Chapter 823: Small Sumeru Vajra Array

Although Marquis Lord Nanlong's voice was calm, his eyes were fixed on the few spiritual medicines on the offering table, full of greed, wishing he could grab all these spiritual medicines into his hands.

These spiritual medicines were all things he and the old man needed most, and now that they were close at hand, he was naturally itching to get them.

And just as he entered this place and saw these spiritual medicines, he almost didn't think and immediately wanted to sweep all these spiritual medicines away, but didn't expect that there was such a strange magic array restriction here, resulting in a not-so-small setback, and he had to honestly wait for the old man.

Now that he heard the old man surnamed Lu call out the name "Small Sumeru Vajra Array," Marquis Lord Nanlong's spirit lifted, and he was overjoyed in his heart.

He had just made contact with that restriction earlier and realized that the magic array here was vastly different from the many magic arrays he had studied before, so he was feeling somewhat secretly worried. Now that the old man recognized this magic array, this was naturally wonderful.

"Brother Lu, do you recognize the restrictions here?" Marquis Lord Nanlong suppressed the excitement in his heart and asked expectantly.

"In my early years, I obtained some cultivation classics of the Buddhist sect. Although I didn't practice them because of cultivation technique attribute problems, I remembered one or two of the magic array restrictions recorded on them. This Small Sumeru Vajra Array is one of the most miraculous magic arrays among them. Brother Lord Nanlong, if the restriction here is really this magic array, the trouble will not be small," the old man looked at the offering table again, frowning as he said.

"What do you mean? Is this magic array unbreakable?" Marquis Lord Nanlong's face changed slightly, somewhat disbelieving.

"This Small Sumeru Vajra Array is also called the Vajra Imprisoning Immortal Array. It is perhaps one of the few restrictions in the world that relies entirely on brute force to break; there is fundamentally no other way to break the array. To break this magic array, one must constantly use various attacks to wear down the restriction shield produced by this magic array. And it must be done without stopping. Because in terms of defense alone, this magic array might not rank high among many magic arrays. But in terms of endurance, this magic array can be called 'endless and inexhaustible' in the Buddhist sect. It seems that as long as the restriction is not completely destroyed, it can recover as if nothing happened in an instant," the old man pondered for a moment before saying solemnly.

Then, as if to verify what he said, the old man surnamed Lu flicked his hand, and a fireball shot toward the offering table several zhang away.

With a "bang," the fireball burst open before it even touched the offering table, turning into nothingness.

A layer of spiritual light-shrouded, thick light shield appeared above the offering table.

This light shield was golden and gleaming, with ancient Buddhist texts the size of beans emerging on the shield wall, like silver flowers blooming, covering the light shield.

Marquis Lord Nanlong's face sank slightly; he had seen this scene once before, so he didn't reveal a look of surprise.

"Eh! What is this?" The old man surnamed Lu let out a cry of surprise from the side.

Marquis Lord Nanlong was startled and couldn't help but turn his head to look.

Only to see Lu Lu Weiying staring at a certain spot in the golden shield, his face full of astonishment.

Marquis Lord Nanlong, surprised, had spiritual light flash in his eyes and followed his gaze, looking through the shield wall with great effort.

Only to see that in the golden light screen, in the center of the offering table, which had previously been empty except for a few spiritual medicines, a silver mist-covered round bowl had suddenly appeared, the size of a human head.

The surface of this round bowl had various profound and obscure runes floating, and eight pale white jade talismans were lying there, surrounding it in the middle.

And a foot above the round bowl, three small objects were floating there, motionless.

Marquis Lord Nanlong looked carefully for a long time before seeing clearly that it was a silver small sword, a pitch-black Zen staff, and a blood-red round bead.

Although these three things were only an inch in size, they emitted wisps of three-colored spiritual light, and the three strands of spiritual light intertwined and fused together, shrouding the round bowl on the offering table inside.

Marquis Lord Nanlong was watching in a daze.

The round bowl, the jade talisman, and those three magic tools eerily flashed and vanished from the offering table. Following that, the golden light barrier inscribed with Buddhist text that had been surging all around also silently faded away.

What was going on? When this light shield appeared earlier, it seemed he hadn't seen these things. How could they appear on the offering table after the old man surnamed Lu's subsequent attack?

Marquis Lord Nanlong's lips were tightly closed, and seeing the light shield vanish, his gaze remained suspicious.

The old man surnamed Lu naturally didn't have these questions, just pondering the newly appeared round bowl and other objects.

Anyone could see that compared to the newly appeared things in the restriction, those spiritual medicines were clearly just foils. What could be a treasure more valuable than these heaven-defying spiritual objects?

Just thinking about this made the old man's heart pound.

The previous concerns and unease when seeing the Blood Curse Gate were immediately cast to the back of his mind.

"Brother Lu, it seems we really came to the right place this time. If we can break this Buddhist restriction, this trip of ours can be considered not in vain," Marquis Lord Nanlong naturally had the same idea, suddenly saying to the old man with a smile.

"Indeed. I didn't expect there to be so many secret treasures behind this Blood Curse Gate. But breaking this restriction is not an easy task. It will take a lot of time and cost a lot of vitality," the old man said, a smile also appearing on his face.

"Hehe! To be able to obtain these treasures, let alone losing some vitality, even if I were to lose ten years of my life, I would be willing. You said earlier that there is only one way to break this magic array, which is brute force. It seems I really have my work cut out for me! No time to lose, let's do it now. When the restriction is broken, we will divide everything between you and me, how about that?" Marquis Lord Nanlong seemed not to want to delay any longer, staring at the old man and saying straightforwardly.

"Since Brother Lord Nanlong has said so. The old man will naturally comply," the old man was naturally equally eager to retrieve the treasures, agreeing very readily.

Marquis Lord Nanlong, hearing this, revealed a look of satisfaction on his face.

However, at this time, the two of them widened the distance between them slightly. And both felt a hint of vigilance from the other party.

Below, the old man took out the pale white magic flag, threw it into the air, and sat cross-legged, pinching magic techniques. Marquis Lord Nanlong flicked his sleeve, and that golden flying sword shot out.

Instantly, hurricanes rose here, sword qi crisscrossed, and the golden light shield appeared again.

Rumbling sounds came continuously from the ground for a time.

Near a hilltop, a cyan long rainbow swept past from far to near.

In the cyan rainbow, Han Li was burying his head in his journey.

At this moment, he had already swept past the hilltop where the Purple-Veined Scorpion was located and was heading toward the mountain cave where he had entered the inner valley.

Because he had already walked this path once, Han Li was quite familiar with it, and his escape light speed was several times faster than when he came.

The journey that originally took more than a day only took Han Li one-third of the time it took to come.

Just as he was calculating in his heart that he could re-enter the mountain cave in another hour, suddenly, from a distance to one side, a slight, continuous rumbling sound came faintly.

Han Li's expression shifted, his escape light paused slightly, and he couldn't help but turn his head to glance over there.

His spiritual sense scanned quickly, and strange spiritual energy fluctuations came from that side.

Han Li couldn't help but narrow his eyes; there was faint white light flashing among the mountains in the distance.

If he remembered correctly, that was exactly a place where he suspected restrictions were set and where ancient cultivator secret treasures might be stored.

It seemed that other cultivators had finally broken into the inner valley and started searching for treasures by breaking restrictions everywhere.

Han Li pondered for a while, then shook his head.

The idea of going over to fish in troubled waters flashed in his mind, but was forcibly suppressed.

And to avoid attracting others' attention, his spiritual sense only scanned over that side quickly and didn't really go to search for those treasure seekers.

For Han Li, it was better to avoid trouble now, so the cyan rainbow shot through the air forward again. In the blink of an eye, it vanished from the nearby hilltop without a trace.

Several dozen miles away in the direction Han Li had just glanced. A dozen or so cultivators were driving various magic treasures to launch a fierce attack on a small hilltop shrouded in white light.

Leading them was that Mulan Divine Master, the Confucian scholar surnamed Zhong, and that woman surnamed Le; this group of people were all Mulan Dharma practitioners.

Just as Han Li was flying away from afar, the Confucian scholar surnamed Zhong's eyebrows twitched, and he subconsciously glanced in the direction Han Li had flown.

"What? Did Brother Zhong discover something wrong?" The woman surnamed Le noticed the Confucian scholar's strangeness and couldn't help but ask.

"Nothing. Just now a Tiannan cultivator probed this side with his spiritual sense. But it seems he doesn't intend to meddle, just scanned from afar and flew away. And we need to break the restriction, so I'm too lazy to chase and investigate," the scholar said indifferently.

"Brother Zhong is right. The restriction here has been broken to a critical point. I hope it won't be like the last restriction, where apart from some scrap copper and rotten iron, there were no treasures at all. And two people were lost in the space cracks on the way," the woman surnamed Le sighed helplessly.

"There's no other way. Those hidden space cracks are truly hard to guard against. And the low-tier spiritual birds we prepared in advance actually went crazy as soon as they entered the inner valley. They crashed everywhere in a swarm and couldn't be controlled freely. Otherwise, the fall of these two people could have been avoided." The Confucian scholar surnamed Zhong's face sank upon hearing this.

"Those spiritual birds used for scouting don't seem to have gone crazy. Instead, it seems they were extremely afraid of the inner valley, which is why they couldn't be controlled. Could it be that there is something here that specifically restrains demonic beasts? The Black-Winged Eagle I borrowed is already a Level 5 spiritual bird, but it also became disobedient as soon as it entered the inner valley, and didn't even want to fly out of the spirit beast pouch. It seems this Falling Demon Valley is truly somewhat eerie," the woman surnamed Le said thoughtfully.

"Perhaps. This place is known as the number one dangerous place in Tiannan, so naturally there are some ghosts and tricks inside. However, we didn't come here to uncover the mystery of the Falling Demon Valley. Instead, we came to search for as many ancient treasures and spiritual pills as possible for our Mulan. This opportunity was obtained only after we made a difficult deal with the high-level officials of the four major forces of Tiannan. It must not be wasted," the scholar's eyes flashed with cold light, and he said solemnly.

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