"I... I will kill you!"

The red-robed youth was arrogant, looking down from above, acting recklessly. When he came, he didn't even consider Ye Qingchen worthy of attention, and now, being slapped away by Ye Qingchen, how could he swallow this humiliation?

Immediately, he roared angrily and charged fiercely.

The other young man also rushed in with a howl of fury.

"You want to kill me? Just you?"

Ye Qingchen's gaze turned cold, and with a swift motion, he raised his foot high and swung it down like a giant axe.

"Bang!"

A dull thud was heard.

The two of them screamed in pain and flew out at a faster speed than when they came, crashing heavily to the ground.

Ye Qingchen glanced at the two, speaking coldly, "Get lost! If you don't, you'll stay here forever!"

The two shuddered at his words, shot a deep glance at Ye Qingchen, and turned to leave.

However, before leaving, the red-robed youth stopped, glared at Ye Qingchen full of resentment, and said, "Ye Qingchen, just wait. Senior Brother Zhao Tianyu won't let you get away with this! The pain we've suffered, you'll repay a hundredfold!"

With that, he left in a hurry.

"When did the Shifang Sword Sect gain disciples like these?"

Ye Qingchen's gaze flickered.

These two's cultivation level had reached the Spiritual Sea Fifth Heaven, even slightly stronger than Lei Qianjue. How could people like them be obscure? Why didn't he know about them?

And who is this Zhao Tianyu they mentioned?

Why summon him for no reason?

After pondering for a while to no avail, Ye Qingchen decided not to dwell on it.

He still needed to find the Imperial Tutor and wouldn't waste time on irrelevant people.

If Zhao Tianyu came looking for him, he'd deal with him just like these two.

A moment later, he stopped in front of a mansion.

"Is this the Imperial Tutor's residence?"

Ye Qingchen looked surprised.

The mansion in front was not as luxurious and grand as imagined, looking more like an ordinary residence, without even a name plaque. If Zhou Yuntian hadn't told him, he wouldn't have believed this was where Kong Shun lived.

"This junior, Ye Qingchen from Taotian Palace, has come to visit the Imperial Tutor!"

Ye Qingchen stood outside the door, cupping his hands and calling out.

But.

Though his voice was clear, there was no response from the courtyard.

"Is there no one here?"

Ye Qingchen furrowed his brows.

Clack!

At this moment, the slightly ajar door suddenly opened.

Three or four men scrambled out of the yard as if they were escaping, their faces pale with terror, as if they had seen something terrifying.

"Excuse me, is this the Imperial Tutor's Mansion?"

Ye Qingchen hurried forward to inquire.

Before he finished speaking.

The leading middle-aged man said in panic, "Young brother, leave quickly. This courtyard is haunted..."

"Haunted?"

A hint of astonishment appeared in Ye Qingchen's eyes.

But before he could ask more, the three had already fled in a panic.

"Could the Imperial Tutor's mansion be haunted?"

Ye Qingchen pondered for a moment.

But judging by the demeanor of those three, it didn't seem like they were lying.

Could it be they've seen something inside?

With this in mind, he simply walked forward.

A slight push and the door opened, revealing an elegantly tranquil bamboo grove as far as the eye could see.

Amidst the bamboo grove, only a winding pebble path led forward, ending at a residence.

Faint sounds seemed to come from within the residence, as if someone was moving about.

"It seems the Imperial Tutor is inside."

Ye Qingchen took a deep breath and stepped into the courtyard.

Buzz~

As he entered the courtyard.

A girl appearing to be in her early teens seemed to sense something suddenly and looked in Ye Qingchen's direction.

"Hmph, another pesky fly has come!"

"Ever since they learned that master is here, people keep coming to try their luck. Though they have no knowledge, they put on airs of a great scholar, it's simply ridiculous!"

The girl frowned.

Her eyes were full of disdain.

"Forget it, whatever."

"He can't come in anyway!"

The girl looked at Ye Qingchen who had already entered the courtyard and then withdrew her gaze.

...

"Huh?"

As soon as he stepped into the courtyard.

A peculiar feeling surged within Ye Qingchen's heart.

It was as if.

Something in the dark was watching him.

But this feeling quickly vanished.

When Ye Qingchen looked into the courtyard again, what he saw was startling.

He saw it.

Sometime unknown, thick fog had risen in the courtyard.

Under this dense fog, all traces of the courtyard were completely obscured, and even the residence he saw earlier was now unclear, leaving only the winding pebble path visible.

"Is this an array?"

Ye Qingchen suddenly thought of the array he had encountered in the valley of the Guangling Secret Realm!

"It appears, what those earlier said about seeing ghosts... was what they saw and heard inside this array!"

Ye Qingchen gazed around.

He found.

His senses were suppressed to the extreme by this mist.

Other than the pebble path underfoot, nothing else could be discerned!

"To see the Imperial Tutor, it seems I'll have to break through this array!"

Considering this, Ye Qingchen lifted his foot and walked forward.

However.

The more he walked, the more alarmed he became.

Because he realized, this path seemed endless. Based on the distance he'd walked, he should have long left the mansion, yet he was still on this pebble path.

Looking back.

Ye Qingchen saw that he seemed to be in the same spot, the mansion's door still three steps behind him.

"What's happening?"

"What kind of array is this?"

Ye Qingchen looked around in wonder.

He recalled Qin Wentian once said.

In this world, there are array masters capable of creating vast realms in a small space, forming the legendary Grotto Heaven Blessed Land where the Immortals dwell, much like the Guangling Secret Realm they visited.

Another kind of array master could use all things to form arrays, using a single blade of grass, a single tree, or a single stone to create an Enchanting Array, capable of resisting millions.

The array he now faced was the latter!

Of course.

Arrays in this world are complex and marvelous, apart from this, there are Illusion Arrays, Killing Arrays, Guardian Arrays... each possessing its unique wonders.

Faced with such a peculiar array, Ye Qingchen's expression grew tense.

If entering couldn't break the array, he could only return the way he came.

Was it possible.

That he couldn't even meet the Imperial Tutor?

Impossible!

"Since it's an array, there must be a way to break it!"

With this thought.

Ye Qingchen immediately calmed down, looking around.

He saw.

The surrounding mist was erratic, moving constantly with the breeze in the bamboo forest, forming a fantastic and mesmerizing scene.

"Is this the wind?"

As the breeze gently brushed his face, a flash of brilliance appeared in Ye Qingchen's eyes.

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