Chapter 444: Borrowing an Array Diagram

"City Lord, your injuries have only recovered slightly; it is not suitable for you to exert Spiritual Power. Let me carry you instead."

After flying into the air, Wang Jianqiang smiled, his arm wrapping directly around Linglong's waist.

Linglong's face flushed red.

Wang Jianqiang was right; if she were to exert Spiritual Power, it would indeed easily aggravate her injuries.

Thus, she did not struggle free.

Under Wang Jianqiang's guidance.

The two soon landed in the main courtyard of the Array Department.

The Array Department was built at the core location of the City Protection Array, and the terrain was unique.

On ordinary days, apart from Array Masters, ordinary Cultivators could not enter at all.

Even if they did enter, no one dared to fly directly into the courtyard; they would instead enter on foot from the main gate.

The two's "reckless" behavior immediately aroused the vigilance of the Array Department's Cultivators.

Just as they landed, a large number of figures flashed over, vigilantly surrounding the two in the center.

Among them were several people Wang Jianqiang recognized well.

They were the very same people who had driven him out when he came to the Array Department earlier.

When Wang Jianqiang saw them, they also saw Wang Jianqiang.

Their expressions turned cold one after another.

Among them.

A middle-aged man walked out from the crowd and looked coldly at Wang Jianqiang, "It's you, this swindler, again!"

"The Array Department is a restricted area; what is your intention in daring to break in time and again?"

"I now have reason to suspect that you are colluding with Cultivators from Outside the Realm, attempting to destroy the City Protection Array!"

As he spoke, his aura erupted.

Following the eruption of his aura, the people around them also unleashed their power in unison.

Seeing that the situation was on the verge of breaking out, Linglong frowned, "Everyone, stop!"

"And who are you?"

Hearing Linglong's words, the middle-aged man looked toward her.

Linglong shook her head.

With a wave of her palm, a Spirit Token engraved with an 'Immortal' character pattern floated out.

With the appearance of the Spirit Token.

The City Lord's Mansion in the distance seemed to sense it, immediately emitting waves of fluctuations.

"This is..."

"The City Lord Token!"

Seeing this scene, everyone, including the middle-aged man, was shocked.

They bowed to Linglong one after another, "Greetings, City Lord."

"There is no need for such formalities, everyone."

Linglong reached out to put the Spirit Token away and said indifferently.

Hearing Linglong's voice, the crowd then stood up.

The middle-aged man who had spoken earlier looked cautiously at Linglong, "City Lord, forgive us for our blindness in failing to recognize you."

Linglong shook her head, "I rarely appear in public on ordinary days; it is normal that you did not recognize me."

Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man let out a long sigh of relief, snuck a glance at Wang Jianqiang, and couldn't help but say, "City Lord, why are you with this swin... him?"

Linglong's expression shifted, "You just said he is a swindler? I fear there might be some misunderstanding in that?"

Hearing this, the middle-aged man said, "City Lord, this person came to the Array Department not long ago, claiming repeatedly that he could repair the City Protection Array, but he couldn't even produce an Array Disk he had refined himself, so we drove him out."

"Seeing him break into the Array Department again just now, we were that agitated."

Hearing the middle-aged man's words, Linglong couldn't help but look at Wang Jianqiang.

Wang Jianqiang shrugged, "He is right; I did break into the Array Department once and was driven out."

"You, an Array Master, don't even have a single Array Disk you refined yourself?" Linglong said, speechless.

An Array Disk refined by oneself is like a symbol of one's identity.

Whether one is an Array Master and to what degree one's attainment in the Array Path has reached can be known just by taking one out to look.

Wang Jianqiang, a dignified Sixth-tier Array Master, didn't even have a single Array Disk on him that he had made during his daily practice.

How did he reach the Sixth-tier?

Did he skip the practice and jump straight to being a Sixth-tier Array Master?

How could that be possible?

Wang Jianqiang coughed dryly, "Didn't I say? Arrays are just my hobby; the Array Disks I refined before were all given away."

Hearing Wang Jianqiang's words, Linglong was silent for a moment.

If she hadn't already witnessed Wang Jianqiang's attainments in alchemy and known his extraordinary nature.

She would definitely have thought Wang Jianqiang was playing with her.

"Absurd!"

Just at this moment, an aged voice suddenly came from behind the crowd.

Hearing this voice, the middle-aged man and the other Array Department Cultivators turned to look, then said respectfully, "Greetings, Mu Lao."

Wang Jianqiang's expression shifted, his gaze piercing through the crowd.

An old man with white hair and beard appeared in his line of sight.

As Wang Jianqiang looked toward the old man, the crowd had already automatically parted to form a path.

That old man, addressed as Mu Lao, passed through the path in the crowd and walked to the front of the crowd.

His gaze paused on Wang Jianqiang, "How profound is the Array Dao? A mere junior, relying only on a hobby, dares to claim they can repair the City Protection Array?"

As he spoke, he let out a cold laugh.

His gaze shifted and landed on Linglong, "City Lord, the City Protection Array is no small matter. With the great battle outside the city currently raging, if the City Protection Array suffers even the slightest mishap, the war will inevitably collapse in an instant."

"As City Lord, you should understand the stakes involved; how can you lightly trust a scoundrel who speaks without thinking?"

Hearing the old man's tone, which contained a reprimand, Linglong did not show any sign of anger.

Mu Lao is the person in charge of the Array Department.

He has stayed in Wenxian City for over five hundred years and has made many contributions to Wenxian City.

He has rendered great service.

She pondered for a moment and said solemnly, "Mu Lao, I suffered a fatal injury in battle not long ago. It was Daoist Friend Wang who saved me. I believe he is not someone who speaks without thinking, and I believe even more that he would not harm Wenxian City."

Hearing Linglong's words, Mu Lao was taken aback.

The coldness on his face receded slightly, but his tightly furrowed brows did not relax, "Repairing the City Protection Array requires at least Sixth-tier Array Dao cultivation. When that Genius Array Master of the past reached the Sixth-tier in Array Dao attainments, they were already two hundred years of age."

"This child's soul age is not yet two hundred; I do not believe he is a Sixth-tier Array Master."

Upon hearing this, Linglong looked at Wang Jianqiang in surprise.

She had been severely injured, and her perception was affected, making her unable to sense Wang Jianqiang's approximate soul age.

She had originally thought that for the other party to have cultivated both the Pill Dao and the Array Dao to such high attainments, their cultivation time must have been at least five hundred years or more.

She had not expected him to be so young!

If he were truly a Sixth-tier Array Master, wouldn't that mean his Array Dao talent far exceeded that of the Genius Array Master of the past?

After all.

That Genius Array Master of the past had never divided their attention to the Pill Dao.

After coming back to her senses, Linglong pondered for a moment, "Mu Lao, if you are truly uneasy, you can let Daoist Friend Wang create a Sixth-tier Array Disk on the spot to prove his ability."

Hearing this, Mu Lao's expression stirred, "Very well."

"Daoist Friend Wang, I leave it to you."

Linglong looked toward Wang Jianqiang.

Hearing this, Wang Jianqiang felt a wave of awkwardness in his heart.

To evolve an Array, one must have an Array Diagram.

He had never learned the Array Dao before; where was he supposed to find a Six-Tier Array Diagram?

He hesitated for a moment, looking at Linglong and that Mu Lao, "Evolution is possible, but..."

"Could you perhaps lend me a Six-Tier Array Diagram first?"