Chapter 299: The Grand Concealment Array That Never Formed (2/2)

Thoughtlessly, Cen Shuyin moved to retrieve the map from her ring. Then, she realised that the ring in her hands was no longer the same ring she had picked up from the meteor. Instead, it was the ring that Mo Wuji had given her.

”At first, I had no intention of coming over. I wanted to remain on that meteor to train…”

Mo Wuji immediately understood. If it were him, he wouldn’t have come to Thorny Wind Gate – one of the Nine Extreme Realms – just because of one map.

”Thanks to the resources from that ring, I progressed to True Lake Stage. But when I did, people from the Xia Clan discovered my whereabouts. I had no choice, I had to keep running, so I came to Thorny Wind Gate.”

Cen Shuyin’s tone remained steady. However, at the mention of ”Thorny Wind Gate”, Mo Wuji noticed that her eyes were filled with fear and terror.

”If not for my progress to True Lake Stage, and my body-protection suit, I would have died here a long time ago.”

Mo Wuji had seen Cen Shuyin’s pitiful state with his own eyes. Of course, he believed every word that Cen Shuyin had said.

”I consider myself lucky. When I arrived here, I was immediately brought to a temporary col that the fierce winds had cleared out. In the col, I memorised every last line of the map as fast as I could. I knew that the col which the fierce winds had cleared out would not last very long.”

Cen Shuyin’s eyes were filled with fear once again. ”Indeed, in just a day, the fierce winds swallowed the col, taking me along with it. If not for the fact that I was in True Lake Stage, I would have died. But even so, I was severely injured. Just when I was about to give up, I noticed that the map was marked at a certain spot.”

”This is the spot?” Mo Wuji curiously asked.

Cen Shuyin shook her head. ”No, that spot is about 5760m away. The spot marked on the map was the place where 5 flag arrays were hidden. If you follow the directions on the map and obtain those 5 flag arrays, an opening would appear. I obtained those flag arrays, and an opening indeed appeared before my eyes.”

It was then that Mo Wuji understood. The opening that he had entered earlier was only there because Cen Shuyin had obtained those flag arrays.

”If not for this opening, I’m afraid I would not have found this place. I followed in the direction of the opening, and quickly made my way here. However, not far from here, a Howling Wind Beast spotted me. You know what happened after that…”

Mo Wuji once again questioned, ”Senior Cen, you retrieved a map earlier. Could it be that the map was made to locate this training cave?”

Although this place was not bad, people wouldn’t go so far as to create a map for it, right?

Cen Shuyin shook her head, ”No, this place is just outside of where I am headed. Inside here, there are concealment arrays.”

Concealment arrays? Mo Wuji immediately began to search. However, he did so in vain. Although he could not formulate any high grade arrays, he was relatively well-versed in the array dao. He could obtain clues from the high grade arrays.

”This concealment array will only appear after I place the five flag arrays in their designated

positions. But I have lost all of my flag arrays…” Cen Shuyin sounded dejected. She had already done so well in finding this place, yet she had lost the five flag arrays.

”Tell me where the flag arrays should be,” Mo Wuji said. He suspected that he could not see the arrays because the concealment array was missing. Once the five flag arrays were in the right positions, the array would appear.

Cen Shuyin remembered clearly that she had walked around this cave and marked out 5 spots.

Mo Wuji immediately retrieved five flag arrays, and headed down toward the five spots that Cen Shuyin had marked out. However, when he had placed the five flag arrays in their positions, there was no change.

He frowned slightly. Although he wasn’t the best at the array dao, he wasn’t considered poor either. Moreover, he had placed the flag arrays at their designated locations – this had nothing to do with his standard of array dao.

”Could this have something to do with the five elements? My master told me that a lot of array circles are formed according to the elements of heaven and earth…” Cen Shuyin hesitated to suggest this. She saw that Mo Wuji was getting frustrated.

Mo Wuji’s heart skipped a beat. How could he not have thought of this? He immediately took out five flag arrays that had attributes of the five elements. Then, he placed them in the positions that Cen Shuyin had marked out.

Just as Mo Wuji placed the last flag in its place, there came thundering roars from every direction. There were sounds of rocks falling onto the ground. Cen Shuyin was rooted to the ground. After Mo Wuji had let go of the flag, the concealment array did not appear. Instead, their only escape route was blocked.