In the blink of an eye, the group landed beside several stone pillars.
Beside the stone pillars, more than a dozen Foundation Establishment stage cultivators were busily engraving array patterns onto them.
These stone pillars were array deployment tools used to cast the Golden Light Array.
As soon as the group landed, a middle-aged man in a white robe approached them. He possessed peak Foundation Establishment strength, but he didn't show much respect to Zhang Ling and the other Core Formation experts. He spoke directly to Yangshan Old Daoist.
"These Golden Light Pillars will be completed in three more days. When the time comes, three seniors who cultivate earth spiritual power can use array flags to activate the Golden Light Pillars, which will seal three of the array eyes, making it easy to break the Earth Prison Array."
"Chen Qing, well done. If you can break this array, I will definitely help you form your Golden Core," Yangshan Old Daoist said, overjoyed, promising him.
"Then this junior will thank you in advance, Senior. I will do my best to assist you seniors in obtaining the treasure."
This middle-aged man named Chen Qing caught Zhang Ling's attention. Yangshan Old Daoist also explained to the others.
"Don't underestimate this fellow Daoist Chen. He is no ordinary cultivator. His ancestors came from the Azure Luo Sect and were proficient in various arrays. It just so happens that I have an old connection with his ancestor. This time, we accidentally discovered an ancient ruin, and he was the one who identified the Earth Prison Array here."
Azure Luo Sect. Hearing the name of this sect, Zhang Ling couldn't help but be surprised. He didn't expect this Foundation Establishment cultivator named Chen Qing to have such a background.
The Azure Luo Sect was also one of the Ten Great Sects. Although its power was only in the lower ranks among the Ten Great Sects, and the number of disciples was the smallest, this sect was proficient in array formations and artifact refining. As long as they were inner disciples, they often had decent artifact refining skills or array formation attainments.
With this skill, they could accumulate a large amount of cultivation resources in the world of cultivation.
"Boy, you are a disciple of the Azure Luo Sect, but your surname is Chen. Could it be related to that person three hundred years ago? Do you know Bai Yue Zhenren?" Suddenly, the old man surnamed Shen asked with suspicion.
Hearing this, Chen Qing couldn't help but look at Old Shen, then frowned, but still respectfully replied, "Does this senior recognize my grandfather?"
"Hehe, you are a descendant of Bai Yue Zhenren. I even met Bai Yue Zhenren a few times three hundred years ago. In that case, I believe your array formation attainments are not weak."
The bald Old Shen nodded after hearing Chen Qing's confirmation, seemingly quite optimistic about this person.
Others may not have heard of the name Bai Yue Zhenren, but Zhang Ling had researched the Dragon Old Man's array formation books, so he had collected some related array formation information. After thinking for a moment, he remembered the rumors about this person.
Bai Yue Zhenren was a famous array formation master in the Azure Luo Sect. However, for some unknown reason, he left the Azure Luo Sect three hundred years ago and established his own sect.
The Azure Luo Sect did not explain or pursue Bai Yue Zhenren regarding this matter. This person safely left the sect. In addition to being an array formation master, he also possessed late-stage Golden Core strength. However, after leaving the Azure Luo Sect, there were no more rumors about him.
It was said that he had already passed away. Chen Qing was his descendant, so no matter his cultivation level, his array formation attainments were probably not bad. No wonder Yangshan Daoist valued him so much.
Array formation masters were the most difficult to cultivate among the hundred arts of cultivation. Every array formation master had to spend a lot of time studying this path and had to have a high level of comprehension to achieve something.
Seeing that everyone had no objections to Chen Qing, Yangshan Old Daoist was naturally happy.
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Three days passed in the blink of an eye.
On the morning of the fourth day, Zhang Ling, Old Chen, and Madam Cao were carefully listening to Chen Qing explain the steps to break the array.
Each of them had obtained a black array flag engraved with golden array patterns, and they transformed into three streams of light, flying towards the nearby Golden Light Pillars.
There were thirty-six Golden Light Pillars, covering a large area. Zhang Ling flew directly to the left, stopping in front of a small altar with nine Golden Light Pillars. Several Foundation Establishment disciples were standing next to it, assisting in pushing the array.
Releasing his divine sense to explore the surroundings, he discovered that Old Shen and Madam Cao had also flown to a place several miles away, with a similar Golden Light Altar beneath their feet.
Yangshan Old Daoist and the remaining three Golden Core experts, along with Chen Qing, were in the center of the three of them, where a Golden Light Pillar was also built.
Chen Qing first took out a disc-shaped array plate. He held it with both hands, urging the magic, and golden light lit up on it.
The golden light shot out instantly, hitting a stone pillar next to it. Immediately, the stone pillar lit up with earth-yellow spiritual light. At the same time, the other stone pillars seemed to sense it and all lit up with spiritual light.
After more than ten breaths of time, the spiritual light dissipated, and the stone pillars, which originally looked like rocks, turned golden, covered with dense runes, gathering strong golden spiritual power.
The three Golden Light Pillar altars where Zhang Ling and the others were located also lit up with spiritual light. For a time, countless spiritual lights coiled around the stone pillars, forming mysterious spiritual patterns.
After all the stone pillars lit up with golden light, Zhang Ling immediately noticed that the surrounding situation had changed drastically.
Although the Golden Light Pillars were scattered quite unevenly, they formed a semi-circular arc, encompassing the surrounding area of several miles.
In this area, the wind suddenly rose sharply, and gusts of yellow whirlwind blew up. The wailing wind kept ringing in the ears, making this area dim, giving people a feeling that a storm was coming.
However, with the protection of the golden light emitted by the Golden Light Pillars, Zhang Ling and others were not affected by the storm.
This scene lasted for more than a quarter of an hour, and the surroundings were already dark. Even if the divine sense penetrated into it, it was affected to a certain extent and weakened by 10 to 20%. However, for Golden Core cultivators, they could still explore the surrounding tens of miles through their divine sense.
Suddenly, a long whistle sounded from where Yangshan Old Daoist was. This sound was the signal they had agreed upon, representing the start of breaking the array.
Zhang Ling immediately took action. With a wave of his hand, the golden array flag in his hand was thrown out, and it flashed to hover above his head. He activated the magic, and a series of yellow spiritual patterns were shot out, all submerged into the array flag.
The Foundation Establishment cultivators standing next to him also took out a small, turquoise flag each. They all inserted these small flags into the Golden Light Pillars.
The golden spiritual patterns on the Golden Light Pillars quickly flowed, all flowing into the green flags.
Finally, these small flags shot out streams of cyan spiritual light, hitting the golden array flag that Zhang Ling had activated.
Instantly, the array flag emitted a buzzing sound. Seeing this, Zhang Ling's eyes flashed, and the spiritual power in his hand changed, and he shot out a series of spiritual patterns.
At the same time, Old Shen, who was in the late stage of Golden Core, and Madam Cao also activated a golden array flag.
