Rising from Small Cloud Rain Technique

Surrounding the light screen are several gigantic pillars, flowing with golden light, clearly refined by cultivators.

Yuan Hong watched as the group approached, pointing at the light screen and said:

"That is the core area, the light screen is the manifestation of the Three Talents Mysterious Killing Array, we need to relentlessly attack the array’s nodes to break the Dharma Prohibition."

This is the clumsiest method of breaking an array, relying solely on brute force without any technical skill, but they have no other choice.

Finding an Array Master would be a good choice, but Array Masters are prominent figures of local forces and won’t risk accompanying these two outsider cultivators in this adventure.

Liuu Ruyan carefully observed the surroundings, seeing that the structures were quite orderly, spreading out from the core area, arranged in two circles of large halls.

However, the halls were just ruins, with white mycelium growing on the walls.

She withdrew her gaze and asked:

"Have the two fellow Daoists inspected the entire outer area thoroughly?"

"Of course, that is the basic procedure. You’re not thinking of searching again, are you?

If you’re hoping to find something left behind, I think that’s disrespectful to our thorough search that spared no effort."

Yuan Hong joked, saying this area wasn’t large, and they spent half a month searching the outer area three times, theoretically leaving nothing out.

Liuu Ruyan laughed, indeed the cultivators would thoroughly search whenever they encounter ruins, wishing to take away every valuable object.

She suspected that if possible, even the few pillars supporting the cave wouldn’t be spared.

"I meant whether you two fellow Daoists have discovered anything that could prove the identity of the ruins’ owner?

From your descriptions, we believe this ruin is a resource point for collecting Spiritual Fiend, invaluable in the long run.

Abandoning such a resource must mean something we don’t know happened."

"There are too many possibilities for abandoning this ruin, and guessing blindly won’t yield results.

The time is too long gone, we came here and found only decayed bones."

Zhang Le was not interested in the reason for the abandonment of the ruins, for him breaking the array in the core area to gather more resources was the proper goal.

He paused, then said:

"Neither of us are local cultivators from Red Rock Immortal City, even if we discover some marking, we wouldn’t recognize it. You two fellow Daoists can do a simple search.

However, our time is precious, so we’ll give you at most one double hour to search."

Liuu Ruyan looked at her partner, saw him nod slightly, and then said:

"Alright, we’ll search for a while to see if there are any extra findings."

The couple flew away on their clouds, Yuan Hong shook his head lightly:

"Purely a waste of time."

They found no symbolic engravings or markings.

"Letting them wander around can set their minds at ease, meanwhile we should quickly restore our magical power. Should I go first or you?"

Zhang Le said, after flying for two consecutive days, their inner magical power was significantly depleted.

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After half an hour, Pei Xiu and his wife returned disappointed and focused on restoring their magical power near the entrance.

Once everyone’s magical power reached a full state, the four gathered beside the Central Array. The light screen looked very solid, roughly the thickness of two fingers.

Yuan Hong pointed at a large stone on the ground and said:

"After testing with Fellow Daoist Zhang, we found three weak nodes in the array. If we keep attacking the nodes, causing the array’s energy to deplete faster than it accumulates, we can break the array and enter.

These three nodes have been marked with stones."

Zhang Le added: "It must be one continuous effort, otherwise there is no chance to break the array. Don’t be stingy with top-grade Spirit Stones and other magical power replenishments."

Pei Xiu activated his spiritual artifact, attacking the array, seeing the light screen ripple like water waves quickly disappear, the spread only within a few feet radius.

He smiled and said:

"My wife and I will attack one node, absolutely no problem, fellow Daoists need not worry."

Yuan Hong nodded and solemnly said:

"Let’s begin then, ensure the rhythm of attack is maintained. I’ll initiate the first attack, Fellow Daoist Zhang the second, then the couple for the third.

Cycle continuously, with attacks one breath apart.

This will take a long time, everyone needs to be patient."

Zhang Le responded first, "No problem."

The group found their positions, Yuan Hong initiated the attack, the booming sound echoed in the cave, the tremor amplitude of the light screen grew larger.

After two double hours, the light screen was down to a thin layer, like paper, each attack rippled across the entire area.

Liuu Ruyan activated her spiritual artifact, the red flying sword fiercely crashed against the light screen, creating countless flowing flames, like blooming flowers.

The attacked spot directly broke open into a large hole, followed by the light screen shattering into countless fragments, disappearing.

Pei Xiu laughed heartily:

"Haha, we did it!"

He noticed inside were three large halls, forming an equilateral triangle, adorned with golden rings on the outside.

A larger ring encircled the golden rings, filled with golden runes, shimmering and exuding a dignified aura.

Yuan Hong and the others quickly gathered, all smiling.

Zhang Le joked, "Not easy, but it seems there’s another Dharma Prohibition in here."

His face showed undeniable fatigue, but his eyes gleamed with light.

Pei Xiu seriously observed the runes on the ground, scratched his head and asked:

"Do the fellow Daoists recognize what kind of Dharma Prohibition this is?"

He and his partner were unfamiliar with arrays, completely unable to understand the meaning of the Dharma Prohibition.

Yuan Hong inspected for a moment, then said solemnly:

"I have limited understanding of Dharma Prohibitions, based on my judgment, it should be sealing-type runes.

If I’m correct, each of the three halls contains an earth vein node generating Spiritual Fiend."

Sealing earth veins to contain the outpouring of Spiritual Fiend seemed reasonable.

He performed the Object Control Technique, grabbing a stone and tossing it into the Dharma Prohibition, tracing an arc as it landed on the ground.

Once the stone hit the ground, it rolled forward with no incidents, initially proving the Dharma Prohibition cannot attack from a distance, and the ground held no danger.

The others tossed stones as well, and likewise nothing happened.

"We can now confirm non-living objects are safe."

Zhang Le said and took out a plump rat, rabbit-sized, from his Spirit Beast Bag, which was a First-Layer Qi Refining Demon Beast, its black eyes twirling continuously.

He threw the Demon Rat into the Dharma Prohibition, it landed then swiftly ran back, squeaking and scuttling away.

"Enjoy your freedom," Zhang Le shouted, concluding, "Looks like there’s no issue."

Yuan Hong lightly coughed and said:

"Now all that’s left is to search the three large halls, to avoid any unknown dangers inside, let’s restore our magical power before going in to explore."

"Wise words from the fellow Daoist, one never knows when the array might restart, we need to hurry."

Pei Xiu concurred, turning to his partner:

"You go ahead and restore your magical power first."

Yuan Hong and the others went to the other side, drawing out top-grade Spirit Stones to cultivate and absorb spiritual power in rotation.

Two double hours later, the four regrouped.

Yuan Hong took out a top-grade Profound Armor Talisman, activated it, then used his spiritual artifact to protect himself entirely, tentatively stepped into the Dharma Prohibition, and quickly withdrew.

After several tries, he boldly walked in, laughed and said:

"Safe."

The four filed in succession, entering the inner ring region. It was covered in a thick layer of dust, silently narrating the passage of time.

They arrived at the first large hall, its doors a crimson shade, like burning embers.

Liuu Ruyan guided her Spirit Flying Sword to pierce the door, a red light screen blocked the path, densely filled with rune characters.

"Another Dharma Prohibition?"

Yuan Hong laughed, "This is just a very simple Sealing Array, but curiously, what exactly is the role of the sealing runes on the ground?"

He couldn’t help but frown, two overlapping sealing arrays seemed wasteful and pointless.

Pei Xiu felt excited and said:

"None of us are Array Masters, so pondering won’t lead to clarity. Once we break the Dharma Prohibition, its purpose will become clear."

Zhang Le stepped back slightly, "Quite right. Fellow Daoist Liuu, continue the attack, the rest stand guard!"

Ready to witness the fruits of their journey, there was no room for hesitation.