Fairy, return my flying sword to me

Chapter 209 The Fairy's Invitation

"These are the damaged areas." Based on his memory, Chuan Gong described in detail to Lu Linglong all the star holes that had been damaged in the past.

Then he took the initiative to lead the way, arriving at the foot of the broken star hole.

"Is this the place?" Li Fei, who had listened to the whole process, found it unbelievable.

Under his spiritual scan, there was nothing unusual about this star node.

"This is it!" Lu Linglong exclaimed in surprise as she arrived at the nearest point.

She never expected that the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Grand Array here had actually been breached before.

And this restorer did it so perfectly that there were absolutely no flaws.

Li Fei was surprised, "Is this really the place?"

"To be precise, I was here before." Lu Linglong frowned slightly, sensing carefully.

With the elder's precise reminder, she finally discovered some differences from the ordinary Zhou Tian Xing Dou Grand Array under her spiritual perception.

The spiritual energy pathways within the grand formation have been thoroughly streamlined, resulting in a much smoother operation than other formations that have been running for many years.

It's only because the Zhou Tian Star Array is a constantly operating array that it will remain stationary when those star nodes are damaged.

When they were all repaired and restored to operation, the damaged star nodes began to wander around the entire area covered by the magic array, no longer fixed at a single point.

The reason she was able to perceive the difference in this place was because of the transparent, air-wall-like gaps she had seen in the forest before.

Although the magic circle has been repaired, it's impossible for the damaged areas to recover to their peak condition so quickly.

With the continued operation of the magic circle, this place will eventually be repaired, but she found it before that.

"There really is someone here who can repair the great formation..."

Upon hearing Lu Linglong's confirmation, Li Fei's pupils constricted, his face filled with disbelief. "Where did they learn the formation of this Zhou Tian Xing Dou Grand Array?"

Seeing the surprise on the faces of these two so-called successors of the holy land, the elder's pride was about to reach its peak.

"According to our disciple, he personally went to the layer between Tianyuan and our cultivation world to see the true form of the great formation, and then seemed to have some understanding."

"What?! Go to the mezzanine?!"

"There are actually people who dare to go to that kind of place on their own initiative?"

"What did you just say?! Disciple? This formation wasn't repaired by the elders of your Zhengyang Sect and their Pingding Sect?"

Chuan Gong tilted his head back, his face full of pride as he showed off his child. "One is one, and two is two. What belongs to the disciple belongs to the disciple. We, as teachers, would never take credit for their work."

At this point, the elder of the Immortal Sect suddenly had a look of realization on his face, "Isn't the disciple you're talking about the genius sword cultivator that my Senior Brother Bai mentioned?!"

It's already quite incredible that a magic array, which even elders and few in the sacred lands can master, could be repaired by someone from an ordinary sect. To expect such a thing to happen to a disciple from an ordinary sect would be even more of a fantasy.

But if it happens to a genius who already has a great reputation, it doesn't seem so hard to accept.

For example, a genius swordsman named Lin Jian.

After the elders of the Immortal Sect who had been rotated out to defend the area returned, they highly praised a genius swordsman from the Zhengyang Sect. At the same time, that genius swordsman also made a name for himself in the recently concluded Four Sects Grand Competition.

In no time, the reputation of the sword cultivator named Lin Jian from the Zhengyang Sect spread widely even within the Xianyi Sect.

Now, when encountering things that are difficult for ordinary people to understand, it's always right to attribute them to him.

The smile on Chuan Gong's face almost reached his ears. "Exactly!"

"A genius swordsman?" Lu Linglong's fair ears twitched, her heart filled with curiosity.

Swordsman? Formation master? Genius? Disciple?
Has their Zhengyang Sect become so accomplished? Their disciples can achieve such high levels of skill in both swordsmanship and formations?

As a sword cultivator, sword cultivation is naturally his main profession.

However, at the same time, he is also capable of repairing the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Grand Array in terms of formations, and his level is even better than his own.

Doesn't this mean that their Zhengyang Sect is even more advanced than the Holy Land?
No! Not at all.

The stronger one is that disciple.

Otherwise, why didn't their elders take direct action?

the student surpasses the master.

"May I go and see that sword cultivator disciple?" Lu Linglong turned her head and stared at the power transmission, blinking her eyes full of pleading.

The moment the power was transmitted, I felt my heart melt.

Let alone the fact that the other party is a descendant of a holy land, even if it were just an ordinary girl with no cultivation, it would be hard to refuse her pleading with such stunning beauty.

"That's natural. That disciple is resting outside, and we have a very good personal relationship."

Seeing that everyone else was about to run out, the leaders of the last two sects, Immortal Sect One and Spirit Cloud Sect, glanced at the Heavenly Abyss Demon Rift before them and discussed among themselves, "It seems there is no major problem here."

"We haven't seen many monsters along the way. Those two sects have cleaned it up quite thoroughly... They brought so many people with them."

"It's all thanks to them..." The Lingyun Sect Master sighed. "You've heard how other places have been ravaged by demons. We're only here because of that disciple named Lin Jian."

Didn't you hear what I just said? The moment the anomaly occurred, we found the source and began to contain it. After containing the demon, we repaired the magic array immediately. The methods carefully prepared by the Demon Worship Sect were completely destroyed before they even had a chance to take effect.

"Sigh! How did such a talented disciple end up being picked up by the Zhengyang Sect?"

"There's nothing we can do, it's fate..." The elder of the Immortal Sect shook his head. "Let's discuss how many people we should use for this troop rotation."

"Let's use the same standards as the Zhengyang Sect and Pingding Sect this time? I don't think their losses are particularly large. If it weren't for this incident, their losses might have been even smaller."

"That makes sense... Let's go with their standards."

The disciples of the Zhengyang Sect, who were resting, sensed a large disturbance rapidly approaching and awoke from their cultivation to look at the source of the disturbance.

They discovered that the leaders of the four sects were escorting the two supposedly disciples from the Holy Land, who were rapidly approaching their location.

I was suddenly filled with excitement.

"Are we here to interrogate you?"

"What are you thinking? We also contributed to repairing the great formation. It's a genuine achievement, so what are you afraid of? You must have found out the truth and are here to reward us!"

"I would die happy just to speak a single word to the Holy Maiden!"

With eager anticipation in their eyes, the group swept past the formation and arrived at the outermost corner in the blink of an eye.

"Lin Jian." Chuan Gong had sharp eyes and spotted Lin Jian in the crowd early on. He was the first to greet them as he flew over, which also served as an introduction to the others.

"Elder." Lin Jian stood up and stood quietly, a slight smile playing on his lips.

Lu Linglong and Li Fei observed the Zheng Yang Sect disciple named Lin Jian from afar, and a strange look flashed in their eyes.

'He's so handsome...'

"Ahem!" Li Fei composed himself and looked at the elder beside him with a serious expression. "Are you sure it's him?"

Based on his aura, he was only at the fourth level of the Foundation Establishment stage.

They are still some distance from the Golden Core stage, let alone cultivators at the Nascent Soul stage.

Yet these ordinary cultivators, who should be at the very bottom, were able to repair the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Grand Array, which even Nascent Soul cultivators like them might not be able to comprehend.
Chuan Gong nodded solemnly, "It's him."

Li Fei looked at the so-called genius swordsman whose cultivation was only at the Foundation Establishment stage again and again. After a long while, he nodded in understanding, "It seems to make sense."

Putting aside his cultivation level, this disciple's demeanor certainly makes sense.

But why is there a mortal woman standing next to him? She's an eyesore.

As they spoke, they landed in a clearing in front of the forest.

Chuan Gong looked at Lin Jian with a smile, "Jian'er, it's been a long time. You've worked hard guarding the area for a month."

"The duty lies."

"Let me introduce you—this is the Holy Maiden Linglong, a successor of the Holy Land, and this is also a disciple of the Holy Land, Elder Li Feixian. They heard that you were the one who repaired the magic array, so they wanted to come and see you."

As he spoke, Chuan Gong glanced disapprovingly at Chunxue, who was clinging to Lin Jian's arm, and muttered to himself, 'When did this girl catch up with us? How did she manage to find her way to a place like this? Or did someone from the sect bring her along?'

He also had some impression of this mortal woman who had always followed him in the forest.

She guarded the forest for a month, and then disappeared for a month.

The moment she emerged from the forest, it was as if she had been reborn right next to it.

Is this some kind of strange rule? When did this happen?
"It wasn't entirely my doing that fixed it." Lin Jian bowed and clasped his hands in greeting. "The sect elders, sect leader, and other disciples also contributed."

"May I ask what method you used, junior brother?" Lu Linglong asked softly, her eyes fixed on the forest with a thirst for knowledge.

In the same matter of repairing magic arrays, she had never heard of such a task being delegated to others.

But it was precisely because of this that the other party's first words instantly solidified her initial doubts about whether it was their doing.

It would be very difficult, if not impossible, for the opponent, with his Foundation Establishment stage strength, to repair the more than ten damaged star nodes in this Zhou Tian Star Array.

However, it would be more reasonable if other Golden Core or Nascent Soul cultivators came to help.

But the question is... how did they do that?
How is it done?
Lin Jian chuckled lightly, his tone calm yet powerful, "I carefully traced all the spiritual paths around the damaged nodes and assigned them to work together. Then, many disciples poured in their true energy to activate the self-repair function inherent in the formation."

"How is that possible?!" Li Fei frowned and widened his eyes instantly. "The Zhou Tian Star Array may seem to be composed of identical star nodes, but in fact, the spiritual path structure around each star node is not exactly the same. At our level, it is impossible for us to remember the spiritual path structure around every star node."

The reason he retreated when faced with such a powerful formation was because of its complex and almost abnormal overall spiritual path structure.

Even Lu Linglong, who possesses repair skills, relies more on her familiarity with the magic array and a certain intuition about the spiritual path when making repairs.

Being able to repair something doesn't mean you can set it up; there's still a long way to go.

Hearing his question, Lin Jianping nodded calmly, "So I only noted down the nodes of the spiritual path where it was damaged."

"I heard there are more than a dozen damaged areas?"

"So I had each of them lead a group of people to be responsible for one module."

Li Fei stared at him with wide eyes. "So you memorized all the modules?"

The machinery in the forest was repeated, "so I memorized all the modules."

Lu Linglong frowned her beautiful brows and asked gently, "But I see that the spiritual path of the great formation is clearer than ever before..."

"That's because after I finished repairing it, I took some time to review the entire magic circle."

Li Fei didn't understand. "You went through the whole thing? There's no way you can't completely understand the entire formation, right? You mean you memorized all the modules of the formation?"

Although Lin Jian thought the other party was silly for repeating what he had already said, he still nodded honestly and repeated, "What I mean is that I have memorized all the modules of the great formation."

Facing the gazes from the forest as if they were looking at a fool, Li Fei felt a surge of anger and embarrassment.

Did I mean the same thing in these two statements?

The question you asked earlier wasn't about all the damaged modules; now you're asking about the modules of the entire array.

and many more!

He actually memorized all the modules of the entire formation?!

Li Fei's vision went black, and he felt as if the sky had fallen.

How could the magic array that I had painstakingly cultivated for years without success be broken by an ordinary disciple of a nobody sect?

He has memorized all the details of the magic array. Does this mean that as long as his cultivation level is high enough in the future, he will be able to set up such a heaven-defying magic array immediately?
You have to understand that this is a level that even his own junior sister Linglong hasn't reached yet!
In the past, people learned what they were supposed to learn based on their cultivation level. This was the first time he had ever heard of someone who had learned something but was unable to complete it independently due to the limitations of their cultivation level.

Good heavens! This immortal cultivation is utterly ridiculous!
Wait! He said he saw the original form of the Zhou Tian Star Array in the interlayer between Tianyuan and the cultivation world...

Could this be the key?
Hey? Open the door! I want to go inside the mezzanine too!

Lu Linglong glanced sideways and knew what her senior brother was thinking, so she immediately poured cold water on his plans.

"The original appearance of the great formation seen in the interlayer is just a more intuitive display. If you don't have the ability to see it, you will be overwhelmed by the massive amount of information. Forcing yourself to remember it will only make you stupid. It is not a good way to take a shortcut."

"Oh~" Li Fei responded blankly, dispelling his last bit of hope.

"Senior Brother Lin is a man of extraordinary talent. Would you be interested in coming to our sacred land to cultivate?"

"Ok?"

"Ok?"

"Ok?"

Everyone present was stunned.

Fairy Linglong's words surprised everyone.

(End of this chapter)