aircannonsinc 131. It's time to wake up.
131. It's time to wake up.
In the basement, Tai Sui walked to the deepest part of the basement.
Jiang Chen had never stepped into the basement, nor had anyone else, whether it was Gluttony or Mirage. This area was a forbidden zone, exclusively belonging to Tai Sui.
The deeper you go, the colder and more gloomy it becomes; the yin energy even materializes, turning into an impenetrable mist.
But as the Tai Sui approached, the fog gradually dissipated, revealing a space.
In the center of that space, two heavy, ancient bronze coffins stood silently!
One of the bronze coffins was the very one Jiang Chen had seen in his historical illusions, and it even had the grooves left by the incense sticks used to resurrect the soul.
This bronze coffin was actually hidden here by Tai Sui, so close at hand, yet Jiang Chen never noticed it.
Tai Sui walked to the bronze coffin that Jiang Chen was familiar with, stopped, and reached out to gently stroke the coffin lid.
The dim light outlined his lonely figure, and his face, which resembled Ai Yi's, was now filled with complex emotions that no one could understand.
"Let's calculate the time..."
He murmured softly, his voice echoing in the empty basement.
"You're about to wake up too."
……
Three days later, in the afternoon.
Dongfang Liang arrived as promised, carrying a laptop.
"This is a formation diagram derived based on your physical condition."
Dongfang Liang opened his laptop, pointed the screen at Jiang Chen, and looked at the slowly rotating 3D stereoscopic image on the screen. Jiang Chen couldn't help but click his tongue and shake his head.
Times are changing!
Before designing this sealing formation, Dongfang Liang had examined the condition of Jiang Chen's body.
When he sensed that there was actually a sealing formation inside Jiang Chen's body, it was the Four Symbols Sealing Formation that Jiang Chen had constructed within his own body through the deduction of the Soul Return Incense before the Blood Coral Tai Sui tried to possess his body in the underground palace.
With plasma as its core, and lightning strike patterns as the array's design.
Ultimately, however, this was merely a poor imitation of the Four Symbols Sealing Array, a clumsy copy that failed to even properly replicate the answer.
The blood coral tai Sui only has a temporary effect. After being parasitized by the zombie fungus mother, it is completely destroyed and has long since lost its effectiveness.
"You're trying to inscribe the Four Symbols Sealing Array within your body?"
Jiang Chen nodded. "I had Cat Master go to the sealing site of Blood Coral Grand Duke and copy a Four Symbols Sealing Array."
"From my perspective, your idea... is quite bold." Dongfang Liang adjusted his glasses, carefully choosing his words. "Trying to construct an internal Four Symbols Sealing Array based on one's own energy cycle to trap the Blood Coral Tai Sui is a very creative concept, but..."
But once those two words are uttered, what follows is judgment, and the kind that shows no mercy.
"Many of the energy nodes in the sealing formation there have been almost completely destroyed by the impact of the Blood Coral Tai Sui."
"If you copy it exactly, the entire formation structure will be full of flaws and loopholes. The energy flow will be sluggish, and there will be no connection between the nodes. It will be completely useless."
"So I made some slight modifications to it."
"But in my opinion, your mastery of formations is such that you've mastered nine out of ten, but the last one is completely incomprehensible."
"So your improvements are not very useful and have limited effect. Back then, you were able to suppress the Blood Coral Tai Sui not only because its own strength was reduced to one-hundredth, but also because your plasma heart was domineering enough to violently suppress it with great force."
Hearing these words, Jiang Chen blushed, but he did not refute them.
Formations are the domain of the Eastern family, so it's normal to be crushed by the experts; standing at attention and taking the scolding is basic etiquette.
"You've already tried it before, and I think your idea is great. Let's just go with what you have now, and then refine and improve it."
Therefore, during these three days, Dongfang Liang repaired and upgraded the sealing formation within Jiang Chen's body, creating a brand new version specifically designed for the Blood Coral Tai Sui.
If the Blood Coral Tai Sui knew, it would definitely grit its teeth and say, "You guys are so thoughtful."
"The strategy remains the same: use your heart as the core of the formation to control the entire system. The lightning strike patterns all over your body are the natural pathways for the formation, responsible for transmitting energy."
"In addition, there are thirty-six major acupoints serving as the foundation of the formation, stabilizing the entire seal..."
Under the guidance of Dongfang Liang, a top professional, Jiang Chen's flawed and rudimentary formation was completely overturned, reconstructed, and perfected.
The originally rough energy flow became smooth and efficient, and the originally stagnant nodes were opened one by one, making the entire internal circulation sealing system more solid and unbreakable than ever before.
Half an hour later.
With a final tap, the sealing array was fully operational, and Jiang Chen could no longer sense the presence of the Blood Coral Tai Sui.
It's been so long since I felt that my mind and body were completely my own.
"Don't be too happy yet." Dongfang Liang poured cold water on the situation at the right time. "Arrays are just shackles. They can help suppress your intelligence, but they can't erase it. Any array has a time limit."
"The truly permanent solution still relies on your own will to completely obliterate its intelligence into nothingness through daily struggle. No one can walk this path for you."
Jiang Chen nodded; he understood this principle.
"Now, let's talk about payment." Dongfang Liang began to speak businesslike. "There have been a lot of strange incidents happening in that urban village area recently, and I need you to handle it."
Upon hearing this, Ai Yi immediately perked up: "Oh, what strange thing is it? Tell me about it."
"The Foundation's intelligence on the specifics is also limited..." Dongfang Liang's expression was somewhat grave. "Currently, all the low-ranking agents sent to investigate have lost contact, including many experienced and skilled ones."
Just as Dongfang Liang was about to continue introducing the mission background and emphasizing its danger, Jiang Chen, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke up.
"Are you talking about that urban village... the place shrouded in a dark cloud of negative energy, possessing a divine quality?"
Dongfang Liang looked at Jiang Chen with some surprise, his face showing shock for the first time.
Jiang Chen was able to see through the core essence of this strange event: divinity.
"You can actually sense that there is divinity within that dark cloud formed by the condensation of negative energy."
"No, I don't feel, I see."
Jiang Chen pointed to his eyes, "The gift from the self-destruction of the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon Totem seems to have merged with my eyes, causing them to undergo a transformation. As a result, I can see more energy fluctuations. I call this ability 'Qi Observation Technique'."
"Why not call it 'Eagle Eyes'?"
Neither Dongfang Liang nor Jiang Chen paid any attention to Ai Yi. Dongfang Liang said with a smile, "It seems that choosing you to handle this matter was the right decision."