I Can See Through Everything - Chapter 662

Chapter 662: Zhoutian City, Formation Reproduction, Rapid Advancement

“Zhoutian City.”

High in the sky, Lu Qing stood in the air, gazing at the vast city nestled in the distance.

That was the Gongshu Clan’s headquarters, Zhoutian City.

Gazing at Zhoutian City, vaster than Tianshu City, Lu Qing’s mind raced with information about the city.

It was said to have been built by the ancestors of the Gongshu Clan.

The architectural layout was exquisite, reminiscent of the distribution of the stars in the heavens.

The city was divided into two main areas: the Inner City and the Outer City.

The Inner City was home to the direct descendants of the Gongshu Clan, while the Outer City housed the branch clansmen and other factions, large and small, affiliated with the Gongshu Clan.

While the Outer City was accessible to outsiders, the Inner City was heavily fortified, protected by powerful formations.

Entering without an invitation would result in immediate destruction.

“It’s not easy to force your way into the Inner City. I need to find a chance to assess the situation first,”

Lu Qing pondered.

The Gongshu Clan is one of the thirty-six great clans of the Tianyuan World, and ranks quite highly.

Such a powerful force with such profound heritage must surely include veterans who have survived multiple spiritual tribulations.

Furthermore, with the protective formations, forcing their way in is simply impossible for him with his current strength.

“But there’s still a chance,”

Lu Qing recalled the intelligence provided by the Nether Palace when he accepted the assassination mission, and a plan already formed.

The next moment, he transformed into a stream of light and flew downward.

As for Xiao Li, to be absolutely certain, he had it temporarily hidden within the Lihuo Cauldron.

After all, within the Gongshu Clan, there was a strong possibility that someone had begun to comprehend the principles of space.

Xiao Li’s spatial abilities would likely be difficult to detect against such a being.

Therefore, Lu Qing did not intend to include Xiao Li in this assassination mission.

During the flight, Lu Qing’s aura shifted.

As he neared Zhoutian City, his appearance and aura completely transformed.

An ordinary-looking, somewhat dull Jindan, transformed into a middle-aged man, suddenly appeared.

Flying was prohibited within fifty miles of Zhoutian City, so Lu Qing landed and used his acrobatics to advance.

Soon, he arrived at the city gates.

As one of the thirty-six noble clans of the Tianyuan Great World, the Gongshu family possessed the expected magnanimity.

While guarded at the gates of Zhoutian City, there was no access control, and no entrance fee.

Pedestrians and merchants could enter and exit freely.

Therefore, Lu Qing easily entered Zhoutian City’s outer city.

Once inside, he didn’t rush to search for information. Instead, he found an inn and rented a Jindan-level cave dwelling to stay.

He then did nothing out of the ordinary for the next few days,

simply going out occasionally after training.

A few days later, Lu Qing rented a small shop in the outer city and opened a weapon refining shop.

His main business was refining common magical weapons for sale and repairing them.

At first, his small shop wasn’t doing well, but as the months passed, thanks to his affordable and high-quality magic weapons and his excellent repair skills,

his shop gradually gained a reputation in the neighborhood, and people began to come in daily.

The surrounding merchants saw Lu Qing as just an honest and hardworking refiner with considerable skill.

However, they didn’t know that this honest shopkeeper, who went out daily to purchase refining materials and wander around, had, over the past few months, completely mastered the outer city of Zhoutian City.

“As expected of the Gongshu family’s headquarters, this outer city alone is teeming with experts and powerful individuals,”

Lu Qing sighed silently in his refinery shop at night.

Over the past few months, he had essentially mastered the outer city of Zhoutian City.

This mastery wasn’t just about understanding the streets and buildings; he had also completely mapped out the distribution of forces and the formations throughout the outer city.

There was no way around it; possessing supernatural powers was just so unreasonable.

Most of the time, Lu Qing didn’t need to ask anyone; a simple glance would reveal all sorts of information, unnoticed.

Lu Qing opened his hand, and a ball of light appeared within, enveloping a virtual city. A closer look revealed the exact appearance of Zhoutian City.

It was a model of Zhoutian City that Lu Qing had constructed using illusion and magic.

However, beyond the lifelike architecture, this virtual Zhoutian City also contained numerous formation patterns.

Over the past few months, Lu Qing had used his powerful spiritual perception and his extraordinary supernatural powers to download and simulate the entire outer city formation, piece by piece.

He then mastered it thoroughly and recreated it using illusion.

It could be said that Lu Qing’s understanding of Zhoutian City’s outer city formations now surpassed even the vast majority of the Gongshu family’s direct descendants.

“Unfortunately, the inner city formations of Zhoutian City seem to be a separate system, and they are the core, so it is impossible to comprehend them solely by relying on the outer city’s formations.”

These days, Lu Qing has been lingering in the outer city, not approaching the inner city.

Now it seems that he needs to get closer.

“However, now that I have thoroughly comprehended the outer city’s formations, I can even harness their power when necessary. Even if I approach the inner city, it should be difficult to detect.”

The people of Gongshu’s family would never have imagined that such a monstrous person could exist in the world.

With just a few glances, they were able to completely grasp the details of their generations-old city defense formation.

So, they probably wouldn’t have been prepared for someone to come and study their inner city’s clan defense formation.

Lu Qing immediately activated the shop’s formation and pretended to rest, lest anyone suddenly interrupt.

He then crept out, restraining his aura and moving through the shadows, swiftly heading towards the inner city.

With his perfect Jindan invisible and formless abilities and his i*imate knowledge of the outer city’s formations,

Lu Qing navigated the outer city like a fish in water.

He could even blend his aura seamlessly into the outer city’s formations,

making his presence virtually undetectable.

Continuing deeper, Lu Qing soon reached the outer city.

He gazed upon the towering, formidable inner city walls, and the ancient patterns engraved upon them.

Lu Qing did not move any closer because he knew that if he went any further, it would cause the formation to react and alert the people in the city.

He found a good spot, concealing himself while ensuring a clear view of the city wall. He

then activated his supernatural power and gazed at the ancient patterns. After a long pause,

Lu Qing’s eyes lit up with joy as he saw the information emerging in his field of vision.

He glanced at the message prompt and, without hesitation, chose to download.

After a while, when his supernatural power indicated the download was complete, he chose to simulate.

[Simulation completed, do you want to start learning?]

This time, Lu Qing didn’t choose to study immediately. Instead, he quietly retreated to the outer city.

Not long after, without alerting anyone, he returned to his refining shop.

Entering his quiet room, where he usually practiced meditation, Lu Qing activated his supernatural power again and chose to study.

The next moment, a flood of information about the formations in Zhoutian City’s inner city surged from the depths of his mind, and Lu Qing instantly fell into a state of enlightenment. After a

long moment, when he opened his eyes again, awakening from his contemplation, his eyes were filled with both surprise and regret.

“This Zhoutian City inner city formation is truly worthy of being the Gongshu family’s guardian formation. It’s incredibly sophisticated, surpassing most formations I’ve previously comprehended.

Unfortunately, I only downloaded a portion of the entire inner city formation.”

Lu Qing was pleasantly surprised by the intricacies of this inner city’s protective formation, which even exceeded his expectations.

This discovery significantly expanded his knowledge of formations.

Unfortunately, the information he downloaded wasn’t the complete inner city protective formation.

The reason was that the Gongshu family’s guardian formation wasn’t a single formation.

Rather, it was a complex, massive formation composed of numerous small and medium-sized formations. What

Lu Qing had downloaded from the ancient runes on that section of the city wall was only a portion of the formation’s information.

“It seems replicating this formation will take some time.”

Lu Qing wasn’t discouraged; on the contrary, he felt a surge of excitement.

He had a premonition that once he had downloaded and comprehended the entire Gongshu clan’s protective formation, his attainments in formations would undoubtedly increase dramatically.

In the days that followed, Lu Qing continued to play the role of an honest and simple equipment refiner during the day.

At night, he would lurk out, constantly downloading information about the Gongshu clan’s protective formation from the inner city walls.

Through this process of constant downloading, simulation, and comprehension, Lu Qing’s attainments in formations advanced by leaps and bounds, showing signs of becoming a true formation master.

After all, this was the powerful formation heritage of the Thirty-Six Upper Clans, embodying the painstaking efforts of countless formation masters of the Gongshu clan over thousands of years.

Now, being absorbed and absorbed by Lu Qing alone, his attainments in formations were bound to increase rapidly.

Over a month passed like this.

One night, Lu Qing was quietly meditating in his quiet room.

As daylight began to break, he suddenly opened his eyes, opened his hand, and the virtual Zhoutian City appeared once again within his palm.

However, compared to a month ago, the formation patterns in this virtual Zhoutian City were far more complete, now covering 60% to 70% of the city.

“Unfortunately, after a month of downloading and simulating, replicating the formation information contained within the entire inner city walls, I’ve only barely reached 70% of the entire Zhoutian Star Formation.”

Lu Qing looked at the virtual Zhoutian City in his hands and shook his head with regret.

He had now comprehended 70% of the entire Zhoutian City formation. He

still lacked the most crucial 30%, which, blocked by the inner city walls, he couldn’t access or download.

“However, 70% of the formation is enough for me to accomplish many things. Combined with my other gains over the past month, completing the assassination mission shouldn’t be a problem.”

Although comprehending the Gongshu family’s protective formation had yielded significant benefits,

Lu Qing hadn’t forgotten his true purpose for infiltrating Zhoutian City.

Over the past few months, he had also been using various methods to gather information about Gongshu Lian and Qiao Rong, and had already made considerable progress.

Combined with his understanding of Zhoutian City’s formations, he had a high probability of assassinating the two men.

“It’s said that Qiao Rong has been living in seclusion since Gongshu Yu’s death. It’s not just fear of Nangong family retaliation, but other reasons as well. He basically stays within the Inner City, rarely venturing out.”

“But Gongshu Lian is different. Having exhausted his potential and unable to advance further in his cultivation, he’s turned to pleasure.

A direct descendant of the Gongshu family, and a Primordial Spirit Patriarch, he commands the wind and rain in Zhoutian City, doing whatever he pleases.

It’s rumored that every six months, he visits Mengyun Tower, the largest brothel in the Outer City, and rents out the entire place for his pleasure.

He possesses a violent temper, and after each of his pleasure sessions, he tortures and tortures many women to death, a terrifying sight.

And Gongshu Lian’s next appearance is three days from now.”

Lu Qing’s eyes grew cold as the information he’d gathered over the past few months surfaced in his mind.

After arriving in Zhoutian City, he knew that Gongshu Lian would be assassinated with a bounty on his head.

This man had indeed committed many evil deeds. Over the years, countless women had died because of him.

This naturally caused dissatisfaction among some people.

Even though they did not dare to retaliate directly due to the huge influence of the Gongshu family,

no one could stop him from secretly issuing an assassination mission to the Nether Palace.

After all, no force in the Tianyuan World was willing to force the Nether Palace to hand over the employer’s information.

And for someone like Gongshu Lian, Lu Qing naturally had no psychological burden in assassinating him.

Putting aside the grudge between him and the Gongshu family, the various evil deeds committed by this man alone are enough to make him die more than ten times.

“Three days later…”

Lu Qing whispered to himself, then closed his eyes and continued to comprehend the formation.

Although he was unable to obtain the most core 30% of the formation information of the Gongshu family’s clan formation, the Zhoutian Star Formation, for the time being, he had not yet been able to obtain it.

But in recent days, the 70% of the formation he had downloaded through his understanding had greatly enhanced his formation foundation.

Now, he was only one step away from the realm of a true formation master who could turn the void into reality and form a

formation with a single thought. Three days later would be the best day to assassinate Gongshu Lian.

Although he was confident in his own strength.

But before that, if he could increase his strength by a point, his chances would be a little better.

Time flew by, and three days passed quickly.

Early that morning, Lu Qing hung a sign for rest at the door of his shop. (End of this chapter)