The Scum is A ***

20: The Scum Is Innovative

"The person that sealed the array must be well-versed in reading transcriptions." Cheng Sheng said as he read the transcription of spells in the array. "If I had something against the Youxiwang Sect, I could also tamper with this array." He said.

"'tamper'?" an elder said. "We thought it was sealed?" he asked. He is an elder that is not from either of the two families – Wu and Chen. Right now, the elders of the Wu and Chen family were away to do a wide-search in the West for Wu Fan. This is one of the reasons why the demonic cultivators attacked the Youxiwang Sect. There were only few elders left, including Ming Ye and Luo Shi – who were also neither from the Wu and Chen Clan.

Cheng Sheng nodded and turned to them. "An array is like the talisman. They were both transcribed." He said and stood up from squatting. "However, their difference is that an array is large-scale while the talisman isn't. One factor is their space and medium. The talisman uses paper while the array uses the ground or a wall, a flat area, which is wider than the talisman paper. Next is their scope. The talisman is a one-time and personal use. The array can be used by many people." He explained. "So, like talisman, an array can be copied and recreated." He said. "However, it can only be imitated."

"But – " another elder said. " – your Cleansing Talisman was recreated by us." He said.

Cheng Sheng turned to him. "And this is the reason why the array was only tampered and not sealed." He said. "Unless the essence was given, the array can never be sealed." He answered. The reason why his Cleansing Talisman was perfectly recreated is because he gave them its essence. However, the demonic cultivators naturally didn't have the essence of the Youxiwang Sect's array. Thus, they only tampered with it.

"Then, where was the array tampered?" Luo Shi asked as they looked at the array beneath their feet. No matter how they looked at it, they cannot see it was changed.

"You should first know how it was tampered." Cheng Sheng said as he walked around the array, the transcription of spells beneath his feet.

"Then, how?" Wu Yuan asked.

Cheng Sheng raised his head from reading the transcriptions and he looked at Wu Yuan. Then, he looked at Sun Yi and Chen Han. "May I ask Wu-shixiong and Chen-shixiong to join me." He said and stopped walking.

"What are we going to do, Ah Sheng?" Chen Han asked as the two of them walked towards Cheng Sheng.

Without a warning, Cheng Sheng transformed his jade pendant to a sword. Their eyes went wide, surprised. However, Cheng Sheng didn't attack them. "May I ask for Wu-shixiong and Chen-shixiong drop their blood on the array?" he asked. He didn't wait for them to answer and immediately made a cut on Chen Han and Wu Yuan's arm. They didn't see a wound until blood seeped out from it. Cheng Sheng then grabbed Chen Han and Wu Yuan's arm and made their blood drop on the same spot. They were now standing at the heart of the array. Chen Han and Wu Yuan's blood dropped on the ground at the same time. They watched as the blood mixed, then dried on the ground. However, after a minute and they saw the blood disappeared like it was absorbed by the ground. Suddenly, the transcriptions of the array lit up. However, it glowed scarlet.

Their eyes went wide and looked at the array in shock. "What happened?!" they asked, alarmed.

"Sheng-er. What did you do?" Chen Jing calmly asked as he looked at the array. Then, his eyes narrowed as he understood. "You want to awaken the array?" he asked.

"What?!" they exclaimed.

Cheng Sheng nodded as he looked around, the scarlet light bathed his figure. "The Youxiwang Sect was founded by the cultivators of both from the Wu Clan and the Chen Clan." He said. "Father is here, but sect leader Wu isn't around. Thus, I borrowed brother and Wu-shixiong." He explained.