Chapter 555 - 179: Father and Son, Husband and Wife Reunited; The Whole Family Enters Cloud Mountain
Chapter 555 - 179: Father and Son, Husband and Wife Reunited; The Whole Family Enters Cloud Mountain
Outside the Divine Wood Hall, in a deep forest where no one set foot and where there were no paths, two people suddenly descended.
Gu Yaojue held Li Yuan’s hand as they walked through the gaps between the trees, heading to one side.
As Li Yuan was pondering, the air in front of him suddenly rippled.
His body passed through the ripples and entered another space, or rather, it was a space that had been hidden away.
One moment it was the yellow leaves of the old forest in front of him, the next it had transformed into a quaint manor.
Small bridges and flowing waters, yellow leaves danced in the air, and the red maples swayed briskly in the west wind, with several pearl and jade-like pavilions scattered among them.
Besides the stone lion guardians, there were two stiff-faced, mechanically moving women in front of the red door with a copper knocker at the entrance. These were evidently Secret Soldiers.
"This is..."
Li Yuan originally thought that Gu Yaojue’s so-called manor was just an ordinary manor, but he didn’t expect it to be like this. He suddenly thought of the "Western Pole Permafrost Ice Barbarians’ entrance," which seemed to be similar... just grander than this manor.
Gu Yaojue glanced sideways, just in time to see Li Yuan’s amazed expression. She raised her hand to cover her lips, chuckling softly.
Li Yuan said, "It’s all so advanced now?"
Gu Yaojue laughed and said, "It was Sister Xuejian who broke through to the Fourth Grade and opened the Divine Wood Hall’s mechanism together with the Hall Master.
Sister Xuejian said there’s a grand array under the Triple Gate of the Divine Wood Hall, and this grand array has extensions. These little places are formed into manors.
These manors are also within the array, but they only have the simplest concealing function.
Sister Xuejian and Hall Master Qing divided these manors among the Fifth Grade Elders, instructing them not to let outsiders in.
I thought, since you’re not an outsider, I’d bring you here."
Li Yuan smiled and said, "When I was around, I didn’t get to enjoy these benefits..."
After a teasing remark, he fell into contemplation again.
’Since this is an array, could the one at the Western Pole Permafrost also be an array?
If it is also an array, who set up this array?
Could it be those old undying ones from the Divine Tomb?
If I go back, I must find a chance to investigate further.’
’And with Gu Xuejian and the Hall Master opening it together, does this imply Gu Xuejian has defected to the Lotus Sect?
No...
It shouldn’t be. I know both of Gu Xuejian’s personalities and they don’t seem like they would defect to the Lotus Sect.
However, the other day when I questioned White Spirit Water using the ’White Wooden Box’, White Spirit Water simply replied with ignorance.’
With thoughts shifting, Li Yuan temporarily set it aside, his expression moved, standing at the array’s entrance, he reached out his hand, stretching outwards, and his hand emerged from the ripples, appearing continuous from the inside.
Yaojue sensibly ran outside and said, "Master, from the outside, only a hand can be seen."
Li Yuan said, "This isn’t another world, it’s indeed just hidden and replaced with some kind of illusion, yet I couldn’t detect it, truly marvelous.
This means that this world doesn’t just have ’Domain’ weapons, but also truly existing arrays."
"Yes, when I first discovered it, I was also very surprised.
Even now, I can’t quite believe it..." Gu Yaojue returned into the manor, clinging affectionately to Li Yuan’s arm as they walked into the manor, chatting as they walked.
"Simply put, Domain weapons are ones that better align with Fourth Grade individuals because the Fourth Grade inherently possesses Domain Power, and this Domain Power allows another layer of ’Domain’ within Domain weapons to spread and form an overlaying domain.
To be honest, I quietly saw a lot and heard a lot.
Without a ’Domain’ weapon, those of the Fourth Grade only have one ’Domain’.
And that is the ’Blood Domain’."
It was the first time Li Yuan heard such an explanation, and he felt even more fond of this girl.
This ’one for one’ package surprisingly seemed more valuable than he had expected.
The ’one’ he married was more inclined towards beauty.
But in comparison, he preferred the former personal maid a bit more than the married ’one’.
"Blood Domain?" he responded.
Gu Yaojue said, "Perimeter Shadow Blood is released, like Ten Thousand Swords Surrounding, not only capable of killing people, but also ghosts. Of course, ghosts can’t be killed, but they can be directly suppressed by this Blood Domain.
I saw Sister Xuejian personally suppress a Little Ghost Realm once, but after she left, it resurged after a while."
"Amazing," Li Yuan praised, "Unlike me, who is just Fifth Grade and can’t wield the Blood Domain."
Gu Yaojue hadn’t understood the "real strength of the master," nor did she understand that "though the master couldn’t wield the Blood Domain, he could wield the Fire Domain and even the Sword Qi Domain."
She didn’t realize the master was flaunting, so she kindly comforted, "Though the master can’t wield the Blood Domain, surely fate holds encounters for you, the future is promising.
Moreover, the master now holds a renowned title as a Weapon Forger... Sister Xuejian’s Demon Sword ’Sun and Moon in the Sky’ is already ranked tenth on the world’s Famous Weapons Ranking. Who in the world doesn’t know the master’s name?"
"Ranked tenth on the Famous Weapons Ranking?" Li Yuan realized he was indeed ignorant.
Although upon thinking carefully, the information he could gather was superficial.
And at higher echelons, information and power change rapidly, so it was normal for him not to know.
The appearance of Yaojue seemed to fill a gap in his lack of insights within the upper layers.
But Gu Yaojue misunderstood.
She thought the master was distressed that "his graying hair and life spent forging the Demon Sword barely placed it in tenth," so she hurriedly said, "The Demon Sword emerged late, which is why it’s ranked tenth, given time, it will surely rise in rank."
Li Yuan said, "What are the nine weapons ahead of it?"
Gu Yaojue said, "The ninth, Great Brightness Demon Subduing Pestle;
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