CHAPTER 274: CHAPTER 261: GOLDEN LIGHT CELESTIAL STABILIZING MIRROR

The Mountain Protection Array of Luofeng Mountain reaches Tier Four Top Grade, slightly surpassing the Mountain Protection Array on the Chen Family’s White Camel Peak.

Normally, even if the Yellow Sand Sect held an absolute advantage in numbers, breaking this array in a short time would be extremely difficult.

However, since Luofeng Mountain originally belonged to the Yellow Sand Sect, the information about the Mountain Protection Array here is recorded within the Sect, accessible only to the Sect Leader as classified materials.

Zhang Yunpeng unlocked the information on the Mountain Protection Array at Luofeng Mountain seven or eight years ago and handed it over to several array masters within the Sect for research and to find the array’s weaknesses.

And Jiang Yuyan has repeatedly attacked the array over the years to test and confirm whether the research by the sect’s array masters is reliable.

Now, after years of research and experimentation, the Yellow Sand Sect had long identified several weak points in the Mountain Protection Array.

Therefore, as Zhang Yunpeng waved his hand to command the general attack, those Foundation Establishment Cultivators and Qi Cultivation Cultivators who had been previously notified quickly surged from all directions towards the array’s weak point regions, unleashing magical power at the cost of exhaustion, releasing the maximum power spells and the strongest attack artifacts, targeting those weak regions.

With thousands of spells and thousands of artifacts attacking simultaneously, the Mountain Protection Array of Luofeng Mountain suddenly began to shrink violently and tremble.

"Let’s act too!"

In the sky, Jiang Yuyan uttered a low cry, waved her jade hand, and then summoned a golden mace shimmering brilliantly to strike the Mountain Protection Array.

The golden mace is a Tier Five Lower Grade Spiritual Artifact, every strike on the Mountain Protection Array would cause thin cracks to appear in the protective shield of that area, although these cracks would quickly be repaired by the array’s power.

Zhouyang wanted to conserve magical power for his showdown with Luo Yunqing, so he did not exert his full strength when attacking the Mountain Protection Array.

He simply patted his storage bag with his hand and summoned a silver disc spiritual artifact.

This silver disc spiritual artifact, after flying out, quickly disintegrated into densely packed silver blades, each about a foot long, slashing towards the Mountain Protection Array.

The silver blades seem small and insignificant, yet each slash on the Mountain Protection Array leaves a subtle thin mark on the protective shield.

Do not underestimate these attacks, even though they appear to be small marks.

In reality, among the five Purple Mansion Cultivators present, apart from Zhang Yunpeng and his wife, who could easily leave crack marks on the protective shield, only Zhouyang could achieve this.

The others, including Chen Ping’an, at full strength could only leave a small mark on it with a flying sword.

Zhouyang was able to achieve this due to the advantage of his spiritual artifact.

His "Thousand Blade Disc" artifact is the pinnacle creation of the artifact refining skill from "Golden Light Ascendant", with a large amount of "Taiyi Essence Gold" used in the refining of each silver blade.

The "Taiyi Essence Gold" consumed to refine this artifact alone would be enough to forge two flying swords entirely made of "Taiyi Essence Gold"!

Right now, it’s being used to attack an array’s protective shield, so the artifact’s power cannot be fully appreciated.

If it were a Tier Four Demon Beast or a Purple Mansion Cultivator, this artifact’s fierce power would certainly leave a lasting memory for the beasts and people, assuming they could survive facing this artifact.

And as all these Purple Mansion Stage Cultivators, including Zhouyang, joined the attack sequence, the protective shield of the mountain array at Luofeng Mountain visibly thinned rapidly, which greatly frightened Luo Yunqing, who was managing the Mountain Protection Array.

"What’s happening? How do Zhang Yunpeng and the others know the weaknesses of the Mountain Protection Array?"

With a worried and anxious look, he gazed at the army attacking from outside the mountain, his eyes filled with urgency and panic.

Being the host of the array, he naturally understands the weak points of the Mountain Protection Array, but understanding is one thing; being able to modify it is another, especially for someone who is not an array master.

Moreover, the Mountain Protection Array of Luofeng Mountain is a fixed array, and altering the array’s weak points without the realm of a Tier Four Array Master is simply impossible.

Since Jiang Ming’s demise from the Yellow Sand Sect, no Tier Four Array Master could be found in the Boundless Sea of Sand Cultivation Realm.

"Now that Zhang Yunpeng is the Sect Leader, nothing within the Yellow Sand Sect can remain secret from him. Knowing the array’s weaknesses shouldn’t be surprising!"

Raspy and quietly, a voice sounded from behind Luo Yunqing; it was Guo Shuyun who had arrived beside him unnoticed.

As the former Ministry Hall Master of the Yellow Sand Sect, Guo Shuyun’s understanding of internal sect matters is evidently more thorough than Luo Yunqing, who often sits out there.

Luo Yunqing was lured into defecting with promises of making him the Sect Leader.

Now, hearing this, Luo Yunqing’s face changed slightly, and then he gritted his teeth and said fiercely, "If that’s the case, I’ll turn defense into attack and kill a wave of them first!"

Before he finished speaking, he took out the main array banner controlling the array, fired a series of spells to the banner, and forcefully inserted the banner into the spiritual eye of the mountain’s spirit vein.

Boom!

With a sound of earth-shattering rumble, the protective shield of the mountain array at Luofeng Mountain instantly contracted and disappeared without a trace.

At the same time, a colorful light ball the size of a house suddenly rose from Luofeng Mountain and exploded into countless colorful arrows shooting towards the cultivators attacking the array outside the mountain.

Due to the sudden occurrence, even though the cultivators attacking Luofeng Mountain had been informed in advance about the array’s related information, many of them were still caught off guard and perished under the attack of those colorful arrows.

Of course, the people who perished would certainly not include Zhouyang and the other Purple Mansion Stage Cultivators. These people had already realized the situation at the moment the array’s protective shield suddenly disappeared and promptly prepared their defenses.

After the explosion of the colorful light ball, Zhouyang’s sword light moved under his feet, and he was the first to charge towards Luo Yunqing, who was preparing to flee up the mountain.

"Luo Yunqing, surrender your life!"

With a furious shout, he unleashed another Tier Four Spiritual Artifact obtained from "Golden Light Ascendant’s" relics, the "Mother and Child Golden Light Sword," which shot towards Luo Yunqing.

The "Mother and Child Golden Light Sword" is a set of artifacts, comprising one mother sword and four child swords. The mother sword resembles a typical flying sword, adept in direct confrontation, while the child swords are only three inches long, suitable for harassment and sneak attacks.

Seeing multiple streaks of golden light shooting toward him, Luo Yunqing’s expression changed slightly, and he hurriedly released a turtle shell spiritual artifact to shield himself.

Clang, clang, clang!

As the golden light hit the turtle shell, several inches-deep sword marks appeared on the surface of Luo Yunqing’s turtle shell spiritual artifact.

"You brat, do you really think I’m afraid of you, Luo?"

Luo Yunqing’s face changed, glaring fiercely at the pursuing Zhouyang, he raised his hand, and a fiery red feather fan appeared in his grasp.

With the feather fan in hand, he forcefully fanned at Zhouyang, causing a fiery flame to transform into a firebird with wings spanning several yards, rushing aggressively towards Zhouyang.

The red firebird was imposing, its power even surpassed the Tier Four Middle-grade Spells, more than sufficient to deal with a cultivator who had just opened their Purple Mansion.

However, Luo Yunqing soon realized he had underestimated the situation.

He saw Zhouyang pat the storage bag at his waist and then brought out a crimson three-legged cauldron. As the cauldron lid flipped open, a stream of red spiritual light surged from within, swiftly sweeping towards the charging red firebird.

When enveloped by the red spiritual light, the fiery bird, whose power was stronger than Tier Four Middle-grade Spells, seemed to meet its nemesis and was effortlessly swept up and retracted into the cauldron.

"Impossible!"

Luo Yunqing was stunned, his face frozen with disbelief, exclaiming involuntarily.

He naturally discerned that Zhouyang’s crimson three-legged cauldron was a Tier Four High-grade Spiritual Artifact, but what of it?

His "True Yang Fan" was also a Tier Four High-grade Spiritual Artifact!

Moreover, his cultivation level was higher than Zhouyang’s!

Yet, regardless of his disbelief, the truth remained the truth, and as his adversary, Zhouyang wouldn’t offer him any explanation.

After deploying the "Fire Separation Vermilion Bird Furnace" to capture Luo Yunqing’s red firebird, Zhouyang immediately tossed two "Beast Soul Talismans" at him.

The two "Beast Soul Talismans" each sealed a beast soul, specifically a Tier Four Top-grade Demon Beast "Unicorne Python" and a Tier Four Middle-Grade Demon Beast "Four-winged Demon Wolf."

Upon their appearance, the two beast souls roared and lunged aggressively towards Luo Yunqing.

Meanwhile, taking advantage of Luo Yunqing being entangled by the two beast souls, Zhouyang reached into his storage bag and retrieved a half-foot-long silver spirit talisman.

This silver spirit talisman bore nothing but the depiction of a golden round mirror.

Zhouyang flattened the spirit talisman in his hand, his magical power flowed like a fountain, pouring fervently into the talisman.

As his magical power poured in, the golden round mirror depicted on the silver spirit talisman seemed to come alive, radiating a dazzling golden light.

After a short while, the silver spirit talisman was gone from Zhouyang’s hand, leaving only a semi-real golden round mirror.

The golden round mirror is named "Golden Light Celestial Stabilizing Mirror," a lifebound spiritual artifact recorded in the cultivation technique "Golden Radiance Shining Technique" practiced by the "Golden Light Ascendant," possessing immense power.

Though the golden round mirror in Zhouyang’s hand was crafted from two parts of a Golden Core Stage cultivator’s origin of the "Golden Light Celestial Stabilizing Mirror," its power was not inferior to any Tier Five Lower Grade Spiritual Artifact.

"Not good, it’s a High-Tier Talisman!"

Although Luo Yunqing was caught up with the two soul beasts Zhouyang released, he kept an eye on Zhouyang’s actions, and upon seeing him infuse magical power into the silver spirit talisman, his own talisman treasure protecting him made him immediately aware of its significance.

Seeing the golden round mirror with its powerful aura appearing, his face turned pale.

He had assumed Zhouyang’s talisman treasure would have been crafted from a Tier Five Lower Grade, or at most a Tier Five Middle Grade Spiritual Artifact.

Such talisman treasures, considering Zhouyang’s current cultivation level when activated, would have a power slightly surpassing Tier Four High-grade Spiritual Artifacts, not enough to truly threaten his life.

But now, the strong aura emanating from the golden round mirror showed it to be made from a Tier Five High-Grade Spiritual Artifact, and it was a pristine, unused talisman treasure.

Even Zhang Yunpeng and his spouse were taken aback, witnessing Zhouyang consecutively deploy several Tier Four High-grade Spiritual Artifacts and two "Beast Soul Talismans," before unveiling an exceptionally powerful talisman treasure.

They were well aware of Zhouyang’s origin, logically speaking, a Foundation Establishment cultivator like him, who had just opened his Purple Mansion, should have felt fortunate to own merely a Tier Four Lower Grade Spiritual Artifact, yet who could have predicted he’d display treasures that even the Sect Leader of the Yellow Sand Sect, Zhang Yunpeng, might not possess?

"Perhaps all these treasures were bestowed upon him by the Master Cyan Yang spoken of by the elder? If that’s the case, it would explain why he’s confident in defeating Luo Yunqing!"

Zhang Yunpeng watched the scene unfold, with a flash of insight, recalling Cao Wenjin’s past instructions.

Before Cao Wenjin passed away, he repeatedly instructed Zhang Yunpeng and his wife to cultivate a good relationship with Zhouyang, preferably through Zhouyang to connect with Master Cyan Yang, the Nascent Soul Stage Zhenren, even preparing a substantial gift to present to Master Cyan Yang.

Originally, Zhang Yunpeng doubted whether Zhouyang truly had the unique attention from a Nascent Soul Stage Zhenren as Cao Wenjin suggested, harboring some skepticism.

But observing Zhouyang’s unending showcase of treasures, his lingering doubts were immediately dispelled.

If not gifted by a Nascent Soul Stage Zhenren, how could Zhouyang, a cultivator from a Foundation Establishment Clan, possess such a bounty upon merely advancing to the Purple Mansion Stage?