Inheritance of an Array Cultivator

Three days passed in the blink of an eye. When Sang Ying finally arrived near the old man's ship after getting ready, someone was already waiting for her on board.

After three days apart, Hai Tingzhou's eyes were dark and his cheeks were thinner. He looked as if he had gone through some great ordeal.

Fortunately, he seemed to be in good spirits, and his eyes were even brighter than before.

"Fellow Daoist Sang Ying, you've arrived." This time, Hai Tingzhou wasn't holding the white jade fan that he always carried with him, but because of this, his two free hands looked even more flustered and helpless.

Sang Ying didn't respond to him immediately. Instead, she handed the jade talisman to the white-bearded old man and boarded the boat before asking, "Judging from your expression, you've understood everything in the Jade Slip?"

"Yes!" Hai Tingzhou nodded heavily. "Fellow Daoist Sang Ying, you test me!" He seemed very confident.

Before Sang Ying could even speak, the white-bearded man standing on the shore waiting to collect boat tickets shouted, "If you want to chat, go inside the cabin! Aren't you afraid of being overheard talking like this outside!"

He muttered to himself, tossing a wooden plaque to Sang Ying: "Your room number!"

Sang Ying reached out and took it, and saw the number "Twenty-Four" engraved in red on the small wooden plaque.

She turned her head and looked at the boat. Among the many boats on the shore, it looked neither too big nor too small, estimating that it could only hold thirty or forty people at most. And by all accounts, that small cabin didn't look like it could have dozens of rooms.

However, Sang Ying didn't ask the question aloud. She simply raised an eyebrow and led Hai Tingzhou into the cabin.

The moment Sang Ying stepped off the deck, her expression changed.

Contrary to her expectations, the first thing she saw after going down to the cabin was a long corridor with rooms on both sides, each door marked with a number in the upper left corner.

Sang Ying followed the signs and quickly found her room.

It seems this ship has been equipped with a spatial array, containing hidden secrets!

Sang Ying opened the door with the wooden plaque, and Hai Tingzhou, who was standing nearby, explained to her, "This Golden Summit was forged by a master weapon refiner and a master formation expert, so many formations are engraved on the ship. I was attracted by the formations when I came here."

The furnishings inside are quite exquisite, with all the basic necessities. Moreover, the room is equipped with a soundproofing array, so there's no need to worry about being woken up or eavesdropped on.

No wonder it's the only ship that can reach Gleaming Gold Island; it's truly extraordinary.

After both parties were seated, Sang Ying looked at Hai Tingzhou, who seemed slightly nervous, and asked softly, "Are you ready?"

He took a deep breath. "Ready."

I don't know if he's preparing for Sang Ying's assessment or for a completely new life ahead...

The imposing Seven Kills Formation slowly dissipated on the array plate, and as the Spirit Stone dimmed, the entire array plate instantly shattered.

After Sang Ying tidied up the square table covered in wood shavings, her gaze towards Hai Tingzhou became much more complicated.

Upon sensing Sang Ying's gaze, the other person's expression tensed up again. "Fellow Daoist Sang Ying, did I do something wrong?"

Sang Ying shook her head silently. "There's nothing wrong, it's just that I didn't expect..." She hadn't expected this person's talent in formations to be so astonishing.

Compared to her own half-baked skills despite studying for so long, Hai Tingzhou was practically the most talented person in formations Sang Ying had ever met.

That's good, then he'll be qualified to be his mother's disciple.

Seeing Sang Ying's inscrutable expression, Hai Tingzhou, who had initially felt he had a good chance of winning, suddenly became uneasy again.

He waited for a long time but Sang Ying didn't speak. Finally, he couldn't help but rub his sweaty palms and ask, "Fellow Daoist Sang Ying, do you think I'm qualified?"

Hai Tingzhou lowered his head, not daring to look at her.

Sang Ying didn't answer the question, but silently handed him a Storage Bag embroidered with hydrangeas. Hydrangeas were Sang Ying's mother's favorite flower.

"Take it, this is what my mother prepared for her apprentice." Originally, she planned to wait until Sang Ying was a little older so that she could take on an apprentice and the family would be more lively, but unexpectedly, this Storage Bag could only be given away by Sang Ying.

Hai Tingzhou quickly reached out to take it, his hand trembling as he did so.

"From this day forward, you are the personal disciple of True Lord Suyuan and Wen Miaoshu. From now on, I hope you will diligently study array formations and carry forward the art of array cultivation!"

Hai Tingzhou kowtowed. "Disciple obeys!"

Another legacy has been passed on, and Sang Ying breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Having finally received his master's guidance Hai Tingzhou didn't stay with Sang Ying for long. He soon couldn't wait to return to his room to study the newly acquired Complete Book array formations.

After settling her luggage, Sang Ying went to the deck to watch the excitement. After all, these people were going to explore the Shimmering Gold Island Secret Realm with her, and Sang Ying wanted to get to know them beforehand.

However, her timing was unfortunate; she ran right into Su Fuyun and her group. Fortunately, Su Fuyun was currently preoccupied with appeasing Zhao Yunhe and had no energy left to provoke her.

This once-proud young man revealed his disheveled state for the first time, glaring fiercely at the handsome young man beside him as if he were looking at a wolf eyeing its prey.

"Brother Zhao, it's my fault for not telling you beforehand. I'll definitely apologize to you when I have time. But today is the day we're leaving for Gleaming Gold Island. Brother Zhao, please go back for my sake." Su Fuyun whispered, a hint of embarrassment on her face.

The elegantly dressed young man behind her bore a resemblance to Hai Tingzhou in his features, leading Sang Ying to guess that this person was probably Hai Pingge.

Unexpectedly, he had even prepared a seat for Su Fuyun.

Zhao Yunhe, unusually, disregarded Su Fuyun's instructions and brushed her hand away. "Didn't we agree to go to Gleaming Gold Island together? I was busy running around about this a few days ago, how come you're with this person after just a few days?"

He forced himself not to say anything more hurtful, but those few words were enough to upset Su Fuyun.

She sobbed softly, "Brother Zhao, is this how you think of me? If it weren't for Brother Hai, and the girl in Hongyi causing such a huge disturbance at the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion, we probably would have been arrested and imprisoned in the City Lord's Mansion."

Gu Hongyi, who had been innocently dragged into this by Su Fuyun, rolled her eyes behind the two of them. "Senior brother, I admit I was wrong, but after that young master from the Hai Household paid off the debt, he did ask where he was going to take us. It was Su Fuyun who refused to come back with me, saying she had nowhere to go and was just clinging to him!"

Sang Ying wasn't sure if it was just her imagination, but she felt that Gu Hongyi didn't seem to care about Zhao Yunhe as much as before. Had she finally realized something?

"Girl in Hongyi, I know you've never liked me, but you didn't have to make up lies to frame me." Su Fuyun's tears fell in a downpour.