Chapter 382 - An Array Drawn with Blood (1/2)

While Jing Yi observed how Jing He had tried to make sure that his lover wouldn't miss out on anything with him the person in question finally arrived at the Leyuan region with Xin Lan.

Qiu Ling felt a little torn. Yes, he wanted to get his Jing He back as soon as possible but he also felt a bit bad about selling the old geezer out. If he could, he really would have liked to warn him that such a troublesome person had found out that he was still alive. Unfortunately, Xin Lan didn't leave him out of his sight and he would take it out on Jing He if Qiu Ling really tried something. Thus, he couldn't do anything. Well, the old geezer would be able to cope with it somehow. Probably.

When Qiang Wei saw the two of them arrive his expression brightened. ”Your Majesty, Senior —”

A dark look from Qiu Ling shut him right up again. Ah, he might look up to Xin Lan but not so much that he would risk offending His Majesty over it. He wasn't like Fu Min who blindly worshiped Xin Lan, after all. Before he could react further Xin Lan had already stepped past him anyway. Don't even mention responding to his greeting, he didn't even look at him.

Qiang Wei smiled wryly and just remained where he was. Right, he had completely forgotten how stand-offish Xin Lan could be. There really was no merit in offending His Majesty for him.

Xin Lan didn't consider how his behavior might be perceived. He only had one goal: Seeing his master again as soon as possible.

He walked to the array and took a look at it, spreading out his senses while he was at it. He had spent a bit of time in the human realm when his master had still been king and he had come into contact with quite a few arrays back then. After all, he had only come in search of things his master might need and those were only rare things that would most likely be found in such a secret realm. This kind of array seemed quite different though.

Qiu Ling couldn't help but follow Xin Lan even though he knew that the other didn't like to see him. ”Can you see anything? That guy from the Hei Dian Sect said it was an ancient array someone from his sect used. Uh, right, that guy from the Hei Dian Sect is that bastard's uncle but you should know about that, right?”

”Mn.” Xin Lan only murmured an assent. He had followed Jin Ling for so long under his master's comment and had even seen him grow up before, naturally, he knew everything about him there was to know.

He didn't say anything else and just followed the outer layer of the array. This thing was actually quite simple but it didn't astound him that the dragons of today wouldn't be able to figure it out. Considering that, the array could probably be called brilliant. Furthermore …

”I can tell you how to open the array. You'll probably not succeed though.” Xin Lan's lips quirked up. Honestly, he could somehow relate to Jin Ling's wish of imprisoning Qiu Ling's beloved. It was … quite entertaining to watch.

”What do you mean?” Qiu Ling worriedly walked after him, staring at the uncovered half of Xin Lan's face.

”This array wasn't erected with the elements like other mortal arrays. Instead, the person used blood.”

”So, we'll need blood to solve it?”

Qiu Ling frowned. He might not know much about arrays but it was common sense that an array would either be solved by using the same medium that had been used as an anchor or by something that was the polar opposite of the anchor. Since blood didn't really have an opposite … They could only use blood. What was the problem with that?