Family Rise by Daily Intelligence

Chapter 46: Chapter 46: Spirit Destruction Array, Perilous Realm

Shangguan Hongyu stepped forward and whispered a few words to Shangguan Feng. After Shangguan Feng listened, the corner of his eye glanced at Fu Changsheng, clearly surprised and delighted, then nodded slightly.

Shangguan Hongyu gave Fu Changsheng a radiant smile:

”Fu Clan Leader, my father has agreed.”

Good that he agreed!

Fu Changsheng breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, Shangguan Feng was not that kind of stubborn old man.

From the Celestial Dragon Tribe to the Niuteng Tribe, as dawn began to break.

The group hid within the warship.

Array Masters went to explore the location of the Mountain Protection Array’s hub in Niuteng Mountain.

The two tribes had not been engaged in battle for long.

The Niuteng Tribe was not as bustling as usual. The sun had already risen, but there was no intention of activating the Mountain Protection Array, and the array’s entrance was even heavily guarded.

There were only three Foundation Establishment cultivators who could fight.

The Niuteng Tribe apparently planned to seal the mountain to recuperate, fearing another attack from the Celestial Dragon Tribe.

The group stayed on the warship for ten days.

Fu Changsheng took the opportunity to complete the sacrificial refinement of the Qilin Armor.

In the end, the Shangguan Clan Leader also transferred Shangguan Chen from the Celestial Dragon Tribe. With the combined efforts of the two Array Masters, they finally found a way to break the array.

Shangguan Chen cupped his hands towards the Shangguan Clan Leader and said:

”Clan Leader, the Mountain Protection Array of Niuteng Mountain may seem like a Tier Two, but it’s actually an array-in-array, consisting of two Tier Two Top-Grade Arrays combined, with power almost equivalent to Tier Three.”

”The array hub is located at the Celestial Qian Position in the southwest.”

”However, relying solely on two Tier Two Forbidden-Breaking Pearls may not be enough to create a breach. At the moment of the Forbidden-Breaking Pearl’s detonation, a Spiritual Artifact must also be detonated. Only then can the array be broken!”

Spiritual Artifacts are treasures possessed only by Great Cultivators of the Purple Mansion.

Upon hearing this, everyone frowned slightly.

A Tier Three Spiritual Artifact is priced at nearly one hundred thousand Spirit Stones.

The Shangguan Clan Leader looked at the two Loose Cultivators who had been recruited:

”Fellow Daoist Tianfu, if you and your spouse provide a Spiritual Artifact, once we conquer this Niuteng Mountain, it shall be your domain. How about it?”

Lin Tianfu and his spouse joined the expedition to the Eastern Wilderness because they wanted a Tier Two Spirit Vein.

If they hold the Niuteng Mountain and earn enough Court Merit Points, their Lin Family could ascend from Loose Cultivators to the Ninth-Grade Noble Family.

Lin Tianfu turned to look at his Dao companion.

The two seemed to be conversing through telepathy.

After a long while.

Lin Tianfu nodded in agreement and said:

”We don’t have a Spiritual Artifact, but we can provide the equivalent in Spirit Stones. However, there is a condition. If during the mountain assault, the Spirit Vein of Niuteng Mountain is damaged and its quality declines, you must reimburse us the difference.”

In the Eastern Wilderness.

Monsters and demons run rampant.

Guarding a Spirit Vein is extremely challenging, and no one present had any intention of competing; upon hearing these words, all nodded slightly.

The Shangguan Clan Leader patted his storage bag.

An ancient-looking Spiritual Artifact appeared in his hand:

”I will provide a Tier Three Spiritual Artifact. Fellow Daoist Tianfu, you can repay the Spirit Stones after the battle.”

Clearly.

The Shangguan Clan Leader was not afraid of Lin Tianfu and his Dao companion escaping.

Consensus was reached among everyone.

The warship navigated to the southwest location of Niuteng Mountain.

Shangguan Chen, together with another Array Master, also took out one array flag after another, quickly setting them up in various mysterious positions, as the two lightly opened their mouths:

”Spirit Destruction Array, rise!”

Boom.

Four beams of light shot into the sky.

In the air, they formed a vortex of Spiritual Qi that was funneled into the Defense Array of Niuteng Mountain at the Celestial Qian Position. Shangguan Chen shouted:

”It’s now, quickly detonate the Forbidden-Breaking Pearl and the Spiritual Artifact!”

Before the words were finished.

Shangguan Feng and Shangguan Hui swung their swords, and with a swoosh, a Forbidden-Breaking Pearl flew into the Spirit Destruction Array, while the Tier Three Spiritual Artifact in the Shangguan Clan Leader’s hand was also dropped into the vortex.

The three spoke in unison:

”Explode!”

Rumble!

The ground shook and the mountains swayed.

A giant mushroom cloud rose slowly into the sky.

A gap appeared in the Mountain Protection Array of Niuteng Mountain, where patrolling guards could be seen with panic on their faces, quickly taking out Communication Jade Talismans to send warnings.

”Attack!”

The Shangguan Clan Leader shouted.

Twelve Foundation Establishment cultivators instantly rushed into the array.

The warship followed closely.

In an instant.

Shouts and cries of battle erupted throughout Niuteng Mountain.

Out of the twelve Foundation Establishment cultivators, eleven charged towards the mountaintop, where the treasure vault was located, and where the Foundation Establishment cultivators’ cave mansions of the Niuteng Tribe were situated.

Only Shangguan Feng performed sword flight, taking Fu Changsheng and Shangguan Hongyu and turning to fly towards the mountainside, seemingly ignoring the fleeing Niuteng Tribe natives along the way.

On reaching the mountainside.

There indeed stood a phoenix tree.

Shangguan Feng furrowed his brows:

”Fu Clan Leader, is the Spirit Medicine Garden you mentioned here?”

But the spiritual energy here on the mountainside was so thin as to be nonexistent, and even the nearby trees were not growing well, making it seem nothing like a place rich in spiritual energy.

However, Fu Changsheng trusted that the intelligence system would not provide wrong information.

After all, there had been no similar precedents before.

Fu Changsheng focused for a while and his eyes lit up:

”Elder Feng, look, when the wind blows, that phoenix tree’s leaves don’t move at all.”

This hidden array was somewhat similar to what he encountered in the back mountain of Nanyang County.

Shangguan Feng glanced over, his eyes lit up:

”You two wait outside, I’ll go in first. Once I send you a message, come in.”

With that statement done.

Shangguan Feng’s body flashed as he collided with the phoenix tree. Contrary to expectations of getting injured, his figure miraculously disappeared into the tree.

Shangguan Hongyu clutched the red silk in her hands.

Clearly still a bit worried.

After all, inside there was a Tier Two Demon Beast guarding.

After waiting for about half a tea’s time.

No information had come from Shangguan Feng yet, and Shangguan Hongyu could wait no longer:

”Fu Clan Leader, you stay here, I’ll go in first.”

”Wait, Miss Hongyu, I’ll come with you!”

More people meant more power.

He didn’t want anything to happen to Shangguan Feng and his daughter.

Shangguan Hongyu was warmed in her heart that Fu Changsheng, knowing there was danger, was still willing to go along, but she still said:

”Stand behind me.”

The two of them fluttered.

Entering the phoenix tree.

In an instant.

A peach blossom grove unfolded before their eyes.

”What’s going on?”

In the grove.

There was no sign of Shangguan Feng.

Where was the promised Spirit Medicine Garden?!

Fu Changsheng was taken aback for a moment, then his nose twitched, and he immediately transmitted:

”This is not good, it’s an Illusion Array, Miss Hongyu hold your breath quickly, there’s hallucinogenic pollen in the air.”

The two had just entered not long ago.

And felt as if they had fallen onto a bed of cotton, their bodies becoming soft.

When Fu Changsheng snapped back to reality, he immediately swallowed the Antitoxic Pill he got from the Tribulation Cultivator, handed another pill to Shangguan Hongyu, and then patted his Spirit Beast Bag:

”Xiaoqing, quickly, swallow this hallucinogenic pollen!”

Last time in the Silver-Spotted Poison Snake cave, Xiaoqing could devour poisonous gases. As for the hallucinogenic pollen here, whether Xiaoqing could swallow it could only be tried.

At the same time.

He released the hundreds of Silver-Spotted Poison Snakes from his Spirit Beast Bag, letting them seek out the exit of the Illusion Array in different directions.

The Little Cyan Snake dashed out from the Spirit Beast Bag.