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.
Chapter 463: The Calamity of Chaos Beasts - 463
As he looked around, Zhu Yi refused to believe that every single book had information on an array. After all, there were literally millions of books here.
He walked up to the nearest bookshelf and grabbed a random book. Opening it, he saw a lot of words. This book seemed to be the history of some sort of old city.
"It isn't all arrays." Zhu Yi said.
Zhou Fan spoke. "Since that Wen Si said that it was up to fate, then the array books are probably randomly scattered around."
Zhu Yi agreed. He walked around the library, occasionally taking a random book. There were many books up higher, and Zhu Yi had to use the ladders to reach them. He found a lot of information, but none of it was about arrays.
As he walked around, he spotted a different area. So far, everything had more or less been of the same structure. This place was different.
There was a wide open space, and leaning on a stand was a giant book. The book was multiple times bigger than Zhu Yi.
It seemed as if the stand was specially made for it and the book could not be removed. Zhu Yi flipped it open and read the title.
"The calamity of Chaos Beasts."
Zhu Yi remembered the mention of Chaos Beasts, and so did Zhou Fan.
"Read this book. It's more useful than any array or array materials you can find here."
Zhu Yi agreed and began to flip pages.
Despite being giant, there was not too much information in the entire book. As Zhu Yi read, he found that it was in the form of a diary.
"At an unknown time in the past, Chaos Beasts descended. In all of my life and within all of my memories, Chaos Beasts had always existed, but according to master, there was a time without them. Master spoke of a cosmic sect, a god of all living beings, and an era of creation. For a long time, I could not truly believe Master's words. Only as I grew did I understand the possibilities within the universe."
Zhu Yi stopped reading and looked at his master. "Is this familiar to you?"
Zhou Fan nodded. "Continue."
"According to the timeline I have inferred, Master was born in a time period known as post-origin god. This time period is signified by the fact that the origin god disappeared. For a long, long time, life had continued. Humans had fought the destruction race and grown stronger. That was until the start of the most recent era. The era of Chaos Beasts. When Master spoke of the ushering in of this era, I could see faint fear. It is incomprehensible to me that Master could feel fear. I didn't understand until Master's residence was attacked. As always, Master's might shook the universe. His words flowed, creating untold possibilities. Yet still, everything was broken through. The singular Chaos Beast broke through everything with just a single power. The power of Chaos. Me, Master, and my fellow disciple's escaped. We traveled through many great creations. Along the way, Master dropped off disciple's, leaving with them his inheritance. That is how I came to this world. I lived quietly, cultiving, hoping for the day that I saw hope once again. Humanity stood strong, but all was defensive. I was not strong enough to contribute a single thing. That was, until I met a young man. His name was Chen Jie, and he was invincible. If you are reading this, then you should know of the Chaos Beasts. I, the founder of this world's writing sect, ask that you grow strong. The Chaos Beasts are a threat to all life in the universe, not just all life, but all things. Contribute towards the war, and your life has had purpose. Defend the World Tree, and all beings will sing your praise. "
Zhu Yi flipped the page. The book was over.
He was shocked at its contents. A lot of things he could not even truly understand.
He looked at his master, but his master was unprecedentedly serious.
Zhou Fan understood. To keep it short, it seemed that he had not successfully eliminated every bit of the Cosmic Dao. It seemed that, from fragments of its power, the Chaos Beast were born. They wielded the power of Chaos and seeked to destroy everything. Most likely to return it all to Chaos, or Chaos Qi.
As for the World Tree, Zhou Fan could not help but think of Leaf. As long as Leaf was alive, everything was good.
Zhou Fan looked at Zhu Yi. "Things are serious in the outside universe. I need you to help me recover so that I can return."
Zhu Yi nodded. "I have always planned to."
As Zhu Yi moved on and continued looking for arrays and array materials, Zhou Fan calmed his mood. Life had survived for so long, likely quintillions of years, they could survive for a bit longer.
Zhu Yi continued as he had, occasionally pulling out a book and seeing if it was useful. He had yet to spot anything that looked like array materials.
Suddenly, as he pulled out a book, the book pulled back. It was connected to the bookshelf, which suddenly started to rumble.
A small part of the bookshelf moved back, revealing a room behind it.
"Classic." Zhou Fan said.
Zhu Yi entered and looked inside. The room was quite small. Zhu Yi could feel his hair brushing against the ceiling as he walked.
Inside, it was dim, but not dark. Zhu Yi saw what appeared to be stone on the ground.
"Pick it up." Zhou Fan said.
Zhu Yi nodded and used his spatial ring to collect the material. Zhu Yi looked around, but there was nothing else inside.
At the very least, he had got something. Zhu Yi walked around for more than 5 months, almost reaching 6, before he ran into Wen Si.
Wen Si seemed to be rushing, but when he saw Zhu Yi, he stopped for a moment.
"Follow me." He said before turning around.
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