Chapter 155: youth is so awesome, I can just flop down and sleep
“Wait, I’m meeting in Tian Luo City with the Central Continent Sacred Ground? Seriously?”
As the date for the meet-up between the Central Continent Sacred Ground and the Northern Region sects drew closer, Bai Feng also learned the specific location.
If I remember right, Tian Luo City is a bustling trade hub—my sister Yu Yao’s hometown, actually, and the headquarters of Yu Ling Long—so it’s super lively.
But on second thought, it makes sense; after all, the Central Continent Sacred Ground is cooperating with sects from the Northern Region, not just Tian Jian Sect. So choosing Tian Luo City, which is pretty neutral ground, sounds about right.
“I heard Tian Luo City’s auction house is huge, and rich folks love to browse there. Maybe I should take this chance to earn some extra spirit stones?”
Bai Feng pondered seriously for a moment, then rejected the tempting idea.
This time, a bunch of folks from the Sacred Ground will come, and probably a lot of lucky guys (a.k.a. ‘Child of Destiny’) will sneak into the auction house too. He doesn’t believe these lucky kids won’t be there to cause trouble.
If he accidentally sells a few items to a lucky kid and gets snatched away—system’s probably just lurking around, waiting to pounce and dump Luck Points on him again.
Plus recently, with the Portable Array Disk and the Image Retainer, he’d made quite a bit of money. No shortage of cash for now.
‘Hopefully, this Tian Luo City trip won’t have any surprises…’ Bai Feng sighed, gazing out the window. At that moment, a knocking sound came at the door.
He stopped his musings, got up, and opened it.
“Um… I’m here to help,” came the shy voice of Su Lan Qian, looking down, her eyes fixed on her shoes. She looked like she’d remembered something, her face turning red instantly, her tone tinged with nervousness.
“Welcome.” Bai Feng grinned, welcoming her inside. He was just about to make a few more Array Disks for self-defense. “Su Sister, you look a lot better!”
“It’s all thanks to you,” Su Lan Qian’s tense face softened, showing a hint of a smile. “I’m now in the mid-Golden Core stage, so I should be able to do more things now.”
“Congratulations!”
Bai Feng offered some polite words, secretly sizing her up.
She really seemed more confident than before, and the aura of despair had faded quite a bit.
But strangely, when she talked, she still looked shy, even a bit cautious.
They headed into the Array Disk workshop, and Bai Feng didn’t rush to assign tasks. Instead, he moved over two chairs.
“Sit first, Sister Su,” he said, placing two chairs side by side, then took out a semi-transparent ‘Stone Tablet’ to set in front of them. “Next, I’ll teach you the extra part of the ‘Thousand Array’.”
“Huh? Wasn’t the ‘Thousand Array’ I learned before complete enough?”
Su Lan Qian looked a bit surprised, but then suddenly remembered something. There was a part of the Portable Array Formation she couldn’t replicate no matter what.
She’d thought her skills were lacking, but now it seemed she was missing a crucial piece.
“But this part is pretty tricky. So even if you fail the first time, don’t get discouraged. Without this part, you can still set up a ‘Thousand Array’,” Bai Feng said casually, head tilted, giving her a little warning. “Ready?”
Su Lan Qian’s eyes sharpened at his words, fully alert. Even with Bai Feng sitting beside her, she dared not lose focus. “Ready!”
“This is a very special array rune…”
Bai Feng slowly carved the immortal rune onto the prepared ‘Stone Tablet’.
Since he was only carving a small section and had already mastered the immortal rune, he could record part of it onto the spirit stone-made ‘Stone Tablet’.
He decided to teach Su Lan Qian part of the immortal rune after much consideration—first, because he believed her natural talent could learn it, and second, he genuinely needed a capable helper.
Most importantly, Su Lan Qian trusted him enough to even put his divine sense into her sea of consciousness—that’s basically entrusting her with his life.
So, he prepared to teach her the immortal rune. But he also knew she might not fully master it, so he downplayed its importance to prevent her from slipping into her usual self-doubt if she struggled.
“Hmm…”
Su Lan Qian couldn’t help but rub her forehead, filled with confusion. What is this stuff? She only watched for a few seconds, then her head spun like crazy—almost couldn’t hold on.
Is this really something I can learn?
Her fragile confidence crumbled again, trembling near collapse.
Just when she was about to give up, her mind suddenly remembered Bai Feng’s words:
‘You’re a genius far beyond other Array Masters. I don’t know how others see you, but at least with me, you’re truly one of a kind.’
‘Sister Su, don’t deny yourself. If you don’t believe in yourself, at least believe in me.’
She lowered her head, her fingers clutching her skirt. ‘I should believe Bai Feng…’
Finally, she released her grip and activated her spiritual eye, once again gazing at the array rune on the ‘Stone Tablet’.
She absolutely had to learn this rune—not just to prove herself, but to prove Bai Feng was right.
If Bai Feng believed in her so much, she had to meet his expectations!
“Um, no need to push yourself so hard. If you’re tired, take a break and start again later,” Bai Feng called out, worried. As someone experienced, he knew how difficult immortal runes were. Watching Su Lan Qian work herself so hard made him genuinely concerned she’d mess up.
After all, he just wanted to find a partner, not a disposable tool!
But suddenly, Su Lan Qian stretched out her right index finger, slowly but firmly drawing on the side of the ‘Stone Tablet’.
Halfway through, she couldn’t go on and suddenly collapsed, her body softening as she tumbled to the side.
White Feng hurriedly caught her, still staring intently at the ‘Stone Tablet’ on the table.
He saw that the front half of the two immortal runes on the tablet was nearly identical, clearly indicating she had grasped that part.
Immortal runes aren’t just doodles—you can’t just copy them if you don’t understand them. Without mastery, there’s no way she could remember or draw it out.
“Bai Feng… did I succeed…?”
Su Lan Qian struggled to open her eyes, feeling her mind still aching and muddled—like she’d just been stuffed with a thick book’s worth of knowledge in a flash.
“Yeah, you did it,” Bai Feng withdrew his gaze from the ‘Stone Tablet’, looking at her anxious face. His voice softened slightly. “You truly are a genius far beyond others.”
A smile appeared on Su Lan Qian’s face. “Great, I didn’t let you down…”
Before she could finish, she closed her eyes again, leaning into Bai Feng’s embrace, breathing evenly.
He quickly checked and shook his head with a wry smile. “Youth is so awesome—just fall asleep wherever.”
Su Lan Qian was fine, just exhausted. She’d fallen asleep purely from overwork.
He picked her up and laid her gently into the bed in the next room.
From today, Su Lan Qian wasn’t just a simple ‘Palu’ anymore. She couldn’t sleep on the sofa like before—her treatment had to be upgraded!
After covering her with the blanket, Bai Feng returned to his Array Disk workshop, slowly making more disks.
Sigh… in the end, he was the only one working.
