The Coiled Dragon Array
Chen Yu returned to her room, and finally cultivated a bit of sleepiness. When she was about to lie down to rest, she was suddenly awakened by a burst of evil qi. She pushed the door open and stood at the entrance of the room looking in the direction of Qingmang Mountain. A bloody red was reflected in the dark night sky like a bloody sunset.
“Creak…”
Chen Yu turned her head and saw Elder Wu with the same dignified expression.
“Grandpa,” Chen Yu called.
“Let’s go. I’m sure the others are almost awake.” Elder Wu finished speaking and took the lead in the front hall.
No one was destined to get a good night’s sleep tonight.
All the bigwigs walked into the hall with solemn expressions, during which only Master Mao asked with concern when he saw Chen Yu, “Little Friend Chen, you’re awake. Are you uncomfortable anywhere?”
“No, I’m fine,” Chen Yu replied with a smile.
Master Mao nodded: “Where is Lou Ming?”
“Third Brother should still be resting,” Chen Yu replied.
Master Mao frowned and said, “We must let Lou Ming leave here as soon as possible.”
The drought demon’s evil qi might not have completely broken through the seal of Qingmang Mountain yet, but once it broke free, the chances of Lou Ming getting in contact with it and being triggered to explode was very high. If both detonated at the same time, the consequences would be unthinkable.
“Hm.” Chen Yu nodded approvingly. However, they must discuss the Qingmang Mountain issue first.
The nine bigwigs soon gathered. Shen Qingzhu, as the host, sat in the main seat and spoke solemnly, “I believe everyone has already felt it. The seal of Qingmang Mountain may be broken at any time.”
“Master Shen, since the seal will be broken at any time, what else are we going to discuss? We should rush to Qingmang Mountain to seal it immediately.” Master Liang had never seen such an enormous evil qi. He could hardly imagine the impact the drought demon would bring to the world once it breaks through the seal.
“Amitabha Buddha, Master Liang is right,” Ku Hai seconded.
“Master Liang, Senior Brother, listen to Master Shen for now,” Grand Master Ci Hai interjected.
Master Ku Hai and Master Liang froze, and then quietly looked at Shen Qingzhu.
Shen Qingzhu sighed before saying, “Twenty years ago, my friends and I accidentally discovered that the seal here was loose, so we used the Nine Cycle Profound Gate Array to strengthen the seal while the drought demon was not fully awakened. However, the strength of the evil qi then was far less intense than today.”
What? The four new Celestial Masters, except for Chen Yu, couldn’t help but frown.
“Nevertheless, in the process of reinforcing the seal, Master Lu and Master Ming also died of exhaustion because they fought head-on against the drought demon’s evil qi.”
Elder Wu’s palm on the back of the chair trembled slightly, but he lowered his head so that no one could have a clear picture of his expression. The rest of the bigwigs who were present showed sadness one after the other.
After a moment of silence in the living room, Master Ku Hai suddenly spoke, “Amitabha Buddha, as long as the drought demon can be sealed, life and death are not enough to fear.”
“That’s right.” Master Liang echoed, “It’s just another reincarnation.”
Master Mao also nodded in agreement.
However, Chen Yu disagreed, and inwardly muttered: Of course you are not afraid of reincarnation because you’re old, but I haven’t married my Third Brother yet.
Of course, she didn’t dare to voice her inner sentiments out loud. She wasn’t that stupid to say it directly and garner hatred.
“Don’t you understand?” Elder Wu suddenly spoke and mentioned the key points, “20 year ago, the seal of Qingmang Mountain was only a little loose, yet the nine of us had already caused such consequences when we went to reinforce the seal. Now, the drought demon may awaken at any time in Qingmang Mountain. Even if all nine of us are killed, the Nine Cycle Profound Gate Array will not be able to seal it.”
The crowd looked at Elder Wu incredulously, and then turned their heads in unison to look at Shen Qingzhu, who was at the main seat.
“Exactly.” Shen Qingzhu was nothing but helplessness. “The Nine Cycle Profound Gate Array is a sealing formation passed down from my Shen family’s ancestors, but … its power is far from enough to seal a drought demon.”
“Could it be that this world is destined to suffer this calamity?” Grand Master Ci Hai folded his hands and recited a Buddhist hymn.
“Whether it works or not, we have to try. It’s better than sitting here waiting for death,” Yan Chongming said.
“If you’re courting death, go by yourself,” Elder Wu said in disgust.
“Wu Li, if you are afraid of death, you can just leave. No one will stop you.” Yan Chongming had always considered Elder Wu not pleasing to the eye, so he immediately drove him away.
“The both of you, it’s time to stop arguing.” Perfected Hua Xie suddenly interrupted, “Elder Wu certainly does not mean that either.”
Yan Chongming replied with a fierce hum, but still gave some face to Perfected Hua Xie and did not speak again.
When Shen Qingzhu heard Perfected Hua Xie speak, he thought that among all the people present, he was the best at divination and testing, so he couldn’t help but ask, “I wonder if Perfected Hua Xie can calculate our fortune on this trip to Qingmang Mountain?”
“I did!”
The crowd immediately turned their heads toward him.
Perfected Hua Xie pondered for a moment and said, “The trigrams show that there is a silver lining.”
A silver lining, meaning to say, they still have hope. The crowd’s faces brightened up a little, and they began to discuss again.
“The evil qi is getting heavier and heavier. I don’t know how long the seal will last.” Yan Chongming was worried. “Once we let the drought demon run out of Qingmang Mountain, even if we finally find a way to seal it again, the consequences will be…”
Yan Chongming did not say the specific consequences, but all of the masters sitting could guess.
“The seal should still last a day.” A crisp and nice female voice suddenly sounded, which was quite abrupt in a pile of old and vigorous voices.
Elder Wu glanced at his granddaughter, and a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes. However, he quickly guessed that it was probably because of her memory of that previous life.
“Little Friend Chen, how do you know that?” Master Mao, who was sitting beside Chen Yu, was surprised.
“What do you, a junior, know?” Yan Chongming, however, did not trust Chen Yu.
The rest of the masters were stunned for a moment, but after finding out that it was Chen Yu who spoke, most of their faces showed a look of disbelief.
“Are you questioning others when you are not capable? You’ve lived to this age, but you’re still so unproductive,” Elder Wu snorted coldly, his tone full of contempt.
“Who are you referring to?” Yan Chongming got up from his chair angrily.
“You, ah!” Elder Wu admitted frankly.
“You ……” Yan Chongming restrained his anger and said, “Fine, let your granddaughter explain to us clearly. If in the end she is right, I, Yan Chongming, will never complain in front of you in the future.” “
Elder Wu snorted, turned his head and said to Chen Yu, “Enrich his knowledge.”
“Uhm…” The Old Man’s skill of attracting hatred was truly superior.
Chen Yu had no way to back down, so she could only harden her scalp and speak. “I have had a special constitution since I was a child. Yin fiends never invade me, and my perception of evil qi is much more sensitive than that of ordinary people.”
“Yin fiends do not creep into you?” Shen Qingzhu was amazed. “Does evil qi not affect you?”
“Yes.” Chen Yu nodded.
Except for Master Mao and Elder Wu, everyone else present heard about this for the first time. Hence,they were more or less surprised.
“So I can clearly perceive the changes of evil qi in Qingmang Mountain.” Chen Yu paused for a few seconds, organized her thoughts and continued, “Yesterday at Qingmang Mountain, the reason why I suddenly fainted was because my spiritual power was suddenly drained by the seal array.”
Elder Wu raised his eyebrows, knowing that his granddaughter was about to start making up a story.
“The array seal drained your spiritual power?” Shen Qingzhu asked incredulously, “Do you mean the array that originally sealed the drought demon under the Nine Cycle Profound Gate Array?”
“Yes!” Chen Yu nodded without hesitation.
Chen Yu had not spoken earlier because she was thinking of a reasonable way to pass on the sealing formation that Ling Ji had passed on to her, and to explain it in a way that wasn’t suspicious.
“Do you know what formation that is?” Shen Qingzhu asked with a hint of expectation.
“I know!”
Everyone was startled, and their eyes on Chen Yu immediately changed. Only Elder Wu remained calm and did not raise his head. He was afraid that he’d act too surprised and make Chen Yu’s words appear quite unconvincing, although he was also surprised.
“What formation?” Shen Qingzhu stood up excitedly.
“The Coiled Dragon Array!” Chen Yu spat out the words incomparably clear.