Chapter 88 Return to the Forest

  Today's first update!!!

  Lianhua copper body is a third-grade material, its quality is much higher than that of second-grade materials. Because of this, even if it has been melted with second-grade Xuan fire, it is still not easy to imprint the symbol array on it. And for a third-grade symbol array, it is extremely difficult to condense in an instant.

  Zhang Chong's fingers danced like a butterfly, his forehead already beaded with fine sweat. His fingers moved swiftly, the two Three-Treasure Symbols Arrays barely halfway through their rotation when Liu Hua Tong suddenly plummeted downwards. A loud "crash" was heard as Liu Hua Tong hit the ground. Only then did Zhang Chong finally release the full extent of his symbol arrays.

  Looking at the Luohua Tong that had fallen to the ground, already in its embryonic form, Zhang Chong's heart was not particularly disappointed. This result was something he had long expected, for a third-grade spiritual artifact was not so easily refined successfully.

  What he needs to do now is to use the refining process to make the two-product Xuanhuo in his hand more pure, so as to be promoted. And this first refinement also made him see how far he was from success.

  In the midst of his tireless training day and night, Zhang Chong also discovered that the power of heaven and earth within him was constantly accumulating. According to Yue's words, when a cultivator reaches the Qi Replenishment stage, the power of heaven and earth in their body will increasingly reside within, until it reaches its peak. At this point, the body will undergo a transformation, emitting light from within, like the sun, moon, and stars. This marked the attainment of the Divine Light stage.

  While Zhang Chong was cultivating, he discovered something that made him extremely delighted. The Heavenly Earth's power within his body was slowly growing and, like a small snake, it was constantly eroding the spiritual energy and magical powers within his body. Moreover, it showed an extremely intelligent appearance, not simply eroding the spiritual energy, but rather taking turns to erode them, so that Zhang Chong's spiritual energy and magical powers within his body remained in perfect balance.

  This silkworm's growth was not controlled by Zhang Chong himself, but was completed solely by the power of heaven and earth. Every time he felt this sensation, Zhang Chong couldn't help but secretly marvel at it, and as a result, the heavenly earth in his body grew extremely rapidly.

  The time spent cultivating passed extremely quickly, and in the blink of an eye, six months had already gone by. In just six months, Zhang Chong was able to refine a fourth-grade spiritual artifact, and the five-stage grand array set up by Yue was also broken by him. This speed left Yue astonished beyond measure.

  "It's really too fast, even Lan Xi Ping back then spent two years of cultivation to refine a fourth-grade spiritual instrument, you kid, isn't your talent pretty good?"

  "That's natural." Zhang Chong replied, also without any courtesy. He had always been one to accept praise wholeheartedly. In his heart, he was secretly pleased, and from Yue's tone, he understood that Wang Daozhong was still in the midst of bitter cultivation, while he himself had broken through the fifth stage array method, indicating that he could cultivate the "Expel Spirit" technique. This way, although Wang Daozhong's cultivation was arduous, it was within his grasp.

  "You may be a Yuan Ying level cultivator, but you're still just an old corpse to me. You'll always be in the palm of my hand." Zhang Chong laughed loudly in his heart.

  "Right," Zhang Chong thought of something at this time and said to Yue,

  "I can now break the fifth-level array, why not go to that forest and see if I can break the large array in the forest." After hearing his words, Yue only instructed him a few times before letting him go with peace of mind.

  Zhang Chong opened his eyes once again, and saw the lush greenery in front of him. His mood was also excellent. In the past six months, although his strength had increased rapidly within the Xuanji Ring, every day's scenery was similar, and looking around made him feel a bit aesthetically fatigued. Now that he was finally in the forest, seeing different landscapes improved his spirits greatly.

  Zhang Chong took a deep breath, and with a flick of his wrist, two strands of black and white mist shot out from the rod, stretching outward. This mist was much thicker than before, and it seemed that the spiritual energy and magical powers infused into him by Mo He and Qing Shan had reached about 80% of their full potential. Moreover, he could now use them without being overly cautious. It could be said that the spiritual energy and magical powers that had previously tortured his body to the brink of death were now fully under his control.

  "Haha, didn't expect that, did you? You guys used my body as a plaything, saying infuse spiritual energy and infusing spiritual energy, saying infuse demonic power and infusing demonic power. How's this, I'm still alive and well, and I'll even absorb these two powers. When I become powerful in the future, I'll capture you all and inject the power of heaven and earth into your bodies, letting you experience the feeling of dying and living too."

  Just thinking about this scene that will happen in the future, Zhang Chong is as excited as if it had already happened.

  Want me to lose out? Humph, I absolutely won't lose out.

  These two wisps of fog slowly dispersed between heaven and earth, Zhang Chong's mind was greatly opened, feeling every move, in the Xuanji ring, the rich experience gained from breaking the formation made him like a seasoned hunter, searching for any clues.

  "Observing its form, one might be led into a misunderstanding, thinking that the array's meridians will connect with these visible objects. However, truly ingenious arrays will not do so. Therefore, it is not just about sensing the array's meridians at the location of visible objects, but rather requires greater focus on other places."

  Zhang Chong held the Heart-Devouring Stick, searching for even the slightest fluctuation, but strangely, his released aura was extremely powerful, yet he couldn't sense even a hint of difference.

  For three whole days, Zhang Chong searched non-stop within this square mile area, but just as Yue said, this was an extremely high-level formation, everything seemed to be naturally perfect, making it impossible for him to find any weaknesses or clues.

  Since it can't be found, there's only one way left.

  Zhang Chong's eyes were fixed on a tall tree in front of him, and the Xuanhuo in his hand flickered suddenly in the palm of his hand. The Xuanhuo was a pale blue color, emitting a crystal clear light, more pure and condensed than before. This Xuanhuo had already reached the third rank.

  "Break!!!" Zhang Chong's hands shouted, and the three-product Xuanhuo rushed towards the location of the tree, rumbling forward.

  "With a loud crash, the Xuan fire directly struck the tree, causing it to split open, and then, endless flames engulfed it. The tree gradually became transparent in the midst of the flames. At the same time, an emerald green crystal fruit shot towards Zhang Chong's body at lightning-fast speed."

  Zhang Chong had long been prepared, with one hand extended forward. Two swirling black and white mists revolved unceasingly, like a spiral, to resist the green fruit that was flying towards him.

  A loud and violent explosion sound, directly ignoring Zhang Chong's defense, sent him flying out, heavily falling to the ground. However, Zhang Chong, who was lying on the ground, did not have a painful expression, but instead hehe smiled.

  "Hahaha!!!!!" His laughter soared into the sky, laughing with unparalleled joy.

  "Brother has arrived, brother has finally arrived." Zhang Zhong muttered from his mouth.

  Just that brief moment, Zhang Chong used 70% of his strength to resist the attack of the green fruit, while the remaining 30% of his strength was carefully observing the fluctuations around him. And just as the explosion occurred, a strong airflow allowed him to finally discover the pulse of this large formation, although he only saw two paths, but had already found the trace of the pulse, and breaking the formation was one step closer.

  For Zhang Chong, the most advantageous point at present is that this big formation was self-activated and no one came to control it. In this way, the difficulty of breaking the formation for him has also been greatly reduced, and he doesn't have to worry about new changes emerging in the process.

  Zhang Chong returned to the Xuanji Great Array once again. As soon as he entered, Yue's voice rang out.

  "Did you gain anything?"

  "Of course." Zhang Chong replied, this time he not only found the two veins but also saw the shape of the fruit clearly. He then told Yue about the shape of the fruit in great detail.

  "This fruit, isn't it the Brahma's Echo Fruit?" Yue exclaimed in astonishment.