Xu Fei sighed, marvelling at how advanced the senior’s wisdom was even back then.
The puzzle he left behind remains unsolved to this day.
It’s not that no one has tried to solve it. Take Kawashima Ichiro and Kawashima Chika, for example.
But they misunderstood the senior’s intent. To master the complete Heavenly Path Divine Needle and inherit the power of yin and yang, one must first learn the foundational techniques.
Both Kawashima Chika and Kawashima Ichiro were novices in the Heavenly Path Divine Needle, so even if Kawashima Ichiro found the underground temple, he couldn’t obtain the full inheritance, let alone take it all.
Upon arriving here, Xu Fei found himself with considerable room to manoeuvre.
As the saying goes, when there’s no tiger in the mountains, the monkey becomes king. But Xu Fei wasn’t a mere monkey; he was the true king of the jungle, far surpassing any so-called tiger.
As Kawashima Yosuke had mentioned, the altar was guarded by numerous sentinels, mostly from the three major families.
Their numbers and positioning were evenly matched, creating a perfect balance of power.
Xu Fei followed the group here, and the Kawashima family’s team smoothly completed the handover.
After Xu Fei blended into the guard team, many noticed his less-than-imposing stature and couldn’t help but snicker.
“Heh, look at that Kawashima family guard. Are they so short of people they sent a guy like him?”
“Keep it down, or they’ll hear and come for you!”
“What’s to fear? The three families here have always been in a stalemate, none stronger than the others. What do I have to worry about?”
Unbeknownst to them, Xu Fei’s arrival had already shattered that balance.
Upon reaching the site, Xu Fei ignored their mockery. Controlling this place was the priority.
He had already unleashed his yin-yang power, which immediately caused the statue to tremble.
“Hm? What’s that sound?”
The others heard a faint buzzing. To avoid drawing attention, Xu Fei quickly infused true qi to dilute the purity of the released yin-yang power.
This way, the senior’s statue wouldn’t sense it and cause further tremors.
Having resolved this issue, Xu Fei began reconstructing the scale and glory of the underground temple, starting with the formation of a universal array based on its original dimensions.
The process seemed lengthy, but Xu Fei wasn’t in a hurry. There was still time before the ancestral land contest began, and he was confident he had enough.
As time passed, things grew somewhat dull, but fortunately, Xu Fei was a cultivator.
The loneliness and hardship endured in cultivation were no less than this, and he was well accustomed to it.
Moreover, he had found his own amusement: competing with himself to seize control of the ancestral land as quickly as possible.
After several days, Xu Fei finally completed everything but didn’t rush to show off. Instead, he focused on a more critical task.
He needed to conceal all the arrays he had set up, ideally hiding even the initial universal array.
This way, Xu Fei would remain underestimated, allowing him to maintain complete control no matter how events unfolded.
“Hey, don’t you think that new kid’s too quiet? He’s been here for days and barely moves except to eat or rest!”
