After about a dozen breaths of time, eighteen Spirit Springs fully emerged in the vast underground cavern.
These Spirit Springs were no lower than Mid-Ranked, and three of them were even High-Ranked.
These eighteen Spirit Springs seemed to be arranged in a special pattern, scattered across the cavern with the three High-Rank springs arranged at the centre and the fifteen Mid-Rank ones surrounding them.
There seemed to be a great mystery behind this arrangement.
These eighteen Spirit Springs erupted together, and everyone was dumbstruck by this spectacular scene.
After experiencing the initial excitement and shock, everyone soon figured that there must be something more to this than mere coincidence.
The appearance of a Mid-Rank Spirit Spring would already attract the first-class great forces to come and seize it, but now eighteen Spirit Springs had emerged at once, with three of them being High-Rank, so this was no longer something that those first-class great forces could occupy alone. Perhaps even the peak level Sects like Azure Sun Temple, Heavenly Martial Holy Land and Orthodoxy Temple would be alarmed. Even Star Soul Palace might send someone here to investigate.
This was definitely a major event that would shake the entire Southern Territory, possibly even the whole Star Boundary.
Maplewood City would soon become famous across the world.
“It’s over, it’s over!” Someone muttered with the corner of his mouth twitching.
Although he didn’t speak clearly, everyone knew what he meant. With the emergence of these Spirit Springs, this place would now certainly have nothing to do with his own Sect.
“The arrangement of these Spirit Springs… could it be… the Eighteen Stars Grand Array?” A person among the crowd who was scanning the surroundings with his eyes uttered in amazement.
“Eighteen Stars Grand Array?” A man looked at that person in doubt and questioned, “Are you proficient in Spirit Arrays?”
“I know a little something…” That person nodded.
Everyone turned to that person in curiosity and asked, “Since you know about Spirit Arrays, would you enlighten us about this Eighteen Stars Grand Array?”
The face of that person turned pale and bitter, but after pondering for a moment, he quickly answered, “I’m not sure if this is the Eighteen Stars Grand Array; after all, that Spirit Array is an ancient one lost to history and I only chanced upon a brief description of it in an ancient text.”
“An Ancient Spirit Array!” An exclamation sounded abruptly.
Ancient Times and Primordial Times were two very special periods, and it was said that in those times the World Principles were far stronger and richer than they were today, as if over time Principle Strength was gradually thinning, making it more and more difficult for cultivators reach the peak of the Martial Dao.
But anything involving Ancient Times and Primordial Times would bring excitement to the people.
So, when they heard that Eighteen Stars Grand Array was an Ancient Array, everyone was interested and wanted to inquire about it.
Yang Kai’s expression also changed slightly as he looked at that person and questioned, “Is your surname Gong?”
“One of the Heavenly River Valley Gong Family?” Someone yelled immediately.
If someone could recognize Ancient Arrays at just a glance, his attainment of Spirit Arrays must not be underestimated. In the entire Southern Territory, the Heavenly River Valley Gong Family was renowned for its comprehension and proficiency in the Dao of Spirit Arrays, so anyone from the Gong Family was known as an Array Master.
Yang Kai had dealt with Gong Wen Shan from the Gong Family in the Four Seasons Realm and had witnessed the prowess of the Gong Family in Spirit Arrays, which was why he asked this question.
“I… It’s you…” The cultivator who stood beside Yang Kai did not seem to notice his presence until now, but he immediately opened some distance with him once he did come to his senses.
Others followed suit, and in an instant, there was no one left beside Yang Kai.
Yang Kai pointed to himself, “I was just taking a walk here, no need to be so tense.”
He also did not expect that others would be so afraid of him.
Seeing him acting so casually, not showing any murderous intent, the others present felt a little relieved.
“Brother Gong…”Yang Kai spoke to that person again.
The person gave a wry smile, “My surname is not Gong… but I’m still considered a half-member of the Gong Family.”
What he said confused everyone.
The person explained, “My wife belongs to the Gong Family, so this one also studied a bit about Spirit Arrays from the Gong Family.
“So that’s how it is!” Everyone nodded in understanding, secretly guessing this man had married into the Gong Family just to get him an opportunity to study Spirit Arrays.
“Please tell us about the Eighteen Stars Grand Array,” Yang Kai requested, “I’m also curious about what this Spirit Array does.”
“The Eighteen Stars Grand Array is a powerful Ancient Array that has extremely harsh requirements to arrange. As you can see, you need to gather eighteen objects that can continuously generate World Energy on their own as the base of this array, making Spirit Springs the best building blocks!” The Gong Family son-in-law spoke rapidly about the Spirit Array with a solemn face. Obviously, he possessed a strong foundation, so what he said was convincing, “And the use of this Ancient Array is… “
He paused for a while and continued, “To suppress and seal something!”
“Suppress and seal?”
“Seal what?”
The crowd was puzzled.
“I don’t know,” the man shook his head and turned to Duan Yuan Shan, “City Lord Duan, was something unusual buried here once?”
The corner of Duan Yuan Shan’s mouth twitched as he glanced over at Yang Kai and answered, “Since all of you have come to Maplewood City for a while now, you must know that Maplewood City was flooded by Ancient Demon Qi a few months ago.”
“Could it be that the thing that was sealed was actually…”
“Ancient Demon Qi?”
Everyone’s face changed drastically as their legs began shaking in fear.
Yang Kai was also in a daze as he secretly admired the powerful methods of ancient times.
Among the people present, he knew best what was sealed here. It was not the Ancient Demon Qi, but rather the Black Eye of a Giant Ancient Demon.
The Black Eye was capable of casting darkness across the world.
And all the Ancient Demon Qi which had gathered in this place had been born from that Black Eye.
It was indeed a good way to seal Demon Qi with World Energy, but it was a pity that even those ancient powerhouses had underestimated the power of the Black Eye. After countless years, the Black Eye had not disappeared and although it had lost its spirituality and will, it continued to exist and finally broke free, only to be acquired by Yang Kai in the end.