The Drought Demon Awakens
As soon as Chen Yu drew the Coiled Dragon Array diagram, Elder Shen couldn’t wait to grab it. As a contemporary formation master, Elder Shen’s research on the formation was the most profound of all. Because of this, he was shocked by the subtleties of the Coiled Dragon Array, smacking his lips repeatedly.
After studying the array, everyone decided to go to Qingmang Mountain immediately. It would take some time for the preliminary arrangement of the Coiled Dragon Array, but the drought demon might wake up at any time. Time waits for no one. They couldn’t delay a minute longer.
All the bigwigs gathered in front of the villa and prepared to take the car to Qingmang Mountain. Lou Ming also came out of the backyard at this time and looked at the Metaphysics masters gathered in front of him. With only a sweeping glance, he locked on the small and charming figure in the crowd.
Chen Yu sensed something, so she turned her head and saw Lou Ming. The corners of her eyes and brows were instantly filled with a smile. She turned her head again, and after saying something to Elder Wu, she ran to him.
“Third Brother, are you going back to the capital?” Chen Yu knew that Master Mao had gone to Lou Ming and asked him to return to the capital.
“Yeah.” Lou Ming nodded and asked, “Are you going to seal the drought demon?”
“Yes.” Chen Yu thought for a while and then said, “The Spiritual Pearl is in Master Shen’s hands, and he thinks it might be useful when we seal the drought demon later, so I can’t bring it with me. When the Qingmang Mountain matter is over, I’ll let grandpa ask for it.”
“Don’t rush.” Lou Ming said and took out a wooden box from his pocket. He handed it to Chen Yu. “Take this.”
“The Green Spirit Hairpin?” Chen Yu had seen this box before. It was used to store the Green Spirit Hairpin. After returning from Qilian Mountain, Chen Yu returned the Green Spirit Hairpin to Lou Ming. “The Green Spirit Hairpin is probably not useful against the Drought Demon.”
“I know.” Lou Ming put the box in his hand directly into Chen Yu’s arms and said, “The activation of the Coiled Dragon Array requires an enormous amount of spirit qi. I have placed the Green Spirit Hairpin in the courtyard, so the spirit qi in it is quite sufficient. Consider it as a backup for you.”
“That’s right, the spiritual energy in Qingmang Mountain is thin, maybe it can really be used.” Chen Yu also did not postpone, anyway, the green spirit hairpin is not one of the six great spiritual weapons, it does not matter to take and use.
“But… I hope you don’t get to use it.” He knew how much spirit qi was needed to activate the Coiled Dragon Arrayn. If it were more than a thousand years ago, he could activate it alone. Spirit qi was so sparse today, while the Coiled Dragon Array could absorb a lot less spirit qi from the air on its own, so relatively, Celestial Masters needed to supply more spirit qi.
The only consolation was that Shishi wouldn’t be responsible for activating the array this time, but the nine Celestial Masters together. Nonetheless, Lou Ming was still worried.
“Shishi, let’s get going.”
The two looked back and found that the grandmasters were already in the car ready to leave. Elder Wu was also standing by the car door urging her on.
“Third Brother, I’m leaving,” Chen Yu bade goodbye.
“Go on, be safe,” Lou Ming instructed.
“Mm-hmm.” Chen Yu hummed in response. Her eyes wandered, and without warning, she stood on tiptoe and stole a kiss in the corner of Lou Ming’s lips before hastily turning and sprinting away.
Lou Ming was stunned. His fingers unconsciously brushed over the spot she kissed, then smiled gently. But when his eyes followed the distant car and caught sight of the bloody shade in the distance, his expression drastically changed into a solemn one again.
“Young Master?” Tian Fei couldn’t help reminding Lou Ming he remained motionless for a long time.
“Let’s go.” Lou Ming retracted his gaze, frowned and sat in the car.
In the car heading to Qingmang Mountain, Master Mao remembered Lou Ming’s strange appearance a little earlier and couldn’t help but turn around to ask Chen Yu, “Little Friend Chen, is Lou Ming okay?”
“Pretty good, what’s wrong? Is Third Brother uncomfortable somewhere?” Chen Yu asked sensitively.
“Nothing, I’m just afraid he’ll be affected by the evil qi.” Master Mao shook his head and didn’t mention a thing to Chen Yu. He promised Lou Ming not to tell, for fear that she would be distracted when sealing the drought demon later.
“It’s alright. The drought demon has not broken through the seal, and the evil qi has not spread out of Qingmang Mountain, so Third Brother won’t be affected,” Chen Yu comforted him.
Master Mao nodded and sighed: “I hope this seal can be successfully completed so that the people can avoid this catastrophe.”
“It will be successful.” Chen Yu nodded confidently.
“So what if it succeeds?” Elder Wu suddenly interjected. “We sealed it once twenty years ago, and at an even earlier time, someone else also sealed it. However, as long as it doesn’t die, every once in a while, it will naturally awaken. Contrary to that, Metaphysics is gradually declining. The next time the drought demon wakes up, I’m sure no one will have the ability to seal it anymore.”
When Master Mao heard this, he nodded in agreement and said, “Perfected Lou He, your worries are on point. It’s a pity that we don’t have a way to kill it.”
Hearing this, Chen Yu, who felt that something was wrong, turned her head and stared at her grandfather fiercely.