'Buzz!'

Lou Yi seemed to step into a new world, surrounded by a gray haze, unable to distinguish east from west.

His hearing was also severely disrupted, as if he were submerged in deep water.

The sounds he heard seemed to come from a very distant place.

The powerful five senses of a Martial Artist seemed completely ineffective within the array.

'Whoosh!'

Upon discovering Lou Yi, the intruder, a blood-colored lightning bolt struck towards him!

Lou Yi's entire body shivered, not daring to be careless.

"Black Skin."

"Petrification."

"Golden Armor."

"Huang Ji."

With four layers of defense, and the Talent of Tenacity that reduced damage, Lou Yi was giving it his all.

With a 'crack' sound,

the outermost purple-red True Strength on his body surface was easily shattered by the blood-colored lightning.

It then quickly penetrated through the thick golden keratin layer and dimmed the exposed red-silver skin until the lightning exhausted itself.

The array seemed intelligent, and seeing that one blood-colored lightning was ineffective against Lou Yi, it sent another two in succession.

Unfortunately, Lou Yi's defensive capability was insanely strong, rendering these blood-colored lightning bolts ineffective.

Eventually, it seemed the array was infuriated.

Dozens of blood-colored lightning converged above Lou Yi, then all pounded down on him at once!

"Damn it!"

Lou Yi forcibly restrained himself from ordering the auxiliary corpse to stop the spiritual power output, starting to endure the powerful attack of the array.

'Boom boom boom!'

'Crash crash crash!'

Dozens of lightning bolts hit Lou Yi, triggering a chain reaction, enveloping him in a dense red electric glow, crackling constantly.

Lou Yi was bathing in the electric glow, as if being steamed and roasted.

When he walked out of the array's range, his body was covered with charred scars and visible cracks... tattered, like a cracked porcelain artifact, ready to shatter at any moment.

But under the treatment of the Attribute Panel, Lou Yi quickly recovered to his peak state.

"The power of this array is even more formidable than I imagined," Lou Yi couldn't help but exclaim.

The swarm of dozens of blood-colored lightning bolts just now pierced through all four defenses.

In the end, he barely endured using the Talent of Tenacity, almost unable to take it.

If he weren't the master of the array plate, able to stop the array's operation in time, his injuries would have been much worse.

This array plate definitely poses a threat to those at the Foundation Establishment level; with a surprise ambush, it might even deliver an unexpected surprise to the opponent!

With a wave, the nine array plates returned to Lou Yi's hand.

Upon inspecting with spiritual power, he found that the energy in the array plates had depleted by a little more than half.

Although the array plate can automatically absorb Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, it would take about half a month to fully recharge.

'The art of arrays is truly wondrous.'

Lou Yi thought that in the future, he could keep an eye out for simpler and more powerful arrays like this.

Or perhaps he could delve into array studies directly, to see if he could craft similar arrays, leveraging his ability to control corpses in large numbers to the fullest.

After practicing the array, Lou Yi silently returned to the sect, completing the identity switch with Rong Xuejian.

Elder Wang was completely unaware of his departure and return.

This made Lou Yi even more confident about the trip to He City next month.

The Wind Riding Fruit is rare, and he had to find a way to get it.

With the Li Family ancestor's array plate in hand, Lou Yi was confident he could withstand a grand cultivator at the Foundation Establishment level for several moments.

And He City was the closest city to the Corpse-Driving Sect, less than a hundred miles away.

During this time, by using a Qi Atmosphere Talisman to summon Master He, his safety would be sufficiently assured.

In the subsequent days, Lou Yi returned to a routine life.

Every day, he either cultivated the Profound Yin Technique in his cave dwelling or, occasionally, attended Master He's lectures.

In between, he went to the Spirit Medicine Hall to study the information and characteristics of the Wind Riding Fruit, preparing for the trip to He City.

At this time, two other disciples of Master He returned to the sect.

"Is this... Junior Brother? Didn't expect that while we were out, Master accepted a disciple. Here, this is a meeting gift." The speaker was a short, baby-faced female cultivator.

She was pretty, appearing to be in her twenties, wearing a dark blue Daoist robe.

"Hello, Senior Sister," Lou Yi smiled and accepted the two bottles of Qi Absorption Pills offered by her.

This gift wasn't extravagant but was quite valuable, making it a perfect meeting gift.

"Hello, Junior Brother." Beside the baby-faced female cultivator stood a tall and thin male cultivator.

His expression was indifferent, apparently not fond of talking, and he also handed over two bottles of Qi Absorption Pills.

"Hello, Senior Brother."

"Where are you from, Junior Brother?" the baby-faced female cultivator asked.

"I came from Jin City's Seeking Immortality Hall..."

Afterward, Lou Yi chatted with the baby-faced Senior Sister, while the tall and thin Senior Brother quietly listened by the side, without saying a word.

From the conversation, Lou Yi learned their names.

The baby-faced Senior Sister was named Lü Tianran, not from the Zhao Kingdom, but from Yan Kingdom, where the True Blood Sect was located.

She had traveled a long distance to the Corpse-Driving Sect to become a disciple upon discovering her top-grade Yin Spirit Root talent.

The aloof Senior Brother was named Liu Qi, from Qiu City in the Zhao Kingdom.

"Master hasn't accepted disciples in a long time; it's finally lively here again," Senior Sister Lü Tianran was quite happy about Lou Yi's arrival, asking him numerous questions, and finally, as noon approached, she said, "Junior Brother, you just moved to Wendao Peak, have you been to the dining hall yet?"

"Dining hall?"

"We usually eat ordinary Spirit Rice, which is somewhat beneficial when we first start Qi Cultivation, but by the Qi Cultivation Middle Stage, it's no different from mundane rice," Lü Tianran laughed and said,

"Wendao Peak has a dining hall, where only Inner Sect Disciples are allowed.

The rice there is made from Cyan Tooth Rice, which contains more Spiritual Qi than Cyan Tooth Rice. One meal can slightly improve your cultivation, especially noticeable at first."

"Is the dining hall free?" Lou Yi asked curiously.

"Meeting our Junior Brother for the first time, can't we treat you to a meal?"

With laughter, they arrived at a tall redwood building with flying eaves, at the waist of Wendao Peak.

The aroma of food rushed to their faces, invigorating their minds and making their mouths water.

The plaque on the building was inscribed with the golden words 'Dining Hall', and disciples could be seen entering and exiting occasionally.

Most wore dark blue Daoist robes as True Disciples, and a few in light blue robes as Inner Sect Disciples.

Lou Yi followed his senior brother and sister inside, through a winding stone path, and finally entered the main hall of the dining hall.

Looking around, the space was about two hundred square meters, with rows of redwood tables accommodating four people each in an orderly arrangement.

In the center stood a bronze cauldron nearly three feet tall, with white steam hovering above it, not dissipating.

Lü Tianran handed their Disciple Tokens to the dining hall's steward: "Three bowls of Spirit Congee."

"Alright." Without any visible action from the steward, the next moment he handed Lou Yi and the others a black wooden tray, on which was placed an empty wooden bowl.

Lü Tianran and the two others led Lou Yi to the bronze cauldron to fill their congee.

The congee made from Cyan Tooth Rice was quite thick, with a red-black hue.

Inside were grains of rice shaped like teeth, wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, crystal-clear, emitting an enticing fragrance.

"Each person can only fill one bowl of congee. However, the accompanying meat dishes are made of Spirit Monster Meat, and you can take as much as you like, but don't waste," Lü Tianran pointed to a long counter on the side.

On it were plates of various meats, either braised, sliced, or pickled, for the cultivators to take as they pleased.

Seeing this, Lou Yi couldn't help but click his tongue in wonder.

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