Master of Strange Dao

Sure, here is the translation:

Even if I go now to look for it, unless I directly deploy a large-scale secret technique to scour the land within a hundred miles, I won't find it in a short time.

You also mentioned that the place is not far from the Imperial City of Dali, so there's no way anyone can peacefully release any large-scale secret technique there.

To get out from inside, you must forcibly break the big array."

"So, according to you, isn't this big array invincible?"

"Invincible, my foot. It's invincible to minor characters like you, but to the strong, it can at most delay them for the time of one incense stick. If you encounter a sword cultivator with exceptional killing power, it's impressive if it can delay them even for a breath of time.

On normal days, who would spend so much just to deal with a Fifth Tier Body Cultivator?"

"That's true..."

"But, well..." Old Yang made a turn in his thoughts and began pondering.

"But what? At this point, don't speak half-heartedly."

"It's not completely impossible to let you escape without breaking the big array and alerting that person."

Yu Ziqing said nothing and waited quietly.

Old Yang gestured with his hand and explained nonchalantly.

"I'll teach you the operation of the big array now. You imitate that senior from back then, diving and surfacing in the sand sea, and you, from the inside, swallow the entire big array along with the small blessed land it is based on. That counts as forcibly breaking the big array, but the array won't actually be destroyed, and the person who set it won't sense it."

"..."

Yu Ziqing widened his eyes.

In the past, he thought he was already enough of a crafty trader, but then someone taught him a lesson that there's craftier within crafty.

Later he thought he was already greedy enough, wanting to take everything home, even considering if passing by a manure pit he should take it home to fertilize fields.

Unexpectedly, there's always someone stronger. Old Yang was more outrageous.

Even the big array trapping him, Old Yang wanted to devour it.

"Old Yang, when I pass by a manure pit, at most I think about taking some liquid fertilizer to grow vegetables, but you, you would taste it to check the salinity.

I may be a Body Cultivator as you say, and sure, my orifices can store stuff, but everything has its limit.

You think I can swallow just anything?"

"Don't talk nonsense." Old Yang frowned, pointing outside: "Didn't Cece go out with you?"

"Yes, she's with me."

"She controls a domain, don't you remember?"

"Let Cece do it, then..." Yu Ziqing suddenly understood, sitting there deep in thought.

Hey, it really might not be impossible.

Cece's Despair Abyss has now expanded to a hundred miles. Supposedly the speed should be considered slow compared to others.

Other hungry ghosts devour demonic thoughts, consume sweet rain, and some special hungry ghosts slowly develop extraordinary abilities.

By this comparison, Cece and Wu Shuangge should be stronger.

It's just that their starting point was too high. One just changed jobs and already had a companion treasure, nearly all the extraordinary abilities were given to the Mixed Yuan Gold Bowl, and all subsequent advancements centered around promoting the Mixed Yuan Gold Bowl.

And Cece was the same way. Her starting point was high, not only successfully transitioning but having a domain, with the Hungry Ghost King personally aiding her.

Cece previously mentioned, too, that the advancement of Despair Abyss was particularly slow, as most of the power was actually supplied to the abyss within it.

That was once capable of ambushing cultivators' Yin Gods, a proper abyss filled with demons.

Later only transformed into a standalone domain, the power within the cliff abyss plummeted by 99%, now reopening.

"Is it feasible? Can that cliff abyss really swallow this big array?"

"Give it a try; I estimate the problem isn't big. I went to Cece's domain before, and the cliff abyss there indeed had a trace of the true abyss's charm. Burying a hundred-mile big array should be hopeful, and she could benefit from it as well."

"So tell me first how to follow the operation."

"It's simple for you. Follow the dry earth qi, drift with the sand sea, and you can follow along from the edge or the center. A full loop will let you know."

"I'll try it first, and if it doesn't work, then we'll see."

Yu Ziqing left the Seventh Floor, opened his eyes, and looked at Cece.

"Your cliff abyss should be quite strong now, right? Can it swallow a hundred miles?"

"Uh?" Cece was slightly stunned, then glanced at the sand sea: "This... I fear it can't swallow that."

"I didn't ask you to swallow it all at once, just try first. Or, I'll go in first to check. By the way, if I go in, I can come out, right?"

"You can come out. I haven't been inside there before, but I can sense it; it feels more like a dungeon that devours power. I tested it with other demonic thoughts before; I could put them in and they can be released now, but when they come out, they would lose a lot of their power."

"Never mind then, I'd better not go. You float in the air and wait, don't disturb the big array's operation."

Yu Ziqing, with those words, dashed to the center of the sand sea and plunged in headlong.

Once there, he lay flat, letting the sand sea swallow him whole.

Within him, the earth toad raised its head, pausing its devouring of the other four little ones, and instead spat a mouthful of Wu Soil qi that circulated throughout Yu Ziqing's body.

This sand sea was modeled after the Sand Sea Forbidden Land, mostly filled with dry earth qi, effectively rooted in Wu Soil, with occasional dryness and heat.

The Five Qi in Yu Ziqing's chest circulated as he merely went with the flow, proving quite easy.

The main thing was that this was primarily a trapping array, with moderate offensive power. Being swallowed by quicksand wouldn't suffocate or crush him to death, considering Yu Ziqing's physical body.