Chapter 672: Chapter 672 - 658: Didn’t My Maternal Grandfather Die?

Xiaosuisui pouted again, touching her small head as if to express her grievance.

"I really didn’t have that much time to study!"

Ji Youyuan shook his head helplessly. "You always think you’re right. Study well now; your Eldest Maternal Uncle will teach you. After I’m done teaching, you’ll need to find someone. Whether things will go as you wish then will truly depend on fate."

After saying that, Ji Youyuan pointed to the first node of the Array of Heaven.

"The Array of Heaven has four major levels. The First Level is the Illusory Realm.

"Illusion, of course, means everything is a false image. These illusions manifest from the heart, making those who enter experience things they yearn for. It is very difficult to break through this level.

"Without great willpower or superior Illusion Technique, one cannot extricate oneself and will die, content, trapped within that Illusion Array."

As soon as Ji Youyuan said this, Xiaosuisui furrowed her little brows.

"But why was I fine? Why did only Seventh Uncle, Xiaobai, and Dahei get trapped in this Illusion Array?"

Ji Youyuan chuckled softly and patted her small head, his eyes full of warm approval.

"Because you’re a child. There are no grand ambitions in your heart."

Xiaosuisui laughed happily after hearing this. "Oh! So that’s how it is!"

Then, realization dawning, she immediately asked Ji Youyuan, "Eldest Maternal Uncle, are you saying I lack ambition?"

Ji Youyuan looked up at the sky and chuckled softly. "Let’s look at the Second Level."

"Oh!"

"The Second Level should be physical. Although the Array Diagram is incomplete, I can still infer that there is great fortune in this Second Level!"

"Great fortune? What’s that?"

Xiaosuisui’s eyes sparkled, full of anticipation, a sight that could melt any heart.

"Don’t worry! As long as you’re here for the Second Level, I’m sure they’ll all be able to pass!"

Xiaosuisui pouted. "Even if you didn’t say, I can tell. This looks like a river! Or maybe a city!"

"Correct! An incomplete diagram is an incomplete diagram precisely because you can see through it, yet you’re not certain. You clearly see it as a city, but in reality, it’s another sky."

Xiaosuisui was confused by his explanation but didn’t dwell on it. She pointed to the Third Level and asked Ji Youyuan.

"What about this Third Level?"

"The Third Level is a bit troublesome. This level has a name: ’Ascend to the Nine Heavens.’

"It’s called ’Ascend to the Nine Heavens’ because this ’Ascend to the Nine Heavens’..."

As Ji Youzhi began to speak, his lips curved into a slight smile, and he suddenly paused.

"What about ’Ascend to the Nine Heavens’? How do I pass it?"

"’Ascend to the Nine Heavens’ is quite interesting. Nine nines return to one; it’s all up to fate! Others certainly cannot pass it, but you definitely will!"

Xiaosuisui nodded confidently. "Naturally."

Her expression was so self-assured, as if she could encompass heaven and earth, with everything under her control.

"Don’t get too excited too soon. The dangerous one is the Fourth Level, the Dragon-Locking Array."

"I know that too. In this Array of Heaven, the most dangerous part is this final level, the Dragon-Locking Array. If I break it, Seventh Uncle, Dahei, Xiaobai, and I will all survive, but tens of thousands of lives on Yunzhou Island and Wangwu Mountain will be sacrificed!"

"Exactly! But if the Dragon-Locking Array isn’t broken, you’ll never leave the Array of Heaven, not until death."

"So, Eldest Maternal Uncle, you were saying just now that I have to find someone else later. That person went through the Array of Heaven and even came out from it without breaking the Dragon-Locking Array, and he’s still alive. Who is this person? How can I find him?"

Xiaosuisui asked a series of questions, all of which showed that she had cleverly figured something out.

"Naturally, it’s within this Dream Realm space. This item once belonged to him; your maternal grandmother asked me to give it to you."

Xiaosuisui blinked, looking at the three long strands of hair in Ji Youyuan’s hand. "Whose hair is this?"

"Your maternal grandfather’s! My father, Ji Shang!"

"Maternal Grandfather? Didn’t he die already?"

Having lived at the Ji Mansion for several months, the servants would occasionally speak of their Grand General, the hero of the Great Han Dynasty of the Central Plains. So, the information she had received was that her maternal grandfather had died long ago; as for how he died, no one knew.

"Nonsense! Those are all rumors!"

"But I remember when we had just returned to the Capital City, Steward Liu even prepared incense and paper money to pay respects to Maternal Grandfather!"

"That’s just a cenotaph. We originally thought we would never return to the Capital City in this lifetime, so we set up a cenotaph for your maternal grandfather, hoping everyone would forget about our Ji Family."