Chapter 157

Qin Yun followed beside Hong Lingtong who held his wooden stave and proceeded leisurely .

“Miss Yi is a few hundred feet ahead of us . ” Hong Lingtong confidently pointed ahead .

“Oh?” Qin Yun immediately proceeded forward .

“Hey, wait for me . ” Hong Lingtong immediately chased after him .

Qin Yun’s sword intent domain quickly sensed light green ripples before discovering Yi Xiao .

“Qin Yun?” Yi Xiao had a delighted look as she ran over . At the same time, she put away her life-preservation Dharma treasure . “What a coincidence that we managed to meet each other . “

Qin Yun nodded with a smile . “Yea, it’s such a coincidence . “

Standing behind him, Hong Lingtong rubbed his nose and thought to himself, “Coincidence my ass . It was all from my inference!”

“Of course, Brother Hong played an important role in us being able to reunite . ” Qin Yun felt relieved when he was with Yi Xiao .

“Thank you, Brother Hong . ” Yi Xiao looked at Hong Lingtong as well .

“It’s only right to do so,” said Hong Lingtong immediately .

“Brother Hong is skilled in array formations and he has already inferred the exit . Let’s go out . ” Qin Yun said to Yi Xiao .

“Let’s leave quickly,” Yi Xiao said somewhat helplessly . “There’s white fog everywhere . Although I chanced upon a bottle of Spirit Pills, they were only at the fifth-grade . I can’t stand this place any longer . Let’s leave quickly . “

Hong Lingtong said confidently, “I’ll lead the way . “

The trio traversed another few thousand feet and did several turns . Unperceptibly, the fog ahead gradually lessened and eventually, completely disappeared .

“Phew . “

The trio walked out of the white fog, leaving the vast expanse of white fog behind them .

“We are out!” Yi Xiao looked delighted .

“And we should be the first ones out,” said Hong Lingtong with a smile . Qin Yun also observed the area up ahead carefully . There was a massive hall which was ancient and unadorned . Smooth boulders paved a way and the roof of the hall was dark . In the darkness, there was faint starlight twinkling .

The black roof dome with the twinkling starlight… made it resemble the starry night sky .

Shoo!

One of the starlights suddenly expanded and flew out from the deep depths of the black roof dome . Following that, it approached them . Qin Yun and company could tell at a glance that the starlight that flew toward them was a sledgehammer that effused a glow .

“Dharma treasure . ” Qin Yun waved his hand and sent two sword beams out, wrapping the sledgehammer that was rather close to them . As he wrapped it, the glow on the sledgehammer’s surface constantly flashed in an alternating manner with the black roof’s starlights behind it .

“Oh? I can’t take it down?” Qin Yun was baffled .

“Go . “

The purple flying sword by his waist instantly unsheathed itself and slashed at the sledgehammer but it continued shimmering with the lustrous light across its surface . It was unperturbed at all .

“It’s an array formation,” Hong Lingtong’s eyes lit up . “Every speck of starlight on this dark roof dome should be a Dharma treasure! There are many Dharma treasures hidden in here but every one of them is being held back by an array formation . Furthermore, a large number of small arrays form a large array together . In order to retrieve the sledgehammer, the array formation has to be cracked first . Using force? It’s useless using force against an Essence Soul immortal’s array formations . “

Qin Yun nodded .

“Brother Qin Yun, use your sword beam to hold onto this sledgehammer and prevent it from flying away . I need time to crack this array formation,” said Hong Lingtong .

“Alright, I’ll be counting on you,” said Qin Yun .

“I only know a little about array formations . But this treasure-concealing array formation has large arrays interspersed with small arrays, and the different small arrays are fused together . ” Yi Xiao could not help but knit her brows . When Qin Yun saw this, he laughed out loud . “Yi Xiao, at least you managed to have a read of it . All I see is twinkling on their surface . I do not understand anything beyond that . “

Hong Lingtong began his calculations with his fingers as he said with a smile, “Brother Qin Yun, everything follows rules, just like your flying sword arts has different strength depending on the different sword kinesis arts you use . This array formation’s setup uses the five elements as well as Yin and Yang as its basis . The more powerful an array formation, the more natural it is! For example, this array formation resembles the night sky . Thankfully, Immortal Scenic Yang is only testing us, allowing us to crack the array formation . Over time, it will become easier . If he was unwilling to leave his treasures to juniors, we would not be able to take them away . “

Qin Yun nodded . He had not been cultivating for long, so how could he have time to study array formations?

However, the older a cultivator was, the more knowledgeable they would typically be . Especially when one’s strength reached a bottleneck, they would begin studying other domains .

Essence Soul immortals with eternal life could study various domains . For example, Immortal Scenic Yang was best at the Tuṣita Divine Fire . His alchemical skills were ranked as one of the top few in all of history . As for the Capital Heaven Divine Lightning, he knew a thing or two . As for array formations, it needed no further elaboration . How many master experts in talisman amulets would not be well-versed in array formations?

“This sledgehammer’s array formation is relatively easy . I believe it’s not some powerful treasure either . ” As Hong Lingtong spoke, he pointed at two spots . “Brother Qin Yun, strike these two spots and you will be able to obtain the sledgehammer . “

With that said, Hong Lingtong released two beams of Quintessential Essence Dharmic powers and pointed at two points of starlight .

“Alright . “

Qin Yun nodded and immediately released two flying swords . They flew to the two spots in the black roof dome, traversing a thousand feet in the darkness before striking the two blobs of starlight .

Boom! Boom!

Accompanied by two blasts, Qin Yun felt that the sledgehammer he enveloped with his sword beam lose its binding resistance instantly . The starlight on its surface also dissipated . Qin Yun immediately retrieved it by bringing it in front of him before extending his hand to grab it .

“Fourth-grade Dharma treasure,” said Qin Yun when he saw it . At this point, Qin Yun and Hong Lingtong were very calm when it came to fourth-grade Dharma treasures .

“Here comes another one . ” Hong Lingtong looked up .

Qin Yun put away the fourth-grade Dharma treasure and looked at the black dome above him . Another beam of starlight fell and it turned increasingly clear . It was a tiny red flag . Qin Yun immediately released a sword beam to hold on to it .

The twinkling starlight on the tiny red flag was clearly complicated . Qin Yun found it somewhat uncomfortable just from looking at it .

“The array formation that seals this tiny red flag is a lot more powerful . ” Hong Lingtong frowned and fell into deep thought after speaking .

“It’s too difficult . ” Yi Xiao muttered after studying it for a while .

However, Qin Yun attempted with his Intrinsic Flying Sword to attempt cracking the array by force but he failed .

Despite there being many Dharma treasures in the black dome, one had to crack the arrays to obtain the treasure! This was Immortal Scenic Yang’s rule .

“Phew . “

Moments later, another beam of starlight fell, and as it came nearer, Qin Yun and Yi Xiao identified it .

“Oh?” Enveloped in the starlight was a flying sword . It was such a dark purple it looked nearly black . It also looked ordinary at a perfunctory glance . But on careful observation, there was an alluring luster on the flying sword’s surface . The more one looked at it, the more infatuated one became with it . Qin Yun immediately released a sword beam to hold onto the flying sword . The starlight on the flying sword flashed . Again, it could not be taken down .

“A flying sword,” Yi Xiao looked thrilled . “Qin Yun, you might be able to use it in the future . “

Hong Lingtong turned his head and had a slight change in expression . He said, “Brother Qin Yun, this flying sword and this red flag have similar array formations sealing them . Tell me, which one should I crack first?”

“Haven’t you been trying to figure out this red flag for a long time?” asked Qin Yun .

“Both the two array formations are very difficult . It will probably take me a long while to crack them,” said Hong Lingtong . “The amount of time I have taken is nothing . “

At the same time, Hong Lingtong sent Qin Yun a voice transmission . “Brother Qin Yun, you have the Golden Core Outer core and this flying sword appears extremely powerful . If you obtain it, you will be able to use it immediately . “

“Alright, then get the flying sword . ” Qin Yun nodded .

“Okay . “

Hong Lingtong began to infer the array formation that sealed the flying sword .

With time, beams of starlight would plummet from the black roof in sporadic intervals . Treasures would drop but despite releasing his sword beams to envelop them in a bid to prevent them from flying away, Qin Yun was unable to retrieve them without the array formation cracked .

Phew! Phew!

The cold-looking Bai Junyue led her younger sister out of the white fog from afar . Walking beside her were Eighth Zhu and Lunatic Zhu who were conversing amid laughter .

“Haha, we are finally out of there,” said Eighth Zhu with a laugh .

“Sister,” Bai Junyu was looking far ahead . When she saw Qin Yun and company controlling thirteen Dharma treasures in midair, she could not help but laugh . “Look, that Qin Yun has released his sword beams to trap all those Dharma treasures but he can’t retrieve any one of them . Can’t he tell that there are array formations sealing every one of them?”

“Brother Qin Yun, strike these five points of starlight and you will be able to retrieve that flying sword . ” Hong Lingtong wiped the sweat from his forehead and said with a voice transmission . At the same time, he released his Quintessential Essence Dharmic powers to point at five spots .

“Alright . “

Qin Yun instantly released five flying swords . There were fifth and eighth-grade flying swords among them .

After striking five spots, the twinkling starlight that lingered around the dark purple flying sword extinguished immediately . The binding strength vanished as well . Qin Yun immediately held it in his hand .

“Impressive . ” Bai Junyu and Eighth Zhu looked at Hong Lingtong in astonishment . Both of them were skilled in array formations and naturally knew how difficult the array formation that bound the flying sword was .

Qin Yun held the palm-sized dark purple flying sword in his hand and felt a burning sensation coming from it . He could not help but be overjoyed .