novelraw Chapter 345 - 109: Breaking at a Touch
Chapter 345 - 109: Breaking at a Touch
"Clatter..."
The sack poured out, and pieces of silver coins of various sizes rolled onto the table.
With Fang Zheng’s precise perception of weight and familiarity with silver, he instantly deduced a total of more than seven hundred and sixty taels.
"A black market gatekeeper has accumulated so much silver?"
"What a pity!"
He lightly shook his head, his voice tinged with regret.
Despite being only Three Blood, that person raised an Exotic Snake; even a Martial Artist who had cultivated True Qi could easily fall prey if careless.
His personality was cautious enough.
This type of person could have lived well, but he shouldn’t have attracted attention to himself, leading to losing his life and years of savings going up in smoke.
"Clatter..."
Brushing away the silver, Fang Zheng took out an Eight Trigrams Mirror, a cloth scroll filled with runes, and several clearly unusual Spirit Talismans and placed them on the table.
These things were obtained from that Mage robbing the road.
"Eight Trigrams Qimen Array?"
"Red Flame Sword Light Talisman?"
After fiddling with them for a moment, Fang Zheng furrowed his brows:
"A disciple of Pure Yang Palace?"
The Eight Trigrams Qimen Array is a relatively rare formation, able to disrupt the spatial perception of those entering the array and also unleash the Eight Gates Golden Light Kill.
It is a trapping and killing formation.
To be frank.
When he confirmed that it was this array, he was genuinely shocked, for if the Mage were to fully activate this formation...
The consequences would be unpredictable!
Moreover, the Red Flame Sword Light Talisman is the unique inheritance of Pure Yang Palace.
This talisman stems from the Red Flame Sword Light Technique, which is the pure lineage inheritance of the Pure Yang Palace Master, unmatched in the world.
"Not necessarily!"
Shaking his head, Fang Zheng muttered to himself:
"The Red Flame Sword Light Technique is Pure Yang Palace’s signature, only taught to True Disciples, but the Red Flame Sword Light Talisman might still be passed around."
Because of Zhang Mingrui, he genuinely didn’t wish to be adversaries with Pure Yang Palace.
Although the Red Flame Sword Light Talisman might be transmitted externally, those who carried three with them likely had a strong connection to Pure Yang Palace’s true lineage.
Furthermore.
The Eight Trigrams Qimen Array also shows remnants of Pure Yang Palace’s lineage; denying any connection is just self-deception.
However...
As long as no one knows that I was the one who did it, no trouble will find me.
"Ah!"
He sighed softly, suppressing the distractions in his heart and raised his voice slightly:
"Xiang Xiu."
"Yes." Xiang Xiu’s voice came from the courtyard:
"What do you command, sir?"
"Don’t move." Fang Zheng spoke:
"Allow me to practice some magic spells."
"Okay."
Xiang Xiu obediently agreed.
Inside the room.
Fang Zheng laid out the cloth scroll, positioned the Eight Trigrams Mirror, and stepped on the Yu Step, standing before the desk, using a single hand to pinch the Seal Technique, gently touching the center of his brows with his middle finger.
Though he wasn’t a disciple of Pure Yang Palace, he had received a generous gift from Zhang Mingrui upon his departure, thus knowledgeable about Pure Yang Palace’s Dharma Gate.
Since the Eight Trigrams Qimen Array showed shadows of Pure Yang Palace’s lineage, he could easily control it.
"Swift as rules command!"
"Open!"
Reciting the spell, eyes opened wide, Fang Zheng formed a Dharma Seal and sharply pointed at the Eight Trigrams Mirror:
"Eight Trigrams formed!"
"Rise!"
With the incantation, the Eight Trigrams Mirror spun gently and fell into the array map, the room’s atmosphere fluctuated, instantly enveloping the entire courtyard.
Inside the courtyard, a cold wind arose; Xiang Xiu only felt a blur before his eyes and found himself in a hazy place.
In an instant.
Vision and senses were all obscured by the formation.
However, the instinct acquired from years of martial arts made him immediately react, muscles tensing and relaxing, eyes closed tightly, stabilizing his stance in an instant.
While the formation could obscure perception, it couldn’t distort instincts.
And Martial Artists,
had long since trained their Martial Skills into their bones, turning them into natural instincts, making it difficult to entrap and defeat a battle-hardened Martial Artist.
Thus,
Mages often had Martial Artists accompanying them, and a lone Mage roaming the world is either exceptionally skilled or lacking sense.
"Golden Immortal departs the body on the wind, a cold light fills the void."
"Invoke wind and rain!"
"Go!"
Fang Zheng chanted the spell once more, pointing his finger at the Eight Trigrams Qimen Array Map before him, causing the scene in the Eight Trigrams Mirror to blur.
Mists spread, raindrops fell.
The scene inside the Eight Trigrams Mirror seemed like gentle spring rain, but the courtyard scene wasn’t as gentle, with rain pouring down on Xiang Xiu.
Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi converged above, transforming into heavy rain.
Soon.
The ground was already muddy.
Xiang Xiu was drenched to the skin.
’The power of the formation is truly remarkable, able to amplify the potency of spells, be it on a Magic Altar or in a formation, they’re similar in this aspect.’
Fang Zheng withdrew the spell, his eyes flickered, looking at the Red Flame Sword Light Talisman beside.
If this talisman were used in the formation...
Xiang Xiu, though strong, might not escape death or severe injury!
’No wonder!’
’No wonder a well-prepared Mage could easily kill a Martial Artist of the same rank; even a Great Zhou Celestial Martial Artist would hardly escape.’
’Truly remarkable!’
This thought, however, he underestimated.
Mages have their levels, too, and the Eight Trigrams Qimen Array is no ordinary formation, one that many Mages can’t afford even after a lifetime of savings.
Those three Tribulation Cultivators were famous in Gu’an County, with much plunder amassed over the years, almost all invested into this array map.
It’s precisely because they possessed the array map that the three targeted him.
Unfortunately,
They ultimately capsized in a ditch.
"Despite the strength of spells, they also have many limitations. This Eight Trigrams Qimen Array can be deployed effectively within a range of ten zhang, but any further and its power greatly diminishes."
"Beyond a hundred meters, it’s utterly ineffective."
"Must set traps and lure people into the formation..."
"Far less convenient than a pistol!"
Fang Zheng rubbed his chin, looking at the firearms placed on the bed; he currently had three types of guns: No. 7 Gun, No. 9 Gun, and Sniper Rifle.
No. 7 Gun has the least power.