Chapter 356: Jinpu Gorge

Zhang Nuo was thinking about the Giant Spirit Pavilion matter in his heart, yet his Divine Sense had not once withdrawn from the four people's room. After listening carefully for a while longer and seeing there were no useful clues, he then sat cross-legged on the bed again.

"Kid Zhang, this is a once-in-a-thousand-years opportunity! If you can save the group from the Giant Spirit Pavilion, they will trust you even more!"

Chunyangzi kept clicking his tongue, as if happiness had come too suddenly, making it somewhat hard for him to accept!

"It is indeed a good opportunity, but the Primordial Array refined by that gray-robed Daoist surnamed Zhao is likely no ordinary object! Judging by their tone, they aren't even afraid if Yang Huzi arrives in person!"

Zhang Nuo's expression was pensive; after a moment, he sighed softly.

"Looking at that Daoist, his aptitude is decent, but his cultivation is a small realm lower than the others. I imagine he must have poured all his energy into the study of arrays!"

Not taking what Zhang Nuo said to heart, Chunyangzi replied noncommittally.

"We will go to Jinpu Gorge in advance to check the terrain and get a sense of it; perhaps we can find a flaw in the four of them!"

After making up his mind, Zhang Nuo walked out of the room, settled the inn bill, and went straight out of the inn! As for the name Jinpu Gorge, one could find out by asking anyone.

After leaving the city, Zhang Nuo's escape light rose, and he flew directly toward the direction of Jinpu Gorge. With his current escape speed, a distance of a thousand miles was nothing at all. After a while, Zhang Nuo's figure appeared above Jinpu Gorge! Looking down, he saw two continuous mountain ranges running side by side, leaving a long, narrow passage in between; this was the Jinpu Gorge the four had spoken of!

"This gorge is several hundred miles long. Could it be that they chose this place to make their move?"

Gazing at the mountain terrain on both sides, Zhang Nuo's expression sank slightly. In this place, as long as the two ends and the sky above were sealed, there would be no way out. Even a cultivator who knew Earth Escape could escape by borrowing the mountain's terrain, but they wouldn't be able to take away a single bit of the transported goods!

"What exactly is this Giant Spirit Pavilion transporting? Why must they travel by land?"

Chunyangzi was suspicious; with the capital of the Giant Spirit Pavilion, they were fully capable of using large Flying Magic Tools to transport the required items directly to the destination!

"I imagine it must be something extremely important! In fact, some things are particularly eye-catching when transported by air; it is safer to go by land instead!"

Zhang Nuo said after thinking for a moment.

"Who cares what it is! As long as those four come to rob it, it will be a great opportunity for you to show off your skills!"

Hearing this, Zhang Nuo just gave a bitter smile! If it weren't for Chunyangzi, he would absolutely not do such a thing! Finding a hidden spot in Jinpu Gorge, Zhang Nuo hid himself within it, and with his Divine Sense fully expanded, he waited quietly for the old man in the yellow robe and the other three to arrive!

Two days later, while Zhang Nuo was sitting cross-legged in meditation, his Divine Sense suddenly stirred. He felt four escape lights flying toward this place from the distant sky. His thoughts turned slightly, guessing it might be the old man surnamed Yi and the other three!

Sure enough, before long, the old man in the yellow robe and the other three appeared in the center of Jinpu Gorge. After searching the surrounding area, the Daoist surnamed Zhao seemed to say something to the other three before distributing several Array Disks from his hands to them!

After the three obtained the Array Disks, their figures turned into brilliant rainbows and flew toward several locations in the gorge, placing the Array Disks separately! Although Zhang Nuo did not show himself, his powerful Divine Sense saw everything clearly! He secretly noted the positions where the Array Disks were placed, and his expression couldn't help but reveal a cold smile!

The matter of the mantis stalking the cicada with the oriole behind is most exciting when one is the oriole! Seeing everything at a glance, watching a bunch of clowns acting clever! After all that tossing and turning, they didn't realize they were just doing the work for someone else!

After the four finished setting everything up, they hid in different locations! Zhang Nuo did not dare to make any large movements and just kept his figure concealed like that!

Among them, the young woman surnamed Li, dressed in dark red palace attire, was hiding in a spot a hundred feet away from Zhang Nuo! Although this woman's technique for concealing her aura could not be considered brilliant, no one would definitely discover her from several hundred feet away! Zhang Nuo frowned; at such a close distance to this woman, he would be discovered if he were even slightly careless! Regardless, the Divine Sense of a Golden Core Middle Stage cultivator was not too weak!

With the Nine Dragon Sword Case inside his body turning slightly, it restrained Zhang Nuo's aura even more. At this moment, he was like a dead object, with no signs of life at all!

Just on the second day of the four hiding, an escape light suddenly shot strangely toward the hiding place of the woman surnamed Li! Zhang Nuo's brows twitched, and with great curiosity, he released a wisp of Divine Sense to probe in the direction where the escape light landed!

He saw that the person who arrived was indeed the gray-robed Daoist!

"Brother Zhao, why have you come?"

Greatly surprised, the young woman in palace attire asked as soon as she saw the Daoist.

"Hehe, this poor Daoist came this time specifically to thank Fairy Li. If it weren't for you speaking a word of justice in the teahouse back then, I'm afraid I wouldn't have gotten such a great benefit!"

"Oh! So Brother Zhao came for this matter! This operation was meant to rely on your Primordial Array anyway! It is only natural to take a bit more!"

The young woman in palace attire raised her eyebrows and said with a charming, seductive air.

"Besides this matter, this poor Daoist has another thing. I heard that Fairy Li knows a Dual Cultivation method that can make cultivation progress faster. I have spent most of my life studying arrays, and my own cultivation has fallen behind quite a bit. I wonder if, after this matter is successful, Fairy could engage in Dual Cultivation with me to help me advance my cultivation?"

As the Daoist surnamed Zhao spoke, his eyes narrowed, and he looked lustfully at the woman's body, as if he wanted to swallow her in one bite! The woman surnamed Li's expression changed slightly, but she returned to calm in an instant! She smiled faintly and said:

"To be favored by Brother Zhao truly makes this concubine feel very honored! This matter still requires long-term consideration! However, as long as there is sufficient reward, how could this concubine refuse?"

Not closing the door on the matter, the young woman in palace attire's expression tightened, and her charming gaze held even more temptation!

"Good! Since that is the case, this poor Daoist will definitely not let Fairy down!"

After a hehe laugh, the gray-robed Daoist turned into a brilliant rainbow and disappeared into the distance. Zhang Nuo sneered in his heart; this Daoist actually wanted to take a shortcut in his cultivation and had set his sights on Dual Cultivation!

Although this Dual Cultivation technique was beneficial to both men and women, it depended on what kind of cultivation method it was; some methods favored men, while others favored women! Even worse, some used the female cultivator as a furnace, discarding her immediately once she lost her value!

Looking at the woman surnamed Li, she must know some Dual Cultivation methods beneficial to both parties, otherwise the gray-robed Daoist would not have had such thoughts!

After thinking for a moment, Zhang Nuo did not take the matter to heart, carefully withdrew his Divine Sense, and continued to conceal his figure! He waited quietly for the Giant Spirit Pavilion group to walk right into the trap.

In the blink of an eye, seven days later, Zhang Nuo's slightly closed eyes opened again, because he felt a not-so-weak aura entering from one end of Jinpu Gorge!

This aura consisted of at least several dozen cultivators, but their movement speed was very slow, almost similar to the speed of a normal person's carriage!

It was truly unimaginable that a team composed of cultivators would move at such a slow speed! After more than half an hour, Zhang Nuo probed with his Divine Sense, sweeping toward that aura. Upon seeing this, a look of joy immediately appeared on his face! He saw that this group of people was protecting a large carriage as they moved forward.

This large carriage was over four zhang long and about one zhang wide. It was loaded with many goods, and it was sealed by a powerful Restriction, so even Divine Sense could not probe inside. In front, two ox-like spirit beasts were pulling it forward. On the left and right of the carriage, there were several Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators protecting it, and the person walking at the very front of the team was none other than Liu Qingshan of the Giant Spirit Pavilion!

As his Divine Sense swept toward the back of the team, Zhang Nuo immediately discovered the presence of Yang Potian! He frowned slightly; the items the Giant Spirit Pavilion was transporting this time were clearly very valuable, as even Yang Huzi was escorting them in person!

Pondering secretly, he wondered how the gray-robed Daoist's array was and whether it could be a match for Yang Huzi. If they were captured directly by Yang Huzi, where would there be any need for him to make a move?

While he was considering this, the group from the Giant Spirit Pavilion walked to the deepest part of Jinpu Gorge, which was exactly where the gray-robed Daoist and the others had set up the 'Primordial Array'!

A sharp light flashed in Zhang Nuo's eyes, and his expression became extremely grave. After waiting bitterly for several days, the good show was finally about to begin!

A deep, cold shout suddenly rang out through the entire gorge. Following this shout, two light curtains shot out from both sides of the gorge's mountain walls. The light curtains spread out like a tide along the mountain terrain, and a series of booming sounds erupted from the rock-strewn mountain walls!

"Stop! There are enemies!"

Liu Qingshan, who was walking at the very front, scanned his surroundings and shouted with a stern expression! The Giant Spirit Pavilion team stopped instantly! The cultivators also brought out their Magic Treasures one after another!

Yang Huzi had been walking at the very back, and seeing that the situation was wrong, his figure flashed and he arrived at the front. With his Divine Sense fully expanded, he swept toward the light curtains on both sides of the mountain!

Upon seeing this, he couldn't help but gasp! He raised his hands suddenly, and two rays of light flew from his sleeves, striking the light curtain directly!

After a loud, rumbling boom, the surface of the light curtain only rippled like water, without suffering any damage at all!

"Not good! This is some kind of array! Let's retreat from this place quickly!"

After just testing it, Yang Huzi's expression changed drastically. Even though his cultivation was not weak, if he were truly trapped in a sharp array, there would be no way to escape!

Hearing this, the Giant Spirit Pavilion group hurriedly retreated toward the path they had come from, but when everyone turned back to look, their faces all turned ashen!

They saw that the two light curtains spreading along the mountain walls had, at some unknown time, overlapped a hundred feet behind them! This great array was like a pocket, trapping everyone from the Giant Spirit Pavilion inside!