Ms. Diviner: The Prodigal Daughter's Return

Chapter 1880: Chapter 1880: Slap, Slap, Slap!

Wen Gaoren paced back and forth along the array, deep in thought, occasionally pausing to place the meteorite gold himself, or having Mu Hanyan do it instead.

The two of them had cooperated numerous times in the Huayu Temple, and were already familiar and in sync.

Soon, one-third of the previously prepared meteorite gold was used up, and surprise was evident on the faces of everyone around.

Just as Mu Hanyan had said, all the array points only used half of the meteorite gold.

Even if they hadn’t eaten pork, they’d seen pigs run; most of the priests present had some understanding of arrays, some were even array masters themselves, so it wasn’t difficult to see that Wen Gaoren’s method of repair was actually very similar to Duan Cheng’an’s, with no obvious differences. This was not surprising, since Duan Cheng’an’s array formation technique was originally learned from Wen Gaoren. Even if the master kept some secrets, the difference wouldn’t be too great.

But according to their understanding of arrays, using only half the meteorite was not nearly enough to provide the energy necessary to activate this array, much less repair it. Yet the array was emitting brilliant flashes, with runes and shadows emerging, and what was severely damaged was now rapidly repairing. At this rate, with just half the meteorite gold, this array would definitely be restored.

What’s going on? Clearly it’s the same repair method, but only half of the meteorite gold is needed to be effective. How exactly is Wen Gaoren accomplishing this? Everyone was utterly puzzled.

”Didn’t you say that old man wasn’t keeping any secrets?” Ou Dechuan’s expression turned ugly as he asked Duan Cheng’an.

”No, there’s a trick to this, definitely a trick.” Duan Cheng’an stared intently at Wen Gaoren, yet had seen no clues, only feeling that this repair array was definitely different from what Wen Gaoren used before, but couldn’t say what exactly was different.

No one noticed that Mu Hanyan, who was helping Wen Gaoren, from time to time had a mysterious light flashing through her palm.

The secret of the array lies in the Chaos Heavenly Fire.

Mu Hanyan had long discovered that the meteorite gold used for setting arrays on the Divine Continent had significant waste, with the energy contained within not fully activated. She recalled when she obtained that Heavenly Stone, she bought half a cartload of useless stone. Even after many years, the energy hadn’t been entirely consumed.

This could be related to the Heaven and Earth Rules of the Divine Continent, or perhaps to the generally low strength of the array masters. Mu Hanyan didn’t bother to delve into the reasons. However, she could be certain that if all the energy in the meteorite gold could be fully activated, the cost of setting arrays could be reduced by half.

Even after confirming this, she was helpless because after multiple experiments, she found she couldn’t fully activate the energy contained in the meteorite gold. Only after last time, when the Chaos Heavenly Fire helped Gu Qingyang refine the Phoenix Nirvana Pill, did Mu Hanyan suddenly think, since the Chaos Heavenly Fire already possessed Spiritual Sense, and could help Gu Qingyang’s undeveloped — perhaps eternally undeveloped — Spiritual Fire restore its spirituality, could she rely on spirituality to fully activate the energy within the meteorite gold stone?

After returning, she tried it out, and without a doubt, the Source of Ten Thousand Flames, the Chaos Heavenly Fire, indeed had this marvelous use. However, since she was still thinking about the various temple competitions at the sacrificial ceremony, Mu Hanyan didn’t put much effort into it, as she didn’t urgently need it. Unexpectedly, today it was put to use.

Following Wen Gaoren, Mu Hanyan pretended to help, but occasionally used the Chaos Heavenly Fire to activate the energy within the meteorite gold. Originally, over a hundred pieces of meteorite gold were needed for setting the repair array, but now, only thirty-something pieces had already started to show effect. At this rate, when the array is fully repaired, it might not even need half.

And this repair array is effective partly relying on the array’s inherent magic power, and partly borrowing the power of the Heaven and Earth Rules, so after repair completion, it has no impact on the lifespan of the array itself.

Of course, the energy activated this way was still too intense, so as they say, a miss is as good as a mile; any slight mishap might completely destroy the array. Fortunately, Mu Hanyan had a Divine Sense much stronger than even the Divine Heart Priest, constantly monitoring the changes in the array and making minute adjustments from time to time, so there was no need to worry.

Finally, Mu Hanyan placed the last piece of meteorite gold, and Wen Gaoren also executed the final hand formation. Instantly, a patch of rune light and shadow flashed suddenly, and a miraculous rhythm seemingly blending with heaven and earth was released from the array.

”It succeeded, it really succeeded!” Although they had suspected this outcome, an exclamation of shock still arose from the crowd.

With their experience and keen eyesight, they could certainly see that the array had been completely repaired without a single flaw.

”Only forty-eight pieces of meteorite gold were used, not even half.” Someone who had been secretly counting all along remarked.

Originally, this array needed a hundred and two pieces of meteorite gold, but Wen Gaoren only used forty-eight pieces, less than half.

”Indeed worthy of being the first array master among our Twelve Divine Temples, truly living up to his name.”

”It seems Priest Mu really wasn’t lying; Master Wen’s array formation technique is indeed not that simple. This priest’s eyes have truly been opened today.”

”Some people are bound to lose face; thinking they’ve achieved mastery and daring to abandon their private faction is bad enough, but having the nerve to flaunt their mentor’s reputation as a badge of honor is truly shameless.” Others also sighed, praising Wen Gaoren’s array formation technique without cease, while mocking and ridiculing Duan Cheng’an.

If it were the past, hearing such praise, Wen Gaoren would undoubtedly be giddy with joy. However, today, he secretly blushed, knowing well that this all had nothing to do with his own skill and was entirely due to Mu Hanyan’s secret handiwork.

Knowing that Mu Hanyan wanted to clear his name while giving Duan Cheng’an a sharp lesson, he didn’t explain, only gazing at Mu Hanyan, tears welling in his eyes with gratitude. At this moment, even if Mu Hanyan asked him to die, he would harbor no complaints.

”Master Wen, you’ve worked hard. Here are two Spirit Boosting Pills, quickly take them.”

”I have a Divine Returning Pill here; Master Wen, please don’t mind.” Several main priests even directly took out elixirs to offer Wen Gaoren goodwill.

Repairing the same array with only half the meteorite gold, what does this mean? Among the Life God Temple’s subordinate Twelve Temples, each averages repairing a dozen Great Arrays a year; employing Wen Gaoren’s help, even if he charged a bit more, they’d make a substantial profit, accumulating over time, resulting in astronomical figures.

With such a lucrative opportunity, who would still care about the agreement with the Lingyu Divine Hall? That was merely a matter of discussing a few words in letters, which could be changed at any time.