Chapter Thirteen: Array Master Seals the Mystic Formation

  Qin Yuxian saw Qin Hao, her eyes suddenly lit up, and quickly returned to normal.

  At this moment, Qin Hao looked a bit disheveled, his clothes were dirty and messy, his hair was disheveled, and there were beads of sweat on his forehead, looking very unwell. However, no one paid attention to these things. They focused on what Qin Hao had to say.

  Qin Hao actually wants to participate? Last year, Qin Hao's words still linger: I'm just a useless good-for-nothing who can't break through, going would only be embarrassing and make people laugh.

  The person who once said such words is now actually taking the initiative to attend? What's going on? Many people secretly exchanged glances: it seems that Qin Hao has indeed walked out of his former shadow.

  The two elders' eyes gleamed, and a hint of comfort floated onto their old faces. It seemed that what Qin Feng said was true - this child had suddenly come to a realization: "Alright, Qin Hao, very good indeed. Then you can give it a try."

  Qin Hao responded by moving forward. Holding his breath and concentrating his spirit, he manipulated the power of his technique, gathering the mysterious energy in his right palm, and struck out with a single, unadorned punch.

  Basic martial skills: Bajiquan.

  Two elderly men smiled and stretched out their hands, directly meeting Qin Hao's fist. As their palms touched, the old man's eyebrows first furrowed, then quickly relaxed, a hint of a smile appearing on his face.

  "Very good, comparable to a full-force strike from a warrior who has just entered the Ninth Layer of the Congenital Realm." The latter half of the sentence was directed at Qin Yuxian.

  This result was not surprising to everyone, after all, since they had been together for a period of time, they had discovered that Qin Hao, although only in the eighth rank, had mastered more martial skills than most people.

  Qin Yuxian was a bit distracted after Qin Hao appeared, but when she heard this, she reacted and recorded it, then handed a piece of stone crystal to Qin Hao.

  Qin Hao took over the stone crystal, and input a thread of mysterious energy into the interior of the stone crystal. The smooth surface of the stone crystal then floated with a halo, and Qin Hao's appearance appeared at the place where the halo was located. After Qin Hao withdrew his mysterious energy, the halo gradually retracted into the stone crystal.

  After the halo completely dissipated, Qin Yuxian retrieved the stone crystal and continued her work.

  And the two elders instructed some matters and then let people disperse.

  Those who were not selected continued to practice on their own in the martial arts arena, while those who had already been confirmed to appear went to the back of the arena, and from now on they no longer needed to gather for collective practice.

  Behind the martial arts arena, there are dozens of practice rooms for family members to practice alone. During this period, they can cultivate in these stone rooms.

  The two elders spoke a few words to Qin Yuxian and then left, Qin Yuxian hastily gathered the papers with recorded information and over ten crystal stones, and quickly followed in the old man's footsteps.

  Qin Hao adjusted his mood and followed others' footsteps towards the rear of the martial arts arena.

  "Thank you, sorry to trouble you." A soft and gentle voice suddenly came. Qin Hao turned his head in surprise and found that it seemed to come from Qin Yuxian who walked to her side, with a rare hint of softness in her tone, like a gentle breeze passing by. But after saying this, she quickly ran away without looking at Qin Hao again.

  Qin Hao felt a little out of touch, having not heard her voice for ten days. The first sentence he heard was naturally somewhat pleasing to his ears. This girl rarely spoke to him in such a tone.

  Qin Hao's mood was great, and his footsteps couldn't help but quicken a bit. He walked out with a certain length of road and spent less time.

  Soon Qin Hao walked up to the practice room and after receiving a token from an old manager, he entered a practice room that belonged solely to him.

  The training room was made of bluestone, spacious and bright, dry and comfortable. What's more special is that no matter how loud the sound is in the training room, it won't be heard outside. This made Qin Hao very satisfied, as he could practice some martial arts techniques with ease in such a place.

  There is also the over 100 pieces of Xuanjing that Ji Fan sent, if you want to exert its effect, you must first find a quiet and undisturbed place beforehand, this place is obviously the most suitable.

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  The day of the big comparison is getting closer and closer, and Qin Hao doesn't dare to relax for a moment. After entering the training room for more than ten days, Qin Hao either frantically practiced his martial skills or went all out with those mysterious crystals.

  At this moment, Qin Hao was dazed and distracted. In the palm of his hand lay a crystal clear Xuanjing, on which a faint golden light flowed weakly. And at his feet were some crystalline debris, clearly fallen from another Xuanjing...

  Qin Hao spent many days thoroughly understanding the origins of these mysterious crystals and their properties, and even attempted to seal array diagrams inside them multiple times. However, the result was the destruction of three mysterious crystals, which nearly caused Qin Hao's collapse...

  However, Qin Hao also knew that although this loss was huge, it came with great benefits.

  A single top-quality first-order Xuan Crystal, when sealed in an array diagram and activated, can unleash power equivalent to a tenth-level Xuanwu warrior's full-strength strike. If it is a second-order Xuan Crystal that forms the seal, its power is comparable to a Lingxuan warrior's full-strength strike. A third-order Xuan Crystal is equivalent to the power of a true Xuan strongman. As for fourth-order Xuan Crystals? Few people have tried them.

  A fourth-order demon beast is equivalent to the existence of a Tianxuan strongman. Such a demon beast can easily destroy a city with its own strength, who would dare to do such a thing and risk their life?

  The power of the Array Master can be seen in this. A very weak martial artist, if he holds such a Sealing Mysterious Array from the Array Master's hands, can make many people who are several times stronger than him feel apprehensive.

  So the Zhen Shi is one of the most troublesome groups on the mainland. Those who provoke them generally don't end up well.

  There is also a bloody lesson in this.

  In the west of Shenmu Country, there is a medium-sized city called Rocky City. In Rocky City, there exists a sect named Xuanxuan Sect. The power of Xuanxuan Sect is not very great, and its sect master is only a True Xuan tenth-order warrior, unlike those major sects with Tianxuan warriors sitting in charge. However, the sect master of Xuanxuan Sect is an array master who grasps many powerful methods for creating Sealing Xuan Arrays.

  One year, a Tianxuan strongman from a neighboring country came down to Rocky City and had some unpleasantness with the Hidden Mystic Sect.

  The Tianxuan strongman is a martial artist who can fly in the air, with every move and gesture possessing immense power, to the point where he can see an army of 100,000 as nothing, and come and go freely even when surrounded by 10,000 people. Such a strongman naturally has some confidence and capital for arrogance.

  At that time, the Tianxuan Wu was dissatisfied with the hidden Xuan sect because of the dispute over several martial arts scrolls. The master of the hidden Xuan sect at that time suggested that both parties take a step back and divide things in half, and the hidden Xuan sect could also give him some extra things.

  That Tianxuan strongman didn't back down, he was arrogant and had overwhelming strength, why should he yield? On the spot, with a wave of his hand, he crippled several disciples under the Hui Xuan Sect's sect master, and even pointed at the sect master's nose, scolding him loudly, with many insulting words.

  It is said that the master of the Xuanxuan Sect is an old man with a bad temper. What can you expect from such an old man? Not only did his opponent not give in and let him save face, but he even slapped him in the face!

  The old master also gave up and turned around to leave with the gatekeeper, not even wanting the martial arts scroll. That day, Xuan felt that the old man was afraid of him and had retreated, feeling very pleased with himself.

  Just as the mysterious Zong Zong master reappeared in front of the Tian Xuan strongman who had not yet left, he still held countless Xuan arrays in his hand. Most of them were made of three-stage peak Xuan crystals, and their power was similar to that of a true Xuan ten-strong warrior's single blow.

  The old man flew into a rage. Without saying another word, the Three-Stage Sealing Mystic Array was activated like it didn't cost anything, and with a loud crackling sound, flames danced in the sky as fire-type mystic energy transformed into dragons that filled the air, golden arrows of mystic energy covered the ground like locusts, and wind-type mystic energy blades danced wildly...

  That Tianxuan strongman was directly stunned, and when he used all his strength to deal with the consumption of the Xuanxu Sect Master's Fengxuan Formation, the remaining power was not much left, and even the speed of Yu Kong slowed down a lot.

  Then, he saw countless figures rushing from afar, the core disciples of the Xuanxuan Sect, inner and outer door disciples, even some who seemed to have only condensed 7 or 8 layers of Xuanqi, all rushed forward, each person holding a colored seal array made of demon beast Xuanjing...

  Tian Xuan was so angry that he was on the verge of tears, how can you bully people like this, are you going to let others live or not...

  At that time, there was an elder of the Feng Bo Sect in Rocky Castle who clearly recorded the entire process and spread it widely. As for how the Tian Xuan strongman died in the end, the elder of the Feng Bo Sect did not write clearly, but the last sentence spoken by the Tian Xuan strongman was very clear.

  "Are you guys reasonable or not? This is clearly bullying! There's no justice, no law anymore!!!” It's said that the poor Tian Xuan strongman was so hoarse and exhausted that he directly collapsed mentally.

  This is the only recorded case in Tianlang Country of a Tianxuan strongman falling, and the tragedy of that Tianxuan strongman also made most warriors understand a truth: some madmen are not to be trifled with.

  Of course, if we only talk about the creation of the Sealing Mystical Array, the Sect Master of the Xuanxuan Sect is someone that Qin Hao can only look up to. After all, in his past life, although Qin Hao had received guidance from others, his greatest achievement was only creating a second-grade intermediate Sealing Mystical Array, and there was still a huge gap between him and the third-grade peak.

  Shaking his head, Qin Hao shook off those chaotic thoughts and refocused his attention on the golden-rimmed crystal in his hand.

  This is a first-class peak crystal, sourced from the golden beast that swallowed gold, equivalent to a human cultivator of the tenth level of the Void Spirit Realm, valued at over 1,500 gold coins.

  Taking a deep breath, Qin Hao clenched his fist, tightly grasping the Xuanjing in the center of his palm.

  Then, Qin Hao activated the "Yu Yan Jue" technique, and a stream of fire-attributed Xuan Qi slowly flowed out from his palm, seeping into the crystal.

  As the mysterious energy entered, Qin Hao could feel that inside the mysterious crystal, there existed a tiny dark golden violent energy, and on the surface of the energy, there was a layer of barrier.

  He took another deep breath, and Qin Hao controlled the Xuan Qi, gently and evenly attaching it to the surface of the energy barrier. This was a very important step, if he couldn't control the power of the Xuan Qi well, either the barrier wouldn't be broken or an energy explosion would occur.

  When the mysterious energy had all attached to the surface of the barrier, Qin Hao controlled the mysterious energy and accelerated its rotation on the surface of the barrier. The speed of rotation became faster and faster, and the energy barrier also gradually fell off with the rotation of the mysterious energy until it disappeared.

  When the energy wall completely disappeared, the unbound energy burst out instantly. Qin Hao increased the input of Xuanqi, and the fire-type Xuanqi bound the energy while also merging some into the internal energy.

  Qin Hao controlled the fusion of the mysterious energy, quickly drawing an array diagram within the energy. As the array diagram was perfected, a small point of mysterious light gradually took shape at the very center of the energy. When this point of light finally took shape, a new barrier would appear in the energy body. However, this new barrier would not restrain like before, but instead harmonize the energy of the demon beast and the human's mysterious energy together.

  "Ah!" Qin Hao stretched out his left hand and wiped away the dense beads of sweat on his forehead, feeling a sense of relief in his heart. This time he would succeed, wouldn't he?

  As Qin Hao's power increased, the energy body in Xuanjing also became softer, and the Xuanqi light spots also took shape.

  After a while, the Xuanqi light spot finally took shape, and Qin Hao also withdrew his power at this moment.

  Qin Haosong relaxed his palm, and the Xuanjing on his palm seemed to be the same as before, without any change at all.

  But this is indeed a first-class Xuanxian formation.

  First-order Peak Sealing Mystic Array: Sharp Gold Attachment. An auxiliary sealing mystic array that, after activation, causes the golden energy within the mystic crystal to attach itself to a person's fists and feet, increasing their attack power.

  The quiet Seal of Xuan Array lying in his palm made Qin Hao feel a sense of solidity. After many years, he finally picked up this profession again.

  Carefully put away the Xuanxuan formation, Qin Hao stretched out his hand and took out a brand new Xuanjing from the sandalwood box.

  Today, let's settle all these mysteries once and for all.