ATPnovel #171 - The array base collapsed
#171 - The array base collapsed
Old Village Chief and the others urinated, showering down like rain towards the pit.
"That's so immoral. Killing is just a nod of the head, but this Old Village Chief is really going too far," Zhang Chen watched from the side, but did not intervene.
"Liu Ji, you won't die a good death! You wretch, you won't die a good death!" Chen Xu's angry curses came from the pit below.
The crowd above the pit heard the angry curses from within, and each one wore a mocking grin.
After everyone finished pissing, they left together with smiles on their faces, leaving Chen Xu alone in the pit, cursing loudly.
He was about to die anyway, so of course he wasn't afraid of the people outside. Therefore, he cursed as harshly as he could.
Zhang Chen watched the crowd leave, then released the invisibility talisman, came to the pit, and listened to the cursing and grumbling inside, a strange look in his eyes.
"Help! Someone, save me!" After cursing for a while, Chen Xu yelled at the top of his lungs from inside the pit.
"Who's calling for help?" Zhang Chen asked, leaning his head over the edge of the pit and shouting down.
Seeing Zhang Chen's familiar face, Chen Xu was overjoyed, because he had seen Zhang Chen outside before. He said loudly, "Greetings, young brother! Do you still recognize me?"
"Of course, I recognize you. Why have you buried yourself in the ground? Do you have some kind of strange fetish?" Zhang Chen looked at Chen Xu, whose head was the only thing visible, and couldn't help but joke.
Chen Xu wanted to curse after hearing Zhang Chen's words. This grandson's words were too mean, but he had finally met a passerby, and he was relying entirely on the other person to get out.
"Young brother, please lend a hand and dig me out. In the future, I will definitely repay you handsomely," Chen Xu said to Zhang Chen.
Zhang Chen squatted at the edge of the pit, smelling the overwhelming stench of urine, and quickly pinched his nose. "I heard that you have the skill to find dragons and explore veins? You just said that there's a large tomb on this mountain, is that true?"
"Of course, it's true! If you're willing to save me, young brother, I'm willing to help you find the hidden location of the tomb. All the treasures inside will be yours," Chen Xu said from inside the pit.
Zhang Chen glanced at Chen Xu in the pit, and smelling the stench of urine, he really didn't want to go down and dig. He directly drew water and flushed it into the pit.
As the water washed away the soil, the water turned into a tornado, and Chen Xu was swept out of the pit.
Chen Xu rolled on the ground, quickly steadying himself. Even the dirt and grime on his body were washed clean by the water.
Chen Xu got up, looked at the water seeping into the soil, and then at the tall and upright Zhang Chen, a look of horror in his eyes. "God! You are a god!"
"You could say that," Zhang Chen nodded.
"Greetings, Your Eminence," Chen Xu quickly bowed to Zhang Chen, his attitude more respectful than ever.
"No need to be so polite. So-called gods are just mortals," Zhang Chen looked at Chen Xu, then sat down on the dirt pit beside him. "I heard your conversation earlier. You know the art of finding dragons and exploring veins?"
"A small ancestral skill, not worth mentioning compared to Your Eminence," Chen Xu said respectfully.
"I'm very interested in the large tomb you mentioned. You said there's a feng shui grand formation on this mountain?" Zhang Chen asked.
"There is a feng shui grand formation, and it's one that covers a hundred miles. The fortune beneath it must be incredible, perhaps even the tomb left behind by a mythical figure from the Primordial Era. I originally wanted to keep this fortune for myself, and wait until I escaped from these local ruffians, then come back and secretly excavate it. But who knew that these villains would actually want to bury me here forever. In order to survive, I wanted to sell the information to exchange for a chance to live, but who knew there would be a problem, and then I was buried here," Chen Xu's voice was full of helplessness.
"You just said that this place is the entrance to the tomb?" Zhang Chen asked.
"Logically speaking, it should be the entrance, but who knew that we would dig up a layer of rock? It's really strange. My family has ancestral feng shui techniques, and it's impossible to make a mistake in finding dragons and pointing out acupoints. According to the feng shui calculations, this place should be where the entrance to the feng shui grand formation is located," Chen Xu muttered.
"Maybe the mythical figure from the Primordial Era had mysterious methods and sealed the entire tomb, turning all the soil into a blue stone mountain. If you want to enter the tomb, you have to chisel open tens or hundreds of meters of blue stone," Zhang Chen said.
Chen Xu was stunned when he heard this, and felt that Zhang Chen's words made a lot of sense. For a moment, he was stunned on the spot, and after a long while, he came back to his senses and said, "Who can dig through dozens of meters of blue stone?"
"I naturally have the means to excavate blue stone," Zhang Chen said.
"So, I'll have to trouble you to find the location of the main tomb chamber, and we'll strive to blast our way in in one go."
Zhang Chen had the means to excavate blue stone, and he had as much high-explosive gunpowder as he needed. As long as the route was correct, they would be able to blast their way in sooner or later.
Speaking of this, Zhang Chen tentatively asked, "I just saw a large mountain suddenly collapse into rubble on the other side of the mountain, and at the same time, there was lightning and thunder in the sky. I don't know why?"
"Where?" Chen Xu's face showed shock when he heard this. "Take me there quickly."
Zhang Chen didn't dawdle and directly led the way.
Climbing all the way to the top of the mountain, they saw the strange phenomenon that had been blocked by the mountain before. Zhang Chen pointed to the falling lightning and asked Chen Xu, "Why is there such a change?"
Chen Xu's expression was serious, and his eyes looked in the direction of the thunderclouds, as if he was identifying something. After about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, he said, "This tomb is not simple, and it exceeds my imagination. I'm afraid that there is a mysterious power hidden within this tomb."
Before Zhang Chen could continue to ask, Chen Xu had already explained to Zhang Chen, "The mountain collapse and thundercloud storm that you saw are actually just the power of the feng shui grand formation. Someone destroyed a key 'suppression eye' of the feng shui grand formation, and took away the suppressing object in the formation eye, causing that corner of the feng shui grand formation to collapse. Therefore, the feng shui grand formation leaked out, shattering the entire mountain, and the leaked feng shui grand formation disturbed the power of heaven and earth, triggering the thundercloud storm."
Zhang Chen was stunned when he heard this, and thought of the bead he had taken away, feeling somewhat speechless. "So, that twelfth-grade divine object is one of the key nodes suppressing the grand formation? Is it the node object suppressing the grand formation? Is it because I took away the divine object suppressing the grand formation that these consequences were triggered?"
Zhang Chen put his hand into his sleeve, playing with the earthy yellow bead, a look of contemplation in his eyes. He didn't expect that all of this was his fault.
"Sir, we are in big trouble now. The feng shui grand formation has leaked, causing such a huge anomaly, which will definitely alarm the Prince's Mansion and the Surveillance Division. By then, it will be as difficult as ascending to heaven if we want to snatch the treasure from the tiger's mouth. In my opinion, we should retreat quickly to avoid attracting a fatal disaster." Chen Xu tentatively looked at Zhang Chen. He had walked through the gate of life and death, and now he was really scared and didn't want to continue exploring.
This large tomb involves mysterious power, which is beyond his reach. Even if he has a deity by his side, can he compete with the Surveillance Division?
"Can you confirm the entrance to the tomb? Or find the location of the main tomb chamber?" Zhang Chen asked.
"This feng shui formation is completely messed up, and the magnetic field between heaven and earth is disordered. I can't identify the location of the main tomb chamber. Unless the turbulent magnetic field of heaven and earth calms down, I might be able to give it a try," Chen Xu said.
Zhang Chen was silent when he heard this. The sudden exposure of the Emperor Daughter's tomb was beyond his expectations.
But he was not afraid. With the Nine Bends Yellow River Talisman Formation, even those whose cultivation was stronger than him might not be able to cope with him.
However, the only concern now is how many strong people will come here, and whether he will be making a wedding dress for others if he blows up the mountain at this time.
Zhang Chen looked at the thunderclouds in the sky. Such earth-shattering lightning, I am afraid that even a Yin God realm expert would lose his life in an instant. The feng shui formation set up by the ancient gods was too overbearing.
Zhang Chen looked at the feng shui formation, while Chen Xu's eyes looked at Zhang Chen, with a hint of worry in his eyes.
Sometimes, people are most afraid of coveting things that don't belong to them.
Zhang Chen sighed softly: "It's really troublesome. It seems that I have no choice but to let go."
"It's difficult for you to snatch food from the tiger's mouth!" Chen Xu said.
"Do you think the Pingbian Prince's Mansion and the Surveillance Division can find the location of the main tomb chamber?" Zhang Chen asked the key question: "Are there people in the Pingbian Prince's Mansion or the Surveillance Division who understand feng shui?"
"Of course, but those people are mediocre, not even one ten-thousandth of my ability," Chen Xu's voice was full of pride.
Zhang Chen glanced at Chen Xu, wondering if this guy was bragging or if he really had the ability.
"Speaking of which, when I first saw you, you seemed to be someone with status and status, right? How did you end up in such a situation?" Zhang Chen asked the doubts in his heart directly.
"The situation is stronger than people! I was also careless. I noticed that the terrain here was unusual and wanted to swallow the good fortune here alone, so I didn't look for helpers, and as a result, I capsized in the gutter," Chen Xu said dejectedly.
Zhang Chen nodded when he heard this and skipped the topic: "As long as you can find the location of the main tomb chamber, there will be no shortage of benefits for you. I think I also have some means, and I may not be able to pick up bargains from the Surveillance Division and the Pingbian Prince's Mansion. The Surveillance Division and the Pingbian Prince's Mansion are deadly enemies, and there will inevitably be a struggle between the two sides, which is the best time for us to take advantage of the chaos."
Chen Xu couldn't refute Zhang Chen's decision and could only smile bitterly and said, "Well, I have no choice but to accompany you to the end."
"Thank you, sir. As long as you can find the entrance to the main tomb chamber, I will take care of everything next," Zhang Chen bowed to Chen Xu: "If there are treasures in the tomb, I am willing to share them equally with you. If there are mysterious beings in it, I can also share them with you."
Zhang Chen now lacks an opportunity to go directly to the main tomb chamber.
"Mystery!" Chen Xu trembled when he heard this, with a bit more excitement, and after thinking for a while, he said: "I always feel that the location we excavated before can actually lead directly to the main tomb chamber."
"Are you sure?" Zhang Chen asked.
Chen Xu hesitated slightly when he heard this, and stretched out five fingers: "I am 50% sure! This is also the result of my observation in recent months. Apart from that place, I always feel that the other places are a bit lacking. But that place is full of rocks, which does not match my calculations at all, so I am now beginning to doubt my judgment."
"No, I think your judgment is right!" Zhang Chen said: "Have you ever thought that the burial objects below have a 'mysterious' existence, this is not an ordinary tomb, so it cannot be inferred by common sense. This is an ancient tomb of gods and demons, which was not built by ordinary means, so the rock layer you excavated may be the gate of the tomb? Maybe this tomb has no entrance?"
Chen Xu was stunned on the spot when he heard this, and his whole body was struck by lightning.
"Go, go back!" Zhang Chen said to Chen Xu.
The two hurried back, but halfway there, Chen Xu staggered and almost fell into the deep mountain pit, but he was too hungry, his whole body was weak, and he was sweating profusely.
But Chen Xu's face was still firm at this time, and he still struggled to get up and continue on his way.
"Don't rush, the road up and down the mountain is long, it's not too late for us to fill our stomachs before continuing on our way." Zhang Chen looked at Chen Xu's state, which was already extremely hungry, and it was impossible to climb the mountain.
There are still two hours of mountain road ahead, and Chen Xu is afraid that he will not be able to hold on, so Zhang Chen opened his mouth to comfort Chen Xu.
Chen Xu smiled reluctantly when he heard this: "Where can I find food in this barren mountain and old forest?"
Zhang Chen activated his beast control skill and realized that there were indeed no animals nearby. The recent drought had caused countless animals to migrate or die, and it was difficult to see prey on the mountain.
"I'll go find food, you wait for me here," Zhang Chen said.
"Thank you, I will repay your great kindness in the future," Chen Xu bowed his fist to Zhang Chen.
Zhang Chen smiled when he heard this, patted Chen Xu on the shoulder, and then walked towards the mountains.
He was not afraid of Chen Xu running away, because even if Chen Xu ran fast, he could not match his speed of riding the clouds and driving the fog.
Zhang Chen walked into the mountain forest, and in a place where Chen Xu could not see, he directly turned into clouds and fog and went away.
The only food he can think of now is probably the big snake underground.
It's just that the fog that Zhang Chen transformed into had only gone halfway when he saw hundreds of figures walking in the mountains from afar.
The leader was not very old, probably only fifteen or sixteen years old, wearing a Confucian robe, with fair skin and a refined manner, looking like a wealthy man. The figures behind him were actually wearing iron armor, although they were walking in the mountains, their steps were still swift.
"Are they coming so fast?" Zhang Chen looked at the people coming, and the cloud and fog he transformed into directly turned into a pool of water, hidden under the dead leaves.
From afar, he heard words coming from the wind: "Young Master, I didn't expect your good fortune to arrive. You came to the Northern Land to watch Zhu Xun and Chen Sanliang discuss Taoism, but you didn't expect to encounter a mysterious birth on the way. You are destined to have good luck, and you will definitely have a place in this world in the future."