Three streaks of light tore through the sea of clouds at the horizon and silently descended.
As the radiance faded, Jiang Yuechu and her two companions appeared.
Wang Ziyu stood with his hands behind his back, raising his head to survey Phoenix-Perch Ridge, its mountains blanketed in red maples. He clicked his tongue in wonder.
"What a grand display. A truly grand display."
The Young Disciple narrowed his eyes, his gaze wandering across the mountain before finally settling on one spot. Astonished, he said, "Being Qingcheng Mountain's dog really is different. They're even willing to use the Southern Dipper Six-Star Array to guard the house."
At that.
Jiang Yuechu raised her brows slightly.
She had never cared much for such unorthodox paths.
Yet as her realm had risen.
She had increasingly come to understand the pain of being illiterate.
Now that she had a living encyclopedia right beside her, naturally she had to ask one more question.
"This array... is it powerful?"
Wang Ziyu cast her a helpless glance.
This woman's strength might be terrifying, but when it came to basic cultivation knowledge, nine of her ten apertures had opened—only one remained blocked.
Any ordinary cultivator who reached the Tower-Ascending Realm, even without specializing in auxiliary paths such as arrays and talismans, would at least know something about them.
After all, they were bound to encounter one or two in future life-and-death battles.
If they did not even recognize the basics, would they not simply surrender the initiative for nothing?
Still, he had grown used to Jiang Yuechu being like this.
So he patiently explained, "There are countless arrays in the world, and no one knows how many can be ranked. But any array bestowed with the name of the Nine Arrays is an unparalleled murderous formation capable of changing