What happened on the Myriad Beasts Plain eventually spread throughout the entire Northern Region as time passed. For an existence like Liu Bai who dared to directly challenge the three Beast Emperors and Ice Cloud Valley, everyone was filled with great interest.
Unfortunately, his identity was somewhat mysterious. From the recorded images, he appeared to be a young man, and he seemed to come from one of the seven top tier forces.
In truth, Liu Bai's appearance was not much of a secret within the Great Heavenlaw Domain and the Hundred Battles Domain. However, the Northern Region was simply too vast. News might grow wings and spread quickly, but many details were not necessarily preserved. Moreover, during transmission, various assumptions were added by outsiders, causing the information to become completely distorted over time.
Liu Bai did not concern himself with this. Even if those people knew it was him, so what? As long as he did not leave the Great Heavenlaw Domain, even if it was a first class force, or even if the Master of the Divine Pavilion wanted to cause him trouble, it would be impossible.
Of course, before that, he still had one more place to visit.
"Going out again? I find you quite strange. Other people wish they could hide away and cultivate every second, but you run around doing all kinds of things all day long."
Since the two had gotten to know each other, Jiu You had noticed that the time Liu Bai truly spent in closed door cultivation was extremely short. Even studying arrays, learning artifact refining, or refining pills were rarely seen.
Yet this fellow seemed as though he was born knowing everything. He was proficient in all of it, which was completely unreasonable.
If he had some special method to raise his cultivation, that would be one thing. But arrays, artifact refining, pill refining and the like were things he had clearly never practiced much.
Liu Bai smiled lightly and said, "This is also for cultivation and strength. Did I not tell you before? I once encountered a array related ruin by chance in the Thunder Flame Plain. This time I am going to try breaking through it again."
"The previous battle at the Myriad Beasts Plain relied entirely on array. Coincidentally, my attainment in the array path has improved recently, so I want to see if I can obtain something good from it again."
Jiu You nodded when she heard this.
"I am also thinking of ways to see if I can buy you a few array diagrams. After all, your sister here is rich now. I can afford to support you."
Liu Bai laughed helplessly.
"Forget it. What I need now are Earth Grade and Heaven Grade arrays. Are you sure you can afford those?"
Jiu You's expression stiffened, looking somewhat embarrassed. Then she clenched her teeth defiantly and said, "You are underestimating me. Even if I have to smash my pots and sell iron, I will still buy one for you."
"No need. If Tang Bing finds out, she will fight me to the death."
Although Nine Nether Palace was no longer what it once was, its development time was still short. As such, it was still somewhat stretched thin when it came to Sovereign Spirit Liquid. Because of this, Tang Bing, the chief steward, worried herself sick every day.
If she found out that the two hands off leaders were still daring to spend money recklessly, she would probably be so angry that smoke would come out of all seven orifices.
"Oh? It seems I came at a good time."
A cold and crisp female voice sounded, instantly startling the two people who were plotting to empty their own coffers.
The two turned their heads and, upon realizing the newcomer was not the person they had imagined, immediately let out a long sigh of relief.
But in the next instant, Jiu You's pretty face darkened.
"Hmph. Why is it you again?"
Toward this little girl who came to find Liu Bai from time to time, she was full of lingering resentment.
"I heard that someone cannot even afford to support her own man. Since this young lady has abundant capital, why not let me support him instead?"
Liu Bai almost wanted to cry. If he could have met such a domineering female CEO in his previous life, how wonderful that would have been.
Unfortunately, Mandala was clearly teasing Jiu You on purpose.
It felt like the Mandala he encountered was completely different from the one in the original work, who used her small body to support the entire Great Heavenlaw Domain and later even the Mu Abode. This Mandala flower that had existed since ancient times now truly behaved like a playful little girl.
"Hmph. So young and already learning how to support men. Let this sister take a look at whether you have grown up yet."
Jiu You cast a disdainful glance toward an indescribable area of Mandala and spoke.
Liu Bai's mouth twitched. Every time these two women met, he felt that Jiu You was dancing on the edge of death.
However, Mandala was indeed worthy of being a calm Earth Sovereign expert. She was completely indifferent to Jiu You's personal attack and merely said flatly, "You are poor."
Jiu You: "￣へ￣"
Liu Bai: "(￣ェ￣;)"
"You cannot even afford a single array diagram."
Jiu You: "(╬￣皿￣)"
"The Sovereign Spirit Liquid you have was snatched by relying on this man."
Jiu You: "(艹皿艹)"
Seeing the veins bulging on Jiu You's smooth forehead, looking as if she was about to have a blood vessel burst, Liu Bai hurriedly stepped in to placate her. After much coaxing, he finally sent her back to her palace. Then he returned to the Nine Nether Grand Hall, grabbed Mandala's small hand, and headed toward his own residence.
This scene happened to be seen by Tang Rou as she passed by. The girl immediately wore an expression of shattered world view and, after a long moment, hurriedly went to find her sister.
"Domain Lord, why do you insist on making things difficult for your own subordinate?" After returning to his palace, Liu Bai looked helplessly at the little girl beside him.
Mandala's expression remained calm, but her words were still infuriating.
"Nothing much. I just feel a bit bored and decided to find some amusement."
Liu Bai took a deep breath and decided not to continue this topic, lest his blood pressure rise as well.
"Then what is your purpose for coming this time? It should not be to have me suppress the curse again, right?" Liu Bai asked his question.
Mandala lifted her delicate little face, her pitch black eyes looking seriously at Liu Bai.
"I already said it before. You need high level array diagrams. I will take care of it."
Such beautiful words. Although her tone was calm, they sounded like heavenly music to Liu Bai. Especially the last three words, which made a sweet spring well up in his heart.
"You are really going to support me?"
Mandala's expressionless face suddenly revealed a disdainful curl of her lips, and her eyes subtly swept toward a certain location.
"Do you have the ability to catch this Domain Lord's eye? These are merely rewards for you. Including your contributions in the war of conquest and the things you did outside this time. You brought me much honor. This Domain Lord is very satisfied with your performance."
"Hehe, then many thanks to the Domain Lord for the reward." Liu Bai was extremely happy.
Who would ever complain about having too many high level arrays?
"Domain Lord, I am actually very easy to satisfy. No need for much. Just one Grandmaster level array diagram would be enough for me."
"What are you dreaming about?" Mandala frowned delicately.
"This is a reward, not a wishing well. Whatever this Domain Lord gives you, you take it. If you dare say another word, you get nothing."
A Grandmaster level array diagram was something that might not even exist in the entire Northern Region. Unless one went directly to the central SkyLaw City of the Skylaw Continent, how could it be so easily obtained?
In the original story, Mu Chen only obtained a high level Grandmaster array from his mother, and another from the Ancient Heavenly Palace. This meant that Grandmaster level spiritual arrays were essentially not in circulation in the outside world.
With obvious disdain on her face, Mandala clenched her small hand. Several rays of light flashed forth and finally transformed into three scrolls of different colors.
Liu Bai's eyes lit up. Since Mandala had personally taken action, the grade of these array diagrams was definitely extraordinary.
"This is your reward. Do not even think about Grandmaster Spiritual Arrays. All three of these are Heavenly grade array diagrams."
Liu Bai's expression shook as joy instantly surged through his heart. He had not expected Mandala to be so generous, directly giving him three Heavenly grade array diagrams.
"Among these three Heavenly grade array diagrams, two are Low-Level Heaven-Grade, and one is Mid-Level Heaven-Grade. They should be enough to meet your current needs."
While listening, Liu Bai was already unable to restrain himself and quickly took all three array diagrams into his hands.
"Ding, Heaven-Grade low level array Heavenly Net Subduing Demon Array detected. Do you wish to record it?"
"Ding, Heaven-Grade low level array God Annihilation Array detected. Do you wish to record it?"
"Ding, Heaven-Grade mid level array Four Sacred Sealing Heaven Array detected. Do you wish to record it?"
Listening to the sounds ringing out in his mind, the corners of Liu Bai's mouth could not help but curve upward into a smile.
"Do not think it is too little. I would like to help you collect more array diagrams of even higher grade, but such diagrams are mostly held by Spiritual ArrayScholar, and Spiritual Array Masters treat array diagrams as their lives, so they are rarely willing to trade them," Mandala said.
"It is more than enough," Liu Bai immediately replied.
At this moment, he truly felt that clinging to Mandala's thigh was the right decision. She could serve as backing, as a great tree to shelter him from wind and rain, and even provide him with the resources he urgently needed. Such a woman was impossible to find even with a lantern.
"Among these three arrays, although the Four Sacred Sealing Heaven Array has the highest grade, its value is not the greatest. The most valuable one is the God Annihilation Array."
Liu Bai nodded. He had already figured this out from the information he had just obtained.
"This God Annihilation Array does not seem to be complete. If it were complete, its grade would not be low."
"Oh, not bad eyesight. It seems these array diagrams will not be wasted on you. The God Annihilation Array is an ancient Spiritual Array from the Ancient Era. There should originally be three volumes in total, and this God Annihilation Array is only one of them. If all three volumes were gathered, it could probably kill even an upper Earth Sovereign."
Liu Bai naturally knew this. Even without the system's information, he could recall details about the God Annihilation Array from his memories of the original work.
Unfortunately, until the very end when the Evil God was destroyed, the remaining two volumes of the God Annihilation Array never appeared. No one knew whether they were truly lost forever. If that were the case, it would be a pity for such a powerful array.
The reason Liu Bai thought this way was because the incompleteness of the God Annihilation Array was different from other arrays. It could exist independently. In other words, even though two volumes were missing, the God Annihilation Array itself was considered complete.
From this, one could infer that the remaining two volumes should also be able to exist independently. Only when the three arrays were combined could they truly unleash the power of a Mid-Level Grandmaster Spiritual Array, possessing the ability to annihilate an upper Earth Sovereign.
With this in mind, it was impossible for Liu Bai to use the system to fill in the gaps with experience points, because the God Annihilation Array itself was not incomplete.
With a trace of regret, Liu Bai finished recording all three arrays and then directly raised them to the perfected level.
There was no helping it. He was just that extravagant. At present, Liu Bai lacked everything except experience points.
Of course, if he wanted to fully unleash the strength of his current mid level Heavenly grade Spiritual Array Master realm, his cultivation level definitely had to be raised. Otherwise, his current spiritual energy would not be able to meet the demands of array formation in actual combat.
He could not possibly do what he did before and spend several days setting up arrays in advance to wait for enemies like he did when ambushing Bing He and his group.
After his identity as a Spiritual Array Master was completely exposed, such opportunities would basically never appear again.
Although upgrading the three Heavenly grade Spiritual Arrays to the perfected level cost him nearly one million one hundred thousand experience points, just as mentioned before, Liu Bai's current experience reserves were abundant, with more than twenty million still remaining.
After giving out the reward, the little girl Mandala soon left.
Liu Bai did not abandon his plan to head to that relic just because he had obtained three Heavenly grade array diagrams.
After all, Liu Bai was also very curious about how many trials that relic contained, what he would obtain after clearing them, and who had left that relic behind.
Although the Great Thousand World had existed for countless ages, during which innumerable relics of powerful figures from the Ancient Era and even earlier periods were left behind, within the relatively short timeline of the original story, there had been no particularly powerful relics related to arrays. It was unclear whether the author simply did not write about them, or whether such relics were inherently rare.
Liu Bai guessed it was probably the former.
After all, although the few decades covered by the plot were turbulent and extremely important turning points for the Great Thousand World, in terms of sheer time, they were probably no more than a single drop in the river of time.
The Dao of arrays was by no means a minor path in the Great Thousand World. Back then, the Immortal Emperor had relied on arrays to seal the Heavenly Evil Monarch for tens of thousands of years, buying the Great Thousand World a chance to fight back.
Thus, the myriad Daos all ultimately led to the same destination, pointing toward the supreme peak of heaven and earth. Everything depended on how far a cultivator could go.
After taking another look at Jiu You and seeing that she was no longer sulking, Liu Bai left Nine Nether Palace, descended from the Great Heavenlaw Domain, and headed straight for the Thunder Flame Plain.
Because this journey was relatively secretive, Liu Bai did not choose to use a teleportation array. He did not even tell anyone his destination. Only Jiu You and Mandala knew where he was going.
With Mandala, the domain lord, backing him, Liu Bai's journey was naturally unobstructed. After leaving the Great Heavenlaw Domain, he traveled at full speed and arrived once again at that seemingly ordinary small mountain peak after half a day.
So far, only two people knew of this location as far as Liu Bai was aware. One was himself, and the other was Huang shixing whom Bai Zhi had brought over.
The latter was now a consecrated Spiritual Array Master within Nine Nether Palace. His treatment was even better than that of ordinary commanders, second only to Jiu You, Liu Bai, and the Tang sisters, so he was naturally very satisfied.
With Liu Bai's instructions, as long as he was not an idiot, he would not expose this place. Therefore, Liu Bai was not worried.
Looking at the mountain peak that showed no change at all, Liu Bai directly plunged inside.
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