Chapter 27 (1/2)

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

“s.h.i.+ s.h.i.+! Senior Sister! My dear wife! It’s not appropriate for us to go in stealthily. Why not approach them openly? We can directly ask them anything that we want to, can’t we?”

In the Little Qiong Peak’s forest, two shadows suddenly came to a halt. Two figures appeared, one tall and one short. The two of them continued to use their hidden immortal senses to survey the sorcery around them.

Jiu Wu stood in front of his Dao companion, who stood taller than him. He tried to persuade her earnestly. “Little Jiu has grown up. We cannot always remain by her side. No matter what, she is an immortal, who is 962 years and six months old. She is not a kid anymore!”

Jiu s.h.i.+, who had just been stopped by her Dao companion, rolled her eyes and tutted. “What can we ask if we approach them openly? Obviously, we have to be stealthy in order to find out the truth about things like that! Have you forgotten how we found out about Little Six and Little Seven? If we had not caught them on the mattress, they would never have admitted it! Quickly, hide! Don’t reveal your steps!”

Jiu s.h.i.+ stomped her foot and grabbed Jiu Wu’s collar again. Then, she lifted him up.

The two of them turned into shadows and disappeared further into the forest.

Jiu Wu could not help but laugh bitterly. He could brag about being resourceful and intelligent in front of others, but in front of the woman he loved, he could not do anything.

Still, after traveling less than 1,000 feet, they had no choice but to stop again.

Both of their figures appeared on top of a huge tree. They began to survey the situation in front of them.

“This array formation is quite exquisitely made,” praised Jiu Wu. “The boundaries of the array formation seem to blend into the surroundings. They’re just rough around the edges, revealing a bit of their spiritual power.”

“Eh?” Jiu s.h.i.+ tilted her head, causing her two pigtails to sway.

She took a closer look and nonchalantly said, “It’s just a Bewildering and Confusing Array Formation. Can’t you and I handle it? Let’s go into the array. Look at your expression. Are you unwilling? Do you still want to sleep on the bed tonight?”

Upon coming face to face with this threat, Jiu Wu immediately admitted defeat. “Yes, yes, of course, I do. It’s rare for s.h.i.+ s.h.i.+ to be out of seclusion…

“Forget it! I’ll go in front. If anything happens, I’ll be responsible.”

Jiu Wu sighed as he succ.u.mbed to Jiu s.h.i.+’s ‘tyrannical abuse’. He jumped down from the top of the tree and clasped his hands behind his back as he advanced. He scanned his surroundings as his mind wandered.

Jiu Wu was not thinking about whether he could undo the array formation. Actually, he did not think much about the Little Qiong Peak at all. After all, there were no immortals in the Little Qiong Peak. How powerful could their arrays be?

Instead, what he was thinking about was what it would be like if they really b.u.mped into Little Jiu and Junior Brother Qi Yuan. It would be extremely awkward for sure.

Especially…

‘There’s an 80% chance that Junior Brother Qi Yuan will not be able to make it through the Heavenly Tribulation. Is our Junior sister going to be made a widow shortly after finding a Dao companion for herself? What should we do about this?’

“Pick up the pace!” Jiu s.h.i.+, who was behind Jiu Wu, rushed him. “If you keep dilly-dallying like that, we won’t be able to see anything when we arrive!”

“Don’t rush. I’m going to find the exit of this array formation.”

Jiu Wu quickly predicted where the Life Gate of that array formation was located. Thus, he led Jiu s.h.i.+ out of the very first maze.

Yet, Jiu Wu quickly stopped again. He raised his left hand, gesturing for Jiu s.h.i.+ to stop walking.

“Eh? A chain array formation?”

Jiu Wu rejoiced in his heart. Rubbing his chin, he sighed and said, “Although they are simple array formations placed one after another, the fact that this person could form a chain out of them shows that he is quite smart and artistic.”

“Long-winded!” Jiu s.h.i.+ tutted and then moved two steps in front of her junior brother.

She expanded her immortal awareness and quickly searched for the exit of the array formation. Curtly, she said, “Follow me.”

Jiu Wu smiled helplessly and followed behind his Dao companion and senior sister. In his heart, he wondered what he would do if the situation turned into a mess later.

At the same time, in the Pill Chamber more than five kilometers away…

Li Changshou, who was tidying up the herbs and medicine, frowned. His expression unchanging, he turned to look at Jiu Jiu, who was meditating. He began to ponder but said nothing.

‘The person beside Uncle-Master Jiu Wu should be one of the Nine Jiu Immortals, too. That’s just as well. Both of them can help me test out the effectiveness of the arrays on the bottom later.’

“Aunt-Master Jiu?”

“I’m here. Are we starting?”

“We have to wait a while more,” replied Li Changshou, smiling. “When you get back to the Heaven-Breaking Peak, if someone asks Aunt-Master Jiu what you’ve been doing here, you can just tell them the truth. However, it’ll be best if you could keep the arrangement and quant.i.ty of the array formations here a secret for your disciple.”

“Don’t worry! I understand all these principles!”

Jiu Jiu patted her chest hard.

“Your Aunt-Master is not the kind who forgets herself after obtaining benefits. On account of the fact that you’ve given me so much Beauty’s Charm, I promise to keep my lips sealed!”

Li Changshou gave her a small smile and continued to weigh the various herbs and ingredients.

Finally, he could start refining the Immortal-Melting Pill.

However, he could only begin after the two Perfected Immortals outside left.

In the forest…

An hour had pa.s.sed since the two elder Perfected Immortals of the Nine Jiu Immortals had entered the array formation.

“You solve this array,” mumbled Jiu s.h.i.+. “I am mainly trained in refining weapons. I can’t beat you and Third Senior Brother when it comes to array formations.”

Jiu Wu smiled subtly and kept his hands behind his back as he walked past his Dao companion. His short figure emitted manliness and pride!

“Follow me closely. This array formation is called the Quick Revolving Array Formation. It’s still quite a basic maze, but the Life Gate is in a strange position. It’s located at the top.”

Before he finished speaking, Jiu Wu located the array’s exit. He led Jiu s.h.i.+ and jumped out of the array formation, into the next. Then, everything around them began to rotate at once.

Another hour later…

“This is strange. I think we made one full circle to return to our starting point.” Jiu Wu’s expression turned somber as he squeezed his fingers to a.n.a.lyze the situation. “We just pa.s.sed through 24 array formations, which were linked together. Yet, these small array formations seem to form a huge, concealed array. We were led right back to our starting point as we followed the directions of the Life Gates. The creator got the best results with the least expense by setting up the array formations in this manner. I can’t say that he’s an expert, but this is very interesting. Hmm, it is very interesting, indeed.”

Jiu s.h.i.+ smacked her forehead and scolded, “Resolve this! How long has it been?! According to your timing each time, you would have gotten us through three or four array formations by now!”

Jiu Wu cleared his throat. “Alright, it’s time for me to get serious. Follow me!”

At once, he pulled his Dao companion and walked briskly into the maze. Both of them quickly disappeared into the forest.

Two hours later…

“This doesn’t make sense. This shouldn’t be happening.”

Jiu Wu set cross-legged on the ground, on top of a pile of leaves. He squeezed the fingers of both of his hands, a.n.a.lyzing the situation.