Eternal Life from Taking Care of Master's Wife-Chapter 72 - 70: Golden Core Patriarch, Upgrading Firepower
"Wuwu, help me..."
The child fell down the cliff but was luckily stopped by an ancient pine tree, getting stuck on a branch, and started crying loudly.
"Gou Dan’Er!"
Niu Niu exclaimed, looking at the friend stuck on the branch with panic, "Gou Dan’Er, wait there, I’ll go get help!"
"Someone, hurry! Help!"
Niu Niu cried and ran chaotically downhill.
"I’ll go save him!"
Looking at the child hanging on the ancient pine tree across the way, Zhou Chen didn’t hesitate, shooting out and leaping down.
"Young Master!"
Zhao Shiyong was shocked, her heart skipped a beat.
This was a cliff.
And the distance between the two peaks was at least a hundred meters, which even someone at Body Refining Seventh Layer couldn’t jump across!
If one fell, nine times out of ten...
It would be a disaster!
Whiz!
Just as Zhao Shiyong’s heart leapt to her throat, a flying sword appeared beneath Zhou Chen’s feet, carrying him towards the other side.
"Young Master is a Cultivator?"
Zhao Shiyong’s eyes widened, but she finally relaxed, as long as Zhou Chen was a Cultivator, even if his cultivation wasn’t high, he wouldn’t fall to his death.
"Phew!"
Zhao Shiyong took a breath, her full chest heaving.
The contrast of snow white and light red on her chest was sharp, like a cold plum blooming in the snow, standing proudly on a branch.
She quickly tidied her clothes made messy by Zhou Chen, circulating Inner Qi around her body, regaining strength in her previously limp and weak body, and used her Lightweight Skill with Electric Light Divine Step to head downhill.
However, she had only practiced the footwork of her Electric Light Divine Step, not the accompanying Body Refining method, which is the choice of most Martial Artists.
A person’s energy is limited, and practicing multiple martial arts at the same time greatly slows the progress of the primary martial art.
So many Martial Artists mainly use their martial arts for Body Refining, and only practice the footwork moves of other supporting martial arts.
This ensures combat effectiveness while allowing faster advancement to Body Refining Ninth Layer.
Upon reaching Body Refining Ninth Layer, those with talent and ambition may choose to further train the Body Refining methods of other martial arts.
Zhao Shiyong’s Electric Light Divine Step only practiced the footwork, and although using Inner Qi for propulsion made her not slow, compared to someone like Zhou Chen who also trained Body Refining methods, she wasn’t on the same level.
And while Zhao Shiyong was rushing downhill, Zhou Chen was already flying to the other side.
Crash!
Before Zhou Chen could arrive, the pine tree branch broke under Gou Dan’Er’s struggling weight, causing him to scream and fall.
Whoosh!
Zhou Chen accelerated, his prowess with the Ninth-Layer Qi Refining giving him robust Magical Power, though his flying sword was subpar.
It was only a normal high-quality Dharma Artifact.
His silhouette shot down like an arrow, and catching up quickly, he grabbed the falling Gou Dan’Er and flew upward.
"Hmm?"
Suddenly, Zhou Chen paused, spotting a cave dwelling on the cliffside.
"There’s no trace of human activity here, could it have been established by a Cultivator?"
Zhou Chen’s heart stirred as he looked at the entrance covered in thick dust and weeds, clearly uninhabited for years.
"Could this be the reward of good deeds?"
Zhou Chen raised an eyebrow, filled with anticipation.
He landed on the cliff with Gou Dan, setting him down.
Gou Dan regained his composure, looking at Zhou Chen with excitement:
"Are you an Immortal?"
"I’m not an Immortal!"
Zhou Chen ruffled Gou Dan’s hair, cautioning him:
"Don’t play at the cliff’s edge again, next time there might be no one to save you!"
"Mm-hmm, I understand, Immortal Lord!"
Gou Dan’Er nodded vigorously.
While they conversed, Zhao Shiyong rushed up and asked with concern:
"Young Master, are you okay?"
"I’m fine. You take Gou Dan’Er down the mountain; I thought I saw a Spirit Elixir down there, let me check again!"
"Young Master, be careful!"
Zhao Shiyong took Gou Dan’Er down the mountain.
Zhou Chen stepped on his flying sword, jumping off the cliff once more to the cave entrance.
"Fengxia, Ruyi, come out and get to work!"
Zhou Chen summoned Ji Fengxia and Liu Ruyi, who had been cultivating in the Wind and Moon Treasure Mirror, to explore the path.
After all, even if they encountered danger and died, they could be revived in the Wind and Moon Atlas.
"Master, there seems to be an Array here. We can’t get in!"
Ji Fengxia quickly noticed the anomaly, and both she and Liu Ruyi soon walked back mysteriously.
"An Array?"
Zhou Chen thought for a moment and retrieved the basics of arrays he had read about.
This manual he obtained from Bai Ruyun’s storage bag.
[Array Basics (0/10000)]
"Add points!"
Zhou Chen applied a thousand Wind and Moon Points.
In an instant.
Zhou Chen seemed to have studied Array Basics for three years, an influx of array knowledge converged in his mind, integrating perfectly.
Zhou Chen looked again at the cave dwelling and had a revelation.
"It’s a Tier One Mind-Bending Array!"
"This array is not harmful, and due to long neglect, it’s full of flaws. Even with my level, given time, I could force it open..."
Zhou Chen observed the Mind-Bending Array, easily dismantling it using his array knowledge and removing the array flag stuck in the ground:
"I could repair this in the future and set up a complete Mind-Bending Array myself."
The array removed, Liu Ruyi went straight in to explore the cave dwelling.
"Young Master, no danger inside."
Ji Fengxia also explored and confirmed safety before Zhou Chen cautiously entered the cave.
Narrow at first, hardly passable, then a few dozen steps later, it opened up.
It was a massive stone chamber.
In front of the stone chamber was a Cold Jade Bed emanating a chilling air, atop which sat an elder who had been deceased for many years.
Both Liu Ruyi and Ji Fengxia had checked, finding no life signs.
On a stone table beside that was a letter.
Ji Fengxia opened it and handed it to Zhou Chen.
Zhou Chen read it; the old man’s moniker was Lotus Ancestor, abandoned at Lotus Mountain as a child by his parents and later adopted.
He eventually came across Immortal fate and entered the Cultivation Realm. Despite average talent due to his fire, wood, and earth Spirit Root, his understanding was excellent, becoming a renowned Array Master.
An Array Master is proficient in both arrays and Artifact Refining.
The Lotus Ancestor lived an illustrious life, reaching five hundred, and nearly achieved Half-Step Nascent Soul Realm, but the final step proved insurmountable.
Knowing he couldn’t break through, he returned to his birthplace at Lotus Mountain as his end approached, for one last effort.
As expected, he failed to break through and passed away here.
He left only a Tier One Mind-Bending Array at the entrance, hoping to pass his possessions to someone fated.
"Seems like I am that fated one!"
Zhou Chen reflected, marveling at the mysterious workings of fate.
If he hadn’t saved Gou Dan’Er, he wouldn’t have discovered this cave.
"A lifetime’s treasure of a Golden Core Peak expert on the verge of Nascent Soul Realm, I’ve really hit the jackpot this time!"
Zhou Chen felt a thrill, although he had two Tier Four Divine Weapons, his Immortal Dao treasures were impoverished.
The most precious was merely an ordinary high-quality Dharma Artifact.
According to the Lotus Ancestor’s letter, he had two most prized treasures.
One was a Low-Grade Magical Treasure, the Mountain and River Seal.
The other was a Mid-Grade Magical Treasure, the Fire Separation Sword Array.
The Fire Separation Sword Array consists of one Mid-Grade Magical Treasure, the Great Li Huo Sword, and four Low-Grade Magical Treasures, the Little Li Huo Swords, Lotus Ancestor’s masterpiece.
It was his strongest weapon for protecting his path and defeating enemies.
The Fire Separation Sword Array claimed countless strong foes.
"Now I’m really upgrading, hitting the big time!"
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