Chapter 461: Spatial Ring - 461
When Zhu Yi's feet touched the ground, something moved. A piece of stone with a door on its front came out from the ground.
Zhu Yi walked towards it, and the key in his hand turned into specks of light. By the time he reached the door, the key was gone and the door was open.
Inside was a dark staircase that led down. Zhu Yi began to walk down. After a few minutes, the stairs stopped and a long, dark hallway appeared.
Zhu Yi took a step forward, and a pressure appeared on his body, and most importantly, his heart.
He felt as if a voice resounded in his head. "Heart Like a Boulder. Unmovable, unaffected."
Zhu Yi understood that he needed to walk down the hallway. Although he had won, it did not mean that he had the will, or the heart to accept the inheritance. The previous competition was only for the right to enter.
Zhu Yi began to walk. Every step he took, the pressure hit him harder.
"It does not appear that you will be able to reach the end of this inheritance."
Zhu Yi heard his master's voice, and he agreed. He could not even see the end of the hallway, and he was already struggling to walk.
Still, he would not give up. He continued to move forward. At some point, he could feel his will wavering. Although Zhou Fan could teach anything, some things were better learned by oneself.
It would not be difficult for Zhou Fan at his peak to create some sort of technique that artificially strengthened willpower, but he had never done so. Willpower was something that should be naturally gained and trained. Artificial willpower, while useful, would prove detrimental to a cultivator's growth.
As Zhu Yi struggled to walk, he eventually crumbled and fell to the ground. Far away, he could see the end of the hallway. However, there was no chance of him reaching it.
Just as he was about to curse in anger, the floor beneath him opened. He fell down, and when he opened his eyes, he saw many things around him.
Among them, there was one that instantly caught both Zhou Fan and Zhu Yi's attention.
"Spatial ring. Grab it." Zhou Fan said.
Zhu Yi did not waste any time and grabbed it. They did not know if there was a time limit or if Zhu Yi was only allowed to receive one item.
All around them were other items, and while Zhu Yi ran to collect them, Zhou Fan pointed.
"Array material. Array material. Array material. Spirit stones. Array material. Formation material. Array material."
Through Zhou Fan's guidance, Zhu Yi snatched up a large amount of array materials, spirit stones, and even a few formation materials.
As Zhu Yi began to collect another item, a light shone on him and dragged him up. He could not resist, and through a hole, he was brought back to the mountain peak. The hole closed and Zhu Yi was left with an empty peak and a corpse.
Zhu Yi used some fire Qi to burn the corpse and walked around the mountain. As he went to one side, he saw something in the distance. To him, it looked like a bunch of lines and a circle, but Zhou Fan was more knowledgeable.
"That's a giant array. You should probably head to it." Zhou Fan said.
Obviously, Zhu Yi agreed. This array was hidden behind the mountain. From where he first entered, Zhu Yi had not seen it.
Luckily, they still had plenty of time.
Zhu Yi slid down the top of the mountain and ran towards the giant array.
Meanwhile, not long after he left, a person arrived on top of the mountain. He wore a scholarly robe and carried with him both a piece of paper and an ink brush.
He first noticed a burnt corpse. Although Zhu Yi had burned it, his fire was not very hot. Some of the girl had survived.
"Let's see. That girl from the High Boulder sect. What was her name again?"
After a second of thinking, the person shook his head.
"Regardless, it's too dirty up here. I should clean up before leaving."
The person made a few lines on his piece of paper, and the charred corpse scattered into the wind like dust.
"This place has probably been looted. Regardless, it doesn't fit my style. I just came for the view." The person mumbled.
He looked around the mountain, and a giant array caught his attention.
"I suppose that will work. Perhaps our founder didn't leave anything here? After all, nobody has mentioned it. We'll see."
The person walked down the vertical mountain top, his body perfectly horizontal, in the direction of the giant array.
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As Zhu Yi ran, he made fast progress. The giant array was closer to the mountain than the mountain had been to his starting location.
After about 5 miles of running, Zhu Yi arrived at the giant array. Surprisingly, there were a few people standing around it.
They were walking around and observing it closely. Zhu Yi wanted to ask what was going on, but he was not familiar with anyone. He felt that if he walked up to someone and they called him White Palace City Trash, he may not be able to stop himself from beating them up.
As he watched, Zhou Fan spoke. "The challenge is probably to manage to get past the array and enter."
Zhu Yi nodded. "But how do I do that? I know nothing about arrays."
"If only there was someone on your shoulder that knew arrays." Zhou Fan said.
Zhu Yi coughed a few times and nodded in understanding. Just as he got up, he heard a voice behind him.
"Someone from White Palace City? Do you know about arrays?" The voice asked.
Zhu Yi turned around and saw someone around the age of 18, wearing scholarly robes and carrying a brush and paper.
"I know a little." Zhu Yi said.
The person nodded. "My name is Wen Si, from the writing sect. Who are you?"
Zhu Yi had guessed his sect from his clothes. The writing sect, the 2nd ranked sect in the world.
"My name is Zhu Yi, from White Palace City."
Chapter 462: Wen Si - 462
Wen Si nodded. "Zhu Yi. So you say you know a bit about arrays. How did you learn?"
"I found a book. Unfortunately, it burned after I read it once." Zhu Yi responded.
Wen Si laughed. "Wow. It must have been some book. You're from White Palace City, so you don't know much about this place. I can say that in the history of top ten sects entering this inheritance, very few have ever made it past the array."
Zhu Yi responded. "I can handle it. Can you?"
Wen Si nodded. "I can."
"Even though so few people in history have successfully done it?" Zhu Yi asked. He was curious as to why Wen Si was so confident.
"Among the few who have made it past, 90% were from my writing sect. In addition, I'm a little different from those today and even in the past."
Zhu Yi was curious. "How so?"
Wen Si smiled. "I comprehend the true inheritance of the writing sect."
Zhu Yi didn't understand what he was saying, but it was probably impressive.
"For context, in the known history of the writing sect, only 3 people have successfully done so. I am the third."
Put into perspective, this shocked Zhu Yi.
Zhou Fan spoke for the first time since their conversation started. "Ask him how powerful the inheritance is."
Zhu Yi imperceptibly nodded. "How powerful is your inheritance?"
"I'm not quite sure. It comes from the founder of the writing sect, but we don't even know who that is. You wouldn't know, but our writing sect is the oldest sect in the world."
Zhu Yi was becoming more and more shocked. He also became wary. This person sounded strong.
Wen Si spoke again. "Oh. Well nevermind. I probably shouldn't mention that. I almost got lost in bragging."
"Mention what?"
"Something about legends of the founder, but that's inside knowledge. Anyway, would you like to try to break through the array? While we spoke, I was solving it. If you're not ready, I'll go ahead."
Zhu Yi shook his head. "No. I'm ready."
He got up and walked towards the array. Zhou Fan told him many specific movements to make and how to manipulate his Qi.
Although Zhou Fan spoke as simply as possible, Zhu Yi still struggled to follow his instructions perfectly. After all, he had never practiced arrays. Surprisingly, he was soon standing in the middle of the array. Around the array, all eyes were on him.
"Impressive." A voice said from behind.
Zhu Yi turned around and saw Wen Si. "I thought you were bluffing."
Wen Si smiled. "I thought the same."
Zhu Yi turned around and stepped forward. He fell down and landed in a carpeted circle.
Wen Si landed right next to him. "You know, you're the first person not from the writing sect to break through the array in 2000 years. In addition, you are the second person in history to do it while not from a top ten sect. The only person not in a sect at all. You are shocking."
"Thank you, but you don't seem shocked at all." Zhu Yi said.
Wen Si had been calm the entire time.
"You'll need more than that to move me, no matter how shocking you are."
After speaking, they both looked around.
Zhu Yi spoke again. "Do you know anything about this place?"
Wen Si shook his head. "Just the background info. The elders say to leave it to fate. After all, I'm the hope of the writing sect. If nothing goes wrong, I'll ascend."
"Ascend? As in leave this world?"
"Yep. It's quite hard to do it here."
Zhu Yi didn't ask any more questions. The room they were in was quite nice. It had a red carpet and elegant windows. The light flowing through them seemed straight out of a story.
Zhu Yi felt as if the room was so nice that he shouldn't be there. The ceiling was taller than any building he had been inside of.
"This is the library of arrays. According to the elders, it had every array that was in the world at the time that this inheritance was created." Wen Si said.
"Are there any array materials?" Zhu Yi asked.
Wen Si looked at him weirdly. "I almost forgot that you're, pardon my rudeness, poor. Logically, if you can find array knowledge, you should find materials, but I never heard explicit mention of them."
Zhu Yi nodded.
Zhu Yi began to walk down the hallway. It matched the large room in terms of design and elegance.
There had been nothing in the room.
Wen Si followed behind him, though he soon caught up and walked shoulder to shoulder.
Wen Si seemed to be curious about him. He asked many questions as they walked, and so did Zhu Yi.
"Are you from an ordinary mortal family?"
"I am. Are you the child of some powerful cultivator?"
"In my sect, both my father and mother are only at the mid levels. They are both at the core formation realm. Do you not have any sort of teacher or master?"
Zhu Yi had thought of an answer to this question long ago. He had already told his parents that he had a master, and if someone were to investigate him one day, they would probably find out about his words.
"I have a master, but we don't meet often. I met him in the woods and he taught me some things. He occasionally meets me outside of White Palace City."
"Interesting. Do you know how strong he is?"
"No. I can't fathom it."
"That's interesting. My masters are the grand elder and the sect master. Your master seems much more interesting than them."
"To me, he is."
As they walked and talked, they soon came upon a large double door.
"This should be the entrance to the library. Inside, I'll take my leave. It was nice meeting you, Zhu Yi."
"Likewise, Wen Si."
They walked forward and pushed on the doors. Zhu Yi saw a flash of light, and when he opened his eyes, he saw endless books and bookshelves as tall as mountains.
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