NOVPUBAfter a long while, having run several laps around the courtyard, he was completely exhausted, drenched in sweat.
Mo Chen put down the giant stone he had been carrying on his back, and with a "boom," the ground beneath his feet was smashed into a small pit by the stone.
He was only wearing a black vest on his upper body, his muscular physique prominently bulging.
With his hair cut into a buzz, he looked very energetic.
After drinking a few sips of water, Mo Chen sat down cross-legged under the big tree in the courtyard.
Spiritual energy surged around him; although his cultivation was only at the True Vein Realm, his foundation was solid, and the spiritual energy extremely dense.
At that moment, he looked around and, seeing no one else, cautiously took out an ancient sheepskin scroll from his waist.
After staring at the sheepskin scroll for a long time, he finally took a deep breath.
He put the sheepskin scroll away and then began to form Array Seals.
There were a total of twenty Array Seals, and after he finished forming them, Mo Chen carefully controlled them.
He did not merge the Array Seals into the air like an ordinary Array Master would.
Instead, he controlled all the Array Seals to move toward the index finger on his right hand.
When all the Array Seals merged into his index finger, a glow of firelight floated away.
His index finger turned red, as if it had been scorched by a great fire.
This Formation was the third-tier Bursting Flames Array.
What Mo Chen was attempting was to inscribe this Formation onto his right index finger.
This was a mad pursuit.
Inscribing Formations on one’s body was something that very few people have done since ancient times.
But Mo Chen’s idea was even crazier.
He planned to etch his entire body with Formations, not sparing a single bone or inch of skin.
And now, the index finger was just his first attempt.
Once the Bursting Flames Array was integrated into his index finger, the Formation ceaselessly corroded his entire piece of skin, flesh, and bone.
The pain was unimaginable.
Despite having mentally prepared in advance, the onslaught of pain still made Mo Chen feel as though his soul were being torn apart.
He tightly embraced the tree trunk beside him with one hand, clenching his teeth and veins throbbing on his forehead.
His whole body was dripping with sweat as he endured, trying not to cry out or faint.
And this was only one index finger; one can only imagine the pain if he were to inscribe Formations onto other parts of his body in the future.
The agony would have been enough to kill a person numerous times.
...
After an indeterminate amount of time, the sky began to brighten.
Mo Chen finally eased out of this pain.
As the transformation by the Formation was complete, he slowly extended his right hand.
Then he pointed his right hand toward the void, and with a "boom," the Bursting Flames Array etched within, drawing on the Spiritual Energy from heaven and earth, automatically began to operate.
Countless sparks shot out from his index finger and exploded in midair.
The boundless flames nearly engulfed and obliterated the surrounding air.
"Clap clap clap!"
At that moment, a sound of applause came from the entrance of the courtyard.
Startled, Mo Chen quickly withdrew his hand and looked towards the entrance.
He saw Xu Zimei, dressed in a purple robe, slowly walking in.
"Who are you?" asked Mo Chen vigilantly.
"No need to be nervous; you should actually thank me," Xu Zimei said with a smile.
"Why should I?"
"During the grand competition in Ten Thousand Arrays City, it was I who instigated the crowd to rescue you from the hands of the Blood Nether Holy Sect.
It was also I who recommended you to Mo Xinyi," Xu Zimei said, smiling.
The fact that Mo Chen was able to live in a separate residence in the Mo Family showed that his recommendation had been effective.
The Mo Family obviously placed some significance on him.
Otherwise, what merits and capabilities could a newcomer who had just changed his surname have?
...
"Thank you," Mo Chen fell silent for a short while before eventually saying in a low voice after hearing Xu Zimei’s words.
Everyone should have a belief to live for.
Perhaps his belief was vengeance.
His parents had been framed and killed, and his sister had died tragically before his very eyes.
For revenge, even if his whole body was carved with formations, enduring a pain that was beyond human tolerance at every moment,
he would not hesitate.
"Don’t be too quick to thank me. Maybe my next words will make you very angry," Xu Zimei said with a smile.
Mo Chen lifted his head, looking at Xu Zimei with some confusion.
"The Six Elements Indestructible Array is on you, isn’t it?"
Upon hearing Xu Zimei’s words, Mo Chen’s complexion changed drastically in an instant.
"I don’t know what you’re talking about," Mo Chen took a step back, replying warily.
"Don’t deny it, you should know what the Six Elements Indestructible Array means."
Xu Zimei said, "It’s the Mo Family’s legacy formation, available only to the Family Head and direct lineage elders.
If someone else cultivates it in secret, they would be hunted down by the entire Mo Family."
"I don’t understand what you mean," Mo Chen replied indifferently.
"Stop pretending," Xu Zimei said, "I think you must have carved the Six Elements Indestructible Array onto your own body.
Shall I call the Mo Family over now to check it out?"
Xu Zimei did not know how Mo Chen got his hands on the Six Elements Indestructible Array.
After all, that formation was tightly guarded by the Mo Family, practically impossible for outsiders to access.
But he certainly knew that the first formation Mo Chen engraved within his body was the Six Elements Indestructible Array.
He used the Six Elements Indestructible Array as the core, and other formations as auxiliary, etching formations all over his body.
...
Mo Chen’s expression was unsettled upon hearing Xu Zimei’s words.
When he first came to the Mo Family, there was a time when he was cleaning the ancestral hall of the Taoist Array Great Emperor and inadvertently found a piece of sheepskin paper behind the statue of the ancestor.
This sheepskin paper was left by the Taoist Array Great Emperor himself.
It contained some of his ideas about carving formations into the body.
However, such an act was too dangerous, and the Taoist Array Great Emperor was not confident about it, so he sealed it up.
It was never revealed to the public; not even the Mo Family’s own knew about it.
When Mo Chen saw this object, he decided to try cultivating it without any hesitation.
Burdened by a sea of blood and vengeance, lacking in aptitude and without any power,
the only thing he had was a heart unwavering in hardship, desiring to become stronger.
His cultivation was always done in secret, and Mo Chen didn’t know how Xu Zimei came to know about it so clearly.
...
"What do you want?" Mo Chen asked indifferently.
"The Six Elements Indestructible Array."
"Figures," Mo Chen murmured upon hearing Xu Zimei’s words, hesitating slightly.
"Give me the Six Elements Indestructible Array, and there will be no ties between us," Xu Zimei replied.
"I want to leave this place, and you can still prepare for your grand plan of revenge.
I won’t disclose your situation to anyone."
Mo Chen was silent for a short while, eventually nodding reluctantly.
"I hope you keep your word," he said, handing over the sheepskin paper from his waist to Xu Zimei.
Xu Zimei took the sheepskin paper and quickly scanned over it, memorizing the contents, and then returned it to Mo Chen.
"Perhaps one day, your name will indeed become famous throughout Yuan Central Continent," Xu Zimei said with a smile before leaving the courtyard.
After returning to his own room, Xu Zimei also announced that he was going into seclusion for the first time.
