"I completely infiltrated this place. I was following my master's caravan, heading from the South to the North, when suddenly we heard noises coming from the jungle. My master sent me to investigate. What I saw wasn't important; what was important was that I kept chasing after those three people."
Then I got lost. I entered a world where the grass was as tall as a person. I couldn't see any direction or anything, so I just kept going in circles. Just then, I saw the gray lion! I followed it out and ended up here.
Chen Zhou slowly recounted the story of the perfect tale he envisioned.
Chen Zhou thought his story was fairly well-crafted and shouldn't be exposed.
"So you came in with that lion?" Yu Qirui asked, frowning.
Chen Zhou nodded and said, "Yes! This lion didn't even notice that I was following it."
None of the previous words aroused Yu Qirui's suspicion, but this sentence directly aroused his suspicion.
"How could your Foundation Establishment stage strength have escaped the notice of that gray lion?" Yu Qirui frowned and continued to ask.
If they cannot rule out the possibility that Chen Zhou is in league with those three, they will certainly not let Chen Zhou leave easily.
"I believe this is entirely due to my own strength. To be honest, I am a formation master, and I know some minor formations that can conceal my aura," Chen Zhou answered honestly.
Bringing up his identity as a Level 1 Array Master might have some effect, since Gu Kaifeng had once told him that this identity could be used to protect him in dangerous situations.
Because array masters are extremely rare in the Tianyun Continent.
A powerful array master is something that any major power desperately needs.
"What? You're a formation master?" Yu Qirui's earlier doubts vanished instantly, replaced by a mixture of surprise and delight.
Chen Zhou was startled by this sudden change. Could the title of Level 1 Array Master really have such wonderful uses?
The moment the title was mentioned, it caused a dramatic change in Yu Qirui's attitude. Chen Zhou sensed that there was a chance for things to turn around, as long as he continued to maneuver.
“Yes! I’m a registered array master with the Tianyun Association,” Chen Zhou replied.
In situations like this, you need to state that you are a registered array master with the Tianyun Association to increase credibility.
"What? You're also from that damned Tianyun Association?" Yu Junya cursed.
Unexpectedly, after many years, I encountered a formation master from the Tianyun Association again.
"I'm going to kill you! Everyone from the Tianyun Association must die!" Yu Junya suddenly went berserk, and the Secret Glass Spear in her hand immediately shone brightly. A surge of true energy instantly filled the entire soul weapon, and Chen Zhou was in imminent danger.
This scene was quickly stopped by Yu Qirui. Yu Qirui raised one hand to press down the soul weapon, the Mystic Glass Spear, and said, "Put down your weapon! Not every member of the Sky Cloud Association is so despicable."
Chen Zhou was truly frightened by the sudden change in the situation. They had been talking just a moment ago, and Chen Zhou thought things had taken a turn for the better. However, as soon as he mentioned that he was a registered array master of the Tianyun Association, Yu Junya turned hostile.
How much does this young lady hate the Tianyun Association?
What exactly did the Tianyun Association do to them?
Having no way of knowing, Chen Zhou could only awkwardly ask, "What exactly did the Tianyun Association do to you? Why do you harbor such resentment towards the Tianyun Association?"
"Sigh, it's a long story," Yu Qirui sighed and shook his head.
Then he untied the vines binding Chen Zhou's body. Seeing the vines on his body turn into yellow true energy and dissipate, Chen Zhou immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
"What exactly happened?" Chen Zhou asked, his curiosity piqued.
“Once, a formation master about your age came here. He also claimed to be a registered formation master of the Tianyun Association. Our Natal tribe’s sacred tree has always been protected by a formation. This formation is opened once every hundred years, which ensures that the sacred tree can produce sacred tree roots.”
However, ever since the last extraction of the divine tree's root, the array has been unable to hold and has eventually dissipated. The divine tree has lost the array's protection, exposing the poisonous tree roots it produces each year to the public. It's worth mentioning here that this is a unique characteristic of the divine tree: it produces poisonous tree roots annually, but only divine tree roots once every hundred years. These poisonous tree roots are extremely evil and wicked, and we generally don't harvest them. Therefore, since they are useless to us, we have this array to prevent those with malicious intent from harvesting them.
But the formation is gone, and last year the Poison Tree Root attracted a lot of people vying for it. At this time, we urgently need a formation master to set up the formation for us. Then, that man arrived. He claimed to be a registered formation master of the Tianyun Association, and he volunteered to set up the formation for our tribe, on the condition that he could learn our tribe's century-old protective formation.
So we agreed to his request, and he began to make arrangements. Then, after he completed his training, instead of building a protective array for our tribe, he spread the news, attracting many powerful forces to vie for it, and even alarming the hunters in the rainforest.
At that time, we had a good relationship with the Hunters, but in the chaos, we completely protected the Poison Tree Root. However, at that moment, the Hunters betrayed us, devouring the Poison Tree Root alone. The mage then gathered even more people, slaughtering countless members of our tribe. Finally, seeing that the Poison Tree Root had been absorbed by a lion, he was enraged and ordered the extermination of our entire tribe.
Our tribe was originally a large tribe, but we were massacred and forced to flee in all directions. Those who survived eventually built that small village.
Yu Qirui didn't want to recall this story at all, and even choked up a little when he told it.
Chen Zhou could understand why Yu Junya was so shocked to hear that he was a member of the Tianyun Association. It turned out that the array masters of the Tianyun Association had done such a heinous thing.
"Gentlemen, on behalf of the Tianyun Association, I apologize to you. Such scum do not deserve to be in our Tianyun Association," Chen Zhou said righteously.
"Hmph! Who can guarantee you won't be the next him?" Yu Junya retorted sarcastically.
Chen Zhou understood Yu Junya's feelings very well at this moment. She looked young and seemed to have also experienced that incident, watching her people leave one by one. This feeling was obviously very painful.
"How could I be that kind of person?" Chen Zhou said directly. He looked so honest, how could he do such a thing?
Chen Zhou couldn't help but mutter to himself, "With my current strength, I wouldn't dare to have such thoughts!"
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