Chapter 671: Chapter 671 - 657 You’re arguing with your uncle_2

"Big Black isn’t a person, but a python on the verge of transforming into a flood dragon. I brought it with me. This time, when Uncle Qi and I charged into the Array of Heaven, Big Black followed me in."

"So, in this Array of Heaven, there’s you, your Uncle Qi, Xiaobai, and this Big Black you mentioned?"

"Mhm!"

"It seems this is fate!" Ji Youyuan sighed.

Xiaosuisui blinked, her face flushed with excitement.

"Uncle Ji, do you know about this Array of Heaven?"

"I know a little. The Array of Heaven is one of the nodes that locks a region’s fortune. As long as this Array of Heaven is broken and the Dragon-Locking Array is unraveled, the Celestial Dao overseas will be restored."

Xiaosuisui blinked again. How is this different from what I thought?

"So it’s not that breaking the Dragon-Locking Array will restore the Celestial Dao for both the Central Plains and overseas? Only the overseas Celestial Dao can be restored?"

"Naturally, only one place can be restored, and it requires an immense price and sacrifice!"

Ji Youyuan sighed again, clasping his hands behind his back and gazing intently at the Lotus Pond.

"Uncle Ji, when you speak of price and sacrifice, are you referring to Yunzhou Island?"

Xiaosuisui had naturally considered this.

Ji Youyuan nodded, then shook his head. "It might not be just Yunzhou Island."

"And the commoners who vanished without a trace from both sides of the Yunhang Coast, is that it?"

Ji Youyuan gazed at her in surprise. "You figured it out?"

"Mhm! When we first arrived on Yunzhou Island, we mentioned Wangwu Mountain to Great-Grandfather. At the time, Great-Grandfather tried hard to hide his panic, but his inner turmoil was still apparent."

"So, your great-grandfather was responsible for making the people on both sides of the Yunhang Coast disappear?"

When Ji Youyuan received news that the people on both sides of the Yunhang Coast had vanished, he had suspected it might be connected to his maternal relatives on Yunzhou Island. However, suspicion was just suspicion, and he had no proof. It wasn’t until later, when he saw the fragmented Array Diagram of the Array of Heaven, that this thought grew even stronger.

"I think it’s not just Yunzhou Island; Nanjiang might have had a hand in it too."

"Nanjiang? Yunzhou Island isn’t connected to the Central Plains. How could they get involved with Nanjiang?"

"Yunzhou Island and the Central Plains aren’t entirely cut off; it’s just that we don’t know the specific reasons. On the shipping route to Yunzhou Island, there’s a place called Black Water Ridge. It’s perennially shrouded in dense fog. Ships that enter this fog lose their bearings, which is why people can’t find Yunzhou Island."

"I see!"

Xiaosuisui’s eyes lit up. So, there must be a way to overcome the perpetual fog at Black Water Ridge!

"There is. If one dares to pass through during a raging storm with heavy rain, they can make it."

"Risking passage through a storm, seeking life amidst death... that does sound interesting!"

"Uncle Ji! This isn’t about whether it’s interesting or not. The problem now is that we need to get out of this Array of Heaven. We also need to find a way to protect the residents of Yunzhou Island and both sides of the Yunhang Coast."

Saying this, Xiaosuisui smacked her forehead. "Oh, look at me, I forgot the important things again! Uncle Ji, the problem now is that Uncle Qi, Xiaobai, and Big Black are all trapped in the Illusory Realm. Tell me, how can I save them?"

"You little rascal! You learn everything else so quickly, but when it comes to this Illusion Technique, you barely grasped the rudiments before you quit."

Xiaosuisui just giggled. "Isn’t it because I don’t have that much aptitude? Besides, you only taught me for a few days, and you spent all that time making me practice calligraphy. My hand ached from all the writing, but it was still no good, and you punished me every day. It’d be a miracle if I could learn properly under those conditions!"

As Xiaosuisui finished speaking, her voice carried a hint of grievance.

Hearing this, Ji Youyuan leaned over and tapped her forehead.

"You only practiced for a few days and you’re already complaining your hand hurts! Look at that chicken-scratch handwriting of yours! Will you ever be able to show that to anyone in the future?"

Xiaosuisui rubbed her head, pouted her little lips, and put on her most aggrieved expression.

"Uncle Ji! That really hurts! What if you knock me silly?"

A few tears welled up in the corners of her eyes. She looked utterly pitiful.

"Stop pretending. Don’t I know you? You’ve mastered Telepathy; your mind and intelligence are both far beyond ordinary people! Aren’t you concerned about your Uncle Qi’s life-or-death situation now?"

"Terribly worried, terribly worried! Uncle Ji, please teach me quickly! What do I need to do so they won’t be trapped in that Illusory Realm forever?"

"No need to rush, no need to rush. Take a look at this first! After you’ve seen it, you’ll probably need to find one more person to resolve the danger that will arise after the Array of Heaven is broken! To save countless lives from dire straits."

Ji Youyuan gestured in the air, causing the fragmented Array Diagram of the Array of Heaven to materialize before them.

Crystalline array nodes, grayish-white lines, flowing smoothly and...

"Huh... This is a fragmented diagram!" Xiaosuisui studied it bit by bit, committing it to memory.

"Correct. This is a fragmented diagram drawn by someone who once mistakenly entered the Array of Heaven, based on their explorations and deductions. How much of it can you understand?"

Xiaosuisui rubbed her head, her face scrunching up as she said, "Arrays... I haven’t even learned half of the genuine skills from Second Aunt. How could I understand so much? Especially since this is a fragmented diagram!"

Watching the little girl scratch her small head, looking so adorable and endearingly clueless, Ji Youyuan’s heart melted, and he couldn’t bring himself to scold her in the slightest.

"You, you! It’s clearly you who didn’t study diligently, yet you always insist on making these excuses!"

The Xiaosuisui of this moment was not the unenlightened child of the past. She wasn’t about to meekly take the blame so easily now.

She felt incredibly wronged all over again.

"Uncle Ji! I’m only four and a half years old! How could I have had time to learn so much?!"

Ji Youyuan couldn’t help but be amused by this little girl.

"Oh! Give you an inch and you take a mile, huh? Just a moment ago, I praised you for your awakened mind, saying your intellect is beyond that of ordinary people, and now you’re already talking back to your Uncle Ji?"