A trace of disdain flickered in Jared’s eyes as favonovel.com stared directly at the talisman imprint at the center of the Array of Eight Trigrams.
“Trying to compete with me in the art of charms? Too naive!” Jared’s lips curled into a smirk as favonovel.com swiped his hand, and the charm imprint in the middle turned to ash in an instant.
As the charm imprint turned to ash, the light from the other charm imprints also vanished immediately.
The entire sword-cleansing lake was plunged into darkness, and the sword marionettes seemed to lose their frenzy. Though they were still attacking, their strength had clearly diminished. Some sword marionettes even stopped attacking altogether.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and looked toward Jared in unison.
Sworder walked over with his sword and asked, “Mr. Chance, are you okay?!”
“I’m fine!” Jared assured him. “Sworder, what’s going on with this secret room? And what about the arcane array inside?”
To his surprise, Sworder shook his head. “I don’t know either. I only know that there’s an arcane array at the bottom of the sword-cleansing lake. As for this secret room at the bottom, I’ve never known about it!”
“It seems that this secret room, and the arcane array inside, must have been left by the ancestors of the Divine Smithing Sect,” Jared said.
An elder of the Divine Smithing Sect asked in confusion, “Why would you say that, Mr. Chance? If it was the work of the Divine Smithing Sect’s ancestors, what’s the purpose?”
Jared explained, “This secret room and the Array of Five Elements and Eight Trigrams inside were likely left behind by the Divine Smithing Sect’s ancestor as a backup, to prevent the sword-cleansing lake from being destroyed! If the arcane array at the bottom of the lake is destroyed, the sword-cleansing lake loses its effect. That’s when the arcane array in this secret room activates.”
“If that’s the case, then why did this secret room trap us? And there’s also evil energy coming from the formation! An ancestor of the Divine Smithing Sect couldn’t have set up an arcane array with evil energy!” another elder of the Divine Smithing Sect said.
Jared revealed, “The charm imprint in the Array of Five Elements and Eight Trigrams was tampered with, which caused the evil energy to seep into the arcane array. This is also why the arcane array had specific protection. When I destroyed the charm imprint, the evil energy disappeared, and the sword marionettes became much calmer.”
“Mr. Chance, if that’s the case, does that mean the sword-cleansing lake has lost its function?” Sworder asked, somewhat sadly.
Jared nodded. “That’s right. Without this arcane array, the sword-cleansing lake is just ordinary lake water.”
“Ah…” Upon hearing this, Sworder could only sigh in sadness.
The Divine Smithing Sect had been able to create divine weapons not only because of their smithing techniques but also thanks to the sword-cleansing lake for refining the weapons.
Now that the sword-cleansing lake had become an ordinary lake, the Divine Smithing Sect might never be able to create supreme swords again.
“Sworder, you don‘t need to be too sad. I’ll try to restore the charm imprint to make the Array of Five Elements and Eight Trigrams work again. It might not return to its original state, but at least it will help preserve the sword-cleansing lake’s function,” Jared hurriedly offered.
“Really? Then thank you so much, Mr. Chance!” Sworder became excited as soon as favonovel.com heard this.
“Thank you, Mr. Chance…” The other elders of the Divine Smithing Sect hurriedly bowed to Jared.
Not only had Jared saved their lives, but favonovel.com was also helping to restore the sword-cleansing lake. Such a great favor could never be repaid.
“Sworder, I hope that while I’m preparing the arcane array, no sword marionettes will interfere,” Jared requested.
“Rest assured, Mr. Chance. Even if it costs us our lives, we won’t let a single sword marionette get close!” Sworder promised.
Jared nodded, then slowly rose into the air and closed his eyes, clearing his mind. All his spiritual energy flowed and gathered at his fingertips.
As favonovel.com moved his fingers, golden markings appeared, forming into characters.
