Chapter 253: Daily Appraisal, Good Luck Post, Heavy Pupils (6k)

Six heard this, her gaze falling straight on Zhou Qing, somewhat surprised.

If she remembered correctly, back in the abyss where the old Peng King fell, Zhou Qing had only condensed a mere twenty spiritual seals.

In just a few short years, not only had he comprehended an artistic conception, successfully broken through to the Divine Transformation realm, but he had also condensed a thousand spiritual seals?

Such talent, even in a Level 5 cultivation nation, was extremely rare.

But so what? This wasn't an ordinary two-colored array, but a six-colored barrier with astonishing power.

Even she had never seen or heard of it.

But looking at Zhou Qing's serious face, Six's heart suddenly moved, and she tested: "Light three sticks of incense and bow, I wonder if it can be solved?"

Zhou Qing: "..."

You really want to use one trick to eat all over the world!

However, now that he had the 【Good Luck Post】 in effect, it should allow 【Daily Appraisal】 to obtain some useful clues.

And don't forget, he had obtained the ancient Void Spider's innate ability 【Heavy Pupils】, which might come in handy.

"Let's try it, maybe there's really a chance to solve it!" Zhou Qing smiled slightly.

Six stared at Zhou Qing, hesitated for a short moment, and finally nodded, responding: "Okay!"

Afterwards, she turned around, facing the water pool, her spiritual power surging.

In the blink of an eye, ten thousand spiritual seals circled out, and the ice dragon roared, reactivating the six-colored beam of light.

But this time the array didn't launch an attack. Compared to before, it seemed lifeless, like an ancient tomb sealed for a thousand years, emitting a depressing aura.

It seems it really is completely sealed.

Looking at this scene, Six's face became extremely ugly.

Count that guy lucky for running fast. If it weren't for the family relationship, she really would have wanted to kill Watching Yan Sen.

And Zhou Qing took a deep breath, calming his nervous mood.

He placed the 【Good Luck Post】 gently in his palm, prayed silently after closing his eyes, and began the second appraisal.

【Six-colored Array: This is an extremely ancient six-colored array. Because it was attacked by others, it has triggered the array's self-protection mechanism and is locked.】

【But what no one knows is that this array was secretly altered by someone before, causing the most important hub structure, "Biyou Teng Zhuan," to shift.】

【Now, although it is locked, as long as one can find it and launch a precise attack on it, causing this spiritual pattern to completely shift, the array's original operating mechanism can be reactivated.】

Seeing the feedback, Zhou Qing was ecstatic.

【Good Luck Post】 had taken effect again!

But which one is "Biyou Teng Zhuan"?

Currently, the spiritual seals he had comprehended didn't include this one.

At this moment, Six also turned her head to look at Zhou Qing, with inquiry in her eyes.

Zhou Qing steadied his mind and said: "Senior, do you know 'Biyou Teng Zhuan'?"

Six was puzzled, but still nodded. With a thought, a spiritual seal emerged in front of her.

This spiritual seal was pure white at first, but within a breath, it turned into a deep emerald green.

And because of the close distance, Zhou Qing could clearly see the lines on this spiritual seal.

It looked like vines intertwined with each other, emitting an ancient charm.

"Rare spiritual seal!" Zhou Qing's eyes lit up as he stared at this spiritual seal, sighing.

Even Lu Lu Yaoyao leaned over curiously.

If this really is Third Mama, she is a Level 4 Array Master, and Father is Level 2. By logic, she should have inherited some talent in this area.

But now, besides her physique being somewhat similar to Third Mama's, she had no interest in things like spiritual seals and arrays.

And she was confused looking at them, just feeling they were wonderful as a layman.

Six looked at Zhou Qing's curious appearance, raised her brows slightly, and asked indifferently: "Is there any problem?"

Zhou Qing withdrew his fiery gaze and hurriedly said: "Senior, there should be a 'Biyou Teng Zhuan' in this array. If we can make it shift, maybe there's a chance to solve this six-colored array."

Six heard this, and her previously dim eyes lit up, saying rapidly: "Are you sure?"

"Sure!" Zhou Qing answered decisively.

Six frowned slightly, a flash of suspicion in her eyes, and asked: "Then how do you know?"

Zhou Qing coughed lightly and said vaguely: "A feeling."

"You haven't even seen 'Biyou Teng Zhuan', how did you feel it?" Six's eyes were full of doubt.

Zhou Qing: "..."

Lu Lu Yaoyao saw that Zhou Qing had a solution, and was full of admiration.

She hurriedly stepped forward and explained for Zhou Qing: "Big Sister, my Zhou Shixiong loves reading, and he reads very widely."

"Before he cultivated, the books he picked up at the stalls were so strange that even the Prince had to ask him to identify them."

Six heard this and looked at Zhou Qing, whose face was sheepish, and knew things weren't like that.

But everyone has secrets. Since Zhou Qing didn't want to say, she couldn't force him.

Anyway, things had come to this point, so she might as well treat a dead horse as a living one.

Afterwards, her expression turned stern, cold air radiated from her body, and her eyes emitted a cold chill.

Under the blessing of her massive mental power, her consciousness was like an invisible silk thread, slowly sinking into the complex array.

She wanted to find this crucial "Biyou Teng Zhuan" among the sixty thousand strange and dense spiritual seals.

Zhou Qing took advantage of Lu Lu Yaoyao's attention being drawn by Six and not noticing him, and was also full of curiosity.

He slowly closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and adjusted his state.

When he opened his eyes again, his original pupils instantly turned into double pupils.

Especially the two red pupils that appeared, like two burning blood moons, emitting a strange aura.

Deep in the pupils, a strange spider loomed, hissing at the sky, as if declaring its existence to the world.

And the spider was covered with runes, its eight long legs trembling slightly.

Every shake seemed to be able to disturb the order of the void, and wisps of strange aura radiated from its body, merging into Zhou Qing's vision.

At this moment, with the blessing of the double pupils, when Zhou Qing looked at the array in front of him, the scene in his eyes changed drastically.

The six-colored beams of light that shot into the sky in the eyes of ordinary people now seemed to be seen through to their essence, forming spiritual patterns and talismans that were glowing and obscure.

Every spiritual pattern had its own unique spiritual rhyme fluctuation, rhythmically pulsing.

And the operating speed was extremely fast, shuttling through the array's veins, intertwining and colliding, which was extremely spectacular.

Even ninety-nine percent of the spiritual patterns he had never seen before; they were rare among the rare. He really didn't dare to imagine how profound the master who set up this array was.

But there was no time to sigh. His gaze searched anxiously among these massive spiritual seals, but the number of spiritual seals was too large, and many were changing at every moment.

Even some operations had no regularity at all, making him dizzy.

"I don't believe it!" Zhou Qing tried hard to concentrate, carefully distinguishing the characteristics of each spiritual seal, looking for "Biyou Teng Zhuan."

Time passed bit by bit, and Six only felt a sharp pain in her eyes, and her mental power was exhausted, so she had to stop to rest.

She had only comprehended ten thousand spiritual seals now, and although she had barely crossed the threshold of a Level 4 Array Master, finding a specific spiritual pattern among sixty thousand was easier said than done.

Comprehending ten thousand to forty thousand spiritual seals makes one a Level 4 Array Master.

Level 5 requires fifty thousand, and Level 6 requires sixty thousand.

The array in front of her had countless rare spiritual patterns. The person who could set up such an array must have reached the legendary Level 7.

He really didn't dare to imagine what had happened to this ruin in the long years of the past?

Zhou Qing also hurriedly stopped. The consumption of spiritual power and mental power by using 【Heavy Pupils】 was too terrifying.

In just a short while, he felt his head heavy, and he felt like he was about to faint.

If he could break through to the Soul Severance realm one day and use 【Heavy Pupils】 again, he definitely wouldn't be as exhausted as he was now.

"Are you sure there is a 'Biyou Teng Zhuan' spiritual pattern in it?" Six's eyes were filled with cold chill, as if she were cooling herself down.

But when she turned her head, she found Zhou Qing's eyes were also red, covered with bloodshot eyes.

Zhou Qing covered his eyes tightly with both hands and said firmly: "There must be, trust me!"

Lu Lu Yaoyao finally came back to her senses, looking at their red eyes, feeling like they had just cried, and couldn't help but feel worried.

And Six, hearing him say this, bit her lip, rested briefly, and then gathered her spirit again to continue searching.

Conversely, Zhou Qing sat cross-legged and began to rest.

Just like that, until midnight, Six didn't know how many times she had searched, and her whole body radiated a thick sense of exhaustion from the inside out.

Because every time after resting, when she went in again, the entire array was like being shuffled by an invisible giant hand.

The arrangement order of all spiritual patterns changed again, and she could only start from scratch without any clue.

"Ugh—"

Suddenly, Zhou Qing, who was resting, seemed to hear an extremely slight retching sound.

He looked up subconsciously, only to see Six's ears turn red instantly, and a trace of undetectable embarrassment flashed on her face.

Lu Lu Yaoyao saw this and was about to step forward anxiously to care, but Zhou Qing was quick-eyed and fast-handed, hurriedly pulling her sleeve secretly and shaking his head at her slightly.

Lu Lu Yaoyao was stunned, and immediately understood, having no choice but to sit down again unwillingly.

"Zhou Zhou Shixiong, can't you help her? Didn't you see she's almost searched until she vomited?" Lu Lu Yaoyao transmitted with a hint of complaint.

Zhou Qing sighed helplessly and transmitted back: "You make it sound easy. This is an extremely complex six-colored array. It's already pretty good that I can find the key point."

Lu Lu Yaoyao heard this and pouted, then asked unwillingly: "Then how is your mastery of the inheritance left by Master Xuan Xuan Qingzi?"

Zhou Qing glanced at her and said unhappily: "You've seen those one thousand spiritual seals of mine, you tell me what level of mastery it is."

Lu Lu Yaoyao had no choice but to sigh lightly.

It's all the fault of that damn Suanni; if it hadn't affected that Level 9 master, maybe he could have left all the inheritance.

And Zhou Qing, looking at the 【Good Luck Post】 that had been consumed for the most part, felt anxious inside.

Relying on Six alone to find the spiritual patterns clearly wouldn't work, after all, she had only comprehended ten thousand spiritual seals.

This was no different from looking for a needle in a haystack.

He still wanted to enter the ruin early and use 【Good Luck Post】 to get more good things.

Even if there were no peerless treasures inside, at least he could rely on good luck to avoid some unnecessary dangers.

After all, the old Peng King as a Great Perfection Soul Severance expert only explored the outer area, which showed that the danger coefficient inside was quite high.

Afterwards, he gripped the 【Good Luck Post】 tightly and used his double pupils to search again.

Until half an incense stick later, Zhou Qing's eyes were stinging, his spirit was listless, and just when he was about to be unable to persist, he suddenly saw a touch of green among the massive spiritual patterns.

Its shape was almost identical to the "Biyou Teng Zhuan" Six had shown him.

This discovery made his previously scattered spirit vibrate, and he hurriedly adjusted the spare spiritual power of the golden flower in the four-colored flower to come over.

After his mental power reached fullness, he locked it more accurately.

It was hidden between the gaps of complex spiritual patterns, emitting a faint ghostly light, fleeting.

Seeing that it was about to disappear rapidly and reorganize into the array, Zhou Qing didn't dare to delay at all. In an instant, golden light surged from his body, and he instantly transformed into the second form of the Jin Peng true body.

Then he rushed forward like a golden lightning bolt, the air along the way being squeezed and distorted by his speed, making a sharp explosion.

And Six, who was resting in front, looked stern, and moved her hand alone. Spiritual power condensed rapidly at her fingertips, and a black lotus was formed.

The ghostly light it emitted rotated rapidly.

Hum—

Zhou Qing passed by her side rapidly, the wind he brought making Six's hair dance wantonly.

Immediately after, Zhou Qing, who had reached the edge of the array, raised his golden arm high, his muscles tense, veins bulging, and he used all his strength, shouting loudly: "Open for me!"

Afterwards, his right hand clenched tightly, and with an unstoppable momentum, he slammed heavily toward that "Biyou Teng Zhuan."

The next moment, as his fist collided with the spiritual pattern, a dazzling six-colored light burst out, and countless spiritual patterns inside flickered wildly.

Especially the "Biyou Teng Zhuan" that Zhou Qing's fist was facing, under the impact of this powerful force, its previously stable trajectory was directly disrupted, and it slowly deviated from its track.

In an instant, the entire six-colored array let out a deafening roar, like a roar from ancient times, shaking the world.

Afterwards, the spiritual patterns in the array began to flicker wildly, and the previously lifeless barrier now radiated vigorous vitality like dead wood in spring.

Beams of light shot out from the array, shooting straight into the sky, and even the clouds in the sky were dyed six colors by this light.

Until the power of self-locking inside gradually dissipated, and an ancient aura began to permeate from it.

Seeing this scene, Zhou Qing breathed a sigh of relief.

Finally, it's back on track!

Lu Lu Yaoyao was stunned. As a layman, she only felt that her father was golden all over at this moment, like a god walking out of mythology, standing in front of the glowing and magnificent six-colored array.

This moment was so dazzling!

But seeing Third Mama's excited appearance, it made her feel that her young father had done a great thing!

At this moment, Six widened her eyes, and the black lotus in her hand was quietly put away. She was ashamed of measuring the gentleman's belly with a villain's heart, but more than that, she was in disbelief.

A person whose mental power reached the late stage of Soul Severance and was a Level 4 Array Master had

However, this was not what shocked her the most.

The point was that, under Zhou Qing's manipulation, that "Biyou Vine Seal" had actually and truly changed the trajectory of the entire magic array.

Such understanding and control over arrays—how could it be the insight and vision possessed by a second-level array master?

This simply overturned her previous understanding of array talent.

【Heart Mirror Points +9】

The 【Person of Destiny】 title above his head instantly changed at this moment to 【Truly a Person of Destiny】.

"Senior, what should I do next?" Zhou Qing turned around and asked, facing Number Six.

He had to hurry; the entire 【Good Luck Post】 was starting to dim in color, and it would be exhausted in at most two or three more hours.

Number Six did not answer immediately, but instead looked at Zhou Qing at this moment with a burning gaze, examining him carefully.

From twenty spirit seals a few years ago to a thousand now, this person perhaps possessed an innate talent for the path of arrays.

Moreover, this was achieved entirely through his own exploration without any guidance, which made it even more commendable.

Perhaps Zhou Qing really was an unpolished piece of jade that contained endless potential.

"Do you want to take me as your master?" Number Six suddenly spoke, her voice carrying a hint of expectation.

Zhou Qing was stunned, a flash of surprise crossing his face.

"No!" No one expected Lu Lu Yaoyao to be the first to eagerly refuse loudly.

This abrupt response made the two of them look at her in unison.

Facing their gazes, Lu Lu Yaoyao felt a bit sheepish and explained awkwardly: "Um, what I mean is, Sister, you are so beautiful that any man would be unable to hold himself back."

"As his junior sister, I know him too well. A master-disciple romance involves ethics... woo woo~"

Before Lu Lu Yaoyao could finish speaking, Zhou Qing, with quick eyes and fast hands, took a step forward and swiftly reached out to cover her mouth, his face full of helplessness.

He then looked at Number Six with an embarrassed expression and hurriedly said: "Senior, my junior sister's brain is sometimes a bit abnormal; please don't take her words seriously."

Zhou Qing paused and continued: "Moreover, this junior already has a master. My master has treated me with great kindness and has painstakingly taught me the path of cultivation. My current life in the sect is quite good for me."

"So, thank you for your kind intentions, Senior!" Zhou Qing spoke with sincere words and even pulled Lu Lu Yaoyao to bow deeply to Number Six to express his apologies.

Do you think it's great to be under the protection of a late-stage Soul Severance expert?

Everyone has their own circle. He is too weak right now; if he's not careful, he will muddle-headedly become someone else's sacrificial pawn.

For example, that person named Watching Yan Sen, and the intricate and complex forces of the fifth-level cultivation nation—they are impossible to guard against. Once caught in their disputes, he would be unable to protect himself, and might even implicate the Taiqingmen.

Furthermore, he has too many secrets on him; the tokens of the Four Flowers Gathering at the Crown and the Shenxu Tiangong alone are enough to get him killed ten thousand times over.

No one can protect him; only by acting low-key and developing quietly can he live long enough in this world fraught with crises.

Lu Lu Yaoyao, whose mouth was tightly covered, rolled her eyes around and stopped struggling, instead nodding repeatedly.

Hearing Zhou Qing's words, a flash of regret crossed Number Six's eyes.

It seemed they were destined to have no connection!

"Try transforming into a true Golden Winged Great Peng!" Number Six said.

Seeing that Number Six did not make a forceful demand, Zhou Qing secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

He gave Lu Lu Yaoyao a look, telling her not to talk nonsense again, and then transformed into the true form of the Jin Peng, radiating a powerful sense of oppression.

Feeling the surging power within his body, a sense of determination welled up in Zhou Qing's heart, and he couldn't help but let out a long cry toward the sky.

He then charged straight toward the transparent figure of the Old Peng Wang in the corner of the six-colored magic array.

As soon as his massive body touched the six-colored magic array, Zhou Qing felt as if his whole body had fallen into thick mud; a powerful sense of resistance surged from all directions, making every step difficult.

But in the next moment, the Old Peng Wang's transparent figure seemed to sense a familiar aura; the originally stationary form moved slightly, slowly reaching out a hand toward Zhou Qing.

Seeing this, Zhou Qing's face, which had been tense from the resistance, instantly lit up with joy. Without the slightest hesitation, he hurriedly stretched out his own wings.

The spiritual power in his body surged wildly, constantly struggling to break free from the resistive force pulling at him.

Behind him, Number Six saw this, her expression turning stern.

She also hurriedly formed seals with her hands, and spiritual power runes shot out from her fingertips, flickering with a ghostly blue light as they entered Zhou Qing's body.

Feeling this assistance suddenly pouring in from behind, Zhou Qing flapped his wings violently, instantly closing the distance to the Old Peng Wang.

As they touched, a majestic and ancient power erupted with a boom.

Zhou Qing only felt his body being pulled by a powerful attraction, and he slipped into the ruins behind the Old Peng Wang with incredible smoothness.

And a unique black passage formed behind him.

Wait, why does this feel strange?

Seeing this, Number Six was overjoyed; she grabbed Lu Lu Yaoyao and charged into that passage.

And the moment all three of them stepped in, the passage behind them slowly closed up again.

It wasn't until after dawn that a figure appeared sneakily, looking left and right, and releasing spiritual sense to quietly investigate.

"They have already left?"

Watching Yan Sen looked at the calm pool in front of him, his face full of suspicion.

As Zhou Qing successfully passed through the passage, what came into view were huge stone platforms floating in the air.

Each stone platform was comparable to a large human city, covered with all kinds of collapsed, strange buildings.

It was just that almost all of them had become broken walls and ruins.

"Is this where the Old Peng Wang explored ages ago?" Zhou Qing, landing on a stone platform, was full of wonder.

For some reason, seeing the scene before him, a sense of desolation welled up, making his mood inevitably heavy.

To avoid attracting attention, he quickly transformed back into his original form. Strangely, that heavy sense of desolation instantly dissipated, leaving only a refreshed state of mind.

"This ruin is related to the Peng clan?" Looking at everything around him, Zhou Qing had a realization.

Especially some stone carvings under his feet; although they were already blurred, one could still recognize the outlines of birds.

(End of chapter)