Chapter 512: Chapter 361: Return to the Wind and Rain Tower, the Vast Black Market

In the secret chamber, layers of concealing arrays intertwined with each other.

Everything within the chamber was tightly sealed off.

In Zhong Heng’s eyes, resembling emerald, were reflections of starlight.

He opened his hands, between them was a ball of light containing points and lines.

A complicated array map was completed on the light sphere.

"A non-ranked array, Celestial Blood Dark Soul Array..."

There was an obsessed expression in Zhong Heng’s eyes.

This array structure seemingly leaps out of the framework of arrays.

"Ordinary arrays use array patterns, array discs, and array circuit layers to stack..."

"This method, however, is composed of countless tiny arrays... just like... the cells in a human body..."

"So this array has no rank, as long as the sub-arrays are numerous enough, theoretically, this array can be limitless..."

"But there’s no need for this array to be overly powerful..."

Because this array... is used to confuse blood covenants.

Blood covenants can be said to be everywhere in the Cultivation Realm.

For example, some artifacts supposedly recognizing ownership through a drop of blood can be a blood covenant, some beast taming contracts can also be blood covenants.

As long as blood is used as the core for recognizing ownership, contract, or transaction... even the life lamp and life token can be considered blood covenants.

The Celestial Blood Dark Soul Array is specifically used to confuse blood covenants.

If this array were to be leaked, it would undoubtedly cause a huge impact on the entire Cultivation Realm.

However, this array is only known to Zhong Heng due to Luo Book’s mystical revelation, and under normal circumstances, it might take tens of thousands of years to naturally develop such a special array.

"No wonder it’s an array I’ve deduced over nearly sixty years..."

"Since it’s like this..."

Zhong Heng took out a token...

Wind and Rain Tower’s token!

"According to my speculation, this token shouldn’t just be a pass..."

"The blood covenant within it should have a mandatory secrecy function."

Otherwise, seeing so many people back in the Wind and Rain Tower’s pocket world, it’s impossible that not a bit of news leaked.

Yet, blood covenants are tricky things.

Taking a drop of a cultivator’s blood, there are numerous methods in the Cultivation Realm to curse and kill formidable enemies from tens of thousands of miles away.

Stronger ones might even touch upon the path of cause and effect of Qi fortune.

Zhong Heng doesn’t dare to guarantee whether there’s a Yin Yang contract within this token, and at that time, he might inexplicably lose his freedom.

This is also why Zhong Heng hasn’t touched this item for nearly sixty years.

But now...

"I need a cultivation technique more suitable for my Five Elements Technique..."

If normally searching for an advanced technique, it can indeed be found, even the Hundred Stars Alliance has it.

However, that technique isn’t suitable for Zhong Heng, as it’s too combat-oriented, and its cultivation effect might not be much different from regular Five Elements Technique.

Zhong Heng now needs a cultivation technique.

Going further up can only be found in a large-scale Cultivation Realm.

However, that advanced Five Elements Technique from the Hundred Stars Alliance itself comes from the Thousand Stars Alliance.

If that’s the case, he must visit the Wind and Rain Tower’s pocket world.

Besides, he needs to rely on the Wind and Rain Tower’s pocket world to find the Luo Book.

Zhong Heng withdrew the River Map.

He began to set up the Celestial Blood Dark Soul Array.

"Using the Celestial Blood Array as the body, the Dark Soul Array as the core..."

Zhong Heng’s Divine Sense surged out and manifested a strange middle-aged man before him.

This middle-aged man’s appearance was molded by Zhong Heng himself, without involving any cause and effect with anyone in reality.

Zhong Heng started to form hand signs, while a wave of his hand caused a large amount of blood to flow out in the secret chamber.

This array doesn’t require any other materials; the only thing needed is blood, a large amount of blood, whether beast blood or human blood.

Blood poured out from two storage bags.

The blood soon submerged Zhong Heng’s knees.

At the same time, strands of blood drew out from the pool.

The blood threads, as thin as ox hairs, were woven into extremely tiny array patterns by Divine Sense.

Time gradually passed.

Zhong Heng swallowed two Grain Avoidance Pills, indicating two months had gone by.

Only a faint smell of blood remained in the secret chamber now.

All the blood had disappeared without a trace, and even Zhong Heng had no hint of blood on him.

In front of Zhong Heng, a vivid middle-aged man stood with closed eyes.

Zhong Heng’s eyes flashed, and he let out a muffled sound, a strand of Divine Sense cleaved out, landing on the middle-aged man.

In an instant, countless array patterns started to operate on the middle-aged man, and he slowly opened his eyes.

If there were cultivators present with pupil skill Divine techniques, they could see the dark soul like a diamond-shaped crystal within the middle-aged man’s head.

The dark soul spun around, extending dense blood-colored fine lines throughout the body.

Zhong Heng exhaled turbid air, his gaze somewhat tired.

He gently closed his eyes to rest, then took out the token.

The middle-aged man took the token voluntarily, a drop of fresh blood fell onto the token from his finger.

The token suddenly glimmered, and the light shone to envelop the middle-aged man.

Zhong Heng carefully observed from the side, activating the River Map’s analytical ability.

Zhong Heng could see that the Celestial Blood Dark Soul Array had nearly transformed into an independent entity, possessing a physical body, soul, and even materializing Qi Fortune.

And the token signed a blood covenant with it, and in Zhong Heng’s analytical perspective, numerous fine lines appeared on the token, winding around the Celestial Blood Dark Soul Array for an unknown purpose.

"The next step..."

The token’s light faded, ownership confirmed.

And the Celestial Blood Dark Soul Array in the form of a middle-aged man began to collapse, transforming into densely packed blood threads, which intertwined and shrunk into a tassel hanging beneath the token.