Chapter 372: Magic Array at the Bottom of the Pool

Hearing Duan Xueyi say this, the other three standing above the water pit were stunned for a moment, and then slowly came to their senses.

Gao Yuyao nodded and said, "It seems that the water level of the Jinshui River has risen over the years, turning this place into a swamp. After this group of demon beasts occupied this place, they happened to build their lair near the water pool. Over the years, they dug holes everywhere, changing the landscape here beyond recognition, which also caused the water pool recorded in the hairpin to disappear completely from the ground."

"Not bad, the spiritual energy concentration here is indeed denser than in other places. There should be a cave within a cave below." Song Qingming also echoed.

"Whether it is here or not, we will know if we go down and see. There should be quite a few demon beasts underwater. Two Fairies, why don't you wait on the shore first? Let me and Fellow Daoist Song handle this kind of rough work first."

After hearing this proposal from Fang Wuqian, seeing that Song Qingming didn't open his mouth to object, Duan Xueyi and Gao Yuyao looked at each other and immediately nodded in agreement.

After casting a water-avoidance spell to cover their whole bodies, Song Qingming and Fang Wuqian jumped into the water one after another and slowly sank downward.

After sinking two or three zhang deep, Fang Wuqian took out a white ball the size of an egg from his body, and the pitch-black water pit around them immediately became bright.

The bottom of this water pit was clearly much larger than at the entrance. The two looked around and soon discovered several rays of light shooting in from other entrances. Just as Gao Yuyao said, the water pits of various sizes around here were all connected after reaching below. It seemed that this was, without accident, the place they were looking for on this trip.

"Fellow Daoist Song, it seems this is truly the place. Why don't we go to the bottom of the water pool first and see? After finding the entrance to the cave dwelling, we will call the two Fairies down!" Fang Wuqian used the ball in his hand to shine below and found that he couldn't see the bottom of the pool. After pondering for a moment, he directly stated his suggestion.

"That's fine, let's follow Brother Fang's suggestion."

Song Qingming had just turned around after saying this, and before he could take any action, a sound of water waves suddenly came from all around, and more than a dozen demon crocodiles that had fled earlier surrounded them again.

These low-level demon crocodiles had seen the two second-tier demon crocodiles leading them defeated by the group on the ground earlier and had easily been scared by Song Qingming and his companion into fleeing back to their lair. This time, seeing someone invading their lair, they were already unwilling to retreat again.

"Hmph! Truly overestimating your own strength."

Looking at these somewhat crazy demon beasts, Fang Wuqian sneered at the corner of his mouth, raised his hand, and cast a spell to release a burst of water thorns, instantly piercing the heads of the few demon crocodiles rushing in front. The originally deep blue pool water immediately bubbled up with a burst of deep red blood.

Seeing that Fang Wuqian had already made a move, Song Qingming on the side naturally didn't stay idle. Seeing him dodge a sneak attack from a demon crocodile, he immediately had a black short blade in his hand and easily cut off the giant head of this demon crocodile with one slash.

Not long after, when Song Qingming put away the magic tool in his hand, only the demon beast corpses slowly floating to the water surface and the fish and shrimp attracted by the smell of blood remained in the water pool.

Seeing that these demon beasts had been resolved, Fang Wuqian greeted Song Qingming and went to the bottom of the pool first. Song Qingming did not have a water spirit root in his body, so he rarely practiced water-attribute cultivation techniques. After entering this deep water, his escape speed was clearly half a beat slower than Fang Wuqian, who was walking in front.

The two fell another ten-odd zhang deep and finally reached the bottom of the pool. This sunless water bottom finally welcomed a trace of long-lost light.

The bottom of the water pool was not as large as above, only seven or eight zhang wide. After the two walked half a circle at the bottom of the water, they soon arrived beside several strange giant stones piled together.

These giant stones were piled in a corner of the pool bottom, surrounding a square shape. It looked quite obvious that they had been moved and placed by humans.

Song Qingming stepped forward to look carefully and then said to Fang Wuqian, "Fellow Daoist Fang, there is a magic array in this place that seals the spiritual power at the bottom of the pool. The entrance should be here. Quickly send a letter to call them down!"

Fang Wuqian nodded, took out a sound transmission secret letter that had been prepared long ago, and sent it out. Before long, Duan Xueyi and Gao Yuyao also arrived at the bottom of the pool.

"Fellow Daoist Song, how is it? Have you seen the origin of this magic array?" Seeing Song Qingming and his companion standing beside a pile of messy stones, Gao Yuyao also immediately saw that there was a magic array here.

Song Qingming turned around with a smile and replied, "Rest assured, both of you. Although I have never seen this array, I have seen similar magic arrays in a classic. As long as you give me more time to study it, it shouldn't be difficult to solve."

"Then I will trouble Fellow Daoist Song first." Gao Yuyao felt relieved immediately upon hearing that Song Qingming had the confidence to crack this magic array.

Duan Xueyi on the side, after seeing this magic array, did not speak but walked up directly to study it carefully with Song Qingming.

"Fairy Duan, could it be that you are also an array master?" Seeing Duan Xueyi standing on the side and looking without stopping, as if she also understood some array principles, Song Qingming asked with some doubt.

"Hehe! I just have some interest in the way of arrays and am not a second-tier array master. Fellow Daoist Song, just go ahead and break the array, no need to worry about me!" Duan Xueyi looked at Song Qingming and shook her head slightly.

Hearing Duan Xueyi's answer, Song Qingming nodded somewhat unexpectedly and focused his attention on the top of the pile of messy stones, no longer paying attention to her.

This magic array, although it had some tricks, Song Qingming's current array level was not low. As long as he didn't encounter those very difficult second-tier high-grade magic arrays, other arrays in his eyes, as long as there was time, could be cracked quickly.

After studying for several hours, Song Qingming finally decided on the method to break the array. With the help of Duan Xueyi, who took the initiative to step forward to help, the two quickly began to insert a set of array flags into the soil around the giant stones according to fixed positions with spells.

Although Duan Xueyi denied that she was a second-tier array master, Song Qingming could still see that her array level was not low and should not be far from a second-tier array master.

After the preparation work was done, Song Qingming gathered all four people to the magic array and arranged directly, "Fellow Daoist Fang, in a while, use this array flag to lock the spiritual energy in the northwest corner of the array first. Fellow Daoist Gao, later use the blue array flag to lock the middle position of the array.

I and Fairy Duan are responsible for moving the stones in the middle of the array. Everyone remember, don't touch the stones in the array with your own magic power casually, otherwise, the array's spiritual energy will be disordered, and it will be very easy to fall short."

Gao Yuyao nodded first and said, "Fellow Daoist Song, just command with peace of mind. We will definitely do our best to help and cooperate with you well!"