Chapter 1364: Chapter 592: Inscribing Array Patterns Is So Hard? (2)
The female Celestial Official named Yu waved her hand casually and smiled. "Yu Xiaoyu, I’m the Fifth Grade Celestial Official of our Second Sector. Right now I’m in charge of the Third Group, a bit over forty Divine Mountain Warriors! The four of you can just call me Celestial Official Yu from now on! Look, up ahead is where the Divine Mountain Warriors of the Third Group live!"
Following her indication, Lin Xuankong and the other three looked ahead and saw that on the right side of a small hill, dozens of caves had been dug out. Stone tables and stone stools were set at each cave entrance. In front of the hill a clear river flowed slowly past, and above the hill the trees cast a thick shade.
Lin Xuankong thought to himself: These caves may be crudely dug and built, but the scenery around them is not bad. Besides, since we’re here to do punishment service as Divine Mountain Warriors, having our own individual cave dwellings to cultivate in during our off-hours from hard labor is already pretty good! Most importantly, in this Supreme Origin Realm, everywhere is filled with incomparably rich Supreme Primordial Qi, so there’s no need to deliberately seek out any special cultivation treasure lands to cultivate various cultivation techniques!
Of course, what Lin Xuankong cared about most at this moment was whether he could obtain a slot to explore a Little World. After all, his cultivation realm had already reached a bottleneck; he only needed to obtain some World Origin from other Little Worlds to break through!
However, he had just arrived at this Second Sector of the Seven Cities Construction Hall and was completely unfamiliar with the Celestial Officials here; getting anxious about such matters would be useless!
Not long after,
under Celestial Official Yu Xiaoyu’s guidance, Lin Xuankong and the three members of the Li Family each chose a cave dwelling near one another as their residence.
Once the four had settled their lodgings, Celestial Official Yu Xiaoyu, a trace of expectation in her eyes, led the four toward the storage room of the Second Sector of the Seven Cities Construction Hall, saying as they walked:
"How is the four of you’s mastery on the Path of Array? Have you ever laid out arrays before, or studied the Path of Array? Have you ever engraved array patterns in the past?"
Hearing her ask this, Lin Xuankong couldn’t help feeling a bit speechless.
With his current array mastery in the Eight-Layered Realms Luo Water Array, observing the array patterns engraved by those Divine Mountain Warriors in the Second Sector was like a university student looking at math problems done by elementary school students—he only found them extremely simple, ridiculously easy!
The three from the Li Family, hearing Celestial Official Yu Xiaoyu ask this, all furrowed their brows, their expressions turning slightly bitter.
The oldest among them, Li Changsheng, cupped his hands and said, "All these years, we’ve been studying some Immortal Techniques and Secret Techniques of the Li Family. Because our resources and energy are limited, we never carefully studied the Path of Array. However, since we’ve come here to serve punishment and must complete tasks involving engraving array patterns, in the days to come we will certainly listen carefully to Celestial Official Yu’s instruction and strive to be able to engrave array patterns as soon as possible!"
The expectation in Celestial Official Yu Xiaoyu’s eyes dimmed immediately upon hearing this.
She then spread her hands somewhat helplessly and sighed. "I’d thought that since you all hail from the former Red Water Li Family, you must surely have studied that rather famous Divine Fire Array of the Li Family, and would thus have some mastery in the Path of Array. That way you could achieve more results in the Third Group’s upcoming tasks of engraving array patterns, and it’d be best if we could secure one or two slots for Little World exploration missions....
Alas, to think none of you have studied the Path of Array—now you really are giving me a headache!
Had I known the four of you had no mastery in the Path of Array, I might as well have let Celestial Official Ma assign you to the Second Group or the First Group instead!"
After saying this, this originally rather lively and fearsome Celestial Official Yu Xiaoyu shook her head repeatedly, clearly quite disappointed.
The chubby-faced, small-eyed Li Changming among the three from the Li Family quickly cupped his hands when he saw this. "Please rest assured, Celestial Official Yu. Now that we’re serving as Divine Mountain Warriors under your command, we will surely follow Celestial Official Yu in diligently studying the tricks and methods of engraving array patterns! I believe that under Celestial Official Yu’s guidance, we’ll all master it very quickly!"
Yu Xiaoyu, however, shook her head at these words.
"If the task of engraving array patterns and laying down the new City Defense Array of the Seventh City could be completed that quickly, that would be wonderful! If studying the Elemental Level Grand Array, and learning to engrave the array patterns of an Elemental Level Grand Array, were that simple, that would be wonderful!
In my past experience managing some Divine Mountain Warriors, for Divine Mountain Warriors who have never studied the Path of Array to become proficient at engraving Elemental Level Grand Array patterns in a short time is extremely difficult. It often takes years, even decades, before they can engrave some of the relatively simple patterns within Elemental Level Grand Array patterns!"
At this point she seemed to think of something and continued:
"Also, Grand Celestial Official Wu has probably already told you that in the near future, our Seven Cities Construction Hall will be selecting some Life Plates to send to explore Little Worlds from among the Divine Mountain Warriors who are steady and proactive in their work and have completed many tasks!
If you had all studied the Path of Array, then completing some engraving tasks would naturally be a bit easier. But since none of you have ever studied the Path of Array, for you to become Divine Mountain Warriors who complete many tasks and to obtain a slot, that will be as hard as ascending to heaven! What’s more, Grand Celestial Official Wu has always handled matters with strict fairness. Although she did instruct Celestial Official Ma to take extra care of you, she could never possibly engage in favoritism! What a pity, truly a pity...."
Hearing this, the three from the Li Family looked even more obviously bitter.
When Grand Celestial Official Wu mentioned the slots for Little World exploration, how could they not be moved, how could they not yearn for it!
After all, among the three of them, even the one with the lowest cultivation is already at the Late Stage of Initial Tier, near Initial Tier Perfection. At such a realm, to take another step forward they must obtain at least the World Origin of two Little Worlds!
For Lin Xuankong, however, after hearing Celestial Official Yu Xiaoyu’s words, his heart actually grew slightly hot.
The task of engraving array patterns is so hard to complete?
With Lin Xuankong’s strength in the Path of Array Formation, there was no need whatsoever for any favoritism from Grand Celestial Official Wu.
Even if Lin Xuankong used only one percent of his strength on the Path of Artifact Refining, he could probably completely crush any Divine Mountain Warrior who had just begun punishment service in the Second Sector—just passing by the areas where those Divine Mountain Warriors were busy, Lin Xuankong had already seen that their speed and accuracy in engraving array patterns was far inferior to his own!
Celestial Official Yu Xiaoyu, seeing the expressions of the three from the Li Family, couldn’t help chuckling.
"Hahaha, you don’t need to be so dejected! For this round of Little World exploration slots, the four of you probably don’t have any chance at all. But since you’re all going to be serving punishment here for tens of thousands of years, you might encounter similar opportunities again in the future! By then you’ll all be veterans at engraving Elemental Level Grand Array patterns and will surely have a very good chance of obtaining a slot in the next similar situation!"
The three from the Li Family still looked rather bitter at these words.
In their hearts they were all thinking: The opportunity is right in front of us, but our strength doesn’t allow us to grasp it. We can’t get that slot to go explore a Little World, with some risks yet with enormous rewards!
At this moment Yu Xiaoyu pointed toward the tall building ahead. "Up ahead is the storage room of our Second Sector! Once we go inside, I’ll take out some discarded stone materials and some Immortal Artifacts and first assign you a task of engraving simple array patterns, to see how much talent you have in the Path of Array Formation!
Once the test is over, you can take some discarded materials and some Immortal Artifacts for engraving, then practice properly for a few days. As for those Little World exploration slots, don’t think about them this time—you simply have no chance!"
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