Taming Beasts and Cultivating Immortality from Two Realms

Chapter 127 The Array Master

A quarter of an hour later, a crack suddenly appeared in the six-gate mind-controlling array that shrouded the center of the side hall.

Zhou Quan walked out with full confidence.

"The time to break the formation is one quarter and thirty minutes. Junior Brother Zhou can serve as the formation guardian and enjoy a salary of seven hundred years," Yun Yishu announced.

Upon hearing this result, a hint of surprise appeared in Zhou Quan's eyes.

The Six Gates Bewitching Array, a second-tier superior bewitching array, is divided into six gates: eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, and mind.

The six gates circulate in a cycle, activating the formation. This can deprive Foundation Establishment cultivators of their six senses: sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch, and divine consciousness, causing the cultivators within the formation to be filled with fear and unable to extricate themselves, trapped in an illusory Six Harmonies Cage.

It was precisely because of this that he lost his four senses when breaking the formation and could not feel the passage of time at all.

Otherwise, he might have been able to shorten the time to break the formation to within a quarter of an hour.

Sun Ying turned her head to look at Zhou Quan, feeling somewhat helpless.

There are many positions in the Array Hall with an annual salary of 700 contribution points, and the Array Guardian is one with relatively high potential for advancement.

Two more steps and he could become the array master, who controls the array's core, a position comparable to that of an inner sect steward.

This shows that although Master Yun did not show any emotion on his face, he was quite optimistic about Zhou Quan's future.

After all, there aren't many talented people in the Array Hall, and Zhou Quan is considered to be a relatively talented array master in recent years.

Thinking of this, Sun Ying subconsciously looked at Chen Beiwu.

Judging from the results of the previous round of assessments, Chen Beiwu's talent in array formations is clearly stronger than Zhou Quan's, but he is too young and has not yet realized his full potential.

Otherwise, he might have had a chance to get through the Six Gates Bewildering Formation.

"Let me do it."

Under everyone's watchful eyes, Chen Beiwu walked towards the center of the side hall, which appeared to be empty but was actually shrouded in an array.

Due to limitations in his cultivation level, coupled with the restrictions imposed by the Immortal Alliance's laws, he had no access to second-tier high-grade formations.

Now that he finally had a chance to experience it, Chen Beiwu was naturally willing to give it a try.

"Om."

As soon as he stepped into the formation, Chen Beiwu heard a soft ringing sound in his ears.

The next second, his world went silent.

'It's actually a sound-isolating formation.' Chen Beiwu was somewhat surprised.

For cultivators, divine sense can completely replace the five senses, while hearing is something that is dispensable.

"Is it possible?"

Chen Beiwu's expression changed, and he activated his divine sense to look at the five gates that were faintly visible in the hazy mist around him.

The next second, as one of the five gates disappeared, his divine sense also vanished without a trace.

If it weren't for the pure, flowing magical power within his body constantly reminding him, Chen Beiwu would have thought that his cultivation level had fallen to the early stage of Qi Refining.

'Not only hearing, but even divine sense can be sealed at will.'

Chen Beiwu raised an eyebrow slightly, immediately realizing that he was in a second-order maze that could strip away the six senses.

Fortunately, nothing in this world is perfect.

This type of maze has certain limitations because its effect of depriving people of their senses is too powerful.

Just then, a wisp of orange aura at the edge of the mist caught Chen Beiwu's attention.

……

"tread!"

"tread!"

"tread!"

Hearing footsteps approaching, Sun Ying subconsciously looked at the hourglass beside her.

Only twenty minutes have passed, and there are still forty minutes left until the fifteenth minute. 'How is this possible? Could Chen Zi'ang break the record set by Senior Sister Yun?'

Upon realizing this possibility, Sun Ying's heart skipped a beat, and she couldn't help but glance at Senior Sister Yun out of the corner of her eye, before suddenly pausing in surprise.

'Senior Sister Yun actually smiled!'

Noticing her junior sister's unusual behavior, Yun Yishu immediately suppressed her smile and asked softly, "What's wrong?"

"Does the Hall Master think Senior Brother Chen has a chance to break the formation?" Sun Ying changed the subject.

"No need to guess, he's already out."

Upon hearing Yun Yishu's words, Sun Ying suddenly turned around.

Zhou Quan's heart skipped a beat, and his eyelids twitched uncontrollably.

Immediately, he saw a handsome figure suddenly emerge from the center of the side hall; it was Chen Beiwu, who had broken through the formation.

"This..." Zhou Quan opened his mouth, feeling both ashamed and angry, and didn't know what to say.

Seeing Zhou Quan's dumbfounded expression, and then looking at Chen Beiwu's calm demeanor, Zhao Qingxue's face was full of astonishment.

Repairing the formation won't work, and breaking it won't work either.

No, which of these two is actually a second-tier array master?
"Breaking the formation takes thirty minutes, not exceeding a quarter of an hour. Junior Brother Chen can serve as the formation master, with an annual salary of one thousand," Yun Yishu praised.

The position of array master is above that of array guardian. It is a special position established by the Array Hall to cultivate fresh blood, but she still felt that it was a waste of her talents.

After all, Junior Brother Chen broke the record she set back then, and his talent in array formation might even surpass hers.

However, the sect's laws clearly stipulate that no one other than a second-tier or higher array master may serve as the sect's array master.

She is currently only a hall master, not a high-ranking member of the Array Formation Hall, and does not yet have the authority to make special arrangements for Junior Brother Chen.

"Senior Brother Chen, could you tell me how you broke the formation?" Sun Ying suddenly asked.

Senior Sister Yun's record for breaking formations was 40 points.

Chen Zi'ang, a mere Qi Refining cultivator, was already a rare genius in the Array Hall for breaking the array within two quarters of an hour, yet he succeeded in breaking the array in just thirty minutes.

Upon witnessing such an unbelievable scene, even Sun Ying, as the assistant examiner, couldn't help but have a thought.

'Could there really be something fishy going on?'

"Rely on your intuition," Chen Beiwu said.

He hadn't expected that the limitation of this second-order maze was that it was immobile.

The cultivators inside the formation only need to step out of the formation's coverage area to successfully break free.

If he had known this earlier, he would not have moved towards the direction of the aura of fortune, but instead stood still and carefully experienced the mysteries of the second-order maze.

Now, he needs to quickly reverse the cause and effect, and explain his intuitive approach to breaking the formation in a logical and reasonable way.

Upon hearing this familiar answer, Sun Ying subconsciously looked at Senior Sister Yun.

Yun Yishu's lips, hidden beneath her veil, curved slightly upward.

When Lord Yu asked about the strategy for breaking the formation, she gave the same answer.

The Six Gates Bewitching Array can deprive a cultivator of their six senses, but it cannot deprive them of their understanding of the Dao.

She only needs to discern the flow of magical energy within the formation to pinpoint its weaknesses and easily find a hidden escape route.

"Xiaoying, you continue to preside over the assessment." With that, Yun Yishu turned and walked towards the main hall. "Junior Brother Chen, come here for a moment, I'll take you to visit Hall Master Lin."

Chen Beiwu nodded and followed behind Senior Sister Yun.

Watching the two figures disappear, all the cultivators present looked on with envy, except for Zhou Quan, whose lips curled into a bitter smile, his feelings complicated and indescribable.

Vice Hall Master Lin is a renowned third-tier high-grade array master in the Array Hall, only one step away from becoming a fourth-tier array master. He is a master in the art of array formations and has achieved countless victories.

In the previous Ten Sects War, Vice Hall Master Lin, with the assistance of cultivators from the Array Hall, presided over the sect's fourth-order profound array. He used the Weak Water of the profound array to forcefully refine and kill two Golden Core True Persons from Qingming Cliff, thus gaining great fame and instilling fear in cultivators from other sects.

If he could gain the favor of this important figure, he might have the opportunity to break through the foundation and form the core in the future, becoming a Golden Core True Person.

Unfortunately, this opportunity was snatched away by a first-tier array master!
(End of this chapter)