Chapter 56: The Crazy Array Master

  Qin Haofei quickly walked into the stone room, closed the door as soon as he entered, and sat down beside the table, placing the ring flat on the tabletop.

  Then, he stretched out one finger and pointed to the crystal on the ring. A stream of mysterious energy slowly flowed in along with Qin Hao's movement. When the energy entered, the transparent crystal flashed suddenly, and all kinds of scrolls, copper books, and stone tablets appeared on the table.

  This made Qin Hao slightly stunned, that fatty had said a lot about the classics, but Qin Hao didn't expect it to be so many. A table two zhang wide was stacked densely, layer upon layer of them.

  Qin Hao reached in and casually pulled out a book with pages made of copper plates, an ancient-looking book with the four characters "Secrets of the Hundred Clans" particularly eye-catching on its cover. After flipping through it for a couple of seconds, Qin Hao was even more speechless.

  This book records the events of Shenmu Country and dozens of surrounding countries, including various large and small sects. From their origins, the founding masters, the elders who govern them, to the development of the sects, everything is recorded in detail, leaving nothing out. For example, the introduction to the Fengshen Sect is so detailed that it's unimaginable.

  Who is the founder of the Wind Spirit Sect?

  How many elders are there in the Wind Spirit Sect now?

  What are the characteristics of each elder of the Wind Spirit Sect?

  At what level is their strength?

  What kind of demon beast do they have?

  And who do they have a grudge against?

  All these questions can be found in the book, and even later on, it's clear which elder likes to eat what, how many good relationships they have, and what kind of romantic affairs they have. Logically speaking, such absurd things should not be believed, but from Qin Hao's perspective, combined with his understanding of Feng Qi Sect from his previous life, many places are accurate without deviation. Of course, the truly core things are still not there, after all, a large sect like this can't easily have its deepest secrets dug up, or they wouldn't be qualified to stand on this continent and face challenges from many powerful people.

  But even so, it was enough to shock Qin Hao. Bai Zong, how much time and effort would it take to collect these things? And in the future, if he really entered Fengpizong, having this thing would make his path a lot smoother. That fat guy, indeed wasn't an ordinary kind of formidable. Although the direction of this formidability was somewhat off.

  Qin Hao then picked up a milky white jade piece from the table, on which there was nothing. Qin Hao was slightly suspicious, stretched out two fingers to pinch the jade piece, and tried to infuse a thread of mysterious energy into it. Suddenly, four golden characters appeared on the surface of the jade piece: Three Thousand Martial Techniques. Following that, a vast amount of information surged into Qin Hao's mind like a tidal wave, causing his head to ache for a moment.

  Qin Hao shook his head, and a hint of clarity returned to his mind. Upon careful examination, he discovered that there were many more things in his mind. They turned out to be records of some martial skills' characteristics.

  On the Tianyuan mainland, everyone knows that apart from their own realm, powerful martial skills are also an important factor in determining a person's strength. And on this jade slip, it actually records the characteristics of nearly three thousand kinds of martial skills, the creators of these martial arts, and the places where they currently exist. Although most of the martial skills recorded inside are not of high quality, and there is no record of the practice methods for these martial skills, but for many martial artists, this is already extremely rare. If one were to encounter a powerful opponent, knowing the characteristics of their martial skills would give them an unimaginable advantage in combat.

  Qin Hao's hand flipped again, and from the other side, he clamped another piece of jade with a slightly different color, infusing it with Xuan Qi. Suddenly, on the surface of the jade appeared four large characters: "All Kinds of Skills".

  Qin Hao's movements became faster and faster, constantly flipping through various books, the more he looked, the more surprised he was. The "Yao Shou Zhuan" which recorded various Yao beast information, the "Zhu Di Tu Lu" which collected various mysterious places, the "Wu Bang" which recorded some legendary warriors of each country... all sorts of things, almost everything he could think of, he could find.

  When Qin Hao's hand reached the edge of the table, a very inconspicuous black crystal stone was found to be flashing with a faint light.

  Qin Hao took out the crystal stone and repeated the previous steps. When the mysterious energy was injected, Qin Hao's eyes suddenly lit up.

  "The Way of Sealing Mysteries", this book actually collects various sealing arrays, diagrams, materials and methods of use. In Qin Hao's mind, information about various sealing arrays kept flowing.

  Qin Hao seemed to have entered a different world. On the Xuanxuan Array, Qin Hao was just a low-level array master at the bottom layer. In his previous life, he had received some brief guidance from someone, but his highest achievement was only that of a second-grade primary array master, which was nothing compared to those high-level array masters. A guy who didn't even know what Stellar Iron Thorn was or how to use it in the Xuanxuan Array just a short while ago, how much understanding could you expect him to have in this regard?

  It was then that when the complex, abstruse and yet mysterious knowledge began to unfold in Qin Hao's mind, he became immediately enchanted.

  The original function of the Fengxuan formation is not only limited to attacking, defending and recovering. Some Fengxuan formations can be used to set up prohibitions, some can enhance the flow of Xuanqi in the human body within a specific range, and some ancient Fengxuan formations that have been passed down can even allow warriors to perform short-distance space teleportation.

  The refinement method of the Sealing Mystical Array is not just simply engraving the array diagram on the surface. Advanced Sealing Mystical Arrays also require the array master to first condense the mysterious energy into strange symbols, and then use their abilities to force the symbols into the internal crystal of the demonic beast.

  Moreover, the Sealing Mystical Arrays are not all single-function. People with strong control power can superimpose multiple or even dozens of different array patterns inside a single Demon Beast Mystical Crystal, concentrating attack, defense, recovery, healing and other functions on one crystal.

  A grand and majestic world unfolded before Qin Hao like a scroll of painting, slowly pulling him in, making him involuntarily sink into it.

  Outside the door, the sunset and moonrise, the golden sunlight spilled on the ground was replaced by the clear and cold moonlight. Inside the house, however, Qin Hao remained in that contemplative pose, like an old monk in meditation.

  Qin Hao quickly grasped the knowledge about Feng Xuan Array, and the more he read, the more he admired the person who wrote it. Even as a half-outsider, Qin Hao found it extremely natural to digest those profound and abstruse knowledge, just like having a wise old man in front of him, telling stories with his deep voice, leading him step by step into a world full of charm.

  Qin Hao's reading speed increased, and when the information flow was only one-tenth of its original size, suddenly, nearly a hundred array diagrams jumped out in Qin Hao's mind. Following that was an ancient phrase condensed from the mysterious energy and left on the stone.

  "I have spent my whole life studying the formation of arrays, and I consider myself a scholar who has grasped the mysteries of heaven and man. I can see through all the secrets and wonders of the world's mysterious arrays. However, I never thought that human strength would be limited after all. Now, I leave behind this lifetime's experience and an unfinished diagram. I hope future generations will help me fulfill my remaining wish."

  Then another piece of information emerged, which shocked Qin Hao even more. It turned out that this was left behind by an array master who had spent his whole life studying the Fengxuan Array. He had unfortunately failed to refine a very dangerous Xuan array and, on his deathbed, used all his strength to leave those things in the black crystal stone.

  And the Sealing Mystical Array he refined, Qin Hao couldn't speak a word once he understood it: He actually planned to engrave the array diagram on his body, then directly release the power of the Demon Beast's Crystal Core, and use the array diagram to directly enter his body to enhance his strength.

  What is this concept? Even a novice like Qin Hao knows that this is an extremely crazy idea.

  In the Mystic Crystal, there exists a powerful and ferocious demonic energy that is both majestic and thick, yet also violent and difficult to tame. The most common arrays used by Array Masters are usually just like the two Sealing Mysteries Arrays used by Lin Bi and his opponent during their trial, one for offense and one for defense.

  While the Re Ling Xuan array refined by Qin Hao some time ago, which absorbs the power of the demon beast and makes it its own, can be said to be extremely rare. This kind of sealed Xuan array is often created after countless geniuses have spent decades or even hundreds of years deeply pondering and drawing out an array diagram that can purify the Xuan crystal's power and suppress its violent nature. Sometimes, some auxiliary heavenly and earthly spiritual medicines are also needed, such as when Qin Hao refined the Re Ling Xuan array, he had to add a kind of spiritual fruit essence in the center of the array diagram, so that the power within the demon beast's Xuan crystal is maximally alleviated.

  And yet, there are people who plan to directly engrave arrays on their bodies, absorbing the power of multiple Xuan Crystals at once to strengthen themselves? What kind of concept is this? Is it any different from binding black gunpowder all over a person's body?

  If you really want to talk about separation, this is more dangerous than black gunpowder by hundreds or thousands of times.

  "This guy is crazy." Qin Hao muttered to himself.

  Qin Hao closed his eyes, and in his mind, he recalled the nearly hundred arrays that had burst forth. Each of these arrays had different uses. One circular array was used to slow down the release of the demon beast's Xuan Crystal power, while a square-shaped array was used to weaken the demon beast's violent tendencies. After integrating hundreds of arrays, they all converged onto a three-dimensional diamond-shaped array, which ultimately flowed into his body.

  Qin Hao was constantly recalling the information he had dug up, carefully understanding the role and subtleties of each formation diagram, repeatedly examining the connections between the various diagrams. After all these things formed a system, they kept surging in Qin Hao's mind.

  After he had thoroughly studied the functions of each array diagram dozens of times, Qin Hao had to admit that this was actually a completely feasible method in theory.

  It was just an idea after all, as the last bit of information from Hei Shi flooded into Qin Hao's mind, he fully understood his own ending: failure. The violent demonic energy surged into his body, directly destroying his meridians and severely injuring his internal organs. With his last breath, he left behind this thing.

  The black crystal stone shone brightly for a moment, then dimmed and cracked on the surface, completely turning into powder.

  Qin Hao let out a light sigh, followed by a moment of silence.

  He adjusted his clothes, stood up, and with the index finger of his right hand, a circular symbol condensed and lightly touched his left arm. He then bowed respectfully towards the black crystal that had turned into a pile of powder.

  This is the highest respect one formation can pay to another.

  He is a madman, but he is also a rare genius.

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  The past two days I've been coding until dawn, today should be earlier