Corpse Recovery Diver

Alii doesn't like to see strangers, even when occasionally walking with her in the village, they have to try to walk on the open fields where no one is around.

Therefore, this should be the first official trip in Alii's life since she can remember, and they had bought tickets for it.

After finishing these things, Alii backed away, and Run Sheng stood on the lower steps. The young man climbed up to the incense burner platform in the middle of the mountain peak, where Feng Shui and meteorological arrays converge. His gaze slowly shifted, beginning to observe below.

In the past, this method was used to find tombs, but now, the young man was looking for traces of the sealing array from back in the day.

Although Qing'an did not specify the exact location, he gave guidance, and Li Zhiyuan found it. It was still a desolate open space, close to a small boat factory.

"Let's go down the mountain."

The descent was much faster, and then following Li Zhiyuan's guidance, Run Sheng rode the tricycle to take the three of them to the place.

Wei Zhengdao's abilities are beyond doubt. The arrays he left behind, even if eroded by time, even if broken, should not be underestimated.

Li Zhiyuan asked Alii to stay by the tricycle while he and Run Sheng went down.

The soil here was a bit damp and soft, leaving deep footprints when walked on.

Once reaching the specific position, the young man resumed his sensing and observation.

Something's not right...

Li Zhiyuan took out his small compass for a final calibration, determining it was this location.

But the thought in the boy's eyes became even denser.

Finally, Li Zhiyuan spoke:

"Brother Runsheng."

Run Sheng squatted down, and Li Zhiyuan climbed onto his back.

The boy spread his right hand, and a mist of blood permeated his palm, condensing into an array flag, which he waved continuously around him.

As the waving increased, the expression on Run Sheng's face became more and more serious.

In the past, when Xiao Yuan controlled arrays, he never needed so many movements, nor were they so complex.

This meant the place was extremely dangerous.

Run Sheng's Qi Gate slightly opened, preparing to handle any unexpected occurrences that might happen at any time.

Gradually, the soil on the ground began to tremble slightly, and honeycomb-like holes appeared beneath where the two stood.

The surrounding mud and sand continuously gathered towards this less than ten square meter area and then collapsed.

Instinctively, Run Sheng wanted to jump out, but he was tapped on the shoulder by the young man and stood still.

The sinking continued, and after reaching a critical point, it was as if the ground underneath suddenly gave way, causing Run Sheng to fall.

"Bang!"

It was deep, but not excessively deep.

Run Sheng was still gathering force to adjust his landing posture when his feet touched the ground first.

This height was nothing for the Run Sheng of today.

Li Zhiyuan waved his hand, and a few sparse lights lit up in front, but then half of them quickly extinguished.

"Brother Runsheng, turn on the flashlight."

"Okay."

Run Sheng turned on the flashlight, making the scene up ahead clear. It was a downward slope, not too steep, and certainly not deep.

Because the light from the flashlight already illuminated the main position.

If one were to compare arrays to a tomb, this meant the main chamber was already so exposed.

"Brother Runsheng, move forward."

"Okay."

Run Sheng's previously tense emotions gradually relaxed.

This was because from start to finish, Xiao Yuan kept calling him "Brother Runsheng." Usually, only in battles or dangerous environments would Xiao Yuan call him and Tan Wenbin, or Lin Shuyou, by their full names without any suffix.

On the contrary, when Xiao Yuan adds a suffix, it means the place... isn't too dangerous?

Indeed, this place wasn't considered too dangerous.

Li Zhiyuan addressed this Slaughter Array laid down by Wei Zhengdao back then with utmost caution and patience.

But while on top before, Li Zhiyuan felt something was off because the array's specifications were simply too low.

This was no longer a simple case of erosion by time but had been completely washed away by it.

The reason Li Zhiyuan had to wave the array flag so many times was to temporarily repair it; otherwise, even the quicksand would've remained untouched, with the array lacking any activity, requiring manual excavation to come down.

But a proper Slaughter Array should prioritize withstanding the erosion of time, as choosing this method indicates the target is hard to kill.

Even if Wei Zhengdao, who arranged this Slaughter Array back then, is still traversing the rivers and lakes, his level could not possibly be so low.

Moreover, Qing'an also said that the target Wei Zhengdao suppressed back then was extremely hard to kill.

Run Sheng continued advancing and quickly reached the main position.

By the flashlight's round beam, the main area was revealed: no towering altars, no pervasive lock chains, no dense slaughter arrays... In short, everything that should have been set up here was completely absent.

This sparrow was not only small but also lacked its internal organs entirely.

In the main position, there was only a stone table and a stone stool.

The table and stool were nothing peculiar, the carvings were unrefined, and it looked like they were casually chiseled out of a big stone, with no arrays or runes carved, not even basic grinding was done.

Li Zhiyuan got down from Run Sheng's back and walked to the stone table.

On the stone table, there were two protrusions, bound to it by years of time, yet it was evident they used to rest on the table... a pair of stone chopsticks.

The place was very clean, with no remaining evil presence, nor any signs that evil had been imprisoned or struggled here.

The entire core area's main position consisted only of this table, stool, and a pair of chopsticks.

Either Qing'an made a mistake.

But that was clearly impossible; regarding everything about Wei Zhengdao, it's hard for anyone in the world to be more invested than him. Furthermore, he had participated in the battle against that evil back then.

And taking it a step further, there shouldn't coincidentally be an ordinary array left by an ordinary array master here without any purpose.

Or else...

Li Zhiyuan sat down on the stone stool, facing the stone table, and simultaneously placed his right hand on the stone chopsticks, lifting his wrist as though he was picking them up, his eyes scanning the empty table before him.

The young man took a deep breath and murmured:

"Wei Zhengdao ate the Evil..."