I am the snake demon!

Chapter 105 Golden Light Array

"The precious mirror is neither copper nor gold, nor can it be found within the fire of a furnace. Even celestial beings who encounter this formation will be instantly transformed and find it difficult to withstand."

Bai Xuan seemed to hear a folk song.

The Golden Light Formation is one of the Ten Deadly Formations.

The formation set up by the Golden Light Holy Mother, the only female cultivator among the Ten Heavenly Kings of Jin'ao Island, is a profound formation of the Jie Sect.

It captures the essence of the sun and moon, and stores the energy of heaven and earth.

With twenty-one golden mirrors as the base of the array, once activated, thunder roars, and after only one or two turns, golden light shoots out, illuminating the body and instantly turning it into pus and blood.

Even Guang Chengzi, the leader of the Twelve Golden Immortals of the Chan Sect, dared not enter the formation without someone probing it.

Unfortunately, the Chan Sect used human sacrifices to break the formation, revealing its weakness. Guang Chengzi's purple immortal robes were impervious even to the God-Slaying Whip. Although the Golden Light Formation was powerful, it could not destroy this magic weapon. In the end, the formation was broken and the people died. Guang Chengzi also destroyed nineteen of the twenty-one treasure mirrors with the Heaven-Turning Seal.

As a result, the Holy Mother of Golden Light was listed as a deity and entered the Thunder Department, becoming the famous Thunder Goddess. The two precious mirrors she left behind also seem to have become her magic weapons for unleashing thunder.

Bai Xuan sensed the electric light beneath the magma. Although it was pure, it wasn't very powerful. Firstly, it was probably because it had been away from its master for too long and was gradually losing its spirituality. Secondly, it was incomplete, probably a fragment of the Golden Mirror.

It's unclear whether the fragments were from the nineteen mirrors that Guang Chengzi shattered back then, or from the two mirrors in the hands of the Golden Light Saint Mother that later broke, or from the mirrors she created that also broke.

After all, if she could refine twenty-one mirrors to set up an array, it wouldn't be difficult for the Golden Light Mother to refine a few more or even dozens more.

"Your Highness?"

Seeing Bai Xuan in a daze, Qiu Linyuan was surprised and couldn't help but whisper a reminder.

Upon hearing this, Bai Xuan snapped out of his daze, looked at Qiu Linyuan in front of him, and laughed, "Master Qiu, your sword-making skills are indeed superb, unparalleled in the world."

"Your Highness flatters me," Qiu Linyuan said with a smile.

"I have long heard that the sword formation techniques of Cangjian Villa are unparalleled in the martial arts world. However, we can learn from others' strengths to improve ourselves. The royal armory contains sword formation techniques from the Qinghua Sect and the Wudang Sect. If your son has the time, he can come to the royal palace to learn from them," Bai Xuan said.

"Thank you, Your Highness." Qiu Linyuan was overjoyed upon hearing this and hurriedly urged his beloved son beside him, "Quickly thank the Prince."

Although the sword formation techniques of Cangjian Manor are unparalleled in the martial arts world, the sword formation foundations of Qinghua Sect and Wudang Sect, as former holy sites of the martial arts world, are no less impressive than those of Cangjian Manor.

If one can learn from the strengths of many and integrate multiple sword formations, it will undoubtedly be of great help in improving the level of sword formations.

His martial arts skills had almost reached their peak, but there was still hope for his son.

"Thank you, Your Highness," Qiu Tingwu, son of Qiu Linyuan, said gratefully upon hearing this.

Bearing the future of Hidden Sword Manor on his shoulders, he also constantly strives to become stronger.

Bai Xuan nodded with a light laugh, letting Qiu Tingwu into the armory. The main reason wasn't to let him see the sword formations, but rather that Bai Xuan planned to find a formation from the Immortal Slaughtering Formation Diagram that he could simplify and that could help Qiu Tingwu improve his strength and defeat the Sword Demon.

There was no way around it; Bai Xuan was determined to have that fragment.

Although the Golden Light Mirror is not a particularly powerful magic weapon, the Golden Light Mother could mass-produce it. In the era of the Investiture of the Gods, it was practically insignificant.

I reckon that any deity with a name could be mass-produced.

But that was the era of the Investiture of the Gods.

What kind of world is this?

In the entire world, apart from Bai Xuan, no one knows if there is another cultivator who can transcend tribulation.

A magical artifact like the fragments of the Golden Mirror is powerful enough.

As is well known, realm is not entirely equivalent to combat power; formations and magic treasures are things that can be challenged beyond one's realm.

Especially with magical treasures, you need to learn how to set them up, and they are somewhat inconvenient to move. But powerful magical treasures don't require cultivators to learn, and they are so strong that they are almost completely unreasonable.

In the novel *Investiture of the Gods*, Jiang Ziya cultivated for seventy years but had not yet achieved immortality. He was the only second-generation disciple of the Chan Sect whom Bai Xuan was confident he could defeat. However, Jiang Ziya wielded the Central Wuji Apricot Yellow Banner and was one of the strongest beings below the Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal. Even Yunxiao Niangniang and Kong Xuan were helpless against him.

Many people don't know that Jiang Ziya once used the God-Slaying Whip to injure Lady Yunxiao with one lash. Then, relying on the Central Wuji Apricot Yellow Banner, he escaped unscathed from the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation, which even the Twelve Golden Immortals could not escape unscathed. He also escaped unscathed from Kong Xuan's Five-Colored Divine Light, and created the conditions for Deng Chanyu to use the Five-Colored Stone to defeat Kong Xuan.

If we only consider peak performance, Lao Jiang's record looks impressive.

When Bai Xuan read Investiture of the Gods, he felt that the people of the Chan Sect were like machines, acting according to the will of Heaven. If it was destined that they would die, they would be unmoved even if their disciples died in front of them. If it was destined that they would not die, they would be fearless. He even suspected that the group of people were creating difficulties for themselves in order to overcome the tribulation. Otherwise, if the Apricot Yellow Flag had been given to Daoist Ran Deng or Guang Chengzi, they would have been completely invincible against the masters of the Jie Sect.

However, ever since Bai Xuan succeeded as the Prince of Zhenbei, Cangjian Manor has been loyal and has given him whatever he asked for.

They immediately provided the four swords that Bai Xuan needed as array tools. Now that Bai Xuan has arrived, he has taken everything, including the fragments of the Golden Light Mirror. It's really unfair of them.

After all, the wonder of this magma depends entirely on the fragments of the Golden Mirror. If the fragments are taken away, the wonder of this magma will disappear.

The reputation of Cangjian Manor as the world's number one sword-making holy land may disappear.

Although Bai Xuan took it, and Qiu Linyuan and the others didn't know why, they still had to make amends to some extent.

Let's take the Demon's head.

Thinking of this, Bai Xuan's divine sense surged, and he added a mark to the fragment of the Golden Light Mirror, leaving it here for now.

Take it with you when you leave Wuwei.

We can also take advantage of this time to make another push on the Golden Light Array. The goal is simply to maintain the heat of the magma, preserve the characteristics of the Heavenly Thunder, and remove impurities. We don't necessarily need fragments of the Golden Light Mirror.

Perhaps it's possible to have the best of both worlds.

Qiu Linyuan selected four swords and gave them to Bai Xuan. He was overjoyed to learn that his son could enter the royal armory. He immediately led everyone away from the underground palace and entertained them at the manor.

Upon entering the hall, one sees a stunningly beautiful woman with her hair styled in a traditional Chinese updo. She has a voluptuous figure, exquisite features, and snow-white skin. If it weren't for the mature charm emanating from her, one would surely mistake her for a young woman of sixteen or seventeen.

"This is my wife," Qiu Linyuan introduced to everyone.

"Legend has it that the previous generation of Bright Moon Palace's Night Moon Princess was also the true person in charge of Bright Moon Palace in Wuwei." Bai Xuan looked at Qiu Linyuan's wife with great interest. Bright Moon Palace's techniques are really quite ingenious; every single one of them is beautiful.

Upon hearing Bai Xuan's words, Qiu Linyuan and his wife's expressions changed drastically, revealing disbelief. They never expected that Bai Xuan would know Mo Lichun's identity.

Qiu Tingwu looked at his parents with a bewildered expression. His first thought was that Bai Xuan was wrong, but looking at his parents' reaction, something seemed off.

Could my mother really be from the Bright Moon Palace?

My father always taught me to be upright and to distinguish between good and evil, but he ended up marrying a demoness from the Bright Moon Palace.

No, if my mother is a demoness, then what am I?

Demon Child?

"How did Your Highness know?" Qiu Linyuan asked Bai Xuan, puzzled.

Now that Bai Xuan has revealed his identity, there's no point in hiding it anymore; it would just be self-deception.

Bai Xuan shouldn't know this.

After all, his wife faked her death and changed her name back then, and apart from the people of Mingyue Palace, no one should know about it.

"The Prince of Zhenbei's Mansion has its own intelligence." Bai Xuan smiled faintly, as if everything was under his control.

"Then, Your Highness, if you have revealed my identity, what do you intend for me to do to serve the Prince's mansion?" Mo Lichun asked.

"Smart, no wonder you're the only Moon Princess from Bright Moon Palace to escape unscathed. Don't worry, I have no intention of disrupting your current peaceful environment. I don't care about any Bright Moon Palace Moon Princess or anything like that, after all, Master Qiu loves you." Bai Xuan joked.

"Your Highness!" Qiu Linyuan blushed instantly upon hearing Bai Xuan's teasing.

He came from a respectable family and was well-behaved and proper from a young age, even somewhat dull.

The only bold thing he ever did was marry Yue Ji from the Bright Moon Palace and help her fake her death.

Now that Bai Xuan has publicly revealed his love for me, I feel a little embarrassed.

The pleasures of the boudoir should always be kept in the boudoir; there's no reason to discuss them in public.

Mo Lichun, however, smiled and said, "I had long heard my husband say that Your Highness is unconventional and a wise king. Seeing you today, I can see that is indeed true. It is a pity that I am already married, otherwise I would definitely marry Your Highness."

"Then Master Qiu is probably going to kill me." Bai Xuan chuckled, then said, "However, that's not the point. The point is that I don't want to disrupt Madam Qiu's peaceful life, but someone wants to disrupt your peaceful life, wants to harm Hidden Sword Manor, wipe out the entire family, leave no one alive, and force you to return to Bright Moon Palace."