"Mr. Zhuge? Oh, I see."
Lin Xiao nodded. Zhuge Lan had returned to Shu territory.
Was it something the Marquis of Wu's family needed him to handle? Or was it something Mr. Zhuge himself needed to address?
"Then, Brother Xiao, I..."
"Go do what you need to do."
Lin Xiao hung up the phone. At this moment, a sharp glint flashed in his eyes.
Now that he knew what kind of beings his enemies were, he couldn't just wait to die.
Cultivators, strength beyond the Divine Realm...
Whether it was that old Taoist priest or the old Heavenly Master, their strength far surpassed the Divine Realm. If he wanted to avenge the Lin family, he had only one choice.
Surpass the Divine Realm.
Therefore, he needed to significantly improve his strength recently. Otherwise, he would be too ashamed to face the dozens of souls of the Lin family members.
...
Zhuge Lan returned to the familiar gathering place of the Marquis of Wu's lineage.
As soon as he stepped onto the Marquis of Wu's family's territory, he noticed that the family's formation had changed.
Originally, their family's formation was based on the Eight Trigram Array, with a killing array and a confusion array added on top. The confusion array concealed the array core, and the killing array eliminated external enemies.
As the successor to the current Mr. Zhuge, he was naturally well-versed in these formations. However, the current formation was different.
Not only were there a killing array and a confusion array, but a confinement array had also been added. Ironically, the Eight Trigram Array itself seemed to be inactive.
What was going on?
The confinement array was quite good, possessing the essence of the Nine Dragons Confinement Heaven. However, it ultimately fell short. Both in terms of the array's inherent strength and the array master's understanding of it, it was evident that the array had been set up in haste.
"Where is the Eight Trigram Array?"
As the contemporary Marquis of Wu, he emerged from this three-in-one formation almost instantaneously. He was now searching for the components of the original Eight Trigram Array.
It was important to remember that the Eight Trigram Array was a formation that harnessed the power of heaven and earth. It evolved Yin and Yang, the Four Symbols, and the Six Harmonies and Eight Trigrams from primal chaos, encompassing all possible variables in the world, making it unfathomable.
Even when Zhuge Lan consulted with Mr. Zhuge, Mr. Zhuge had mentioned that he had only borrowed a fraction of the celestial power for this array. For many of its transformations, Mr. Zhuge himself could not guarantee absolute accuracy and still had to consider the will of heaven.
The earliest Eight Trigram Array disk was naturally formed by heaven and earth, and was chanced upon by the Marquis of Wu.
"Something is wrong."
He studied it carefully. The confinement array had clearly been set up recently. He also knew this set of formations, which was derived from the Eight Trigram Array. It had eighty-one variations, making it one of the more difficult formations to master within the Marquis of Wu's lineage.
It was far inferior to the Eight Trigram Array.
"You're finally back!"
An excited voice sounded behind him. Upon hearing it, Zhuge Lan immediately turned around and looked at the woman in front of him. "Mom!"
"You... you're always away for so long. They say you go out to explore, to find the path of the Marquis of Wu's lineage, but you've been gone for months." The woman embraced Zhuge Lan, her eyes teary.
"Mom, with the help of my friends, I'm different now." Zhuge Lan hugged his mother, his voice low. "Give me a little more time, and I'll be able to follow in Mr. Zhuge's footsteps."
Only by entering the Divine Realm could one truly inherit Mr. Zhuge's legacy.
"Good, my son is indeed outstanding!"