Chapter 207

The scholar’s gaze swept over Xu Zhenrong and Zhen Shaoyan, then lingered briefly before moving towards the more distant location.

That person was still hiding, even now.

However, even with the amplified perception of the scholar’s body, Li Zhuoyuan still couldn’t detect any traces of the one outside.

Outside the tower, the scholar lowered his head; inside the tower, Li Zhuoyuan looked at the floor tiles beneath his feet.

If not outside, then perhaps… inside?

This tall tower has twelve layers upwards, which is a fixed number, but how many layers are below, who knows?

When the scholar opened his eyes, Xu Zhenrong and Zhen Shaoyan both showed looks of shock.

Although they were also dead people, there was a difference between dead people.

They had come here with immense difficulty, not originally for the sake of immortality, but to sacrifice their small selves for the future prosperity of their families.

They had carefully calculated, meticulously planned their own deaths, didn’t enter the tower, and deliberately put themselves in a predicament.

Thus, they were able to become the “lonely ghosts” in this secret realm. Although stripped of their living identity, they retained self-awareness to the greatest extent possible.

And those who entered the tower had not only already died but had also surrendered all sovereignty to this tower. While being suppressed by the rules, they also maintained them.

It could be said that those who entered the tower no longer had self-awareness, or if there was some slight remnant, it was pitifully small.

The old Daoist from before, in his lifetime, they would definitely not have been his opponent, but he was dead after all. A corpse rigidly controlled by the high tower had too many limitations.

Without wisdom and experience controlling power, no matter how strong it was, it wasn’t that frightening.

And when the corpse opened its eyes, it meant the return of its lifetime consciousness.

Zhen Shaoyan’s complexion was also very unpleasant. As an array master, he naturally didn’t lack basic strategic planning. He now truly felt a sense of “dao high by one foot, devil high by one zhang,” with both sides endlessly escalating.

He had suspected for a long time whether their initial steps into this place, their continuous ascent within this rule system, had been too smooth and taken for granted.

But as the sunk costs continued to increase, and he endured inhuman, ghost-like torment here day and night, it made him no longer dare to think deeply about this possibility.

Even now, with this feeling of being pushed by a behind-the-scenes hand almost explicitly displayed, he was even more afraid to investigate deeply.

“Meow!!”

Breaking the relative silence at this moment was Yu Miaomiao.

Although she didn’t understand why that scholar could appear and open his eyes, she felt that the time for a counterattack had arrived!

Yu Miaomiao’s body erupted with demon qi. After struggling free from the body’s pressure, she quickly leaped up, which then triggered the collective operation of multiple arrays below and above. With a “boom,” she was heavily slapped back to the ground.

Zhen Shaoyan: “……”

Yu Cangsheng was always arrogant, and he understood and approved of it. After all, the Yu family was a genuine Dragon King lineage.

But this junior from the Yu family, Yu Cangsheng, truly made him unable to understand.

Even if he was just distracted, he was an array master. With the arrays already set up, you were actually still thinking of taking advantage and launching a sneak attack?

However, Yu Miaomiao’s miserable state did indeed sound the aggressive charge for the current situation.

Regardless of the past and future, at least now, Yu Miaomiao was holding back one person. There was no reason to watch her be killed now, it was good to let Xu Zhenrong and Zhen Shaoyan cooperate together.

The scholar took a step forward and at the same time said, “Continue giving orders.”

Zhao Yi flung his hand: “One hundred percent assured!”

Since the surname Li was showing him so much face, he naturally couldn’t lag behind.

Zhao Yi immediately whispered to the surrounding people: “Don’t slack off. The surname Li needs to save energy to cope with the yet-to-appear crisis, so now we still have to rely on us to actively go forward.”

This wasn’t a tacit understanding, but a judgment of the situation.

Zhao Yi saw that the surname Li’s control of this body had limitations, otherwise, after coming out, he wouldn’t have first negotiated with Heaven’s Will in the name of Heaven’s Way.

Since he could engage in useless negotiations, it wasn’t a time limit, but a usage intensity limit.

And indeed, this was the case.

Although Li Zhuoyuan used the secret technique from the black-skinned book to become the primary controller of this body, it was still based on the local rules.

And the rules here were continuously collapsing. The threads on the scholar’s body were already broken by more than half compared to before. Each subsequent strong control would lead to the remaining threads continuing to break.

Good steel had to be used on the blade. He wanted to retain this trump card as much as possible to cope with the hidden one’s subsequent actions.

The scholar’s body rushed forward, heading straight for Xu Zhenrong.

Xu Zhenrong couldn’t understand this situation, but she could only react. She couldn’t even evade, retreat, or escape, because she had no retreat left.

Her hands quickly formed seals, and sixteen circular marks appeared on “fake Runsheng’s” body. Subsequently, all the Qi gates opened!

A powerful momentum surged upwards. This scene was almost no different from when Runsheng himself opened all his Qi gates.

The scholar’s originally straight rushing figure suddenly circled around, not directly rushing towards “fake Runsheng.”

Seeing this, Runsheng turned back to look at Zhao Yi, indicating that he also wanted to open all his Qi gates now.

Zhao Yi: “Yinmeng, get on Runsheng’s back and go confront that counterfeit!”

Yinmeng jumped onto Runsheng’s back without a word, her left hand wrapped around Runsheng’s neck.

Runsheng, holding the Yellow River Shovel in his right hand and waving his left arm, began to sprint.

However, Runsheng hadn’t opened all his Qi gates after all. His momentum was considerably different compared to that “fake Runsheng.”

“Fake Lin Shuyou” and “fake Tan Wenbin” were also not idle. Xu Zhenrong didn’t keep them in front of her for protection, but sent them all towards Zhao Yi’s side.

Previously, Zhao Yi and the others were able to set up the turtle formation mainly because Runsheng was blocking deadly in front, while the rest, including Zhao Yi, were all providing support.

Now, Runsheng had come out, and the turtle shell couldn’t be set up. They had to first deal with the easy ones, then focus on the most difficult.

This line of thinking couldn’t be called wrong. From an ordinary person’s perspective, it was very clear-headed and decisive.

Xu Zhenrong was an excellent puppet master. In terms of puppet techniques, even Li Zhuoyuan needed to learn from her.

But each had their strengths, and in different trades. Xu Zhenrong was now facing two people skilled in commanding group battles.

The two of them didn’t even need much communication, not even a glance. They just needed to focus on the current situation and simulate the other’s response measures in their minds.

Runsheng carried Yinmeng, their distance to “fake Runsheng” growing shorter.

He also didn’t expect that one day he would face his own self with all Qi gates open.

Precisely because this was his ultimate skill, he understood even more the disparity in combat power between these two states.

He might be able to withstand two or three moves if actively defending, but if he actively attacked, he would likely be killed in one exchange.

But he listened to Xiaoyuan’s words. Xiaoyuan told him to temporarily listen to Zhao Yi’s words, so he simply listened to Zhao Yi’s words.

Knowing that continuing to rush forward, and when they clashed, the outcome for himself and Yinmeng on his back would be very dangerous, he still didn’t hesitate.

The distance between the two sides was rapidly closing.

When they were close enough that “fake Runsheng” could fight and turn back to protect Xu Zhenrong within that safe range, under Xu Zhenrong’s control, “fake Runsheng” began to rush forward.

At this moment, the scholar who had been lurking on the periphery suddenly rushed towards “fake Runsheng.”

“Fake Runsheng’s” speed slowed down. He lifted his arm and swung a fist, preparing to counter the scholar.

However, the scholar was just feigning an attack and didn’t actually launch one. Before the two sides made formal contact, the scholar stopped.

However, with his interruption, “fake Runsheng’s” momentum, which had just been built up, was cut off. When the scholar left, Runsheng, carrying Yinmeng, rushed up. “Fake Runsheng” changed his move and swung his fist again.

This punch was thrown in haste, and only had fifty percent of its peak power.

Although Runsheng in his normal state still couldn’t match this intensity, at least it helped reduce the damage he bore.

Runsheng’s shovel collided with the opponent’s fist.

In an instant, the Qi energy of both sides clashed fiercely.

Subsequently, Runsheng flew backward entirely.

Yinmeng, on his back, then smoothly jumped off and leaped up. She threw out all the remaining poison jars in her hand, adding some clever rotation when throwing, causing them to collide and shatter in mid-air. For a time, colorful poison mist fell.

This time, the area of the poison mist wasn’t large, and the falling speed wasn’t fast. It was actually very simple to evade.

Xu Zhenrong knew that girl’s poison was not ordinary, so she immediately controlled “fake Runsheng” to retreat from the range of the poison mist.

Who knew that at this moment, the scholar who had previously feinted appeared again, blocking “fake Runsheng’s” retreat path in advance.

“Fake Runsheng” didn’t stop, but rushed towards the scholar regardless.

The scholar reached out, probed forward, then kicked backward with his tiptoes touching the ground, quickly retreating.

Xu Zhenrong’s eyes showed doubt. She suddenly realized that the other side seemed to have reservations, always avoiding direct confrontation.

Could it be that you, even though you can open your eyes, are only bluffing?

To verify this guess, “fake Runsheng’s” pursuit didn’t stop. The scholar was still retreating, but the distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer.

Just at this moment, Runsheng, who had been struck flying out previously, reappeared in front of the scholar. His arms were already oozing fresh blood from the previous shock, but the speed and determination of raising the Yellow River Shovel were still without any hesitation.

Runsheng could perceive that inside this scholar was Xiaoyuan.

“Bang!”

Another clash, and Runsheng was still struck flying out.

The scholar actively avoided, not going to meet Runsheng. When Runsheng flew past him, the scholar quickly said, “positive four nine seven eight.”

At the same time, the hand he had previously extended was now retracted and clenched tightly.

The colorful poison mist that was still falling in that area, as if suddenly receiving traction, turned into strands of whirlwind, surging towards here.

Precisely at this moment, it was also the collective breathing time for “fake Runsheng’s” Qi gates.

The body exhaled turbid Qi and inhaled new Qi.

Xu Zhenrong watched wide-eyed as that piece of poison mist was pulled over by the scholar, wanting to stop “fake Runsheng” from breathing, but found she couldn’t, because if she did so, it would cause “fake Runsheng’s” internal Qi flow to become disordered.

Under the premise of all Qi gates open, if the internal Qi flow went wrong, even if this body was composed of dozens of black shadows, it still couldn’t bear this pressure and would explode.

The scholar at this time even specially turned his head and glanced at Xu Zhenrong standing in the distance.

Inside the high tower, Li Zhuoyuan also turned his head.

You are the deduced replica of the “Qin Clan Dragon-Viewing Method” body refining technique, and I am the real one.

When to breathe, at which rhythm point, let alone the counterfeit, even Runsheng himself, didn’t pinch as precisely as Li Zhuoyuan.

The poison mist was inhaled into “fake Runsheng’s” body. His body began to change color, and his movements suddenly became sluggish.

Xu Zhenrong didn’t expect that the current strongest masked person in her hand would be ruined just like this, so simply.

“You can only succeed this once!”

Xu Zhenrong was very decisive, immediately ordering “fake Runsheng” to self-destruct. Subsequently, she crossed her ten fingers and arched them upwards.

Without one, she could still pinch another.

This place had already turned into her classroom environment, that was her home ground.

The scholar’s figure once again dodged, avoiding the aftermath of “fake Runsheng’s” self-destruction.

And at this time, above their heads, the jade inverted cone was already surging with sixty black shadows.

Soon, a new batch of white cocoons would fall, and then another “fake Runsheng” would appear.

Inside the high tower, Li Zhuoyuan raised both hands.

Outside the high tower, the scholar crossed his ten fingers and arched them upwards.

The jade inverted cone that had already injected sixty black shadows was again filled with several dozen more black shadows, completely filling that inverted cone.

Too many black shadows were blocking in the inverted cone, simply unable to turn into white cocoons and fall.

Xu Zhenrong’s body trembled. Although she was wearing a mask, her current shock could still be perceived.

“It’s you!”

Although the scholar and Zhao Yi had a brief sentence exchange before, it was only now that Xu Zhenrong confirmed who was truly controlling the scholar.

She taught him the Nuo opera puppet technique, but she didn’t expect that he could actually prevent her from casting in this way.

“Fake Tan Wenbin” and “fake Lin Shuyou” were not recalled by Xu Zhenrong to protect herself. The scholar also didn’t advance towards Xu Zhenrong, but instead began to retreat.

During the retreat, Xu Zhenrong continuously sucked black shadows into the inverted cone, but no matter which inverted cone she chose, the scholar did the same, overfilling that inverted cone.

The simplest way to solve a puppet master was to make her unable to pinch puppets anymore.

In another place, under Zhao Yi’s arrangement, Tan Wenbin was sent to singly face his own counterfeit.

If Tan Wenbin used ghost control technique at this time, he should be able to barely fight back and forth with the opponent. After all, the influence of body quality gap on technique level wasn’t big.

But Zhao Yi required Tan Wenbin not to use ghost control technique.

One was, if he went all out directly, how could he embody the value of his young master Zhao?

Two was, he, Zhao Yi, was now counting on the surname Li’s team to survive this wave. Preserving their strength as much as possible was also a kind of protection for himself.

Zhao Yi believed that if the situation became chaotic next, and they collapsed collectively, the surname Li would definitely drag away his companions first, and finally, if conditions allowed, come and drag him away.

“Fake Tan Wenbin’s” hands were spread open, with two “resentful infants” sitting on his shoulders, clapping and singing.

Tan Wenbin himself, under this mental attack, could only hug his head and kneel on the ground. Blood overflowed from his eyes, ears, mouth, and nose. Fortunately, his two godchildren, although unable to formally act, could also hug their dry dad’s head together, providing him with some protection.

This scene looked quite fatherly and filial.

However, while protecting their dry dad, the two godchildren’s eyes were filled with deep resentment. This resentment was directed at Zhao Yi.

It was him who wouldn’t let their dry dad unleash their power. Now their dry dad was suffering, blame that three-eyed one!

The scholar suddenly appeared behind “fake Tan Wenbin.” “Fake Tan Wenbin” perceived it and turned his head at the same time. Both his eyes turned red, and various negative emotions surged towards the scholar like a tide.

Because this body was controlled by Li Zhuoyuan, these emotions were naturally transmitted to the boy there, and then, there was no then.

As if perceiving that this mental disturbance technique was ineffective against this person, “fake Tan Wenbin’s” body began to swell rapidly. This was to enhance himself using the ghost control technique method.

The scholar quickly closed the distance, then stretched out a finger and pointed from the air at “fake Tan Wenbin’s” shoulders, once on each side.

Xu Zhenrong’s puppet technique was indeed wonderful, but she had a bad habit, which was pursuing the perfection of the replica too much.

She probably wasn’t like this in her lifetime, but after death here, having almost endless raw materials of good quality and being able to borrow some rule permission to deduce for herself… fighting with too much abundance, she also contracted a rich disease.

Why did those two resentful infants like sitting on Tan Wenbin’s shoulders? This wasn’t for showing father-son affection and warmth, but because Tan Wenbin’s two shoulders were sealed by himself.

She also replicated this detail.

It wasn’t her negligence, but her deduction itself was knowing it but not knowing why.

The seals on both shoulders were activated by the scholar. “Fake Tan Wenbin” suddenly knelt down, his body beginning to twitch.

“I’m coming!”

Bloody-faced Tan Wenbin stood up, holding the Yellow River Shovel, quickly ran forward, and with one shovel, fiercely chopped off the head identical to himself.

“Huff…”

Don’t say, the feeling of killing oneself was indeed quite refreshing.

The scholar continued to cross his ten fingers and arch them upwards, blocking Xu Zhenrong’s raw material channel.

White Crane Child was invited down again.

Recent possessions were a bit too frequent, but the child wasn’t annoyed and thoughtfully provided door-to-door service each time on call.

Although trying to cover it up, His momentum was visibly not as abundant as in previous times.

No way, Lin Shuyou was continuously being possessed in a weak state, and the descended child was also maintaining Lin Shuyou’s body with His own power time after time, equivalent to footing the bill for the boss to work day and night.

Those Yin gods didn’t care about the medium’s body, one reason being that Their divine power was too precious.

However, the child did make progress, which was while trying to cover it up, appropriately showing His fatigue.

In short, He showed the leader His work results and also showed the leader His work hardship.

In principle, the needleless White Crane Child was no match for the needled state “himself,” and the opponent was pinched with thirty black shadows, with stronger endurance.

But the fact was, White Crane Child wasn’t that effortful this time, just blocking that “fake Lin Shuyou.”

Because Zhao Yi was sitting behind, non-stop manipulating the array.

The array wasn’t complex, it was three micro small arrays. The small array flags were also taken directly from Lin Shuyou’s bag.

But with just this simple array, “fake Lin Shuyou’s” figure would appear to shake significantly with each step, and his speed simply couldn’t pick up.

He wanted to condense the three-pronged halberd, but each time it reached halfway, the three-pronged halberd would become illusory and then dissipate.

Even the talisman needles on his body that were originally supposed to be for “decoration” began to shake, creating a new hindrance effect.

Thus, “fake Lin Shuyou” had a body full of strong power, yet simply couldn’t exert it.

White Crane Child only needed to strike when necessary to prevent the opponent from destroying the array and could keep dragging the opponent here.

However, White Crane Child’s heart was not at all relaxed. He non-stop used gaps to turn back and sweep over Zhao Yi with his vertical pupil.

If Zhao Yi wasn’t “one of his own” now and had a good relationship with that boy, the child might have put aside the counterfeit in front and first used the three-pronged halberd to stab Zhao Yi through several times.

Because this guy had clearly thoroughly investigated Official General Commander’s steps, techniques, and divine power, and had researched countermeasures.

At this time, the scholar’s figure appeared.

Zhao Yi’s brow center gap instantly opened to the maximum extent. Three simple techniques were overloaded at this moment, hindering “fake Lin Shuyou’s” figure to the maximum extent.

Zhao Yi: “Child, give it needles!”

The child’s gaze was gloomy, but the scholar appeared, meaning that boy’s gaze had descended. He didn’t hesitate, took out the talisman needles originally prepared for a critical moment for himself, flashed to “fake Lin Shuyou’s” front under three steps of praise, and stabbed the talisman needles into the opponent’s body.

The child himself had been stabbed many times, and now he was very skilled at stabbing others.

“Bang! Bang! Bang!”

“Fake Lin Shuyou,” who was originally in a replicated needled state, welcomed another round of needling. This was absolutely not a one plus one amplification. His body, even pinched with thirty black shadows, couldn’t bear this stimulation at this time.

“Boom!”

With a boom, “fake Lin Shuyou” directly exploded.

The child this time didn’t hurry to claim credit and wait for a reward, but first looked towards the scholar, then slightly turned his head, his vertical pupil rising with red light, towards Zhao Yi who was still sitting there cross-legged.

The scholar reached out and patted the child’s shoulder, opening his mouth and saying, “Rest assured, he’s not deliberately targeting you, he’s researched all of you.”

Zhao Yi had long ago discovered the flaws of Runsheng, Tan Wenbin, and Lin Shuyou, all of them.

His purpose was self-evident.

This was also why Li Zhuoyuan could cooperate so well with Zhao Yi this time, because Li Zhuoyuan was also very clear about the flaws in his companions’ abilities.

If Xu Zhenrong was given a second chance, she would definitely consciously avoid these flaws, but the problem was, she had no opportunity.

Zhao Yi: “I was just bored and idly pondering, thinking of summarizing it well and handing it over to all of you, so you can improve.”

Seemingly knowing that his words weren’t very persuasive, Zhao Yi hurriedly changed the subject, reached out and pointed at the masked Xu Zhenrong standing there, and asked with ill intent:

“Hey, this place doesn’t actually need you, why not go and solve her?”

Xu Zhenrong was still standing there, crossing her ten fingers, continuously trying. Unfortunately, whichever one she tried, Li Zhuoyuan blocked that one.

At this time, Runsheng, full of blood and holding the Yellow River Shovel, appeared in another area, and with all his strength, fiercely smashed towards the empty space in front of him!

“Bang!”

As if glass was shattering, the line of sight obstruction was dismantled. Inside sat a Xu Zhenrong not wearing a mask, this was her true body.

Because all her mind was entrusted to her masked self, her true body’s reaction here was very slow, mainly because she didn’t think this place could actually be discovered.

Previously, when Runsheng was struck flying out a second time, Li Zhuoyuan told Runsheng a string of numbers. This was actually a simplified position mnemonic from when Runsheng helped him arrange arrays in the past. The coordinates corresponding to the mnemonic were precisely where Xu Zhenrong’s true body was hiding.

This woman, from the beginning, the self shown on the surface was actually a puppet.

Runsheng seemed to feel that one shovel wasn’t steady enough. He patted the shovel handle with his palm, and the internal compartment opened. A string of evil-breaking talismans slid out from the shovel tube and stuck onto Xu Zhenrong’s body.

These precious talisman papers were very abundant in Li Zhuoyuan’s team. Not only did each person have them, but they could also develop various ways of hiding and activation.

“Pa! Pa! Pa!”

A series of explosion sounds came, and Xu Zhenrong’s body began to crack.

Her charming face first showed panic and astonishment, and finally, it all turned into a hint of relief.

Perhaps, she was also long tired of living here, but the early investment and inertia no longer allowed her to choose her own end.

After so many years enduring here, she could no longer distinguish whether it was for her family or her own unwillingness.

The scholar’s figure appeared in front of the severely cracked Xu Zhenrong. Previously, he deliberately went to where Zhao Yi and the child didn’t need help, to create an opportunity for Runsheng’s sneak attack.

Xu Zhenrong rotated her already cracked eyes and looked towards Runsheng, who was still grasping the shovel and stabbing herself to death beside her:

“He practices the Qin Clan body refining technique, right? Then you are…”

The scholar: “I am the contemporary Qin family river walker.”

“Indeed, a Qin family person…”

Xu Zhenrong let out a slightly playful sigh:

“Alas, teaching an apprentice starves the master…”

As soon as the words fell, her body thoroughly disintegrated, completely ending.

And the masked woman who was originally standing there, crossing her ten fingers and continuing to play the game of blocking the inverted cone with Li Zhuoyuan, her figure stiffened.

“Boom!”

First, a piece of red flame erupted from her body, and immediately after, masks of various colors floated and rotated, but couldn’t find a nearby target to attach to.

The masks quickly melted and fused with the almost about to dissipate flame. In an instant, the red reality flame turned into soul-targeting ghost fire, surged up a bit again, then completely extinguished.

She designed that masked person disguised as herself into a martyrdom trap.

Unfortunately, from beginning to end, Li Zhuoyuan never went there. There was no capturing the king first, which ultimately caused her to explode in vain.

The front fake Runsheng, fake Tan Wenbin, and fake Lin Shuyou, three masked people, used a total of one hundred black shadows, plus this one that just self-destructed. The quality level of the masked people that Xu Zhenrong could use simultaneously necessarily exceeded the number of one hundred black shadows.

“Ten, thirty, sixty, pinched three to make a whole hundred, this is deliberate.”

Tan Wenbin breathed a sigh of relief. He just fell for this cognition trick and immediately shouted to Brother Xiaoyuan: “Then you just shouted to Brother Xiaoyuan ‘one hundred percent assured’?”

At that time, hearing these words, Tan Wenbin thought this was Zhao Yi reminding Brother Xiaoyuan of the number of one hundred black shadows.

Zhao Yi shrugged: “That sentence of mine wasn’t for your Brother Xiaoyuan to hear, it was for that woman to hear, so she would think the two of us hadn’t seen through it.”

A whole hundred, this data was obviously fake at a glance. Your ability hasn’t made progress for so many years, it’s just stuck at an integer unchanged, right?

This kind of mindset in normal confrontation has a high probability of having a miraculous effect, but in front of Zhao Yi and Li Zhuoyuan, it was somewhat like small sorcery meeting great sorcery.

Li Zhuoyuan believed that Zhao Yi wasn’t deliberately giving himself a wrong hint, because young master Zhao didn’t need to do so. This wave hadn’t ended yet, the hidden black hand hadn’t appeared yet, and Zhao Yi would only care more about his own safety than his own.

The scholar: “I’ll go up first.”

Zhao Yi: “Do we need to go together?”

“No need, the array doesn’t need many people.”

The scholar’s figure left, going to the upper layer.

Yu Miaomiao was almost suppressed to death by Zhen Shaoyan.

She had a body full of strength and speed, yet simply couldn’t exert it. If there was no external force intervening, she could only die in this endless frustration.

Zhao Yi: “Your Brother Xiaoyuan is going to save that cat?”

Tan Wenbin: “Probably.”

Zhao Yi: “Quite surprising, the surname Li is actually so compassionate, he cares for small animals.”

Tan Wenbin: “Our Brother Xiaoyuan is always benevolent to people and also benevolent to beasts.”

Zhao Yi yawned, looked up towards the top of the tower, his gaze focused on the bell at the top of the tower. He seemed to think of something, his yawn stopped halfway, then he chuckled somewhat lowly:

“I owe the surname Li a life.”

…

As soon as the scholar arrived at the upper layer, a giant eye appeared beneath his feet.

Obviously, Zhen Shaoyan had made precautions early on.

Inside the high tower, Li Zhuoyuan began to step out.

On the negative second layer, the scholar was also stepping out.

The giant eye that could originally bind everything above seemed to have lost its magic at this time. The scholar walked on it as if walking on flat ground.

Zhen Shaoyan’s eyes widened. He had to temporarily give up continuing to suppress that cat and turn to seriously deal with this scholar.

Zhen Shaoyan waved his hand and cast out an array.

Inside the high tower, Li Zhuoyuan also made the same action.

Both sides each waved out an array in the middle. The arrays collided and simultaneously collapsed and dissipated.

Zhen Shaoyan’s face showed a surprised expression. He felt as if he was facing a mirror.

Next, Zhen Shaoyan continued to arrange arrays non-stop, while the scholar just wandered around.

Zhen Shaoyan’s face gradually sank. Each time his new array was arranged, the other side could quickly capture the life gate and death gate. After switching between them, they calmly walked out.

And the other side, as if to express a faint arrogance and disdain, actually didn’t counter with arrays.

This was actually Zhen Shaoyan’s misunderstanding.

Li Zhuoyuan didn’t choose to counter because he was clear that his counter would be like the opponent’s attack, neither could do anything to the other.

As for this expression… the scholar just had this face and this temperament.

Inside the high tower, Li Zhuoyuan was actually quite serious. The opponent’s array arrangement meant that he had obviously experienced thousands of tempering and was very worth learning and drawing from.

Of course, Li Zhuoyuan was very clear that now was not the time for pure teaching.

Although he didn’t counter, he was non-stop modifying the arrays arranged by Zhen Shaoyan. In each array, he punched a small hole, small enough for only a cat to enter and exit.

When entering this secret realm, Li Zhuoyuan didn’t choose the array door among the three stone doors, precisely because he felt that his current self temporarily didn’t need array study.

The situation was indeed like this. In terms of array understanding, Zhen Shaoyan indeed didn’t have much to teach him. What he could learn was just the arrangement technique. He must have researched it in his lifetime, and after death, having such a good arrangement environment, he had studied it even more carefully.

Li Zhuoyuan was very satisfied with his research results.

But since they couldn’t open up a gap in array strength, both were actually still on the same starting line. It could be said that they met an opponent. At this time, any side gaining extra assistance would be enough to break this balance.

Soon, Zhen Shaoyan seemed to finally perceive something. He said incredulously: “You can also borrow the jade pillars here!”

This was something he had gained with great difficulty part of permission by relying on lurking here for so many years. Why did the person in front also have it?

The scholar: “Do I seem very strange to you?”

Zhen Shaoyan: “Of course strange. I know you are not the one originally standing on the tower top, you are that boy who entered the tower!”

The scholar: “Oh.”

Zhen Shaoyan: “How exactly did you do it?”

The scholar pinched his brow center. Inside the high tower, the boy was doing the same action.

He had already pasted half of the architect’s face skin on his face, gaining a little bit of permission. Wasn’t that very normal?

However, Li Zhuoyuan was clear that Zhen Shaoyan didn’t really want to know this matter, at least not as urgently as he expressed.

After the opponent discovered that he could also borrow the “classroom equipment” here, he realized that something might have happened during this period. He was already rechecking the traces of the arrays arranged earlier to see if there were any modifications.

But very unfortunately, Li Zhuoyuan wouldn’t give him this time.

The scholar raised his right arm, as if to snap his fingers.

This was his previous habit, but considering that guy Zhao Yi just snapped, the boy suddenly didn’t want to snap.

In the end, he just very ordinarily clapped his hands.

“Pa!”

“Boom! Boom! Boom!”

Continuous array booming sounds came.

The movement was very big, but the destructive power was very small, because it was all controlled by Zhen Shaoyan.

Zhen Shaoyan laughed: “If I had seen you on the ground floor at the beginning, and that was your real age, I admit, you are the true array dao genius I have seen in this lifetime.

But no matter how good your talent is, it still needs time to cultivate.

You are still a bit tender now.

Next time you do these small actions, your speed must be a bit faster, a bit more decisive. At the beginning, I really didn’t expect that you could also borrow the environment here to control arrays. You actually really had a great opportunity.

Pity, our exchange time was too short. When you first entered here, you should have chosen my door. I could have properly taught you more, no, let’s call it mutual exchange.”

Li Zhuoyuan could hear that in Zhen Shaoyan’s words, there were several points of sincerity, a kind of senior teaching junior mentality.

Even if they were enemies, even if they were destined for one to die and one to live, they still couldn’t stop recognizing some characteristics in the other.

The scholar nodded and said, “Then let’s exchange.”

The scholar reached out his hand.

The previous array explosions indeed didn’t cause too much impact on the already arranged arrays, but Li Zhuoyuan’s purpose wasn’t originally for this. He needed to borrow the collective anomaly of so many arrays to stir up the originally stagnant feng shui atmosphere here.

The atmosphere appeared, grasped by the scholar. Subsequently, the scholar’s body fell downwards, penetrating the array membrane with extremely fast speed, injecting this feng shui power into the arrays below.

Zhen Shaoyan’s eyes initially showed doubt, but soon he seemed to understand something and couldn’t help but exclaim: “Genius move!”

Integrating feng shui atmosphere with arrays, just thinking about it made one feel incredible, let alone actually witnessing it in reality.

Li Zhuoyuan was not surprised at all by Zhen Shaoyan’s excited reaction. This was an array innovation of Wei Zhengdao.

The atmosphere entered the formation and forcefully broke the arrays.

Although he could still try to remedy it, Zhen Shaoyan had already planned to admit defeat and give up struggling. He was now more interested in:

“This, how to learn?”

“First, you need to cultivate ‘Liu Clan Qi Observation Art’.”

“Oh… are you a Liu family person?”

“I am the contemporary Liu family river walker.”

Zhen Shaoyan looked at Li Zhuoyuan, then at the already broken arrays and Yu Miaomiao about to pounce.

He said with a crying and laughing tone:

“It seems that between Dragon King families and Dragon King families, there is also a gap between high and low.”

Although Yu Miaomiao was now using the black-skirted woman’s body, he, Zhen Shaoyan, knew Yu Miaomiao’s real age.

A successor of the same age, one could make him feel amazing and even teach him array dao, while the other looked more and more like a fool.

Zhen Shaoyan asked: “I can understand that you are not aiming for immortality, but why don’t you even want the tributes? This is greatly beneficial to your family.”

Li Zhuoyuan shook his head: “I only need to grow up, and my home will revive. There is no need to rely on those illusory things.”

Zhen Shaoyan: “In the field of array dao, I have left a crystal version of my book. It records my improved insights on arrangement techniques.

Then, I hope you can stop this disaster.

The three of us were just that person’s chess pieces. That person still hasn’t come out.”

“Um.”

“Saying this is not because I regretted it and had a change of conscience, but because I lost.”

“I know.”

“You and Zhao Wuchang are the same. If you become the Dragon King later, I will be convinced. Here, I’ll congratulate you in advance.”

Li Zhuoyuan nodded.

“Meow!”

Yu Miaomiao broke through the broken arrays and came in front of Zhen Shaoyan. Her sharp claws and fangs were wrapped with dense corpse demon qi, thoroughly tearing Zhen Shaoyan apart!

After venting the humiliation of being suppressed by the arrays, Yu Miaomiao turned around and vigilantly stared at the scholar.

The scholar didn’t mind her, turned around, and walked towards the high tower. While walking, he also checked the threads on his body. Because he had always avoided hard clashes and had no strong actions, the threads weren’t broken much and basically retained most of their state.

Below, Lin Shuyou, seeing the scholar solve that array master again, couldn’t help but sigh: “This corpse is so powerful…”

Zhao Yi sighed, reached out and hugged Lin Shuyou: “You really need to properly learn from your Child adult how to flatter.”

Lin Shuyou: “I, I’m not good at flattering?”

Zhao Yi: “Very good, but you flattered the wrong leg.”

Lin Shuyou: “Ah?”

Zhao Yi: “The surname Li has used his own ability from beginning to end. That corpse, even now, only provided him with a relatively qualified adult body.

No wonder the river water couldn’t wait for him to grow up and anxiously pulled him into the water. If this guy really waits to grow up, what are we going to play!

If I were him, I would simply surrender light, not even walk the river, just peacefully wait to grow up and practice martial arts then…”

Zhao Yi was stunned. He suddenly thought of a possibility:

“Damn, this guy surnamed Li, won’t he be unable to light the lamp!”

Outside the tower, the scholar walked to the tower door. Inside the tower, Li Zhuoyuan also walked to the tower door. Their gazes met, then together they lowered their heads and simultaneously said:

“You, how long do you still want to hide?”

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