Xiuxian: I use magnetic fields to prove my truth

Chapter 155 Happy Event
Since he couldn't cultivate, Zhou Qing decided to travel around.

As soon as he opened the courtyard gate, he found Qingyuan standing outside, peering inside.

"Oh, I thought you hadn't come back yet."

Qingyuan exclaimed in delight.

Zhou Qing smiled and asked, "What is it?"

Qingyuan said, "Master Cheng Feipeng came looking for you yesterday. When he found out you weren't there, he asked me to pass on his message, asking you to go and visit him when you get back."

Zhou Qing asked curiously, "Do you know what it is?"

Qingyuan shook her head and said, "He didn't say, but judging from his expression, it must be something good."

Zhou Qing nodded and walked with Qingyuan toward Cheng Feipeng's house.

Cheng Feipeng's house was renovated, and several more houses were built for his disciples to inscribe talismans.

When Zhou Qing arrived, several disciples were already working there.

The disciples have different schedules on weekdays, so they don't work here at the same time, but rather according to their own schedules.

Cheng Feipeng's courtyard was very messy, with various items piled up in every corner, including tools and materials for engraving talismans, as well as talismans that had failed to be engraved and needed to be destroyed.

Zhou Qing casually picked out a few discarded talismans from among them. After a quick glance, he discovered that the reason for the failure of the talismans was that the brushstrokes were interrupted, preventing the talismans from being written in one continuous stroke.

Such mistakes are unavoidable. Not only beginners make these errors, but even experienced writers can occasionally lose focus and unconsciously interrupt their writing.

Such flawed works are an unavoidable part of the cost of talismans.

As Zhou Qing watched, Qingyuan had already abandoned him and gone into her usual room to inscribe talismans.

A short while later, Cheng Feipeng came out.

Seeing his beaming face and excited expression, Zhou Qing smiled and asked, "What good news has made you so happy?"

Cheng Feipeng said, "Let's talk inside."

After saying that, he led Zhou Qing to his private room.

Once they reached a secluded spot, he could no longer maintain the composure of a senior expert. A smile appeared on his face as he said, "Have you heard? There was an explosion in Bai Muyun's research lab."

Zhou Qing shook his head and asked, "What happened?"

Cheng Feipeng said, "I heard that Elder Jinmang gave him a talisman with chaotic runes and asked him to try to restore the original structure of the talisman."

"Bai Muyun tried for two months without success, so he became a little anxious and decided to replace the runes with the newly discovered runes to see if it would work."

"As a result, they didn't explore the new runes properly at all, and their rash attempt caused an explosion in the research room."

"Because the disordered talisman was a matter of secrecy, Bai Muyun did not give it to anyone else and could only try it himself, so only he was affected by the explosion."

"Although he wasn't injured, he was covered in dust and dirt, and I heard he had a gloomy face all day."

Although Cheng Feipeng was expelled from the court, he had been there for more than ten years and was still well-informed.

Upon hearing that his old rival had been bombed, Cheng Feipeng felt an indescribable sense of pride.

Zhou Qing couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

Elder Jinmang, two months ago...

These two words instantly caught Zhou Qing's attention. He thought to himself that Wei Kuang must have been unable to refuse their persuasion, so he messed up the order of the runes, or even deleted some of them, and wrote them an incorrect array diagram.

Elder Jinmang sought Bai Muyun's help in attempting to restore the array diagram.

Thinking of Wei Kuang's good intentions, Zhou Qing couldn't help but sigh.

He quickly realized that he might be able to gain some benefit from this accident.

Zhou Qing had been interested in the new runes that the Array Court had obtained in the Five Elements Annihilation Formation, but Bai Muyun had given a strict order not to let anyone in the Array Court leak the new runes, leaving Zhou Qing with no choice.

Now that he has learned that the Array Court has failed to fully understand the new runes, he sees an opportunity for himself.

Zhou Qing thought for a moment and said, "Uncle-Master Cheng, do you have any way to contact Senior Brother Wu Tao of the Array Academy?"

Cheng Feipeng smiled and said, "I still keep in touch with several colleagues from the Array Court, so it wouldn't be difficult for them to help contact Wu Tao."

Zhou Qing smiled and said, "That's good. Please help me invite Senior Brother Wu Tao to my house for a chat, Uncle."

Cheng Feipeng hesitated and said, "Bai Muyun sees you as a thorn in her side, so Wu Tao might not dare to keep the appointment."

Zhou Qing smiled and said, "We are old friends. I'm sure Senior Brother Wu Tao won't hesitate to meet you. If he has any concerns, just tell him that I have a good thing waiting for him here, and he will definitely come."

Cheng Feipeng laughed and said, "Even the ordinary disciples in the sect know that you are a god of wealth. When you say there is good news, no one can resist the temptation."

Zhou Qing spent half a day in Cheng Feipeng's courtyard, chatting about their recent research findings. Zhou Qing handed over part of his work on the array for exploring the surrounding environment to Cheng Feipeng.

Cheng Feipeng needed to help him test the effects of several frequencies.

This is also a common way of working for array masters.

A master mentors several apprentices who are jointly responsible for a project, each taking charge of certain aspects of the project.

The main thing is trial and error. From the vast sea of ​​rune combinations, each person is responsible for some rune combinations to try and eliminate the unsuitable ones.

Cheng Feipeng is technically Zhou Qing's senior, but in this fledgling formation group centered around Zhou Qing, he is actually an apprentice or assistant.

Cheng Feipeng had no complaints about this.

The longer he spent with Zhou Qing, the more deeply he could feel the other's terrifying talent in array formations.

Sometimes, Zhou Qing could complete research that would take him months to finish in a single night, which made him unable to imagine how Zhou Qing's mind worked.

His mastery of formations had reached its limit, but now he felt he had found a direction for improvement.

Cheng Feipeng reported his research results to Zhou Qing. Zhou Qing pondered for a while and felt that there might be something useful in them, so he planned to try them out that evening.

After sitting at Cheng Feipeng's house until noon, Zhou Qing said goodbye and leisurely strolled back to his own home.

By evening, the pain in his meridians had completely dissipated, and he felt that he could use his spiritual energy again, so he knew that the effect of the withered tree returning to spring had dissipated.

Zhou Qing sat cross-legged, holding the spirit stone in his palm, intending to test the efficiency of his use of the spirit stone after advancing to the third level of Qi Refining, when he suddenly heard a knock on the door.

He went over and opened the door, only to find Wu Tao standing suspiciously at the entrance.

He huddled in the corner of the courtyard gate, trying to hide himself as much as possible, while scanning his surroundings with his eyes, always on the lookout for anyone peeking in his direction.

Zhou Qing was both amused and exasperated, and said, "Brother Wu, is it really necessary to go to such lengths?"

Wu Tao hurriedly stepped through the door, turned around and closed the gate before letting out a sigh of relief. A smile appeared on his face as he said, "Don't mention it, you would never understand the hardships my brother has endured."

(End of this chapter)