Chapter 1869: Fourth-Grade Illusion Array

He Pingsheng smiled. "Han Houzhi, you seem to really want to see my senior brother!"

Han Houzhi hurriedly said, "Young Master and Young Master Wang, the two of you are the strongest heaven's pride I, Han Houzhi, have ever seen in this lifetime!"

"Every time I see Young Master Wang, I gain something!"

"Good!" He Pingsheng said. "You tell me, what exactly is this so-called Ancient Heaven Ruins all about?"

"If it's suitable, I'll naturally go."

"Yes!" Han Houzhi said. "Legend has it that in ancient times, a great war broke out in the God Realm!"

"In that great war, even upper gods of the God Emperor realm perished!"

"The participants were not just one person, but several God Kingdoms, hundreds of millions upon hundreds of millions of gods!"

"There were lower gods, middle gods, and upper gods!"

"After the great war, the battlefield ruins became the current 【Ancient Heaven Ruins】……"

Han Houzhi narrated slowly.

The Ancient Heaven Ruins is a vast Divine Domain!

Because it was an ancient battlefield, this place was sealed by the upper echelons of the God Realm; no one was allowed to enter.

So for hundreds of millions upon hundreds of millions of years, who knows how many things have spawned inside.

Plus the divine artifacts, magic treasures, and items left behind by those fallen gods, this constitutes a Mystic Realm with extremely abundant resources.

This Mystic Realm is extremely large, and its coverage is also very wide.

Inside there are areas that only allow God Control Realm cultivators to enter, and also areas that allow God Spirit Realm, God Monarch Realm, God Venerable Realm, and God King Realm cultivators to enter.

Five in total.

The special point is that theoretically anyone can enter the God Control Realm area!

As long as you can obtain a token to enter it.

But the four areas behind — God Spirit Realm, God Monarch Realm, God Venerable Realm, and God King Realm — are not something just anyone can enter.

They have conditions.

For example, the God Spirit Mystic Realm within the Ancient Heaven Ruins — to enter it you must meet one condition: having previously entered the God Control Realm area.

By analogy, to enter the God Monarch Realm area, the condition is having previously entered the God Spirit Realm area; to enter the God Venerable Realm area, you must have previously entered the God Monarch Realm area.

As for the God King Realm area, it follows the same principle.

In other words, if He Pingsheng misses the 【God Control Realm】 opportunity this time, he will forever lose the chance thereafter.

"Encountering this kind of opportunity, I naturally cannot give it up lightly!" He Pingsheng frowned. "But the problem is, how are the quotas determined?"

"Is there no limit on the number of people?"

"Can anyone who wants to participate do so?"

Han Houzhi said, "That's not quite it either…… It's said this 【Ancient Heaven Token】 is limited in number!"

"Not everyone can obtain one!"

"Take our 【Heavenly Water City】 for example — it's said the entire city has only one thousand Ancient Heaven Tokens!"

"And the number of gods below God Control Realm in the city, hehehe…… I'm afraid it's too many to count!"

"So many people competing for one thousand Ancient Heaven Tokens — it's still very difficult!"

He Pingsheng asked, "Then…… in what form is this Ancient Heaven Token issued?"

"Where are they all right now?"

Han Houzhi said, "Right now they're all still at the City Lord's Mansion. The City Lord's Mansion's intention is, following past years' convention, to put five hundred quotas up for competition!"

"Nothing more than holding a test — all God Control Realm cultivators fight it out, and those who make the top five hundred can obtain this Ancient Heaven Token!"

"As for the remaining five hundred quotas, a portion will be used by the City Lord's Mansion's own people, and another portion will be taken out for auction at the major merchant guilds!"

"So, we have three channels to obtain this Ancient Heaven Token!"

"First, participate in the combat trial — Young Master, this should be no problem for you!"

"Second, pull strings with the City Lord's Mansion, pay a price, and there's also a chance to obtain a token!"

"Third, go to the auction and buy one!"

He Pingsheng nodded. "These problems aren't big at all!"

"Hmm……"

"But I still have a concern!"

"Where is the Ancient Heaven Ruins located?"

"Even if we obtain the Ancient Heaven Token, how do we get there?"

"Do we still have to gather level by level upward?"

What He Pingsheng feared most was that after the thousand people from Heavenly Water City were selected, they would go straight to Scorpion King City, then the Royal City would organize a gathering, level by level upward.

I, He Pingsheng, am already on the Lu Family's hit list; if I swagger off to Scorpion King City again, how is that different from seeking death?

"Not at all!" Han Houzhi said. "Young Master, you can rest completely assured!"

"This is precisely the marvel of the Ancient Heaven Token!"

"Within the three months that the Ancient Heaven Ruins is open, you can activate the Ancient Heaven Token!"

"Once activated, the Ancient Heaven Token will tear open the void and bring you to the Mystic Realm entrance!"

"After the Mystic Realm ends, you can also hold the Ancient Heaven Token for a second activation, and at that time it will return you to your original starting point!"

He Pingsheng was overjoyed. "It can even work like that?"

"Excellent!"

This way, there's no need to worry about the Lu Family's checkpoint.

However…… although there's no need to worry, to prevent information leaks, He Pingsheng still decided to avoid participating in that whatever trial as much as possible.

There's no need to risk your life for things that can be bought with money.

"Like this!" He Pingsheng thought for a moment: "Han Houshi... with your current ability, breaking into the top five hundred shouldn't be a problem, right?"

Han Houshi patted his chest: "Young Master, rest assured—let alone five hundred, even the top fifty in the entire Tianshui City, I can manage!"

"Good!" He Pingsheng said: "Then that's settled..."

"We'll prepare on two fronts!"

"You need to register for the Tianshui City combat selection—this way, you can securely obtain a Tian Gu Ling!"

"Then, we'll also explore the other two routes!"

"If that works out, we'll take all three!"

"At the very least, we'll secure one!"

He Pingsheng had already calculated in his mind: if we get three, I'll bring Han Houshi and Liang Huaxiu along.

If we only get one, then I'll go alone.

"Keep gathering intelligence!" He Pingsheng handed Han Houshi another ring: "If you get any news, inform me immediately!"

"Yes!" Han Houshi left.

After Han Houshi departed, He Pingsheng took out the fourth-tier illusion array materials.

This item is fourth-tier; even the Treasure Basin can't enhance it now.

But it doesn't matter.

Let's set it up first and see.

Next, He Pingsheng summoned Wen Wanli, Qiao Huizhu, and Su Zhenzhen, and several of them began setting up the formation together.

When setting up a fourth-tier grand formation, it's definitely much harder than a third-tier one.

The group spent a full four or five months before finally completing the illusion array.

Boom—

The illusion array rose up, instantly covering a radius of a thousand li around.

Within the range, the entire family was completely concealed.

Originally, one could see through the entire family's appearance from the void, but now it has been hidden.

Even if a mid-level Divine Lord realm cultivator passed through this void, unless they deliberately searched, they would not be able to detect that a family exists here.

After setting up the fourth-tier illusion array, next, we can proceed to set up the 【Earth Regulation Binding Slaughter Grand Formation】.

In the future, the He family will also have their own 【Three Zhang Valley】.