Clan Rise: Starting as a Grandfather

Chapter 1420: Chapter 899: Taiyin Cold Pond Array, Water of Transformation 2

And on one side of the mountainside, there is a cold spring.

To find this place, Yang Zhenshan has been wandering around quite a bit these past few days.

Ma Qiuyan and Ning Yun checked around, occasionally gathering to discuss for a moment, and finally they came to the southernmost point of the mountain stream.

"Master, this place is the most suitable!"

Ma Qiuyan pointed to the eastern mountainside and said, "There’s a cold spring there, the array hub can be placed there!"

"However, the water vein of the cold spring isn’t of high grade, we need time to connect the water vein of the cold spring with the river’s water vein!"

"The array plate can be placed at the river bottom, we also need to establish an underwater cave mansion!"

"The array will cover more than thirty miles nearby. If one approaches from the gorge, it would be difficult to discover the existence of the array!"

She pointed to the mountain stream gorge.

Yang Zhenshan nodded, "So I need to lure people over from that side!"

"Yes, that’s the best way to avoid the opponent discovering the array in advance." Ma Qiuyan said.

"Is there anything else?" Yang Zhenshan asked.

Ma Qiuyan and Ning Yun exchanged a glance and said, "If Master could place the transformative water into the cold spring as part of the array hub, the power of our Taiyin Cold Pond Array could increase by at least double!"

The Taiyin Cold Pond Array is a great array they’ve researched for decades, designed according to their understanding of the Array Dao and their own cultivation techniques.

This array fuses Taiyin essence with the spirit of abyssal cold water, utilizing "Yin Softness Transforming Kill" as its core, carrying the Yin Cold power of Taiyin through the ever-changing nature of water, rooted in the Yin attribute of natural world for a lethal array.

Ma Qiuyan cultivates the Gui Water Nourishing Essence Scripture, while Ning Yun practices the Taiyin Moonlight Nourishing Heart Scripture, hence they need to cooperate fully to set up the Taiyin Cold Pond Array.

"Transformative water? It doesn’t seem suitable for a cold array!" Yang Zhenshan was a bit puzzled.

Transformative water is that miracle water Yang Zhenshan obtained from an ancient relic array.

This water is a miraculous water formed by the fusion of Yin and Yang energies, containing the Dao of Five Elements’ mutual generation, combining "Mother of Life" and "Spirit of Variation." It is not of river, lake, or sea, but a liquid spiritual mechanism formed by the condensation of the nurturing power of Heaven and Earth, its form like glazed nectar, its taste fragrant with hundreds of herbs, capable of making all things sprout with growth.

Strange water and fire, both are natural treasures of third order and above, belonging to inherently nurtured spiritual objects.

The most precious spiritual objects Yang Zhenshan possesses are the True Sun Fire of the Golden Crow Eight Trigrams Furnace and the transformative water kept in the Spiritual Spring Lake.

The existence of transformative water not only causes life to flourish on the Spiritual Spring Mountain Plateau, renewing vegetation, but also transforms the Spiritual Spring Mountain Plateau into the most suitable Dao Field for Yang Zhenshan’s cultivation.

However, transformative water is a miraculous water formed by the merging of Yin and Yang energies, while the Taiyin Cold Pond Array is primarily a cold array dominated by Yin Cold energy. Their attributes are incompatible, how could they be used together?

"Transformative water also has the effect of harmonizing Yin and Yang, we can leverage the power of transformative water to turn this place into a land of extreme cold!" Ma Qiuyan explained.

Yang Zhenshan doesn’t understand Array Dao at all, but he knows that specialized tasks should be left to specialized people.

"Oh, when do you need it?"

"Once we finish setting the array, Master can then retrieve the transformative water!" Ma Qiuyan said.

"Alright!"

Yang Zhenshan agreed, and then Ma Qiuyan and Ning Yun began arranging the array.

Setting up an array takes time, and the more complex the array, the more time it requires.

The Taiyin Cold Pond Array is a formation designed by Ma Qiuyan and Ning Yun, it is not a single array, but a large composite array combining artifact and earth arrays.

Actually, the Taiyin Cold Pond Array can also borrow the power of Taiyin Moonlight, adding some components of Celestial Array, but Ma Qiuyan and Ning Yun’s knowledge of array Dao isn’t sufficient to arrange a Celestial Array.

Regarding the grade of the Taiyin Cold Pond Array, according to Ma Qiuyan, if the terrain is suitable, it can reach Second Rank Top Grade, but if the terrain is unsuitable, it can barely reach Second Rank Lower Grade.

The fact that both of them haven’t yet reached Foundation Establishment and can arrange a second order array is enough to show their remarkable talent in Array Dao.

In the following ten days, Ma Qiuyan and Ning Yun have been busy in the mountain stream, while Xuanzhen, Yang Jizhen, and Bai Xiaoyun stayed by their side, helping them.

Yang Zhenshan watched them modify water veins, guide earth veins, arrange the array hub, array flags, and build an underwater cave mansion.

The so-called underwater cave mansion is a site built under water suitable for water attribute cultivators to practice, although it is not for cultivators’ cultivation, but to provide energy for the array plate.

Just the underwater cave mansion alone requires connecting to the river’s water veins, setting up several low-level arrays such as Spirit Gathering Array, Spirit-Attracting Array, and Illusion Spirit Array.

It was the first time Yang Zhenshan saw someone arranging a large array, he found it novel and eye-opening.

Although he is Ma Qiuyan and Ning Yun’s master, he didn’t actually help them with the array, as he is an outsider in the Array Dao.

Ma Qiuyan and Ning Yun’s knowledge in Array Dao was entirely self-taught.

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Half a month later, Yang Zhenshan returned to White Cloud Immortal City.

In this half month, he had not shown himself in White Cloud Immortal City, but that doesn’t matter, for Foundation Establishment cultivators, staying shut for ten days or half a month is quite normal, not to mention ten days or half a month, even three or five months is very normal.

"Is there anyone still watching outside?"

In the Spring and Summer Square cave mansion, Yang Zhenshan asked Yun Xiao.

"They are still there, and there are several more!" Yun Xiao said.

"They are waiting for me to leave!" Yang Zhenshan revealed a cold smile.

Yun Xiao looked at him and asked, "Are you all prepared?"

"Prepared, you should leave the city first, someone will meet you outside the city and take you to the ambush location!" Yang Zhenshan said.

"Alright!"

Yun Xiao agreed without hesitation, these arrangements were already discussed with Yang Zhenshan, so naturally, there was nothing to worry about now.

Yun Xiao departed, and Yang Zhenshan stayed in the cave mansion to spread out his spiritual sense to identify those who were spying outside.

There were six people in total, all Qi Refining cultivators, their surveillance had some skill, as they were well-hidden.

Unfortunately, this kind of surveillance couldn’t possibly fool Yang Zhenshan.

Yang Zhenshan could figure it out just by observing with spiritual sense for a while.

Yun Xiao’s departure didn’t cause them to make any moves, they certainly knew Yun Xiao’s relationship with Yang Zhenshan, but their target wasn’t Yun Xiao, so they didn’t pay extra attention to Yun Xiao.

Yang Zhenshan didn’t immediately take action but waited overnight, and leisurely walked out of the cave mansion the next morning.

He seemed to be casually strolling along the street towards the South City Gate, and just as he was about to reach the city gate, he suddenly picked up speed and dashed out of the city.

Soon after, the Qi Refining cultivators responsible for surveillance began to get busy, with some going to relay the news and others trailing Yang Zhenshan from afar.

Upon exiting the city, Yang Zhenshan increased his flying speed considerably.

He did not pretend to be unaware, which would seem somewhat fake. Instead, he chose to act like he discovered someone tailing him and hastily fled from White Cloud Immortal City, making it more likely to draw Xu Mingzhu’s pursuit.

Not long after leaving the city, Yang Zhenshan noticed there was actually a Foundation Establishment cultivator following him.

This Foundation Establishment cultivator wasn’t surveilling him in the city, but followed behind him once he left the city.

Yang Zhenshan estimated this person must have been keeping watch at the city gate, waiting for him to leave the city.

At this point, he naturally wouldn’t expose the Foundation Establishment cultivator behind him but rather feigned ignorance of the person’s presence. He took a detour in the mountains and forest, occasionally restraining his aura, utilizing his teleportation ability to move a distance, making it appear as if he was avoiding someone’s chase.

And the Foundation Establishment cultivator following him didn’t disappoint, somehow managing to remain concealed behind him the whole time.

If it weren’t for his strong spiritual sense, he might truly be unaware of the person’s presence.

Yang Zhenshan performed for about an hour until he saw a flying boat coming from the north, then frantically hurried towards the mountain stream in the south.