Chapter 351: Chapter 351: There’s Something Odd About That Kid
The group exchanged words. Chen Pingping stood there in a daze for a while before he finally understood.
"You’re very lucky."
"But you won’t always have such luck."
"Meeting us is your second stroke of luck. If you want to cross this area, it’s best to travel with us."
"If anything happens along the way, we can protect you, but you’ll need to pay a fee—for example, an Emperor Spirit..."
Wu Mo said seriously, "How about it?"
Chen Pingping suddenly realized. "You mean this?" He pointed to the Emperor Spirit and readily agreed, "No problem."
He then had Jiang Ni’er get down and pushed the Emperor Spirit toward them.
His straightforwardness stunned Wu Mo and the others. Is this guy a fool? they thought.
Wu Mo whispered, "Alright. When we go in, let him take the lead and scout the way."
Jiang Ni’er lowered her voice, "Chen, we..."
Chen Pingping smiled. "Don’t worry. They’re all good people."
Only Earth Chicken understood that sentence.
Back in the Wasteland, he had said the same thing when he was tricking Bai Yunfei.
...
Having reached an agreement, the group started moving forward.
Wu Mo said, "Daoist Chen, proceed with confidence. If any powerful enemy appears, we will surely protect you with our lives."
Chen Pingping was touched. "Thank you so much."
Wu Mo smiled. "Don’t mention it. We’re companions, after all."
Feng Yuhan, who was nearby, also smiled.
Chen Pingping walked at the front, holding Hei in his arms, with Jiang Ni’er closely following, clutching Earth Chicken.
Behind them were Wu Mo and his group, along with the trembling Emperor Spirit.
"Why is it trembling?" Feng Yuhan asked, puzzled.
About ten minutes later, they passed through a mountain col.
Earth Chicken transmitted a message: "There’s an Array."
Chen Pingping smiled faintly and instructed Earth Chicken to open a corner of the Array. After they passed, the Array would close again.
BANG!
The seven people behind them stepped in, and the Array started activating with a thunderous rumble.
It was a fearsome Killing Array.
The faces of Wu Mo and the others changed drastically. They exclaimed, "Daoist Chen, what’s going on?"
Chen Pingping turned around, looking utterly bewildered. "What happened?"
Wu Mo gritted his teeth. "There’s an Array! Why didn’t it activate when you just walked over?"
Chen Pingping looked puzzled. "I don’t know either!"
The seven looked at each other. They had no choice but to forcibly break the Array. Fortunately, this Killing Array, located in the periphery, wasn’t very strong.
After fighting for about seven or eight minutes, they finally broke out of the Killing Array.
They were greatly exhausted, each with a pale face.
"Are you all okay?" Chen Pingping approached and asked with concern.
"Let’s go!" Wu Mo’s mouth twitched.
The distance from here to the branches of the Fusang Tree was at least several dozen miles, with numerous low mountains spread out below, all seeming quite ordinary.
Yet this area had once been a terrifying battlefield.
Various Arrays were laid out within these low mountains, as if accentuating something, filling the area with an eerie atmosphere.
Before long, Earth Chicken transmitted another message: "Array."
Chen Pingping smiled. Just as before, he instructed Earth Chicken to open a corner of the Array. After they passed through safely, she was to close it again.
AHHH!
The seven triggered the Array, and lethal killing intent resurfaced.
This time, they fought for about ten minutes.
After breaking the Array, they emerged with twitching expressions and ashen faces. Their clothes were tattered, and their hair was disheveled; they looked almost like a group of beggars.
Wu Mo’s face was grim as he asked, "Why are you able to walk through safely?"
Chen Pingping appeared clueless. "I have no idea!"
Wu Mo’s gaze turned icy. "Alright, you walk in the back." He was starting to sense that something was off.
However... soon after, they all stepped into the third Killing Array.
This time, they spent about twenty minutes breaking the Array. When they emerged, they were all trembling.
"That kid is strange," Feng Yuhan murmured.
It doesn’t work if he walks in front, and Arrays still appear if he walks behind. Then we’ll walk together, Wu Mo decided. He immediately called out, "Daoist Chen, let’s move forward together!"
Wu Mo sneered inwardly.
Chen Pingping chuckled, "Okay!"
Not long after, another Killing Array appeared.
The faces of Wu Mo and the others changed drastically. When they looked at Chen Pingping by their side, they saw he was calm and composed, seemingly oblivious to the Killing Array’s existence.
What was terrifying was that when the Killing Array activated and the killing intent swept down, it completely avoided Chen Pingping.
The others suffered terribly, screaming repeatedly.
Chen Pingping exclaimed, "Daoist friends, what happened to you?"
After struggling for an hour to break through the Killing Array, when they looked at Chen Pingping again, they practically vomited blood.
Something was wrong. This guy, every inch of him, screamed that something was wrong. How could he avoid the Arrays?
"You go first!" Wu Mo said through gritted teeth.
"But you’re all injured," Chen Pingping said.
"Don’t worry about us. Just go!" Wu Mo said, still disbelieving. Could there really be such a person in this world? One who can avoid Arrays? It must be a trick!
Without further ado, Chen Pingping pulled Jiang Ni’er along and strode forward.
But no matter where he went, no Arrays appeared. His figure, along with Jiang Ni’er’s, gradually faded into the distance.
Feng Yuhan’s mouth fell slightly open. "Did he run off?"
"He didn’t run. He’s heading towards the branch of the Fusang Tree," one of the men said, a sudden bad premonition striking him. "This place is strange, like the legendary Ten Thousand Killing Arrays." He then pointed into the distance. "Those dense low mountains over there should be the eyes of the Killing Arrays."
Could it be? Could it really be?
Wu Mo also remembered the legends about Soup Valley: ancient powerhouses had broken into Soup Valley and laid down ten thousand Killing Arrays to suppress a branch of the Fusang Tree.
Later, it was said they had succeeded.
There were also rumors that the branch of the Fusang Tree had entered hibernation on its own, and the ten thousand Killing Arrays never revived, meaning it was hardly a success.
If that branch were to awaken again, all the Killing Arrays here might activate. And by then... the true, primary Killing Array set up in this place would also begin to operate.
Feng Yuhan’s pupils contracted. She cried out, "Daoist Chen, come back quickly! Hurry, don’t touch the branch of the Fusang Tree!"
Far away, Chen Pingping was startled. He hadn’t heard clearly and asked Jiang Ni’er beside him, "What did she say?"
Jiang Ni’er thought for a moment. "She told you to be careful."
Chen Pingping was touched. "I knew it! They are all good people!"
Earth Chicken rolled her eyes. I can hear her perfectly fine, and you can’t? she thought. But she didn’t expose him, as she had a similar idea to Chen Pingping.
The Fusang Tree was a treasure through and through. A single branch could forge a Heaven Tao Divine Weapon, and one leaf was covered in the marks of the Great Tao.
Throughout the ages, countless powerhouses had stepped into Soup Valley, but none had ever managed to take even a sliver of the Fusang Tree.
Her eyes darted about, looking at the branch of the Fusang Tree not far away, then at Chen Pingping in front of her. If he can take this branch, he’ll definitely be the greatest figure of all time! she thought.
「At that moment.」
A white figure approached from beyond the Killing Array. It was Fairy.
Once, at sea, she had been chased by the Golden Raven and had barely escaped with her life. Fortunately, she had brought enough Spirit Pills with her from the upper realm. Otherwise, she would have had to spend a long time in seclusion to heal.
After healing her wounds, she had resumed her journey.
From afar, she saw Wu Mo and his group. Fairy’s expression flickered slightly, and she strode toward them.
"It’s Fairy!" a man exclaimed.
"Wait! Don’t come in!" Feng Yuhan shouted, "Senior Sister, don’t come over here!"
Fairy: "???"
It was too late.
After a few steps, she arrived where they were.
What was terrifying was that the Killing Array they had just broken through had restored itself at that very moment.
As expected... Wu Mo thought grimly. The Ten Thousand Killing Arrays truly exist. Unless the primary one is destroyed, even if you break any individual Array, it will eventually restore itself.
Wu Mo’s face turned deathly pale. "It’s over. We should have fled just now, while the Killing Array hadn’t yet restored itself."
Unfortunately, they had missed that opportunity.
Fairy frowned. "What are you talking about?" She noticed the Emperor Spirit and added, "And why is this creature following you?"
Feeling the killing intent from Fairy, the Emperor Spirit’s body trembled again.
「At this moment!」
System Notification: Emperor Spirit’s approval rating increased to 13%. Reward: Two hundred years of cultivation...
Chen Pingping smiled.
(Brothers, don’t rush, the Master will appear soon, GAGA! I’ll update after dinner!)