When they emerged from the Mine Cave again, the daylight outside was almost glaring.
Formation Master Zhou had no intention of stopping.
Since the mine cave was not a node of the great array, that meant the place truly connected to the entire mountain terrain was still outside.
Holding the Array Disk, he slowly circled Black Stone Slope.
Uncle Qu did not urge him. He merely had He Shou lead the others to spread out and search around the foot of the slope and the piles of broken stone, making sure they missed no traces.
As Li Yuan circled around to a shaded crack between the rocks, he suddenly heard Formation Master Zhou call out from nearby.
"Over here."
Everyone quickly gathered around.
It was a shallow little pit, its surface covered in gray-brown rubble that looked no different from the surrounding ground. But after Formation Master Zhou used a short ruler to scrape away a layer of soil, a small piece of dark-red ore was revealed beneath. It was smaller than a palm, warm and smooth throughout, with a faint hint of fiery color glowing within.
Yuyang Stone.
"This again." Uncle Qu's gaze sharpened as he looked at the stone.
"This is no coincidence." Formation Master Zhou crouched down to inspect it.
The longer he looked, the stronger the interest on his face became.
"So that was it."
Uncle Qu asked, "What did you find?"
Formation Master Zhou pointed at the patterns on the ground.
"I couldn't make it out before, but with this as a reference, I can see it much more clearly now."
"Like the small array from before, this is an array for attracting and raising Demonic Beasts."
"But unlike that earlier array, these few strokes at the back were altered by someone else. The workmanship