Stellar Transformation-Chapter 508: Episode 15 - 17 The Owner of Mini Mountain
"A Fifth Level Array Formation, is it not possible to refine Heavenly Divine Artifacts now?" Qin Yu said with a slight surprise.
Uncle Fu shook his head and said, "Reaching the level of a Fifth Level Array Formation is just one condition for refining Heavenly Divine Artifacts. There are also other requirements pertaining to flames, materials, etc. I myself do not possess a soul, so naturally I cannot use Divine Sense to control the heat, nor can I refine Heavenly Divine Artifacts."
Qin Yu couldn’t help but feel pity for Uncle Fu in his heart.
Not having a soul indeed presents great limitations.
"Uncle Fu, you rest for now. I will set up the formation," Qin Yu said with a smile. Then he levitated into the air, and like illusions, streaks of light flew out from his hands, along with countless Talismanic Seals.
Bright Divine Spirit Stones suddenly flew out from Qin Yu’s hands.
One, two, three... twenty-four! Exactly twenty-four Low Grade Divine Spirit Stones flew towards all directions of Mini Mountain, each emitting a brilliant radiance.
While setting up the formation, Qin Yu elegantly released one Divine Spirit Seal after another. The pace was sometimes slow, sometimes fast, and the contained Divine Power varied in amount, ingeniously matching the entire Array Formation together.
This formation was merely a First Level Array, just a slightly more powerful Illusion Array among the First Level Arrays.
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Black Dragon Pond was actually a beautiful lake spanning a hundred miles, in which no fish could survive; it was a complete dead zone. Only some aquatic plants thrived there.
Next to Black Dragon Pond stood a luxurious and grand palace, which was the ’Black Dragon Palace.’
Surrounding the Black Dragon Palace were three other palaces, homes of the three top experts under the command of ’Lord Black Dragon’. Typically, when it came to bustling activity, these three palaces were much livelier than the Black Dragon Palace.
Because... there were only a few servants in the Black Dragon Palace, and those servants were just there to keep the palace clean. Lord Black Dragon himself had not appeared at Black Dragon Palace for a very long time.
The three top experts under Lord Black Dragon: Xiong Hei, Daoist Liu Xu, and Mei Ji.
Apart from these three experts, many of Black Dragon Pond’s subordinates had never seen Lord Black Dragon himself. Where exactly was he? Why had he not appeared? Was he dead?
No one dared to ask. Only those three lords knew the answer.
The power of Black Dragon Pond was extremely vast, naturally having many subordinates. Any of the three lords could easily muster an army of a hundred thousand. Among the three lords, Xiong Hei held the greatest power.
Xiong Ba Hall.
This was the palace among the three that belonged to Xiong Hei. Xiong Hei controlled more than half of the forces of ’Black Dragon Pond’, and most matters were decided by him. However, these past few months, Xiong Hei had been troubled.
Because his subordinates had been disappearing mysteriously, dozens of them. If they had been killed by someone, Xiong Hei would not care and would immediately send people for revenge. But he could not figure out who had killed his subordinates.
In the grand hall of Xiong Ba Hall, a nearly three-meter tall muscular man with a dark face sat on his throne, supporting his chin with one hand, his brow slightly furrowed.
Clear footsteps were heard as a woman in black walked in quickly. Upon seeing the dark-faced man’s gaze scanning over, the woman in black hurriedly said, "Lord, after our extensive investigations, we finally found a suspicious point."
"Speak," Xiong Hei said indifferently.
The woman in black respectfully said, "These forty or so people, although they were sent out in three groups, had one thing in common: they all headed southward. My subordinates followed the trail, and ultimately discovered something."
"Oh?" Xiong Hei snorted, his gaze fixed on the woman in black.
"About several thousand miles south from our Black Dragon Pond headquarters lies a small mountain. I sent people to investigate along the way, but when they reached that small mountain, they discovered that those who entered the mountain became lost within and could never come out; because of this investigation, three more people from our team disappeared inside that mountain."
After finishing her report, the woman in black quietly waited for Xiong Hei’s orders.
"A small mountain?" Xiong Hei straightened up, looking directly at the woman in black, "What is it called?"
The woman in black frowned and said, "Lord, when the investigation team came back, they reported a very strange thing. We usually didn’t care about that mountain, just considered it Nameless Mountain. But this time, when they went to investigate, they saw a stele at the foot of the mountain with three characters on it—Mini Mountain!"
"Mini Mountain?" Xiong Hei’s brows slightly furrowed.
"Lord, it appears that the stele was newly erected. Combined with the entire mountain having the eerie ability to trap people, I suspect that perhaps some person, or some small force, has occupied that mountain. And they have also set up an Array Formation around Mini Mountain," the woman in black shared her thoughts.
Xiong Hei snorted coldly, "Some person, or some force? They really are bold. Don’t they know... around Black Dragon Pond, no forces are allowed to intervene?"
Black Dragon Pond is very domineering.
At the edge of its territory, not a single force exists. There were some in the past, but they were all eliminated by Black Dragon Pond.
Who would dare sleep peacefully by the couch?
"So they dare to trap my people and not release them, good... Ah Yi, find someone skilled in Array Formations among your subordinates, along with some astute people. Go and break whatever formation Mini Mountain has, and kill the person who set it up," Xiong Hei said coldly.
The woman in black respectfully said, "Yes, my lord."
Black Dragon Pond had many subordinates, naturally possessing talents skilled in various fields.
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"Lord Yi, rest assured, I will definitely kill all the enemies on Mini Mountain," Liu Qiyan bowed deeply to the woman in black, making a promise.
"Qi Yan, you handle things well, but this time you must be careful. The Array Formation on Mini Mountain is probably not weak. Be sure not to repeat the mistakes of others," the woman in black said coldly.
"Yes," Liu Qiyan was very respectful.
...
Leaving the headquarters of Black Dragon Pond, Liu Qiyan led twenty subordinates towards Mini Mountain. This team moved quite quickly and finally reached the outskirts of Mini Mountain after two days.
"Stop!" Liu Qiyan waved his hand to command his subordinates.
Liu Qiyan was born in the Divine World and afterwards lived in Fu Jue Village, but he found that the taxes required every thousand years in Fu Jue Village were so high that he no longer had enough Divine Spirit Stones for cultivation. Therefore, he entered Black Dragon Pond and, after many years of struggling, he made a name for himself there, eventually becoming something like a low-ranking squad leader.
The last time, Zi Yun, his childhood friend, married Xing Yuan. Faced with this, Liu Qiyan did not resort to using force against Zi Yun or Xing Yuan. It wasn’t that he didn’t want to, but rather, he couldn’t see through Qin Yu and his two friends.
Liu Qiyan was such a cautious person, never truly believing in love. In his heart, power and strength were what mattered most. Love was nothing but an illusion to him.
"Lord Liu, the stele bears the words ’Mini Mountain,’ " said one of the twenty subordinates, a middle-aged man.
Liu Qiyan nodded slightly, "Gentlemen, this is Mini Mountain, and the whole of Mini Mountain is covered by an array. San Yang brother, you are the most skilled in arrays among us, please go and take a look."
A middle-aged man with a goatee beard walked forward.
Casually picking up a few small stones from the ground, he then threw them into the interior of Mini Mountain. Everyone clearly saw the stones naturally rolling onto a rock on the mountain.
"No changes, Brother San Yang, do you know what kind of array it is?" Liu Qiyan asked.
The man with the goatee didn’t respond but shot a beam of Divine Power into Mini Mountain, causing a huge light shield to suddenly appear over it, densely filled with numerous Talismanic Seals floating above it.
The goatee-bearded man’s expression turned serious, "Lord Liu, if I’m not mistaken, this array should be one from the Divine World! And it is also one of the more profound ones in the Divine World."
Liu Qiyan felt uneasy and looked towards the other members of the team.
"Lord Liu, Brother San Yang is right; this array is indeed profound," agreed the others as they nodded in unison.
"Array books from the Divine World. In all my years at Black Dragon Pond, I’ve only ever seen one golden scroll. Based on my understanding of arrays in the Lower Realm and studying that set of array books, I finally gained some insight. But it is still not enough to break this array," said the man with the goatee solemnly.
Liu Qiyan and the others did not know that at that moment, Qin Yu was using his Divine Sense to observe them.
With the aid of ’Meteor Tear,’ Qin Yu’s Divine Sense could extend a thousand meters. At this moment, he stood atop the canopy of a tree on Mini Mountain, only a little more than three hundred meters away from Liu Qiyan and the others.
"Array books? And a golden scroll?" At first, when Qin Yu overheard their conversation, he thought this San Yang was quite formidable. But now, hearing this—he realized the guy had only ever seen one scroll of Divine World arrays.
"Lord Liu, I can only try the naive approach to get a feel for the power of this array," said San Yang as he looked at Liu Qiyan.
"Lord Liu, tie a long rope around my waist. You all stay outside the mountain, and I will go in alone. After ten breaths, no matter what happens, pull me out," he instructed.
Liu Qiyan thought for a moment and then nodded in agreement.
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"He really went in, hehe... but ropes, they can break, right?"
A smile appeared on Qin Yu’s face. He then floated down gently like a soft breeze, and Uncle Fu instantly appeared by his side. These two, one after the other, headed towards the foot of the mountain.
...
"Remember, ten breaths, no matter what happens, pull me back," San Yang instructed again.
"Brother San Yang, rest assured," the others quickly guaranteed.
At that moment, feeling reassured with the rope tied around his waist, San Yang entered the interior of Mini Mountain. As soon as he entered, the scenery around him completely changed.
"Such a powerful array, the one who set this up must be an Array Master from the Divine World," thought San Yang to himself.
Array books are precious in the Divine World. How could ordinary people get a chance to see, let alone study them? San Yang didn’t know that this array was just a First Level Array.
"Has ten breaths passed already? Why haven’t they pulled me back?" San Yang felt puzzled.
"Pull me back!" San Yang yelled.
At that moment, San Yang did not know that he couldn’t get out on his own and despite his shouting, there was no response from the rope.
"Eh?" San Yang turned his head to look at the rope connecting him to the outside. His facial expression suddenly changed and he murmured, "No, it’s an illusion, it’s not real, I can’t believe it, I can’t believe it."
...
Liu Qiyan and the others suddenly pulled, but only half of the rope came out.
"The rope has been cut," Liu Qiyan’s expression changed immediately.
"Brother San Yang is trapped inside too, what should we do?" Some of them started to panic.
"Liu Qiyan, coming to my territory, how could I not invite you to visit?" A voice suddenly came from Mini Mountain, shocking Liu Qiyan and his group as they looked towards Mini Mountain.
They saw the hazy light on Mini Mountain reappear, with dense Talismanic Seals floating and sinking on the light shield. Simultaneously, the light shield expanded fiercely, extending its coverage by a hundred meters.
Suddenly, Liu Qiyan and his group were covered by the array in their astonishment.
"Liu Qiyan, oh Liu Qiyan, bringing someone who only knows the surface of the Divine World arrays to break my array. That’s really... You know, the area of the Divine World array can change with the amount of energy, the most basic point, and you guys don’t even know that."
Qin Yu withdrew the Divine Power he had infused into the array, and the array’s coverage immediately returned to its original state, now entirely supplied by the Divine Spirit Stones.
As for Liu Qiyan and his group, they were completely trapped within the array.
"Ah, let me out, damn it, let me out!" In a certain part of Mini Mountain, a blonde old man was screaming frantically, having been trapped there for several months. And now, as Liu Qiyan walked past him, he didn’t even notice the crazed old man.
"Now, ’Mini Mountain’ also has quite a few personnel trying the array, but still not enough," Qin Yu stood atop the canopy, watching those panic-stricken people and muttered to himself, "These people are also relatively weak, but after some time, the masters from Black Dragon Pond probably won’t be able to sit still, and then I can try the more powerful arrays."
(End of Chapter Two!)
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