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If it were usual, Li Fenglan’s first reaction upon hearing Ling Buyan’s words should have been: Xuanchu Immortal Ancestor has long since ascended to the Upper Realm, so who else in this world could tamper with his formation? But now, upon hearing Ling Buyan’s words just now, an answer immediately popped into Li Fenglan’s mind – Mo Shenyu.
Since Mo Shenyu was capable of absorbing the spiritual energy within ordinary ferocious beasts, then changing this formation shouldn’t be too difficult for him either, right?
Duan Wannian was impatient and asked as soon as she heard Ling Buyan speak: “So what should we do?” She was a demon, and apart from Li Fenglan, she had no emotional connection to anyone in the cultivation world or even anyone in this world.
Upon hearing Ling Buyan’s words, Duan Wannian only felt that this sword formation was a big trouble.
Even during their conversation, Li Fenglan and her group saw that there seemed to be a few more people inside the formation…
Ling Buyan shook his head lightly, not saying a word, but drew a talisman with his sword in the void. The next moment, a surprising sight appeared. Li Fenglan saw that there were several bright spots appearing on the originally empty grassland. Then the talisman disappeared, and those bright spots were connected one by one.
“Are those the formation eyes of the sword formation?” a seriously injured Meng Linzhou said incredulously, “You can actually find the formation eyes…”
Although Meng Linzhou did not study formation techniques seriously, he had been around Li Fenglan for so long that he had learned some knowledge about formations. But according to his knowledge base, he didn’t think anyone could easily find the formation eyes like this.
Are you kidding? This is the formation laid by the Xuanchu Immortal Ancestor.
Ling Buyan didn’t even look at Meng Linzhou and continued to input spiritual power into the talisman. The formation eyes on the ground became clearer.
Unlike Meng Linzhou, Li Fenglan didn’t seem surprised that Ling Buyan could find the formation eyes here. What surprised him was another thing…why did Ling Buyan do this?
In Li Fenglan’s impression, Ling Buyan had always been hovering outside the cultivation world and had little interest in the “benefiting the world” principle upheld by Tianmian Palace.
Guessing what Li Fenglan was thinking, after a while, Ling Buyan stopped inputting spiritual power into the talisman and said to Li Fenglan, “Anyone who enters this formation will become just like the ferocious beast you saw that day after half a day.”
“What!” Li Fenglan was truly shocked this time. He never expected Ling Buyan to give such an answer.
The people in the formation would become like those cultivators…does that mean Mo Shenyu could absorb the spiritual energy inside these cultivators’ bodies? As soon as this idea came to mind, Li Fenglan couldn’t help but shiver.
A word appeared in Li Fenglan’s mind: sacrifice.
“Be careful, the swords are about to come out.” Just as he spoke, Ling Buyan reached out and blocked Li Fenglan behind him. Suddenly, the formation eyes of the sword formation glowed brightly, and in the next moment, the swords that were just fighting inside the formation suddenly turned their blades and came towards Li Fenglan’s position.
“What the h*ll is this!” Meng Linzhou couldn’t help but widen his eyes. He thought Ling Buyan was planning to destroy the formation eyes and break the sword formation, but now that he saw the swords flying everywhere, Meng Linzhou finally realized that things were not as he had imagined.
Ling Buyan used spiritual power to pull the swords out of the formation…no, he directly changed the formation with his spiritual power.
“The end is near.” These four words once again appeared in Meng Linzhou’s mind.
However, before the injured Meng Linzhou could take up his sword to respond, he saw Li Fenglan and Ling Buyan each take their own swords and rush into the sword formation. Their movements were extremely smooth, and from a distance, it looked like two bright lights, one light and one dark, constantly flashing in the sword formation.
In less than half a moment, the formation eyes of the sword formation once again flashed with a blue light, and the figures of the two disappeared from Meng Linzhou’s sight.
At this moment, the people who were trapped in the sword formation finally broke free.
“Law-abiding Immortal?” A young cultivator was rebounded by the sword qi and rolled down from the low hill, stopping right next to Meng Linzhou. “What are you doing here!” he said excitedly.
After hearing the words Law-abiding Immortal, the other people who had just escaped from the sword formation also looked towards him.
“…Meng Linzhou?” The man in white standing in front couldn’t help but frown and look towards Meng Linzhou, taking two steps forward.
The people who had just escaped from the sword formation were still in a state of shock, but when this man spoke, everyone quieted down.
The speaker was none other than Lin Chaochen, the Sword-Holding Immortal of Tianmian Palace.
Although Lin Chaochen’s cultivation was high, he still suffered serious injuries after going around in the sword formation. Meng Linzhou saw that half of Lin Chaochen’s sleeve was already stained red with blood, and he was more injured than himself.
“How did you get here?” Lin Chaochen asked, and as he spoke, his gaze passed over Meng Linzhou’s shoulder and looked towards Cheng Huang and Duan Wannian who were behind him.
Lin Chaochen’s gaze finally fell on Duan Wannian’s right hand – she was still tightly holding the thirteen-section whip that symbolized the identity of the royal family of the demon realm.
“…And you’re even mixed up with the demon clan?” Lin Chaochen squinted his eyes and said in an extremely dangerous tone.
“Heh,” Meng Linzhou never played by Lin Chaochen’s rules. He stood there, holding his sword, and glanced at Lin Chaochen before saying, “What’s it to you?”
Meng Linzhou was really annoyed with Lin Chaochen now.
Although Meng Linzhou’s injuries were not yet healed, when he saw the sword formation still emitting a faint blue light, he couldn’t help but want to try and jump into the formation to find his master.
“Is it right for you to be mixed up with the demon clan like this, considering your master?” As expected, Lin Chaochen suddenly brought up Li Fuyue. Hearing the words “your master,” all the cultivators showed a very conflicted expression.
There wasn’t a single person who hadn’t heard of the legend about Meng Linzhou’s master.
The relationship between Lin Chaochen and Meng Linzhou, two Immortals, was not very good, and this was not a secret in the entire cultivation world. Moreover, many experienced cultivators in the secret realm now know that their relationship, as disciples of the same sect, did not deteriorate due to any one thing.
At least since Meng Linzhou appeared in the cultivation world, he has already been at odds with Lin Chaochen. Meng Linzhou was jealous of Lin Chaochen’s relationship with Li Fuyue, which was better than his own, and Lin Chaochen was annoyed when he saw Meng Linzhou suddenly appearing in front of him.
It would be strange that two people like this can have a good relationship.
Although those cultivators know that the two of them did not get along, they didn’t really know that Lin Chaochen and Meng Linzhou have had many conflicts over Li Fuyue over the past thousand years.
“My Master?” In the past, at this time, he would have been provoked by Lin Chaochen. But today, when he heard these words, Meng Linzhou actually laughed.
Considering my Master?
Although he had long been aware that Lin Chaochen did not know the secret that their Master had been reborn, Meng Linzhou still felt extremely pleased to have it confirmed face to face. He even felt that the thousand-year war between him and Lin Chaochen had already been won.
“Of course I think about my Master,” Meng Linzhou said as if it were only natural. “Maybe my Master even prefers to be with the Demon Clan more than with a ‘good disciple’ like you.”
There is no maybe, that is the truth!
Meng Linzhou was very sure that he didn’t want to be associated with Duan Wannian, the flamboyant little golden bird. If their Master hadn’t left her behind, he would have already been killing demons and eliminating evil.
And at this moment, Cheng Huang, who had just been hiding behind Meng Linzhou, also snorted.
“That’s right!” it said.
Although Cheng Huang did not like the Little Golden Bird, it was still much better than the person who had once killed Li Fenglan with a sword.
Most people in the cultivation world didn’t know that Cheng Huang could talk, so when it spoke, the cultivators who were trying to focus on healing themselves instinctively drew their swords and looked at Cheng Huang.
The argument outside the sword formation ended at this point, but the atmosphere became tense in an instant.
Inside the sword formation, things were not any easier.
Although the modified sword formation by Ling Buyan was no longer able to replicate the long swords and techniques of Li Fenglan and Ling Buyan, the long swords that once existed within the formation all stabbed towards the two of them.
But they didn’t seem flustered at all. Li Fenglan and Ling Buyan stood back-to-back, stabbing at the long swords in the void without stopping for even a moment.
This was the first time Li Fenglan had seen Ling Buyan use a complete set of sword techniques. He caught a glimpse of his master’s agility, and his sword moves, aside from the Tianmian Palace sword technique he was familiar with, it even had traces of techniques from other sects.
At this moment, a question that had been buried deep in Li Fenglan’s heart for a long time surfaced again.
—Who is Ling Buyan? How does he know so much?
One strike, two strike.
Li Fenglan mechanically repeated his sword moves, and the flying swords condensed from spiritual energy turned to dust in his hands.
After an unknown amount of time, the flying swords that had surrounded him finally fell. But there was still no sign of the formation dissipating, and Li Fenglan and Ling Buyan remained standing within the wall of dark blue spiritual energy.
“Master.” Li Fenglan slowly turned around to look at Ling Buyan. As he had anticipated, Ling Buyan was also looking at him at this moment.
The howling wind roared in Li Fenglan’s ears, and the aura that had not yet dispersed within the sword formation tried to attack him bit by bit.
In this environment, Li Fenglan finally gritted his teeth and asked the question: “Who are you, exactly…”
Ling Buyan remained silent, and the black long sword suddenly hung in the air, looking towards Li Fenglan.
Seeing this scene, Li Fenglan finally bit his lip, and took a deep breath, saying, “Actually, I already have a guess in my heart.”
Now, Li Fenglan wanted to confirm his own guess.