This time, Deng Chanyu is truly packing her bags. Just after she showcased her new spear, an unexpected discovery was made.
"Hmm?"
"What is this?" Daji leaned on her shoulder, popped her head up, and looked down from above.
"This is a formation diagram, a partially unfinished formation diagram." Deng Chanyu picked up this diagram that she obtained from the Zongji Island Xiaojiang Cave and examined it carefully.
This formation is called Diliè Array, one of the Ten Hundred-array.
The first array in the Ten Thousand-array is the Heavenly Absolute Array, followed by the Earth-torrid Array, and then there are eight other arrays such as Wind Howling, Cold Ice, and Blood Transmutation.
In terms of the architectural setup, Tianjuan and Diliè arrays have more power than the other eight arrays, because they are superior in concept.
She had studied this formation diagram before, but back then, she couldn't see any internal structure. Now, however, it's as if she's reading text on her palm, and the composition of the great array is extremely clear.
Her eyesight hasn't improved, and the formation diagram hasn't been forcibly refined. Therefore, the only answer left is that this formation diagram has become an unclaimed item, and whoever obtains it gets to keep it.
Does that mean Xiaojiang is dead?
Deng Chanyu was puzzled, but she didn't think too much about it. The Primordial Chaos was fraught with crisis, and the people of the Jie sect were all brave and combative; it was normal for them to die and have their paths extinguished.
She took out a small black book, found Zhao Jiang's name, and directly crossed it out with a red pen, erasing all cause and effect!
After arranging everything well, seeing that all matters have entered the right track, Deng Chanyu went to Li Mountain first, asked her teacher about the problems encountered in meditation recently one by one, cut two bundles of grass, one for Benzi and one for Qing Niu, and then she went back to Lemei Mountain to practice.
More than ten days after the Great Battle between the Ten Princes and the Lord of Taiyi.
To the south of Chen Tang Guan, there was a barren mountain. It was said to be an ancient battlefield where countless people died. Today, it was still full of white bones, and the people around called it Skull Mountain.
Among the Ten Princes, the third-ranked Dong Quan merely treated his wounds slightly before leaving Jinao Island to pay a visit to Lady Shiji at the White Bone Cave in Skull Mountain.
Shiji achieved enlightenment during the reign of Tianzhu, had been practicing for ten thousand years, and was extremely profound in her Dao. She had already reached the Golden Immortal Realm early on.
By the way, she and Lü Yue are about the same age, but there's a significant age gap between her and the current Wen Zhong, the Ten Princes, and others.
However, Shiji is an outcast throughout Jie Sect. She practices alone, paying little attention to things like brotherly loyalty or the honor of the great teachings. As a result, in the original timeline, when Taiyi Zhenren burned her to death, not even one of her fellow disciples came to avenge her death. Many people may not even have known that she had passed away.
Dong Quan's sudden visit made her a bit suspicious. "Are we that familiar?"
"Met senior sister!" In Jie sect, the external lineage ranks are chaotic. Without formal master-disciple relationships, people basically address each other by age.
"Please rise, junior brother." Shiji doesn't like social exchanges, but she can still say a few polite words: "Junior brother, if you are not practicing on Jinao Island, why did you come to White Bone Mountain?"
Dong Quan came with a mission: "Senior sister, have you heard of Deng Chanyu?"
"I've never heard of her."
"This person is from the Wax Palace."
Dong Quan had barely begun when Shiji's face fell: "Senior brother need not speak further. I am but a stubborn stone in the world, enlightened by the goddess, and opened my mind to walk the path of Dao. Shiji would rather die than do anything that would dishonor the goddess. Senior brother, please return."
Dong Quan muttered under his breath, cursing, "What an odious stone. The affection between the Creator and me is affection, but the affection between our sectmates in Jie sect isn't?"
He chuckled dryly: "Senior sister need not worry. How dare we dare to trouble the saintly doorway? I mean the sworn brother of this person, Duo E Waren, who is the master of Li Jing."
"???"
He made a circle like this, which even confused Shiji.
What's going on? You want to confront Deng Chanyu, but because of her status as a saintly disciple, you're afraid to go after her sworn brother Li Jing's master, Duo E Waren. Does Deng Chanyu know Duo E Waren? Just go and beat him up?
Shiji clearly didn't want to get involved in this mess: "I have a few acquaintances with Li Jing, and I have also visited the Ba Bao Yun Guang Cave on Jieding Iron Thunder Mountain. Duo E is a righteous immortal with profound power and great abilities; I am not his match."
The implication is that, just by you, Dong Quan, you really can't defeat Duo E Waren.
Dong Quan had anticipated her reaction and, at this moment, smiled and waved his hand: "Senior sister underestimates the magnanimity of our master and brothers. Fighting cannot solve all problems."
Shiji clearly didn't believe that statement. What kind of sect is Jie, do I not know? In the value system of Jie sect, fighting can solve all problems!
Dong Quan's expression became a bit more solemn: "Senior sister may not know Master Zhao Jiang, who perished in Chen Tang Guan. Regardless of the reason, this is Master Zhao's destiny. The murderer was Taiyi Zhenren from the explain sect. We, the Ten Princes, do not want to provoke a great war between the two sects. We simply wish to reclaim Master Zhao's relics, which should currently be in Deng Chanyu's possession."
"What is the relic?"
"It is one of the Ten Perfect Arrays, the Diliè Array," Dong Quan said: "We are weak in cultivation, having heard that senior sister has been enlightened for many years and has some connections with the Dui E Zhenren and Li Jing, we thought we could ask for your help in retrieving the diagram."
Dong Quan bowed heavily and kneelled down, not getting up.
Shiji hesitated. She did have some rapport with Li Jing, but that rapport was certainly not enough to convince Deng Chanyu to hand over that trivial array diagram. Her face didn't carry that much weight.
If she went to find Duo E Waren, and let him convince Li Jing, using the rationale that the saints of both sides should not harbor enmity, it might be easier to persuade Li Jing.
"All right, I'll go ask for you. I can't guarantee whether it will work or not."
"Thank you, senior sister."
Shiji instructed two boys to close the cave door tightly, and she went to see Duo E Waren. If possible, she also wanted to visit Li Mountain.
Skull Mountain is in the East Sea, while Duo E Zhenren is in the extreme west. The journey is indeed not short.
Shiji rushed out in a hurry, and Dong Quan also returned to the Jinao Island.
The two children, Biyun and Caicun, were as happy as kids on vacation. It was because Shiji was too reclusive, always practicing in her cave. They didn't even get the chance to play for a while.
"Shall we go to the back mountain?"
"Let's go!"
The two carefree children would be happy for a whole day if they found a white bone in the stream, and they would chase and play around if they found an old weapon.
Half a day later, the two boys stood in front of a slanting cave.
"There seems to be some wild beast inside," Biyun was a bit scared.
Caicun showed no fear: "What are you afraid of? If there's a beast inside, it would have been killed by the lady long ago."
Biyun nodded, "You're right."
The cave entrance was very narrow, but thankfully the two of them were children and their figures were small, so they had no problem squeezing through the cave.
After climbing for nearly an hour, they stopped in front of a black rock cave.
They looked at each other, not knowing what place this was.
"Who? Is it Shiji that woman? You, this mindless stone, quickly find some blood for grandfather. Grandfather is starving!" A fierce male voice came from within the cave, accompanied by the sound of a succession of iron shackles hitting the rock wall.
