Chapter 3: Breaking the Formation and Obtaining Treasure

  It wasn't until much later that the soul finally awoke, no longer in endless emptiness, and could feel a real physical body. It was only then that the soul truly awakened.

  When he opened his eyes, it was as if he had gone through millions of years, with endless vicissitudes, and seemed to have experienced the joys and sorrows of past lives, radiating the joy of being reborn.

  In the mountains that seemed like a paradise, a young man in a brown robe stood tall. The young man had a handsome face, but his eyes were filled with confusion. He muttered to himself: "Li Yunzhong, Cloud Middle Son, then who am I? Am I Li Yunzhong or Cloud Middle Son?"

  The soul that came from the traversal was called Li Yunzhong, and the person who had survived the tribulation and transformed was actually the first white cloud in the world to attain enlightenment, named Cloud Middle Child. Unfortunately, this first white cloud in the world was injured by the heavenly tribulation, resulting in his spiritual wisdom only opening up now, otherwise he would have been as famous as Hong Huang's Red Cloud.

  But as the saying goes, good fortune and disaster are intertwined. Although he was injured by the heavenly tribulation and his spiritual wisdom opened up late, it was precisely because of this that Yun Zhongzi had a great opportunity to rely on himself, and he also had a deep accumulation of good fortune. Unfortunately, he encountered Li Yunzhong who crossed over from elsewhere.

  Li Yunzhong stood still, having absorbed the soul of Yun Zhongzi, he easily learned how to manipulate his yuanqi, how to expand his spiritual awareness, and all the other divine abilities that cultivators possessed. At the same time, he also sensed that this body seemed to be resisting him, and after a moment's thought, he shook his head helplessly, thinking to himself, "I didn't expect to cross over into the Honghuang world, where cause and effect are emphasized. And yet, as soon as I crossed over, I absorbed someone else's soul, not only that, but I also occupied someone else's body, this cause and effect is not small. Alas, since it's like this, then I'll..."

  Then he let out a hearty laugh and said loudly, "From today on, there will be no more Li Yunzhong. I am now Yun Zhongzi, and from now on, I will make the name of Yun Zhongzi resound throughout the entire Honghuang Continent."

  As soon as the words fell, this body no longer had any resistance to Yun Zhongzi. He knew that the obsession of Yun Zhongzi, who was swallowed by himself, had dissipated.

  Li Yunzhong gave up his own name and chose the name Yun Zhongzi. For himself, it didn't matter, after all, he was also called Li Yunzhong, with the same two characters "Yun Zhong" in his name. Now that he had arrived in a different world, taking another name for himself was not unacceptable, let alone resolving the karma of Yun Zhongzi, so why wouldn't he be happy to do so?

  In his past life as a modern youth, Yun Zhongzi was no stranger to the legends of the Honghuang world. Every time he thought about it, he couldn't help but feel excited at the prospect of being Yun Zhongzi himself... In the era of the Great Calamity, among the Daoist sects, only Yun Zhongzi and Xuan Dou had managed to pass through unscathed without any karma. He seemed to have seen his own future, calmly and peacefully entering the service of Yuanshi Tianzun, safely passing through each Great Calamity, as a carefree immortal.

  Xian, for a modern young man, that is something that only exists in legends, and it's the kind of ethereal and intangible thing. Now, not only can he become an immortal, but also become a disciple of a saint, just thinking about it makes Yun Zhongzi feel secretly delighted.

  Of course, these are his one-sided wishes. For now, the most important thing is to improve his own cultivation and he is still far from leaving Zhou Shan, nor does he know when he can enter the gate of a saint.

  No more thinking, Yun Zhongzi flew away from this mountain range and casually opened a cave in another mountain range. He planned to heal his injuries and then stabilize his cultivation realm before going to Mount Buzhou to find a master.

  After nearly three years of cultivation, Yun Zhongzi not only thoroughly healed his injuries but also consolidated his cultivation to the early stage of Golden Immortality.

  Yun Zhongzi opened his eyes in the cave, feeling the boundless power within him, and was overjoyed to an unprecedented extent. He felt that he could now destroy mountains and seas with a single move, and when he thought of his previous life, he had been just an ordinary person, silently passing through life without any fame, not even in his own hometown, let alone on Earth. Compared to his current self, the difference was like heaven and earth.

  But thinking of his past life, he felt a little inexplicable sadness in his heart. He shook his head and put these thoughts aside for the time being. The most important thing now was to go to Mount Zhōu to find a master, which was a matter of life and death. He didn't dare to be careless, in case he wasn't like the legend that had been passed down through the ages, taking Yuánshǐ as his master. If things went badly, he would end up on the list of gods to be sealed, and if his luck was any worse, he would be sent back home directly.

  Yun Zhongzi gathered his energy, set up a lucky cloud, and directly flew out of the cave. According to his merged memories, he flew rapidly towards Mount Buzhou.

  In the east of the Desolate Lands, there is a mountain called Hua Xing Mountain. As its name suggests, many living beings have transformed and emerged from this place. Over time, the nearby living beings all referred to this mountain as Hua Xing Mountain. As for why this mountain can cause living beings to transform faster than other places, that's not something these small demons and monsters know about. One reason is that they don't have such thoughts, and another is that their strength is insufficient.

  All the creatures in the mountains knew that behind the main peak, there was a place shrouded in mist where they couldn't enter. Many of their kind had entered and got lost over the years, only to emerge decades later in a daze. As time passed, these creatures avoided this place from afar, not even monsters dared to approach it. Yet today, someone stood right there.

  This man is Yun Zhongzi, it has been two years since he came out of him.

  He was originally heading to Mount Buzhou, the memories of his past life told him that Sanqing was in Mount Buzhou. Mount Buzhou is easy to find and very conspicuous on the entire Honghuang continent, it's the mountain that connects heaven and earth, also known as Pangu's spine. He could even see a vague image of the mountain with one glance. He set up his body shape and flew towards there continuously. He himself was white cloud, so his speed was naturally not slow. Although he couldn't compare to Hongyun and others, he far surpassed other people in the same realm who had transformed into shapes.

  More than a year ago, he already knew that he was wrong, and the mistake was very serious. He thought that with his Golden Immortal cultivation, flying to Mount Buzhou should be an easy task. Unexpectedly, after flying for half a year, he found that the mountain seemed only slightly closer than before. So, with his carefree personality, he naturally put aside the matter of going to Mount Buzhou for the time being and focused on finding treasures to protect himself, which was now the most important thing.

  Shaking his head, Yun Zhongzi shook off the distracting thoughts in his mind and muttered to himself: "I hope there's a good treasure here!"

  "Who the hell said that the Desolate Lands were full of treasures, and that you could pick up a pre-heavenly artifact anywhere? Now what? In these few years, I haven't found a single pre-heavenly treasure, but I've collected a lot of trash."

  Depressed and returned in depression, Yun Zhongzi still came to this foggy mountain peak. He looked closely and was shocked to find that the fog here wasn't natural, but rather generated by an array. Thinking of this, Yun Zhongzi couldn't help but smile - had his luck suddenly exploded, or did Heaven feel sorry for him and want to give him a treasure?

  Thinking of returning, Yun Zhongzi didn't idle around. He slowly arrived at the front of the formation and carefully observed it while using his divine sense to investigate the structure of this formation. After a whole hour, Yun Zhongzi finally opened his eyes and said to himself: "It's actually the Pre-Heaven Six Harmony Formation. Although it's a bit troublesome, the formation is incomplete and only serves to block enemies, without any attacking effect. In that case, there's no danger, and I can try it out."

  Then Yun Zhongzi stepped into the formation with a strange posture, and in the previous hour he had already figured out the operation of the formation. Following the formation from the inside out to break the formation was easier.

  From the outside, it was just a foggy scene, but inside the array, it was like another world. The original white landscape seemed to be disturbed by his entry, as if a stone had been thrown into the water.

  In an instant, the space fluctuated violently, and after it stopped, Yun Zhongzi's gaze swept across, but there was no longer any mist. The sky and earth were empty, the sky was bright without the sun, and under his feet was green grass. The entire sky and earth were eerily quiet, and weak-willed creatures would likely go mad and lose themselves if they stayed for too long.

  Yun Zhongzi nodded secretly in his heart, indeed worthy of being a pre-heavenly formation. Even with just this broken formation, he couldn't see through it himself. Below the Golden Immortal, only White had a chance to enter, and at the same time, he also felt a sense of relief in his heart. If it were an intact formation, perhaps even the Great Luo Golden Immortal wouldn't have been able to break the formation.

  Only to see Yun Zhongzi's mouth murmuring, dozens of divine thunders suddenly appeared in the sky and struck a certain part of the formation. With a loud noise, the formation began to rotate rapidly, driving the entire nameless space, while Yun Zhongzi's figure was faintly visible, and the rotation of the formation could not affect him at all.

  It takes thirty-six days for the Six Harmony Array to complete one cycle, and Yun Zhongzi is not in a hurry at all. The mere thirty-six days are nothing but a short period of time for Yun Zhongzi, who is in the Golden Immortal realm.

  Thirty-six days had passed, and Yun Zhongzi's heart was slightly joyful. The moment of breaking the formation had arrived.

  At the time when the formation is about to enter its second week of operation, a seam appears in the formation, and Yun Zhongzi has been waiting for this opportunity.

  Only to see the Cloud Middle Child mouth again recite incantation, clear sky suddenly a black piece, black cloud electric light flashes, wave after wave of arm-thick divine thunder rolls down, the entire formation instantly washed once, six harmony array no one is in charge, so power suddenly weakened by half.

  Later, the formation entered the second circle. However, due to the previous divine thunderclap, the power of the Six Harmony Formation was halved, so it was no longer as difficult to break through as before. Yun Zhongzi didn't need to wait for 36 days again. His mouth chanted incantations non-stop, and the divine thunder struck continuously, bombarding the entire formation. After a day's time, amidst the rumbling thunder, the Six Harmony Formation suddenly let out a deafening explosion. Yun Zhongzi looked over and saw that the formation had indeed been broken through. Looking at the desolate landscape before him, Yun Zhongzi couldn't help but smile wryly to himself. He had a strong cultivation base and powerful magic, but unfortunately, he didn't have a suitable magical artifact in hand. If he did, he could have broken through this formation with just a few hours of effort.

  "Huh? How is there still an array method?"

  Yun Zhongzi couldn't help but feel a little surprised, originally thinking that breaking the Six Harmony Array would allow him to obtain the treasure, but unexpectedly in the center of the Six Harmony Array there was another array. Yun Zhongzi carefully observed and discovered that this array was a Pre-Heaven Wood Element Array.

  "How can there be a separate Wood Elemental Array inside the Six Harmony Formation? This is truly bizarre. Could it be some kind of wood-attribute treasure?"

  The Wood Formation is not a particularly profound formation, if you want to break the Five Elements Formation, it might be more troublesome, but just this Wood Formation, it's much simpler, and since no one is in charge of this formation, the five elements will naturally cancel each other out, so fire can be used to break the formation.

  In less than half a time, the wooden array was declared broken. When something appeared inside, Yun Zhongzi couldn't help but be greatly shocked.

  "Ah, it's actually the Bitter Bamboo from the Innate Spiritual Roots." Yun Zhongzi couldn't help but exclaim, carefully observing for a long time before sighing: "After the creation of the world, there was no opportunity to cultivate spiritual intelligence, and although it is called an Innate Spiritual Root, it has become nothing more than a lifeless object. What a pity."

  Only to see that in the place where the wooden array was broken, a bamboo grew upright, with six sections on its stem and luxuriant branches. After the bitter bamboo was exposed, the air seemed to be filled with a faint fragrance. Yun Zhongzi took a sniff and found that his spirit seemed to be quite refreshed. He exclaimed: "Good treasure, it's really a good treasure! It has the effect of calming the soul and refreshing the mind. If worn during cultivation, there is no need to worry about the growth of heart demons. Such a treasure should belong to me."

  Without saying more, Yun Zhongzi carefully put away the bitter bamboo with a wave of his hand, and the originally dense spiritual energy gradually dissipated. Yun Zhongzi knew that in less than half a year, this mountain would become similar to an ordinary mountain range, and what happened here would become a legend.

  Looking at the many ignorant living beings in the mountains, Yun Zhongzi smiled and said: "You have a lot of good fortune, enjoying this treasure for many years, but now it's all over." After finishing speaking, he headed towards Mount Buzhou again.