Chapter 44: The Heavenly Proud Girl Living Under the Halo of a Free and Unfettered Son

  Early morning, the sun just rises.

  The Heavenly Manor is one of the luxurious manors built by the Heavenly Pavilion, with a large Spirit Gathering Array covering it. Inside, there are birds singing and flowers blooming, pavilions, elegant rooms, and quiet meditation rooms, all complete. Of course, the cost of staying here for a day in spirit stones would only make ordinary people shake their heads and sigh.

  Xue Xiangyun, despite her affluent family background, has always been a simple and elegant person. If it weren't for Luo Ying's persistence, she wouldn't have stayed here. At this moment, she sat on the steps of the garden in a white dress as white as snow, her pale and slender jade hands supporting her chin, her head slightly tilted, her black long hair naturally falling down, and her beautiful eyes gazing at the flowers as if lost in thought.

  Also, I don't know when it started, but every time I have leisure time, the figure of that blue-clothed young man always appears in my mind. I think of his weirdness when absorbing the fire cloud spirit energy, his domineering manner when single-handedly challenging Dingzi Xuan and others, his ferocity when beating Ye Qing, his shamelessness when snatching the Fire Cloud Crystal, and also yesterday at the Tianqi Tavern, his calmness when refusing the Tianwu Stele, and his arrogance when pointing at Li Yuan...

  Does he really understand formations? What is his soul like? He... what kind of person is he anyway?

  A lazy voice came over and interrupted her thoughts as she was lost in thought.

  "Hmm, Xiang Wan, why are you up so early?" Unbeknownst to him, Lian Yu had already emerged from the room. She was still dressed in her usual attire, but this time she wore a black corset and a long black skirt, adding an air of mystery to her elegant figure. Her fiery red hair fluttered gently in the breeze, like dark flames dancing softly.

  "Get used to waking up early." Xue Yiwen recalled her thoughts, and a faint smile appeared on her busy face, asking: "Why not sleep for a while longer?"

  "You said you were going to see Butcher Grandpa today, and I didn't have anything on, so I'll just go with you." Rakushin stretched her waist and yawned, as if she had thought of something again, raised an eyebrow and asked: "Huh? I forgot to ask, what are you looking for Butcher Grandpa for?"

  "It's like this, in our domain, there is a formation plate that has gone bad inside the Rainbow Array Tower. This time I've come to ask the master of the tower to find the person who set up the formation back then to go and repair it."

  "Has the formation gone wrong? Can't you fix it?" Lu Ying asked in puzzlement, "You are a certified primary formation master from the Formation Association, aren't you?" Seeing Xue Shan's headshake, she became even more curious and asked, "If you can't fix it, does that mean all the formation masters in your Long Hong Formation Tower can't fix it either? Can't your tower master fix it?" Upon seeing Xue Shan shake her head again, Lu Ying was shocked and asked, "What kind of formation is so powerful that even your tower master can't repair it?"

  "That's a linked formation, called the 'Six Harmony Pulling Formation'." This formation seemed to displease Xue Yaoyao, her eyebrows furrowed as she said: "The Six Harmony Pulling Formation is very strange, its internal structure is quite chaotic, the array positions are also more complicated, and all of them are formed by condensing some bizarre symbols."

  "If it can't be mended, then just rearrange one."

  "The key is that no one else would set up this formation except for that vagrant array master." Xue Yiwen seemed to be very helpless, and sighed: "In order to find that vagrant array master, I don't know how many times I've come here in the past three years, but still can't find him."

  "Vagabond Array Master? What's his name?"

  "He's called Xiao Youzi." Xue Yaoyao said this name that made her rather angry with great reluctance.

  "Xiao You Zi? I've heard some of the array masters in this tower mention that name, apparently he's a very mysterious wandering array master. They say he spent some time inside the city's array towers a few years ago and created several special arrays that caused a stir among the Golden Water Domain's array towers. Honestly, I don't get it - his arrays aren't battle arrays or defensive arrays, so why do those array masters seem to think he's so impressive?"

  "That wandering son created a total of seven arrays, although not for combat and defense, but in the connection and traction of the array is crucial, and solved a famous problem in the array 'traction effect', when he created the seven arrays, not only did the Jinshui domain's several array towers make a sensation, even shocked the Array Association, do you know 'Liuhe Fu Yin'?"

  Luo Ying had only been studying array techniques for half a year, and although she had meditated on some spiritual energy and could set up several arrays, when it came to those intricate talismans and mysterious seals, she was completely clueless. Nevertheless, she still responded: "I only know that setting up an array requires using spiritual energy to activate the talismans, then using a series of talismans to condense into seals, and finally using the seals to condense into an array image. As for what six-harmony seals are, I have no idea."

  "Alright!"

  Xue Yaowei was slightly defeated by the falling cherry blossoms, and explained: "After the people from the Formation Association came, they specifically studied the seven formations created by Xiang Youzi, and found that his seven formations all used a brand new, unrecorded, and unfamiliar symbol seal. Later, the Formation Association named it the Liuhe Seal. Simply put, that guy Xiang Youzi created a new symbol seal."

  "Is he that formidable?"

  Although Luo Ying had only studied array techniques for half a year, she still clearly understood the significance of creating an entirely new symbol.

  "Yeah, that guy is awesome. Unlike me, who has studied array techniques for so long and can't even create my own symbol seal, let alone use someone else's symbol seal to create a new array technique. I'm still not proficient in setting up other people's arrays."

  "Hey, don't be discouraged, okay? You're already much better than me. I'm just a novice at array techniques, and can only set up a few simple life arrays. But you're already an entry-level array master! Seeing Xue Xiao Wu's disheartened expression, Luo Ying comforted her: "You're only seventeen years old and already an entry-level array master? That wandering cultivator must be at least seventy or eighty years old. By the time you reach his age, you'll definitely be able to create your own unique symbol seals."

  "If only it were true." Xue Yaoyao sighed faintly, and her words carried a hint of sourness. "The key is that three years ago, when the Vagabond set up the Six Harmony Array, my teacher saw him with his own eyes. At that time... he was at most thirteen or fourteen years old."

  "What?!"

  The cherry blossoms were shocked and discolored, as if struck by lightning, and seemed to dare not believe it again. Seeing Xue Yiwen nodding, she almost didn't catch her breath, and muttered: "Thirteen or fourteen years old, creating seven formations, and... creating a brand new symbol seal, my god, that guy is not human, right?"

  "I also think he's not human, otherwise, how could it be possible for a 13 or 14-year-old to create an entirely new rune, considering that many, many formation masters, even great formation masters, spend their entire lives without being able to create a single new rune."

  Xue Xiangyun's resentment towards the name "Xiao Youzi" was not trivial, to say the least. She had grown up entirely under Xiao Youzi's overwhelming halo, as her teachers would often use his name to stimulate her during her studies of array techniques, to the point where now Xue Xiangyun couldn't wait to flay that whatever-Xiao-Youzi's skin.

  "Are you looking for Butcher Grandfather just to find Xiao Youzi? Does he know where Xiao Youzi is?"

  "For three years, I have been coming here from time to time, and every time I ask, the butcher says that Xiangyouzi has gone out for a long distance."

  "Will Butcher Grandpa fool you? How can I not believe it, a thirteen or fourteen year old kid can create an entirely new sigil, is there such a genius in the world?"

  "I don't believe it either."

  Xue Yaohuan had always been suspicious of whether the carefree wanderer actually existed, because back then her teacher would often use him to provoke her, making her extremely angry and eager to see if he really was a three-headed six-armed freak. For this reason, she would come ask about his whereabouts every now and then, but no one knew anything, and even the Tower Master said that guy had gone traveling far away.

  This time it seemed the same, when the two came to Changxin City's Array Tower to find Butcher Old Man, Butcher Old Man's answer was the same as before, "Xiao Yaozi has gone out for a long distance."

  "Have you gone out? Where did you go?" Luo Ying and Tu Kaiyuan were quite familiar with each other, so they spoke very casually.

  Tú Kāi Yuán is currently listening to the tune in Jiǔ Yè Yuán, cracking melon seeds while enjoying the wonderful tune. He said: "That little guy is a wandering array master, do you understand? Going out on a long journey naturally means going all over the place." Tú Kāi Yuán of course knew that Xiǎo Yóu Zǐ's true identity was actually Chén Luò. Speaking of which, it was he who had let Chén Luò go to the Cháng Hóng Array Tower to learn the unbound array method back then. Chén Luò agreed, but on the condition that his identity could not be exposed.

  Turning around, Tu Kaiyuan looked at Xue Xiangyun and sighed, saying with some sympathy: "Is your teacher mentioning that guy Youxiazi again?" For three years, Xue Xiangyun would come to ask about Youxiazi's whereabouts every now and then. Tu Kaiyuan also knew the reason, and said: "Your teacher is just that kind of person, don't take it to heart, she just wants to stimulate your fighting spirit."

  For Xue Yawen, Tu Kaiyuan was very sympathetic. You say such a beautiful little girl, whether in cultivation or in array methods, has extremely talented talents, but she was molded by her teacher into a hypothetical enemy like Xiao Yaozi. He could even understand how painful it must be to live under the halo of Xiao Yaozi, and even suspected that if Xue Yawen knew that Xiao Yaozi was Chen Luo, would she directly take action to kill Chen Luo? That's three years of resentment!

  "Tuta Zhu, you misunderstood." Xue Yawen said with a bitter smile: "I came this time because the Liuhe Qiying Array set up by our Changhong Tower was damaged. Can you find Xiangyouzi... after all... the Liuhe Qiying Array was exchanged for my teacher's precious 'Mahayana Notes'. In order to see that damned Xiangyouzi, Xue Yawen also went all out and said: "You promised to maintain it for life."

  Tu Kaimu's old face turned red, and he rubbed his nose somewhat awkwardly, but did not respond.

  "The teacher said..." In order to see Xiang Youzi, Xue Yaowu decided to tell a lie and said: "The teacher said that as long as you can bring Xiang Youzi here, she will forgive you."

  Upon hearing this, Tu Kaiyuan suddenly stood up and asked with wide eyes: "Did your teacher really say that?"

  Xue Xiangwen nodded slightly.

  "Alright! You go back and tell your teacher that I know about this matter. Even if it means going through thick and thin, I will definitely get it done for her."

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