Chapter Forty-Six: Light the Lamp and Make a Wish
It had been a few days since the Spirit Gathering Array was completed, but Li Chen was still not idle.
In addition to the core spirit gathering array, there are many other processes to be done in the entire Spirit Sword Great Array.
For example, the Spirit Attraction Array also needs a thousand-year-old boxwood with extreme yin attributes.
Ouyang Feng, the peak master of the Water Mirror Peak, asked people to find a piece of Yin attribute pine wood everywhere, although this wood could be barely used to set up the formation, the effect it could exert was much worse.
Li Chen shook his head secretly, but he could also understand, after all, how could the thousand-year-old Yin Wood be found at will, and it would be good to be able to find a replacement.
"If this continues, even if this Spirit Attraction Array can really be built, I'm afraid it will only be able to exert less than one percent of its effect. β
Li Chen sighed helplessly, and he couldn't find a solution for a while.
However, even if it is less than one percent of the effect, in fact, there is already a lot of spiritual energy that this spiritual array can attract.
After all, this is the aura that was attracted from the entire Spirit Sword Mountain and its underground aura source, and it was more than enough to supply him alone.
If Li Chen can truly cultivate in the middle of it with peace of mind, he will definitely be able to touch the barrier of the Heart Passage Realm soon.
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In the early morning of this day, Li Chen still went out alone as usual, but found that there was already a person waiting outside the door.
This person has bright eyes and bright teeth, picturesque eyebrows and eyes, and an extremely beautiful appearance, it is Gu Yan'er.
At this moment, she was opening a pair of good-looking eyes and looking at Li Chen fixedly.
Li Chen was very surprised, and just wanted to ask, Gu Yan'er was already slightly red, and stepped forward directly.
"Uncle Junior, it's Yan'er's birthday in three days, can you come and celebrate with me then?" Gu Yan'er asked expectantly.
Li Chen's heart warmed slightly, and he smiled: "Since Sister Gu is going to celebrate her birthday, I will naturally go." β
Gu Yan'er's face was delighted, and she stuffed a wooden sign with the address written on it into Li Chen's palm, blinked and said playfully: "Little uncle, if you have to talk about it, Yan'er, I will wait for you!"
With that, she turned and left.
Li Chen looked at Gu Yan'er's back in the distance, thoughtful.
"Boy, I'm afraid this girl is a little interesting to you. Xianzun teased, "If you continue like this, you can really capture her heart." β
"Master Xianzun, you know, I already have a fiancΓ©e. Li Chen shook his head, "Although her mind is simple, I can only pretend not to know." β
"Since this is the case, mortals are less than a hundred years old, and they have no chance to cultivate immortals with you after all. Immortal Venerable said indifferently, "What Immortal Dao is seeking is actually an immortality, and there is no need to bother about these short decades." β
Li Chen nodded helplessly.
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The three days were about to pass soon, and Li Chen followed the instructions given by Gu Yan'er that night and arrived at the third peak of the sect alone.
The third peak of the sect is called Qingyue Peak, and it is said that its peak major is to have reached the sword spirit master, which is only one head lower than the head of the sect.
In addition, the peak master of the first peak of the sect, Qingtian Peak and the second peak of Lieyang Peak, is not there all year round, so the peak master of Qingyue Peak is the strongest peak master of the sect except for the head of the sect.
It can be said that the peak master of the fourth peak of the sect is extremely prestigious because of his age, and the peak master of the third peak of the sect is intimidating because of his cultivation strength.
Li Chen was puzzled, thinking that Gu Yan'er should be the daughter of the hall master or the daughter of the worship of a certain hall in Qingyue Peak.
Gu Yan'er is one of the two beauties in the outer gate, but her life experience is the most mysterious in the outer gate.
No one in the entire outer gate knew which family Gu Yan'er came from.
They only knew that Gu Yan'er's words and deeds were elegant, and her entry and exit also revealed a noble spirit.
In addition, her cultivation ranks among the top ten in the outer gate, and she has reached the great success of swordsmen, which is exactly the same as the rest of the sons worshipped.
"After all, I don't know much about Sister Gu, and I don't even know her background. Li Chen sighed helplessly.
So saying, he followed the wooden sign and found his way.
After walking for a short time, Li Chen came to a luxurious house in Qingyue Peak.
The house was brightly lit and the sound of laughter was endless.
In addition to Li Chen, Gu Yan'er, many disciples of the outer gate, naturally wanted to be invited.
Li Chen didn't think too much about it, because Gu Yan'er was already waiting for him at the door.
"Little Uncle, you're really here!" Gu Yan'er was already surprised when she saw someone coming, and smiled, "I know that Little Uncle won't lie to Yan'er about me!"
She has been carefully dressed today, she is beautiful and beautiful.
Li Chen nodded, took out a delicate jade pendant and gave it to Gu Yan'er, and said with a smile: "Sister Gu, this is my birthday gift to you." β
This jade pendant was specially ordered by Li Chen to Ouyang Feng to find it, and it was a good material for refining weapons like thousand-grain steel.
Li Chen had already carved a miniature spirit gathering magic circle inside, as long as he put the jade pendant on his body, he could be nourished by the aura, and he would almost never get sick from then on.
"Thank you, Uncle Junior!" Gu Yan'er took the jade pendant with joy, and Xu Hailian in the house had already walked out while glaring at Li Chen.
"Yan'er, since you have accepted the gift, let him in quickly, don't waste time at this door. Xu Hailian's face was like frost, and she said lightly, "There are other people coming behind." β
Li Chen didn't bother to pay attention to this woman, so he smiled at Gu Yan'er, and then went directly into the house.
There were already many outer disciples inside, most of whom were Gu Yan'er's admirers.
There are also some people Li Chen has seen, such as Lian Chengfeng, Xi Siyu, Zuo Tong and others, plus Tian Qiu and others in Gu Yan'er's sisters' circle.
As soon as Tian Qiu saw Li Chen coming in, his eyes lit up, and he directly greeted Shi Ran: "Li Chen, are you here too?"
Tian Qiu, as the eldest sister in Gu Yan'er and Xu Hailian's sister circle, looks good in itself, and today she is even more well-dressed, with a good figure and temperament.
"Tian Qiu. Li Chen looked at the woman who was having a good conversation in Ouyang Feng's mansion that day, and responded lightly, "Sister Gu's birthday, of course I have to come to celebrate with her." β
"Yes, Yan'er must have hoped that you would have come, and now if she hadn't had to welcome foreign guests, she would have come in directly to talk to you. Tian Qiu's beautiful eyes rolled and smiled very generously.
Among the people in this mansion, only Tian Qiu had seen Li Chen reveal his identity as the Sword King in Ouyang Feng's mansion that day.
Even the unruly peak masters of the sect, and even the head of the sect, could only bow down to Li Chen and call him "King Li Yin." β
This is not just Ouyang Lan's friend's relationship.
"What's going on with Sister Tian Qiu tonight?How can you be so close to that Li Chen?" Xi Siyu, who was sitting not far away, looked at the situation between the two and scolded indignantly in a low voice, "Could it be that Sister Tian Qiu actually takes a fancy to her little brother who is five or six years younger than her?"
Xi Siyu at the auction party in the attic that day also shocked the closeness of Li Chen and Ouyang Lan, and after she calmed down with one hand, she also knew as well as Xu Hailian that Li Chen and Ouyang Lan were just friends.
After all, Li Chen is just a lower-class person who is a walking disciple in the dining room, and there is still a gap between him and these arrogant women.
Moreover, Ouyang Lan is Ouyang Lan, Li Chen is Li Chen, and Ouyang Lan cannot afford Li Chen for a lifetime.
Now seeing that Tian Qiu is so flattering to Li Chen, Xi Siyu, who is a member of the sister circle, is naturally blindsided.
"Siyu, don't say a word, today is a good day for Yan'er's birthday, don't spoil the atmosphere. The other sisters hurriedly persuaded.
Lian Chengfeng stood proudly aside, looking at Li Chen like a play.
After being dismissed by Ouyang Lan at the attic auction party that day, Lian Chengfeng deliberately paid attention to Li Chen.
However, when he found out that Li Chen was still working in the dining room as usual and being a walking disciple, Lian Chengfeng decided to give up caring about such an opponent.
He is one of the three consummations of the outer gate, even if Li Chen has defeated Xue Yunfei, Li Chen is still inferior to him after all.
What's more, Li Chen has never played with Lian Chengfeng, so Lian Chengfeng is confident that as long as he pays attention to it, he will definitely be able to deal with Li Chen.
In his opinion, the reason why Li Chen was able to win against Xue Yunfei was only because Xue Yunfei was careless.
"Tonight is Yan'er's birthday, everyone can come to cheer, it is a blessing for my family. A mature beauty Shi Shiran appeared among everyone.
Her eyebrows and eyes are very similar to Gu Yan'er, and her demeanor is also very elegant and dignified, she is Gu Yan'er's mother, and everyone nods secretly.
"Hello Auntie. And all the people bowed politely.
Gu's mother nodded back to everyone.
Beside her, there was also a man with sword eyebrows and starry eyes and a face like a crown of jade, who was only white and traceless on the first day of the outer gate.
Moreover, Bai Wuxian had already made up his mind to establish a good relationship with Gu Yan'er's mother in advance, and now the two are already talking and laughing.
Gu's mother looked at Bai Wuxian with some relief in her eyes, as if she was looking at her son-in-law.
"Without a trace, the birthday dinner is about to start, you go and let Yan'er and Hailian in. Gu's mother commanded.
"Even if Aunt Gu doesn't tell you, Wuxian will feel sorry for Yan'er and go over to invite her directly. Bai Wuxian nodded and smiled.
Bai Wuxian proudly walked past everyone, and when he saw Li Chen, he stopped.
After his gaze swept over Li Chen coldly for a while, Bai Wuxian shook his head disdainfully and went out.
"Relying on women's support is not worthy of being my white and traceless opponent at all. Bai Wuxian thought silently.
Li Chen didn't bother to pay attention to this man, just like Xianzun said, this kind of mortal, if you can't get used to it, you can find an opportunity to pinch it to death.
If it weren't for Ouyang Lan protecting him last time, this white traceless would have long since ceased to exist.
This time, if Bai Wuxian is still not interested, then Li Chen will really make a move.
After Gu Yan'er came in, Gu's mother announced that the dinner party had officially begun.
After the banquet where everyone talked and laughed, it was time to release the lanterns.
Gu's mother gave each of them a Kong Ming lantern.
This is a sect tradition, and on the day of the birthday, you need to put a Kong Ming lantern to bless you.
Gu Yan'er's sisters and friends all wrote some good words of blessings on the Kong Ming lantern, and then everyone laughed and sent the lamp into the air.
Gu Yan'er also wrote something by herself, but hid it and didn't let others watch it, so she walked aside and put the lamp on herself.
Li Chen thought about it, and after writing some good words, he put them on.
All of a sudden, under the bright night sky, dozens of faintly glowing Kong Ming lanterns slowly rose into the air, fluttering in the wind.
Li Chen's eyesight was excellent, and he looked at a certain Kong Ming lantern in the air, thoughtfully, because it was the Kong Ming lantern that Gu Yan'er personally distributed.
It is written in Juanxiu's handwriting: "Yanyan is flying, accompanied by red dust, not avoiding the world, and growing old together." β
At the same time, Gu Yan'er had already turned her head and looked at Li Chen with affection.
Li Chen's heart skipped a slight beat, but he still shook his head secretly, and sighed in his heart: "What kind of Yan is Yan, what kind of dust is Chen, Sister Gu, I can only think that I can't understand it." β
It's just that Li Chen still had something to lose after all, so he had no choice but to nod and smile at Gu Yan'er, and then turned his head away.
After the lighting session, everyone returned to the house again.
At this time, a strange middle-aged man entered proudly, staring around.
As soon as Gu's mother saw this man, she complained with a complicated expression: "Huaiying?"
Gu Yan'er was overjoyed, and walked over quickly and said in surprise: "Father, you are finally here." β