Alive, He Was a Formation Genius

The key point of the Hunyuan Wuji Array is located at the very center of an equilateral triangle.

Only by accurately stepping into this location can Zhang Xuezhou's Acupoint-Fixing Technique accurately pinpoint the acupoint.

The consequences of inaccuracy are simple: just like not having the most rigorous insulation on high-voltage electricity, the exposed part can be fatal at short distances, and will inevitably be affected at longer distances as well. As for whether the body suffers serious or minor injuries, that depends on fate.

Accordingly, Zhang Xuezhou needed to measure the distance between the three secret locations and obtain the accurate location of the center point in order to calculate the position he should enter.

Normally, this information is calculated by the formation master, which is why Zou Bugui to assist.

Having learned a great deal from Zou Bugui and witnessed much, Zhang Xuezhou can now be considered a half-baked array master.

"I need to trace the exact distance from this inscription's location to the inscription in the Daoist Lord's Secret Realm!"

With three Sacred Land lords by his side, Zhang Xuezhou obviously wouldn't personally participate in the measurements.

He also made his request to His Majesty.

Having the token of the Primordial Chaos Array allows one to see the most crucial inscriptions used in its construction.

These inscriptions are a special kind of mark, used to guide and locate secret places, and to connect and maintain the links between secret realms.

The true carriers of this immense power are the special stones or metals found within the secret realm.

Through this special correspondence and transmission, the power operating in the secret realm flows out continuously.

If we simplify the formation, it is similar to building a waterwheel in a river to transport water. The water is then used to irrigate farmland (the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains), which is how the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains have all their wonders.

This kind of 'water' can irrigate and promote the growth of vegetation, but it can also violently destroy a place, or turn some places into swamps, lakes, ice surfaces, etc., or even penetrate mountains to transform them, thus disrupting the layout of the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains once again.

"The distance is a little over twelve li, but we haven't calculated exactly how much extra there is," His Excellency replied with a frown.

"Who has such a long measuring tool?" Nine Spirits Lion King complained, "It's impossible to measure; it can only be estimated!"

"Yes, I do have some, but I don't know if you can give them to me?"

Zhang Xuezhou glanced at the Nine Spirits Lion, then asked in a low voice.

"I have it? If I had it, wouldn't I know?" Nine Spirits Lion said, "I'm not the kind of person like Zhu Jiuyin who keeps things to himself. If I had it, I would have shown it long ago!"

"Laugh!"

Daojun seemed to have thought of something, which made him chuckle and look at Nine Spirits Primordial Saint with a hint of pity.

"Why are you looking at me like that? Is there something on my face?" Nine Spirits Lion shook his head at Daoist Lord, saying, "You're making me very uneasy. Stop looking at me, you little brat. If you don't explain this to Grandpa clearly today, I'll throw you into the Earth Magnetic Yuan Light!"

He felt a little flustered by Daojun's gaze, and then pretended to have a fierce expression to intimidate Zhang Xuezhou.

Zhang Xuezhou didn't take it seriously.

He pointed to the enormous body of the Nine Spirits -Nine Spirits Lion, and then to the long hair on its body.

The Nine Spirits Saint, which was over ten zhang long, had hair as thick as steel needles. The short hairs were only thirty to fifty centimeters long, while the long hairs were nearly two zhang long.

By connecting one to two thousand hairs together, the distance between the two secret locations can be determined.

Zhang Xuezhou doesn't need measuring tools; all he needs is the accurate length.

Whether it's twelve li or thirteen li, he can define it as a fixed length, and then use this fixed length to calculate the distance to the array eye.

Once the step length is calculated and compared, or by directly leading the lion's mane (which acts as a measuring tool) into the center, he can accurately enter the very center position.

"You want my hair? You've got guts! You're the first man to ask me for something like this. You wait for Ninth Master..."

Whether willingly or not, after Zhang Xuezhou explained the principle clearly, and with the Dao Lord and the Venerable One nodding in agreement, the Nine Spirits Lion had no choice but to pluck its feathers and cooperate.

He plucked the feathers while cursing.

The hair, like ropes, was quickly knotted and connected.

When the Venerable One and the Daoist Lord exerted their power while holding the token, the long rope of 1,632 lion hairs immediately floated out from the Venerable One's secret place.

Streams of geomagnetic light rippled near the long rope, only to be swept away by the repulsive force generated by the Hunyuan Wuji Array.

"I knew I shouldn't have plucked so much! Give me back my beautiful fur!"

After carefully plucking out large swaths of his own fur, the Nine Spirits Lion Spirit looked at the remaining long section of lion hair rope and felt a sharp pain in his heart.

"Boy, if you don't get this done for Ninth Master today, Ninth Master will deal with you!" Nine Spirits Primordial Saint cursed. "Ninth Master will tie you up with these furs for three days and three nights, until you're starving and dizzy!"

"Don't scare me, this makes me panic and I can't do anything right!"

Zhang Xuezhou casually replied, which made the Nine Spirits Lion Saint very annoyed, so he could only lie on the ground and curse under his breath.

After several dozen seconds, he chanted a spell, transforming himself into a burly middle-aged man.

"I shouldn't have revealed my true form. It might have looked impressive, but it also attracted the attention of malicious people. Humph!"

He touched the hair on his head, muttered a couple of indignant words, and then went to Daojun to ask for the Qiankun Bag to take out the clothes inside.

Once the Nine Spirits Lion Saint was properly dressed, Zhang Xuezhou flapped his bronze-colored demonic wings, holding one end of the lion-hair rope in his left hand and carrying a beam of blue light in his right, and flew towards the center of the three secret lands.

Is that kid any good?

Despite the scolding, seeing Zhang Xuezhou simply measure the length, cut a section from the lion's mane rope, hand it to Zhou Bugui Zou Bugui hold, and then fly off like that, Nine Spirits Yuan Sheng couldn't help but feel that this young man was a bit too daring.

In their original estimate, this would have involved at least mutual discussion and research, as well as repeated deductions and calculations.

It takes at least several hours of debate to reach a conclusion on this kind of matter.

But the time available is very short, so short that Nine Spirits Lion feels that Zhang Xuezhou doesn't value his life.

"Isn't he being too reckless?" Nine Spirits Lion asked, "He dares to rush over like that?"

"Dead, nothing to say; alive, a genius of formations!"

Daojun responded calmly.

Ordinary array masters and geomancers get bogged down in all sorts of complex reference and comparison studies, but geniuses simplify complex matters.

Call Zhang Xuezhou reckless or call Zhang Xuezhou a genius.

Success or failure will ultimately be given a fair evaluation.

"I don't care whether he lives or dies, it's just that he died so easily and wasted a bunch of my beautiful fur," Nine Spirits Lion said sullenly.

"It should still be possible to succeed!"

Zhang Xuezhou's style of doing things is certainly not one of rigid adherence to conventions.

The Venerable One recalled Zhang Xuezhou's magical Law Artifact, the "Heng" tool, and also remembered that Zhou Bugui, who had been Zou Bugui refining the Longevity Pill, had begun refining the Great Pill shortly after Zhang Xuezhou's arrival. His confidence was indeed greater than that of Daojun and Nine Spirits Yuansheng.

"Although he's caused some trouble and likes to be timid and secretive, this little guy is really serious when it comes to something!"

Zhang Xuezhou has aspects that displease the Emperor, but his strengths clearly outweigh his weaknesses.

Regardless of his strength, this guy is really doing something, and it's something that ordinary demons can't do.

All things considered, after comparing the options, His Majesty truly hoped that Zhang Xuezhou could survive.