On the way to Array Peak, Lin Huanhuan wasn’t idle either. She began organizing the more important plot points in her mind.
‘If my memory isn’t wrong, the Chaos Demon Mountain infiltrators in the Lingyun Sect will lie low for a while after this. About a month later, a few of them will break through to Foundation Establishment and directly target Bai Lingfeng, planning to turn him into their subordinate.’
‘Of course, they will inevitably fail. Bai Lingfeng will give them a sound beating. If not for the sake of being fellow disciples, they might have been killed. Bearing a grudge, they will wait for an opportunity to retaliate. It’s also around this time that You Yuelan meets Bai Lingfeng for the first time, and for some reason they take a liking to each other… that’s how it goes, right?’
‘This part of the plot has nothing to do with me. I’d better not get involved. I’ll use this time to continue cultivating diligently and improving my cultivation. For some reason, I have a bad feeling.’
‘Even though I haven’t directly changed the original work, You Yuelan’s attitude toward me is clearly starting to deviate. I might encounter a big crisis later. I must be strong enough to handle it.’
Thinking this, Lin Huanhuan had already arrived in front of Array Peak, but she stopped in her tracks.
Before her lay a bottomless chasm, thousands of feet deep, splitting the Lingyun Sect and Array Peak apart.
‘That’s not right. I’ve never been to Array Peak, but I’ve never heard of such a huge chasm in the Lingyun Sect. If it existed, why wouldn’t a Core Formation master from Array Peak simply fill it in? For us Foundation Establishment cultivators, it’s nearly impossible, but for a Core Formation master, it’s a trivial task.’
“Could someone have created it? Or did it just appear? No way. What force would be bold enough to do this on Lingyun Sect’s turf? Do they have a death wish?”
Within the Lingyun Sect, flying was generally forbidden. Of course, if there was an urgent matter, one could do it, but they would have to report to the Punishment Hall afterward—extremely troublesome, almost like asking for leave from school.
Lin Huanhuan’s current entry into Array Peak was clearly not an emergency, and she didn’t like going to the Punishment Hall anyway. It was annoying.
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Just as Lin Huanhuan was at a loss, a young female disciple walked over, gave her a contemptuous glance, and then walked straight toward the bottomless chasm without stopping.
“Hey, you can’t go that way!”
Startled, Lin Huanhuan quickly tried to warn her, but before she could finish, she saw that the young female disciple had already stepped forward, but her foot landed on solid ground, and she continued walking without pause.
Seeing this, Lin Huanhuan was stunned and had no idea what was happening.
The female disciple glanced back at her and sneered disdainfully. “Where did this fool come from? It’s just a simple illusion array someone set up here, and you can’t even see through it? Don’t tell me you came here to ask an Array Peak disciple to set up an array for you.”
“I advise you to go back and wash up and go to sleep. Someone like you, with zero talent and comprehension in arrays, won’t get anyone to help you. Go back and dream on!”
Hearing this, Lin Huanhuan’s face darkened, and anger surged within her. She hadn’t expected that because she was momentarily careless, she would be humiliated and looked down upon by a mere Array Peak disciple. How infuriating!
Actually, if she had observed a little longer, Lin Huanhuan would have realized it was just an illusion array. But since she had never been to Array Peak, she was caught off guard, and the Array Peak female disciple’s arrival was too sudden for her to react.
‘Damn it! Even though I’m not the protagonist, that female disciple is clearly just a nameless extra in the original story. How dare she act superior and slap my face? No way, I have to get back at her later!’
Lin Huanhuan, naturally mischievous, had never suffered such humiliation. She was extremely angry.
Although Lin Huanhuan was usually cautious around Bai Lingfeng, that was because he was the protagonist and naturally countered her as the villain. She was afraid that if she acted too recklessly in front of him, he would directly kill her.
Now, with others, she wasn’t so good-tempered.
Lin Huanhuan wanted to chase after her and immediately get even, but in the blink of an eye, the Array Peak female disciple had disappeared as if scared away, making her even more annoyed.
After taking a few more steps, Lin Huanhuan unexpectedly ran into an acquaintance—Huyan Yazhi, who looked utterly dejected.
Huyan Yazhi, usually arrogant and unruly, was now hunched over as if she had just suffered a great blow, feeling that life had lost its flavor. She wasn’t even looking where she was going. Lin Huanhuan worried that she might accidentally roll down the cliff.
Considering she had something to ask of the Array Peak people later, Lin Huanhuan took the initiative to greet her. “Huyan Yazhi, long time no see. What’s wrong with you?”
Huyan Yazhi looked up in confusion. The moment she recognized Lin Huanhuan, her dejection turned into immense joy. She flashed forward, grabbed Lin Huanhuan’s hand, and laughed. “Lin Huanhuan, what are you doing here today? Oh, I get it! You’ve finally decided to join Array Peak, right? No problem at all. I can write you a recommendation letter—just say it’s from me. With your talent, you should have come long ago. You’ve been wasting time outside. I don’t know what you were thinking. Fortunately, you’ve come to your senses now. This is wonderful!”
Huyan Yazhi’s mouth was like a pea machine gun, spouting words one after another without stopping.
Lin Huanhuan awkwardly pulled her hand back. This Huyan Yazhi was really too rude.
‘But why does she keep recommending I join Array Peak? And she wants me to put her as the recommender? This feels like a pyramid scheme. Could there be a referral bonus? Probably.’
Lin Huanhuan muttered inwardly and refused without hesitation. “No, I’m not here to join Array Peak. Don’t misunderstand. I’ve already taken Elder Song as my master and joined Xiaozhu Peak as a personal disciple. If this gets out, my master might misunderstand.”
“Alright, even though you haven’t figured it out yet, I think you will in the future.”
Huyan Yazhi’s face showed undisguised disappointment. Lin Huanhuan asked again, “By the way, what happened to you just now? You looked like you lost your soul. Did you get dumped or something?”
Huyan Yazhi stared at her blankly, feeling like crying. She nodded. “It’s not that easy to bear. Someone won the array flags I’ve been refining for years.”