"Alright, enough bickering, we've arrived," the Golden Boat City Lord led everyone through the corridors and pavilions of the City Lord's Mansion, heading straight to a small courtyard on the easternmost side.

Glancing at the courtyard, surrounded by high white jade stone walls and exposed under the starry sky, Man Niu said in astonishment, "City Lord, you're not going to tell me that the Tao Origin Qi is placed here, are you?"

Turning his head to glance at Li Qingming and the others, who also wore puzzled expressions, a hint of mischief suddenly flitted across the City Lord's eyes as he said, "What's wrong? Is it not possible? I was originally going to take out the Tao Origin Qi and give it to you right now, but now you dare to question me! Fine then, I'll give you a chance! You guys, remember, it's you! If you can find any trail within this courtyard proving that the Tao Origin Qi is here, I will immediately take out the Taoist Primordial Energy and give it to you! Otherwise... heh heh..."

The City Lord was very confident in his Array setting abilities. Even if Li Qingming could block those ferocious three strikes from what seemed to be a Heavenly Dao Level Great Power, he definitely wouldn't be able to detect the Array he had laid down. After all, one person's energy is limited; it is impossible to excel in everything.

But will things really turn out as the Golden Boat City Lord believes?

...

Realizing he might have caused trouble again, Man Niu swallowed hard and asked tentatively, "Otherwise, what?"

The City Lord laughed triumphantly and said, "Otherwise, you'll accompany me back to Golden Boat City and clean the main roads of the city for a hundred years!"

"What?"

Everyone was stunned, their mouths wide open unconsciously, as if a flock of cawing crows flew over their heads.

Man Niu jumped up and said, "On what basis? With so many of us here, why single me out?"

Li Qingming had a full head of sweat, thinking to himself, "This guy really can't stay out of trouble. His impetuous temperament is exactly like Xu Hu's!"

"Heh heh, on what basis?" The City Lord laughed and said, "Who told you to dare question my words? If not you, then who?"

Man Niu gritted his teeth and said, "Fine! I agree, but I have a condition too!"

Now, the City Lord's previously playful expression became serious as he asked with some curiosity, "Oh? You have a condition? Let's hear it!"

Staring daggers at Mang Niu, Man Niu pointed at Mang Niu's nose and said, "If we can find the place where you've hidden the Tao Origin Qi, you must agree to shave off all of this old bull's hair!"

Hearing this, Mang Niu, who was voraciously munching on an immortal peach, "Pffft!" sprayed it all out in surprise.

Everyone glanced at Man Niu and Mang Niu, thinking, "How deep must that grudge be?"

"Alright, I agree!" The Golden Boat City Lord agreed magnanimously with a wave of his hand.

"Boss..." Mang Niu, feeling like he was shot while lying down, turned green with resentment, the kid really held a grudge.

Upon hearing the agreement, Man Niu hurried to Li Qingming's side and said, "Brother Li, my life for the next hundred years is in your hands!"

Li Qingming gave Man Niu a speechless glance as his Primordial Spirit instantly soared out, carefully probing the entire space.

Once his Primordial Spirit left the body, Li Qingming finally noticed something was amiss.

This is by no means a small courtyard, but rather a vast and boundless plain. This courtyard is merely a gateway, beyond which lies another world.

It's just that, because of the Array's influence, this courtyard seems to be full of loopholes, giving the impression that one can enter the plain behind from anywhere, yet paradoxically there's nowhere to commence.

Therefore, even though Li Qingming had discovered this world, his words bore no proof and without the ability to open it, all was merely empty talk.

To be honest, this was the first time Li Qingming had encountered such a magical Array. He had always thought that he was at the pinnacle of understanding Space Arrays in the entire Universe Chaos Cosmos, only to realize now that he was just a frog in a well, which was truly laughable.

Closing his eyes to sense minutely for a while, Li Qingming snapped out of his dazed state and, under the expectant gaze of Mang Niu, said, "What a cunning Array! Golden Boat City Lord, if the junior hasn't guessed wrong, this Space Array within the courtyard was arranged by you, right?"

Golden Boat merely shrugged indifferently, "Evidence? Words alone are no proof. You say there's an Array, then show me evidence that it exists!"

"You, you..." Mang Niu became so furious that his nose nearly went crooked, and after struggling for words, finally spat out, "How can you be so shameless... My Brother Li has already found the Array, and you still won't keep your promise, even stooping to reneging!"

"Mang Niu!" Li Qingming glared at Mang Niu, then suddenly remembered the three broken formation wooden tablets of varying colors, his eyes lighting up , thinking to himself, "Golden Boat, oh Golden Boat, you want to grab Mang Niu for hard labor, but it looks like you'd better prepare a knife to shave Mang Niu's head bald instead!"

Seeing the shine in Li Qingming's eyes, the City Lord of Golden Boat had a bad feeling.

"Whoosh!"

Li Qingming took out three wooden tablets from his storage space and with a flick, cast them into midair.

Sneaking a peek, the City Lord of Golden Boat saw that these three wooden tablets were only palm-sized and appeared to be made of Innate Parasol Wood. One was gold, another white, and the last one black. On the back of each tablet, a Phoenix seemed to be intricately carved, as if crying out in rebirth through flames.

After seeing these three wooden tablets, the Golden Boat City Lord's expression turned strange, feeling that he might lose the bet this time.

Ignoring the City Lord's gaze, Li Qingming's right hand maneuvered a series of golden Tao Runes while his left was not idle, gently touching the Void, a dense flow of Yuqing True Essence infused into the three wooden tablets.

The tricolored tablets immediately began to shake vigorously, circles of gold, white, and black light interlaced, emanating from the tablets towards all directions.

"Hiss!"

After a while, three dazzling beams of light burst out from the tablets, shooting straight towards the lustrous Jade wall on the eastern side.

"Boom!"

The wall, touched by the three beams of light, emitted a cluster of blinding brilliance that nearly made it impossible to keep one's eyes open.

Afterward, a white curtain was pulled apart, the golden Tao Runes instantly vanished into thin air, revealing a gateway almost thirty feet high and about ten feet wide.

Putting away the tablets, Li Qingming looked at the City Lord of Golden Boat with a smirk, "How about that?"

The City Lord of Golden Boat laughed wryly and shook his head, "If I'd known you possessed such Chaos Artifacts, why would I have made this sure-to-lose bet? However, a gambler must accept his loss..."

Saying this, he waved a hand lightly over Mang Niu's head and with no visible action, following Shakyamuni and Mang Niu, a third shiny bald head appeared in the small courtyard. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for it at Qidian (qidian.com) with recommendation tickets and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)

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