Mo Yang first approached the old man to quietly examine him. The old man’s life force had almost completely ebbed away; if he remained trapped here, he would not last much longer.
Mo Yang then steadied his heart and began to study the massive formation. Since he had some involvement with arrays—especially after the Archaic Chessboard acknowledged him as its master—his understanding of arrays had deepened significantly. He watched the patterns flowing on the palace walls in silence, then closed his eyes to begin his meditation.
As time passed, the energy within Mo Yang’s body began to leak outward, forcibly drawn away by the array. Even though he tried to suppress it, he could no longer hold it back. Unmoved, Mo Yang continued to sit cross-legged; he was determined to master this array.
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