Help Him! Reopen the Ruins!

Watching Ye Feng risk everything, Cao Yan and Xiao Chen both wore complicated expressions. The sword spirit's voice suddenly rang in Li Guanqi's ear! "Has that old man finished inscribing his array?" "Have him move the grand array over here!! Quick!" Without a second thought, Li Guanqi hastily sent a voice transmission to Xi Yunhuai. Moments later, the old man rushed into the Purple Spirit Grotto-Heaven, bringing a blood-colored grand array with him! Dripping with sweat, Xi Yunhuai set the grand array down upon the mountain peak beneath Li Guanqi's feet. But when his eyes fell upon the array surrounding Ye Feng, his heart jolted in astonishment!! "Th-this... this is the lost ancient grand array, the Jingchan Glazed Array!!!" Li Guanqi couldn't be bothered to explain anything to the old man. Directing a sharp gaze at Cao Yan and Xiao Chen, he said in a deep voice, "Get yourselves ready. I'm going to reopen the ruins for the two of you!" Hearing this, Cao Yan and Xiao Chen were dumbfounded. Xiao Chen couldn't help but say, "Boss, it's been nearly twenty years since we last opened our ruins! What kind of nonsense are you talking??" "Don't you know a person can only open their ruins once in a lifetime?" Cao Yan didn't care about any of that. If Boss said they could reopen their ruins, then they could reopen their ruins! Flashing forward, he sat down cross-legged right inside the blood-colored grand array. Seeing this, Xiao Chen gritted his teeth and stepped inside as well. After all, the ruins artifact inside his spirit ruins was of no low rank—otherwise, it would have been impossible for him to master the Apocalypse. Li Guanqi said solemnly, "Remember, this time when opening the ruins... follow your hearts and search for the strongest ruins artifact!!" "Push your inner obsession with the weapon to the absolute limit!!" "This time... I will have all of you undergo a complete rebirth!!" With that, Li Guanqi cast a profound look in Ye Feng's direction. The reason the sword spirit had been in such a rush was that, in her perception, Ye Feng was in mortal danger this time. Reopening the ruins would aid Ye Feng in resisting and devouring that Geng Metal Spirit! That was why the sword spirit had urgently told Li Guanqi to prepare as quickly as possible. Once everything was in order, Lu Kangnian came running over in a flurry. The moment he had seen Xi Yunhuai hauling an entire grand array here, he had sensed that trouble was brewing. And when he saw Cao Yan and Xiao Chen both obediently seated cross-legged inside the array, his head spun even more. "What are you trying to pull now?!" Li Guanqi shrugged. Looking blankly at Lu Kangnian, he suddenly said, "Um... Sect Master, do you want to sit inside too?" At the same time, he cautiously murmured in his mind, *Sister Sword Spirit, can Old Lu join in?* Li Guanqi clearly saw the corner of the sword spirit's mouth twitch. After a brief consideration, she nodded anyway. Secretly overjoyed, Li Guanqi hurriedly pushed Lu Kangnian in as well. Then he asked tentatively, "What about my master, and Ling Daoyan and the others?" The sword spirit snapped exasperatedly, "Hurry up! Who else do you want to shove in?!" An incense stick's time later. Ling Daoyan, Qin Xian, Li Nanting, Lu Kangnian... The four of them sat inside the grand array, exchanging dumbfounded glances. On the other side were Xi Yunhuai, Ji Yuchuan, Su You, Qianqiusui, and Tang Ru. A dozen people sat packed tightly inside the single grand array. The sword spirit said with a dark expression, "I can only guarantee Cao Yan and Xiao Chen. As for the rest, it will all depend on fate." Lu Kangnian asked in a deep voice, "Guanqi, what on earth is the meaning of this?" Even Ji Yuchuan and the others were completely baffled, yet Xi Yunhuai alone was rubbing his hands together, bursting with excitement!! After all, he didn't possess a ruins artifact!! Not just him—neither Su You nor Qianqiusui had one either. Ling Daoyan had one, but its quality was poor, incapable of even achieving Soul Release. Xi Yunhuai swallowed hard and softly voiced the conjecture in his mind. "This array... is an array for opening ruins, yet it's somewhat different..." "I don't know if my guess is right, but the Pavilion Master... seems to want us to reopen our ruins!" Hearing this, Li Guanqi nodded, concealing nothing. He said solemnly, "Elders, brothers, this is my secret." "Furthermore, I can only use this method once in my entire life!! And that is to allow you to reopen your ruins!" "Having an existing ruins artifact inside your spirit ruins won't be an issue. If you can find one of higher quality that suits you better, you can naturally choose anew." "If not, you will not lose your original ruins artifact either." Lu Kangnian's pupils shrank to needlepoints upon hearing this. He understood all too well just how much weight Li Guanqi's words carried. Relying solely on reopening the ruins was already enough to shock the Six Domains. The world had never heard of anyone possessing such heaven-defying means!! Ji Yuchuan's eyes shook violently with shock, and the way Su You looked at Li Guanqi subtly shifted as well. Qianqiusui was thrilled beyond words, while Tang Ru chuckled softly, slowly closing his eyes to enter a meditative state. The sword spirit nodded and said calmly, "We can begin." *Buzz!!!* Li Guanqi raised his hand and cast out a hundred thousand spirit stones, forcefully shattering them in an instant as spiritual energy billowed out. Flooded with spiritual energy, the grand array instantly erupted with a heaven-shaking pressure. The moment this pressure appeared, Hong Zhi, who was cultivating with her eyes closed in the distant stone pool, knitted her brows slightly, her eyelids quivering as if she were about to open them. Long Hou, currently stationed outside the domain boundaries of the Great Xia Sword Sect, felt his pupils contract sharply upon sensing this aura as well!! Frowning, he raised a hand to lay down a barrier concealing the aura, then faded into the void to guard the region. Flushed with excitement, everyone took a long time to steady their emotions before slipping into a meditative state one after another. The sword spirit's figure slowly materialized. With a wave of her hand, she actually overlapped the Jingchan Glazed Array and the ruin-opening grand array. Ye Feng's body floated above everyone's heads. The sword spirit cast a deep look at Ye Feng; she also held his temperament in high regard. A man like him... as long as he was given the slightest opportunity, he would fight with his life to seize it. And once Li Guanqi ascended to the Immortal Realm, he would definitely need someone like Ye Feng standing by his side! "Hu..." *Buzz!!!* Both grand arrays erupted simultaneously with an immensely powerful pressure. A rare trace of solemnity surfaced on the sword spirit's face; opening the ruins for so many people at once was no small burden for her. The sword spirit slowly reached out her slender palm. As she made a grasping motion in the empty air, Li Guanqi's Sword Ruins trembled frantically!!! An aura that made heaven and earth shudder suddenly erupted. The sword spirit lifted her gaze toward the firmament—directly at the spot where Long Hou was located!! Long Hou suddenly felt as though an invisible hand were violently clenching his heart. The sword spirit's chest heaved slightly, and then the hand gripping the sword slashed down fiercely!! *Boom!!!* In practically an instant, a blood-colored sword scar was cleaved open on the glabella of every single person present!!! *Boom!!!!* The array flared with blinding light. In that instant, nearly everyone's spirit ruins were drawn out beyond their control. An incense stick of spirit incense was planted at the edge of the array. The sword spirit said softly, "The rest can only depend on themselves." "One incense stick's time. After an incense stick burns down, their fates will be sealed." The sword in the sword spirit's hand slowly dissipated. Then, raising a finger to tap her own glabella, she murmured softly, "Nu Sha, She Shen, Gu Yan..." "Come back!" "Return!!!"