Bringing the farm to another world

Chapter 16524 The Castle
“My lord, someone requests an audience. He claims to be from Songlin.” A monk spoke to a deity sitting behind a table, looking at a piece of metal.

In the realm of gods, ordinary cultivators address deities as "Lord" or "Master." They don't usually call them gods directly, so they all call them "Lord."

Upon hearing the cultivator's words, the deity was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said, "Song Lin has arrived? Please invite him in." The cultivator responded and then turned and left.

Soon after, Songlin followed the cultivator into the study. He clasped his hands in greeting to the cultivator sitting there and said, "Greetings, sir?" This deity was the one for whom Songlin had worked before. To show respect, Songlin always addressed him as "sir." Although he had worked for this deity for ten years in exchange for information, the deity had treated him well during those ten years, and the two had a good relationship. Later, this deity even let Songlin leave a year early, so Songlin still respected him greatly.

The deity laughed and said, "Alright, you are free now, no longer my subordinate. No need to be so polite, come and sit down."

Song Lin smiled and responded, then sat down. After he sat down, the deity looked at Song Lin and said with a smile, "Judging from your appearance, you're doing quite well."

Song Lin gave a wry smile and said, "I've been hiding here in the Black Sea, and I only come to the market from time to time. I just happened to see you here today, so I came to pay my respects. Otherwise, I usually don't directly contact other people, after all, there aren't many gods as kind as you, sir."

"Don't give me that. You're just here to visit? Don't you have anything else to say? If you're having any difficulties, just tell me. If I can help you, I definitely will."

"I have no difficulties. This time I've come to see you, sir, not just for a simple visit. I have something to tell you. I wonder if you need me to set up a magic array now?"

Upon hearing Song Lin's words, the deity was taken aback. Then, he looked at Song Lin and asked, "What? You know someone like that?"

Song Lin nodded and said, "Yes, I recently met someone like that. Their magic array techniques are extremely advanced. He ascended to heaven because of magic arrays. When I saw you, sir, I wanted to ask you about it. This is an opportunity, and it would be a great pity to miss it."

Upon hearing this, the deity was somewhat tempted. He looked at the pine forest and said, "I do have something I'd like to ask a master of magic arrays. If he's really that powerful, then ask him to come. As long as his answer satisfies me, rest assured, I won't mistreat him."

Song Lin had only been trying his luck today, but he didn't expect it to actually work. He immediately said, "Okay, sir, I'll call him over now." After saying that, he took out the communication array and made a call to Zhao Hai.

Zhao Hai answered the phone quickly. As soon as the call connected, he said, "Fellow Daoist Songlin, is there something you need?"

Song Lin immediately said, "Fellow Daoist Fazhen, come quickly to the market, there's good news."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Hai was taken aback for a moment, then immediately replied, "Okay, wait a moment, I'll be right there." After saying that, Zhao Hai hung up the phone.

After listening to the conversation between Songlin and Zhao Hai, the deity looked at Songlin with some surprise and said, "You two have a good relationship. He didn't even ask a single question and just came directly."

Song Lin smiled and said, "It's alright. When he first came to the Black Sea, I was the first person he met. I only helped him with a small favor, but I didn't expect him to remember it all this time."

The deity nodded and said, "In that case, he seems to be someone worth befriending." Songlin smiled and responded.

The two chatted for a few more minutes when Songlin's communication array beeped. He picked it up and answered the phone. As soon as the call connected, he heard Zhao Hai say, "Fellow Daoist Songlin, I've arrived. Where are you?"

Song Lin immediately said, "Go to the third floor and find a large magical artifact that looks like a castle. I'll be right here." After saying that, he hung up the phone, then stood up and said to the deity, "My lord, I'll go and meet him." The deity nodded, and Song Lin bowed to him before leaving the study.

This was indeed a magical artifact resembling a castle, though not very large. The entire castle looked somewhat like a ship, except that there were many protrusions on the sides of the ship—these were the horse-faced decorations on the castle. The whole castle looked quite exquisite. As soon as Song Lin arrived outside the castle, he saw Zhao Hai's Green Leaf Boat. Zhao Hai was standing at the bow of the Green Leaf Boat, and Song Lin immediately went to greet him.

Upon seeing Song Lin, Zhao Hai immediately put away his Azure Leaf Boat and flew directly to Song Lin's side. Song Lin said to Zhao Hai, "I summoned you here today because an lord has some questions for you. This lord is the one who helped me before. He is extremely powerful and very generous. If your answer satisfies him, he will definitely not treat you unfairly."

Zhao Hai quickly said, "Thank you."

Song Lin said, "Don't be so polite, let's go in and talk inside the castle." After saying that, he led Zhao Hai into the castle. A castle like this was a divine kingdom. Without the master's permission, they could not enter. Of course, they had already obtained the master's permission, so they went directly into the castle.

Zhao Hai was looking around the castle, but as soon as he entered, he frowned. However, he didn't say anything and followed Song Lin and the other person to a room in the castle. The two stopped in front of the room, and a voice came from inside the room: "Come in."

Song Lin responded and led Zhao Hai into the room. The room looked very simple, with stone walls and nothing special. There were not many decorations in the room, not even a bookshelf, only a desk and three chairs. The whole room looked very simple.

The room is in the same style as the castle. This castle is not just for show; it is a real castle designed for battle, and everything in it serves the purpose of war.

Just as Zhao Hai was looking around the room, the deity was also looking at Zhao Hai. He glanced at Zhao Hai and noticed that Zhao Hai had a rather special aura, which caught his attention.

These people had all reached the god-level in strength, and were already immortal. The laws they had comprehended were completely integrated with their temperament. Therefore, their temperament was closely related to their cultivation methods. Zhao Hai gave them a feeling of indifference, a very calm temperament. However, he did not bow to Zhao Hai, after all, his strength had already reached the celestial god level. So he just sat there looking at Zhao Hai, and then said, "You are the magic array?"

Zhao Hai quickly bowed to the man and said, "Greetings, sir. I am Fazhen."

The man nodded and then said, "Sit down." The two responded and sat down. After they were seated, the man looked at them and said, "Songlin is an honest man. He's worked for me for over ten years. Although we're not particularly close, we have some acquaintance. I trust his character. So he told me that there's someone who understands magic arrays. I happen to have some questions about magic arrays and need to ask someone, so I called you here. I hope you won't disappoint me."

Zhao Hai quickly replied, "Please rest assured, sir, I will not let you down."

The man nodded and then said, "When I designed my divine kingdom, I found a knowledgeable person. Moreover, when he designed the magic array for me, he also left an interface for future upgrades. Originally, I planned to continue using their services and had already contacted them to arrange to meet here. However, they were delayed by something, so I arrived first. I thought I would have someone take a look first. When you came in, you should have seen my castle. What do you think?"

Zhao Hai listened to his words and pondered for a moment. Then he looked at the man carefully, as if he wanted to say something but hesitated. The man frowned when he saw Zhao Hai's expression and said, "Just say what you want to say. I don't like people who are indecisive."

Zhao Hai took a deep breath, then glanced at the man and said, "Since you say so, sir, then I'll be frank. I have a good relationship with Song Lin. I was being chased into the Black Sea, and it was Song Lin who helped me, so I'm very grateful to him. You also have a good relationship with Song Lin, so I'll just go with you. If you want to believe me, then believe me; if you don't want to believe me, then just consider it nonsense."

The man frowned even more. Something about Zhao Hai's words sounded off, as if there was something wrong with his castle.

At this moment, Songlin spoke up: "Fairy Array, I know your strength. I have a good relationship with the master. Just say what you have to say."

Zhao Hai nodded, then glanced at the man and said, "My lord, when I entered your castle, I noticed the magic array inside. The magic array in your castle is mainly defensive, but it also contains some ranged attack spells, primarily fire and metal spells. The defensive array is mainly earth-based. Fire generates earth, and earth generates metal; it's a seemingly mutually reinforcing magic array system. Am I right?"

As soon as Zhao Hai spoke, the man's expression changed drastically. He hadn't told Zhao Hai what kind of magic array was in his castle; he had only asked Zhao Hai what he thought of it, actually wanting to test Zhao Hai's insight. He knew he had spent a fortune setting up the magic array in his divine kingdom, hiring a magic array expert from a creator god-level deity. That expert had told him that the array in his castle was based on the three elements of fire, earth, and metal, and that fire generated earth, earth generated metal, forming a mutually reinforcing system—the same as what Zhao Hai had said. Therefore, he was extremely surprised that Zhao Hai could discern the castle's true nature with just a glance upon entering.