Chapter 176

Before reporting back, one must definitely take a look first. Only with a clear idea in mind could one have something to say when discovered.

Before entering the array, Liu Xiaolou asked: "Has the passive illusion problem still not been solved?" This was also the reason why Liu Daoran was told to go back and rectify it himself.

Liu Daoran replied: "I made changes. You go in and see it, then we'll compare notes, and we'll know how effective the changes were."

The so-called passive illusion is relative to active illusion—that is, the illusions imposed on those entering the array by the illusion array are fixedly generated by the array, and what each person sees is exactly the same.

Active illusion is the illusion actively generated by the person entering the array based on their own life experience, preferences, or fears. What each person sees is actually quite different.

The illusions generated by the Abyss-Facing Mysterious Stone Array are active illusions. Although Qingzhu, Yun Ao, Xiong Xi, and others all saw content that made their blood boil, the people and plots inside were not exactly the same.

Most of the Scenery Cloud Talisman array plates Liu Daoran crafted earlier were active illusions. Only the part fused with Bewildering Incense was a passive illusion. What Liu Xiaolou and he saw in the array in this part was exactly the same.

The reason is simple: only by combining the Bewildering Incense with the "Mysterious Truth Scripture" technique can its effect be maximized.

After Liu Xiaolou entered the array, he saw mountain scenery somewhat similar to Fanghe Peak. In the distance were the same smoke-entangled mountain peaks and waterfalls that turned into mist halfway down. In this regard, Liu Daoran's work was quite realistic.

However, the sky in the east and west directions had collapsed by half, like black curtains hanging down from the sky, not fully covered. These two places were the connection points with the Three Treasures True Qi Talisman and the Dispersed True Fire Talisman array plates. Only by incorporating those two array plates could the complete Northern Mysterious Water Array Dispersed Nine Palaces micro-array be formed.

So far, everything was normal, but the next scene left Liu Xiaolou dumbfounded.

A small stream appeared in the array, with reed marshes by the stream, and a lone boat at the ferry crossing, lying diagonally by the water. There was a stone pavilion at the ferry, full of loneliness and desolation.

These illusions, after being nested with the other eight palace array plates, would produce various killing moves, but...

When Liu Xiaolou stepped into the stone pavilion, he turned his face and saw the steep high cliff at the corner of the water bank. On the smooth-as-a-mirror cliff wall, a vivid combat technique was being performed.

Extremely intense, extremely crude, extremely wild!

At the same time, the sounds of panting and screaming shook the wilderness, completely drowning out the sound of the flowing stream.

Liu Xiaolou was dumbfounded.

After watching for a while, he hurriedly exited from the east sky curtain and asked: "Brother Daoran, what you saw..."

Liu Daoran was also very nervous: "Was it intense?"

Thus, the two verified the details with each other, including whether there were clothes or not, standing or lying down, who was on top or who was below, and so on. After verifying, they found that what the two saw was exactly the same. This was a typical passive illusion.

But whether it was passive or active was no longer important. The key was, as Liu Daoran said, this thing could not be shown to people!

Even Liu Xiaolou felt it couldn't be shown to people, which showed how unpresentable it was!

"No, Brother Daoran, how... when you are with your wife at home, is it like this?"

"Ashamed..."

"No wonder, no wonder you were this way at Fengqiwu..."

"Ashamed..."

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"Actually, it's not a matter of shame. Others shouldn't comment on Brother Daoran's preferences, but crafting this into an array plate is inevitably a bit, um, shocking. What was Brother Daoran thinking? Couldn't you do something else? For example, first have some discussion of the Dao, then have some thin gauze dancing, with postures appearing and disappearing, and the tone being gentle and melodious..."

"... Can it... be like that?"

"Why can't it be like that?"

"Actually... I intended to take it home..."

Liu Xiaolou rubbed his face and looked at the time. It was already the end of the You hour. Two more hours, and it would be the final deadline for reporting back. With only two hours left, it was impossible to change it no matter what.

"It's impossible to let you take it home. Let's just leave it like this and use it to report back first. If Master Tang is dissatisfied after the final inspection, we can just take it back and re-craft it. But then it won't be a matter of delay, and there's no need to deduct spirit stones." Liu Xiaolou took the three array plates and flew toward Fanghe Peak, feeling uneasy. Looking back, he saw Liu Daoran standing foolishly in place and shouted: "Follow me!"

At the foot of Fanghe Peak, quite a few people were already waiting, about thirty or so, including several elders of the Zhao clan and the main stewards standing with their heads held high. The rest were all array masters, led by Diao Daoyi, Xing Wujiu, and Fu Conglin respectively.

Having followed Tang Song for several months, Liu Xiaolou was already familiar with everyone here, so he smiled and squeezed over, taking the initiative to receive the array plates from the three high-level masters: "Give them to me first, junior will count them..."

After receiving them, while he was counting, Jiang Feihe also brought a group of array masters from Stone Valley. They brought the most array plates, which were also handed to Liu Xiaolou.

After counting, all the array plates were completed, including the one he and Liu Daoran crafted, which he stuffed into the Northern Mysterious Water Array array plate and placed at the very bottom.

It was late at night, but Fanghe Peak was shining with faint brilliance, and the bright moon was like a wheel, illuminating the foot of the mountain quite brightly. Every mountain peak seemed to be covered with a layer of silver gauze.

Liu Daoran leaned over: "Little brother..."

Liu Xiaolou pointed to the wooden box at his feet: "They are all inside. I put it at the very bottom."

Liu Daoran was full of worry: "I'm just afraid that when it's displayed later..."

Liu Xiaolou said: "There's no other way. If it's embarrassing, then it's embarrassing. In any case, our spirit stones won't be deducted."

Liu Daoran shook his head dejectedly: "I'd rather have our spirit stones deducted; I really can't afford to lose this face."

Liu Xiaolou guided him: "Brother Daoran, that's where you're wrong. Compared to spirit stones, what is losing some face? Just laugh it off..."

Just as they were speaking, three people came from the direction of the main peak of Jin Tingshan. They didn't seem to move their feet, but in the blink of an eye, they were close. The ones on the left and right were Master Tang and Master Long. Liu Xiaolou hadn't seen the old man leading them, but all the Zhao clan members were bowing to him. No need to ask, it must be Zhao Yongchun.

This person had Nascent Soul cultivation, and a sense of pressure rushed toward them, but it quickly dissipated to the point of being imperceptible. He must have been deliberately suppressing himself so as not to make these Qi Refinement array masters uncomfortable.

As soon as Liu Xiaolou saw this Jin Tingpai elder, for some reason, he suddenly felt a bit of regret for Zhou Qiniang, feeling that marrying him as a second wife was actually quite good.

As a Golden Core array master, Jiang Feihe first received Zhao Yongchun's praise. After a few polite words, Liu Xiaolou didn't know if his eyes were playing tricks on him, but he felt that the exhaustion of Jiang Feihe's hard work over the past few months had been swept away, and his face was full of excitement.

Zhao Yongchun smiled and expressed his gratitude to all the array masters, then nodded to Tang Song.

Tang Song looked at Liu Xiaolou: "Are they all here?"

Liu Xiaolou held the box and leaned over, respectfully saying: "They are all here."

Tang Song asked Zhao Yongchun: "Then shall we begin?"

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