Chapter 293: Chapter 293: Bring in a Few Hundred Arrays
"Is my Shadow going to be invincible?" Jiang Ni’er asked, tilting her head.
Chen Pingping’s battle had astonished everyone.
With a graceful and peerless stance and casual attacks, even when facing the powerful Purple Gold Divine Clan, he remained calm and composed, moving as freely as he pleased.
It’s hard to imagine what level his true combat power has reached.
Mo Lai smiled. "This is a matter of probability. Right now, he is not yet your Shadow."
"Oh?"
Jiang Ni’er didn’t understand. "Didn’t Senior Brother say that everything in Heaven Insight is already destined?"
"Yes!" Mo Lai nodded.
Heaven Insight was equivalent to Heavenly Fortune Tao. The difference was that the Heaven Insight Body stood above the Heavenly Fortune Tao, and the Shadows she saw were already destined. But that was in the past. He had thought Chen Pingping was Jiang Ni’er’s Shadow, that his existence was for Jiang Ni’er, and that he would become Ni’er’s Protector. Now, he was starting to doubt.
Mo Lai continued, "You can see through illusions and glimpse the future, deducing everything from past to present, but you cannot cultivate. Hence, you need a Shadow to protect you. If one day you still haven’t found your Shadow, then... you must not touch anything in the mortal world."
Jiang Ni’er seemed to understand but didn’t quite grasp it. She nodded. "Okay!"
「Above the ruins.」
Lin Yuexin gradually calmed down. "I think I saw it."
"The Tao or Reincarnation?" Chen Pingping asked.
"Both," Lin Yuexin answered, "but I can’t grasp it."
"Take your time!" Chen Pingping nodded and swept his gaze across the Three Great Dynasties once more.
WHOOSH!
Many powerful figures retreated hastily, including the Heavenly Dragon Prince and Huang Mingzhi, who no longer dared to confront Chen Pingping. They felt utterly frustrated.
Chen Pingping returned to the noodle shop. This time, it was the cultivators in the noodle shop who panicked.
Yang Qiuhua chuckled awkwardly. "Chen, ahem, everything I said just now was a joke. You wouldn’t mind, would you?"
"Of course not!" Chen Pingping blinked. "I like Divine Weapons. Could you give me a Sacred Soldier?"
"..."
"Ah, ha! Just kidding," Chen Pingping laughed. "But, was what you said earlier true or false?"
"What?"
"The bounty offered by the Three Great Dynasties."
Ah? That? Yang Qiuhua was a bit bewildered, unable to guess Chen Pingping’s intention in asking this. Is he about to settle scores? Surely not?
Seeing his conflicted expression, Chen Pingping didn’t trouble him further. After finishing his noodles, he left some money and hurriedly departed.
But he had no intention of going far. Instead, he went to another ancient town and bought a small, bamboo-fenced courtyard. It was not far from a river so clear one could see the bottom, where fish occasionally swam by. The area was lined with blooming flowers and greenery; at first glance, it resembled a spring landscape. The townspeople were simple and kind. Upon seeing someone new had moved in, they came to offer greetings, and even some young children ran over to play.
Chen Pingping, friendly and approachable, played with them all afternoon until, at nightfall, the children reluctantly left.
"Was that the Six Tao of Reincarnation you demonstrated today?" Lin Yuexin asked.
"Yes!"
"I can sense a throbbing deep within my Dantian. Perhaps... you could perform it more," she said.
Chen Pingping nodded and extended his hand to cast the Six Tao of Reincarnation. But this time, it had no effect. She furrowed her brows, pondering the cause.
Perhaps a battle is needed?
Lin Yuexin lowered her eyelids. "Let’s have a fight."
Has she gone mad? Anyone hearing her words would certainly think so. A fight with Chen Pingping? She must be out of her mind.
"No way!" Chen Pingping rolled his eyes. "With your cultivation realm, you have no need for the Six Tao of Reincarnation."
Damn it! To think he despised me for my low realm! Lin Yuexin silently gritted her teeth, but she couldn’t refute it; this man was indeed powerful.
Chen Pingping added, "Don’t worry! I’ll make a move again soon."
If he wasn’t mistaken, the powerhouses from the Three Great Dynasties would appear again, only next time the overall strength of the group appearing here would likely be much greater.
Late Imperial Realm? Or the Lord Realm? I wonder if there’ll be any Sacred Soldiers? Thinking about it, he inexplicably grew excited. After all, he also had a Sacred Soldier in his mind that hadn’t truly awakened since he obtained it!
And the Purple Gold Divine Clan, they wouldn’t just let things slide, would they?
Chen Pingping narrowed his eyes. "I have the Undying Furnace with me."
Lin Yuexin was astonished. "You..."
"Fake," he shrugged, a smirk playing on his lips. "I don’t know which asshole has been spouting nonsense. If I find out who it is, I’ll tear him a new one."
The night grew deeper. Lin Yuexin began to study the Reincarnation within her.
Chen Pingping led the Earth Chicken out of the ancient town, nagging incessantly, "Spirit Stones will be plentiful. I want you to set up hundreds of powerful Arrays."
The Earth Chicken felt like vomiting blood, cursing inwardly, Why don’t you just drop dead? Hundreds of them? My heavens! She was going to go mad.
In the end, she chose to obey; there was no helping it, Chen Pingping was her master. Of course, Chen Pingping always advocated persuading others with virtue and would never use threats to force the Earth Chicken to agree. He only said, "If you don’t set them up, then once we’re back at Wuji Sect, you can retire at Qingfeng."
The Earth Chicken immediately became agitated, cackling and cursing, but luckily Chen Pingping didn’t understand a word, assuming she was complimenting him: "You’re awesome, you’re handsome."
A descendant of the Ancient Phoenix with 27% bloodline purity. Her cultivation realm wasn’t high, and her strength was only average, but her skill with Arrays was indeed formidable. In just an hour, she had set up two powerful Arrays, consuming hundreds of thousands of Spirit Stones from Chen Pingping, which made him wince.
The Earth Chicken cackled, thinking, I’ll bleed you dry!
She exclusively set up Rank Seven and Rank Eight Arrays, not even bothering with anything below Rank Seven, all to consume more Spirit Stones.
By the time the tenth Array appeared, Chen Pingping started to panic. "That’s enough, that’s enough! We can set up more of the lower-rank ones; they don’t have that many strong people."
The Earth Chicken rolled her eyes and stomped her foot, preparing to set up a Rank Nine Array.
Chen Pingping caught the astonishing fluctuation of energy, his eyes nearly popping out as he exclaimed, "Damn it, you’re actually setting up a Rank Nine Array!"
This little Earth Chicken, so small, yet so fierce? Rank Seven Arrays were equivalent to the Imperial Realm, Rank Eight to the Lord Realm, and one step higher was the Saint Realm. It really wasn’t necessary.
Chen Pingping was about to stop her but then paused, as if a thought struck him. What if the Three Great Dynasties bring out Sacred Soldiers? With the strength and resources of the Dynasties, if they gathered dozens of Imperial Realm experts to activate them together, it would be far more powerful than him wielding Sword Mountain alone. He’d definitely lose, no doubt about that. But if there was a Rank Nine Array...
Hmm!
Chen Pingping asked, "How many Spirit Stones does this Array require?"
CLUCK CLUCK CLUCK! The Earth Chicken cackled.
"Three hundred thousand?" Chen Pingping breathed a sigh of relief. That was acceptable for a Saint Realm-level Array.
However, the Earth Chicken shook her head, still cackling.
"No way?" Chen Pingping’s mouth fell slightly open. "More than that?"
The Earth Chicken nodded.
"Five hundred thousand? No? Six hundred? Eight hundred? Don’t tell me it’s a million? Damn it!" Chen Pingping scowled. "Why don’t you just go rob someone?"
The Earth Chicken still shook her head.
Now it was Chen Pingping’s turn to freak out. "You mean, over ten million?"