rces she had previously wasted, she was effectively boosting her development.As for this, she did not thank逍遙, nor would she in the future or now. An urge to send逍遙flying arose within her due to what...Chapter 352: Weak and Scholarly Lady Talent 2

Almost everyone would overlook this, but Free-and-Easy only found out after delving deeply. However, among the Miss and others, her martial strength was negligible, even less than that of Free-and-Easy.

Because of this, Free-and-Easy directly classified her as a weak scholarly lady talent and didn't give her any heavy tasks; if she insisted, he would just give her something to do.

Clearly, the Third Miss South Palace was somewhat stubborn. She felt that she should also contribute since everyone else was carrying loads!

"Then take this pack I prepared." Free-and-Easy took off a small backpack from his body. It contained food and some simple tools, which could serve as basic survival equipment in the wilderness. The backpack was small enough not to feel strange for Miss South Palace to carry.

“Mm.” Third Miss South Palace accepted Free-and-Easy’s small pack and put it on her back, a smile appearing on her face.

"Su Su, I’ll help you with that."

The Miss was really opportunistic; the moment Third Miss South Palace had just shouldered the load, she immediately came over to offer her assistance. The expression on her face even made Free-and-Easy want to stomp on it.

“No need, I can do it myself. You take care of your own pack, you always lose things.” Third Miss South Palace refused.

"With me by your side, you’ll be able to see everything!" The Miss said in a sentimental tone.

…" Third Miss South Palace couldn’t help but exclaim once again. This person was really shameless; she didn’t know who taught her this. She looked at someone.

What are you looking at me for

Free-and-Easy found it a little strange, but he didn't pay much attention and followed the old man as they continued walking forward. Soon, he realized that he had entered a large array formation.

The array formation was something Free-and-Easy couldn’t identify since he had never seen or heard of such an array before.

"Old Man, is this an array formation" Free-and-Easy asked directly.

“Yes, did you figure it out That’s not easy. Even experts in arrays wouldn't necessarily recognize this one. It's set up to prevent others from entering unintentionally, and I think the purpose should be obvious.” The old man continued walking ahead while answering Free-and-Easy’s question.

“Who set up this array” asked Free-and-Easy again.

"No idea. No one talks about it; we only know how to proceed." The old man shook his head and said. He wasn't ignorant of the matter, but no one knew anything about it, not just his family but also previous families.

They only knew that this array was already present when they found it!

"That means this array might have been set up by someone from the Martial Arts Holy Land." Free-and-Easy could only make such a deduction after learning about it.

“Probably. I don’t think there’s anyone else who would do that.” The old man nodded in agreement.

"Probably, but this array is very interesting!" Free-and-Easy also nodded and evaluated the array formation; his eyes didn't stop observing how it was set up.

After hearing what Free-and-Easy said, the old man nodded and said, “Yes. It’s quite interesting. This array formation feels natural, so much so that others wouldn’t notice it. You can walk around endlessly without finding the entrance; people just pass through.”

The point of interest for this array was here: besides hiding the entrance, everything else seemed like there wasn't an array at all. At the same time, the array didn't confine itself to a small range but rather protected everywhere around that entrance.

This array was large; Free-and-Easy hadn’t even walked through one-tenth of its radius yet. The array slightly adjusted space without being noticeable.

To make such subtle adjustments, it might seem easy on the surface, but in reality, it wasn't. The difficulty level of an array formation is like a curve; whether dealing with small or large aspects, they become increasingly difficult as you go along.

This kind of natural subtlety was extremely hard to achieve!

"It looks like going to the Martial Arts Holy Land this time was correct. Whether I find any information there or not, at least I’ll learn something." Free-and-Easy made a judgment about his holy land journey.

Following the old man rapidly crossed a mountain ridge and then passed through a canyon; they took a brief rest before starting off again to climb an impassable cliff.

Luckily, these girls here were all powerful Emperor martial artists who could carry others. For them, this wasn't much of a problem even with the large backpacks they carried. As for the Miss, she volunteered to pick up Third Miss South Palace and carry her through obstacles she couldn’t pass.

As for Free-and-Easy, he didn't have such good luck; he could only rely on his own feet. His skills in lightness kung fu easily solved these problems, and it even seemed no weaker than an Emperor martial artist's strength.

The further they went, the harder the road became. This wasn't due to any issue with those leading them but rather because this route had to be taken; otherwise, they couldn’t reach their destination.

Perhaps this was also a factor in preventing others from entering unintentionally; these roads were too difficult, and sometimes there were clearly easier paths on the side. Naturally, no one would choose hard routes.

Might someone pick a harder path once or twice, but with so many scenarios, nobody could keep doing this!

“We’ve arrived!”

About four or five in the afternoon, Xianyao and others arrived at a dilapidated building that looked like an ancient ruin. When they saw this place, Xianyao also knew it must be here.

"Follow me inside. Don't touch anything around you; there are many traps here." The old man didn’t let Xianyao and the others rest but led them directly into the building.

When Xianyao entered this building, he found it was merely an entrance. Inside the building, a stone staircase led underground. When they entered this passage, they noticed that instead of being dark and gloomy, there was even some light in the passage.

This light came from stones on the rock walls; no one knew what type of ore these stones were but somehow, they could emit light, illuminating the tunnel.

"What kind of stone is this" Nangong Xuxin asked. Of course, she was asking Xianyao because he might know about it.

"I don't know; I've never seen them before. The things here seem very unique," Xianyao shook his head and said.

"It’s normal to not have seen them. We’ve searched for these stones but couldn’t find any. They probably aren’t native to this continent," the old man spoke up from ahead.

"That's strange. I can understand never having seen an array formation, as it is something created by humans, but why would a type of ore be different Could it be that these stones are unique to Martial Arts Sanctuary" Xianyao was puzzled. Normally, even if the Martial Arts Sanctuary were a secret place, it should still be on this continent, so why would there be ores not found here

This situation made him wonder: besides the possibility he had mentioned earlier, another might be that the Martial Arts Sanctuary doesn’t belong to this continent.

If that was true, then what lay beyond this passage wouldn't be within this spatial range but rather a different one, or even in a completely different space.

This would indeed be extraordinary. It seemed unlikely; if he had to choose, he’d believe the stones were unique to Martial Arts Sanctuary.

However, his heart felt strongly that the Martial Arts Sanctuary might actually lie within another spatial range, meaning when this passage opened it wouldn't lead them there but rather teleport them.

Only then could one explain why no one had ever breached into the Martial Arts Sanctuary nor anyone from it used other means to escape because where they were was not on this continent at all.

Ultimately, what the answer was, Xianyao didn’t ponder much about as he couldn’t think of it. To get an answer, one would have to see for themselves.

"Eh What's this…" The Miss curiously touched something.

"Be careful!" Xianyao immediately shouted.

"Swoosh swoosh!"

Arrows shot out like rain; there was no place to hide from them. Their only choice was to forcefully block them.

"Clank clank…"

Guxing drew her sword and deflected all the arrows in one direction, while others were handled by others who had their own abilities.

The Miss and Nangong Xuxin easily blocked other directions’ rain of arrows with their methods.

"Luckily you’re both Empyrean Martial Artists; otherwise we’d be pincushions right now," Xianyao looked at the Miss angrily, who merely smiled foolishly in return.

"Heh heh, I’ll pay attention next time."

"There won’t be a next time. Don't touch these things; they offer no benefits." Xianyao said directly, "The old man mentioned earlier that there are numerous traps here and only fools would act rashly."

"Alright, I am foolish…" The Miss said with a grievance.

"Hmph. Good to know!" Both Xianyao and Nangong Xuxin almost simultaneously spoke the same words.

"Hey Nangong Xuxin, what right do you have to lecture me You also wanted to touch it, just a bit later than I did."

"Did I You must be mistaken!"

"You…"

"Enough. We've arrived," the old man said ahead, again doubting whether these people could really lead him where he wanted to go.

"Nangong Xuxin, stop arguing!" The Miss nodded and said.

"…That’s you she’s talking about!" Nangong Xuxin was somewhat exasperated.

"Did I You must have misunderstood!"

"…"

Xianyao ignored them, walking straight inside. This place turned out to be a vast room as large as a basketball court, seemingly empty except for a platform in the center. (To be continued)e were few instances of thrilling life-and-death confrontations.The next ten days began to gradually warm up, especially the last three days when battles started to escalate. By that time, most of tho...