Chapter 106: Chapter 106 So She Needed to Charge
Looking at Xiaoxuan, who stuck in a wheelchair and posed like the Goddess of Victory, Zhang Ze took out the Profound Identification Treasure Mirror.
After all, last time he helped reboot Xiaoxuan’s system using this mirror.
Now she’s stiff again, so maybe she needs another reboot.
But with Xiaoxuan in her current state, Zhang Ze wasn’t sure where to place the mirror.
Lily handed a rope to Zhang Ze, "Try tying the mirror to her?"
Zhang Ze took the rope, but found it a bit odd, like a dog leash.
"Where did this come from?" Zhang Ze tied the Profound Identification Treasure Mirror around Xiaoxuan’s waist with the rope.
"Bought it at the night market. Originally, I was going to put it on Hei Qu, but he refused." Lily replied.
"Hei Qu didn’t bite you?" Chen Qin asked.
"No, I’m smart. I went with Fuji at the time." Lily looked quite proud.
Ignoring Lily who was indulging in borrowed authority, Zhang Ze tightened the rope connecting the Profound Identification Treasure Mirror, then stepped back two paces.
However, after waiting for a long time, Xiaoxuan showed no reaction.
She still held her hands up, cheering for her recent victory.
Zhang Ze suddenly thought of cicadas.
Seven years underground, only for a summer chirp.
Lily had already started sighing and was contemplating placing Xiaoxuan permanently in the square of the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion’s inner courtyard.
To commemorate, the day could be an annual holiday with a wheelchair race held.
Not just Lily, but Qiao Lezhi and the cultivators of the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion were also sighing.
Everyone was immersed in the sad atmosphere of losing their dear Xiaoxuan.
Xiaoxuan’s personality truly is lovable; just in these few days, she had integrated into the quirky family of the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion.
Otherwise, so many people wouldn’t join this miraculous stone statue girl in merriment, playing wheelchair races.
Zhang Ze stared at Xiaoxuan for a while and suddenly thought of a possibility.
And perhaps due to Chen Qin’s mind being influenced by Zhang Ze, both the junior sister and Zhang Ze thought alike.
Thus, both of them simultaneously raised a hand and tapped Lily, making her stumble.
"What are you two doing? You can’t blame this on me too, can you?" Lily complained while rubbing her arm.
"Not blaming you, I’m asking how your array formation research is going."
Zhang Ze spoke to Lily while untying the Profound Identification Treasure Mirror from Xiaoxuan’s waist.
"What array formation?" Lily didn’t understand.
"Cold City’s," Chen Qin reminded Lily, then drew a circle with her hand in front of Lily.
Initially, Lily didn’t get it, but upon seeing Chen Qin’s hand motion, she immediately understood.
"This might actually work, you know." Lily also thought of the method.
Nowadays, the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion has found its footing, with thousand mechanism cultivators free to choose their preferred areas of cultivation research.
Some enjoy studying spiritual qi vibration toys, some prefer analyzing array formations, others delve into the study of volatile substances...
Everyone could find their suitable direction.
The array handed by Ling Liu to Zhang Ze was set as a key project, consistently being decoded.
Though progress was slow, they had made some advancements.
Advancements relating to qi conversion.
...
Zhang Ze pushed Xiaoxuan’s wheelchair, following behind Lily, and bypassed several buildings until they arrived at the heart of the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion, where they stopped in front of a Black Tower.
The top of the Black Tower is surrounded by spiritual qi, sometimes condensing into mysterious runes, sometimes transforming into shadows of divine beasts, emitting a palpable yet faint pressure.
Lily pushed open the heavy doors, Zhang Ze and Chen Qin entered with Xiaoxuan.
Yet the inside of the Black Tower was completely empty.
The tower was merely a shell, with nothing inside.
"Where’s the Cold City’s array formation?" Zhang Ze asked.
"Not here, this is just a teleportation array."
Lily ran to the wall, initiated a mechanism with a token, causing the ground to crack open, revealing an array concealed beneath the floor.
"Then why did you build such a big Black Tower?" Zhang Ze was puzzled.
"Because it looks cool." Lily replied.
"Who taught you to do this?" Zhang Ze asked.
"You did." Lily pointed at Zhang Ze.
Zhang Ze thought about it and realized he did teach her that.
No longer bantering with Lily, the array beneath them lit up, and they were teleported into a constructed secret realm.
"This array, though a fragment, is quite complex. And since there’s no second piece, we don’t dare to arbitrarily research it.
"Currently, we’ve only deduced the parts related to qi conversion.
"As for the Dream-Locked Cold City part, and the part related to transforming Ling Qiyi and others back to a Stone Pill, we haven’t dared meddling.
"After all, a mishap would mean no second piece." Speaking of professional domains, Lily was uncharacteristically serious.
"Of course, the decoded portion of the array has issues as well.
"Unlike a regular Spirit Gathering Array, the converted spiritual qi cannot be absorbed by cultivators, nor stored within spirit stones or magical artifacts.
"Much like what you thought, perhaps related to the Stone Pill." Lily pointed to Xiaoxuan, still poised like the Goddess of Liberty.
"Originally planning to test when the Ling Family sisters arrived, but since Xiaoxuan has problems, it’s perfect to test now."
Lily pushed Xiaoxuan’s wheelchair into another room.
In the room’s center was a smaller array formation, with a diameter of just three zhang, seemingly uncomplicated.
"Help me lift Xiaoxuan up, she’s too heavy."
Whenever there’s physical labor, Lily starts to act frail.
Zhang Ze and Chen Qin teamed up to pick Xiaoxuan up and set her in the center of the array.
Lily squatted on the floor, tinkering with array talismans, and once everything was set, she pinched a spell to activate this unconventional Spirit Gathering Array.
A mist of pale purple spiritual qi appeared in the array, gathering around Xiaoxuan.
The converted spiritual qi was visibly absorbed into Xiaoxuan’s body.
Xiaoxuan’s hand moved slightly, reverting from stone back to a soft yet hard state.
"Phew, scared me, I thought I’d have to start serving jail time again?
"I’m telling you, just now I was afraid you’d think I was gone again then bury me in the ground again or throw me in the square as a statue."
Upon reviving, Xiaoxuan spoke with Zhang Ze and others while edging her way out of the array.
However, once she hopped out of the array, she ceased to move.
This time, maintaining a hand-on-hip stance.
Lily looked at Xiaoxuan who had stiffened again, puzzled, "The array seems fine? What happened."
Zhang Ze probably knew what happened, but the absurdity he felt grew stronger.
"Why does it feel like a phone with a drained battery? Running on 1% power, but once the charger is disconnected, it instantly shuts off."
"So the Profound Identification Treasure Mirror’s role is just to help boot up?"
Suppressing the urge to mock, Zhang Ze went forward and carried Xiaoxuan back.
The array resumed regular operation, spiritual qi being fed into Xiaoxuan.
Sure enough, after a while, Xiaoxuan revived yet again, this time hesitant to move.
"What’s happening?" Xiaoxuan asked.