My Silly, Sweet Wife

Chapter 1420 - 1342: Stone Coffin at the Bottom of the Pool (Part 2)

Qin Cangqiong glanced at the State Preceptor. "State Preceptor, are you trying to boost others’ morale while undermining your own?"

The State Preceptor was terrified and hurriedly said, "I wouldn’t dare, I wouldn’t dare, Your Majesty. But I’m worried that in trying to eliminate Ye Guichen as a hidden threat, we’ve instead provoked an even greater trouble. So I was thinking, should we have the Supervisor release Ye Guichen now, and we can talk to him nicely, say we were negligent before and that’s why we opened the entrance late. If we can get him to submit, it might not necessarily be a bad thing for our Daqian Dynasty."

"Hmph!" Qin Cangqiong snorted coldly. "That kid is far too arrogant. If we really let him out, are you confident we can keep him under control? And, given his relationship with Muge, once he harbors disloyalty, let alone the other Princes, even I—would I really be able to deal with him? As things stand, trapping him in the Barbarian Demon Arena is instead the best choice. As long as he can’t get out, he won’t threaten my throne, and his life isn’t in any real danger now either. Give him some time to think things over, wear down his temper; that may not be a bad thing at all."

The State Preceptor still looked worried. "Your Majesty, that may be so, but once he breaks this Array himself, the situation will become completely different."

"State Preceptor, you should understand this Array better than I do. Do you think he could possibly break it?" Qin Cangqiong sneered, feeling the State Preceptor was making a fuss over nothing.

This Barbarian Demon Arena had existed since the founding of the Daqian Dynasty. It was an Array laid down by a super Great Ability. Don’t mention a mere Ye Guichen; even someone at Golden Core, or even a Nascent Soul Cultivator, couldn’t easily break this Array.

Ye Guichen was indeed beyond expectation, downright unbelievable.

But no matter how monstrous he was, there had to be a limit, right?

The path of Array and the path of cultivation were two completely different concepts.

He might have a heaven-defying talent in cultivation, might even be able to defeat barbarians and the Snake Demon, but how could he possibly understand Arrays?

If he didn’t understand Arrays, what could he do even if he were a Nascent Soul Great Ability?

What’s more, the subtleties of this Array were such that even Array experts couldn’t see through it, let alone break it from the inside.

Under such circumstances, what was there to worry about?

Seeing how firm Qin Cangqiong was, the State Preceptor opened his mouth but ultimately didn’t say more, though his heart was filled with extreme anxiety.

As he learned more about Ye Guichen, the State Preceptor found Ye Guichen’s mystery and power made even him feel a sense of dread.

If Ye Guichen really came out of the Barbarian Demon Arena, then the Daqian Dynasty would essentially have created a powerful enemy for itself.

An enemy of this level was absolutely not a good thing for the Daqian Dynasty.

After Ye Guichen finished his harsh words, he patted Qin Muge on the shoulder. Seeing that Qin Muge insisted on staying with him, he no longer told him to leave, but instead caught up with Chen Liangce and the others, heading straight for the location they’d mentioned.

That was the very center of the entire Barbarian Demon Arena.

There was actually a waterfall there.

The waterfall’s flow was immense, three to four hundred meters high. Water plunged from midair, crashing into the pool below with a thunderous roar, making Ye Guichen involuntarily think of that line, "A waterfall plunges three thousand feet."

"Mr. Ye, although I am an Array Master, when it comes to this kind of large Array, I’m still helpless. But after observing for decades, I’ve found that both this waterfall and this pool are problematic. Years ago, I tried to enter the pool to locate the Array eye, but because the current was too strong, and the moment one entered the pool one’s mind would become confused, after several attempts I ultimately felt it was better to give up." Chen Liangce explained.

Ye Guichen also had some attainments in Arrays. Now, seeing the pool, he likewise felt that there was definitely something wrong with it.

The huge waterfall poured straight down, smashing into the pool. Ordinarily, the pool water should be churning constantly under such force.

Yet what was the result?

Aside from the small area where the waterfall met the surface, splashing and rolling, the rest of the pool was as flat as a mirror, without the slightest ripple.

This was absolutely abnormal.

"Alright, I’ll go down and take a look." Ye Guichen nodded. Just as he was about to jump down to investigate, he was grabbed by Chen Liangce. "Mr. Ye, if this really is the Array eye, then there must be plenty of danger beneath the pool. You must be careful."

"It’s fine!" Ye Guichen brushed off Chen Liangce’s hand and directly plunged into the pool.

Just as Chen Liangce had said, once his body sank into the pool, Ye Guichen felt as though he had entered another world. A cacophony of noises rang in his ears, extremely bizarre.

Just from hearing those sounds, Ye Guichen even felt a bit dizzy, as if he were about to lose control of his own body, like his soul was about to leave his body.

Just as Ye Guichen was about to resist that strange force, countless piranhas suddenly appeared in the water.

Those fish bared sharp teeth and lunged at Ye Guichen to tear him apart.

In front of those piranhas, Ye Guichen was practically unable to resist.

The intense pain pierced straight into Ye Guichen’s nerves.

This Array was indeed terrifying.

The more it was like this, the more Ye Guichen felt there was something wrong beneath this pool.

With a thought, he directly released the soul of the flood dragon.

Since the flood dragon’s soul had already been subdued by Ye Guichen, it naturally obeyed his command now.

Once in the water, the flood dragon instantly churned the pool into turmoil.

Then the flood dragon soul let out a roar, deafeningly loud.

With that roar, Ye Guichen felt the pressure around him suddenly lessen. He looked up and discovered that the piranhas gnawing on him were actually all fish bones.

That’s right, every single one of them was bones.

Yet they could still move, as if controlled by some unknown force, madly gnawing toward him.

Fortunately, Ye Guichen’s body was now unimaginably tough; those fish bones couldn’t even bite through his skin.

The scene of him being chewed to death just now had been nothing but illusion.

"Interesting."

Ye Guichen’s interest grew even stronger.

He directly mounted the flood dragon soul.

The flood dragon soul flicked its tail and swam toward the depths of the pool.

Those fish bones pursued relentlessly, still wanting to gnaw at Ye Guichen, but Ye Guichen easily sliced them into fragments with the Immortal Slayer Sword.

Originally Ye Guichen thought this pool wouldn’t be that big, yet after the flood dragon soul swam for quite some time, it still hadn’t reached the bottom.

Not only that, it hadn’t even reached the edge.

"How is that possible?"

From the outside, the pool wasn’t that large, at most about two li in diameter.

It should take only a moment to swim from one side to the other.

But they had been swimming for half an hour and still hadn’t seen the edge.

Was this another Enchanting Array?

Ye Guichen raised his brows, bit his finger, then took out a piece of talisman paper from his storage ring and gave it a light flick.

The blood from his finger instantly soaked into the talisman paper.

The next second, the talisman paper actually began burning underwater, like a huge searchlight.

At the instant the talisman paper lit up, the scene in the pool was illuminated completely.

Only then did Ye Guichen realize that even the flood dragon soul had been confused; it had just been circling in place.

Looking down toward the bottom of the pool, Ye Guichen saw a gigantic stone coffin.

Dense iron chains were wrapped all around the stone coffin.

If he was right, this stone coffin was very likely the key that controlled the Array of the Barbarian Demon Fighting Arena.

"Let’s go, we’ll haul that stone coffin out." Ye Guichen commanded the flood dragon soul and quickly arrived beside the stone coffin.

Once he got close, Ye Guichen grabbed an iron chain tied to the coffin and fastened it to the flood dragon soul.

Then he took out an extremely long iron chain from his storage ring, fastened it to the stone coffin, and hurled it toward the outside of the pool.

The iron chain surged out from the pool.

Chen Liangce and the others standing on the bank had been at their wits’ end, seeing no movement after Ye Guichen entered the pool for such a long time, when suddenly an iron chain flew out of the water.

Without thinking, Chen Liangce tapped his toes, leaped onto the water’s surface, grabbed the iron chain in one hand, then returned to the bank. "Quick, pull!"