made a move long ago if she met a Daoist partner she liked, cutting the Gordian knot quickly, even if it meant being tied to her bed.

As for relationship issues, those can be cultivated gradually.

Xu Ziqing quietly sipped her tea.

The Dao of Arrays was a completely unfamiliar field for her, so there was absolutely no need for her to say anything.

"Teacher Zhao, I saw a fragmented array formation in an ancient book..." Chen Beiwu introduced while handing Zhao Changge the prototype of the third-order Heavenly Array that he had recorded and summarized.

The latter opened the booklet, glanced at it briefly, and frowned slightly.

Five minutes later, Zhao Changge exhaled a breath of stale air, his gaze fixed on Zhao Changge's eyes: "Where did you get this ancient book of formations from?"

"The Twelve-Hour Secondhand Market in Anyi County, Wuyan Prefecture." Chen Beiwu asked疑惑地, "Is there a problem?"

"You're really lucky, kid. Not only has your cultivation level improved by leaps and bounds, but you've even managed to find a treasure while picking up bargains." Zhao Changge exclaimed in amazement, without a trace of doubt.

Although the Immortal Alliance's secondhand market is full of shoddy, counterfeit, and substandard goods, it does indeed contain some genuine treasures.

"What treasure?" Xu Ziqing asked, intrigued.

"An ancient, third-order, incomplete celestial array!"

Upon hearing this, both Xu Ziqing and Xu Lingling looked surprised.

Because the higher-ups of the Immortal Alliance advocate that the most mainstream and most valuable formation on Tianyuan Star will always be the Heavenly Formation, followed by the Human Formation.

“Yes, that’s right.” Zhao Changge nodded slightly: “The idea behind this formation is very interesting. It should be based on the ancient Big Dipper Seven Luminaries Heavenly Gang Formation, which attempts to connect the stars in the sky with the formation, evolve the killing intent of heaven and earth, and suppress evil spirits.”

"However, this incomplete formation contains many vague and unclear inferences, and there is not even a single formation diagram."

Therefore, it is highly likely that the creator of the formation was a second-tier formation master, rather than a third-tier one, which explains why the formation was not fully perfected.

"This type of incomplete third-order Heavenly Array is quite common on the Immortal Alliance's official website. It only has some reference value and shouldn't fetch a high price. At most, it can be exchanged for a Foundation Establishment Five Elements."

Upon hearing these words, Chen Beiwu's eyes showed admiration.

Teacher Zhao, as expected of a top student who graduated from the Lotus Array Sect, saw through Qian Yuan's background in just five minutes.

In order to break the ancestral tomb-guarding formation, Qian Yuan came up with many methods, one of which was to use the formation itself to break the formation.

Three-quarters of the information about the grand formation provided by Chen Beiwu was the culmination of Qian Yuan's lifelong research on the tomb-guarding formation.

"Can the teacher break this formation?" Chen Beiwu pressed.

"This kind of formation is too far removed from your understanding. Why would you want to try to break it?" Zhao Changge asked, somewhat puzzled.

"This is the highest-grade array I've ever encountered. Even if I can only figure out one percent of it, my array mastery will increase significantly," Chen Beiwu chuckled.

"Young people these days really have lofty ambitions; they always seem to push themselves to the limit."

Despite his inner complaints, Zhao Changge didn't hold back and earnestly explained the strategy behind the grand formation.

As she finished explaining, a sudden realization dawned on her.

'No, there's something wrong with this formation!' Zhao Changge quickly flipped open the booklet, looked at it again, and his face turned serious.

"If this formation is viewed upside down, it should be 'Greedy Wolf Devours the Moon, Using Stars to Shape Bones'."

"Martial Star Shatters the Stars, Forging Armor with the Soul."

"Broken Army Reverses the Evil, Uses Life to Open the Spirit."

"That's right, this is not a formation for suppressing evil spirits at all, but a third-order corpse-refining evil formation that uses the sun, moon and stars to evolve the Ziwei Enclosure star map!" Zhao Changge said solemnly.

Upon hearing this, Chen Beiwu's pupils contracted.

Is this tomb-guarding formation a corpse-refining formation?

Could it be that the ancestor Qian Yuan was unwilling to accept the end of his lifespan and wanted to be refined into a corpse to live another life?
It should be noted that Qian Yuan's ancestor was a renowned Golden Core cultivator from the Hengyan Mountains.

Once such a being manifests as a zombie, it would be an existence that even Foundation Establishment cultivators would find difficult to match.

"With only three years left until the college entrance examination, there's absolutely no need for you to study these unorthodox formations," Zhao Changge reminded him.

This is not the ancient times; Tianyuan Star is shrouded by the Nine Heavens Star Dipper Realm-Suppressing Immortal Array.

Without the permission of the three major institutions of the Immortal Alliance, even if a Nascent Soul True Monarch obtained this formation and wanted to set it up, it would be impossible to draw upon even a trace of the power of the Big Dipper, let alone use the Purple Palace Enclosure as a furnace for refining corpses.

For Chen Beiwu, a mere Qi Refining cultivator, researching this formation is a waste of time; he should spend more time cultivating.

"Thank you for your guidance, Teacher Zhao. I thought I had found some amazing formation." Chen Beiwu nodded and immediately said that he would no longer study it.

After leaving Li's Teahouse and seeing off Teacher Zhao, Chen Beiwu bid farewell to Xu Lingling and the other woman.

"Shall we go fishing at Jingyuan Lake for a while?" Xu Lingling invited.

"No, thank you." Chen Beiwu waved his hand in refusal and turned to leave decisively.

Watching Chen Beiwu's figure disappear, Xu Lingling sighed, "Ziqing, have you noticed that Beiwu has changed a lot lately?"

"What's changed?" Xu Ziqing smiled and asked in return, "Are you planning to give up?"

Xu Lingling stiffened, feigning confusion: "What did you say?"

"Lingling, who said Chen Beiwu was very good-looking before?" Xu Ziqing blinked.

"That was because I was young and naive, and I was blinded by beauty," Xu Lingling retorted stubbornly.

Xu Ziqing looked intrigued: "Oh, so you mean you're older now and can no longer be seduced by beauty?"

"Of course, we're not confused today. As for what will happen in the future, no one can say for sure."

Xu Lingling grabbed Xu Ziqing's neck, startling the latter so much that cold sweat broke out on her temples.

She was afraid that Lingling might accidentally break her rival's neck.

……

Back at the entrance of the residential compound, Chen Beiwu ran into Chen Qin, who was returning home from get off work.

She was wearing a long dress, and her face showed undisguised fatigue.

"Good afternoon, Xiao Wu." Chen Qin greeted him, brushing past Chen Beiwu.

"Sister Qin, do you have any recommendations for the Soul Cleansing Song you mentioned before?"

Chen Beiwu recalled Chen Qin's earlier reminder that listening to the Cleansing Spirit Melody after breaking through to the ninth level of Qi Refining can increase the probability of breaking through to the Foundation Establishment stage by one point, and those with extraordinary talent can even achieve enlightenment and advance to a minor realm.

He currently has no shortage of spiritual energy, so he can listen to the legendary Immortal Seed Testing Song to verify whether he is a cultivation genius.

(End of this chapter)