Zhang Yu looked at the jade stone. It was translucent and smooth, brimming with spirituality; moreover, he could clearly sense an aura resonating with his own.
In just a few more days, he would complete the deployment of the sixth layer of the great array. This "Ancestral Stone" had arrived at precisely the right time.
With a thought, the light screen of the Profound Dao Chapter rose around him. As his intent settled upon the jade stone, something seemed to be drawn out from within it. The light upon the Opening Seal immediately brightened by several degrees and became a little more complete. Though the jade stone in his hand appeared unchanged on the surface, it seemed to have lost its former spirituality.
He casually put the jade stone away, stood there quietly sensing it for a moment, then continued arranging the array that had yet to fully coalesce.
Another two days passed. A flying vessel arrived from the sky, slowly descending near the great array. Its hatch opened, and a military commandant stepped out first, followed by two armored soldiers. They carried out a glazed cabin over a man tall. Something appeared to be placed inside, but it was exceedingly blurred and impossible to discern from outside.
The military commandant stepped forward and saluted Zhang Yu. "Master Tao, the item you requested has been delivered."
Zhang Yu nodded. "Thank you for your trouble." He accepted the crystal tablet handed over by the commandant, wrote the name "Tao Sheng" upon it, and returned it.
After receiving it, the commandant gave another respectful salute. Without saying anything further, he boarded the flying vessel, which soon rose into the air and departed.
Zhang Yu walked over to the glazed cabin and glanced at the object within.
This was something he had specifically