Chapter 107 - Drifting Flowers’ Whisper (1/2)
Under the cover of the inky black night, Zhuo Fan advanced like a cat through the sentries and arrived at the inner courtyard.
But for some reason he stopped, brows furrowed.
Taking the map out again, Zhuo Fan flitted his gaze from the map to the layout again and again, “Someone changed it!”
The inner courtyard had a 5th-grade array, Shifting Defensive Array. It affected every corner of the courtyard and messed with the layout.
Going by the map’s explanation, the Drifting Flowers Edifice shifted once a month for protection. So much so that not even the disciples knew of the new layout!
But Qin Caiqing was an Overseer and knew the basis behind the shift, pointing the crucial locations out on the map.
Now that he was here, Zhuo Fan saw there had been another shift, with those locations were no longer valid. He was now forced to search everywhere for the Treasure Pavilion.
“Curses! Things only get worse!”
Zhuo Fan sighed as he stepped lightly, while also letting Blood Infant out to help move things along.
Whoosh~
Blood Infant flashed through empty rooms after empty rooms until feeling a sudden powerful force. Zhuo Fan squinted, [Profound Heaven expert!], and made Blood Infant vanish.
In a sparse room – with a bed, a table, and a chair – a yellow lamp burned faintly on the table. Zhuo Fan recognized the old man meditating on the bed as being Xie Tianyang’s 8th elder, Jian Suifeng.
The door creaked and Xie Tianyang entered covered in sweat, gasping for breath as he slumped in the chair.
Jian Suifeng opened his eyes and watched Xie Tianyang, pleased. “Tianyang, you’ve been working hard as of late. It won’t be long before you surpass your elder brother.”
“Humph, my dad always says elder brother is a genius that comes by once a millennium. Not even a Radiant Stage cultivator can beat him, so how can I compare?”
Xie Tianyang was filled with fighting spirit, “I am content as long as I can surpass that punk.”
Jian Suifeng smiled, “You mean… that freak Zhuo Fan?”
“Yes!”
Xie Tianyang’s eyes flashed with sorrow, “8th elder, my only regret in life is that I was powerless in Blue Expanse City because I didn’t train harder. I let Ning’er down when she needed me most! I hope the next time will be me who will protect her, not Zhuo Fan!”
Jian Suifeng sighed, “Tianyang, you are too talented and the Abode Lord won’t let you marry a second rate clan’s daughter”
“I know that, just…”
Xie Tianyang chuckled in the end, “If there’s one good thing that damn punk taught me, it is that might makes right. There’s nothing in this world you cannot do. You all kept saying how treacherous You Guiqi was, but didn’t he find his end in Zhuo Fan’s hands? With enough strength, I will be deciding my bride, and dad can do nothing to stop me!”
Laughing, Xie Tianyang left the room.
“Tianyang, where are you going?”
“Training!”
Xie Tianyang was firm in his decision, his eyes proud, “Of the Flowing Space’s Nine Forms I only know four. I will be practicing the fifth!”
“What, you know the fourth?!”
Jian Suifeng watched the leaving Xie Tianyang with pride, “Watching Zhuo Fan’s battle must have motivated him. If he keeps this up, it won’t be long before he’s in the Profound Heaven Stage, ha-ha-ha…”
Blood Infant slunk back out. Zhuo Fan shook his head, [Didn’t think Xie Tianyang took me as a rival. This is good, with his power, I can rest easy knowing he can protect Ning’er!]
Zhuo Fan moved Blood Infant to another room. But it was just another empty room.
From the map, Treasure Pavilion was always shifted close to the Edifice Lord’s chambers. It wasn’t near this empty one. [But then, where can her room be?]
“Sister Dandan, give me a kiss, just one!”
“Young master Yan, please don’t…”
“Ai, your fiancée, Lin Tianyu, is already ruined by that brat. He can’t make you happy, so let me.”
He suddenly heard two voices and moved Blood Infant inside the room, hoping to eavesdrop on some clues.
But Zhuo Fan was shocked when Blood Infant entered. [I beat the crap out of this disciple, but he is now mostly recovered. Pill King Hall’s number one alchemist sure deserves his fame, healing his protege to such an extent in a mere three days.]
Only a 7th-grade alchemist could do that.