Post-Mythical Era: I don't want to die in the third reincarnation

"This esteemed colleague, your method is exceptional. Could you arrange one for the Array Core I'm guarding as well?" A middle-aged Array Master approached Ding Huan with a face full of eager flattery.

The Stealing Immortal Worms were rampant, and like Lu Hai, they were all busily working to the point of exhaustion.

Since Ding Huan had set up the Strangling Array, their pressure had significantly decreased because most of the worms were attracted to Ding Huan's Strangling Array.

Now that they finally had a breather, naturally they came to consult Ding Huan, hoping he would also help them set up a Strangling Array.

"Bi Qingjian, you're asking this man to arrange an Array for you?" Lu Hai asked in disbelief.

The middle-aged male cultivator responded indifferently, "I'm not like you; you handed over the Array Core you were guarding to an external cultivator. I dare not do so."

Lu Hai inwardly lamented that this was bad news; Bi Qingjian's status was certainly not lower than his own.

If Bi Qingjian started to gossip, that would not bode well for him.

He forced a few laughs and said, "You know, he was recruited by the Immortal Sect to repair the Arrays. I specifically arranged tasks for him here."

After speaking, Lu Hai coldly looked at Ding Huan, "You can leave now. I'll take responsibility here."

Ding Huan stood up, looked at Lu Hai, and said, "Are you sure you need me to go? Could it be you think only you can record the Crystal Balls, and I can't?"

Having said that, Ding Huan casually tossed out a Crystal Ball, "I'm giving you three breaths of time: leave or stay."

Lu Hai's face turned even uglier; for the first time, he felt an extreme humiliation.

He was, after all, a legitimate Array Master from the Hundred River Immortal Path, and yet he was being told to scram by a temp worker.

Before he could speak, Bi Qingjian took the initiative to ask, "I haven't asked for your esteemed name yet?"

"Ding Huan," Ding Huan replied.

He had long since lost any desire to stay in this despicable Immortal Sect.

"Mr. Ding, my ability in Arrays is limited. I would like to invite you to help me set up a Strangulation Array like yours," Bi Qingjian said earnestly, not giving Lu Hai any chance to trouble Ding Huan.

Ding Huan indifferently said, "Setting up a Strangling Array costs a great deal and also requires a significant amount of effort."

"One hundred Immortal Crystals?" Bi Qingjian initially intended to say ten Immortal Crystals, but he felt that Ding Huan was not someone easy to deal with.

Ding Huan closed his eyes again. One hundred Immortal Crystals to set up an Array?

"Five hundred Immortal Crystals..." Bi Qingjian clenched his teeth and increased the offer by five times.

Yet, Ding Huan still did not open his eyes.

Bi Qingjian finally understood how Lu Hai felt; he too was a legitimate disciple and Array Master of the Immortal Sect, and it was proving so difficult to ask for help from a temp worker recruited by the Immortal Sect.

Five hundred Immortal Crystals, he would have to save for a long time to accumulate that amount.

"One thousand Immortal Crystals, Mr. Ding. That's all my Immortal Crystals. If that's still not enough, I can only give up," Bi Qingjian decided to bleed greatly.

Ding Huan opened his eyes and stated blandly, "Two thousand Immortal Crystals, or no deal. Of course, seeing the ferocity of these Stealing Immortal Worms, if they get any stronger, that Array Core you're responsible for might be in danger.

Immortal Crystals can't be brought along when you are born or when you die; if they're gone, you can earn them again. But once your Array Core is devoured by the Stealing Immortal Worms, I'm afraid you won't even have the chance to earn them again."

Perhaps influenced by Ding Huan's words, Bi Qingjian hesitated for a while before gritting his teeth and saying, "Fine, two thousand Immortal Crystals it is."

He knew the last thing Ding Huan said was true.

You can earn back Immortal Crystals, but if the Array Core is destroyed by the Stealing Immortal Worms, it's not just about saving two thousand Immortal Crystals; life itself could be on the line.

"That's more like it." True to his word, once he received the Immortal Crystals, Ding Huan hastily helped Bi Qingjian set up an Array Pattern Strangulation Array and a Moving Array.

The Hundred River Immortal Path's Protecting Array had eighteen cores.

Once they knew an expert Array Master had come to the Sect who could set up a Strangling Array to solve the problem for good, nearly all the Array Masters in charge of Array Cores came to him.

To be fair, it's near impossible for most other departments to come up with two thousand Immortal Crystals at once.

But the wealthiest in the Immortal Sect are the Array Masters.

Even so, Ding Huan charging each person two thousand Immortal Crystals nearly drained all the Array Masters of everything they had.

Ding Huan, however, made a fortune, pocketing thirty to forty thousand Immortal Crystals all by himself.

Even if they were Low Grade Immortal Crystals, they were still Immortal Crystals.

"Ding Huan, you are clearly an Immortal Sect Array Master, how dare you openly extort..."

Before Ding Huan could return to his station, an infuriated Lu Hai came charging over.

Ding Huan, without letting Lu Hai finish, interrupted sharply, "Silence."

"You are fired. Effective immediately, you are no longer an Array Master employed by the Hundred River Immortal Path. If you remain in Hundred River Immortal Path's territory, I have the right to take action against you."

Lu Hai did not back down, and his voice grew even colder.

Upon hearing this, Ding Huan had a suspicion.

In the Fourth Immortal Domain, whether one is a disciple, a Steward, or even an elder of the Immortal Sect, they had no right to harm a cultivator recruited by the Sect.

This suspicion had been verified many times, from Cheng Keqi to the present Lu Hai.

No matter how much they disapproved of him, they would only set him up, suppress him, but never lay a finger on him.

If such a law existed, it meant that the disciples of the Sect were even more worried about being reported.

With this in mind, Ding Huan raised his hand and captured a Crystal Ball: "You can fire me, but for the Strangling Array Pattern I've set up to eliminate the Stealing Immortal Worms, you must provide ample compensation.

Because the Array Core you are responsible for required more materials, I will need three thousand Immortal Crystals. Agree, and the Crystal Ball is yours; disagree, and I will immediately seek an audience with the Sect Master."

Seeking the Sect Master was a bluff; he wouldn't be able to meet the Sect Master.

He believed Lu Hai wouldn't risk it.

Lu Hai's divine will focused on the crystal ball in Ding Huan's hand, and he immediately realized that the recording in this crystal ball was more comprehensive than his own.

Lu Hai even broke out in cold sweat. He was certain that he'd be finished once Ding Huan handed over this crystal ball.

"Here, take these," Lu Hai was frankly quite brazen. Once he realized things wouldn't go as he expected, he didn't hesitate to throw 3,000 immortal crystals to Ding Huan.

Ding Huan tossed the crystal ball back to Lu Hai and said indifferently, "Give me a jade scroll to prove my expulsion; otherwise, I won't even be able to leave the Immortal Sect."

Lu Hai threw two jade scrolls to Ding Huan and Chang Danyi with the fastest speed he could muster, hoping these two would leave as quickly and go as far as possible.

…

Ding Huan and Chang Danyi had just entered the Hundred River Immortal Path when they were once again expelled from it.

"Ah, it's too difficult for a loose cultivator to establish themselves in an Immortal Sect," Chang Danyi couldn't help but sigh as she stepped out of the Immortal Sect's protective array.

Even a capable person like Ding Huan couldn't establish himself in the Immortal Sect, let alone the rest?

Ding Huan didn't care; he didn't want to stay in the Hundred River Immortal Path. If he wanted to stay, he had a myriad of methods to do so.

As far as he was concerned, a sect like Hundred River Immortal Path was not worth his time.

"Let's go and see if there are other sects to join; if not, then we'll figure something out."

Ding Huan summoned a flying treasure.

Chang Danyi didn't summon her own flying treasure; instead, she simply landed on Ding Huan's.

In reality, for cultivators like them in the True Immortal Realm, joining an Immortal Sect was relatively easy.

Although they couldn't join a good Immortal Sect, entering an ordinary one wasn't much of a problem.

Now that he had been expelled from the Hundred River Immortal Path, Ding Huan had no intention of staying near it.

The place was filled with various big rivers, which was somewhat visually tiring.

Ding Huan controlled the spaceship, while Chang Danyi didn't want to delay even a moment, so she stayed in the cabin to stabilize her cultivation.

She was different from Ding Huan. After overcoming the tribulation, he was already in the second layer of True Immortal Realm, whereas she had not even stabilized the first layer of her True Immortal cultivation.

Ding Huan didn't cultivate; he was deducing where he should go next.

Previously, when he was in the Star Sky Realm, deducing the Immortal Realm was too vague, almost a complete blank.

Now, as a True Immortal, his deductions were still unclear, but he had a sense of direction.

Having determined his direction, Ding Huan began to deduce the Array Dao.

He could repair arrays in the Hundred River Immortal Path, but he couldn't install their protective arrays.

Since the array flags he repaired weren't crafted by himself, he needed to continue improving his own level in the Array Dao.

These Stealing Immortal Worms were quite strange. The Fourth Immortal Domain is vast and boundless; as long as one leaves the location of the Immortal Spirit Source, it's hard to see these creatures.

Yet near the spirit source, they seem innumerable. No matter how many you kill, even more will come.

Three months passed, and Ding Huan was barely able to craft First-level Immortal Array Flags.

Ding Huan was very clear that being able to craft Immortal Array Flags basically meant he could set up an Immortal Array.

His Dao was the Great Universe Technique; his cultivation involved the integration of the All Things Principle and billions of Dao Principles of the universe, constructing his own Tao Universe.

Once he mastered it, his progress was incredibly swift.

Ding Huan stopped; he decided to try setting up a First-level Defense Immortal Array first.

One after another, array flags were summoned by Ding Huan and in just half a day, a First-level Defense Immortal Array was set up by him.

Just as he expected, for him at his current level, setting up a First-level Immortal Array was a piece of cake.

He collected all the array flags and was preparing to control the spaceship to move forward again when a streak of escape light swiftly descended in front of him.

It was also a spaceship; to Ding Huan's discerning eyes, it appeared to be a Low Grade Immortal Artifact.

Descending from the flying ship were two men and a woman; the woman had the highest cultivation level, and Ding Huan estimated that she might have even surpassed the True Immortal Realm.

"Are you expelled by an Immortal Sect? What are you good at?" A man approached and examined Ding Huan before asking.

Just as Ding Huan was about to speak, Chang Danyi emerged.

"Eh, True Immortal Realm?" The woman exclaimed in surprise upon seeing Chang Danyi was in the True Immortal Realm.

"What's your name?" The woman approached Chang Danyi.

Chang Danyi quickly bowed in greeting, "My junior's name is Chang Danyi."

"Judging by your condition, did you just advance to the True Immortal Realm?" The woman's tone was rather eager.

For someone outside an Immortal Sect to advance to True Immortal Realm, one possibility was that the individual had exceptional talent.

Chang Danyi wasn't quite sure what she meant and nodded, "Yes, I was fortunate enough to set foot in the True Immortal Realm."

"What medicine pills did you use?" the woman asked immediately.

Medicine pills? Chang Danyi shook her head: "I have not used any medicine pills, just some Immortal Crystals."

Ding Huan laughed to himself; to think that cultivating to the True Immortal Realm alongside him would require medicine pills, that would be underestimating his Great Universe Technique.

Hearing that Chang Danyi hadn't used any medicine pills and still managed to step into the True Immortal Realm, the woman grew even more excited: "Were you expelled by an Immortal Sect?"

"Yes, I was just expelled from an Immortal Sect," Chang Danyi told the truth.

As she had suspected, being expelled from an Immortal Sect, achieving True Immortal status without abundant Immortal Spiritual Energy, and without using any medicine pills...

"My name is Yan Zhufang, a Peak Master of the Shuangzi Mountain Immortal Sect. Would you like to be my disciple and join my Shuangzi Mountain Immortal Sect?" After the woman spoke, she looked at Chang Danyi eagerly.