Chapter 448 Heavenly Repairing Liquid_2
"Brother Tianqiong, has the replica of the Array Pillar been refined? The last one was completely scrapped!"
"Yes, it has just come out of the furnace! But you need to cherish it a bit more. The remaining Mustard Space Stone is running low."
"I understand! The repair plan for the Geng Yi Array Pillar has largely been deduced. The success rate of the repairs is around seventy percent. Unfortunately, our abilities are limited, and we can't continue the deductions."
"Seventy percent is already quite high. Although the Geng Yi only has one 'crack,' it was the first pillar attempted for repair. We agreed to start with the easier tasks and move to the tougher ones, didn't we? We have time, let's take it slow," said Zhao Sheng.
Seven or eight days later.
In the Artifact Refining Room of the cave mansion, ethereal flames danced, and a blob of milky-white "Jade Liquid" notably hung in the center of a five-colored Fire Lotus, emitting a water-like clear radiance.
Under the smelting of the Fire Lotus, the "Jade Liquid" gradually exhaled wisps of golden smoke.
Zhao Sheng sat cross-legged not far away, his eyes radiating a divine Light, sweeping his sleeve across a row of Jade Bottles in front of him. One after another, varieties of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures flew from the bottles into the Jade Liquid, quickly melting into it, including pure blue Spirit Liquid, white powder, and even various unseen yet tangible "Spirit Light Treasure Qi."
As many Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures continued to meld, the "Jade Liquid" shifted from milky white to a wavy spectrum of colors and then from colorful to Returning to the Truth, eventually returning to its immaculate white jade color.
"Collect!"
After a long while, Zhao Sheng abruptly shouted. The remaining Jade Liquid, the size of a chicken egg, suddenly detached from the Fire Lotus and shot towards his face.
At that moment, a crystal-clear Jade Bowl soared into the air, successfully intercepting the flying Jade Liquid.
Zhao Sheng reached out to secure the Jade Bowl, and he peered down at the Jade Liquid inside for a while.
Not until he saw the Jade Liquid slowly turning from white to transparent did a content smile appear on his face.
Later, Zhao Sheng walked out of the cave mansion to the Cross-border Transmission Array, found Daoist Ou Feng, and presented the Jade Bowl to him.
At the sight of the spirit liquid in the bowl, Daoist Ou Feng was overjoyed, "Taoist, you really did succeed in refining it. With this Heavenly Repairing Liquid, I wonder how much effort we can be spared. It seems there is hope for repairing the Great Array!"
The so-called Heavenly Repairing Liquid was a novel creation concocted jointly by Zhao Sheng and Ou Feng, something that had never been seen before in both realms.
Zhao Sheng had never revealed to Daoist Ou Feng that the idea for refining the Heavenly Repairing Liquid came mostly from his insights into the Ascension Array.
Don't forget, Zhao Xuanjing had gathered the most powerful Array Masters of the Tianzhu Realm to study the repair of the Ascension Array diligently for hundreds of years.
Over these hundreds of years, the vast repair experiences summarized by countless Array Masters were far superior to what Zhao Sheng and his partner could muster, by several orders of magnitude.
The Heavenly Repairing Liquid was one of those outcomes, but not the only one!
"Brother Tianqiong, it's your turn now," Daoist Ou Feng handed back the Jade Bowl, his gaze burning as he spoke solemnly.
Zhao Sheng nodded slightly, took the Jade Bowl, and walked over to the Geng Yi Array Pillar, then slowly closed his eyes.
In an instant, Divine Thoughts flowed out like water, covering the surface of the Array Pillar completely.
With his mind serene and soul entering obscurity!
In the boundless vast darkness, ripples of unseen fluctuations slowly reflected in the tranquil lake of his heart, becoming increasingly distinct and vivid.
Zhao Sheng's thoughts, like a paintbrush, followed the underlying feelings, stroke by stroke, depicting the scroll in his mind...
In reality, the Jade Liquid in the bowl seemed to be drawn by an invisible force; strands of the transparent spirit night floated up and gradually settled into the three-inch-long crack at the top part of the Array Pillar.
Seeing this, Daoist Ou Feng held his breath, his heart leaping to his throat.
The next instant, the Heavenly Repairing Liquid naturally merged into the crack, strand by strand... everything was harmonious and natural, as if perfectly attuned to this world.
Two breaths later, the crack in the Geng Yi Array Pillar had vanished, the surface smooth and indistinguishable from its surroundings.
What delighted Daoist Ou Feng the most was that nearly a hundred broken Array Patterns were now seamlessly reconnected, without causing the Great Array's backlash.
This repair process appeared exceptionally smooth, smoother than anyone had expected.
Zhao Sheng stepped back, opened his eyes, and closely examined the Array Pillar in front of him.
When he saw a faint white Light suddenly blossom on the surface of the White Jade Array Pillar, his heart rejoiced immensely.
This repair had been more successful than he had imagined!
At this moment, the light emitted by the Geng Yi Array Pillar was identical to that of the intact White Jade Array Pillars!
"Congratulations, Brother Tianqiong, on succeeding at your first repair attempt!" Daoist Ou Feng said with a smile as he cupped his hands in salute.
Zhao Sheng, also smiling, humbly replied, "Far from it! Success or failure will be determined on the day the Great Array is restarted, and that day is still far off."
Then, hiding in the distance, Xian Kong and He Tai, along with two others, flew forward together, simultaneously exclaiming, "Congratulations to your majesty for showing your power. Surely, you will achieve what you desire in the future."
"Hmm, we've only taken the first step in a journey of a thousand miles, let's all strive together!"
Zhao Sheng, very rarely in good spirits, even found the hideous Yama Ancestor rather more pleasing to the eye.
...
Repairing the Geng Yi Array Pillar took only half a day, and the intensity of the spatial fluctuations in the Seven Star Spirit Realm rapidly approached its peak.
Seeing this, Zhao Sheng led the Yama, the Thunder Roc, and three others to actively withdraw from the spiritual realm.
The six men arrived on a meteorite a hundred miles away and, in just the time it took to drink a cup of tea, the vast Seven Star Spirit Realm suddenly vanished before their eyes, leaving only a vast void nearly ten thousand miles wide in its place.
"Heaven and earth are boundless, the Seven Stars guide the way…" He muttered.
Moments later, Zhao Sheng formed seals with his hands, muttering continuously. Suddenly, the Seven Star Ruyi in front of him shot out a streak of starlight, which stretched deep into the meteorite cluster...
"Let's go!"
Following his command, the six each unfolded their Nascent Soul Domains, then transformed into beams of tunneling light, racing towards the depths of the Meteor Sea like bolts of lightning. They vanished into the darkness in the blink of an eye.
...
In the Divine Ruins Meteor Sea, the closer one approaches the deepest parts of the Mixed Hole Realm, the more chaotic and dangerous the void environment becomes, and the more desolate and barren as well.
Entering the Black Abyss Domain two million miles deep, surrounded by pitch blackness devoid of light, meteorites seemed to embed into the absolute darkness. However, the truth was the opposite; they moved faster than one could imagine, with incredibly chaotic trajectories that could collide at any moment, shattering into even smaller meteor fragments.
In the Black Abyss Domain, large meteorites weren't fearful; the most terrifying and dangerous were, instead, those no larger than a fist, or even as small as gravel pieces.
"Xian Kong, upper left thirty degrees, quick, dodge!"
Suddenly, a warning echoed in his ear, and Xian Kong Ancestor instantly felt an extremely dangerous premonition. He instinctively burst forward.
He had barely left his original spot when his Divine Soul suddenly ached faintly, and his originally intangible Divine Thought Domain was abruptly "pierced."
A straight, long "void" suddenly appeared in Xian Kong's sensing area; a stone the size of a fingertip also emerged.
However, the next moment, this stone, moving hundreds of times faster than the speed of sound, left the range of the divine sense detection, disappearing in an instant.
"Master, eleven degrees to the right!"
"Yama, watch the top of your head!"
"There's meteor dust coming from the southeast, everyone dodge."
"He Tai, be cautious—ugh!"
Daoist Ou Feng couldn't dodge in time and was struck by a piece of ice that pierced through his Magic Domain, slamming heavily onto the Treasure Shield in front of him, exploding into a large cloud of cold light. The tremendous impact drastically slowed him down, causing the mana inside his body to churn violently.
Just then, ten feet away from Zhao Sheng, a dazzling light suddenly burst forth, and from within that light, a White Bone Treasure Shield was flung backward.
Cracked in several places, the thickest part of the shield was embedded with a round, shiny black stone seed, half the length of a finger.
A low-grade defensive Magical Treasure had failed to block just a small stone seed.
Had it not been seen with his own eyes, no ordinary Cultivator could have imagined just how dangerous and terrifying the Black Abyss Domain was.
Even the Nascent Soul Ancestors would not dare to linger in this ghastly place.
In less than a month, Zhao Sheng and his companions had dodged countless dangers, and they were gradually approaching the highly dangerous Mixed Hole Realm.
At this point, aside from Zhao Sheng, Yama and the others were almost spiritually exhausted and overwhelmed by the burden.