Following this trend, Mo City will likely continue to expand, which gave Gu Yu a super grand plan: to take Mo City as the center and continue to expand until the entire China is covered. If he doesn't have enough source stones, he can continue to plunder and loot other source gates. In the end, he will fill the entire China with great arrays. Just thinking about it fills him with motivation.
Then everyone will no longer have to leave their homes, but we'll have to start from Mocheng first.
To facilitate the movement of the walls, Gu Yu directly set up a magnificent ten-directional block formation this time.
Half a month passed again. As the great formation was completed, the outer perimeter of Mo City began to shake. The next second, a tall wall slowly emerged from the ground.
Gu Yu moved his hand again, and the previously empty area where Mo City was expanding suddenly became filled with countless houses. Although these houses were extremely simple, they provided a comfortable living environment.
Mo City is now almost entirely covered by array formations, but what about other places? Thinking of his grand plan to spread array formations throughout China, Gu Yu decided to find some people, teach them the Heavenly Book of Array Formations, let them learn array formations, and set up arrays with him. Only in this way can it be done.
Tongtian Daoren will definitely allow it. He simply wants to promote the art of formations and get rid of the notion of it being a heretical or unorthodox path. If I establish a large-scale formation sect and promote formations, wouldn't that be promoting the art of formations?
So early the next morning, a message came out that the God of War of the human race wanted to establish a sect called the Array Sect and select a group of people with good talent to teach.
As soon as the news came out, countless people eagerly signed up.
The name of the God of War is now an unparalleled existence among humans. Everyone knows about the God of War's exploits of surrounding humans, repelling several Source Gates, and even providing Source Stones free of charge for everyone to cultivate.
In people's hearts, the God of War is their heaven, the god they worship.
Many people even replaced the random things they used to worship in their homes with statues of the God of War, burning incense and praying for peace every day.
As for the formation, many people have already witnessed it, especially the people of Mo City. The formation has always protected them. If they could learn the formation, wouldn't they also be able to contribute to humanity?
Everyone is very willing to defend their homeland. They admire the God of War and want to be like him.
The enthusiastic participation was supposed to be a good thing, but it gave Gu Yu a real headache.
Millions of people signed up, ranging from eighty-year-old elders to toddlers. Looking at the mountain of registration forms, Gu Yu felt it was more troublesome than dealing with a Heavenly King.
When he started the Array Sect, he planned to take in only ten disciples, since he couldn't teach more than that. Then, he would let these ten disciples continue to take in disciples and teach students.
"Dad, what are you doing here?" Gu Yu asked Gu Zhongyi.
Gu Zhongyi came to find him early in the morning, saying that he also wanted to learn formations.
“Erbao, I think it will take too long for me to reach a powerful level in my cultivation. Why don’t you learn some formations? You’re so busy right now. If Dad learns formations, it can help ease your burden.” Gu Zhongyi said. He already knew that Gu Yu was the God of War. Of course, he was also shocked for a long time when he found out. Then he laughed heartily and kept talking.
"Thank goodness! My son, Gu Zhongyi, is actually a war god! Hahaha..."
However, in truth, Gu Yu's ability to grow to this point is indeed due to the blessings of his ancestors. Without his ancestors adapting to the divine and demonic bloodline generation after generation, he would not have been able to perfectly match it.
In other words, his achievements today are all thanks to the efforts of his ancestors.
“Dad, the art of array formations is even more difficult than cultivation. Without talent, you can’t even set up an array, let alone do anything else.” Gu Yu said to Gu Zhongyi. He then realized that many people seemed to have fallen into a misconception. They thought that learning array formations was easier than cultivation, which was a huge mistake.
"Then how did you learn it?" Gu Zhongyi looked at Gu Yu with some doubt. He knew his son best. He had never studied formations before. However, he knew that Gu Yu had the memories of others who had spied on him for a hundred years, as well as the Tongtian Daoist's understanding of formations. Otherwise, he could not have mastered formations so well.
“Dad, your son is certainly gifted,” Gu Yu said.
"That's true." Gu Zhongyi nodded at the smug Gu Yu. "But talent is usually hereditary. Without a father's excellent genes, how can there be an excellent son?"
"Uh!" Gu Yu was stunned when he heard Gu Zhongyi's words. How did he end up bragging about his own father?
“If you have a talent for formations, then I am very likely to have one too,” Gu Zhongyi said.
Gu Yu looked at his stubborn father and didn't know what to say for a moment. But maybe his father really did have talent, since talent is indeed hereditary.
“Erbao, I’m your father. It would be really unreasonable for you not to open this back door.” Gu Zhongyi said to Gu Yu.
"Alright!" Gu Yu compromised upon hearing Gu Zhongyi's words. If he disagreed again, it would probably escalate to the level of being unfilial.
“Erbao! Actually, you don’t need to worry so much. Just arrange an exam and that will solve the problem,” Gu Zhongyi suddenly said.
"An exam?" Gu Yu was taken aback.
“Look, there used to be many professional certificates that required taking exams. You could also set up a similar exam to select your disciples!” Gu Zhongyi continued.
“That’s right! To learn array formations, you need strong calculation skills. I can select disciples by testing their calculation speed. That’s the first test. The second test, which tests your ability to identify directions, is a maze.” Gu Yu murmured.
“Erbao! Look, you’ve opened the back door for Dad, so Dad doesn’t have to take the exam, right?” Gu Zhongyi suddenly asked at this moment. As soon as he finished speaking, he regretted it, as if he had dug a hole for himself.
“Dad, of course you don’t need to take the exam,” Gu Yu said at this moment.
"That's good. He truly is my good son." Gu Zhongyi felt much relieved upon hearing Gu Yu's words.
“But Dad, you have to do something important,” Gu Yu said, looking at Gu Zhongyi.
"What important matter?" Gu Zhongyi immediately became interested.
"You can help me organize these two exams and select the ten best people to be my disciples. What do you think?" Gu Yu said at this moment.
"No problem," Gu Zhongyi said, patting his chest confidently.
This is the most important proctor! What a prestigious position! Only a fool would disagree!
"By the way, Erbao, you should go back and visit your mom when you have time. She's been talking about you a lot lately, and Niu Niu too, she's been talking about you too," Gu Zhongyi said to Gu Yu at this moment.
Although Gu Yu had been in Mo City, he had never returned home, which was reminiscent of the ancient Chinese saying, "He passed by his home three times without entering."
"Okay, Dad," Gu Yu nodded and said, "I'll go back now."
"Okay! I'll call your mom right now and have her cook you a delicious meal," Gu Zhongyi said.
"Okay." Then the father and son headed home.
The Central Villa District is bustling with activity at this moment, with children playing and adults building structures.
After the Mu clan regained their cultivation talents, Li Xiuying made rapid progress. In addition, with the abundant source energy in the central villa area, some of them have already broken through to the Cone Realm, and almost everyone is a Grandmaster. If they are given a hundred years, they may be able to produce several Emperor Realm cultivators.
As Gu Yu appeared, a little girl rushed towards him, and Gu Yu picked her up in his arms.
"Daddy, you're finally back! Niu Niu and Grandma missed you so much," Niu Niu said, blinking her big eyes.
"Niu Niu, you haven't been naughty or mischievous, have you?" Gu Yu said, pinching Niu Niu's nose.
“Niu Niu is very obedient and didn’t sigh or act naughty. You can ask Grandpa.” When Niu Niu heard Gu Yu’s words, her little eyes moved and she looked at Gu Zhongyi somewhat guiltily.
“Niu Niu, lying isn’t good for a child, you know?” Gu Yu said, looking at Niu Niu.
“Dad, Niu Niu really wasn’t naughty or mischievous. Niu Niu just thought fire was fun, but she never expected that she would almost… almost…” Niu Niu said, lowering her head.
"Huh?" Gu Yu was taken aback. "Dad, what's going on?"
"It's nothing serious, but Niu Niu isn't afraid of fire," Gu Zhongyi said.
"Not afraid of fire?" Gu Yu frowned. "What do you mean, not afraid of fire?"
“Even if Niu Niu were in the fire right now and got burned, she would be fine,” Gu Zhongyi said. “That day, your mother saw Niu Niu light a big fire and jump into it. She was terrified and rushed in to save her. As a result, Niu Niu was perfectly fine, but your mother was burned quite a bit. But don’t worry, with the treasures you left behind, she has recovered completely.”
"Daddy, Niu Niu didn't mean it. Niu Niu won't play with fire anymore." Niu Niu looked at Gu Yu with teary eyes and said, "Niu Niu didn't mean to hurt Grandma. Niu Niu knows she was wrong."
Gu Yu was initially angry when he heard that his mother had been injured while saving Niu Niu from the fire, but when he saw Niu Niu's pitiful look of self-reproach for doing something wrong, Gu Yu's anger vanished instantly.
"Niu Niu, aren't you afraid of fire?" Gu Yu then remembered what Gu Zhongyi had said.
"Niu Niu felt the fire was very warm, but Grandma got burned," Niu Niu said, clutching the hem of her clothes, still feeling somewhat guilty.
Gu Yu hesitated for a moment, but in the end he moved his hand and a ball of Origin Qi Fire appeared in his hand.
"Niu Niu, touch it," Gu Yu said tentatively, already prepared to extinguish the flames at any moment.
Upon hearing Gu Yu's words, Niu Niu cautiously placed her hand towards the flames. Instead of getting burned, the flames flew towards Niu Niu's hand, enveloping it. Although they were burning fiercely, they couldn't harm Niu Niu in the slightest.
"This..." Even Gu Yu was stunned by the scene before him. It seemed that the Phoenix Clan had a unique ability to be born without fear of fire, but Niu Niu was human! That was beyond doubt.
"Hmm?" Just then, a soft exclamation came from the sky, and Bai Long's figure suddenly appeared. She looked at Niu Niu with some surprise.
"What's wrong? Does Senior Sister Bailong know Niu Niu?" Gu Yu asked, seeing Bailong's appearance.
"This feeling is so familiar, but I've never seen her before." Bai Long frowned, looking at Niu Niu. "Not afraid of flames? Where did you meet Niu Niu?"
“The Northeast Source Gate, she must have come from a spatial rift,” Gu Yu said.
"A spatial rift?" Bai Long's brows furrowed even more deeply. "Could it be...?"
At this moment, Gu Yu suddenly thought of something, "Is the Vermilion Bird immune to flames?"
"Hmm!" Bai Long nodded. "She might be the Vermilion Bird after her Nirvana."
"Yes." Gu Yu nodded. Xi Ya said that Zhu Que entered the spatial rift at the end, while Niu Niu said that he came from the spatial rift. Is this a coincidence?
At this moment, Bai Long suddenly appeared beside Niu Niu, reached out and lifted the clothes off Niu Niu's shoulder, and Niu Niu froze on the spot.
“She is Suzaku.” Bailong said excitedly. “I grew up with Suzaku. Suzaku has three black moles on her shoulder, and she has them too. There’s no mistake.”
"Holy crap, is there really such a coincidence?" Gu Yu was stunned. "She's the Vermilion Bird, so does that mean she knows where the other totems are?"
However, Gu Yu's eyes turned somewhat sad when the topic of totems came up. He had originally been looking for totems for Xu Ling'er, but now that Xu Ling'er had been possessed by the Ice Phoenix Emperor, she no longer needed totems. After giving the Qilin totem to Qi Pingping, he stopped looking for totems. But now, he suddenly had a lead, as if the heavens were playing a joke on him.
"Zhuque, Kong Xiao, do you still remember me? I am Bailong!" Bailong said to Niu Niu.
"White Dragon?" Niu Niu looked at White Dragon in confusion. "Is it the little white dragon from the White Dragon Horse? But he's a very handsome man, not a woman! By the way, you appeared suddenly, so you should be as powerful as Daddy. Can you turn into a white dragon horse? I really want to ride a white dragon horse."
"Uh!" Bai Long was stunned when he heard Niu Niu's words. It was a coincidence that Niu Niu had been watching Journey to the West recently. She didn't like Sun Wukong or Zhu Bajie, but she liked Bai Long the most and dreamed of riding a white dragon horse.
“She doesn’t remember anything,” Gu Yu said. Looking at Niu Niu, if she had any memories, how could she possibly call him “Dad”?
“Perhaps forgetting the past is a good thing for her!” Bai Long said. “In the past, what she probably longed for most was a home! A loving father and family.”
"Huh?" Gu Yu was taken aback when he heard Bai Long's words.
“A little child, abandoned by her father and her mother at birth. Her mother couldn’t accept it and eventually died of illness. Her father later discovered that she was a genius and possessed the Vermilion Bird Primordial Spirit. He took her back and trained her like a tool every day. Such a past will only leave an indelible shadow,” Bai Long continued.
“No wonder she called me ‘Dad’ when she saw me.” At this moment, Gu Yu seemed to understand something. In Zhuque’s eyes, she had always longed for fatherly love and a perfect family. So after she lost her memory in Nirvana, these were the only things in her mind. That’s why she called him ‘Dad’ when she saw him.
"Daddy, Niu Niu feels a little sad." For some reason, upon hearing Bai Long's words, Niu Niu suddenly burst into tears, feeling very heartbroken.
"Niu Niu, Daddy will make you happy forever. With Daddy here, Daddy won't let anyone bully you." Gu Yu reached out and touched Niu Niu's head, then hugged her in his arms.
"Daddy, Niu Niu is so scared."
"Don't worry, my dad's here."
After much comforting, Niu Niu calmed down and soon started playing happily again.
Seeing Niu Niu playing happily with the other children, Gu Yu felt much happier too.
"To be able to bring her back from the spatial rift, could it be an Ancestral Realm expert?" At this moment, Gu Yu thought of the bald grandpa that Niu Niu had mentioned when they met. No! It was a bald man.
"Could it be that the other totems are in the bald man's hands?"
"Gu Yu, I've come to see you because there are a few things I need to tell you," Bai Long said, getting straight to the point.
"You mean those Source Gates that appeared, right?" Gu Yu asked.
“Hmm! I’ve already checked them out. The other source gates are fine, but the source gates in the South China Sea, the Wutong Volcano in West China, and the Youdu Plain in North China are probably not simple,” Bai Long said. “From my observation, the order in which they opened should be first the South China Sea, then Wutong, and finally Youdu.”
"How long will it take to open the South China Sea to the open sea?" Gu Yu asked Bai Long.
"About five months," Bai Long replied after thinking for a moment.
"Five months?" Gu Yu frowned. That's a bit fast, not even giving them a chance to catch their breath.
“There are many more source gates, and the opening time is uncertain,” Bai Long continued.
"I understand, I'll handle it," Gu Yu said.
"Okay." Upon hearing Gu Yu's words, Bai Long moved and left the villa area.
She had just stepped out of the villa area when she encountered Long Aotian.
"White Dragon, I've finally found you." Long Aotian looked at White Dragon and said with deep affection.
"What do you want from me?" Bai Long asked coldly.
"We are after all... Hey! Don't go!" Before Long Aotian could finish speaking, the white dragon suddenly disappeared, leaving Long Aotian speechless. He had been looking for the white dragon for a long time, but the white dragon was a true god, while he was only at the peak of the Emperor Realm. The white dragon wanted to hide from him, and he couldn't even find a hair of it.
"Tsk tsk tsk!" At this moment, the Crimson Dragon suddenly appeared beside Long Aotian, looking at him with disdain. "Hey Long Aotian! Why are you still not giving up? You're so weak, how can you be worthy of the White Dragon? But tell me, how did you cultivate? You only broke through to the Emperor Realm a short time ago, how did you suddenly reach the peak?"
The scene of Long Aotian talking to Bailong was witnessed by Chilong, which made him extremely excited. Long Aotian, you finally got a taste of your own medicine. It's really satisfying. It turns out that you weren't like this to me before, but you are too.
However, what puzzled him even more was how Long Aotian had broken through to the Emperor Realm. He had relied on the Dragon Marrow given to him by Gu Yu to break through to the Emperor Realm, thinking that he had caught up with Long Aotian, and was secretly pleased with himself! But it turned out that Long Aotian had reached the peak of the Emperor Realm.
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