From a purely strength perspective, with Ye Shikai’s mid-stage Divine Separation cultivation, even he struggles to forcibly break the array on the door, which shows the power of this array. You know, Chen Yuxin is at the early stage of Divine Separation, yet her array can trap a mid-stage cultivator; doesn’t this an that the array laid by Chen Yaogzu outside the Chen family estate is utterly impenetrable?
Even if this door were broken through, there is still an array outside laid by a mid-stage Unification cultivator. Thinking of this, Ye Shikai felt a pang of anxiety...
This ans trying to leave unless Chen Yuxin agrees.
"Xin, what are you doing?" Ye Shikai shouted loudly. Looking down, he saw Chen Yuxin’s stubborn gaze, silently and coldly staring at him.
"No matter what happens, I won’t allow you to leave."
"Are you being unreasonable again? Are you treating like a prisoner by keeping here?" Ye Shikai retorted, "Hurry and open the array, or I won’t be polite."
"How do you plan to be impolite?" Chen Yuxin suddenly laughed, it was an eerie laugh. She reached to her waist, gently untied her belt, and slowly took off her outer garnt, revealing an inner garnt.
"Hey, hey, what are you trying to do?" Ye Shikai instinctively stepped back, quickly taking off his jacket and draping it over Chen Yuxin.
"Xin, are you letting leave or not?" Ye Shikai quickly changed the subject.
"No, what can you do?" Chen Yuxin smiled smugly. She knew Ye Shikai could never break through this array.
"You..." Ye Shikai was full of anger, but couldn’t express it. He couldn’t rough up Chen Yuxin; he didn’t want that, nor would it be right. Gripping his fists tightly, he could only release them.
"Breaking Sky Fist." Ye Shikai mustered his strength, exerting eighty percent of his Inner Strength, directly hitting the array on the door. Without this array, the punch could have demolished the villa, but the array was able to absorb a large portion of the energy. Truthfully, Ye Shikai held back, after all, this was his ho.
Bam.
Ye Shikai fell heavily to the ground; the energy of Breaking Sky Fist was entirely absorbed by the array, hitting him back. Unprepared, the strong shockwave knocked him to the ground, nearly injuring him.
"How could this happen?" Ye Shikai was shocked; the wooden door wasn’t damaged at all, and the array absorbed all his energy. Compared to last ti, this array had improved considerably.
"Kai, this is a refined array I’ve adapted, don’t worry, you won’t get hurt." Chen Yuxin didn’t help him up; instead, she slowly opened the room door and gently closed it...
"Wait." Ye Shikai hurried to his feet, rushing toward the wooden door, trying to seize the mont when Chen Yuxin opened the door to dash out.
Bam.
"That hurts." Ye Shikai once again fell to the ground, as if he had hit a wall.
"Let out." Ye Shikai shouted loudly, but this room was soundproof; no sound could be heard outside. He quickly ran to the window, discovering that it was also encased in an array. Moreover, the entire room was enveloped by arrays, with no openings.
Ye Shikai took out his phone from the Storage Ring, but the array could even block signals, severing his connection to the outside world.
"Xin, let out." Ye Shikai tried shouting aloud, but after two hours, there was still no response.
"Could it be... I’m really going to be trapped here?" Ultimately, Ye Shikai lay powerlessly on the bed, deciding to rest a while.
"Soul of the Blade, do you have any way to help break the array?"
"This array is very refined; with your current strength, it can’t be broken." The Soul of the Blade shook its head, "In my view, your best choice is to stay here."
"Hey, is this really a choice? Isn’t this like being imprisoned?" Ye Shikai suddenly jumped up from the bed. Surely this array has a flaw; maybe it can be found.
"Why don’t I try breaking the array with the You Xi Sword?"
"That’s crazy; You Xi Sword is extrely powerful, and you can’t fully control it now. If anything goes wrong, it won’t be worth it." The Soul of the Blade imdiately cautioned.
"Then what should I do, with so many people waiting for outside, I have to get out." Ye Shikai exclaid anxiously, realizing his agitation the next second; indeed, he was really anxious now.
"If you truly want to get out, I do have a way." After a long pause, the Soul of the Blade finally said.
"What, tell quickly." Ye Shikai shouted excitedly, knowing there must be a way.
"From the treasures obtained in Bai Qi’s Relics, I found a book on array formations that records various arrays and how to break them. Perhaps it holds the answer you need."
"Great, why didn’t you say earlier?" Ye Shikai quickly took out the book ntioned by the Soul of the Blade from the Storage Ring, visibly old but preserved well in the relic’s unique environnt. The recorded diagrams and seal scripts were clear, but... Ye Shikai couldn’t understand them at all.
It’s not that he’s uneducated; normally, who can understand these ancient texts, along with these complex diagrams? They’re so obscure, calling them heavenly scriptures wouldn’t be exaggerating.
If only there was an expert in ancient texts around, Ye Shikai’s mind conjured up a person, Ji Qian; she is very interested in history, even mastering various ancient scripts. If not for the Moon God, she might be a historian now.
"I can’t understand this." Ye Shikai helplessly waved his hand.
"That’s why I hesitated to bring it out; if you can’t understand it, it’s useless." The voice of the Soul of the Blade sounded.
"Do you know these characters?"
"No, so look like oracle bone script. Besides, I’m not familiar with Huaxia’s characters."
"Well... alright, I’ll think of sothing myself." The Soul of the Blade is the soul of the Netherworld Blade, essentially a "Western entity," so naturally, it didn’t understand these characters. Ye Shikai contemplated the ancient texts in the book, half-guessing and half-thinking.
"Wait, I rember there’s a dictionary." Ye Shikai took out another book from the Storage Ring, thicker than a dictionary, calling it a dictionary would be inaccurate; it was more like a notebook, as Ji Qian had written every character down herself, docunting various ancient characters corresponding to modern ones. It was a gift from Ji Qian two years ago; back then, he teased her about switching careers to archaeology or sothing.
Ye Shikai studied the dense handwriting, gradually falling into thought...
"Hey, hurry up and look." The Soul of the Blade urged, bringing him back to reality.
Ye Shikai nodded repeatedly, looking out the window, noticing the approaching night; ti was running out. He quickly opened the notebook, morized the shape of each ancient character, then looked through the notes for records. Ye Shikai took out a blank notebook, writing down the translated characters.
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