Hidden Immortal Valley, inside a wooden courtyard.
Qi Xiaoyu invited Qin Ming into the house and served him spirit tea.
Qin Ming looked around at the furnishings within. Most were books and materials related to arrays, while the shelves held numerous completed array disks of various kinds.
With only a glance, he could tell that these arrays were far from ordinary.
"Fellow Daoist Qin must have seen it as well. Qi has unspeakable difficulties and is already a dying man, which is why I have kept my doors shut to visitors." Qi Xiaoyu gave a bitter laugh as he poured Qin Ming a cup of spirit tea and explained.
Qin Ming asked somewhat doubtfully, "From what I can see, Fellow Daoist Qi has not formed his Nascent Soul for long. Why do you have only a few years of lifespan left?"
"Alas! This matter is related to something that happened decades ago. In order to craft an array, Qi went to a dangerous place to gather materials and encountered a Grade Four poisonous beast. Though I luckily escaped with my life, I paid an enormous price and lost more than half my lifespan." At the thought that he was already a dying man, Qi Xiaoyu did not hide anything from Qin Ming.
He then examined the Devouring Sky Rat beside Qin Ming and said, "I did not expect Fellow Daoist Qin's beast pet to possess such extraordinary talent, actually capable of breaking the Shadow Mirage Tower Formation Qi set up."
"Even Nascent Soul Late Stage Great Cultivators would find it difficult to break this formation."
"By the way, Fellow Daoist Qin has traveled countless miles to find Qi. What important matter brings you here?"
Qin Ming did not answer directly, instead asking in return:
"With Fellow Daoist Qi's talent in