Chapter 686: The Eight Thousand Array Dao

Seeing that the young woman in palace attire had something on her mind, Zhang Nuo grew curious; it was truly rare to find someone who could have a entanglement with a True Immortal and still be alive!

"What is your name?"

"This concubine is named Liu Feier!"

The young woman was neither humble nor arrogant, as if the person standing before her were merely an ordinary man!

"Liu Feier! A nice name. This Emperor only wishes to know, what exactly is your entanglement with Lei Fengyu?"

"It is all a story of the past, but since the senior wishes to know, then this junior might as well speak of it!"

Liu Feier did not hide anything and proceeded to recount the matter from the beginning!

It turned out that her parents, while they were alive, were two True Immortals of the Shunxian Faction, with cultivation around the second stage. They had a good friendship with Lei Fengyu! In their daily lives, although they belonged to two completely different camps, they still had many private interactions!

Just as the Anti-Immortal Faction was slaughtering the members of the Shunxian Faction, Liu Feier's parents were hunted by several True Immortals of the Anti-Immortal Faction. With nowhere left to turn, they fled to Lei Fengyu's residence! They hoped that, in light of their past friendship, he would take them in!

However, what Liu Feier's parents did not expect was that Lei Fengyu refused to open the Restriction of his residence until several cultivators of the Anti-Immortal Faction arrived and slaughtered her parents right before Liu Feier's eyes!

Just as they were about to strike at Liu Feier, Lei Fengyu stepped forward and pleaded for her, taking her under his tutelage! At the time, Liu Feier was only at the Spirit Severing Stage. Watching her parents being killed, she felt a surge of rage in her heart, but her cultivation was too low; a True Immortal could take her life with just a single finger!

After Lei Fengyu brought Liu Feier back to his residence, his expression was never very good! As a member of the Anti-Immortal Faction, the fact that he did not take action against the True Immortals of the Shunxian Faction had already made the Immortal Lord very dissatisfied; the only thing he could do was keep the children of his old friends!

Yet, for Liu Feier, she had long since harbored a deep-seated hatred for Lei Fengyu in her bones. In the days that followed, Lei Fengyu did not offer much explanation, and in the end, he settled her in this valley!

"Such a coward who refuses to save those in danger! It seems this Emperor did not kill him wrongly!"

Hearing this, Zhang Nuo was also extremely furious!

"Actually, this matter cannot be blamed entirely on Lei Fengyu. If he had taken action back then, he would easily have become a target for everyone. Saving me at that critical moment already took a lot of courage! It is just that there has always been a knot in this concubine's heart that I cannot untie! My parents died before my eyes, yet he did not save them! This feeling of being caught in the middle is truly agonizing!"

As Liu Feier spoke, she shook her head slightly! Throughout these countless years, she had never known whether she should hate Lei Fengyu or be grateful to him!

Looking at the young woman still struggling in pain, Zhang Nuo let out a long sigh! Such matters were truly difficult to explain clearly!

"Since you are a descendant of a True Immortal from the Shunxian Faction, then this Emperor has nothing left to hide! This Emperor is also a member of the Shunxian Faction! I have come this time to rescue those who are trapped!"

"How is this possible? Was the Shunxian Faction not struck from the records during the great war before?"

Hearing these words, the young woman's murky eyes suddenly became clear! Her face was full of disbelief!

"Since you are a descendant of the Shunxian Faction, you should have heard the name Jialouluo, right?"

"Senior Jialouluo is still alive?"

Seeing the young woman's greatly astonished expression, Zhang Nuo did not feel surprised. After all, Jialouluo had held a place among the True Immortals of the Shunxian Faction back then; it was not strange at all that Liu Feier knew him!

"Yes! This matter is of great importance! This Emperor cannot tell you the details! But please believe this Emperor's words!"

"Since you are a friend of Senior Jialouluo, there naturally cannot be any mistake!"

The young woman did not doubt Zhang Nuo's words at all and appeared very happy!

"It is best that you believe this Emperor. How about this: you continue to guard the Thunder Array here. When there is a turn of events, this Emperor will have Senior Jialouluo come to pick you up! This Emperor still has matters to attend to, so I will not stay longer!"

Having said this, Zhang Nuo's escape light rose, and he vanished directly into the sky above the valley!

Watching the escape light disappear, Liu Feier stood blankly in place for a long time! Zhang Nuo's unexpected arrival gave her a glimmer of hope for the rise of the Shunxian Faction! Perhaps the enemy who slaughtered her parents would also fall in this great war!

After Zhang Nuo had flown for several years, a plain appeared ahead! This plain was very special; not a single tree grew upon it, and it was as flat as a board!

At the very center of the plain, a small building a hundred feet high had been constructed! The building was enveloped in a faint layer of Restriction! Wreaths of mist lingered all around it!

This place was Zhang Nuo's destination: Fengyue Xiaozhu! The old friend Jialouluo had told him about lived here. Looking at the flat ground before him, he did not dare to approach easily!

Since the person in Fengyue Xiaozhu was proficient in the way of the Array, there must surely be powerful Arrays surrounding it, yet even with the keenness of Zhang Nuo's Divine Sense, he was still unable to detect them!

"Fellow Daoist Li! I am a friend of Fellow Daoist Jialouluo! Please come out to meet me!"

Quietly circulating his Mysterious Technique, Zhang Nuo shouted loudly. His voice turned into a straight line and rushed directly toward Fengyue Xiaozhu! Before long, a gray-robed man of about fifty years appeared in front of the small building!

He swept his gaze toward Zhang Nuo across the plain, then said with slight anger:

"Hmph! Another trick played by the Anti-Immortal Faction, I suppose! This Li will not be fooled. Furthermore, you can give up on this idea; I will never collude with you people!"

The man surnamed Li, named Li Siliang, possessed Array divine abilities that left cultivators of the True Immortal World far behind! The Anti-Immortal Faction had tried hard to win him over, but to no avail!

Zhang Nuo smiled faintly without offering much explanation; it seemed Li Siliang had been deceived by cultivators of the Anti-Immortal Faction many times! With a flip of his hand, the Gold-Inlaid Jade Token appeared in his palm, and he tossed it toward Li Siliang!

As soon as the token entered the territory of the plain, a mass of cyan light appeared out of thin air! It wrapped around the token, and in a flash, it vanished from where it was!

The next moment, the cyan light emerged in front of Li Siliang. He reached out and took the token from the cyan light. Li Siliang looked at it for a long time before his expression changed slightly as he looked toward Zhang Nuo!

"This is indeed the item of Fellow Daoist Jialouluo? Who are you? Why did he not come himself?"

"Fellow Daoist Li, could you allow me to enter Fengyue Xiaozhu first? This matter is a long story, and some things are not suitable to be discussed here!"

"Fine! You may enter, but this Li will say this first: if you are a person of the Anti-Immortal Faction, do not blame me for taking action!"

Li Siliang gave Zhang Nuo one final warning! Even after seeing the Gold-Inlaid Jade Token, he still did not dare to trust him easily!

After nodding in agreement, Zhang Nuo tried walking onto the plain. Indeed, there was no resistance at all. With a few flashes of his figure, he arrived in front of Li Siliang!

"Fellow Daoist Li! I am Zhang Nuo, a cultivator who ascended from a lower realm! Because Fellow Daoist Jialouluo has other matters to attend to, he could only have me come instead!"

Seeing Zhang Nuo's sincere expression, Li Siliang brought him inside Fengyue Xiaozhu!

Inside this small building, there were no special furnishings. It was truly hard to imagine that the home of an Array genius was so clean and tidy, without even a trace of clutter!

Li Siliang, as a cultivator at the fourth stage of the True Immortal World, exuded such dominance that even Zhang Nuo felt a sense of pressure standing before him!

"Tell this Li about Jialouluo's current situation!"

Getting straight to the point, Li Siliang did not waste a single word! Zhang Nuo nodded slightly and then recounted everything that had happened in the lower realm!

After Li Siliang finished listening, he burst into loud, wild laughter!

"Haha! Jialouluo is indeed a good man! This Li did not misjudge him! He has truly returned to the True Immortal World! It seems the doomsday for those people of the Anti-Immortal Faction has arrived!"

After this account, Li Siliang confirmed Zhang Nuo's identity. With no more concerns, he said with deep meaning:

"Since Jialouluo sent you this time, is it to have this Li create that kind of Array capable of breaking the seal on Wuling Mountain?"

"Correct! The purpose of my visit this time is for this very matter! I wonder how much time Fellow Daoist needs to complete it?"

Zhang Nuo felt a joy in his heart; he had not expected Li Siliang to be so straightforward!

"Fellow Daoist Zhang, rest assured! I have already prepared the Array to remove the Wuling Mountain seal; it is just missing the most critical steps, which will still require about a few years!"

"Oh! That would be best!"

A flash of brilliance shone in Zhang Nuo's eyes, and he was so happy he nearly jumped up!

"However, before the Array is perfected, Li Siliang would like to give you something. I wonder if Fellow Daoist Zhang is willing to accept it?"

Speaking in a mysterious manner, Li Siliang kept his gaze fixed on Zhang Nuo!

"What kind of thing is it? Why don't you tell me about it, Fellow Daoist?"

"Actually, this is also an Array, but it is an Array specifically for tempering a cultivator's cultivation! This set of Arrays is named 'Eight Thousand Array Dao!' If an ordinary cultivator enters, they can last at most a few days, but I see that you are different, Fellow Daoist, and perhaps you can persist for a longer time. In this way, it will be very helpful for the improvement of your cultivation!"

Zhang Nuo truly had not expected that Li Siliang would have such a good thing here, and he hurriedly nodded!

"Fellow Daoist, don't agree so quickly! The 'Eight Thousand Array Dao' is composed of countless large and small Arrays. While it tempers a cultivator's cultivation, it also carries certain risks! When I first succeeded in creating the great Array, I also tried to enter it, but I could only stay for one year at most! After that, I could no longer persist!"

Li Siliang's expression was grave; it did not look like he was telling a lie. Zhang Nuo's joyful face returned to calmness. Even the person who created this set of Arrays could not persist until the end, which shows the formidable nature of the 'Eight Thousand Array Dao'!

"What was the effect after you came out, Fellow Daoist Li?"

"Hehe! Don't look at it as only a mere year; I leaped from the Three-Tier to the Four-fold Realm!"

As soon as these words were spoken, Zhang Nuo could not help but gasp!